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General Subjects B B A Vol. 1200, 1994 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Cumulative Contents Information for Contributors Chemical characterization of sialyl oligosaccharides isolated from tammar wallaby (Macropus euge- nii) milk Regular Papers T. Urashima, T. Saito, Y. Tsujil, Y. Taneda, T. Takasawa and M. Messer (Japan, Australia) Isolation of nitric oxide synthase from human plate- Glutamine metabolism in rat small intestine: synthesis of three-carbon products in isolated entero- lets cytes A. Muruganandam and B. Mutus (Canada) M. Watford (USA) Characterization of cytochromes P-450 purified from Inhibition of collagen hydroxylation by lithospermic untreated and 'C-2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p- dioxin — treated marmoset monkeys: Identifica- acid magnesium salt, a novel compound isolated tion of the major form as a possible orthologue of from Salviae miltiorrhizae Radix P-450 1A2 T. Shigematsu, S. Tajima, T. Nishikawa, S. Mu- M. Kastner and D. Neubert (Germany) rad, §.R. Pinnell and I. Nishioka (Japan, USA) Involvement of testosterone in the induction of hep- Publisher’s Note atic microsomal cytochrome P-450 2B1 /2 ( P-450 2B1/2) by 1-benzylimidazole in male and female Regular Papers rats: sex-differentiated induction of P-450 2B1/2 species Interaction of a-tocopherol with copper and its ef- Y. Kobayashi, T. Yoshida, E. Kotani, T. Aoyagi, fect on lipid peroxidation Y. Kuroiwa and S. Tobinaga (Japan) Y. Yoshida, J. Tsuchiya and E. Niki (Japan) Effects of solvents and media on the antioxidant Possible role of cell redox state on collagen activity of a-tocopherol metabolism in carbon tetrachloride-induced cir- M. Iwatsuki, J. Tsuchiya, E. Komuro, Y. Yama- rhosis as evidenced by adenosine administration moto and E. Niki (Japan) to rats Purification and some properties of a novel race- R. Hernandez-Munoz, M. Diaz-Munoz and V.C. De Sanchez (Mexico) mase, which racemizes 2-oxothiazolidine-4- carboxylic acid and 5-oxoproline, from Flecto- Influences of lovastatin administration on the respira- bacillus sp. strain B-1 tory burst of leukocytes and the phosphorylation K. Mochizuki, K. Hosono and H. Kobayashi potential of mitochondria in guinea pigs (Japan) B.A. Diebold, N.V. Bhagavan and R.J. Guillory Dietary fat regulates cellular retinol-binding protein (USA) II gene expression in rat jejunum How muscle may contract T. Goda, H. Yasutake and S. Takase (Japan) G.F. Elliott and C.R. Worthington (UK, USA) Ferritin-dependent inactivation of microsomal glu- The B-anomeric and glucose preferences of glucose cose-6-phosphatase transport carrier for intestinal active absorption of S. Puntarulo and A.J. Cederbaum (Argentina, monosaccharide conjugates USA) T. Mizuma, K. Ohta and S. Awazu (Japan) Quantitation of boar spermadhesins in accessory sex Overexpression in Escherichia coli, and one-step gland fluids and on the surface of epididymal, purification of the human recombinant fer- ejaculated and capacitated spermatozoa rochelatase Z. Dostalova, J.J. Calvete, L. Sanz and E. M. Okuda, H. Kohno, T. Furukawa, R. Tokunaga Tépfer-Petersen (FRG, Czechoslovakia, Spain) and S. Taketani (Japan) Structure and conformation of the cyclic phosphate Glucose translocation and metabolism in the rat je- of Ganciclovir, a broad-spectrum antiviral agent junum perfused in once-through mode in vitro K.B. Birnbaum, R. Stolarski and D. Shugar J.D. Hutchison, V.J. Undrill and J.W. Porteous (Canada, Poland) (UK) 342 Cumulative Contents / Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1200 (1994) 341-343 Trehalose metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Immnunologically cross-reactive 57 kDa and 53 kDa during heat-shock glycoprotein antigens of bovine milk fat globule M.J.S. Ribeiro, J.T. Silva and A.D. Panek (Brazil) membrane: isoforms with different N-linked sugar Glucose- and ADPGlc-dependent starch synthesis in chains and differential glycosylation at early stages isolated cauliflower-bud amyloplasts. Analysis of of lactation the interaction of various potential precursors N. Aoki, M. Ujita, H. Kuroda, M. Urabe, A. O. Batz, U. Maa, G. Henrichs, R. Scheibe and Noda, T. Adachil, R. Nakamura and T. Matsuda H.-E. Neuhaus (Germany) (Japan) Differential changes in the activity of cytosolic and Regular Papers vacuolar trehalases along the growth cycle of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Isolation and characterization of two isoforms of a P.F. San Miguel and J.