JOURNAL

Contents

Review

Principle of MAT Vector System

Hiroyasu EBlNUMA, Koichi SUGITA, Etsuko MATSUNAGA, Mikiko YAMAKADO and Atsushi KOMAMlNE. . . . . . . 133 [PDF]

Production of Somatic Hybrids and Cybrids in the Rutaceae Family and Application to Citrus Breeding

Toshifumi OHGAWARA, Wataru SAITO and Shozo KOBAYASHI. . . . . . . 141 [PDF]

Original Paper

Enhanced Resistance against a Fungal Pathogen Sphaerotheca humuli in Transgenic Strawberry Expressillg a Rice Chitinase Gene

Hiroshi ASAO, Yoko NISHIZAWA, Shigeru ARAI, Takanori SAT0, Masashi HIRAI, Kazuya YOSHIDA, Atsuhiko SHINMYO and Tadaaki HIBI. . . . . . . 145 [PDF]

Genetic Transformation of Durum Wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) through Particle Bombardmellt of Scutellar Tissues

Shigeo TAKUMI and Takiko SHIMADA. . . . . . . 151 [PDF]

Antisense and Sense CHS cDNA Expressed by a Tapetum-Specific Promoter Causes Partial Male Sterility in Transgenic Tobacco

Narumi MATSUDA, Sachie KISHITANI and Kinya TORIYAMA. . . . . . . 157 [PDF]

Improved Culture Conditions for the Production of beta-Thujaplicin by Suspension Cell Cultures of Cupressus lusitanica

Ryuji ITOSE and Kokki SAKAI. . . . . . . 163 [PDF]

Transformation of Perilla frutescens var, crispa Using an Agrobacterium-Ri Binary Vector System

Mami YAMAZAKI, Mii KOBAYASHI and Kazuki SAITO. . . . . . . 169 [PDF]

Short Communication

PCR-amplification of Sequences Encoding Heme-binding Region of Plant Cytochrome P450

Shigeto KIYOKAWA, Masaya OHBAYASHI, Yukihisa SHIMADA and Yasuhiro KIKUCHI. . . . . . . 175 [PDF]

Note

Antibiotic-agar Plate Method for Establishment of Axenic Primary Cultures in Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta)

Ayano YAMAZAKI, Koichi NAKANISHI’ and Naotsune SAGA. . . . . . . 179 [PDF]

Isolation and Characterization of a cDNA for Chalcone Synthase from Cultured Cells of the Strawberry Fragaria ananassa, cv Shikinari

Miei SAKURAI, Yoshihiro OZEKl and Tsukasa MORI. . . . . . . 183 [PDF]

[Plant BioTechniques Series (6)]
A Rapid and Efficient Method for the Isolatioll of Differentially Expressed Genes : Simplified Differential Display

Mikio NAKAZONO and Kaoru T. YOSHIDA. . . . . . . 187 [PDF]