Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 142B, No. 4 pp. L-IV, 2005 Fe at % mYA x3 rie yi és ELSEVIER CONTENTS OF VOLUME 142 Vol. 142B, No. 1 General papers D. Indra, K. Ramalingam and ] Isolation, purification and characterization of collagenase from M. Babu - hepatopancreas of the land snail Achatina fulica T. Venugopal 8 Evolution and expression of Translationally Controlled Tumour Protein (TCTP) of fish E. Pieragostini, R. Rullo, A. Scaloni, 18 The alpha chains of goat hemoglobins: Old and new variants in native G. Bramante and A. Di Luccia Apulian breeds P. Shivkamat and R. Roy 28 Regulation of membrane lipid bilayer structure during salinity adaptation: A study with the gill epithelial cell membranes of Oreochromis niloticus K.I. Gubrij, C.M. Chaturvedi, 37 Molecular cloning of an oxytocin-like receptor expressed in the chicken Nawab. Ali, L.E. Cornett, J.D. Kirby, shell gland J. Wilkerson, M. Mikhailova, M.L. Turner and D.A. Baeyens F. Lahnsteiner 46 Carbohydrate metabolism of eggs of the whitefish, Coregonus spp. during embryogenesis and its relationship with egg quality M. Lombraiia, P. Suarez and 56 Two forms of a-amylase in mantle tissue of Mytilus galloprovincialis: F. San Juan Purification and molecular properties of form II R. Gray, P. Canfield and T. Rogers 67 Serum proteins in the leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx, in Prydz Bay, Eastern Antarctica and the coast of NSW, Australia R. Chen, W. Li and H. Lin 79 cDNA cloning and mRNA expression of neuropeptide Y in orange spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides E. Kristiansen, H. Ramlev, L. Hagen, 90 Isolation and characterization of hemolymph antifreeze proteins from larvae S.A. Pedersen, R.A. Andersen and of the longhorn beetle Rhagium inquisitor (L.) K.E. Zachariassen R.M. Rathore, S. Kumar and 98 Digestive enzyme patterns and evaluation of protease classes in Catla catla R. Chakrabarti (Family: Cyprinidae) during early developmental stages R. Itoh and K. Kimura 107 IMP-—GMP 5‘nucleotidase in reptiles: Occurrence and tissue distribution in a crocodile and three species of lizards S.M. Rankin, R. Kwok, M.L. Seymour, 113. Effects of Manduca allatotropin and localization of Manduca allatotropin- U. Shaon Rahman and S.S. Tobe immunoreactive cells in earwigs Contents of volume M. Thomson, J.F. Herbert, 123 HoxA10-like proteins in the reproductive tract of the viviparous lizard C.R. Murphy and M.B. Thompson Eulamprus tympanum and the oviparous lizard Lampropholis guichenoti Instructions to Authors Vol. 142B, No. 2 Review L.A. Lambert, H. Perri, P.J. Halbrooks Evolution of the transferrin family: Conservation of residues associated with and A.B. Mason iron and anion binding General papers L. Chen, L. Xie, X. Xiong, Y. Dai, Cloning and characterization of a novel G protein B-subunit of pearl oyster W. Fan and R. Zhang (Pinctada fucata), and its interaction sites with calmodulin N. Kanzawa, S. Tatewaki, Expression and tissue distribution of astacin-like squid metalloprotease R. Watanabe, I. Kunihisa, H. Iwahashi, (ALSM) K. Nakamura and T. Tsuchiya S.A. Mohamed Hyaluronidase isoforms from developing embryos of the camel tick Hyalomma dromedarii H. Guderley, N. Turner, P.L. Else and Why are some mitochondria more powerful than others: Insights from A.J. Hulbert comparisons of muscle mitochondria from three terrestrial vertebrates F.L. Consoli, S.L. Brandt, Host regulation and release of parasitism-specific proteins in the system T.A. Coudron and