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Murphy Introduction: Role of myosin isoforms in smoooth muscle function 4. F. Martin, S. Bhatti and R. J. Paul C-terminal isoforms of the myosin heavy chain and smooth muscle function E. Loukianov, T. Loukianova and Myosin heavy chain isoforms in smooth muscle M. Periasamy C. S. Packer Arterial muscle myosin heavy chains and light chains in spontaneous hypertension T. J. Eddinger and D. P. Meer Myosin isoform heterogeneity in single smooth muscle cells C. A. Kelley Characterization of isoform diversity among smooth muscle and nonmuscle myosin heavy chains R. A. Murphy, J. S. Walker and Myosin isoforms and functional diversity in vertebrate smooth muscle J. D. Strauss Review W. J. Poly Nonogenetic variation, genetic-environmental interactions and altered gene expression Il. Disease, parasite and pollution effects General Papers E. Bon, U. Barbe, J. N. Rodriguez, Plasma vitellogenin levels during the annual reproductive cycle of the female rainbow B. Cuisset, C. Pelissero, J. P. Sumpter and trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Establishment and validation of an ELISA F. Le Menn R. Stradi, G. Celentano, M. Boles and Carotenoids in bird plumage: The pattern in a series of red-pigmented Carduelinac F. Mercato C. Bravo, E. Chavez, J. S. Rodriguez and The mitochondrial membrane permeability transition induced by inorganic phosphate R. Moreno-Sanchez or inorganic arsenate. A comparative study S. Stoeva, K. Idakieva, R. Rachev, Amino-terminal oxygen-binding functional unit of the Rapana thomasiana grosse (gas W. Voelter and N. Genov tropod) hemocyanin: Carbohydrate content, monosaccharide composition and amino acid sequence studies X. G. Lei, D. A. Ross and K. R. Roneker Comparison of age-related differences in expression of phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase mRNA and activity in various tissues of pigs M. J. Reid, M. W. Lamé, D. W. Wilson and Monocrotaline metabolism and distribution in Fisher 344 and Sprague-Dawley rats H. J. Segall M. El Babili, J. Bodennec, M. A. Carsol, Effects of temperature and intracellular pH on the sphingomyelin metabolism in the G. Brichon and G. Zwingelstein gills of crab, Carcinus maenas L. Garcia, L. Chayet, A. M. Kettlun, Kinetic characteristics of nucleoside mono-, di and triphosphatase activities of the L. Collados, M. Chiong, A. Traverso-Cori, periplasmic 5’-nucleotidase of Escherichia coli M. Mancilla and M. A. Valenzuela C. J. Fuery, P. V. Attwood, P. C. Withers, Effects of urea on M,-lactate dehydrogenase from elasmobranchs and urea-accumulat P. H. Yancey, J. Baldwin and M. Guppy ing Australian desert frogs M. Dorigatti, G. Krumschnabel, Effects of hypoxia on energy metabolism in goldfish hepatocytes P. J. Schwarzbaum and W. Wieser Vol. 117B, No Reviews M. A. Brown, A. Carne and 159 Purification, partial characterization and peptide sequences of vitellogenin from a rep G. K. Chambers tile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) C. Xu, F. Fracella, C. Richter-Landsberg Stress response of lysosomal cysteine proteinases in rat C6 glioma cells and L. Rensing G. D. Engelbrecht, F. H. Van der Bank and Allozyme variation in Schilbe intermedius Riippel, 1832 (Pisces: siluriformes) from P. F. S. Mulder two localities in the Limpopo River System, South Africa C. R. A. Santos, D. M. Power, P. Kille, Cloning and sequencing of a full-length sea bream (Sparus aurata) B-actin cDNA L. Liewellyn, V. Ramsurn, T. Wigham and G. E. Sweeney G. Garza and A. Torre-Blanco Two different types of interstitial collagen in the muscle layer of the marine polychaete Hermodice sp J. A. Stuart and J. S. Ballantyne Importance of ketone bodies to the intermediary metabolism of the terrestrial snail, Archachatina ventricosa: Evidence from enzyme activities C. G. Figueroa-Soto, Purification of hemocyanin from white shrimp (P enaeus vannamei Boone) by immo- 4. M. Calderon de la Barca, bilized metal affinity chromatography