Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 132B, No. 4 pp. I-IV, 2002 ELSEVIER CONTENTS OF VOLUME 132 Special Issue: A collection from the 20th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists, held in Faro, Portugal, September 5-9, 2000 M. Cayre, J. Malaterre, S. Scotto-Lomassese, C. Strambi and A. Strambi M. Kandel-Kfir, G. Gur, P. Melamed, Y. Zilberstein, Gonadotropin resp e to GnRH Y. Cohen, N. Zmora, M. Kobayashi, A. Elizur a rp and Z. Yaron A. Vandingenen, K. Hens, N. Macours, L. Schoofs, Presence of ¢ A. De Loof and R. Huybrechts grey fleshfly J. Balthazart, M. Baillien and G.F. Bail Interactions sexual behavior in quai C. Cioni, L. Bordieri and L. De Vito Nitric oxide and S. Kikuyama, K. Yamamoto, T. Iwata and F. Toyoda Peptide and protein phet J. Mateos, E. Mafianos, M. Carrillo and S. Zanuy Regulation of fol expression by g Mediterranean Sea bass P.M. Ingleton Parathyroid hormone-related protein in lower T. Esposito, E. Astore, A. Cardone, Regulation of androgen receptor MRNA expressior F. Angelini, and B. Varriale cells: cross-talk between steroid hormones E. Clynen, D. Stubbe, A. De Loof and L. Schoofs Peptide differential display G. Gide and L. Auerswald Beetles’ choice R. Pierantoni, G. Cobellis, R. Meccariello, C. Palmiero, The amphibian testis as model t G. Fienga, S. Minucci and S. Fasano F. Gracia-Navarro, J.P. Castaio, M.M. Malagon, Research progress 4. Sanchez-Hormigo, R.M. Luque, G.J. Hickey, J.R. Peinado, E. Delgado and A.J. Martinez-Fuentes J.A. Carr, C.L. Brown, R. Mansouri and S. Venkatesan Neuropeptide S and an M.G. Wheatly, F.P. Zanotto and M.G. Hubbard Calcium homeosta G.W. Eagleson and R.D. Dempewolf The role of the anter regionalization in Xenop S. Range, U. Oeh, M.W. Lorenz, W. Etzel, R. Nauen Juvenile hormone biosynt and K.H. Hoffmann (I epidopte ra, Noctuidae R.F. Oliveira, K. Hirschenhauser, L.A. Carneiro and Social modulation of androgen kk 4.V.M. Canario L.P. Mouriés, M.-J. Almeida, C. Milet, Bioactivity of nacre water-soluble organic matrix frot S. Berland and E. Lopez maxima in three mammalian cell types: fibroblasts, bone 1 osteoblasts J.M. Warne, K.E. Harding and R.J. Balment Neurohypophysial hormones and renal function tn fish and mam Contents of volume G.E. Reyns, K.A. Janssens, J. Buyse, E.R. Kiihn and Changes in thyroid hormone levels in chicken liver during fasting and refeeding V.M. Darras G. Simonet, I. Claeys and J. Vanden Broeck } Structural and functional properties of a novel serine protease inhibiting peptide family in arthropods S.M. Kolk, B.M.R. Kramer, L.N. Cornelisse, Multiple control and dynamic response of the Xenopus melanotrope cell W.J.J.M. Scheenen, B.G. Jenks and E.W. Roubos B.M.R. Kramer, J.-Y. Song, N.J. Westphal, B.G. Jenks 26‘ Regulation of neurons in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and E.W. Roubos J.C. Wingfield and K.E. Hunt 275 Arctic spring: hormone—behavior interactions in a severe environment J. Galas and P. Epler 2 Does prolactin affect steroid secretion by isolated rainbow trout ovarian cells? E.R. Kiihn, L. Vieurick, M. Edery, E. Decuypere Internalization of the chicken growth hormon co < and its effect on and V.M. Darras biological functions Instructions to Authors Vol. 132B, No General papers M. Aminlari, A. Li, V. Kunanithy and C.H. Scaman 309 hodanese distribution in pore A. Arukwe, S.W. Kullman, K. Berg, A. Goks@yr 315. Molecular cloning of rainbow and D.E. Hinton complementary DNA: mRNA expr K. Zhu-Salzman, P.K. Hammen, R.A. Salzman, 32 Calcium modulates prot H. Koiwa, R.A. Bressan, L.L. Murdock legume lectin, Griffonia s and P.M. Hasegawa W.