Gene Structure and Expression BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA A Vol. 1395, 1998 Cumulative Contents Information for Contributors Human galactocerebrosidase gene: promoter analysis of the 5’-flanking region and structural organiza- Short sequence-papers tion N. Sakai, H. Fukushima, K. Inui, L. Fu, T. Nishi- Cloning of a novel Y-box homology protein gaki, I. Yanagihara, N. Tatsumi, K. Ozono and S. (chk YB-1HP) cDNA lacking the cold-shock do- Okada (Japan) main 4. Nambiar, J.C. Kandala, J. Svoboda and R.V. Regular papers Guntaka (USA) The cloning and sequencing of a cDNA coding for chick tyrosinase-related protein-| Identification of the open reading frame for the C.S. April, IJ. Jackson and S.H. Kidson (South Pseudomonas putida D-hydantoinase gene and ex- Africa, UK) pression of the gene in Escherichia coli Cloning and characterization of two isoforms of the H.R. Chien, Y.-L. Jih, W.-Y. Yang and W.-H. Hsu zebrafish thyrotroph embryonic factor (tefa and (Taiwan) tefB) Acid nuclear extracts as mediators of gene transfer X. Xu, L. Liu, K.C.Y. Wong and R. Ge (Singa- and expression pore) M. Bottger, S.V. Zaitsev, A. Otto, A. Haberland Molecular characterization of type E Clostridium and V.I. Vorob’ev (Germany, Russia) botulinum and comparison to other types of Cloning of a new Kunitz-type protease inhibitor with Clostridium botulinum a putative transmembrane domain overexpressed B. Li, X. Qian, H.K. Sarkar and B.R. Singh (USA) in pancreatic cancer cDNA cloning and characterization of neuron- F. Miiller-Pillasch, C. Wallrapp, K. Bartels, G. specific enolase from chicken Varga, H. Friess, M. Biichler, G. Adler and T.M. M. Tanaka, T. Taniguchi, T. Ohkubo and _ K. Gress (Germany, Hungary, Switzerland) Nakashima (Japan) Rescue of polyomavirus DNA after co-transfection cDNA cloning and tissue-specific expression of the of recombinant plasmids with viral DNA frag- gene encoding human adenylate kinase isozyme 2 ments I. Noma, S. Song, Y.-S. Yoon, S. Tanaka and A. L.-C. Fortier, L. Delbecchi, D. Bourgaux-Ramoisy Nakazawa (Japan) and P. Bourgaux (Canada) Genomic structure and expression of murine poly(A) DNA topoisomerase II cleavage of telomeres in vitro binding protein II gene and in vivo Y.J. Lee, J. Lee, 1.C. Yang, Y. Hahn, Y. Lee and H.J. Yoon, 1.¥. Choi, M.R. Kang, S.S. Kim, M.T. J.H. Chung (South Korea) Muller, J.R. Spitzner and I.K. Chung (South Ko- Molecular cloning of avian matrix Gla protein rea, USA) M. Wiedemann, B. Trueb and D. Belluoccio Transcription rates of SERCA and phospholamban (Switzerland) genes change in response to chronic stimulation of skeletal muscle Promoter papers P. Hu, K.-M. Zhang, J.A. Spratt, A.S. Wechsler and F.N. Briggs (USA) 121 Genomic organization and characterization of the promoter region of the round-spotted pufferfish Information for Contributors (Tetraodon fluviatilis) JAK] kinase gene ].-H. Leu, M.-S. Chang, C.-W. Yao, C.-K. Chou, Promoter paper §S.-T. Chen and C.-J. Huang (Taiwan) Analysis of the 5’-flanking regions of the MHC-lin- ked Hsp70-2 and Hsp70-3 genes of the rat Cell-type specific factors bind to regulatory elements H. Friedrich, L. Walter and E. Giinther (Germany) located downstream of the TATA-box element in Gene Structure and Expression BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA A Vol. 1395, 1998 Cumulative Contents Information for Contributors Human galactocerebrosidase gene: promoter analysis of the 5’-flanking region and structural organiza- Short sequence-papers tion N. Sakai, H. Fukushima, K. Inui, L. Fu, T. Nishi- Cloning of a novel Y-box homology protein gaki, I. Yanagihara, N. Tatsumi, K. Ozono and S. (chk YB-1HP) cDNA lacking the cold-shock do- Okada (Japan) main 4. Nambiar, J.C. Kandala, J. Svoboda and R.V. Regular papers Guntaka (USA) The cloning and sequencing of a cDNA coding for chick tyrosinase-related protein-| Identification of the open reading frame for the C.S. April, IJ. Jackson and S.H. Kidson (South Pseudomonas putida D-hydantoinase gene and ex- Africa, UK) pression of the gene in Escherichia coli Cloning and characterization of two isoforms of the H.R. Chien, Y.