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7. References
Only published and "in press" (i.e., accepted for publication in a specific journal or book) references should ap-
pear in the reference list at the end of the paper. The latest information on "in press" references should be pro-
vided. Any "in press" references that are relevant for reviewers to see in order to make a well-informed evalua-
tion should be included as a separate document text file along with the submitted manuscript.
References cited in the text should be numbered in parentheses with Arabic numerals in order of appearance.
Be sure to verify the wording of any personal communication with the person who supplied the information and
get his approval for the use of his name in connection with the quoted information. All references should be
listed in numerical order typed double-spaced on a separate sheet under the heading REFERENCES.
Please note the following examples.
(1) For a journal article:
7. Sanger F, Nicklen S, and Coulson AR (1977) DNA sequencing with chain-terminating inhibitors. Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74, 5463–5467
(2) For a chapter in an edited book:
12. Messing J (1983) New M13 vectors for cloning in Methods in Enzymology (Wu, R., Grossman, L., and
Moldave, K., eds.) Vol. 101, pp. 20–51, Academic Press, New York
(3) For a book by one or more authors:
15. Sambrook J, Fritsch EF, and Maniatis T (1989) Molecular Cloning. A Laboratory Manual pp. 1339–
1341, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Text citations to references written by more than two authors should be styled for example as, Smith et al. In the
reference list, however, the names of all authors (with initials) must be given. If an article has been accepted for
publication by a journal but has not yet appeared in print, the reference should be styled as follows:
29. Tanahashi H and Ito T (1994) Molecular characterization of a novel factor recognizing the interleukin-6
responsive element. J. Biochem. (in press)
References should be cited in the text as follows: "The procedure used has been described elsewhere (Green,
1978),"or "Our observations are in agreement with those of Brown and Black (1979) and of White et al.
(1980),"or with multiple references, in chronological order: "Earlier reports (Brown and Black, 1979, 1981; White
et al., 1980; Smith, 1982, 1984).... "

The use of “in preparation” and “submitted for publication” is not allowed in the reference list.
Citation of the references written in a language which is usually unreadable for general readers and those pub-
lished in a journal (or book) to which general reader could not easily access should be avoided.
8. Figure Legends:
Figure legends must be placed after the Literature Cited section. Manuscript document files lacking figure leg-
ends will not be reviewed. Do not duplicate material from the text or described in the methods in your figure
legends. Indicate scale bar size if it is not indicated on the figure. Figure legends should be prepared for each
figure. There should be sufficient experimental detail in the legend to make the figure intelligible without refer-
ence to the text (unless the same material has been given with a previous figure, or in the Experimental Proce-
dures section).
 Tables: Tables should be self-explanatory and should not duplicate textual material. Each table must be
appended to the end of the manuscript, after the Figure Legends, in either Word or Excel table format. DO
NOT embed photographs or image files of tables. Legends or keys must accompany each table and should
not be added to the Figure Legends. Tables should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals, and
should include a brief title. Use footnotes (superscripted lower-case letters) to explain abbreviations, statis-
tics, etc. Place explanatory matter in footnotes, not in the heading.
 Figures: Figures must be first cited in the manuscript in ascending numeric order. Subsequent ref-
erences need not be in order, but the first citation of a figure must occur after preceding figures and before
following figures (eg. Figure 2 cannot be referenced until after Figure 1 has been). Figures can be first ref-
erenced in groups or in the same figure reference (eg. Figure 1-3 or Figure 5 and 6).
9. Abbreviations
Abbreviations should be kept to an absolute minimum. Abbreviations save relatively little space but greatly di-
minish the readability of a manuscript. In general, abbreviations should not appear in the Abstract, and sentenc-
es that contain more than one abbreviation merit careful review. The word must always be written out in full
when first used and the proposed abbreviation given in parentheses. A list of all abbreviations used in the text
and their meanings must be provided (in alphabetic order).

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