Vol. 20, No. 8(August 2015)

Transposons (transposable elements), discovered in maize by Barbara McClintock in 1948, are DNA sequences that can change their positions within the genome. Transposition of transposons can introduce mutations in the host genome. Actually, there was a close and astonishing relationship between transposons and the culture of the Edo era. In late Edo, a large number of mutant Asagaos (Japanese morning glory) were isolated, and it became popular to cultivate them; in fact, many mutations were caused by transposons. These mutant Asagaos have been collected by researchers and are currently maintained by a group led mainly by Kyushu University. See the website of National BioResource Project (NBRP) “Asagao” (http://www.shigen.nig.ac.jp/asagao/) for further details.

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Genes to Cells © 2015 by the Molecular Biology Society of Japan and Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd

Volume 20, Issue 8, 2015.

Original Articles

Pages: 625-635 発生段階のマウス網膜を用いた定量PCRにおける時期特異的なリファレンス遺伝子選択の重要性 Stage-specific reference genes significant for quantitative PCR during mouse retinal development 足立　博子、富永　洋之、丸山　悠子、米田　一仁、丸山　和一、吉井　健悟、木下　茂、中野　正和、田代　啓 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12254

Pages: 636-646 シロイヌナズナでDNA二重鎖切断を起こすとフラビン含有モノオキシゲナーゼの発現誘導により根端の分裂領域が短くなる DNA double-strand breaks induce the expression of flavin-containing monooxygenase and reduce root meristem size in Arabidopsis thaliana 陳　柏佑、梅田　正明 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12255

Pages: 647-658 スフィンゴシン-1-リン酸受容体を破壊したゼブラフィッシュ変異体の初期発生における包括的な機能解析 Comprehensive analysis of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor mutants during zebrafish embryogenesis 久野　悠、井上　飛鳥、泰松　清人、太田　聡、王賀　理恵、小谷　紘史、村木　倫子、青木　淳賢、川原　敦雄 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12259

Pages: 659-666 哺乳類培養細胞の温度感受性変異株において特徴づけられたユビキチン活性化酵素Uba1の核局在 Nuclear localization of ubiquitin-activating enzyme Uba1 is characterized in its mammalian temperature-sensitive mutant 菅谷　公彦、石原　よし江、井上　園江 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12257

Brief Reports

Pages: 667-674 FBXO21はEID1のユビキチン化とプロテアソームによる分解を媒介する FBXO21 mediates the ubiquitylation and proteasomal degradation of EID1 渡辺　紘己、弓本　佳苗、中山　敬一 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12260

Pages: 675-680 ヒトiPS細胞におけるADAR1の消失はcaspase3を介するアポトーシスを促進する Loss of ADAR1 in human iPS cells promotes caspase3-mediated apoptotic cell death 片山　翔太、下田　かおり、竹永　祐司 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12261