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• 13. Cell Interactions
  Chaired by Ken Yamada, NIDR, and Stephen Shaw, NCI
  Friday, October 9
  10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Natcher Conference Center
  Conference Room F1/F2

  Martin Brown, NCI
  Coordinated Assembly of Cytoskeletal and Signaling Molecules during T-Cell Receptor Stimulation

  Ben-Zion Katz, NIDR
  Adhesion-Mediated Regulation of Cytoskeletal Assembly

  Matthew Hoffman, NIDR
  Growth Factor-Matrix Synergy in Cell Differentiation

  Mark Udey, NCI
  E-Cadherin and Leukocyte-Epithelial Interactions

  Kim Yancey, NCI
  What an Inherited Blistering Disease Has Taught Us about Epidermal Adhesion

• 14. Characterization of Biologic Mediators by Spectroscopic Methods
  Chaired by Sandy Markey, NIMH, and H-Y Kim, NIAAA
  Friday, October 9
  10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Natcher Conference Center
  Balcony A

  James Kelley, NCI
  Mass Spectrometric Studies of Nucleoside Metabolism in the Development of New Drugs for AIDS

  K. Gustafson, NCI and L. Pannell, NIDDK
  Structural Elucidation of Anti-HIV Proteins and Peptides

  Martin Garraffo and Tom Spande, NIDDK
  Application of CI-MS/MS to the Structure Elucidation of Alkaloids

  Robert Crouch, Jeffrey Kowalak, and Alfred Yergey, NICHD
  Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Proteins Captured by Biosensors

  Ettore Appella, NCI
  Isolation and Characterization of Bioactive MHC Peptides

• 15. DNA Repair and Mutagenesis
  Chaired by Vilhelm Bohr (NIA) and Tom Kunkel (NIEHS)
  Friday, October 9
  10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Natcher Conference Center
  Balcony B

  Vilhelm Bohr, NIA
  DNA Repair and Transcription in Human Premature Aging Syndromes

  Samuel Wilson, NIEHS
  DNA Transactions During Repair of Endogenous DNA Lesions

  Martin Gellert, NIDDK
  Linkage of V(D)J Recombination to Double Strand Break Repair and Transposition

  Peggy Hsieh, NIDDK
  Heteroduplex DNA Recognition by the Mut S Mismatch Repair Protein

  Al Fornace, NCI
  cDNA Microarray Hybridization Reveals Complexity and Heterogeneity of Cellular Genotoxic Stress Responses

• 16. Gene Regulatory Proteins
  Chaired by Roland Owens, NIDDK, and Ana B. Chepelinsky, NEI
  Friday, October 9
  10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Natcher Conference Center
  Conference Room E1/E2

  Ana B. Chepelinsky, NEI
  AP2" Isoforms and Sp Family of Transcription Factors Expression in the Ocular Lens

  Alfred C. Johnson, NCI
  GCF2: A Negative Regulator of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Gene Expression

  S. Stoney Simons, Jr., NIDDK
  Role of the Novel Proteins GMEB-1 and -2 in the Modulation of Glucocorticoid Regulated Gene Transcription

  Kevin L. Gardner, NCI
  CREB/REL Crosstalk Couples p300/CBP Recruitment to Oncogenic Molecular Signaling in T Lymphocytes

  Roland A. Owens, NIDDK
  Protein-DNA Complexes at the Proximal YY1 Site of the Adeno-Associated Virus p5 Promoter in the Presence or Absence of Adenovirus

  Alison McBride, NIAID
  The Papillomavirus E2 Transcriptional Transactivator is also Important for Initiation of Viral DNA Replication and Segregation of Episomal Viral Genomes
  Charles E. Egwuagu, NEI
  Members of the IRF Family of Transcription Factors are Constitutively Expressed and Differentially Regulated in the Mouse Lens

• 17. Modulation of Receptor, Ion Channel, and Transporter Function
  Chaired by Forrest Weight, NIAAA, and Michael Rogawski, NINDS
  Friday, October 9
  10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Natcher Conference Center
  Main Auditorium

  Chaoying Li, NIAAA
  Modulation of ATP-Gated Membrane Ion Channels (P2X Receptors) by Endogenous Agents

  Mark L. Mayer, NICHD
  Polyamine Block of Glutamate Receptor-Channels

  Michael A. Rogawski, NINDS
  Modulation of Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors for Treatment of Neurological Disorders

  George R. Uhl, NIDA
  Rapid Temporal Regulation of Opiate and Psychostimulant Recognition Sites: Phosphorylation, Desensitization and Down-Regulation of Mu-Opiate Receptor and Dopamine Transporter

  Jerrel L. Yakel, NIEHS
  Modulation of Calcium Channel Function by G-Protein Coupled Receptors

• 18. Post-Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression
  Chaired by Alan Hinnebusch, NICHD, and Ellie Ehrenfeld, NIAID
  Friday, October 9
  10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Natcher Conference Center
  Balcony C

  Harris Bernstein, NIDDK
  The Function of the Signal Recognition Particle in E. coli

  Susan Gottesman, NCI
  Title TBA

  Tom Dever, NICHD
  A Bacterial IF2 Homolog in Eukaryotic Cells Facilitates Met-tRNA Binding to Ribosomes

  Tracey Rouault, NICHD
  Title TBA

  Carl Baker, NCI
  Title TBA

  Hui Ge, NHGRI
  A Novel Transcriptional Coactivator, p52, Functionally Interacts with the Essential Splicing Factor ASF/SF2