1. Mutations in genes encoding extracellular matrix proteins suppress the emb-5 gastrulation defect in Caenorhabditis elegans

   • K. Nishiwaki
   • J. Miwa

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 2 - 12

2. Cloning and characterization of Pros45, the Drosophila SUG1 proteasome subunit homolog

   • L. Cheng
   • N. Roemer
   • L. M. Schwartz

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 13 - 20

3. Cytokinin stimulates and abscisic acid inhibits greening of etiolated Lupinus luteus cotyledons by affecting the expression of the light-sensitive protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase

   • V. Kusnetsov
   • R. G. Herrmann
   • R. Oelmüller

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 21 - 28

4. Ste50p is involved in regulating filamentous growth in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and associates with Ste11p

   • M. Ramezani Rad
   • G. Jansen
   • C. P. Hollenberg

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 29 - 38

5. The P22 Erf protein and host RecA provide alternative functions for transductional segregation of plasmid-borne duplications

   • A. Garzón
   • D. A. Cano
   • J. Casadesús

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 39 - 45

6. The sfiX, rfe and metN genes of Salmonella typhimurium and their involvement in the His^c pleiotropic response

   • C. Mouslim
   • D. A. Cano
   • J. Casadesús

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 46 - 53

7. Induction by alkaloids and phenobarbital of Family 4 Cytochrome P450s in Drosophila : evidence for involvement in host plant utilization

   • P. B. Danielson
   • J. L. M. Foster
   • J. C. Fogleman

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 54 - 59

8. Mutations in the dim-1 gene of Neurospora crassa reduce the level of DNA methylation

   • H. M. Foss
   • C. J. Roberts
   • E. U. Selker

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 60 - 71

9. The rpoS gene regulates OP2, an operon for the lower pathway of xylene catabolism on the TOL plasmid, and the stress response in Pseudomonas putida mt-2

   • K. Miura
   • S. Inouye
   • A. Nakazawa

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 72 - 78

10. P element sequences can compensate for a deletion of the yellow regulatory region in Drosophila melanogaster

    • T. Belenkaya
    • K. Barseguyan
    • P. Georgiev

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 79 - 87

11. Genetic evidence that the two isozymes of sucrose synthase present in developing maize endosperm are critical, one for cell wall integrity and the other for starch biosynthesis

    • P. S. Chourey
    • E. W. Taliercio
    • Y.-L. Ruan

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 88 - 96

12. Identification, characterization, and chromosomal organization of the ftsZ gene from Brevibacterium lactofermentum

    • M. P. Honrubia
    • F. J. Fernández
    • J. A. Gil

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 97 - 104

13. Identification and characterization of the Staphylococcus carnosus nitrate reductase operon

    • I. Pantel
    • P.-E. Lindgren
    • F. Götz

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 105 - 114

14. Characterization of 14 different putative protein kinase cDNA clones of the C₄ plantSorghum bicolor

    • F. Annen
    • J.-L. Chang
    • J. Stockhaus

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 115 - 122

15. Mapping of Rpb3 and Rpb5 contact sites on two large subunits, Rpb1 and Rpb2, of the RNA polymerase II from fission yeast

    • T. Miyao
    • A. Honda
    • A. Ishihama

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 123 - 129

16. The uvsC and uvsE genes of Aspergillus nidulans are not required for the mutagenic repair of UV damage

    • N. Babudri
    • A. Marini
    • G. Morpurgo

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 130 - 132