JOURNAL

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Original Paper

Enhanced Tissue-Specific Expression of the Herbicide Resistance bar Gene in Transgenic Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L cv. Coker 310FR) Using the Arabidopsis rbcS ats1A Promoter

S. Kumar and M. P. Timko. . . . . . . 251 [PDF]

Interaction of Arabidopsis Membrane Proteins with SPIRAL1

R. Prieto and T. Hashimoto. . . . . . . 261 [PDF]

Jasmonate-Responsive Regions in a Nicotiana sylvestris PMT Gene Involved in Nicotine Biosynthesis

H. Oki and T. Hashimoto. . . . . . . 269 [PDF]

Camptothecin Production by in Vitro Cultures of Ophiorrhiza liukiuensis and O. kuroiwai

T. Asano, I. Watase, H. Sudo, M. Kitajima, H. Takayama, N. Aimi, M. Yamazaki and K. Saito. . . . . . . 275 [PDF]

Short Communication

Systemic Endopolyploidy in Development of Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.)

N. Kudo, S. Watanabe and M. Mii. . . . . . . 283 [PDF]

An E2F-Regulated Reporter Construct is Transcriptionally Activated Following the Transient Expression of Cyclin D in Plants

K. Kawamura, K. Uemukai, S. Kosugi, K. Kato, M. Ito, A. Shinmyo and M. Sekine. . . . . . . 289 [PDF]

Endoreduplication Cycles during Hypocotyl Growth of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.) under Light and Dark Conditions

N. Kudo and M. Mii. . . . . . . 295 [PDF]

Note

In vitro Regeneration and Estimation of Curcumin Content in Four Species of Curcuma

S. Roy and S. S. Raychaudhuri. . . . . . . 299 [PDF]

Application of the Bio-Active Beads Method in Rice Transformation

H. Liu, A. Kawabe, S. Matsunaga, A. Kobayashi, S. Harashima, S. Uchiyama, N. Ohmido and K. Fukui. . . . . . . 303 [PDF]

Bisphenol A Stimulates Growth and Shoot Differentiation in Plants

N. Terouchi, K. Takano, Y. Nakamura, K. Enomoto, N. Hosoya and N. Nishinari. . . . . . . 307 [PDF]

Isolation and Characterization of Six Abscisic Acid-Inducible Genes from Carrot Somatic Embryos

H. Shiota, G. Yang, S. Shen, C-H. Eun, K. Watabe, I. Tanaka and H. Kamada. . . . . . . 309 [PDF]