1. Plant defensins

   • Bart P. Thomma
   • Bruno P. Cammue
   • Karin Thevissen

   Review Pages: 193 - 202

2. Hydrotropism in abscisic acid, wavy, and gravitropic mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

   • Nobuyuki Takahashi
   • Nobuharu Goto
   • Hideyuki Takahashi

   Original Article Pages: 203 - 211

3. Cell cycling frequency and expression of the homeobox gene ATHB-8 during leaf vein development in Arabidopsis

   • Julie Kang
   • Nancy Dengler

   Original Article Pages: 212 - 219

4. Characterization of freezing tolerance and vernalization in Vern-, a spring-type Brassica napus line derived from a winter cross

   • Glen P. Hawkins
   • Zhanao Deng
   • Anne M. Johnson-Flanagan

   Original Article Pages: 220 - 226

5. Enzymatic specificity of three ribosome-inactivating proteins against fungal ribosomes, and correlation with antifungal activity

   • Sang-Wook Park
   • Noah M. Stevens
   • Jorge M. Vivanco

   Original Article Pages: 227 - 234

6. Reduction in amounts of mitochondrial DNA in the sperm cells as a mechanism for maternal inheritance in Hordeum vulgare

   •   Sodmergen
   • Quan Zhang
   • Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

   Original Article Pages: 235 - 244

7. Cellular and subcellular localisation of glutamine synthetase and glutamate dehydrogenase in grapes gives new insights on the regulation of carbon and nitrogen metabolism

   • Virginie Paczek
   • Fréréric Dubois
   • Bertrand Hirel

   Original Article Pages: 245 - 254

8. Gene discovery and microarray analysis of cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) varieties

   • Paul G. Jones
   • David Allaway
   • Chris A. Jones

   Original Article Pages: 255 - 264

9. Monitoring flux through the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway using [1-¹⁴C]gluconate

   • Andrew P. Garlick
   • Catherine Moore
   • Nicholas J. Kruger

   Original Article Pages: 265 - 272

10. Study of tobacco transformants to assess the role of chloroplastic NAD(P)H dehydrogenase in photoprotection of photosystems I and II

    • Carina Barth
    • Heinrich G. Krause

    Original Article Pages: 273 - 279

11. Growth stress controls negative gravitropism in woody plant stems

    • Hiroyuki Yamamoto
    • Masato Yoshida
    • Takashi Okuyama

    Original Article Pages: 280 - 292

12. Species differences in ligand specificity of auxin-controlled elongation and auxin transport: comparing Zea and Vigna

    • Hu Zhao
    • Rainer Hertel
    • Michael L. Evans

    Original Article Pages: 293 - 301

13. Auxin efflux carrier activity and auxin accumulation regulate cell division and polarity in tobacco cells

    • Jan Petrášek
    • Miroslav Elčkner
    • Eva Zažímalová

    Original Article Pages: 302 - 308

14. Comparison of violaxanthin de-epoxidation from the stroma and lumen sides of isolated thylakoid membranes from Arabidopsis: implications for the mechanism of de-epoxidation

    • Susanne Macko
    • Antje Wehner
    • Peter Jahns

    Original Article Pages: 309 - 314

15. Chloroplast Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase is a highly sensitive site in cucumber leaves chilled in the light

    • Sun Choi
    • Suk Jeong
    • Youn-Il Park

    Original Article Pages: 315 - 324

16. Activity and expression of banana starch phosphorylases during fruit development and ripening

    • Renata V. da Mota
    • Beatriz R. Cordenunsi
    • Franco M. Lajolo

    Original Article Pages: 325 - 333

17. Loss of the AKT2/3 potassium channel affects sugar loading into the phloem of Arabidopsis

    • Rosalia Deeken
    • Dietmar Geiger
    • Rainer Hedrich

    Original Article Pages: 334 - 344

18. Mevalonic acid partially restores chloroplast and etioplast development in Arabidopsis lacking the non-mevalonate pathway

    • Noriko Nagata
    • Masashi Suzuki
    • Toshiya Muranaka

    Rapid Communication Pages: 345 - 350

19. Cloning and sequencing of an envelope-like gene in Gossypium

    • Abdel A. Abdel Ghany
    • Essam A. Zaki

    Rapid Communication Pages: 351 - 353