Vol. 18, No. 7(July 2013)

Soma Nomaoi, Soma horse chasing festival, which used to be a religious ceremony, is now an event held in Soso District (north-eastern part of Fukushima prefecture) every July. In ancient times, Samurais captured wild horses roaming around fields, and dedicated them to Kami. Although wild horses were extinct early in Meiji era, later, the ceremony has been revived as an event in which hundreds of horsemen scramble for holy flags. In this cover art, we let warriors on horsebacks carry flags with arms of model organisms, the strongest tools for our research, to join this event. It is Arabidopsis thaliana (right foreground) what colors the field, the stage for the festival, and streamers of double helix are fluttering in the far background.

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Genes to Cells © 2013 by the Molecular Biology Society of Japan and Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd

Volume 18, Issue 7, 2013.

Commentary

Pages: 529-532 日本における科学人材の活用: 女性科学研究リーダーの育成が機会均等への道を拓く Maximizing the Potential of Scientists in Japan: promoting equal participation for women scientists through leadership development 本間　美和子、本橋　令子、大坪　久子 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12065

Original Articles

Pages: 533-543 CaMKIIβによるLIMキナーゼの活性化はBDNFによる神経突起形成に重要な役割を担う CaMKIIβ-mediated LIM-kinase activation plays a crucial role in BDNF-induced neuritogenesis 斉藤　聡彦、宮島　健、赤塚　淳一、近藤　洋志、増子　寿弥、木内　泰、大橋　一正、水野　健作 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12054

Pages: 544-553 Fgf16欠損マウスではアンギオテンシンII誘発心肥大と線維症が促進される Angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis are promoted in mice lacking Fgf16 松本　恵美、佐々木　さやか、木下　秀之、鬼頭　拓也、太田　紘也、小西　守周、桑原　宏一郎、中尾　一和、伊藤　信行 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12055

Pages: 554-574 バクテリアには二つの異なるタイプの100Sリボソームが存在する Conservation of two distinct types of 100S ribosome in bacteria 上田　雅美、和田　千惠子、大福　高史、左子　芳彦、別所　義隆、北村　彩、大庭　良介、森川　一也、吉田　秀司、加藤　貴之、宮田　知子、難波　啓一、和田　明 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12057

Pages: 575-588 哺乳類光周性におけるTSHβリアルタイムモニタリング系の構築 Establishment of TSH β real-time monitoring system in mammalian photoperiodism 辻野　薫里、鳴海　良平、升本　宏平、洲崎　悦生、篠原　雄太、阿部　高也、飯郷　雅之、和田　淳、長野　護、重吉　康史、上田　泰己 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12063

Pages: 589-601 DROMPA: ChIP-seqデータの解析及び検証のための扱いやすいピーク抽出・可視化ソフトウェア DROMPA: easy-to-handle peak calling and visualization software for the computational analysis and validation of ChIP-seq data 中戸　隆一郎、伊藤　武彦、白髭　克彦 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12058

Pages: 602-607 4E-BP1は白色脂肪組織の分化を制御する 4E-BP1 regulates the differentiation of white adipose tissue 小原　恭子、勝目　朝夫、木村　和弘、斉藤　昌之、小原　道法 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12059

Pages: 608-619 腎線維化における管腔上皮細胞の上皮間葉転換に伴うWnt5a-Ror2シグナルの活性化 Activation of Wnt5a-Ror2 signaling associated with epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition of tubular epithelial cells during renal fibrosis 李　欣、山形　薫、西田　満、遠藤　光晴、Nur Arfian、力武　良行、江本　憲昭、平田　健一、田中　良哉、南　康博 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12064