Table Of ContentMolecular and Cellular Biochemistry:
An International Journal for Chemical Biology in Health and Disease
CONTENTS VOLUME 177, Nos. 1 & 2, December 1997
K.-W. Kuo, M.F.K.L. Leung and W.-C. Leung: Intrinsic secondary structure of human TNFR-I mRNA influences the determi-
nation of gene expression by RT-PCR
N. Arora: Site directed mutagenesis of Histidine residues in Anthrax toxin lethal factor binding domain reduces toxicity
S.S. Lakhman and G. Kaur: Effect of Experimental diabetes on monoamine oxidase activity from discrete areas of rat brain:
Relationship with diabetes associated reproductive failure
M. Ray, N. Basu and S. Ray: Inactivation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase of human malignant cells by
methylglyoxal
S. Giri and G.K. Khuller: Alteration in protein kinase(s) level affects the phospholipid content in M. gypseum with modulated
levels of calcium/cyclic AMP
R. Geertz, W. Kiess, U. Kessler, A. Hoeflich, A. Tarnok and G. Gercken: Expression of IGF receptors on alveolar macrophages:
IGF-induced changes in InsP; formation, [Ca** ];, and pH;
S.U. Maheswari, C.S. Ramadoss and P.R. Krishnaswamy: Inhibition of Fe(II) catalyzed linoleic acid oxidation and DNA damage
by phosvitin
A.C. Santos, S.A. Uyemura, N.A.G. Santos, F.E. Mingatto and C. Curti: Hg(II)-induced renal cytotoxicity: Jn vitro and in vivo
implications for the bioenergetic and oxidative status of mitochondria
R. Zell, P. Geck, K. Werdan and P. Boekstegers: TNF-a and IL- 1a inhibit both pyruvate dehydrogenase activity and mitochondrial
function in cardiomyocytes: Evidence for primary impairment of mitochondrial function 61-67
P.E. Vivas-Mejia, J.L. Rodriguez-Caban, M. Diaz-Velazquez, M.G. Hernandez-Pérez, O. Cox and F.A. Gonzalez: DNA binding-
independent anti-proliferative action of benzazolo[3,2-a]quinolinium DNA intercalators 69-77
R. Ray, K. Ray and C.K. Panda: Differential alterations in metabolic pattern of the six major UsnRNAs during development 79-88
S.D. Choudhury, M. Lamsal, S.K. Agarwal, R. Sharma and M.Y. Khan: On the tissue/species dependence of cathepsin B
isozymes 89-95
S.K. Banerjee, D.R. Campbell, A.P. Weston and D.K. Banerjee: Biphasic estrogen response on bovine adrenal medulla capillary
endothelial cell adhesion, proliferation and tube formation 97-105
M. Dessi, C. Motti, C. Cortese, E. Leonardis, C. Giovannini, G. Federici and F. Piemonte: Alternative splicing of human plasma
cholesteryl ester transfer protein mRNA in Caco-2 cells and its modulation by oleic acid 107-112
V. Venkataraman, T. Duda and R.K. Sharma: The bovine a2p-adrenergic receptor gene: Structure, expression in retina, and
pharmacological characterization of the encoded receptor 113-123
V. Venkataraman, T. Duda and R.K. Sharma: A role for amino acid residues in the third cytoplasmic loop in defining the ligand
binding characteristics of the a2p-adrenergic receptor 125-129
M. Mehta and M. Chowdhury: The effect of anti-prolactin antibody on in vitro synthesis of a pregnancy-associated rat uterine
glycoprotein 131-138
A.J. Tempone, M.L. Bianconi and F.D. Rumjanek: The interaction of human LDL with the tegument of adult Schistosoma
mansoni 139-144
M. Szewczenko-Pawlikowski, E. Dziak, M.J. McLaren, M. Michalak and M. Opas: Heat shock-regulated expression of
calreticulin in retinal pigment epithelium 145-152
D. Sanchis, F. Balada, M.M. Grasa, J. Virgili, C. Monserrat, J.A. Fernandez-Lopez, X. Remesar and M. Alemany: Short-term
handling of the slimming agent oleoyl-estrone in liposomes (MERLIN-2) by the rat
G.E. Haddad, E.R. Petrich, A.P. Zumino and O.F. Schanne: Background K* currents and response to metabolic inhibition
during early development in rat cardiocytes 159-168
L. Jamba, B. Nehru and M.P. Bansal: Redox modulation of selenium binding proteins by cadmium exposures in mice 169-175
Y. Hattori, K. Akimoto, Y. Murakami and K. Kasai: Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate inhibits cytokine-induced VCAM-i gene
expression in rat cardiac myocytes 177-181
S.V. Papoutsopoulou and D.A. Kyriakidis: Phosphomannose isomerase of Xanthomonas campestris: A zinc activated enzyme 183-191
F. Dalloz, V. Maupoil, S. Lecour, F. Briot and L. Rochette: Jn vitro studies of interactions of NO- donor drugs with superoxide
and hydroxyl radicals 193-200
H. Kurota and M. Yamaguchi: Regucalcin increases Ca** -ATPase activity and ATP-dependent calcium uptake in the microsomes
of rat kidney cortex 201-207
M. Yamaguchi and H. Kurota: Inhibitory effect of regucalcin on Ca’*/calmodulin-dependent cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase
activity in rat kidney cytosol 209-214
R. Kakkar, S. Taketa, R.V.S. Raju, S. Proudlove, P. Colquhoun, K. Grymaloski and R.K. Sharma: Jn vitro phosphorylation
of bovine cardiac muscle high molecular weight calmodulin binding protein by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and
dephosphorylation by calmodulin-dependent phosphatase
V. Pelouch, F. Kolar, M. Milerova and B. OStadal: Effect of the preweaning nutritional state on the cardiac protein profile and
functional performance of the rat heart
L.A. Blomberg, S.-M. Wu, G. Dirami, M. Dym, J.Y. Chou and W.-Y. Chan: Characterization and cellular localization of PSG
in rat testis
H. Kurota and M. Yamaguchi: Inhibitory effect of regucalcin on Ca’*/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase activity in rat renal
cortex cytosol 239-243
P.S. Devamanoharan, A.H. Ali and S.D. Varma: Prevention of lens protein glycation by taurine 245-250
V. Ranta, A. Orpana, T. Mikkola, O. Ylikorkala and L. Viinikka: Culturing of human vascular endothelial cells strongly affects
their endothelin-1 and prostacyclin production 251-255
M.G. Murphy, V. Wright, R.G. Ackman and M. Horackova: Diets enriched in menhaden fish oil, seal oil, or shark liver oil have
distinct effects on the lipid and fatty-acid composition of guinea pig heart 257-269
Index to Volume 177 271-274
