Contents
Reviews
Microtubule dynamics in plants
Valya N. Vassileva, Yuka Fujii, Robert W. Ridge. . . . . . . 171 [PDF]
Is the role of the short-day solely to switch off the CONSTANS in Arabidopsis?
Martín Calviño, Hiroshi Kamada,Tsuyoshi Mizoguchi. . . . . . . 179 [PDF]
The fate of politically modified crops in Africa
Woldeyesus Sinebo, Kazuo N. Watanabe. . . . . . . 185 [PDF]
Original Papers
Specific expression of the gibberellin 3β-hydroxylase gene, HvGA3ox2, in the epithelium is important for Amy1 expression in germinating barley seeds
Hajime Suzuki, Kanako Ishiyama, Masatomo Kobayashi, Toshiya Ogawa. . . . . . . 195 [PDF]
Transient accumulation of α-ketol linolenic acid (KODA) in immature flower buds of some ornamental plants
Mineyuki Yokoyama, Shoko Yamaguchi, Toshii Iida, Akira Suda, Tsuyoshi Saeda, Toshiki Miwa, Kiyohisa Ujihara, Joichi Nishio. . . . . . . 201 [PDF]
Isoflavonoid production by adventitious-root cultures of Iris germanica (Iridaceae)
Tomoyoshi Akashi, Masayuki Ishizaki, Toshio Aoki, Shin-ichi Ayabe. . . . . . . 207 [PDF]
Short Communications
Cloning and characterization of sweetpotato MADS-box gene (IbAGL17) isolated from tuberous root
Sun-Hyung Kim, Tatsuro Hamada, Matoyasu Otani, Takiko Shimada. . . . . . . 217 [PDF]
Adventitious shoot regeneration and micropropagation of the Japanese endangered Hylotelephium sieboldii (Sweet ex Hook.) H. Ohba and H. sieboldii var. ettyuense (Tomida) H. Ohba
Masaru Nakano, Miho Nagai, Shigefumi Tanaka, Masashi Nakata, Toshinari Godo. . . . . . . 221 [PDF]
Notes
Bioinformatics Note
KATANA: A web-based guide to public databases for Arabidopsis genomic information
Kentaro Yano, Tomoko Dansako, Nozomu Sakurai, Hideyuki Suzuki, Daisuke Shibata. . . . . . . 225 [PDF]
Gene Note
Sequence variation in the rbcL-accD region in the chloroplast genome of Moraceae
Yuji Matsuda, Hitoshi Yoshimura, Hirosuke Kanamoto, Tomomi Ujihara, Ken-ichi Tomizawa, Yukio Sugimura, Sakihito Kitajima . . . . . . . 231 [PDF]
Protein Note
Evidence for the plasma membrane localization of a putative voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel, OsTPC1, in rice
Kenji Hashimoto, Mikako Saito, Hidetoshi Iida and Hideaki Matsuoka. . . . . . . 235 [PDF]
Secondary Metabolite Note
Differential regulation of soyasaponin and betulinic acid production by yeast extract in cultured licorice cells
Hiroaki Hayashi, Noboru Hiraoka, Yasumasa Ikeshiro. . . . . . . 241 [PDF]
Tissue Culture Notes
Plant regeneration from immature inflorescence of zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.)
Anurug Poeaim, Yasushi Matsuda, Tatsuro Murata. . . . . . . 245 [PDF]
Plantlet regeneration from protoplasts of Muscari armeniacum Leichtl. ex Bak.
Masaru Nakano, Shigefumi Tanaka, Shiho Kagami, Hiroyuki Saito. . . . . . . 249 [PDF]