Special Issue: THEMED SECTION: Papers presented at the 13th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition: Biotechnology for the Sustainability of Human Society/ Guest Edited by W. Zhang, F.W. Bai, J-J. Zhong
1313-1314
Editorial
13th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition: Biotechnology for the Sustainability of Human Society
Dalian World Expo Center, Dalian, China 12–17 October 2008
W. Zhang, F. W. Bai and J.-J. Zhong
1315-1319
Original Research Paper
Feasibility of ethanol production from coffee husks
B. M. Gouvea, C. Torres, A. S. Franca, L. S. Oliveira and E. S. Oliveira
1321-1326
Original Research Paper
Bio-hydrogen production from cellulose by sequential co-culture of cellulosic hydrogen bacteria of Enterococcus gallinarum G1 and Ethanoigenens harbinense B49
Aijie Wang, Lingfang Gao, Nanqi Ren, Jifei Xu and Chong Liu
1327-1333
Original Research Paper
Hydrogen bio-production through anaerobic microorganism fermentation using kitchen wastes as substrate
Yue Shi, Xiu-tao Zhao, Peng Cao, Yinyin Hu and Liang Zhang, et al.
1335-1341
Original Research Paper
Integrated production for biodiesel and 1,3-propanediol with lipase-catalyzed transesterification and fermentation
Yunzhen Xu, Hongjuan Liu, Wei Du, Yan Sun and Xianjin Ou, et al.
1343-1351
Original Research Paper
Heterologous expression of ArabidopsisNPR1 (AtNPR1) enhances oxidative stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco plants
T. Srinivasan, K. Raja Rajesh Kumar, G. Meur and P. B. Kirti
1353-1360
Original Research Paper
Cloning, expression, purification, and characterization of recombinant flagellin isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Gholamreza Goudarzi, Morteza Sattari, Mehryar Habibi Roudkenar, Mehran Montajabi-Niyat and Ahmad Zavaran-Hosseini, et al.
1361-1365
Original Research Paper
β2-Microglobulin as a potential factor for the expansion of mesenchymal stem cells
Ying Zhu, Yongping Su, Tianmin Cheng, Leland W. K. Chung and Chunmeng Shi
1367-1372
Original Research Paper
Characterization of marine microalga, Scenedesmus sp. strain JPCC GA0024 toward biofuel production
Tadashi Matsunaga, Mitsufumi Matsumoto, Yoshiaki Maeda, Hiroshi Sugiyama and Reiko Sato, et al.
1373-1380
Review
Plant phospholipases A2: perspectives on biotechnological applications
Johanna Mansfeld
1381-1388
Original Research Paper
Predicting node positivity in gastric cancer from gene expression profiles
Michael J. Korenberg, Bryan J. Dicken, Sambasivarao Damaraju, Kathryn Graham and Carol E. Cass
1389-1398
Original Research Paper
Open AccessDeletion of methylglyoxal synthase gene (mgsA) increased sugar co-metabolism in ethanol-producing Escherichia coli
L. P. Yomano, S. W. York, K. T. Shanmugam and L. O. Ingram
1399-1405
Original Research Paper
Transcriptional profiling of cellulase and expansin-related genes in a hypercellulolytic Trichoderma reesei
Jonathan Verbeke, Pedro Coutinho, Hugues Mathis, Alain Quenot and Eric Record, et al.
1407-1413
Original Research Paper
N-vanillylnonanamide tested as a non-toxic antifoulant, applied to surfaces in a polyurethane coating
Federica Villa, Lucia Giacomucci, Andrea Polo, Pamela Principi and Lucia Toniolo, et al.
1415-1420
Original Research Paper
Simple and efficient enzymatic transglycosylation of stevioside by β-cyclodextrin glucanotransferase from Bacillus firmus
V. Jaitak, V. Kumar Kaul, Bandna, N. Kumar and B. Singh, et al.
1421-1425
Original Research Paper
Formation and identification of trimethylimidazole during tetramethylpyrazine production from glucose by Bacillus strains
Zijun Xiao, Jian R. Lu, Cuiqing Ma and Ping Xu
1427-1431
Original Research Paper
Tricistronic overexpression of cytochrome P450cam, putidaredoxin, and putidaredoxin reductase provides a useful cell-based catalytic system
Donghak Kim and Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano
1433-1438
Original Research Paper
Enzymatic synthesis of alkyl glucosides using Leuconostoc mesenteroides dextransucrase
Young-Min Kim, Byung-Hoon Kim, Joon-Seob Ahn, Go-Eun Kim and Sheng-De Jin, et al.
1439-1443
Original Research Paper
Characterization of a thermostable endo-1,5-α-l-arabinanase from Caldicellulorsiruptor saccharolyticus
Mi-Ri Hong, Chang-Su Park and Deok-Kun Oh
1445-1449
Original Research Paper
Mutation in the RGD motif decreases the esterase activity of Xcc_est
Jianjun Wang, Yanping Cao and Guojun Zheng
1451-1456
Original Research Paper
Improving the catalytic performance of fungal laccases in monoterpene-based reaction systems
Aikaterini A. Tzialla, Ali A. Taha, Emmanuel Kalogeris and Haralambos Stamatis
1457-1462
Original Research Paper
Characterization of an acid-labile, thermostable β-glycosidase from Thermoplasma acidophilum
Hye-Jung Kim, Ah-Reum Park, Jung-Kul Lee and Deok-Kun Oh
1463-1467
Original Research Paper
Enhancement of the activity and pH-performance of chitosanase from Bacilluscereus strains by DNA shuffling
Yu-Mi Park and Sa-Youl Ghim
1469-1475
Original Research Paper
Production of plant-specific tyramine derivatives by dual expression of tyramine N-hydroxycinnamoyltransferase and 4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase in Escherichia coli
Kiyoon Kang, Munyoung Park, Sangkyu Park, Young Soon Kim and Sungbeom Lee, et al.
1477-1483
Original Research Paper
Genetic transformation of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) for herbicide resistance
Rubén Álvarez, José M. Álvarez, Jaime M. Humara, Ángeles Revilla and Ricardo J. Ordás