1. Positive and negative elements involved in the differential regulation by heme and oxygen of the HEM13 gene (coproporphyrinogen oxidase) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

   • Jean-Michel Amillet
   • Nicole Buisson
   • Rosine Labbe-Bois

   Original Paper Pages: 503 - 511

2. Identification and characterization of CEN12 in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

   • Alison E. Gammie
   • Mark D. Rose

   Original Paper Pages: 512 - 516

3. Nature of abortive transformation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

   • Wendy Y. Yap
   • Robert H. Schiestl

   Original Paper Pages: 517 - 520

4. Effects of the CDC2 gene on adaptive mutation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

   • Hanna Baranowska
   • Zofia Policińska
   • Witold J. Jachymczyk

   Original Paper Pages: 521 - 525

5. Characterization of a novel α-amylase from Lipomyces kononenkoae and expression of its gene (LKA1) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

   • Andries J. C. Steyn
   • Isak S. Pretorius

   Original Paper Pages: 526 - 533

6. DNA polymerase δ of Physarum polycephalum

   • Gunthar Achhammer
   • Alexandra Winkler
   • Eggehard Holler

   Original Paper Pages: 534 - 545

7. Characterization of the mitochondrial orfB gene and its derivative, orf224, a chimeric open reading frame specific to one mitochondrial genome of the “Polima” male-sterile cytoplasm in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)

   • Hirokazu Handa
   • José Manuel Gualberto
   • Jean-Michel Grienenberger

   Original Paper Pages: 546 - 552

8. Organisation of the mitochondrial genome of Trichophyton rubrum. DNA sequence analysis of the ND4 gene, the ATPase subunit-6 gene, the ribosomal RNA small-subunit gene, the ND6 gene, the COXIII gene, the ATPase subunit-8 gene and six tRNA genes that correspond respectively to the tyrosine, lysine, glutamine, asparagine, isoleucine and tryptophan isoacceptors

   • C. de Bièvre
   • B. Dujon

   Original Paper Pages: 553 - 559

9. Phylogenetic position of the Chromista plastids based on small subunit rRNA coding regions

   • L. K. Medlin
   • A. Cooper
   • U. Wellbrock

   Original Paper Pages: 560 - 565

10. Satellite DNA as a target for PCR-specific detection of the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne hapla

    • Philippe Castagnone-Sereno
    • Guadalupe Esparrago
    • Michel Bongiovanni

    Original Paper Pages: 566 - 570

11. Inactivation of transgenes in Phytophthora infestans is not associated with their deletion, methylation, or mutation

    • Howard S. Judelson
    • Susan L. Whittaker

    Original Paper Pages: 571 - 579

12. Transformations of Penicillium islandicum and Penicillium frequentans that produce anthraquinone-related compounds

    • Ke-xue Huang
    • Norihisa Iwakami
    • Ushio Sankawa

    Original Paper Pages: 580 - 584

13. Expression and analysis of the green fluorescent protein gene in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    • David Atkins
    • Jonathan G. Izant

    Short Communication Pages: 585 - 588