Program |
Welcome Address: Tokindo S. Okada (Director General, Nat. Inst. for Basic Biol.) |
Introduction: Yoshiaki Suzuki (Nat. Inst. for Basic Biol.) |
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A glimpse of the molecular mechanism underlying pole cell formation in Drosophila embryos. |
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Masukichi Okada and Satoru Kobayashi (Univ. of Tsukuba) |
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Morphological study of oogenesis and the effect on development of egg size difference in Pelmatohydra robusta. |
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Koichi Noda and Chieko Kanai (Tokyo Metropolitan Inst. of Gerontology) |
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Primordial germ cells - their origin and migration. |
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Janet Heasman (St. George's Hospital Medical School) |
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Direct evidence for the presence of germ cell determinant in Xenopus. |
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Kohji Ikenishi (Osaka City Univ.) |
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The morphology of germinal dense bodies (nuages) in germ-line cells of the teleost, Oryzias latipes. |
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Satoshi Hamaguchi (Niigata Univ.) |
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Cortical alveoli formation: A paradigm for the developmental biology of oocyte growth. |
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Kelly Selman (Univ. of Florida) |
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Hepatic formation of a novel glycoprotein, a major constituent of oocyte chorion of the teleost, Oryzias latipes. |
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Tatsuo Hamazaki, Yoshitaka Nagahama, Ichiro Iuchi and Kenjiro Yamagami (Sophia Univ. & Nat. Inst. for Basic Biol.) |
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Cellular and molecular mechanisms of oocyte growth in nonmammalian vertebrates. |
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Robin A. Wallace (Whitney Lab., Univ. of Florida) |
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Vitellogenin-specific nonhistone chromatin protein in the liver of egg-laying hens. |
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Tatsuo Nakayama, Naoya Akizuki and Yoshiko Setoguchi (Miyazaki Medical College) |
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Acquisition of the vitellogenin synthesizing ability during development of Xenopus laevis: A change of the hepatocyte population at and after metamorphosis. |
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Akira Kawahara, Sawako Kohara and Minoru Amano (Hiroshima Univ.) |
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In vitro meiosis and early, mid-spermiogenesis in culture of dissociated primary spermatocytes from amphibians. |
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Shin-ichi Abe (Kumamoto Univ.) |
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The hormone control of theca cytodifferentiation. |
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Gregory F. Erickson (Univ. of California, San Diego) |
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Functional differentiation of endocrine cells in the murine ovary. |
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Michio Takahashi (Univ. of Tokyo) |
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Formation of 5α-and 5β-steroids in immature gonads; roles of prolactin. |
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Keishi Matsumoto (Osaka Univ. Medieal School) |
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Steroidogenesis by avian ovarian cells during follicular maturation. |
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Makoto Mori (Shizuoka Univ.) |
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Gonadotropin regulation of steroidogenesis in the amago salmon ovarian follicle: two-cell type models. |
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Akira Kanamori and Yoshitaka Nagahama (Nat. Inst. for Basic Biol.) |
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Biosynthesis of meiosis-inducing substance in starfish follicle cells. |
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Masatoshi Mita (Teikyo Univ. School of Medicine) |
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Characterization of 1-methyladenine binding in starfish oocyte cortices. |
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Michiyasu Yoshikuni, Katsutoshi Ishikawa and Yoshitaka Nagahama (Nat. Inst. for Basic Biol. & Shizuoka Univ.) |
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Induction of oocyte maturation by chymotrypsin inhibitor (TPCK) in Rana pipiens. |
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Katsutoshi Ishikawa and Allen W. Schuetz (Shizuoka Univ. & Johns Hopkins Univ.) |
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Oocyte maturation in starfish: Microtubule structures and chromosome behavior during germinal vesicle breakdown to first polar body formation. |
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Natsumi Hosoya, Hiroko Shirai and Hideo Mohri (Univ. of Tokyo & Nat. Inst. for Basic Biol.) |
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Regulatory functions of cyclic AMP in mouse oocyte maturation. |
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Richard M. Schultz (Univ. of Pennsylvania) |
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Factors regulating the maturation and degeneration of oocytes in mammals. |
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Eimei Sato (Kyoto Univ.) |
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Regulation of meiotic metaphase by a cytoplasmic maturation-promoting factor during mouse oocyte maturation. |
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Naohiro Hashimoto and Takeo Kishimoto (Developmental and Reproductive Biology Center & Nat. Inst. for Basic Biol.) |
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Oocyte maturation of a common Chinese toad (Bufo bufo gargarizans). |
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Jiake Tso (Shanghai Inst. of Cell Biol.) |
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Germinal vesicle-dependent cytoplasmic activities that emerge during oocyte maturation in anuran amphibians. |
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Keita Ohsumi and Chiaki Katagiri (Hokkaido Univ.) |
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Ca- and cyclic nucleotide-independent protein kinase appearing during meiotic maturation of starfish oocytes. |
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Kiyoshi Sano (Akkeshi Marine Biological Station, Hokkaido Univ.) |
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Maturation-promoting factor: Production by oncogenic H-ras protein and action on oocyte-follicle junctions. |
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Takeo Kishimoto (Nat. Inst. for Basic Biol.) |
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Closing Address: Yoshitaka Nagahama (Nat. Inst. for Basic Biol.) |