Vol. 17, No. 11(November 2012)

The principle mechanism of skin pattern formation in vertebrates can be explained with a mathematical model proposed by Alan Turing (reaction-diffusion system, 1952). In this month's cover art, wild-type and mutant tigers are glaring to the right (at a dragon coming up in December issue). In the front of the wild-type tiger, a rock is illustrated with three peaks representing waves of activator and inhibitor that are observed in the reaction-diffusion system. Furthermore, two bamboos having four internodes represent transmembrane domains in a certain variant of connexin (a subunit of the gap junctions), which is a four-span transmembrande protein and one of the responsible genes for morphological mutation in a vertebrate.

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Journal compilation © 2012 by the Molecular Biology Society of Japan and Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd

Volume 17, Issue 11, 2012.

Original Articles

Pages: 875-896 アフリカツメガエル胚発生においてアポトーシス、NF-κB活性化シグナル、および心臓形成に関わる多機能なFADDの解析 Multiple functions of FADD in apoptosis, NF-κB-related signaling, and heart development in Xenopus embryos 酒巻　和弘、高木　知世、喜多山　篤、倉田　智子、山本　隆正、千場　久美子、小南　勝也、鄭　祥基、大川　克也、野崎　正美、久保田　洋、上野　直人 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12004

Pages: 897-912 減数分裂前期における対合の監視にはHORMAD2によるATR活性のリクルートが必要である HORMAD2 is essential for synapsis surveillance during meiotic prophase via the recruitment of ATR activity 向後　寛、堤　真紀子、稲垣　秀人、大江　瑞恵、清成　寛、倉橋　浩樹 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12005

Pages: 913-922 AMPD3欠損マウスは赤血球ATP増加をきたすが、PK欠損症による貧血は改善しない AMPD3 deficient mice exhibit increased erythrocyte ATP levels but anemia not improved due to PK deficiency 程　継東、森崎　裕子、遠山　桂子、伊川　正人、岡部　勝、森崎　隆幸 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12006

Pages: 923-937 超好熱アーキアThermococcus kodakarensisが有する二つのPCNAの機能比較 Comparative analyses of the two proliferating cell nuclear antigens from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus kodakarensis 久場　由真仁、石野　園子、山上　健、徳原　将弘、金井　保、藤兼　亮輔、大安　裕美、跡見　晴幸、石野　良純 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12007