L. Vazquez-Moreno, I. Higuera-Ciapara and G. Yepiz-Plascencia B. Kaspers, M. Giitlich, K. Witter, Coordinate induction of tetrahydrobiopterin synthesis and nitric oxide synthase activity U. Lésch, M. Goldberg and I. Ziegler in chicken macrophages: Upregulation of GTP-cyclohydrolase I activity S. Corey Specht, C. Rodriguez, L. Quifiones Effect of high ionic strength and inhibitors of H,.K-ATPase on the ouabain-sensitive and S. Velazquez K-p-nitrophenylphosphatase activity in the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus 4. Bardgard, A. Fago, H. Malte and Oxygen binding and aggregation of hemoglobin from the common European frog, Rana R. E. Weber femporaria D. N. Foster, J. A. Proudman, S. A. Harmon Baculovirus-mediated expression of chicken growth hormone and L. K. Foster D. R. Nelson, G. P. Walker, J. S. Buckner Composition of the wax particles and surface wax of adult whiteflies: Aleuroplatus and C. L. Fatland coronata, Aleurothrixus floccosus, Aleurotithius timberlakei, Dialewrodes citri, Dialeu rodesj cit; rifoliih,i i and PRaerea bemisteita my, ricae *, Sgarrella, F. P. A. Poddie, M. A. Meloni, Channelling of deoxyribose moiety of exogenous DNA into carbohydrate metabolism .. Sciola, P. Pippia and M. G. Tozzi role of deoxyriboaldolase . Gondret, J. Mourot and M. Bonneau Deevveellooppmmeennttaall chchaannggees s iinn lliippooggeneinci c ene nzymes es ini n mmuussccll e commppaarrede d toto livelirver anadnd exterxtar muscular adipose tissues in the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) ’. Hauton, L. E. Hawkins and In situ variability in phenoloxidase activity in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas (I 4. Williams S. Tunkijjanukij, H. V. Mikkelsen and \ heterogeneous sialic acid-binding lectin with affinity for bacterial LPS from horse J. A. Olafsen mussel (Modiolus modiolus) hemolymph M. Ganni, M. Garibotti, A. Scaloni, P. Pucci Microheterogeneity of odorant-binding proteins in the porcupine revealed by N-ter and P. Pelosi minal sequencing and mass spectrometry A. Szalewicz, T. Grabska and A. Kubicz The 102 kDa chicken liver acid phosphatase: Dimeric structure, glycoprotein nature and immunological properties S. Petersen and K. Anger Chemical and physiological changes during the embryonic development of the spider crab, Hyas araneus L. (Decapoda: Majidae) J. J. Robinson Comparative biochemical analysis of sea urchin peristome and rat tail tendon collagen I. P. Farias, M. N. Paula-Silva and No co-expression of LDH-C in Amazon cichlids V. M. F. Almeida-Val Symposium Articles A. J. El Haj Molecular aspects of crustacean biology N. M. Whiteley and A. J. El Haj Regulation of muscle gene expression over the moult in crustacea J. M. West Ultrastructural and contractile activation properties of crustacean muscle fibres over the moult cycle E. Homola and E. S. Chang Methyl! farnesoate: crustacean juvenile hormone in search of functions R. Garesse, J. A. Carrodeguas, J. Santiago, Artemia mitochondrial genome: Molecular biology and evolutive considerations M. L. Pérez, R. Marco and C. G. Vallejo D. L. Mykles Crustacean muscle plasticity: Molecular mechanisms determining mass and contractile properties General Papers R. M. Kagan, H. J. McFadden, Molecular phylogenetics of a protein repair methyltransferase P. N. McFadden, C. O’Connor and S. Clarke H. Fukada, N. Hiramatsu, K. Gen and Development of an ELISA for chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) growth hormone 4. Hara 4. J. Pazos, G. Roman, C. P. Acosta, Lipid classes and fatty acid composition in the female gonad of Pecten maximus i J. L. Sanchez and M. Abad relation to reproductive cycle and environmental variables C. Capo, M. E. Stroppolo, A. Galtieri, Characterization of Cu.Zn supt eroxide dismutase from the bathophile fish, Lampa/ nyctus 4. Lania, S. Costanzo, R. Petruzzelli, cro odilus L. Calabrese, F. Polticelli and A. Desideri S. Tsuzuki, T. Masuta, M. Furuno, Structure and expression of bombyxin El