-S. Li, H.-R. Lin and A.O.L. Wong 33 cts of gonadotropin-releasing F.L. Garcia-Carreno, C. Albuquerque-Cavalcanti, 343 ~=——D igestive proteinases of B) M.A. Navarrete del Toro and E. Zaniboni-Filho effects of protein quality S. Harshini, R.J. Nachman and S. Sreekumar 353 Inhibition of digestive enz (Lepidoptera: Cryptophasidae E. Piatti, M.C. Albertini, W. Baffone, Antibacterial effect of a mag D. Fraternale, B. Citterio, M.P. Piacentini, Hordeum vulgare and Rub M. Dacha, F. Vetrano and A. Accorsi G. La Spada, G. Sorrenti, A. Soffli, B. Montaleone, 367 Thiol-induced dis 4. Marino and G. Musci M. Bashan, H. Akbas and K. Yurdakoc H. Oshima, R. Miyazaki, Y. Ohe, H. Hayashi, K. Kawamura and S. Kikuyama D.A.S. Rosen and A.W. Trites hanges in metabolism in response to fasting vod restriction in the Stelle R. Itoh and K. Kimura 40) Occurrence of IMP-GMP 5'-nucleotidase in fish species: a comparative Trachurus japonicus, Oncorhynchus maso ou and Triakis scvlliun C.G.N. de Vooys and J.A.J. Geenevasen Biosynthesis and role in osmoregulation of gly betaine in the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis LMK S.-Y. Yoon, H.-S. Noh, E.-H. Kim and K.-H. Kong 15 The highly stable alcohol dehydrogenase of Thermomicrobium !: purification and molecular characterization C. Tafalla, B. Novoa and A. Figueras 423 Production of nitric oxide by mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) hemocytes and effect of exogenous nitric oxide on phagocytic functions M. Hakozaki, K. Ono, T. Suzuki, H. Hata, T. Mori and H. Kochi E. Pfeiler, H. Toyoda, M.D. Williams and R.A. Nieman 443 L. Freites, M.J. Fernandez-Reiriz and U. Labarta R. Tutundjian, J. Cachot, F. Leboulenger and C. Minier 4. Mossab, M. Lessire, S. Guillaumin, M. Kouba, J. Mourot, P. Peiniau and D. Hermier H. Kishimura and K. Hayashi 4.H. Warner, P.P.Y. Chu, M.F. Shaw and G. Criel Yolk platelet K.T. Chung and D.D. Ourth Purification Heli Instructions t Vol 1328, No. 3 Review paper 4.J. Hulbert, T. Rana and P. Couture General papers Y. Jin, Q.-M. Lu, W.-Y. Wang and Y.-L. Xiong 5 Actions of t substrates an I. Munir, M. Nakazawa, K. Harano, R. Yamaiji, 3 Occurrence H. Inui, K. Miyatake and Y. Nakano M.H. Sakurai, H. Kiyohara, Y. Nakahara, ‘ K. Okamoto and H. Yamada molecules fo J.Y. Yoon, B.H. Ha, J.S. Woo, Y.H. Lim and K.H. Kim 55 Purification C. Rodriguez, J.A. Pérez and R.J. Henderson 55 The esterificatio cytes and liver m K.A. Talvinen and T.J. Nevalainen 5 Cloning of ¢ F. Huriaux, P. Vandewalle and B. Focant ] Immunological study development G. Yepiz-Plascencia, F. Jiménez-Vega, 5 Molecular characterizati« the ictional VHDL-( M.G. Romo-Figueroa, R.R. Sotelo-Mundo and shrimp Penaeu F. Vargas-Albores 4.V. Fernandez Gimenez, F.L. Garcia-Carreiio, Digestive proteinases of M.A. Navarrete del Toro and J.L. Fenucci with molting lr. Fujita, M. Shimizu, N. Hiramatsu, H. Fukada 599 —- Purification of sc serum precursor proteins t » vil and A. Hara salmon, Oncorhynel is ma u“ T. Urashima, H. Sato, J. Munakata, T. Nakamura, Chemical characterization vf the oligosaccharides 1 I. Arai, T. Saito, M. Tetsuka, Y. Fukui, H. Ishikawa, Minke whale (Balaenopte) a acutorostrata) milk C. Lydersen and K.