Enhanced transgene expression by plasmid-specific recruitment of histone acetyltransferase
Mika Nishihara, Genki N. Kanda, Tetsuya Suzuki, Shin'ichiro Yamakado, Hideyoshi Harashima, Hiroyuki Kamiya

Molecular changes in appearance of a cancer cell among normal HEK293T cells
Jihye Chung, Shunsuke Aburaya, Wataru Aoki, Mitsuyoshi Ueda

Detailed analysis of targeted gene mutations caused by the Platinum-Fungal TALENs in Aspergillus oryzae RIB40 strain and a ligD disruptant
Osamu Mizutani, Takayuki Arazoe, Kenji Toshida, Risa Hayashi, Shuichi Ohsato, Tetsushi Sakuma, Takashi Yamamoto, Shigeru Kuwata, Osamu Yamada

Engineering a family 27 carbohydrate-binding module into an Aspergillus usamii β-mannanase to perfect its enzymatic properties
Jianfang Li, Chunjuan Wang, Die Hu, Fengjiao Yuan, Xueqing Li, Shihan Tang, Minchen Wu

Exploration of the 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate synthases suitable for the creation of a robust isoprenoid biosynthesis system
Kai Kudoh, Genma Kubota, Rintaro Fujii, Yusuke Kawano, Masaki Ihara

Antifungal activities of selected essential oils against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici 1322, with emphasis on Syzygium aromaticum essential oilOriginal Research Article
Abhishek Sharma, Sasireka Rajendran, Ankit Srivastava, Satyawati Sharma, Bishwajit Kundu

Potential of water surface-floating microalgae for biodiesel production: Floating-biomass and lipid productivitiesOriginal Research Article
Masaki Muto, Daisuke Nojima, Liang Yue, Hideyuki Kanehara, Hideaki Naruse, Asuka Ujiro, Tomoko Yoshino, Tadashi Matsunaga, Tsuyoshi Tanaka

Development of intra-strain self-cloning procedure for breeding baker's yeast strainsOriginal Research Article
Youji Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Ogihara, Chisato Mochizuki, Hideki Yamamura, Yuzuru Iimura, Masayuki Hayakawa

Characterization of fermented seaweed sauce prepared from nori (Pyropia yezoensis)
Motoharu Uchida, Hirotaka Kurushima, Kenji Ishihara, Yuko Murata, Ken Touhata, Noriko Ishida, Kentaro Niwa, Toshiyoshi Araki

Identification and characterization of an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the 4-hydroxy-2(or 5)-ethyl-5(or 2)-methyl-3(2H)-furanone in yeast
Kenji Uehara, Jun Watanabe, Yoshinobu Mogi, Yuichiro Tsukioka

Bioprospecting thermotolerant ethanologenic yeasts for simultaneous saccharification and fermentation from diverse environments
Jairam Choudhary, Surender Singh, Lata Nain

Engineering Escherichia coli to bind to cyanobacteria
Zijian Zhang, Liuyi Meng, Congjian Ni, Lanqiu Yao, Fengyu Zhang, Yuji Jin, Xuelang Mu, Shiyu Zhu, Xiaoyu Lu, Shiyu Liu, Congyu Yu, Chenggong Wang, Pu Zheng, Jie Wu, Li Kang, Haoqian M. Zhang, Qi Ouyang

Improvement of hydrogen fermentation of galactose by combined inoculation strategy
Periyasamy Sivagurunathan, Parthiban Anburajan, Gopalakrishnan Kumar, Pugazhendhi Arivalagan, Péter Bakonyi, Sang-Hyoun Kim

Microbial fuel cells using Cellulomonas spp. with cellulose as fuel
Yuya Takeuchi, Wichean Khawdas, Yuji Aso, Hitomi Ohara

Phenol-degrading anode biofilm with high coulombic efficiency in graphite electrodes microbial fuel cell
Dongdong Zhang, Zhiling Li, Chunfang Zhang, Xue Zhou, Zhixing Xiao, Takanori Awata, Arata Katayama

Highlights

・A phenol-degrading MFC with graphite electrodes as both the anode and cathode.
・This MFC showed higher coulombic efficiency than others using Pt catalyst cathode.
・The anode biofilm successfully maintained the activity of phenol-degrading MFC.
・Geobacter was involved in phenol degradation and current generation in the MFC.

Cloud-point extraction of green-polymers from Cupriavidus necator lysate using thermoseparating-based aqueous two-phase extraction
Yoong Kit Leong, John Chi-Wei Lan, Hwei-San Loh, Tau Chuan Ling, Chien Wei Ooi, Pau Loke Show

Metabolomic analysis of primary metabolites in citrus leaf during defense responses
Tomonori Asai, Tetsuya Matsukawa, Shin'ichiro Kajiyama

Lengthening of high-yield production levels of monoclonal antibody-producing Chinese hamster ovary cells by downregulation of breast cancer 1
Rima Matsuyama, Noriko Yamano, Namiko Kawamura, Takeshi Omasa

Improved recombinant antibody production by CHO cells using a production enhancer DNA element with repeated transgene integration at a predetermined chromosomal site
Yoshinori Kawabe, Takanori Inao, Shodai Komatsu, Guan Huang, Akira Ito, Takeshi Omasa, Masamichi Kamihira

LiaRS reporter assay: A simple tool to identify lipid II binding moieties in lantibiotic nukacin ISK-1
Khaled M. Elsayed, Mohammad R. Islam, Abdullah-Al-Mahin, Jun-ichi Nagao, Takeshi Zendo, Kenji Sonomoto