397-402
Mini-Review
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403-417
Mini-Review
Engineering of protein secretion in yeast: strategies and impact on protein production
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419-434
Mini-Review
Biofuel production in Escherichia coli: the role of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology
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435-444
Mini-Review
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445-467
Mini-Review
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469-480
Biotechnological Products and Process Engineering
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481-489
Biotechnological Products and Process Engineering
An efficient method for N-acetyl-d-neuraminic acid production using coupled bacterial cells with a safe temperature-induced system
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Biotechnological Products and Process Engineering
Microbial conversion of ruscogenin by Gliocladium deliquescens NRRL1086: glycosylation at C-1
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499-508
Biotechnological Products and Process Engineering
A downstream process for production of a viable and stable Bacillus cereus aquaculture biological agent
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509-516
Biotechnological Products and Process Engineering
Investigation of acetic acid-catalyzed hydrothermal pretreatment on corn stover
Jian Xu, Mette Hedegaard Thomsen and Anne Belinda Thomsen
517-524
Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins
A novel acid-stable, acid-active β-galactosidase potentially suited to the alleviation of lactose intolerance
Shane O’Connell and Gary Walsh
525-533
Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins
The noncellulosomal family 48 cellobiohydrolase from Clostridium phytofermentans ISDg: heterologous expression, characterization, and processivity
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535-543
Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins
Factors affecting production and stability of the AcAFP antifungal peptide secreted by Aspergillus clavatus
Houda Skouri-Gargouri, Neila Jellouli-Chaker and Ali Gargouri
545-554
Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins
Synthesis of dextrans with controlled amounts of α-1,2 linkages using the transglucosidase GBD–CD2
Yoann Brison, Emeline Fabre, Claire Moulis, Jean-Charles Portais and Pierre Monsan, et al.
555-566
Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins
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Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins
Analysis of extracellular alginate lyase and its gene from a marine bacterial strain, Pseudoalteromonas atlantica AR06
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577-588
Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins
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Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins
Collagenolytic subtilisin-like protease from the deep-sea bacterium Alkalimonas collagenimarina AC40T
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599-606
Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins
Heterologous expression of an Agaricus meleagris pyranose dehydrogenase-encoding gene in Aspergillus spp. and characterization of the recombinant enzyme
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607-613
Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins
Engineered amadoriase II exhibiting expanded substrate range
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615-623
Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins
The inhibitory effects of mushroom extracts on sucrose-dependent oral biofilm formation
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625-631
Biotechnologically Relevant Enzymes and Proteins
Purification and characterization of acetophenone reductase with excellent enantioselectivity from Geotrichum candidum NBRC 4597
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633-639
Applied Genetics and Molecular Biotechnology
DnaK/DnaJ-assisted recombinant protein production in Trichoplusia ni larvae
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641-648
Applied Genetics and Molecular Biotechnology
Molecular design of yeast cell surface for adsorption and recovery of molybdenum, one of rare metals
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649-658
Applied Genetics and Molecular Biotechnology
Halophilic β-lactamase as a new solubility- and folding-enhancing tag protein: production of native human interleukin 1α and human neutrophil α-defensin
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659-670
Applied Genetics and Molecular Biotechnology
A novel expression system for intracellular production and purification of recombinant affinity-tagged proteins in Aspergillus niger
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671-679
Applied Genetics and Molecular Biotechnology
Evidence for the in vivo expression of a distant downstream gene under the control of ColE1 replication origin
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681-691
Genomics and Proteomics
Genotypic diversity in Oenococcus oeni by high-density microarray comparative genome hybridization and whole genome sequencing
Anthony R. Borneman, Eveline J. Bartowsky, Jane McCarthy and Paul J. Chambers
693-700
Applied Microbial and Cell Physiology
Very early acetaldehyde production by industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains: a new intrinsic character
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701-707
Applied Microbial and Cell Physiology
Consequences of cps mutation of Klebsiella pneumoniae on 1,3-propanediol fermentation
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709-719
Applied Microbial and Cell Physiology
Purple nonsulfur bacteria diversity in activated sludge and its potential phosphorus-accumulating ability under different cultivation conditions
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721-729
Applied Microbial and Cell Physiology
Inhibitory effect of hydroxycinnamic acids on Dekkera spp.
Victoria Harris, Vladimir Jiranek, Christopher M. Ford and Paul R. Grbin
731-741
Applied Microbial and Cell Physiology
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Environmental Biotechnology
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753-759
Environmental Biotechnology
Engineering expression of the heavy metal transporter MerC in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for increased cadmium accumulation
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Environmental Biotechnology
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773-780
Environmental Biotechnology
Metabolism of mono- and dichloro-dibenzo-p-dioxins by Phanerochaete chrysosporium cytochromes P450
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Environmental Biotechnology
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