Contents
Original Paper
Evaluation of parameters for high efficiency gene transfer via Agrobacterium tumefaciens and production of transformants in Indian mulberry, Morus indica cv K2
Bhatnagar, S., A. Kapur and P. Khurana. . . . . . . 1 [PDF]
Low sugar status promotes endogenous ABA levels and ABA sensitivity in Arabidopsis
Morita-Yamamuro, C., P. Vernieri and J. Yamaguchi. . . . . . . 9 [PDF]
Enhancement of reporter-gene expression by insertions of two introns in maize and tobacco plotoplansts
Ueki, J., T. Komari and H. Imaseki. . . . . . . 15 [PDF]
A simple and efficient method for somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration from leaves of chrysanthemum [Dendranthema × grandiflorum (Ramat.) Kitamura]
Shinoyama, H., Y. Nomura, T. Tsuchiya and T. Kazuma. . . . . . . 25 [PDF]
Two proton pump interactors identified from a direct phosphorylation screening of a rice cDNA library by using a recombinant BRI1 receptor kinase
Hirabayashi, S., Y. Matsushita, M. Sato, R. Oh-i, M. Kasahara, H. Abe and H. Nyunoya. . . . . . . 35 [PDF]
A new endopeptidase activity induced in the last stage of tracheary element differentiation of Zinnia cells
Minami, A. and H. Fukuda. . . . . . . 47 [PDF]
Short Communication
Effectiveness of sonication on diminishing bacterial overgrowth in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation
Arifin, N. S., Efendi, T. Terauchi, Y. Tamura, M. Tanio and M. Matsuoka. . . . . . . 53 [PDF]
Improved co-transfomation of maize with vectors carrying two separate T-DNAs mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Ishida, Y., N. Murai, Y. Kuraya, S. Ohta, H. Saito, Y. Hiei and T. Komari. . . . . . . 57 [PDF]
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Isolation of four RAD23 genes from Arabidopsis thaliana and detection of alternative splicing variants
Ishikawa, Y., M. Endo, K. Abe, K. Osakabe, N. Nakajima, H. Saji, Y. Itoh, H. Ichikawa, T. Kameya and S. Toki. . . . . . . 65 [PDF]
Molecular cloning of a cDNA that encodes a spinach cysteine synthase-like protein
Asai, R., J. Nakata, K. Takahashi, H. Kodama and M. Masada. . . . . . . 73 [PDF]
Homoglutathione synthesis in transgenic tobacco plants expressing soybean homoglutathione synthetase
Sugiyama, A., J. Nishimura, Y. Mochizuki, K. Inagaki and J. Sekiya. . . . . . . 79 [PDF]