1. Mild RIP — an alternative method for in vivo mutagenesis of thealbino-3 gene inNeurospora crassa

   • C. Barbato
   • M. Calissano
   • G. Sandmann

   Original Paper Pages: 353 - 361

2. Altered expression of nuclear genes encoding chloroplast polypeptides in non-photosynthetic mutants ofChlamydomonas reinhardtii: evidence for post-transcriptional regulation

   • D. Hahn
   • U. Kück
   • P. Bennoun

   Original Paper Pages: 362 - 370

3. A chloroplast-derived sequence is utilized as a source of promoter sequences for the gene for subunit 9 of NADH dehydrogenase (nad9) in rice mitochondria

   • M. Nakazono
   • S. Nishiwaki
   • A. Hirai

   Original Paper Pages: 371 - 378

4. Development of gene transfer methods forRubrivivax gelatinosus S1: construction, characterization and complementation of apuf operon deletion strain

   • S. Ouchane
   • M. Picaud
   • C. Astier

   Original Paper Pages: 379 - 385

5. Molecular and functional characterization of Slide, anAc-like autonomous transposable element from tobacco

   • P. Grappin
   • C. Audeon
   • M. -A. Grandbastien

   Original Paper Pages: 386 - 397

6. Transcription-induced deletions in plasmid vectors: M13 DNA replication as a source of instability

   • D. Vilette
   • S. D. Ehrlich
   • B. Michel

   Original Paper Pages: 398 - 403

7. Striking differences in mitochondrial tRNA import between different plant species

   • R. Kumar
   • I. Small
   • K. Akama

   Original Paper Pages: 404 - 411

8. TFIIS binds to mouse RNA polymerase I and stimulates transcript elongation and hydrolytic cleavage of nascent rRNA

   • G. Schnapp
   • I. Grummt
   • B. R. Graveley

   Original Paper Pages: 412 - 419

9. Yeast chitin synthases 1 and 2 consist of a non-homologous and dispensable N-terminal region and of a homologous moiety essential for function

   • R. A. Ford
   • J. A. Shaw
   • E. Cabib

   Original Paper Pages: 420 - 428

10. Correlation of nonanucleotide motifs with transcript initiation of 18S rRNA genes in mitochondria of pea, potato andArabidopsis

    • A. Giese
    • C. Thalheim
    • S. Binder

    Original Paper Pages: 429 - 436

11. SOM 1, a small new gene required for mitochondrial inner membrane peptidase function inSaccharomyces cerevisiae

    • K. Esser
    • E. Pratje
    • G. Michaelis

    Original Paper Pages: 437 - 445

12. Respiration and low cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity are required for high-level expression of the peroxisomal thiolase gene inSaccharomyces cerevisiae

    • J. C. Igual
    • B. Navarro
    • J. C. Igual

    Original Paper Pages: 446 - 455

13. Mutants that show increased sensitivity to hydrogen peroxide reveal an important role for the pentose phosphate pathway in protection of yeast against oxidative stress

    • H. Juhnke
    • B. Krems
    • K. -D. Entian

    Original Paper Pages: 456 - 464

14. Comparable processing ofβ-lactoglobulin pre-mRNA in cell culture and transgenic mouse models

    • G. Donofrio
    • A. J. Clark
    • E. Bignetti

    Original Paper Pages: 465 - 469

15. Regulation of genes encoding subunits of the trehalose synthase complex inSaccharomyces cerevisiae: novel variations of STRE-mediated transcription control?

    • J. Winderickx
    • J. H. de Winde
    • J. M. Thevelein

    Original Paper Pages: 470 - 482

16. Characterization and application of soybean YACs to molecular cytogenetics

    • T. Zhu
    • L. Shi
    • P. M. Gresshoff

    Short Communication Pages: 483 - 488

17. Asr genes belong to a gene family comprising at least three closely linked loci on chromosome 4 in tomato

    • M. Rossi
    • D. Lijavetzky
    • N. Iusem

    Short Communication Pages: 489 - 492

18. Characterization of genes fromThermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurigenes EM1 that encode two glycosyl hydrolases with conserved S-layer-like domains

    • M. Matuschek
    • K. Sahm
    • H. Bahl

    Short Communication Pages: 493 - 496