1. A maize DNA-binding factor with a bZIP motif is induced by low temperature

   • Tomonobu Kusano
   • Thomas Berberich
   • Kazuyuki Sugawara

   Original Paper Pages: 507 - 517

2. Role of HU proteins in forming and constraining supercoils of chromosomal DNA inEscherichia coli

   • Hiromitsu Tanaka
   • Kayoko Yasuzawa
   • Fumio Imamoto

   Original Paper Pages: 518 - 526

3. The binding motifs forAc transposase are absolutely required for excision ofDs1 in maize

   • Ana María Bravo-Angel
   • Heinz-Albert Becker
   • Wen-Hui Shen

   Original Paper Pages: 527 - 534

4. Molecular analysis and mapping of two genes encoding maize glutathione S-transferases (GST I and GST II)

   • L. Rossini
   • M. E. Pè
   • M. Sari-Gorla

   Original Paper Pages: 535 - 539

5. Involvement of two differenturf-s related mitochondrial sequences in the molecular evolution of the CMS-specificS-Pcf locus in petunia

   • Vered Yesodi
   • Shamay Izhar
   • Nurit Firon

   Original Paper Pages: 540 - 546

6. Tagging pathogenicity genes inUstilago maydis by restriction enzyme-mediated integration (REMI)

   • Michael Bölker
   • Heidi U. Böhnert
   • Regine Kahmann

   Original Paper Pages: 547 - 552

7. Genetic and physical characterization of theLR1 leaf rust resistance locus in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

   • Catherine Feuillet
   • Monika Messmer
   • Beat Keller

   Original Paper Pages: 553 - 562

8. Cloning of theHelicobacter pylori recA gene and functional characterization of its product

   • Wolfgang Schmitt
   • Stefan Odenbreit
   • Rainer Haas

   Original Paper Pages: 563 - 572

9. Developmental and tissue-specific regulation of the gene for the wheat basic/leucine zipper protein HBP-1a(17) in transgenicArabidopsis plants

   • K. Mikami
   • M. Katsura
   • Y. Shimura

   Original Paper Pages: 573 - 582

10. Analysis of an insertional operator mutation (gntOi) that affects the expression level of theBacillus subtilis gnt operon, and characterization ofgntOi suppressor mutations

    • K-I. Yoshida
    • Y. Miwa
    • Y. Fujita

    Original Paper Pages: 583 - 591

11. The promoter of the geneItr1 from barley confers a different tissue specificity in transgenic tobacco

    • I. Diaz
    • J. Royo
    • P. Carbonero

    Original Paper Pages: 592 - 598

12. Translational coupling and limited degradation of a polycistronic messenger modulate differential gene expression in theparD stability system of plasmid R1

    • Maria Jesús Ruiz-Echevarría
    • Guillermo de la Cueva
    • Ramón Díaz-Orejas

    Original Paper Pages: 599 - 609

13. Identification ofStreptomyces violaceoruber Tü22 genes involved in the biosynthesis of granaticin

    • Andreas Bechthold
    • Jae Kyung Sohng
    • Heinz G. Floss

    Original Paper Pages: 610 - 620

14. Functional analysis of theDrosophila CDC2 Dm gene in fission yeast

    • E. R. Bejarano
    • M. J. Muñoz
    • J. Jimenez

    Original Paper Pages: 621 - 628

15. AnEscherichia coli curved DNA-binding protein whose expression is affected by the stationary phase-specific sigma factor σ^s

    • Minoru Kakeda
    • Chiharu Ueguchi
    • Takeshi Mizuno

    Short Communication Pages: 629 - 634

16. Nucleotide sequence of therecF gene cluster fromStaphylococcus aureus and complementation analysis inBacillus subtilis recF mutants

    Addendum Pages: 635 - 636