1. Two genes that encode Ca²⁺-dependent protein kinases are induced by drought and high-salt stresses in Arabidopsis thaliana

   • Takeshi Urao
   • Takeshi Katagiri
   • Kazuo Shinozaki

   Original Paper Pages: 331 - 340

2. Purification and characterization of CopR, a transcriptional activator protein that binds to a conserved domain (cop box) in copper- inducible promoters of Pseudomonas syringae

   • Scott D. Mills
   • Chun-Keun Lim
   • Donald A. Cooksey

   Original Paper Pages: 341 - 351

3. Genome analysis of the moss Physcomitrella patens (Hedw.) B.S.G.

   • Ralf Reski
   • Merle Faust
   • Wolfgang O. Abel

   Original Paper Pages: 352 - 359

4. Characterization of a cDNA encoding a novel type of RNA-binding protein in tobacco: its expression and nucleic acid-binding properties

   • Tetsuro Hirose
   • Mamoru Sugita
   • Masahiro Sugiura

   Original Paper Pages: 360 - 366

5. The NocR repressor-activator protein regulates expression of the nocB and nocR genes of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

   • Ferenc Marincs
   • Derek W. R. White

   Original Paper Pages: 367 - 373

6. Genetic analysis of the minimal replicon of the Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis citrate plasmid

   • Morten L. Pedersen
   • Kim R. Arrived
   • Eric Johansen

   Original Paper Pages: 374 - 382

7. Identification of the XorII methyltransferase gene and a vsr homolog from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

   • Seong H. Choi
   • Jan E. Leach

   Original Paper Pages: 383 - 390

8. Differences in cell type-specific expression of the gene Opaque 2 in maize and transgenic tobacco

   • P. Gallusci
   • F. Salamini
   • R. D. Thompson

   Original Paper Pages: 391 - 400

9. Structure and function of a mating-type gene from the homothallic species Neurospora africana

   • N. Louise Glass
   • Myron L. Smith

   Original Paper Pages: 401 - 409

10. Genetic recombination of nucleosomal templates is mediated by transcription

    • Hidehito Kotani
    • JoAnn M. Sekiguchi
    • Eric B. Kmiec

    Original Paper Pages: 410 - 419

11. Molecular and physical organization of highly repetitive, undermethylated DNA from Pennisetum glaucum

    • A. Kamm
    • T. Schmidt
    • J. S. Heslop-Harrison

    Original Paper Pages: 420 - 425

12. The dominant Drop eye mutations of Drosophila melanogaster define two loci implicated in normal eye development

    • Rick Tearle
    • Andrew Tomlinson
    • Robert Saint

    Original Paper Pages: 426 - 434

13. KIN17, a mouse nuclear protein, binds to bent DNA fragments that are found at illegitimate recombination junctions in mammalian cells

    • Alexander Mazin
    • Eric Milot
    • Pierre Chartrand

    Short Communication Pages: 435 - 438

14. Analysis of putative DNA amplification genes in the element AUD1 of Streptomyces lividans 66

    • Wolfgang Piendl
    • Christa Eichenseer
    • John Cullum

    Short Communication Pages: 439 - 443

15. Escherichia coli mutY-dependent mismatch repair involves DNA polymerase I and a short repair tract

    • Jyy-Jih Tsai-Wu
    • A-Lien Lu

    Short Communication Pages: 444 - 450