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TRENDS IN GENETICS REFERENCE EDITION Volume 7 1991 CONTENTS By anuary Comment Coordination of gene expression in the formation of mammalian mitochondria, by Phillip Nagley TECHNICAL TIPS MONITOR Reviews Regulation of HIV gene expression by RNA-protein interactions, by Craig A. Rosen Chemical mutagenesis and fine-structure functional analysis of the mouse genome, by Eugene M. Rinchik (see Corrigendum, p. 148, May 1991) The Lake Casitas wild mouse: evolving genetic resistance to retroviral disease, by Murray B. Gardner, Christine A. Kozak and Stephen]. O’Brien RAS genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: signal transduction in search of a pathway, by James R. Broach Book Reviews Gene Expression Technology (Methods in Enzymology Vol. 185) (D.V. Goeddel, ed.), by Jonathan Karn 33 f@esruary C OMMENT CRABP and the teratogenic effects of retinoids, by R. Balling 35 RNA editing fixes problems in plant mitochondrial transcripts, by Virginia Walbot 37 TECHNICAL TIPS 40 MONITOR 42 Perspectives Genomic imprinting in mammalian development: a parental tug-of-war, by Tom Moore and David Haig 45 Reviews Nuclear targets for transcription regulation by oncogenes, by Alejandro Gutman and Bohdan Wasylyk 49 Recombinant inbreds for molecular mapping in maize: theoretical and practical considerations, by Benjamin Burr and FrancesA . Burr 55 Genetics of prion infections, by GeorgeA . Carlson, Karen Hsiao, Bruno Oesch, David Westaway and Stanley B. Prusiner 61 Book Reviews Pattern Formation: Ciliate Studies and Models (J. Frankel), by D.L. Nanney 66 Stress Proteins in Biology and Medicine (R. Morimoto, A. Tissiéres and C. Georgopoulos, eds), by Sean Munro 67 The Emergence of Bacterial Genetics (T. Brock), by Keith Chater 68 Bi arcu Comment The quest for the X-inactivation centre, by Mary F. Lyon 69 Sex and recombination in retroviruses, by Howard M. Temin 71 What do the regulators regulate? First glimpses downstream, by Peter S. Budd and lan J. Jackson 74 76 TECHNICALTIPS 77 MONITOR Reviews Pre-mRNA splicing in yeast, by Stephanie W. Ruby and John Abelson 79 Interactions of retrotransposons with the host genome: the case of the gypsy element of Drosophila, by Victor G. Corces and Pamela K. Geyer 86 How does p21” transform cells?, by Christopher]. Marshall 91 G1-specific cyclins: in search of an S-phase-promoting factor, by Steven I. Reed 95 Book Reviews Prediction of Protein Structure and the Principles of Protein Conformation (G.D. Fasman, ed.), by M.J. Bishop 100 Protein Purification Methods: A Practical Approach and Protein Purification Applications: A Practical Approach (E.L.V. Harris and S. Angal, eds), by H.B.F. Dixon 100 Gene Probes (Methods in Neuroscience, Vol. 1) (P.M. Conn, ed.), by A. Davies and E. Wright 101 X-Linked Traits, A Catalog of Loci in Nonhuman Mammals (J.R. Miller), by Joseph H. Nadeau 102 Genes and Cancer (D. Carney and K. Sikora, eds) and Molecular Biology of Cancer Genes (M. Sluyser, ed.), by R. Nusse 103 C OMMENT Picornavirus RNA translation continues to surprise, by Nahum Sonenberg 105 Opposite imprinting of the mouse /gf2 and /gf2r genes, by Keith Willison 107 TECHNICAL TIPS 109 MONITOR 111 Reviews Development and applications of a molecular genetic linkage map of the mouse genome, by Neal G. Copeland and Nancy A.J enkins 113 Dorsoventral pattern formation in Drosophila, by Shubha Govind and Ruth Steward 119 Mitosis in the Drosophila embryo —in and out of control, by David M. Glover 125 The ZFY gene family in humans and mice, by Peter Koopman, Alan Ashworth and Robin Lovell-Badge 132 Boox Reviews Tissue Specific Gene Expression (R. Renkawitz, ed.), by Edgar Serfling 136 Where the Truth Lies: