1. Maize Activator transposase has a bipartite DNA binding domain that recognizes subterminal sequences and the terminal inverted repeats

   • Heinz-Albert Becker
   • Reinhard Kunze

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 219 - 230

2. Regulatory elements in the promoter of the vitelline membrane gene VM32E of Drosophila melanogaster direct gene expression in distinct domains of the follicular epithelium

   • V. Cavaliere
   • S. Spanò
   • G. Gargiulo

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 231 - 237

3. A novel fission yeast gene, kms1 ⁺, is required for the formation of meiotic prophase-specific nuclear architecture

   • M. Shimanuki
   • F. Miki
   • O. Niwa

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 238 - 249

4. A novel cytoplasmic structure containing DNA networks in Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites

   • E. Orozco
   • R. Gharaibeh
   • R. López-Revilla

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 250 - 257

5. Identification of a new cis-regulatory element in a Nicotiana tabacum polyubiquitin gene promoter

   • B. Plesse
   • A. Durr
   • J. Fleck

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 258 - 266

6. Screening and identification of yeast sequences that cause growth inhibition when overexpressed

   • R. Akada
   • J. Yamamoto
   • I. Yamashita

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 267 - 274

7. Cycloheximide induces a subset of low temperature-inducible genes in maize

   • T. Berberich
   • T. Kusano

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 275 - 283

8. Transcription elongation factor S-II is not required for transcription-coupled repair in yeast

   • R. A. Verhage
   • J. Heyn
   • J. Brouwer

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 284 - 290

9. Introns boost transgene expression in Drosophila melanogaster

   • B. P. Duncker
   • P. L. Davies
   • V. K. Walker

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 291 - 296

10. Identification of transposon-like elements in non-coding regions of tomato ACC oxidase genes

    • B. Blume
    • C. S. Barry
    • D. Grierson

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 297 - 303

11. Impaired lysogenisation of the Escherichia coli rpoA341 mutant by bacteriophage λ is due to the inability of CII to act as a transcriptional activator

    • M. Obuchowski
    • H. Giladi
    • G. We¸grzyn

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 304 - 311

12. Secretion of the lantibiotics epidermin and gallidermin: sequence analysis of the genes gdmT and gdmH, their influence on epidermin production and their regulation by EpiQ

    • A. Peschel
    • N. Schnell
    • F. Götz

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 312 - 318

13. The RecB protein of Escherichia coli translocates along single-stranded DNA in the 3′ to 5′ direction: a proposed ratchet mechanism

    • R. J. Phillips
    • D. C. Hickleton
    • P. T. Emmerson

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 319 - 329

14. Development of AFLP markers in barley

    • X. Qi
    • P. Lindhout

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 330 - 336

15. Wound-inducible and organ-specific expression of ORF13 from Agrobacterium rhizogenes 8196 T-DNA in transgenic tobacco plants

    • G. Hansen
    • D. Vaubert
    • J. Brevet

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 337 - 343