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Enzymatic and molecular characterization of an endoglucanase E from Clostridium cellulovorans 743B
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Activity-stability trade-off in random mutant proteins
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Oligomerization of a modular ribozyme assembly of which is controlled by a programmable RNA-RNA interface between two structural modules
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Efficient expression of a novel thermophilic fungal β-mannosidase from Lichtheimia ramosa with broad-range pH stability and its synergistic hydrolysis of locust bean gum
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Time-resolved analysis of short term metabolic adaptation at dark transition in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
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Characterization of a novel salt-, xylose- and alkali-tolerant GH43 bifunctional β-xylosidase/α-l-arabinofuranosidase from the gut bacterial genome
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Nonnatural biosynthetic pathway for 2-hydroxylated xanthophylls with C₅₀-carotenoid backbone
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Viral protein R inhibitors from Swertia chirata of Myanmar
So-Yeun Woo, Nwet Nwet Win, Wyine Myat Noe Oo, Hla Ngwe, Takuya Ito, Ikuro Abe, Hiroyuki Morita

Community composition and methane oxidation activity of methanotrophs associated with duckweeds in a fresh water lake
Hiroyuki Iguchi, Ryohei Umeda, Hiroki Taga, Tokitaka Oyama, Hiroya Yurimoto, Yasuyoshi Sakai

Effect of pepA deletion and overexpression in Aspergillus luchuensis on sweet potato shochu brewing
Sho Setoguchi, Osamu Mizutani, Osamu Yamada, Taiki Futagami, Kenichi Iwai, Yoshikazu Takase, Hisanori Tamaki

Cobalt-dependent inhibition of nitrite oxidation in Nitrobacter winogradskyi
Richard Metzner, Taiji Nomura, Naoki Kitaoka, Akinori Ando, Jun Ogawa, Yasuo Kato

Estimating effects of yeast extract compositions on Escherichia coli growth by a metabolomics approach
Seiga Tachibana, Kazuki Watanabe, Masaaki Konishi

Development and economic analysis of bioethanol production facilities using lignocellulosic biomass
Kyeong Eop Kang, Jun-Seong Jeong, Yule Kim, Jiho Min, Se-Kwon Moon

Expansion and differentiation of human iPS cells in a three-dimensional culture using hollow fibers and separation of the specific population by magnetic-activated cell sorting
Sakiko Matsushita, Toshihisa Kajiwara, Hiroshi Mizumoto

Establishment of DHFR-deficient HEK293 cells for high yield of therapeutic glycoproteins
Emmanuel Osei Mensah, Xin-Yu Guo, Xiao-Dong Gao, Morihisa Fujita

Osteogenic induction of human mesenchymal stem cells in multilayered electrospun scaffolds at different flow rates and configurations in a perfusion bioreactor
Maliheh Yaghoobi, Sameereh Hashemi-Najafabadi, Masoud Soleimani, Ebrahim Vasheghani-Farahani

Preparation of chitosan microcarriers by high voltage electrostatic field and freeze drying
Zekang Lu, Yan Zhou, Baolin Liu