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|  | |  | Editorial Board |  | Editor-in-Chief: |  | | G. Bernardi | Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy, Fax: +39 081 2457 294, Email: gene@szn.it
|  | Managing Editor: |  | | A. Bernardi | B.P. 224, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France, Fax: +33 1 6012 3080, Email: Alberto.Bernardi@wanadoo.fr
|  | Co-Editors: |  | | T. Gojobori | Center for Information Biology, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan. Molecular evolution; bioinformatics
, Tel: +81 (559) 816847, Fax: +81 (559) 816848, Email: tgojobor@genes.nig.ac.jp
|  | | M. Snyder | Department of MCDB, KBT 926, Science Area Receiving, Yale University, 266 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT 06511, USA, Tel: 1 203 432 6139, Fax: 1 203 432 3597, Email: michael.snyder@yale.edu
|  | Advisory Board: |  | | F. Ayala | (Irvine, CA, USA)
|  | | T. Cremer | Munich, Germany
|  | | G. Felsenfeld | Bethesda, MD, USA
|  | | D. Hartl | (Cambridge, MA, USA)
|  | | E.V. Koonin | Bethesda, MD, USA
|  | | J. Mattick | Brisbane, Australia
|  | | M. Nei | (University Park, PA, USA)
|  | | E. Zuckerkandl | (Stanford, CA, USA)
|  | Reviews Editors: |  | | G. Bernardi | Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy, Fax: +39 (081) 2455 807, Email: gene@szn.it
|  | | A. Van Wijnen | University of Massachusetts, Department of Cell Biology, Medical Center, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA, Tel: +1 (508) 8565942, Fax: +1 (508) 8566800, Email: Andre.VanWijnen@umassmed.edu
|  | Editorial Board Members: |  | | F.G. Alvarez-Valin | Sección Biomatemática, Igua 4225, 11400 Montevideo, Uruguay. Molecular evolution, DNA sequence analysis, Trypanosomatidae evolution
, Tel: +598 (2) 525 8618, Fax: +598 (2) 525 8617, Email: falvarez@fcien.edu.uy
|  | | M.A. Batzer | Department of Biological Sciences, Biological Computation and Visualization Center, Louisiana State University, 202 Life Sciences Building,
Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA. Mobile elements, gene families; comparative genomics
, Tel: +1 (225) 578-7102, Fax: +1 (225) 578-7113, Email: mbatzer@lsu.edu
|  | | G. Bejerano | Dept. of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Beckman Center B-300, 279 Campus Drive West, Stanford, CA 94305-5329, USA, vertebrate (only) comparative genomics vertebrate (only) genome evolution vertebrate (only) gene regulation co-option in vertebrates
(only), Tel: +1 650 725 6792, Fax: +1 650 725 7739, Email: bejerano@stanford.edu
|  | | A. Bernardi | B.P.224, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. Transposable elements; G proteins; cloning vectors; plasmids; gene expression
, Fax: +33 (1) 6012 3080, Email: Alberto.Bernardi@wanadoo.fr
|  | | R. Britton | Michigan State University, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, 6175 BPS, East Lansing, MI 48824-1101, USA. bacterial
genetics, microbial genomics, stress responses, translation, ribosome biogenesis, DNA microarrays, probiotics
, Tel: +1 517 355 6463, Fax: +1 517 353 8957, Email: rbritton@msu.edu
|  | | O. Clay | Laboratory of Molecular Evolution, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy. DNA sequence analysis and computer simulations
, Tel: +39 081 583 3314, Fax: +39 081 764 1355, Email: clay@infobiogen.fr
|  | | D.L. Court | Molecular Control and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bldg. 539 - NCI/FCRDC, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. Bacterial genetics;
bacteriophage; bacterial gene regulation; double-stranded RNA; post-transcriptional controls
, Tel: +1 301 846-5940, Fax: +1 301 846-6988, Email: Court@ncifcrf.gov
|  | | P. Deininger | Tulane Cancer Center, SL-66 and Department of Epidemiology, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave., New
Orleans, LA 70112, USA mobile elements, retroelements, molecular evolution, genetic instability, gene expression
, Email: pdeinin@tulane.edu
|  | | M. Di Giulio | Instituto di Genetica e Biofisica Adriano Buzzati-Traverso', CNR, Via G. Marconi 10, 80125 Napoli, Italy. Origins of life; origin of genetic code; molecular phylogeny; molecular evolution
, Tel: +39 (081) 7257313, Fax: +39 (081) 5936123, Email: digiulio@igb.cnr.it
|  | | R. Di Lauro | Istituto de Ricerche Gentiche Gaetano Salvatore Biogem s.c.ar.l., Via Camporeale, 83031 Ariano Irpino (AV), Italy Gene expression;
transcription factors; differentiation; development; human genetics
