1. Announcements

   Announcement Pages: ii - ii

2. Preparation and preliminary characterization of poly(ethylene glycol)-pepstatin conjugate

   • Jeanne Brygier
   • Jean Vlncentelli
   • Yvan Looze

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 10

3. Oxidation of dibenzothiophene catalyzed by heme-containing enzymes encapsulated in sol-gel glass

   • Shuguang Wu
   • Jian Lin
   • Sunney I. Chan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 20

4. Phosphoesterase activity and phosphate release from tributyl phosphate by aCitrobacter sp.

   • Byeong C. Jeong
   • Hyun-Won Klm
   • Lynne E. Macaskie

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 32

5. Identification of lectin activity in the hemolymph ofCastnia licus Drury, a sugar-cane giant borer (Lepidoptera-Castniidae)

   • Roberto V. Antunes
   • Luana C. B. B. Coelho

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 37

6. Mechanism of DNA-drug interactions

   • Prakash Prabhakar
   • Arvind M. Kayastha

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 55

7. Purification and properties of uricase fromCandida sp. and its application in uric acid analysis in serum

   • Liu Jianguo
   • Li Gaoxiang
   • Zhou Xiukai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 63

8. L-malic acid production by entrappedSaccharomyces cerevisiae into polyacrylamide gel beads

   • Elzabeth A. Oliveira
   • Aurelio A. R. Costa
   • Luiz B. Carvalho

   OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 72

9. Kinetics of biomethanation of solid tannery waste and the concept of interactive metabolic control

   • K. Lalitha
   • K. R. Swaminathan
   • R. Padma Bai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 87

10. Continuous propagation ofKluyveromyces fragilis in cheese whey for pollution potential reduction

    • R. M. Ben-Hassan
    • A. E. Ghaly

    OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 105