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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY Volume 97, Nos. 1,2 November 1993 Cited in Biological Abstracts; Current Awareness in Biological Sciences (CABS); Current Contents / Life Sciences; Excerpta Medica (EMBASE); Index Medicus; Informedicus; Pascal M CONTENTS At the Cutting Edge Interactions between glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids in the regulation of renal electrolyte transport A.S. Brem and D.J. Morris (USA) Cl Research Papers Steroidogenic enzyme activity after acute activation of protein kinase (PK) A and PKC in ovine small and large luteal cells M.C. Wiltbank, C.J. Belfiore and G.D. Niswender (USA) Hepatic tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins identified and localized following in vivo inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatases: effects of H,O, and vanadate administration into rat livers Y.R. Hadari, B. Geiger, O. Nadiv, I. Sabanay, C.T. Roberts, Jr., D. LeRoith and Y. Zick (Israel, USA) The effects of follistatin, activin and inhibin on steroidogenesis by bovine thecal cells L. Shukovski, M. Dyson and J.K. Findlay (Australia) 19 Expression of the IGF system in primary and immortalized porcine ovarian granulosa cells J.K. Leighton, R.W. Grimes, S. Canning and J.M. Hammond (USA) Involvement of protein kinase C and protein tyrosine kinase pathways in tumor necrosis factor-a-induced clustering of ovarian theca-interstitial cells R.J. Zachow and P.F. Terranova (USA) 37 Hormonal storage patterns and morphological heterogeneity of porcine gonadotrope cells during postnatal development R. Torronteras, J.P. Castano, Y. Almaden, A. Ruiz-Navarro and F. Gracia-Navarro (Spain) 51 Calbindin-D,, gene expression during the perinatal period in the rat: correlation to estrogen receptor expression in uterus J. Krisinger, J.L. Dann, O. Applegarth, W.D. Currie, E.-B. Jeung, M. Staun and P.C.K. Leung (Canada, Denmark) 61 Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins in the human adrenal gland V. Ilvesmaki, W.F. Blum and R. Voutilainen (Finland, Germany) 71 Mode of action of prostaglandin F,, in human luteinized granulosa cells: role of protein kinase C D.R.E. Abayasekara, A.E. Michael, G.E. Webley and A.P.F. Flint (UK) 81 Region-specific anti-thyroid hormone receptor (TR) antibodies detect changes in TR structure due to ligand-binding and dimerization P.M. Yen, A. Sugawara, M. Forgione, R.A. Spanjaard, E. Macchia, S.-Y. Cheng and W.W. Chin (USA, Italy) 93 Chromosomal organization of the gene encoding porcine antileukoproteinase and functional analysis of the promoter region in endometrial and placental cells R.C.M. Simmen, L. Badinga and F.J. Michel (USA) 101 Basic fibroblast growth factor-induced increase in '*I-human chorionic gonadotropin binding to luteinizing hormone receptors in cultured immature Leydig cells is mediated by binding to heparan sulfate proteogly- cans E.P. Murono, A.L. Washburn, D.P. Goforth and N. Wu (USA) 109 (continued on page 3 of cover) 0303-7207(199311)97:1/2;1-T MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY Subscription Information 1993: vols. 89-97 in 18 issues; vols. 89 and 90 No. 1 appeared in 1992 but remain the first volumes of the 1993 subscription year. Institutional Rate: IR £981.50 + IR £103.50 postage, packaging and handling. Total price IR £1085.00. Subscriptions are accepted on a prepaid basis only, unless different terms have been previously agreed upon. Personal subscription rates and conditions are available upon request from the Publisher. Subscription orders can be entered only by calendar year (January—December) and should be sent to Elsevier Scientific Publishers Ireland Ltd., Bay 15, Shannon Industrial Estate, Shannon, Co. Clare (Ireland), or to your usual subscription agent (not for personal subscriptions). 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Risbridger (Australia) 125 Site-directed mutagenesis of hGH at the 54-74 loop selectively modifies its lactogenic receptor-mediated biological activity E. Sakal, A. Tchelet, E. Uchida, S. Shimokawa, S. Nishikawa, T. Hayakawa, G.G. Krivi and A. Gertler (Israel, Japan, USA) 129 Temporal and spatial localization of steroidogenic enzymes in premenopausal human ovaries: in situ hy- bridization and immunohistochemical study T. Suzuki, H. Sasano, M. Tamura, H. Aoki, T. Fukaya, A. Yajima, H. Nagura and J.I. Mason (Japan, USA) 135 Competitive inhibition of thyroid hormone uptake into cultured rat brain astrocytes by bilirubin and bilirubin conjugates F. Chantoux, L. Chuniaud, M. Dessante, F. Trivin, J.P. Blondeau and J. Francon (France) 145 Competitive PCR for quantitation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone mRNA level in a single micropunch of the rat preoptic area K. Kim, H. Jarry, I. Knoke, J.Y. Seong, S. Leonhardt and W. Wuttke (Korea, Germany) 153 Expression of the genes encoding bombesin-related peptides and their receptors in anterior pituitary tissue H. Houben, A.-T. Vandenbroucke, A.-M. Verheyden and C. Denef (Belgium) 159 Characterization of a corticotropin releasing hormone responsive region in the murine proopiomelanocortin gene J.F. Bishop and M.M. Mouradian (USA) 165 A receptor binding site identified in the region 81-95 of the B-subunit of human luteinizing hormone (LH) and chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) D.E. Morbeck, P.C. Roche, H.T. Keutmann and D.J. McCormick (USA) 173 Calendar of Meetings 183 Rapid Paper Exon-specific Northern analysis and rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) reveal that the proximal promoter II (PII) is responsible for aromatase cytochrome P,;,. (CYP19) expression in human ovary C. Jenkins, D. Michael, M. Mahendroo and E. Simpson (USA) Rl Notes to Authors