1. Letter to the editor

   • Richard W Mercier
   • Parin Chaivisuthangkurar
   • Johann Peter Gogarten

   Letter Pages: 229 - 230

2. Characterization of tomato DNA clones with sequence similarity to human minisatellites 33.6 and 33.15

   • Pierre Broun
   • Steven D. Tanksley

   Research Articles Pages: 231 - 242

3. PFGE analysis of the rice genome: estimation of fragment sizes, organization of repetitive sequences and relationships between genetic and physical distances

   • Kun -Sheng Wu
   • Steven D. Tanksley

   Research Articles Pages: 243 - 254

4. A leaf-specific gene stimulated by light during wheat acclimation to low temperature

   • Louis -Pierre Chauvin
   • Mario Houde
   • Fathey Sarhan

   Research Articles Pages: 255 - 265

5. Molecular cloning, characterization and expression of Mn-superoxide dismutase from the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis)

   • Zhonghe Miao
   • John J. Gaynor

   Research Articles Pages: 267 - 277

6. A view of plant dehydrins using antibodies specific to the carboxy terminal peptide

   • Timothy J. Close
   • Raymond D. Fenton
   • Francis Moonan

   Research Articles Pages: 279 - 286

7. The plant mitochondrial open reading frame orf221 encodes a membrane-bound protein

   • Laudenir M. Prioli
   • Jintai Huang
   • Charles S. Levings III

   Research Articles Pages: 287 - 295

8. Chloroplast chlB gene is required for light-independent chlorophyll accumulation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

   • Xiang -Qin Liu
   • Hui Xu
   • Changzhi Huang

   Research Articles Pages: 297 - 308

9. A strong protein unfolding activity is associated with the binding of precursor chloroplast proteins to chloroplast envelopes

   • Alfredo Guéra
   • Twan America
   • Peter J. Weibeek

   Research Articles Pages: 309 - 324

10. Cytokinin-mediated insect resistance in Nicotiana plants transformed with the ipt gene

    • A. Smigocki
    • J. W. Neal Jr.
    • L. Douglass

    Research Articles Pages: 325 - 335

11. DNA binding factor GT-2 from Arabidopsis

    • Robert M. Kuhn
    • Timothy Caspar
    • Peter H. Quail

    Research Articles Pages: 337 - 348

12. Circadian and light-regulated expression of nitrate reductase in Arabidopsis

    • Marsha L. Pilgrim
    • Timothy Caspar
    • C. Robertson McClung

    Research Articles Pages: 349 - 364

13. Cloning and characterization of the lectin cDNA clones from onion, shallot and leek

    • Els J. M. Van Damme
    • Koen Smeets
    • Willy J. Peumans

    Research Articles Pages: 365 - 376

14. Accumulation of type I fish antifreeze protein in transgenic tobacco is cold-specific

    • Kimberly D. Kenward
    • Mitchell Altschuler
    • Peter L. Davies

    Research Articles Pages: 377 - 385

15. Functional expression and molecular characterization of AtUBC2-1, a novel ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2) from Arabidopsis thaliana

    • Dieter Bartling
    • Peter Rehling
    • Elmar W. Weiler

    Research Articles Pages: 387 - 396

16. Identification of a defective transposable element in tobacco

    • Scott J. Tebbutt
    • David M. Lonsdale

    Research Articles Pages: 397 - 400

17. Differential expression of six glutamine synthetase genes in Zea mays

    • Min -gang Li
    • Richard Villemur
    • D. Peter Snustad

    Update Section Pages: 401 - 407

18. A rice (Oryza sativa L.) cDNA encodes a protein sequence homologous to the eukaryotic ribosomal 5S RNA-binding protein

    • Ju -Kon Kim
    • Ray Wu

    Update Section Pages: 409 - 413

19. Characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana gene (TMKL1) encoding a putative transmembrane protein with an unusual kinase-like domain

    • Christiane Valon
    • Jan Smalle
    • Jérôme Giraudat

    Update Section Pages: 415 - 421

20. Characterization of a birch (Betula pendula Roth.) embryogenic gene, BP8

    • Riitta Puupponen-Pimiä
    • Markku Saloheimo
    • Veli Kauppinen

    Update Section Pages: 423 - 428

21. Coordinate gene expression of five subclass histones and the putative transcription factors, HBP-1a and HBP-1b, of histone genes in wheat

    • Maki Minami
    • Gyung Hye Huh
    • Masaki Iwabuchi

    Update Section Pages: 429 - 434

22. A new middle repetitive sequence of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia genome

    • Yelena V. Kovtun
    • Igor K. Komarnitsky
    • Yuri Yu. Gleba

    Update Section Pages: 435 - 438

23. A cDNA clone for a pathogenesis-related protein 1 from barley

    • A. Muradov
    • L. Petrasovits
    • K. J. Scott

    Update Section Pages: 439 - 442

24. Sequence announcement

    Announcement Pages: 443 - 443