CONTENTS -- Preface -- Obituary -- Clement Markert -- Identification of Novel Gene Family Members Based on Efficient Full-Length cDNA Cloning -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Acknowledgement -- Reference -- Strategies for Testis Specific Gene Expression -- 1 Specific Gene Expression During Spermatogenesis -- 2 Alternative Splice Variants -- 3 Alternative Promoter Usage: Testis Specific Calpastatin (tCAST) -- 4 Unique Gene Expression -- 5 Summary -- 6 Acknowledgements -- References -- Oxidized Isoforms as Diagnostic Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Results -- 3 Conclusions -- 4 Acknowledgements -- References -- Transgenic Fish and Biosafety -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Gene Transfer in Fish -- 3 The Biosafety of Transgenic Fish -- 4 The Prospect of Transgenic Fish -- 5 Acknowledgements -- References -- Aldehyde Dehydrogenases of Human Corneal and Lens Epithelial Cells -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Transmission of Visible Light and the Absorption of UV Radiation by Anterior Eye Tissues -- 3 ALDHs are Major Soluble Proteins of Human Corneal and Lens Epithelial Cells -- 4 Ocular ALDH Substrate Specificities -- 5 Proposed Roles for Corneal and Lens ALDHs as Major Soluble Proteins and in the Metabolism of Peroxidic Aldehydes -- 6 Summary -- 7 Acknowledgements -- References -- X-Chromosome Inactivation During Spermatogenesis: The Original Dosage Compensation Mechanism in Mammals? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 X-Chromosome Activity During Eutherian Development -- 3 X-Linked Gene Expression During Spermatogenesis in Eutherians -- 4 Regulation of Eutherian XCI -- 5 X-Chromosome Activity and Dosage Compensation in Marsupials -- 6 Hypothesis -- References -- Molecular Evolution and Environmental-Stress -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Evidence -- 3 Theory -- 4 Acknowledgements -- References.

Nitric Oxide Related Enzymes and Coronary Artery Disease -- 1 Nitric Oxide - A Double Edged Sword Effects on Atherogenesis -- 2 Nitric Oxide and Oxidative Stress -- 3 Interactive Effects of Cigarette Smoking and Nitric Oxide on Endothelial Dysfunction -- 4 Associations Between eNOS Polymorphisms and Vascular Disease -- 5 Population Diversity in Associating eNOS Polymorphisms and Vascular Disease -- 6 Effect of eNOS Polymorphisms on Gene Expression and Nitric Oxide Production -- 7 Summary -- References -- Pathways, Compartmentation and Gene Evolution -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Acknowledgements -- References -- Tomato CF Genes for Resistance to Cladosporium fulvum -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Tomato-Cladosporium fulvum Interaction -- 3 Tomato Cf Genes -- 4 Cf Gene Isolation -- 5 Chromosomal Organization of the Cf-4/Cf-9 and Cf-2/Cf-5 Loci -- 6 Recombination at Cf Gene Loci -- 7 Cf Genes Encode Extracellular Membrane-Anchored LRR Glycoproteins -- 8 Cf Protein Structure -- 9 Recognition Specificity of Cf Proteins -- 10 Discussion -- 11 Acknowledgements -- References -- Gene Expression and Intermolecular Forces in Estrogen/Receptor Binding -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Gene Expression or Inhibition Due to Estrogen Binding with Receptors -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Acknowledgments -- References -- Probing for the Basic of the Low Activity of the Oriental Variant of Liver Mitochondral Aldehyde Dehydrogenase -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Acknowledgements -- References -- S RNases and Self and Non-self Pollen Recognition in Flowering Plants -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility and S RNases -- 3 Approaches to Clone Pollen S Gene in Antirrhinum -- 4 Perspectives -- 5 Acknowledgements -- References.

The Roles of Carbonic Anhydrase Isozymes in Cancer -- 1 Introduction -- 2 CA Isozymes and Cell Growth -- 3 CA Isozymes and Tumour Invasion -- 4 Inactive CA Isoforms and Oncogenesis -- 5 CA Isozymes as Tumour Markers -- 6 Concluding Comments -- References -- Biochip and Miniaturization -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sample Preparation -- 3. Biochemical Reaction -- 4. Detection -- 5. Integration -- References -- Functional Genomics: A Platform for the Discovery of New Therapies -- 1 Comprehensive Functional Genomics Platforms -- 2 Studying Transcription Regulation and Cell Cycle Control Employing Functional Genomics Approaches -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- A Novel Mathematical Analysis of Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Polymorphism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Material and Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Acknowledgment -- References -- Characterization of a New Tissue-Specific Mutation of the Yellow Gene Which Supports Transvection -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Acknowledgment -- References -- MHC Class II Suppression by Trophoblast cDNAs -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Method -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Acknowledgements -- References -- Null Activity Mutation of Phenoloxidase in Drosophila melanogaster -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Native Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis -- 3 RT-PCR and DNA Sequencing -- 4 Functional Aspect of MoxGm95 -- 5 Acknowledgments -- References -- Molecular Information Fusion for Metabolic Networks -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Modelling of Metabolic Networks -- 3 Information Fusion -- 4 The Biomedical Workbench -- 5 Logical Integration of Molecular Databases -- 6 Summary and Outlook -- 7 Acknowledgements -- References.

Intron-Size and Exon Polymorphisms in the Mouse Tissue-Nonspecific Alkaline Phosphatase Gene -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Acknowledgments -- References -- Lipoxygenases and Cyclooxygenases of the Testis of Rat -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Acknowledgements -- References -- Effect of Heterogeneous Sperm and Hybridization of DNA Fragment in Allogynogenetic Silver Crucian Carp -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Results -- 3 Prospect -- Reference -- Gene Expression During Carrot Somatic Embryogenesis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Isolation of Somatic Embryogenesis Related Genes from Carrot -- 3 Effects of Sucrose Regulation Culture on Endogenous ABA Levels of Carrot Somatic Embryo -- 4 Gene cloning of LEA protein from carrot and analysis of its expression features -- 5 Acknowledgement -- References -- Epigenetic Modifications in Maize Parental Inbreds and Hybrids and their Relationship to Hybrid Vigor and Stability -- 1 Introduction -- 2 DNA Methylation in Maize -- 3 Changes of DNA Methylation during Maize Development -- 4 The Effects of Growth Conditions -- 5 Site-specific Methylation Changes Induced by Stress -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- CIS-Elements and Transcription Factors Regulating Antioxidant Gene Expression in Response to Biotic and Abiotic Signals -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Formation of Reactive Oxygen Species -- 3 Toxic Effects of Oxygen Free Radicals -- 4 The Maize Antioxidant Defense Genes: A Model System -- 5 ROS Production by Environmental Stresses -- 6 Molecular Mechanisms in Response to ROS -- 7 Structure of the Promoter Region of the Maize Cat Genes -- 8 Cat genes Respond Differentially to Environmental Stresses -- 9 Expression of Cat1::Gus Constructs in Maize Culture Cells and in Intact Maize Tissues.

10 The ABRE Motif Interacts with Nuclear Proteins Isolated from Embryos -- 11 Cat1 Transcript Increases in Response to Hydrogen Peroxide -- 12 Concluding Comments and Prospects -- 13 Acknowledgment -- References -- Index.