Franz Moewus and the Origins of Molecular Biology (J. Sapp), by J.R.S. Fincham 137 Ba C OMMENT Why kinetoplast DNA networks?, by P. Borst 139 TECHNICAL TIPS 142 MONITOR 143 Perspectives Intron phylogeny: a new hypothesis, by T. Cavalier-Smith 145 TercHNICAL Focus Fluorescence in situ hybridization: applications in cytogenetics and gene mapping, by Barbara J. Trask 149 Reviews Integrated maps of the Drosophila genome: progress and prospects, by Fotis C. Kafatos, Christos Louis, Charalambos Savakis, David M. Glover, Michael Ashburner, Andrew J. Link, Inga Sidéx-Kiamos and Robert D.C. Saunders 155 Molecular genetics of cell migration: Dictyostelium as a model system, by Thomas T. Egelhoff and James A. Spudich 161 Compartmentalized gene expression during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis, by Barbara Kunkel 167 Boox Reviews DNA Topology and its Biological Effects (N.R. Cozzarelli and J.C. Wang, eds), by David M./. Lilley 173 BJone C OMMENT Structural changes in nucleosomes during transcription: strip, split or flip?, by Fritz Thoma 175 TECHNICAL TIPS 178 MONITOR 179 Reviews Genetics of gene transfer between species, by Jack A. Heinemann 181 The polymerase in its labyrinth: mechanisms and implications of RNA recombination, by Thale C. Jarvis and Karla Kirkegaard 186 Spatial regulation of photosynthetic development in C4 plants, by JaneA .L angdale and Timothy Nelson 191 Genetic analysis of the bacterial flagellum, by Robert M. Macnab and John S. Parkinson 196 Boox Reviews Proto-oncogenes in Cell Development (Ciba Foundation Symposium 150) (G. Bock andJ .M arsh, eds), by David Wilkinson 201 Advances in Gene Technology (Vol. 1) (P.J. Greenaway, ed.), by Steve Busby 201 Cell Surface and Differentiation (T. Muramatsu), by Jean Paul Thiery 202 EJury C OMMENT Frameshift control of IS/ transposition, by Ronald H.A. Plasterk 203 205 MONITOR TrcHNICAL Focus Studying DNA modifications and DNA-protein interactions in vivo: a window onto the native genome, by Hans Peter Saluz, Karin Wiebauer and Andrew Wallace 207 Reviews Cell type specification during sea urchin development, by R. Andrew Cameron and Eric H. Davidson 212 Minor histocompatibility antigens, by Kirsten Fischer Lindahl 219 The Drosophila dunce locus: learning and memory genes in the fly, by Ronald L. Davis and Brigitte Dauwalder 224 Control of ColE1 plasmid replication by antisense RNA, by G. Cesareni, M. Helmer-Citterich and L. Castagnoli 230 Boox Reviews Essential Medical Genetics (3rd edn) (J.M. Connor and M.A. Ferguson-Smith) avd Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics (2nd edn) (A.E.H. Emery and D.L. Rimoin, eds), by B.A.J. Ponder 236 Bacterial Genetics in Natural Environments (J.C. Fry and M.J. Day, eds), by Thomas L. Kieft 236 Bucusr Comment A fragile understanding, by G. Camerino and P. Goodfellow 239 LETTERS Translation, oncogenesis and myopathies, by Michelle Dequard-Chablat 240 TECHNICALTIPS 241 MONITOR 243 Perspectives Growth factors as morphogens: do gradients and thresholds establish body plan?, by Jeremy B.A. Green and J.C. Smith 245 Reviews The role of transcription factors in the developing Drosophila eye, by Kevin Moses 250 Genetically identified protein kinases in yeast I: transcription, translation, transport and mating, by Merl F. Hoekstra, Anthony J. DeMaggio and Namrita Dhillon 256 Diversity of coding strategies in influenza viruses, by Robert A. Lamb and Curt M. Horvath 261 Drosophila headlines, by Stephen Cohen and Gerd Jurgens 267 Book Reviews Molecular Systematics (D.M. Hillis and C. Moritz, eds), by Svante Paabo 272 Glerremper C OMMENT His and hers recombinational hotspots, by Kirsten Fischer Lindahl 273 Vertebrate development: an emerging synthesis, by