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nA ELSEVIER Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 71 (1995) 295-296 Contents of Volume 71 Number 1, April 1995 Research Papers Kinetoplastid membrane protein-11 (KMP-11) is differentially expressed during the life cycle of African trypanosomes and is found in a wide variety of kinetoplastid parasites C.E. Stebeck, R.P. Beecroft, B.N. Singh, A. Jardim, R.W. Olafson, C. Tuckey, K.D. Prenevost and T.W. Pearson (Canada, USA) Characterization and detection of plant trypanosomatids by sequence analysis of the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene S. Marché, C. Roth, H. Philippe, M. Dollet and T. Baltz (France) Essential components of the mini-exon gene promoter in the trypanosomatid Leptomonas seymouri D. Hartree and V. Bellofatto (USA) The gp15/400 polyprotein antigen of Brugia malayibinds fatty acids and retinoids M.W. Kennedy, J.E. Allen, A.S. Wright, A.B. McCruden and A. Cooper (UK) Isolation and characterization of the gene encoding the surface membrane 3’-nucleotidase /nuclease of Leishmania donovani A. Debrabant, M. Gottlieb and D.M. Dwyer (USA) Characterization of two nuclear-encoded protein components of mitochondrial ribonucleoprotein complexes from Leishmania tarentolae F. Bringaud, M. Peris, K.H. Zen and L. Simpson (USA) Cloning of a Schistosoma japonicumgene encoding an antigen with homology to calreticulin M.C. Huggins, J. Gibbs and N.A. Moloney (UK) Organization and expression of the gene encoding an immunodominant repetitive antigen associated to the cytoskeleton of Trypanosoma cruzi P.C. Cotrim, G. Paranhos-Baccala, M.R. Santos, C. Mortensen, M.I. Cano, M. Jolivet, M.E. Camargo, R.A. Mortara and J. Franco Da Silveira (Brazil, France) Natural selection on Plasmodiumsurface proteins M.K. Hughes and A.L. Hughes (USA) A mutation-specific PCR system to detect sequence variation in the dihydropteroate synthetase gene of Plasmodium falciparum P. Wang, D.R. Brooks, P.F.G. Sims and J.E. Hyde (UK) Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on the surface of the blood fluke Schistosoma M. Camacho, S. Alsford, A. Jones and A. Agnew (UK) Short Communications A new polymorphic marker for PCR typing of Plasmodium vivax parasites V.A. Snewin, E. Khouri, J. Wattavidanage, L. Perera, S. Premawansa, K.N. Mendis and P.H. David (France, Sri Lanka) Phylogenetic analysis of Gyrodactylus salarisMalmberg, 1957 based on the small subunit (18S) ribosomal RNA gene C.O. Cunningham, D.M. McGillivray and K. MacKenzie (UK) Molecular cloning and characterization of a Cryptosporidium parvumelongation factor-2 gene D.E. Jones, T.D. Tu, S. Mathur, R.W. Sweeney and D.P. Clark (USA) Cloning and expression of cDNA encoding an antigenic . Cryptosporidium parvumprotein M.C. Jenkins and R. Fayer (USA) Instructions to Authors 296 Contents of Volume 71 Number 2, May 1995 Research Papers Location in the source chromosome of the 180-kb minichromosome of Leishmania majorand characterization of the novel junction G. Ortiz, M. Navarro and M. Segovia (Spain) Characterization and localization of cathepsin B proteinases expressed by adult Ancylostoma caninumhookworms S.A. Harrop, N. Sawangjaroen, P. Prociv and P.J. Brindley (Australia) Female-specific sequences isolated from Schistosoma mansoniby representational difference analysis A.C. Drew and P.J. Brindley (Australia) Identification of Eimeria bovismerozoite cDNAs using differential mRNA display M.S. Abrahamsen, R.R. Johnson, M. Hathaway and M.W. White (USA) Kinetics and molecular characteristics of arginine transport by Leishmania donovanipromastigotes M. Kandpal, R.B. Fouce, A. Pal, P.Y. Guru and B.L. Tekwani (India) Predicted disulfide-bonded structures for three uniquely related proteins of Plasmodium falciparum, Pfs230, Pfs48/45 and Pf12 R. Carter, A. Coulson, S. Bhatti, B.J. Taylor and J.F. Elliott (UK, Canada T6G 2S2) Differential susceptibility of filarial and human erythrocyte glutathione reductase to inhibition by the trivalent organic arsenical melarsen oxide S. Miiller, R.D. Walter and A.H. Fairlamb (UK, Germany) Cloning of the gene for phosphoglycerate kinase from Schistosoma mansoniand characterization of its gene product K.W. Lee, K.A. Shalaby, A. Thakur, A.M. Medhat, A.M. Karim and P.T. LoVerde (USA, Egypt) Comparison of introns in a cdc2-homologous gene within a number of Plasmodiumspecies R. Vinkenoog, B. Veldhuisen, M. Aparecida Speranga, H.A. Del Portillo, C. Janse and A.P. Waters (Netherlands, Brasil) Short Communications Sequence and organization of an unusual histone H4 gene in the human parasite Entamoeba histolytica M. Binder, S. Ortner, B. Plaimauer, M. Fédinger, G. Wiedermann, O. Scheiner and M. Duchéne (Austria) A Plasmodium falciparumgene encoding a high mobility group protein box J.F.J. Kun and R.F. Anders (Australia) Genus- and subgenus-specific oligonucleotide probes for Acanthamoeba R.J. Gast and T.J. Byers (USA) Cloning and characterization of the ribosomal //]gene from Leishmaniaspp. D.C. Love, M.E. Wilson and D.M. Mosser (USA) Stable episomal transfection of Entamoeba histolytica R.R. Vines, J.E. Purdy, B.D. Ragland, J. Samuelson, B.J. Mann and W.A. Petri Jr. (USA) The female-specific W1 sequence of the Puerto Rican strain of Schistosoma mansonioccurs in both genders of a Liberian strain C.G. Grevelding (Germany) Molecular karyotype of clone CL Brener chosen for the Trypanosoma cruziGenome Project M.I. Cano, A. Gruber, M. Vazquez, A. Cortés, M.J. Levin, A. Gonzalez, W. Degrave, E. Rondinelli, B. Zingales, J.L. Ramirez, C. Alonso, J.M. Requena and J. Franco da Silveira (Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Venezuela) Primary structure of a putative adenylate kinase gene of Giardia lamblia C. Rozario and M. Miiller (USA) Stage-specifically expressed genes of Angiostrongylus cantonensis: identification by differential display G.W.P. Joshua and C.Y. Hsieh (Taiwan) Sequence variations in the non-repetitive regions of the liver stage-specific antigen-1 (LSA-1) of Plasmodium falciparumfrom field isolates C. Yang, Y.-P. Shi, V. Udhayakumar, M.P. Alpers, M.M. Povoa, W.A. Hawley, W.E. Collins and A.A. Lal (USA, Papua New Guinea, Brazil) Contents of Volume 71