JOURNAL

Contents

Review

Function of KNOX homeodomain proteins in plant development

Sakamoto, T., Y. Sato and M. Matsuoka. . . . . . . 85 [PDF]

Stimulatory and inhibitory conditioning factors that regulate cell proliferation and morphogenesis in plant cell cultures

Kobayashi, T., K. Higashi and H. Kamada. . . . . . . 93 [PDF]

Original Paper

Rapid development of homozygous transgenic rice using anther culture harboring rice chitinase gene for enhanced sheath blight resistance

Baisakh, N., K. Datta, N. Oliva, I. Ona, G.J.N. Rao, T.W. Mew and S.K. Datta. . . . . . . 101 [PDF]

Effect of ammonium ion and temperature on anthocyanin composition in sweet potato cell suspension culture

Konczak-Islam, I., M. Nakatani, M. Yoshinaga and O. Yamakawa. . . . . . . 109 [PDF]

Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from leaflets of “Nanou” bahiagrass

Chen, L., E. Anami, L. Guan and T. Adachi. . . . . . . 119 [PDF]

Transgenic IR72 with fused Bt gene cry1Ab /cry1Ac from Bacillus thuringiensis is resistant against four lepidopteran species under field conditions

Ye, G.-Y., J. Tu, C. Hu, K. Datta and S. K. Datta. . . . . . . 125 [PDF]

Comparison of strength of endogenous and exogenous gene promoters in Arabidopsis chloroplasts

Yoshimoto, K., M. Sakaiya, K. Isono and H. Kobayashi. . . . . . . 135 [PDF]

Simplified transposon display (STD): a new procedure for isolation of a gene tagged by a transposable element belonging to the Tpn1 family in the Japanese morning glory.

Fukada-Tanaka, S., Y. Inagaki, T. Yamaguchi and S. Iida. . . . . . . 143 [PDF]

Isolation of a promoter that directs microsporogenesis-associated gene expression in Lilium longiflorum

Uefuji, H., M. Minami, H. Takase and K. Hiratsuka. . . . . . . 151 [PDF]

Short Communication

Identification of a novel SINE-like sequence in retrotransposon fragments of sweet potato

Tanaka, M., M. Yoshinaga, Y. Nakazawa and M. Nakatani. . . . . . . 157 [PDF]

Cloning of ethylene responsive genes from the apices of cucumber plants (Cucumis sativus L.)

Andoh, S., Y. Satoh and S. Sakai. . . . . . . 163 [PDF]

Note

Identification of a cDNA from Arabidopsis thaliana encoding a member of the conserved SUG1 protein family by complementation screening in fission yeast meiotic mutants

Kuromori, T. and M. Yamamoto. . . . . . . 169 [PDF]