S.B. Vinson Toxoneuron nigriceps—Heliothis virescens S.A. Mohamed, A.S. Fahmy, Proteases in egg, miracidium and adult of Fasciola gigantica. Character- T.M. Mohamed and S.M. Hamdy ization of serine and cysteine proteases from adult Y. Seki, K. Sato and Y. Akiba Changes in muscle mRNAs for hexokinase, phosphofructokinase-1 and glycogen synthase in acute and persistent hypoglycemia induced by tolbutamide in chickens A. Muhlia-Almazan, A. Sanchez-Paz, Starvation and diet composition affect mRNA levels of the high density- F. Garcia-Carreno, lipoprotein-B glucan binding protein in the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei A.B. Peregrino-Uriarte and G. Yepiz-Plascencia B.C. Small Effect of fasting on nychthemeral concentrations of plasma growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), and cortisol in channel catfish (I[ctalurus punctatus) A. Saera-Vila, J.A. Calduch-Giner, Molecular characterization of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) \ip- P. Gomez-Requeni, F. Médale, oprotein lipase. Transcriptional regulation by season and nutritional S. Kaushik and J. Pérez-Sanchez condition in skeletal muscle and fat storage tissues Y. Kamata, N. Tada, M. Saka, Production of monoclonal antibodies against Chinemys reevesii turtle F. Minakawa and H. Hoshi vitellogenin and their usage for comparison of biochemical and immuno- logical characters of vitellogenins and yolk proteins of freshwater turtles Contents of volume D. Costantini, G. Dell’Omo, 239 Inter-population variation of carotenoids in Galapagos land iguanas S. Casagrande, A. Fabiani, M. Carosi, (Conolophus subcristatus ) V. Bertacche, C. Marquez, H. Snell, H. Snell, W. Tapia and G. Gentile K.J. McGraw 245 Interspecific variation in dietary carotenoid assimilation in birds: Links to phylogeny and color ornamentation Instructions to Authors Vol. 142B, No. 3 General papers Y. Wang, S. Zhang, Z. Liu, H. Li and 251 Identification and expression of amphioxus B-microseminoprotein (MSP)- L. Wang like gene encoding an ancient and rapidly evolving protein in chordates F. Shishikura, H.-a. Takeuchi and 258 Axolotl hemoglobin: cDNA-derived amino acid sequences of two a globins T. Nagai and a B globin from an adult Ambystoma mexicanum S. Antonopoulou, H.C. Karantonis, 269 Bioactive polar lipids from Chroococcidiopsis sp. (Cyanobacteria) T. Nomikos, A. Oikonomou, E. Fragopoulou and A. Pantazidou S.U. Lim, J.S. Seo, M.S. Kim, S.J. Ahn, 283 Molecular cloning and characterization of Cathepsin B from a scuticociliate, H.D. Jeong, K.H. Kim, N.G. Park, Uronema marinum J.K. Kim, J.K. Chung and H.H. Lee J.-M. Shen, R.-D. Li and F.-Y. Gao 293 Effects of ambient temperature on lipid and fatty acid composition in the oviparous lizards, Phrynocephalus przewalskii L.M. Perazzolo, D.M. Lorenzini, 302 Purification and partial characterization of the plasma clotting protein from S. Daffre and M.A. Barracco the pink shrimp Farfantepenaeus paulensis S.A. Mohamed, A.S. Fahmy, 308 Urea cycle of Fasciola gigantica: Purification and characterization of T.M. Mohamed and S.M. Hamdy arginase A. Saito, K. Ueda, M. Imamura, 317 Purification and cDNA cloning of a cecropin from the longicorn beetle, S. Atsumi, H. Tabunoki, N. Miura, Acalolepta luxuriosa A. Watanabe, M. Kitami and R. Sato C.I. Martin and I.A. Johnston 324 The molecular regulation of exercised-induced muscle fibre hypertrophy in the common carp: Expression of MyoD, PCNA and components of the calcineurin-signalling pathway T.V. Bagnyukova, K.B. Storey