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PARP-1 negatively regulates nucleolar protein pool and mitochondrial activity: a cell protective mechanism

Atanu Ghorai, Soumajit Saha & Basuthkar J. Rao   

48JPA

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) is a pan nuclear protein that utilizes NAD+ as a substrate for poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation reaction (PARylation), resulting in both auto-modification and the modification of its accepter proteins. Earlier reports suggested that several nucleolar proteins interact and colocalize with PARP-1, leading to their PARylation. However, whether PARP-1 has any role in nucleolar biogenesis and the functional relevance of such a role is still obscure.

Read this article: Volume 46, Article number: 18 (2024)

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Detection of in vivo mutagenicity in rat liver samples using error-corrected sequencing techniques

Kazuki Izawa, Masataka Tsuda, Takayoshi Suzuki, Masamitsu Honma & Kei-ichi Sugiyama 

45-30

Mutagenicity, the potential of chemicals to cause mutations and cancer, is crucial for safety assessments. In vivo animal models, particularly rats, are essential due to their similar metabolic pathways to humans and higher responsiveness to carcinogens. Transgenic rodents (TGRs) are commonly used in mutation assays but are labor-intensive and limited to detecting transgene mutations. A new method for directly detecting in vivo mutagenicity in rats is needed, with next-generation sequencing (NGS) based error-corrected sequencing showing promise.

Read this article: Volume 45, Article number: 30 (2023)

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Editor-in-Chief

Masami Yamada studied bacterial genetics and got a PhD degree from Osaka University. Since 1990, using genetic engineering techniques, she has constructed many strains from standard tester strains for the Ames test at the National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo. Such strains are useful for research fields on environmental mutagens.
Strain requests come to her every year from domestic, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and other countries. Currently, she teaches Biology and Genetic Engineering at National Defense Academy of Japan.


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APC Discount for JEMS members
Members of Japanese Environmental Mutagen and Genome Society(JEMS)  are entitled to receive discount on Article Processing Charge

Free APC for researchers in Asia
We may offer a full APC waiver to the submissions from the countries where Asian Association of the Environmental Mutagen Societies (AAEMS)–partnering societies are located (excluding Japan). Those countries are Australia, China, India, Iran, South Korea, Philippines and Thailand. Please contact EIC (editor@j-ems.org) before submission.

To request APC discount
Authors are no longer requested to submit membership code during submission.
Please take following step to receive APC discount.
1) After manuscript submission, corresponding author informs EIC (editor@j-ems.org) of the manuscript number and membership number. 
2) When the manuscript was accepted for publication, author receives URL and asked to complete post-acceptance process
3) During post-acceptance process author requests APC discount by requsting 'Shared Support' on journal partner page.
4) EIC approves the request and discount is granted. 
5) Author pays discounted APC. 

*those authors who were offered full APC coverage by the editor (for invited/solicited papers), should select 'Prepay for invited papers' to receive full coverage. 

see also
-Changes in Submission Process (in Japanese)
-Post acceptance workflow process (Author Journey)


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Aims and scope

Genes and Environment is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that aims to accelerate communications among global scientists working in the fields of genes and environment. The journal welcomes papers dealing with those topics that are relevant to the environment, such as mutagenesis and carcinogenesis, genomics and epigenetics, molecular epidemiology and genetic toxicology, and regulatory sciences.

About JEMS
The mission of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen and Genome Society (JEMS) is to discover how environmental mutagens affect all organisms, and to promote and apply this knowledge to protect human health and our environment. JEMS was founded in 1972, and since then the society has hosted annual conferences and open symposia on timely topics. The society is a member of the Asian Association of the Environmental Mutagen Societies and the International Association of Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Societies.

Acknowledgement and information

-Publication of Genes and Environment is partly supported by the Japan Society of Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results, aka KAKENHI. (Grant Number 17HP2002).

-Genes and Environment archive of papers published before 2015 are available at: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jemsge

Genes and Environment is an official journal of The Japanese Environmental Mutagen and Genome Society (JEMS).

Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 2.7
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.3
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.798
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.593

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 7
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 91

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 314,686
    Altmetric mentions: 181