Vol. 22, No. 11(November 2017)

The position of the hindlimb, or the length of the trunk, of tetrapods is highly diversified. Very recently, it was revealed that the timing of expression of Gdf11 gene in tetrapods' embryonic development plays an important role in determining the eventual position of the sacral vertebrae and the hindlimb beyond species. In some species that has a short trunk, such as frog, Gdf11 is expressed relatively earlier; in contrast, it is expressed much later in snakes' embryo. On the cover of this issue, we drew tetrapods with various lengths of the vertebrae, imitating Choju-jinbutsu-giga, one of Japan's national treasures, on a photograph of bamboos, which remind us of somites. For drawing this image, we referred to a website https://nagoyaumb5.wixsite.com/morphogenesis/takayuki-suzuki and a research paper by Matsubara et al. (2017) Nature Ecology and Evolution, vol. 1, pp.1392-1399, DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0247-y.

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Genes to Cells © 2017 the Molecular Biology Society of Japan and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.

Volume 22, Issue 11, 2017.

Meeting Report

Pages: 934-938 温泉で熱い議論：第２回SMCタンパク質国際会議 Hot debate in hot springs: Report on the second international meeting on SMC proteins 平野　達也、西山　朋子、白髭　克彦 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12539

Original Articles

Pages: 939-952 GATA因子阻害剤による上皮系細胞における異所性エリスロポエチン発現誘導 Induction of erythropoietin gene expression in epithelial cells by chemicals identified in GATA-inhibitor screenings 金子　寛、加藤　剛英、平野　育生、長谷川　敦史、辻田　忠志、山本　雅之、清水　律子 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12537

Pages: 953-967 cAMPによるPKAとp190B RhoGAPの活性化は、細胞膜でのTC10活性を下げることで神経突起伸展を促進する cAMP-induced activation of protein kinase A and p190B RhoGAP mediates down-regulation of TC10 activity at the plasma membrane and neurite outgrowth 鯉沼　真吾、竹内　公平、和田　直之、中村　岳史 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12538

Brief Report

Pages: 968-976 Hikeshiによるヒト細胞のタンパク質毒性ストレス感受性の制御：Hsp70核内機能の重要性が示唆される Hikeshi modulates the proteotoxic stress response in human cells: implication for the importance of the nuclear function of HSP70s Khondoker Md Zulfiker Rahman、儘田　博志、高木　昌俊、小瀬　真吾、今本　尚子 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gtc.12536