and 335 Adaptive response of antioxidant enzymes to catalase inhibition by V.I. Lushchak aminotriazole in goldfish liver and kidney M.K. Agaba, D.R. Tocher, X. Zheng, 342 Cloning and functional characterisation of polyunsaturated fatty acid C.A. Dickson, J.R. Dick and A.J. Teale elongases of marine and freshwater teleost fish G. Soslau, P.J. Prest, R. Class, Comparison of sea turtle thrombocyte aggregation to human platelet R. George, F. Paladino and G. Violetta aggregation in whole blood Instructions to Authors Il Contents of volume Vol. 142B, No. 4 Includes Abstracts from the 27th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, August 4—6, 2005, Chofu, Japan General papers Z. Sadaf, P.B. Shahid and B. Bilqees 361 Isolation, characterization and kinetics of goat cystatins D.L. Puppione, J.P. Whitelegge, 369 Mass spectral analysis of domestic and wild equine apoA-I and A-II: L.M. Yam, S. Bassilian, Detection of unique dimeric forms of apoA-I V.N. Schumaker and M.H. MacDonald S. Horman, N. Hussain, S.M. Dilworth, 374 Evaluation of the role of AMP-activated protein kinase and its downstream K.B. Storey and M.H. Rider targets in mammalian hibernation S. Maeng, Y. Jung, E. Choi, J.-K. Jeon, 383 Expression of gonadotropin subunit genes following 4-nonylphenol S. Kim, K. Gen and Y.C. Sohn exposure in masu salmon: Effects on transcript levels and promoter activities via estrogen receptor alpha M. Droba, B. Droba and D. Biedniak 391 Acid glycosidases from hen oviduct and egg albumen G.I. Page, P.M. Russell and S.J. Davies 398 Dietary carotenoid pigment supplementation influences hepatic lipid and mucopolysaccharide levels in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) K. Yamamoto, P. Zhang, N. He, 403 Molecular and biochemical characterization of manganese-containing Y. Wang, Y. Aso, Y. Banno and H. Fujii superoxide dismutase from the silkworm, Bombyx mori R. Ganga, J.G. Bell, D. Montero, 410 Effect of dietary lipids on plasma fatty acid profiles and prostaglandin and L. Robaina, M.J. Caballero and leptin production in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) M.S. Izquierdo S. Hiyama, T. Sugiyama, S. Kusuhara 419 Cellular and molecular phenotypes of osteogenic cells isolated from the and T. Uchida medullary bone of the hen in vitro J.B. Cara, N. Aluru, F.J. Moyano and 426 Food-deprivation induces HSP70 and HSP90 protein expression in larval M.M. Vijayan gilthead sea bream and rainbow trout L. Zhou, Y. Wang, B. Yao, C.-J. Li, 432 Molecular cloning and expression pattern of 14 kDa apolipoprotein in G.-D. Ji and J.-F. Gui orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides K.M. Hare, J.H. Miller, A.G. Clark and 438 Total lactate dehydrogenase activity of tail muscle is not cold-adapted in C.H. Daugherty nocturnal lizards from cool-temperate habitats 445 T. Ytresteyl, G. Struksnzs, W. Koppe Effects of temperature and feed intake on astaxanthin digestibility and and B. Bjerkeng metabolism in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar F. Yang, H.-T. Xu, Z.-M. Dai and 456 Molecular characterization and expression analysis of vitellogenin in the W.-J. Yang marine crab Portunus trituberculatus A.C. Pappas, F. Karadas, P.F. Surai and 465 The selenium intake of the female chicken influences the selenium status of B.K. Speake her progeny Abstracts 475 Abstracts from the 27th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, August 4—6, 2005, Chofu, Japan I Contents of Volume V Subject Index VItl Author Index IV