Cellular, molecular and developmental biology.

Thursday, February 23
Location: Exhibit Hall A2

Oral Presentations
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
(Abstracts pp 31-35)

8:30   Ethanol Toxicity in Japanese Medaka Development
8:45   Antibody Titers in Four Different Populations of Atlantic
       Bottlenose Dolphins' (Tursiops Truncatus) Serum Samples to
       Erysipelothrix Rhusiopathiae
9:00   The Importance of C-terminus Axin
9:15   Fluorescence Studies on the Interactions of TAT-PTD with Lipid
       Bilayer in Vitro
9:30   Determination of Intramolecular Distances in the Bacillus
       Thuringiensis Toxin Cyt1A by Fret and Molecular Dynamics
       Simulation
9:45   Construction of Genes That Express Histone-H1.s-peptide Fusion
       Proteins
10:00  Break
10:15  Localization of Kin3 and Characterization of the Effects of Kin3
       Deletion in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
10:30  Genome-wide Interactions and Effects of the [URE3] Prion of
       Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
10:45  Expression Analysis of the Mold-specific M46 Gene in the
       Dimorphic Pathogenic Fungus Histoplasma Capsulatum
11:00  Size Identification of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases from Plants
11:15  Characterization of the Genes Involved in the Pathogenesis of
       Staphylococcus Aureus
11:30  Regulation of Staphylococcus Accessory Regulator (SarA) in
       Staphylococcus Aureus
11:45  Regulation of Virulence by Quorum Sensing in Staphylococcus
       Aureus

Thursday, February 23
Location: Exhibit Hall B

Poster Session
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
(Abstracts pp 35-40)

       Inhibition of Breast Cancer Cell Growth by a New Class of Ring-
         substituted DIMs
       Optimization of Bacterial Growth Conditions and Isolation
         Techniques for Recombinant Carboxysomes Produced in Escherichia
         Coli
       Regulated Proteolysis of Mitotic Proteins in Saccharomyces
         Cerevisiae
       Hypertension in Male Growth Restricted Offspring Is Abolished by
         Castration Suggesting a Role for Testosterone in the Fetal
         Programming of Hypertension
       Ligand Binding Properties of the Breast Cancer Molecular Target
         Aromatase
       Growth Inhibition in Japanese Medaka (Oryzias Latipes) Fish
         Exposed to Tetrachloroethylene
       Isolation and Characterization of Aspartate Aminotransferase
         (AAT1) and Sulfite Oxidase (SOX1) Genes from the Pathogenic
         Fungus Histoplasma Capsulatum
       Expression Results from Five Endometrial Tumor/constitutive
         Tissue Panels
       Genetic Interactions of the Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Kin3 Gene
       Characterization of the SNXB1 Mutation of Aspergillus Nidulans
       Molecular Mechanisms for the Expression, Secretion and Unipolar
         Localization of ICSA in Shigella Flexneri
       Activation of the Renin Angiotensin System Follows Development of
         Hypertension in a Model of Intrauterine Growth Restriction
         Induced by Placental Insufficiency in the Rat
       Construction of a GFP Reporter Vector for the Insertion into Xho
         1 Site of Histoplasma Capsulatum Telomere Vector pRPUT1
       Mechanical Strain Differentially Activates Rho Family GTPases in
         Fetal Lung Type II Epithelial Cells
       Measuring the Cellular Adenylate Energy Charge During the
         Derepression of the Pyrimidine Pathway
       Isolation and Expression of Recombinant Fusion Protein of Lectin
         like Transcript-1(LLT1)
       Postnatal Development, Behavior, and Motor Function in Growth
         Restricted Offspring
       Effect of [mu]-Opioid Receptor Antagonist, [beta]-Funaltrexamine
         on Methamphetamine-induced Streotyped Behaviors in Mice
       Identification of SNP'S On LDH-B Gene in Bovine

Friday, February 24
Location: Meeting Room 1

Oral Presentations
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
(Abstracts pp 40-43)

8:30   Platelet Polymorphisms in Relation to von Willebrand Factor
       Signals
8:45   Neoplastic Transformation of the CD[30.sup.HIGH] LYMPHOMAS Using
       MDV-Transformed Lymphomas in Chickens as a Model
9:00   Development of Elastin-like Polypeptide as a Macromolecular
       Carrier for a Cytotoxic Peptide
9:15   Generation of Cardiomyocytes Stably Overexpressing the Leptin
       Receptor
9:30   Implementation of a Chemically Inducible RNAi Construct for Post-
       transcriptional Silencing in Arabidopsis Thalian
9:45   Using the Variable Regions of the rDNA Cluster of Histoplasma
       Capsulatum for an Antisense Approach to Gene Silencing
10:00  Break
10:15  The Structure and Function of Csos2 Protein in the Carboxysome
10:30  Effect of a Mutation in the Gene Encoding Carbonic Anhydrase on
       C[O.sub.2] Fixation in Halothiobacillus Neapolitanus Carboxysomes
10:45  Quantitative Evaluation of Carboxysome Gene Expression in
       Halothiobacillus Neapolitanus at Transcriptional Level
11:00  The Molecular Mechanisms for the Expression, Secretion, and
       Unipolar Localization of IcsA in Shigella Flexneri
11:15  The Effects of Several Selected Breast Cancer Drugs on Aromatase
       Activity
11:30  Investigation of Thermal Denaturation as a Tool for Studying
       H[1.sub.E]-DNA Binding
11:45  Elucidating the Mechanistic Basis for Redox-regulation of Janus
       Kinase 2

Divisional Meeting
12:00 PM