gene: A novel family gene that encodes S. Sakurai and M. Iwami bombyxin-IV, an insect insulin-related neurosecretory peptide M. Corda, B. Giardina, M. Pellegrini, A comparative study on the functional properties of the wild European mouflon and L. Manca, A. Olianas, M. T. Sanna, A. Fais domestic sheep hemoglobins and B. Masala S. J. Richardson, J. L. Hunt, A. R. Aldred, Abundant synthesis of transthyretin in the brain, but not in the liver, of turtles P. Licht and G. Schreiber B. Essén-Gustavsson, N. Ronéus and Metabolic response in skeletal muscle fibres of standardbred trotters after racing 4. R. Pésé 4. Hernandez-Hernandez, Characterization of phosphotyrosine phosphatase activity in sheep platelets: Amphi J. Sanchez-Yagiie, E. M. Martin-Valmaseda philic and hydrophilic forms and M. Lianillo C. Kawabata and E. Ichishima Miltpain, new cysteine proteinase from the milt of chum sal orhynchus keta Symposium Articles G. Wegener and D. Candy Introduction: Regulation of fuel supply and metabolism during insect flight H. Chino Physiological significance of lipid transport by lipophorin f1OoTr long-distance flight in insects D. J. Van der Horst, S. F. Vroemen and Metabolism of stored reserves in insect fat body: Hormonal signal transduction impli r W. J. A. Van Marrewijk cated in glycogen mobilization and biosynthesis of the lipophorin system N. H. Haunerland Transport and utilization of lipids in insect flight muscles G. J. Goldsworthy, M. J. Lee, R. Luswata, Structures, assays and receptors for locust adipokinetic hormones 4. F. Drake and D. Hyde D. J. Candy, A. Becker and G. Wegener Coordination and integration of metabolism in insect flight Review M. P. Pener, A. Ayali and E. Golenser Adipokinetic hormone and flight fuel related characteristics of density-dependent locust phase polymorphism: a review General Papers 4. Polanowski, M. S. Blum, D. W. Whitman Proteinase inhibitors in the nonvenomous defensive secretion of grasshoppers: Antipro and J. Travis teolytic range and possible significance 4. Minelli, M. Moroni, D. Trinari and Hydrolysis of extracellular adenine nucleotides by equine epidydimal spermatozoa I. Mezzasoma H. Mashiko and H. Takahashi Canine plasma kininogen: Evidence for the presence of two kininogens and purification of high molecular weight kininogen and characterization as multi-functional molecule G. A. Fragkiadakis and E. K. Stratakis The lectin from the crustacean Liocarcinus depurator recognizes O-acetylsialic acids X. Q. Liu, W. Buchanan, A. J. Matthews, Lack of effect of vitamin E on cholesteryl ester transfer and lipoprotein composition B. H. Chung and J. D. Bagdade in cholesterol-fed rabbits R. G. Kerr, C. Foss, S. Matsunaga and Isolation and structure elucidation of epipolasterol anc 79 92 -dihydroepipolasterol from N. Fusetani the marine sponge Epipolasis sp W. J. Dougherty Carboxypeptidase activity of the zinc metalloprotease in the cement precursor secretion of the barnacle, Chthamalus fragilis Darwin M. S. Zietara, J. Gronczewska and Purification and properties of the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) \ac- E. F. Skorkowski tate dehydrogenase LDH-B* and LDH-C* isoenzymes F. Aranishi, K. Hara, K. Osatomi and Purification and characterization of cathepsin B from hepatopancreas of carp Cyprinus T. Ishihara carpio J.-M. Francois, A. Altintas and C. Gerday Characterization of the single tyrosine containing troponin C from lungfish white mus- cle. Comparison with several fast skeletal muscle troponin C’s from fish species T. Suzuki and K. Imai Comparative studies of the indoleamine dioxygenase-like myoglobin form the abalone Sulculus diversicolor F. Aranishi, K. Hara, K. Osatomi and Cathepsins B, H and L in peritoneal macrophages and hepatopancreas of carp Cyprinus T. Ishihara carpio R. E. Cashon, M. E. Vayda and B. D. Sidell Kinetic characterization of myoglobins from vertebrates with vastly different body tem peratures Volume Contents, Keyword and Author Index for Vol. 117B