Neuronal development, differentiation, and plasticity in the mammalian vomeronasal system M. Ichikawa 627
Angiotensin II receptor subtypes: Their distribution, signalling path-ways, and physiological functions H. Miyazaki, J. Ohnishi and T. Shibata 641
Physiology
Immunocytochemical investigation of a salmonid olfactory system-specific protein in the kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) H. Kudo, H. Ueda and K. Yamauchi 647
Enhanced chloride cell turnover in the gills of chum salmon fry in seawater K. Uchida and T. Kaneko 655
Significance of oxygen affinity of fetal and adult human hemoglobins M. Kobayashi, S. Kimura, K. Ishigaki, N. Makino and K. Imai 661
Neurobiology
The mRNA expression of neurocan, a brain-specific chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, in neoplastic mammary glands in mice T. Harigaya, H. Ogawa, S. Tsunoda and H. Nagasawa 665
Cell Biology
Cell body contraction of Spirostomum does not involve shortening of inter-kinetosomal distance along ciliary lines H. Ishida, T. Suzaki and Y. Shigenaka 669
Detection of several families of deiminated proteins derived from filaggrin and keratins in guinea pig skin S. Kan, H. Asaga and T. Senshu 673
Partial characterization and cryopreservation of the isolated symbiotic bacterium Holospora recta of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum M. Kawai and M. Fujishima 679
Significance of photosynthetic products of symbiotic Chlorella to establish the endosymbiosis and to express the mating reactivity rhythm in Paramecium bursaria M. Tanaka, and I. Miwa 685
Biochemistry
Determination of cathepsins D and E in various tissues and cells of rat, monkey, and man by the assay with -endorphin and substance P as substrates T. Kageyama, A. Moriyama, T. Kato, M. Sano and S. Yonezawa 693
Developmental Biology
Spatio-temporal expression patterns of eight epidermis-specific genes in the ascidian embryo K. Ishida, T. Ueki and N. Satoh 699
Dephosphorylation of autophosphorylated regulatory subunit of sea urchin sperm cAMP-dependent histone kinase by an endogenous protein phosphatase K. Hoshino and N. Suzuki 711
Distribution of melanocytes in feather germs of a plumage mutant Bh (black at hatch) embryo of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) N. Shiojiri, Y. Oguri, H. Satoh and A. Nakamura 719
Two distinct cell types identified in the ascidian notochord K.J. Tanaka, S. Chiba and T. Nishikata 725
Endocrinology
Plasma calcium and calcitonin levels at food intake in eels and goldfish Y. Sasayama, I. Abe, N. Suzuki and T. Hayakawa 731
Effects of osmotic stimulation on expression of neurohypophysical hormone genes in pre-spawning chum salmon S. Hiraoka, S. Hyodo, K. Kubokawa, H. Ando and A. Urano 737
Animal Diversity and Evolution
Phylogenetic relationships among turbellarian orders inferred from 18S rDNA sequences T. Katayama, M. Nishioka and M. Yamamoto 747
Bilaterally asymmetrical testes in fishes of the genus Oryzias S. Hamaguchi 757
