National Institute for Basic Biology
| Organizers | Goro Eguchi |
|---|---|
| Venue | National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki , 444-8585, Japan |
| Date | Dec. 14-16, 1983 |
| Program | |
| Goro Eguchi (NIBB): Introduction | |
| 1. | K. Watanabe (Fukui Medical School): "Oculopotency" is expressed in cultured pineal cells of the embryonic quail, Coturnix coturnix japonica. |
| 2. | Y. ltoh, Y. H. ltoh and G. Eguchi (Aichi Medical Univ. and NIBB): Establishment and c aracterization of the multipotent dedifferentiated state of chick embryo retinal pigment cells in vitro. |
| 3. | R. Kodama and G. Eguchi (NIBB): An attempt to analyze the expression of a lens specificity by different cell tvyopes usimg an anti-feather-keratin antibody as a probe for δ-crystallin. |
| 4. | A. A. Moscona and L. Degenstein (Univ. of Chiicago): Mechanisms controlling phenotype stability and lentoidal transsftormation in retinal glia cells. |
| 5. | I. Mikuni, M. Bando and H. Obazawa (Tokai Univ.): Rat lens epithelial cells in vitro. |
| 6. | A. Ikeda, N. Mishima, Y. Hayashi and S. Makino (Kawasaki Medical School and Aburahi Laboratories): Abnormalities of crystallins in the lens of the small eye and cataractous mutant mouse (gene symbol Cts). |
| 7. | N. Mishima and A. Ikeda (Kawasaki Medical School): lmmunochemical studies on the neuronal filament of chicken retina. |
| 8. | K. Sato and M. Fujishita (Science Univ. of Tokyo): γ-crystallin: A group of basic polypeptides conserved in aging lens. |
| 9. | I. Kabasawa (Ehime Univ.): Some properties on the human lens low molecular weight proteins with respect to the age related change and cataract formation. |
| 10. | S. Goto, N. Mori, T. Nakazawa, R. Takahashi, T. Ikeda and K. Anzai (Toho Univ.): Age-associated alterations in protein synthesis and degradation. |
| 11. | H. Okamoto, E. M. Hedgecock, J. N. Thomson and J. G. White (MRC, Cambridge): Monoclonal antibodies which distinguish a certain class of neuronal or supporting cells in the nervous tissue of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. |
| 12. | S. C. Fujita and K. Obata (Gunma Univ.): An immunological approach to defining the neuronal specialization. |
| 13. | M. Obinata, H. Okajima, T. Tahara, A. Kuroiwa, S. Natori, F. Yamamoto, and M. Furusawa (Univ. of Tokyo and Osaka City Univ.): Integration of thymidine kinase gene introduced into mouse Ltk cells by a new injection method. |
| 14. | Y. Suzuki, M. Tsuda, Y. Tsujimoto, S. Hirose, K. Tokunaga and S. Adachi (NIBB): Characterization of transcription signals of fibroin gene. |
| 15. | K. Yasuda, K. Okazaki, H. Kondoh, Y. Shimura and T. S. Okada (Kyoto Univ.): The organization and structure of α- and δ-crystallin genes in the chicken. |
| 16. | J. Piatigorsky, C. R. King, J. F. Hejtmancik, J. M. Nickerson, J. W. Hawkins and T. Borras (NIH): Crystallin gene expression in the developing lens. |
| 17. | S. P. Modak and J. K. Pal (Univ. of Poona): Lens cell differentiation: Cellular and molecular mechanisms. |
| 18. | H. Kondoh, S. Hayashi, K. Okazaki, K. Yasuda and T. S. Okada (Kyoto Univ.): Tissue-specific expression of chick crystallin genes in mouse cells. |
| 19. | R. M. Clayton, J-C. Jeanny, D. J. Bower, L. H. Errington and S. Morris (Univ. of Edinburgh and INSERM): δ-crystallin mRNA expression in non-lens tissues. |
| 20. | K. Agata, K. Yasuda and T. S. Okada (Kyoto Univ.): Northern blot analysis of δ-crystallin gene transcripts. |
| 21. | Y. Ueda and T. S. Okada (Kyoto Univ.): Expression of δ-crystallin genes in chick embryonic adenohypophysises. |
| 22. | S. Takagi, M. Haruguchi, K. Agata, M. Araki and T. S. Okada (Kyoto Univ. and Jichi Medical School): Transcription and translation of the chick δ-crystallin gene by cultured chick embryonic brain cells. |
| 23. | T. S. Okada, Y. Takahashi and H. Kondoh (Kyoto Univ.): Stable transformant of mouse teratocarcinoma cells with the chicken δ-crystallin genes as vehicles for studying gene expression. |
| Yoshiaki Suzuki (NIBB): Closing remarks | |
