Front Cover; Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology, Volume 45; Copyright Page; Contents; Abbreviations and Symbols; Some Articles Planned for Future Volumes; Chapter 1. Analysis of Rice Genes in Transgenic Plants; I. Analysis of Rice Genes; II. Methods for Gene Transfer in Rice; III. Analysis of Transferred Genes in Transgenic Plants; IV. Concluding Remarks and Future Prospects; References; Chapter 2. Immunoglobulin Gene Diversification by Gene Conversion; I. Evidence for Somatic Gene Conversion; II. Molecular Mechanism of Somatic Immunoglobulin Gene Conversion.

III. Enzymatic Activities Implicated in Immunoglobulin Gene ConversionIV. Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. ADP-ribosylation Factors: Protein Activators of Cholera Toxin; I. Biochemistry of ADP-ribosylation Factors; II. Structure of ADP-ribosylation Factors; III. Functions of ADP-ribosylation Factors in Animal Cells; References; Chapter 4. Molecular Biology in the Eicosanoid Field; I. Lipoxygenases; II. Leukotriene A4 Hydrolase; III. Prostaglandin G/H Synthase (Cyclooxygenase); IV. Thromboxane-A Synthase; V. Prostaglandin-D Synthase; VI. Prostaglandin-F Synthase; VII. Eicosanoid Receptors.

VIII. Concluding RemarksReferences; Chapter 5. MammaIian 6-Phosp hofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase: A Bifunctional Enzyme That Controls Glycolysis1; I. PFK-2/ FBPase-2, A Bifunctional Enzyme That Synthesizes and Degrades Fructose 2,6-Bisphosphate; II. Molecular Characterization of PFK-2/FBPase-2 Isozymes; III. Characterization of PFK-2/ FBPase-2 Genes; IV. Hormonal Control of PFK-Z/FBPase-Z Gene Expression; V. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 6. tRNA Structure and Aminoacylation Efficiency; I. Structural Background; II. Phenomenology and Early Structural Results.

III. Complexes between tRNAs and Aminoacyl-tRNA SynthetasesIV. tRNA Identity for Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases; V. General Conclusions and Perspectives; References; Chapter 7. Evolution of Ca2+-dependent Animal Lectins; I. Classes of Animal Lectins; II. Ca2+-dependent Carbohydrate-Recognition Domains; III. Organization of C-type Animal Lectin Genes; IV. Evolution of Saccharide-binding Specificity; V. History of Carbohydrate-Recognition Processes; References; Index.