1. Transmembrane routes of cationic liposome-mediated gene delivery using human throat epidermis cancer cells

   • Shaohui Cui
   • Bing Wang
   • Shubiao Zhang

   Original Research Paper Open access 26 September 2013 Pages: 1 - 7

   

2. Generation of Rm21LG transgenic mice: a powerful tool to generate conditional overexpression of miR-21 that is involved in oncogenesis

   • Tao Du
   • Junshuang Jia
   • Kang Xu

   Original Research Paper 26 September 2013 Pages: 9 - 20

   

3. A novel VHH nanobody against the active site (the CA domain) of tumor-associated, carbonic anhydrase isoform IX and its usefulness for cancer diagnosis

   • Fatemeh Araste
   • Walead Ebrahimizadeh
   • Seyed Latif Mousavi Gargari

   Original Research Paper 26 September 2013 Pages: 21 - 28

   

4. Identification and functional characterization of polyunsaturated fatty acid elongase (McELOVL5) gene from pike eel (Muraenesox cinereus)

   • Sun Hee Kim
   • So Yun Kim
   • Jong-Bum Kim

   Original Research Paper 28 September 2013 Pages: 29 - 37

   

5. Decolorization of Alizarin Red and other synthetic dyes by a recombinant laccase from Pichia pastoris

   • Miaomiao Zheng
   • Yujie Chi
   • Shuli Shao

   Original Research Paper 28 September 2013 Pages: 39 - 45

   

6. Development of a low-cost, phyto-tunnel system using Portulaca grandiflora and its application for the treatment of dye-containing wastewaters

   • Rahul V. Khandare
   • Anuprita D. Watharkar
   • Sanjay P. Govindwar

   Original Research Paper 28 September 2013 Pages: 47 - 55

   

7. Production of 2-butanol from crude glycerol by a genetically-engineered Klebsiella pneumoniae strain

   • Baek-Rock Oh
   • Sun-Yeon Heo
   • Chul Ho Kim

   Original Research Paper 28 September 2013 Pages: 57 - 62

   

8. Biodiesel production in a magnetically-stabilized, fluidized bed reactor with an immobilized lipase in magnetic chitosan microspheres

   • Gui-xiong Zhou
   • Guan-yi Chen
   • Bei-bei Yan

   Original Research Paper 24 September 2013 Pages: 63 - 68

   

9. Oxidation of methane by Methylomicrobium album and Methylocystis sp. in the presence of H₂S and NH₃

   • Manuel Cáceres
   • Juan C. Gentina
   • Germán Aroca

   Original Research Paper 26 September 2013 Pages: 69 - 74

   

10. Biostimulation of indigenous communities for the successful dechlorination of tetrachloroethene (perchloroethylene)-contaminated groundwater

    • Sayali S. Patil
    • Eric M. Adetutu
    • Andrew S. Ball

    Original Research Paper 08 October 2013 Pages: 75 - 83

    

11. Gene cloning and soluble expression of Aspergillus niger phytase in E. coli cytosol via chaperone co-expression

    • Mrudula Vasudevan Ushasree
    • Jalaja Vidya
    • Ashok Pandey

    Original Research Paper 28 September 2013 Pages: 85 - 91

    

12. Optimization of γ-amino butyric acid production in a newly isolated Lactobacillus brevis

    • Tran Thi Thanh Binh
    • Wan-Taek Ju
    • Ro-Dong Park

    Original Research Paper 28 September 2013 Pages: 93 - 98

    

13. An example of enzymatic promiscuity: the Baylis–Hillman reaction catalyzed by a biotin esterase (BioH) from Escherichia coli

    • Ling Jiang
    • Hong-wei Yu

    Original Research Paper 26 September 2013 Pages: 99 - 103

    

14. Construction and characterization of the interdomain chimeras using Cry11Aa and Cry11Ba from Bacillus thuringiensis and identification of a possible novel toxic chimera

    • Yunjun Sun
    • Qiang Zhao
    • Liqiu Xia

    Original Research paper 26 September 2013 Pages: 105 - 111

    

15. Production of ginsenosides Rg₁ and Rh₁ by hydrolyzing the outer glycoside at the C-6 position in protopanaxatriol-type ginsenosides using β-glucosidase from Pyrococcus furiosus

    • Hye-Jin Oh
    • Kyung-Chul Shin
    • Deok-Kun Oh

    Original Research Paper 28 September 2013 Pages: 113 - 119

    

16. Significance of Arg3, Arg54, and Tyr58 of l-aspartate α-decarboxylase from Corynebacterium glutamicum in the process of self-cleavage

    • Wenjing Cui
    • Zengxiu Shi
    • Zhemin Zhou

    Original Research Paper 09 October 2013 Pages: 121 - 126

    

17. Enzymatic transformation of nitro-aromatic compounds by a flavin-free NADH azoreductase from Lysinibacillus sphaericus

    • Santosh A. Misal
    • Devendra P. Lingojwar
    • Kachru R. Gawai

    Original Research Paper 26 September 2013 Pages: 127 - 131

    

18. A rapid and cost-effective method of producing recombinant proBNP and NT-proBNP variants in Escherichia coli for immunoassay of heart failure

    • Muhammad Tarmizi Soleh
    • Jared Yong Yang Foo
    • Chamindie Punyadeera

    Original Research Paper 08 October 2013 Pages: 133 - 140

    

19. Cloning, expression and stress-respondent transcription of long-chain acyl-coenzyme A synthetase cDNA gene of Nannochloropsis gaditana and its involvement in the biosynthesis of eicosapentaenoic and decosahexaenoic acids

    • Ming-gang Zheng
    • Yi-jiang Huang
    • Ling Wang

    Original Research Paper 26 September 2013 Pages: 141 - 145

    

20. Elevated 3-hydroxypropionaldehyde production from glycerol using a Citrobacter freundii mutant

    • Thomas P. West
    • Jessica L. Peterson

    Original Research Paper 24 September 2013 Pages: 147 - 152

    

21. Permeabilized probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum as a source of β-galactosidase for the synthesis of prebiotic galactooligosaccharides

    • Duraiswamy Gobinath
    • Siddalingaiya Gurudutt Prapulla

    Original Research Paper 28 September 2013 Pages: 153 - 157

    

22. Cloning, expression, and characterization of coenzyme-B₁₂-dependent diol dehydratase from Lactobacillus diolivorans

    • Xuqin Wei
    • Xiaolei Meng
    • Ribo Huang

    Original Research Paper 28 September 2013 Pages: 159 - 165

    

23. Molecular cloning and expression of a novel laccase showing thermo- and acid-stability from the endophytic fungus Phomopsis liquidambari and its potential for growth promotion of plants

    • Hong-Wei Wang
    • Hong Zhu
    • Chuan-Chao Dai

    Original Research Paper 08 October 2013 Pages: 167 - 173

    

24. Nutrient limitation in Auxenochlorella protothecoides induces qualitative changes of fatty acid and expression of caleosin as a membrane protein associated with oil bodies

    • Buntora Pasaribu
    • I-Ping Lin
    • Pei-Luen Jiang

    Original Research Paper 28 September 2013 Pages: 175 - 180

    

25. Production and secretion of a heterologous protein by turnip hairy roots with superiority over tobacco hairy roots

    • Yoann Huet
    • Jean-Pierre Ele Ekouna
    • François Guerineau

    Original Research Paper 28 September 2013 Pages: 181 - 190