, Tel: +39 0825 881630, Fax: +39 0825 881637, Email: rdilauro@unina.it
|  | | J.A. Engler | University of Birmingham at Alabama, The Graduate School, HUC 504F, 1530 Third Avenue South, Birmingham AL 35294-1150, USA. DNA
virology; gene cloning and in vitro mutagenesis; DNA sequencing
, Tel: +1 (205) 934 4734, Fax: +1 (205) 996 4409, Email: engler@uab.edu
|  | | C. Feschotte | Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA, Transposable elements and other forms of mobile
DNA, genome structure and dynamics, emergence of new genes and genetic innovation, Tel: +1 817 272 2426, Fax: +1 817 272 2855, Email:
cedric@uta.edu
|  | | T. Gojobori | Center for Information Biology, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan. Molecular evolution; bioinformatics
, Tel: +81 (559) 81 6847, Fax: +81 (559) 81 6848, Email: tgojobor@genes.nig.ac.jp
|  | | S. Goldenberg | Instituto de Biologia Molecular do Paraná, IBMP, Rua Prof. Algacyr Munhoz Mader 3775, 81350-010 Curitiba
- PR - Brasil, Trypanosoma gene expression regulation, Trypanosoma differentiation, Molecular Parasitology, Functional genomics
of parasites, Tel: +55(41)33163230, Fax: +55(41)33163267, Email: sgoldenb@tecpar.br or sgoldenb@fiocruz.br
|  | | T. Ikemura | Department of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Tamura-cho 1266, Nagahama-shi, Shiga 526-0829, Japan, Tel: +81 749 64 8127, Fax: +81 749 64 8126, Email: tikemura@lab.nig.ac.jp
|  | | I.K. Jordan | Georgia Tech University, School of Biology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0230, USA Genome Evolution, Transposable Elements, Computational Biology, Gene Expression, Comparative Genomics
, Tel: +1 404 384 2224, Email: king.jordan@biology.gatech.edu
|  | | J. Jurka | Genetic Information Research Institute, 1925 Landings Drive, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, Tel: +1 650 961-4480, Fax: +1 650 961-4473, Email: jurka@girinst.org
|  | | L. Mariño-Ramírez | Centro de Biotecnología y Bioindustria (CBB) Corpoica - Tibaitata, Km. 14 Vía a Mosquera, Bogotá, Colombia, Email: l.marino.ramirez@gmail.com
|  | | W. Martin | Institute of Botany III, University of Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr.1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany, Plant molecular
genetics; primary metabolism; molecular evolution; endosymbiosis; organelle-to-nucleus gene transfer; introns
, Tel: (00) +49 (211) 811 3011, Fax: (00) +49 (211) 811 3554, Email: w.martin@uni-duesseldorf.de
|  | | S.M. Mirkin | Department of Biology, Tufts University, Barnum 101B, 165 Packard Ave., Medford, MA 02155, USA DNA replication; DNA structure and
topology; trinucleotide repeat diseases; transcription; protein-DNA interaction
, Tel: +1 617-627-4794, Fax: +1 617-627-3805, Email: Sergei.Mirkin@tufts.edu
|  | | J.V. Moran | Departments of Human Genetics and Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 1241 E. Catherine Street, Rm. 4909 Buhl,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0618, USA, LINE-1, Alu, retrotransposon, genome, recombination, reverse transcription, Tel: +1 734 615
0456, Fax: +1 734 763 3784, Email: moranj@umich.edu
|  | | S. Mueller | Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Department Biology II - Anthropology and Human Genetics, Raum B 03.052, Grosshaderner Strasse 2,
82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, mammalian chromosome and genome evolution, comparative cytogenetics and genomics, nuclear and
chromatin architecture, molecular cytogenetics technology, Tel: +49 89 218074325, Fax: +49 89 218074331, Email: s.mueller@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
|  | | N. Okada | Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan. Retrotransposons; SINEs; LINEs; phylogeny; speciation; cichlids
, Tel: +81 (45) 9245742, Fax: +81 (45) 9245835, Email: nokada@bio.titech.ac.jp
|  | | I. Rogozin | National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health, National Centre for Biotech Info, Building 38A, Room 5N505A, 8600 Rockville
Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA. comparative genomics, bioinformatics, phylogenetic analysis, mutagenesis, molecular evolution
, Tel: +1 301 594 4271, Fax: +1 301 435 7794, Email: rogozin@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
|  | | A. Rynditch | Department of Molecular Oncogenetics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 150 Zabolotnogo str.,