A. Ruiz iA ltaba 276 MONITOR 280 Reviews Regulation of Drosophila P element transposition, by Donald C. Rio 282 From linked marker to gene, by Carol Wicking and Bob Williamson 288 Centrepage diagram: From linked marker to gene 290-291 Genetically identified protein kinases in yeast II: DNA metabolism and meiosis, by Merl F. Hoekstra, Anthony J. DeMaggio and Namrita Dhillon 293 (see Corrigendum, p. 418, November/December, 1991) Molecular analysis of male gametogenesis in plants, by Sheila McCormick 298 Boox Reviews Between Nucleus and Cytoplasm (P.S. Agutter), by Colin Dingwall 303 Mapping the Code: The Human Genome Project and the Choices of Modern Science (J. Davis), by P.N. Goodfellow 304 Genomic Imprinting (Development 1990 Supplement) (M. Monk and A. Surani, eds), by Barbara R. Migeon 304 DNA Fingerprinting: An Introduction (L.T. Kirby), by David T. Parkin 305 Chromosome Banding (A.T. Sumner), by Margit Burmeister 306 Fe} croser C OMMENT Transferrin receptor, antigenic variation and the prospect of a trypanosome vaccine, by P. Borst 307 LETTERS Where the Truth Lies, by Jan Sapp 310 Reply, byJ .R.S. Fincham 311 Genetic mapping of manic-depressive illness, by J. Mendlewicz 311 Reply, by Elliot S. Gershon 311 MONITOR 312 Perspectives Hybridization analyses of arrayed cDNA libraries, by Gregory G. Lennon and Hans Lehrach 314 Reviews Malignant transformation by mutant Rel proteins, by Thomas D. Gilmore 318 Octamania: The POU factors in murine development, by Hans R. Schéler 323 HOX gene activation by retinoic acid, by Edoardo Boncinelli, Antonio Simeone, Dario Acampora and Fulvio Mavilio 329 Boundary functions in the control of gene expression, by J.C. Eissenberg and S.C.R. Elgin 335 (see Erratum, January 1992 issue) Book Reviews Gene Structure and Expression (2nd edn) (J.D. Hawkins) and Gene Regulation: A Eukaryotic Perspective (D. Latchman), by Stephen Goodbourn 340 Physiology of the Bacterial Cell - A Molecular Approach (F.C. NeidhardtJ,.L . Ingraham and M. Schaechter), by].C. Murrell 341 Bacterial Growth and Division (S. Cooper), by Richard D’Ani 341 BMovemser/p} ECEMBER Signal transduction ~ a special issue ~ I NTRODUCTION Signal transduction in the control of cell growth and development, by Tony Pawson 343 Reviews Regulation of p21™ activity, by Douglas R. Lowy, Ke Zhang, Jeffrey E. DeClue and Berthe M. Willumsen 346 Drosophila abl and genetic redundancy in signal transduction, by F. Michael Hoffmann 351 Signal transduction in plant cells, by A. Trewavas and S. Gilroy 356 Intercellular signaling in Myxococcus development: The role of C factor, by Seung K. Kim 361 Signal transduction during C. elegans vulval induction, by Paul W. Sternberg and H. Robert Horvitz 366 Signal transduction and the fate of the R7 photoreceptor in Drosophila, by Gerald M. Rubin 372 Cross-coupling of signal transduction pathways: Zinc finger meets leucine zipper, by Roland Schiile and Ronald M. Evans 377 Signal transduction pathways controlling multicellular development in Dictyostelium, by Richard A. Firtel 381 Developmental control by the Drosophila EGF receptor homolog DER, by Ben-Zion Shilo and Erez Raz 388 Signal transduction in yeast mating: Receptors, transcription factors, and the kinase connection, by George F. Sprague, Jr 393 Mitogenic response to colony-stimulating factor 1, by Charles J. Sherr 398 Choosing a cell fate: A view from the Notch locus, by Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas and Pat Simpson 403 The DVR gene family in embryonic development, by Karen M. Lyons, C. Michael Jones and Brigid L.M. Hogan 408 Is PDGF really important? Testing the hypotheses, by Daniel F. Bowen-Pope, Antje van Koppen and Gina Schatteman 413 Author Index 421 Subject Index 425