-L. Jih, W.-Y. Yang and W.-H. Hsu zebrafish thyrotroph embryonic factor (tefa and (Taiwan) tefB) Acid nuclear extracts as mediators of gene transfer X. Xu, L. Liu, K.C.Y. Wong and R. Ge (Singa- and expression pore) M. Bottger, S.V. Zaitsev, A. Otto, A. Haberland Molecular characterization of type E Clostridium and V.I. Vorob’ev (Germany, Russia) botulinum and comparison to other types of Cloning of a new Kunitz-type protease inhibitor with Clostridium botulinum a putative transmembrane domain overexpressed B. Li, X. Qian, H.K. Sarkar and B.R. Singh (USA) in pancreatic cancer cDNA cloning and characterization of neuron- F. Miiller-Pillasch, C. Wallrapp, K. Bartels, G. specific enolase from chicken Varga, H. Friess, M. Biichler, G. Adler and T.M. M. Tanaka, T. Taniguchi, T. Ohkubo and _ K. Gress (Germany, Hungary, Switzerland) Nakashima (Japan) Rescue of polyomavirus DNA after co-transfection cDNA cloning and tissue-specific expression of the of recombinant plasmids with viral DNA frag- gene encoding human adenylate kinase isozyme 2 ments I. Noma, S. Song, Y.-S. Yoon, S. Tanaka and A. L.-C. Fortier, L. Delbecchi, D. Bourgaux-Ramoisy Nakazawa (Japan) and P. Bourgaux (Canada) Genomic structure and expression of murine poly(A) DNA topoisomerase II cleavage of telomeres in vitro binding protein II gene and in vivo Y.J. Lee, J. Lee, 1.C. Yang, Y. Hahn, Y. Lee and H.J. Yoon, 1.¥. Choi, M.R. Kang, S.S. Kim, M.T. J.H. Chung (South Korea) Muller, J.R. Spitzner and I.K. Chung (South Ko- Molecular cloning of avian matrix Gla protein rea, USA) M. Wiedemann, B. Trueb and D. Belluoccio Transcription rates of SERCA and phospholamban (Switzerland) genes change in response to chronic stimulation of skeletal muscle Promoter papers P. Hu, K.-M. Zhang, J.A. Spratt, A.S. Wechsler and F.N. Briggs (USA) 121 Genomic organization and characterization of the promoter region of the round-spotted pufferfish Information for Contributors (Tetraodon fluviatilis) JAK] kinase gene ].-H. Leu, M.-S. Chang, C.-W. Yao, C.-K. Chou, Promoter paper §S.-T. Chen and C.-J. Huang (Taiwan) Analysis of the 5’-flanking regions of the MHC-lin- ked Hsp70-2 and Hsp70-3 genes of the rat Cell-type specific factors bind to regulatory elements H. Friedrich, L. Walter and E. Giinther (Germany) located downstream of the TATA-box element in the mouse myelin basic protein (MBP) gene pro- cDNA cloning of a novel trypsin inhibitor with moter similarity to pathogenesis-related proteins, and its A. Asipu and G.E. Blair (UK) frequent expression in human brain cancer cells T. Yamakawa, S. Miyata, N. Ogawa, N Short sequence-papers Koshikawa, H. Yasumitsu, T. Kanamori and K. Miyazaki (Japan) Characterisation of the mob locus from Rhodobacter Characterization of the integrin a, gene promoter in sphaeroides required for molybdenum cofactor mice biosynthesis M. Kambe, Y. Miyamoto and M. Hayashi (Japan) T. Palmer, I.P.G. Goodfellow, R.E. Sockett, A.G Identification of c-fos related genes and their induc McEwan and D.H. Boxer (UK, Australia) tion by neural activation in rainbow trout brain Isolation and cloning of Ser4, a gene encoding a I. Matsuoka, K. Fuyuki, T. Shoji and K. Kurihara trypsin-like serine protease in Drosop/iila (Japan) melanogaster Enhancement of transcription factor, USF, binding to J.E. Ahrens and P.A. Mahoney (USA) the adenovirus major late promoter: effect of A highly conserved region upstream of the fi- dithiothreitol and high mobility group protein- | bronectin alternative exon EIIA 3’ splice site P. Marmillot and W. Scovell (USA) interacts with cell-type-specific nuclear proteins Cloning and sequencing of human £,,,-tubulin cDNA P.A. Norton, T. Uporova and V.D. Bennett (USA) induction of 6, isotype in human prostate carci- Cloning and expression of a human/mouse Poly- noma cells by acute exposure to antimicrotubule comb group gene, ENX-2 / Enx-2 agents M. Ogawa, Y. Hiraoka, K. Taniguchi and S. Aiso S. Ranganathan, D.W. Dexter, C.A. Benetatos and (Japan) G.R. Hudes (USA) Drosophila homologue of oxysterol binding pro- tein (OSBP) — implications