JOURNAL

Contents

Review

Microtopography and shoot-bud formation of rice (Oryza sativa) callus

Maeda, E., T. Sato and K, Suzuki. . . . . . . 69 [PDF]

Hosetsu-dwarf; useful rice for molecular biological research on plant seed development.

Kurita, A., M. Itoh, S. Takenaka, H. Makino, S. Morita, T. Masumura and K. Tanaka. . . . . . . 81 [PDF]

Transformation of statice (Limonium sinuatum Mill.) by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated gene transfer

Igawa. T. and M. Mii. . . . . . . 87 [PDF]

Purification and characterization of polyphenol oxidase from callus cultures of Portulaca grandiflora

Yamamoto, K., K. Yoshitama and S. Teramoto. . . . . . . 95 [PDF]

Characterization of a novel GT-box binding protein from Arabidopsis

Murata, J., H. Takase and K. Hiratsuka. . . . . . . 103 [PDF]

Molecular cloning and characterization of a gene for putative receptor-like protein kinase with leucine-rich repeat expressed in inflorescence and root apices from Arabidopsis

Kanamoto, H., J. Hattan, M. Takemura, A. Yokota and T. Kohchi. . . . . . . 113 [PDF]

An elicitor-inducible NADP-malic enzyme in Lithospermum erythrorhizon cultured cellz: cDNA cloning and characterization

Matsuno, M., Y. Ogihara and H. Mizukami. . . . . . . 121 [PDF]

Separation of specific cells using a laser micro-dissection system and detection of mRNA in developing rice endosperm tissue

Kurita, A., R. Ohyama, S. Morita, T. Masumura and K. Tanaka. . . . . . . 129 [PDF]

Regeneration and transformation of a roadside tree Pittosporum tobira A

Kondo, K., M. Takahashi and H. Morikawa. . . . . . . 135 [PDF]

Note

Effect of Magnesium on the division of protoplasts of brown algae (Undaria pinnatifida and Petalonia binghamiae)

Wakabayashi, T., M. Hara and T. Kuboi. . . . . . . 141 [PDF]

Detection of differences in mRNA expression regulated by salt-stress in mangrove cultured cells

Yamada, A., T.Saitoh, T. Mimura and Y. Ozeki. . . . . . . 145 [PDF]

Pre-culture treatment enhances transient GUS gene expression in leaf segment of Saintpaulia ionantha Wendl. after inoculation with Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Kushikawa, S. and M. Mii. . . . . . . 149 [PDF]

Large-scale identification of elicitor-responsive genes in suspension-cultured rice cells by DNA microarray

Day, B. R., C. Akimoto, J. Yazaki, K. Nakamura, F. Fujii, K. Shimbo, K. Yamamoto, K. Sakata, T. Sasaki, N. Kishimoto, S. Kikuchi, N. Shibuya and E. Minami. . . . . . . 153 [PDF]