ANNUAL REPORT 1995


NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY

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INTRODUCTION

ORGANIZATION OF THE INSTITUTE

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

OFFICE OF DIRECTOR

Primary processes of light energy conversion
I. Energy transfer processes
II. Energy conversion processes

DEPARTMENT OF CELL BIOLOGY

DIVISION OF CELL MECHANISMS

I. Development of microbody membrane proteins during the microbody transition
II. Characterization of citrate synthase responsible for the glyoxylate cycle
III. Membrane proteins of protein bodies and the developmental change during transformation between protein bodies and vacuoles
IV. A vacuolar processing enzyme responsible for conversion of proprotein precursors into their mature forms

DIVISION OF BIOENERGETICS

DIVISION OF CELL PROLIFERATION (ADJUNCT)

I. Animal and plant genes that trans-complement meiotic defects in the fission yeast
II. The requirement of cell cycle regulatory genes for meiosis in the fission yeast

DIVISION OF CELLULAR COMMUNICATION (ADJUNCT)

I. Differential expression of islet-1 homologs during specification of primary motoneuron
II. Cloning and expression of AN34/F-Spondin family in zebrafish
III. Two families of transposon in zebrafish

DIVISION OF CELL FUSION (ADJUNCT)

DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

I. Endocrine regulation of oocyte growth and maturation
II. Endocrine regulation of male germ cell development and maturation
III. Endocrine regulation of gonadal sex differentiation

DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

I. Genes and factors that control the silk gland development and the silk genes transcription
II. Other genes of developmental interest

DIVISION OF CELL DIFFERENTIATION

DIVISION OF MORPHOGENESIS

I. Role of the mi gene in differentiation and transdifferentiation of the pigmented epithelial cells
II. The role of integrin in stabilization and instabilization of pigmented epithelial cells
III. Comparative analysis of crystallin gene expression between development and regeneration of the lens in newts
IV. Comparative analysis of Pax-6 gene expression during eye development in the newt and Xenopus

DIVISION OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (ADJUNCT)

DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF REGULATION BIOLOGY

DIVISION OF MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

I. Topographic and laminar connection in the chick retinotectal system
II. Proteoglycan, protein-tyrosine phosphatase and brain development

DIVISION OF CELLULAR REGULATION

I. Regulation of the expression of genes for desaturases
II. Importance of the unsaturation of membrane lipids in the turnover of the D1 protein of the photosystem II complex
III. Heat stability of the photosynthetic machinery
IV. Genetic modification of the tolerance of a cyanobacterium to low-temperature stress by introduction of a gene for the synthesis of glycinebetaine
V. Genetic modification of the ability of Arabidopsis to tolerate salt and low- temperature stress

DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL REGULATION AND PHOTOBIOLOGY (ADJUNCT)

I. Structural organization of photosystem II reaction center
II. Dynamic aspects of the organization of photosystem II reaction center

DIVISION OF BEHAVIOR NEUROBIOLOGY (ADJUNCT)

I. Connectin can function as an attractive target recognition molecule
II. P750, a novel LRR cell surface molecule expressed on subsets of neurons and muscles
III. F-spondin/AN34 family of secreted proteins in Drosophila
IV. rH96, a homeobox containing gene essential for neural and muscular development

LABORATORY OF GENE EXPRESSION AND REGULATION

DIVISION OF GENE EXPRESSION AND REGULATION I

DIVISION OF GENE EXPRESSION AND REGULATION II

I. Analysis of recombinational hot spot in S. cerevisiae
II. Analysis of E. coli recombinational hot spots, Hot

DIVISION OF SPECIATION MECHANISMS I

I. Evolution of cytokine receptor families in the immune and nervous systems
II. Gene expression and cerebellar long-term plasticity

DIVISION OF SPECIATION MECHANISMS II

RESEARCH SUPPORT

TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

RESERCH SUPPORT FACILITY

I. Facilities
II. Research activities

RADIOISOTOPE FACILITY (Managed by NIBB)

CENTER FOR ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS (managed by NIBB)