for the role of OSBP Information for Contributors L. Alphey, J. Jimenez and D. Glover (UK, Spain) Rat D-amino-acid oxidase cDNA: rat D-amino-acid Promoter papers Oxidase as an intermediate form between mouse and other mammalian D-amino-acid oxidases Molecular cloning and analysis of the 5’-flanking R. Konno (Japan) region of the human bone morphogenetic protein-6 Molecular cloning and partial characterization of a (BMP-6) tobacco cDNA encoding a small bZIP protein H. Tamada, R. Kitazawa, K. Gohji, S. Kamidono, T. Kusano, K. Sugawara, M. Harada and T. S. Maeda and S. Kitazawa (Japan) Berberich (Japan) Structural and functional characterization of the Expression analysis and chromosomal mapping of a mouse c-met proto-oncogene (hepatocyte growth novel human gene, APRIL, encoding an acidic factor receptor) promoter protein rich in leucines D.-W. Seol and R. Zarnegar (USA) M. Mencinger, I, Panagopoulos, J.A.C.F. Mitel- man and P. Aman (Sweden) Rapid report Regular papers Cloning and expression of the chicken 25-hydroxy- vitamin D, 24-hydroxylase cDNA Two types of chicken 2’,5’-oligoadenylate synthetase F. Jehan, R. Ismail, K. Hanson and H.F. DeLuca mRNA derived from alleles at a single locus (USA) A. Yamamoto, A. Iwata, Y. Koh, S. Kawai, S. Murayama, K. Hamada, S. Maekawa, S. Ueda and Y. Sokawa (Japan) Short sequence-papers Characterization and functional expression of the cDNA encoding human brain quinolinate phos- Cloning and characterization of the rat MAdCAM-|] phoribosyltransferase cDNA and gene S.-1. Fukuoka, C.M. Nyaruhucha and K. Shibata T. lizuka, R. Koike, N. Miyasaka, M. Miyasaka (Japan) and T. Watanabe (Japan) 364 Cumulative Contents cDNA cloning of a new member of the FTZ-FI The deduced primary structure of a ribosomal pro- subfamily from a rainbow trout tein S4 from Trypanosoma cruzi M. Ito, A. Masuda, K. Yumoto, A. Otomo, Y. R. Hernandez, S. Palacios, J. Herrera, S. Takahashi, N. Takamatsu, H. Kanda, S. Ya- Martinez-Calvillo and I. Lépez (Mexico) mashita and T. Shiba (Japan) Molecular cloning and sequencing of the cDNA of Sequence and expression analysis of a Drosophila cop! gene from Pisum sativum gene product related to the tre oncogene L. Zhao, C. Wang, Y. Zhu, J. Zhao and X. Wu B. Yedvobnick and D. Smolier (USA) (China) Two unique 5’ untranslated regions in mRNAs en- coding human 14-3-3¢: differential expression in Regular papers hemopoietic cells G.A. Seluja, L. Elias and S.F. Pietromonaco (USA) Correct targeting of a vacuolar tobacco chitinase in Structural and phylogenetic analyses of RGD- Saccharomyces cerevisiae — post-translational CAP /Big-h3, a fasciclin-like adhesion protein ex- modifications are dependent on the host strain pressed in chick chondrocytes I. Kunze, C. Nilsson, K. Adler, R. Manteuffel, C. T. Kawamoto, M. Noshiro, M. Shen, K. Naka- Horstmann, M. Broker and G. Kunze (Germany) masu, K. Hashimoto, Y. Kawashima-Ohya, O. Synergistic increase in c-fos expression by simulta- Gotoh and Y. Kato (Japan, China) neous activation of the ras /raf/map kinase- and Cloning and expression of a cDNA encoding the protein kinase A signaling pathways is mediated large subunit of duck replication factor C by the c-fos AP-1 and SRE sites J.-T. Guo, C. Liu, W.S. Mason and J.C. Pugh O.M. Seternes, R. Sorensen, B. Johansen, T. (USA) Loennechen, J. Aarbakke and U. Moens (Norway) Isolation, molecular characterization, and tissue- specific expression of a novel putative G protein- coupled receptor Erratum H. Mayer, U. Salzer, J. Breuss, S. Ziegler, A. Marchler-Bauer and R. Prohaska (Austria) Erratum to “‘Expression of glutamyl-tRNA reductase Molecular cloning and characterization of the gene in Escherichia coli’? [Biochim. Biophys. Acta encoding glutathione reductase in Brassica 1309 (1996) 109-121] campestris W. Chen, L. Wright, S. Li, $.D. Cosloy and C.S. H. Lee, J. Jo and D. Son (South Korea) Russell 361 Molecular identification of glutathione synthetase (GSH2) gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cumulative Contents, Vol. 1395 Y. Inoue, K.-i. Sugiyama, S. Izawa and A. Kimura (Japan) Author index