-C. Argiielles (Spain) retinoic acid-binding protein from rabbit epididy- Proton NMR _ study of the heme complex of mal secretions hemopexin F. Regalado, M. Pérez Martinez, M. Soledad R.S. Deeb, U. Muller-Eberhard and D.H. Peyton Lépez de Haro and A. Nieto (Spain) (USA) Appearance and fate of a B-galactanase, a, B-galac- Demonstration of an ectoATP-diphosphohydrolase tosidases, heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate (E.C.3.6.1.5) in non-vascular smooth muscles of degrading enzymes during embryonic develop- the bovine trachea ment of the mollusc Pomacea sp M. Picher, R. Béliveau, M. Potier, D. Savaria, E. F.W. Oliveira, S.F. Chavante, E.A. Santos, C.P. Rousseau and A.R. Beaudoin (Canada) Dietrich and H.B. Nader (Brazil) Endoplasmic reticulum lumenal proteins of rat mam- alpha- and beta-xylosides modulate the synthesis of mary gland. Potential involvement in lipid droplet fibronectin and thrombospondin-1 by endothelial assembly during lactation cells D. Ghosal, N.W. Shappell and T.W. Keenan (USA) A.E. Canfield, A.B. Sutton, D.R.R. Hiscock, J.T. Deduced amino acid sequence of a murine cy- Gallagher and A.M. Schor (UK) tochrome P-450 Cyp4a protein: developmental Glycine betaine and proline betaine in human blood and hormonal regulation in liver and kidney and urine C.J. Henderson, T. Bammler and C.R. Wolf (UK) M. Lever, P.C.B. Sizeland, L.M. Bason, C.M. Differential feeding-related regulation of ubiquitin Hayman and S.T. Chambers (New Zealand) and calbinding,,, in rat duodenum Lobular patterns of expression and enzyme activities M.J. Hubbard and A. Carne (New Zealand) of glutamine synthase, carbamoylphosphate syn- The protective effect of superoxide dismutase and thase and glutamate dehydrogenase during postna- catalase against formation of reactive oxygen tal development of the porcine liver species during reduction of cyclized norepineph- G.T.M. Wagenaar, W.J.C. Geerts, R.A.F.M. rine ortho-quinone by DT-diaphorase Chamuleau, N.E.P. Deutz and W.H. Lamers (The Y. Linderson, S. Baez and J. Segura-Aguilar Netherlands) (Sweden) Specific incorporation of 2-thiouracil into biological The effect of temperature on the respiration of cul- melanins tured neural cells as studied by a novel electron A. Palumbo, A. Napolitano, L. De Martino, W. paramagnetic resonance technique Vieira and V.J. Hearing (Italy, USA) A.l. Smirnov, S.-W. Norby, J.A. Weyhenmeyer Selective suppression of IgG2a subclass in LEC rats and R.B. Clarkson (USA) during development Characterization and regulatory properties of a single Y. Ikeda, T. Sugiyama, M. Takahashi and N. hexokinase from the citric acid accumulating fun- Taniguchi (Japan) gus Aspergillus niger The captive bubble method for the evaluation of F. Steinbock, S. Choojun, I. Held, M. Roehr and pulmonary surfactant: surface tension, area, and C.P. Kubicek (Austria) volume calculations W.M. Schoel, S. Schiirch and J. Goerke (Canada, USA) Rapid Reports Specificity in protein-ligand interactions: a model from estrone-antiserum binding Lipase inhibitors abolish contractions and cause de- A. Podesta and G. Montagnoli (Italy) polarization in frog skeletal muscle fibres An approach to the in vitro study of the J.D. Bruton, H. Westerblad and J. Lannergren UTP/UDPglucose /UDP moiety-conserved cycle (Sweden, Hong Kong) F. Fassy and J.-F. Hervagault (France) Cumulative Contents / Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1200 (1994) 341-343 Ineffectiveness of the inhibition of the main haemor- Cloning of the putative glycogen branching enzyme rhagic metalloproteinase from Bothrops jararaca gene, gigB, from Streptomyces aureofaciens venom by its only plasma inhibitor, a@2-macro- D. Homerova and J. Kormanec (Slovak Republic) globulin Characterization of a cDNA encoding the precursor A.S. Kamiguti, H.P. Desmond, R.D.G. Theakston, of platelet aggregation inhibitor and metallo- C.R.M. Hay and M. Zuzel (UK) proteinase from Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus Kinetic and mechanistic studies with bovine testicu- venom lar hyaluronidase I.-H. Tsai, Y.-M. Wang and Y.-H. Lee (Taiwan) J.A. Cramer, L.C. Bailey, C.A. Bailey and R.T. Miller (USA) Cumulative Contents, Vol. 1200 Glucose metabolism in an insect Manduca sexta and effects of parasitism Author Index S.N. Thompson and R.W.-K. Lee (USA) Rapid Reports Conversion of egg-white lysozyme to a lectin-like protein with agglutinating activity analogous to wheat germ agglutinin T. Mega and S. Hase (Japan)