■　REVIEW

Synthesis of Esters by Immobilized-Lipase-Catalyzed Condensation Reaction of Sugars and Fatty Acids in Water-Miscible Organic Solvent.
Shuji Adachi and Takashi Kobayashi

■　ACCELERATED PUBLICATION

Intracellular Delivery of Proteins into Mammalian Living Cells by Polyethylenimine-Cationization.
Junichiro Futami, Midori Kitazoe, Takashi Maeda, Emiko Nukui, Masakiyo Sakaguchi, Jun Kosaka, Masahiro Miyazaki, Megumi Kosaka, Hiroko Tada, Masaharu Seno, Junzo Sasaki, Nam-hu Huh, Masayoshi Namba, and Hidenori Yamada

DnaK from Vibrio proteolyticus: Complementation of a dnaK-Null Mutant of Escherichia coli and the Role of Its ATPase Domain.
Kazuaki Yoshimune, Andrey Galkin, Ljudmila Kulakova, Tohru Yoshimura, and Nobuyoshi Esaki

Kinetic Study of Thermostable L-Threonine Dehydrogenase from an Archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii.
Noriko Higashi, Harumi Fukada, and Kazuhiko Ishikawa

Microbial Physiology and Biotechnology

Organic Solvent Tolerance of Halophilic Archaea, Haloarcula Strains: Effects of NaCl Concentration on the Tolerance and Polar Lipid Composition.
Ron Usami, Tadamasa Fukushima, Toru Mizuki, Yasuhiko Yoshida, Akira Inoue, and Koki Horikoshi

Brewing and Food Technology

Improved Production of Isoamyl Acetate by a Sake Yeast Mutant Resistant to an Isoprenoid Analog and Its Dependence on Alcohol Acetyltransferase Activity, but Not on Isoamyl Alcohol Production.
Kiyoo Hirooka, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Nobuo Tsutsui, and Toshio Tanaka

Environmental Biotechnology

Selective Cadmium Accumulation Using Recombinant Escherichia coli.
Se-Kwon Kim, Baek-Suk Lee, David B. Wilson, and Eun-Ki Kim

Microbial Treatment of Bis (2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate in Polyvinyl Chloride with Isolated Bacteria.
Kunichika Nakamiya, Syunji Hashimoto, Hiroyasu Ito, John S. Edmonds, Akio Yasuhara, and Masatoshi Morita

Physicochemical Properties of Cross-linked Poly-γ-Glutamic Acid and Its Flocculating Activity against Kaolin Suspension.
Makato Taniguchi, Kouji Kato, Ayako Shimauchi, Xu Ping, Ken-ichi Fujita, Toshio Tanaka, Yutaka Tarui, and Eiji Hirasawa

Bacterial Communities in Petroleum Oil in Stockpiles.
Nobuyuki Yoshida, Kazuhiro Yagi, Daisuke Sato, Noriko Watanabe, Takeshi Kuroishi, Kana Nishimoto, Akira Yanagida, Tohoru Katsuragi, Takahiro Kanagawa, Ryuichiro Kurane, and Yoshiki Tani

Microbial Community Analysis of Mesophilic Anaerobic Protein Degradation Process Using Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA)-Fed Continuous Cultivation.
Yueqin Tang, Toru Shigematsu, Shigeru Morimura, and Kenji Kida

Biochemical Engineering

Recovery of Lactic Acid by Repeated Batch Electrodialysis and Lactic Acid Production Using Electrodialysis Wastewater.
Young-Jung Wee, Jong-Sun Yun, Yoon Y. Lee, An-Ping Zeng, and Hwa-Won Ryu

Plant Biotechnology

Expression of a Major House Dust Mite Allergen Gene from Dermatophagoides farinae in Lotus japonicus Accession Miyakojima MG-20.
Tomoaki Kato, Yuji Goto, Kazuhisa Ono, Makoto Hayashi, and Yoshikatsu Murooka

Medical Biotechnology

Development of an Automation System for Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Genotyping Using Bio-Strand, a New Three-Dimensional Microarray.
Yuriko Tojo, Junko Asahina, Yukiko Miyashita, Masaaki Takahashi, Naoko Matsumoto, Setsuo Hasegawa, Masafumi Yohda, and Hideji Tajima

Methods

Improvements in the Cell-Free Production of Functional Antibodies Using Cell Extract from Protease-Deficient Escherichia coli Mutant.
Muhamad Ali, Hirotatsu Suzuki, Takako Fukuba, Xiuping Jiang, Hideo Nakano, and Tsuneo Yamane

Erratum

Microbial Diversity in Biodegradation and Reutilization Processes of Garbage.
Shin Haruta, Toru Nakayama, Kohei Nakamura, Hisashi Hemmi, Masaharu Ishii, Yasuo Igarashi, and Tokuzo Nishino