Contents Russian Journal of Genetics Vol. 50, No. 4, 2014 A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Inc. Distributed worldwide by Springer. Russian Journal of Genetics ISSN 1022-7954.

Contents
Russian Journal of Genetics

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Vol. 50, No. 4, 2014
A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Inc.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Russian Journal of Genetics ISSN 1022-7954.

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Reviews and Theoretical Articles

Quorum Sensing Regulation in Bacteria of the Family Enterobacteriaceae

Yu. V. Zaitseva, A. A. Popova, and I. A. Khmel p. 323  abstract

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Molecular Genetics

Organization of the Drosophila melanogaster SF1 Insulator and Its Role
in Transcription Regulation in Transgenic Lines

D. V. Leman, A. F. Parshikov, P. G. Georgiev, and O. G. Maksimenko p. 341  abstract

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Genetics of Microorganisms

ITS-Polymorphism of Salt-Tolerant and Salt-Sensitive Native Isolates
of Sinorhizoblum meliloti—Symbionts of Alfalfa, Clover and Fenugreek Plants

M. L. Roumiantseva, V. S. Muntyan, A. Mengoni, and B. V. Simarov p. 348  abstract

Generation and Study of the Strains of Streptomycetes—Heterologous Hosts
for the Production of Moenomycin

M. Lopatniuk, B. Ostash, A. Luzhetskyy, S. Walker, and V. Fedorenko p. 360  abstract

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Plant Genetics

Mitochondrial DNA Variation and Reticulate Evolution of the Genus Abies

S. A. Semerikova and V. L. Semerikov p. 366  abstract

Natural Nucleotide Polymorphism of the Srlk Gene That Determines Salt Stress Tolerance
in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

M. S. Vishnevskaya, A. V. Pavlov, E. A. Dzyubenko,
N. I. Dzyubenko, and E. K. Potokina p. 378  abstract

GISH Study of Advanced Generation of the Interspecific Hybrids
Between Allium cepa L. and Allium fistulosum L. with Relative Resistance to Downy Mildew

M. V. Budylin, L. Yu. Kan, V. S. Romanov, and L. I. Khrustaleva p. 387  abstract

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Animal Genetics

Molecular Genetic Analysis of the Shantar Summer Group of Bowhead Whales
(Balaena mysticetus L.) in the Okhotsk Sea

I. G. Meschersky, A. N. Chichkina, O. V. Shpak, and V. V. Rozhnov p. 395  abstract

Linkage Disequilibrium Analysis for Microsatellite Loci in Six Cattle Breeds

T. Yu. Kiselyova, J. Kantanen, N. I. Vorobyov, B. E. Podoba, and V. P. Terletsky p. 406  abstract

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Human Genetics

New Recurrent Large Deletion, Encompassing Both GJB2 and GB6 Genes, Results
in Isolated Sensorineural Hearing Impairment with Autosomal
Recessive Mode of Inheritance

E. A. Bliznetz, O. N. Makienko, E. G. Okuneva,
T. G. Markova, and A. V. Polyakov p.415  abstract

DNA Repair XRRCC1 and XPD Genes Polymorphism as Associated
with the Development of Bladder Cancer and Renal Cell Carcinoma

L. Z. Akhmadishina, I. R. Gilyazova, L. R. Kutlyeva, G. F. Korytina, O. V. Kochetova,
M. F. Urmantsev, S. M. Izmailova, A. A. Izmailov, G. B. Kunsbaeva, A. A. Zagidullin,
A. A. Khaliullin, V. N. Pavlov, T. V. Victorova, and E. K. Khusnutdinova p. 421  abstract

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Methods

A Method of Quantitative Assessment of Cytokine Gene mRNA Expression Levels
Using Real-Time PCR in Homogenous Low Cell Number Populations
A. M. Savilova, M. M. Chulkina, A. S. Speranskaya, and D. Yu. Trofimov p.430  abstract