-M. Kovacs A.L. Ames, E.S. Van Vleet and J.E. Reynolds 5 Comparison of lipids in selected tissues of the Florida manatee (Order Sirenia) a bottlenose dolphin (Order Cetacea; Suborder Odontoceti J.J. Bedford, M.B. Burg, E. Peters, R.A.J. Smith Putative osmolytes in the kidney of the Australian brush-tailed possum, 7) and J.P. Leader vulpecula Contents of volume J.J. Bedford, J. Schofield, P.H. Yancey and J.P. Leader 645 The effects of hypoosmotic infusion on the composition of renal tissue of the Australian brush-tailed possum Trichosurus vulpecula C.C. Niva and M. Takeda . Color changes in Halyomorpha brevis (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) correlated with distribution of pteridines: regulation by environmental and physiological factors Y.S. Choi, K.S. Lee, J.S. Bae, K.M. Lee, S.R. Kim, 661 Molecular cloning and expression of a cDNA encoding the luciferase from the firefly. I. Kim, S.M. Lee, H.D. Sohn and B.R. Jin Hotaria unmunsana S. Uchiyama, Y. Fujikawa, K. Uematsu, H. Matsuda, 71 Localization of group IB phospholipase A, isoform in the gills of the red sea bream S. Aida and N. lijima Pagrus (Chrysophrys) major Instructions to Authors Vol. 132B, No. 4 General papers B. Bocquet-Muchembled, R. Leroux, Expression and evolution studies of ets genes in a primitive coelomate, the polychaete Chotteau-Leliévre, G. Vergoten and F. Fontaine annelid, Hediste (Nereis) diversicolor Z.E. Jouni, B. McGill and M.A. Wells B-Cyclodextrin facilitates cholesterol efflux from larval Manduca sexta fat body and midgut in vitre F.L. Consoli and S.B. Vinson Hemolymph of reproductives of Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae )—amino acids, proteins and sugars D.E. Breithaupt, A. Bamedi and U. Wirt Carotenol fatty acid esters: easy substrates for digestive enzymes M.S. Estevez, D. Abele and S. Puntarulo Lipid radical generation in polar (Late la elliptica) and temperate (Mya arenaria) Divalves C.S. Willett and R.S. Burton 3 Proline biosynthesis genes and their regulation under salinity stress in the euryhaline copepod Tigriopus californicus C. Clamagirand, C. Joulie, M. Panchal, R. Sekhri, l Specific cleavage of B-amyloid peptides by a metallopeptidase C. Hanquez, P. Cohen and M. Rholam secretions C. Monetti, D. Vigetti, R. Gornati, M. Prati, 761 Identification and molecular cloning é s laevis SP22, a protein associated with G.R. Klinefelter and G. Bernardini fertilization in mammals D.R. Holsberger, A.E. Becker, R.J. Thurston 769 Expression of a hepatocyte growth-factor activator protein in turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and C.D. Rice deferent duct epithelial cells E.E. Borisovets, P.A. Zadorozhny, M.V. Kalinina, ] Changes of major carotenoids in gonads of sea urchins (Stror N.V. Lepskaya and E.V. Yakush and S. nudus) at maturation M. Claro de Toledo and S. Malheiros Lopes Sanioto 7 Chloride conductance and mitochondria-rich cell density in isolated skin of Rana cates } iana acclimated to various environmmeern t lr. Sakai, H. Michikawa, S. Furuyama and H. Sugiya Methacholine-induced cGMP production is regulated by nitric oxide generation in rabbit sub-mandibular gland cells K.J. McGraw, E. Adkins-Regan and R.S. Parker | Anhydrolutein in the zebra metabolically derived carotenoid in birds Erratum C.F. Phleger, M.M. Nelson, B.D. Mooney 816 Erratum to: “Interannu: tween species comparison of the lipids, fatty acids and and P.D. Nichols sterols of Antarctic krill from the US AMLR Elephant Island survey area” [Comp Biochem. Physiol. B 131 (2002) 733-74 Contentosf Vol. 132 Subject index Author index Instructions to Authors