03143 Kiev, Ukraine. RNA function, RNA processing, transcriptional and protein isoforms, expression of retroviral genomes
, Tel: +380 44 266 3498, Fax: +380 44 266 3498, Email: rynditch@imbg.org.ua
|  | | C. Saccone | Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, Universita di Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, 1- 70126 Bari, Italy. Comparative genomics; evolutionary genomics; mitochondrial DNA; bioinformatics
, Tel: + 39 (080) 5443387/03/04, Fax: +39 (080) 5443317/3403, Email: cecilia.saccone@ba.itb.cnr.it
|  | | N. Saitou | Division of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, 411-8540, Japan. Human evolution; theory of phylogenetic
tree construction; population genetics; large scale genome analysis; genome sequencing
, Tel: +81 (55) 9816790, Fax: +81 (55) 9816789, Email: nsaitou@genes.nig.ac.jp
|  | | F. Salvatore | Department of Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples "Federico II", Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy human
genetics; mutation detection; gene expression; molecular medicine; molecular aspects of hereditary and acquired diseases at gene level
, Tel: +39 081 7464 966, Fax: +39 081 7463 650, Email: salvator@unina.it
|  | | M. Schartl | Physiologische Chemie I, Biozentrum der Universitat Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany, Teleost and elasmobranch gene
structure and genomic organization; receptor tyrosine kinases; signal transduction; tumour-related genes; oncogenes; tumour suppressor
genes in lower vertebrates; transgenic fish and gene transfer methods; homologous recombination and 'knock-out' approaches in lower vertebrates
, Tel: (00) 49 931 888 4148, Fax: (00) 49 931 888 4150, Email: phch1@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
|  | | T. Sekiya | Translational Research Department, Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, 11 Minamiooya Machida, Tokyo, Japan, Tel: +81 (42) 724 6222, Fax: +81 (42) 729 1252, Email: sekiya@mitils.jp
|  | | D.A. Tagle | Program Director, Neurogenetics, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Neuroscience Center, Room 2133, 6001 Executive
Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892-9527, USANeurogenetics; structural genomics; functional genomics; comparative genomics; gene transfer;
animal models
, Tel: +1 301 496 5745, Fax: +1 301 402 1501, Email: tagled@ninds.nih.gov
|  | | G. Theißen | University of Jena, Lehrstuhl for Genetics, Philosophenweg 12, D 07743 Jena, Germany Plant evolutionary developmental genetics; genetics
of inflorescence and flower development; plant transcription factors; MADS-box genes; evolution of gene families; genetic aspects of
biodiversity
, Tel: +49 3641 9 49550, Fax: +49 3641 9 49552, Email: guenter.theissen@uni-jena.de
|  | | A.J. Van Wijnen | University of Massachusetts, Department of Cell Biology, Medical Center, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester MA 01655, USA Cell cycle
control; bone cell biology; transcriptional control of gene expression; chromatin and nuclear matrix; histone; osteoblast; homeodomanin
, Tel: +1 (508) 856 5942, Fax: +1 (508) 856 6800, Email: Andre.VanWijnen@umassmed.edu
|  | | J.-N. Volff | Equipe Génomique Evolutive des Verté brés, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, UMR5242 CNRS/INRA/Universit
Claude Bernard LyonI/ENS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, F-69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France, evolution,
genomics, fish, transposable elements, sex determination, Tel: +33 (0)4 72 72 81 16, Fax: +33 (0)4 72 72 86 99, Email: Jean-Nicolas.Volff@ens-lyon.fr
|  | | S. Yokoyama | Department of Biology, O. Wayne Rollins Research Center, 1510 Clifton Road, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA, Molecular
evolution; opsin; visual pigment and function; DNA sequencing; sequence analysis; vertebrate vision
, Tel: +1 (404) 727 5379, Fax: +1 (404)) 727 2880, Email: syokoya@emory.edu
|  | | J.G. Zhang | Deparment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Michigan, Natural Science Building (Kraus), 830 North University, Ann
Arbor, MI 48109-1048, USA. Adaptive evolution; gene duplication; primate and human evolution; molecular biology; DNA sequence analysis
, Tel: +1 (734) 7630527, Fax: +1 (734) 7630544, Email: jianzhi@umich.edu
|  | Founding/Honorary Editor: |  | | W. Szybalski | McArdle Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA, Email: szybalski@oncology.wisc.edu
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