Contents
Review
Ethylene Receptors and Genetic Engineering of Ethylene Sensitivity in Plants
Kumi SATO-NARA, Ken-Ichi YUHASHI, Hiroshi EZURA. . . . . . . 321 [PDF]
Shikonin Biosynthesis in Lithospermum erythrorhizon: Light-induced Negative Regulation of Secondary Metabolism
Kazufumi YAZAKI, Hideaki MATSUOKA, Tomomi UJIHARA, and Fumihiko SATO. . . . . . . 335 [PDF]
Elicitor Signal Transduction That Leads to Hypersensitive Reaction in Cultured Tobacco Cells
Kaoru SUZUKI. . . . . . . 343 [PDF]
Original Paper
Transgenic Improvement of Photosynthetic Property in Tobacco Using E12 omega Promoter System to Express Higher Level of Mouse Carbonic Anhydrase Activity in Cytoplasm
Kenji JINUSHl, Keiichiro OKABE, Ken ISHIMARU, Tatsuro HIROSE, Ryu OHSUGI, Ryuichi ISHII. . . . . . . 353 [PDF]
Applicability of the Resistance Gene- Like Fragment ADG2 as an RFLP Probe in Selection of Extreme Resistance to Potato Y Potyvlrus (PVY)
Akio SHIRANITA, Kazue KASAI, Jaana H. HAMALAINEN, Jan P. T. VALKONEN and Kazuo N. WATANABE. . . . . . . 361 [PDF]
Effect of Sugars on Rooting of Shoots of Japanese Persimmon Propagated in vitro
Hiroshi KAGAMI. . . . . . . 371 [PDF]
Association between Water Status and Sucrose Metabolism in Cell Suspension Culture of Carrot
Takashi IKEDA, Acram TAJI, Masashi HIRAI, Ichiji YAMASHITA, Sueo ENOMOTO, Masaki NOGUCHI. . . . . . . 375 [PDF]
Reduced Leaf Peroxidase Activity is Associated With Reduced Lignin Content in Transgenic Poplar
Zeliha IPEKCI,Tijen OGRAS, Ahu ALTINKUT, Kasim BAJROVIC, Kemal KAZAN, Nermin GOZUKIRMIZl, Melih BOYDAK, Turan TANK, Tahsin AKALP, Oznur OZDEN, Mehmet CALIKOGLU, Korhan TUNCTANER, Mumtaz TULUKCU, Hiilya BALKAN, Hulki TANRIYAR. . . . . . . 381 [PDF]
Identification and cDNA Cloning for S- RNases in Self-incompatible Japanese Plum (Prunus salicina Lindl. CV. Sordum)
Hisayo YAMANE, Ryutaro TAO and Akira SUGIURA. . . . . . . 389 [PDF]
Short Communication
Efficient Agrobacterium – mediated Transfornlation and the Usefulness of a Synthetic GFP Reporter Gene in Leading Varieties of Japonica Rice
Fujio HASHIZUME, Tohru TSUCHIYA, Masashi UGAKI, Yasuo NIWA, Naoki TACHIBANA and Yasuo KOWYAMA. . . . . . . 397 [PDF]
Stability of Luciferase Gene Expression in a Long Term Period in Transgenic Eggplant, Solanum melongena
Hiromi HANYU, Asuka MURATA, Enoch Y. PARK, Mitsuyasu OKABE, Sharon BILLINGS, Gojko JELENKOVIC, Henrik PEDERSEN and Chee- Kok CHIN. . . . . . . 403 [PDF]
Note
ISolation of a cDNA Encoding for a Carboxypeptidase, having Leucine Zipper Structure at the N- terminal Region, from the Cultured Shoot Primordia of Matricaria chamomilla
Chie KOHCHl, Masashi YASUDA and Toshifumi HIRATA. . . . . . . 409 [PDF]
In Vitro Response of Commercially Valuable Cultivars of Morus Species to Thidiazuron and Activated Charcoal
Anurag TEWARI, Somika BHATNAGAR and Paramjit KHURANA. . . . . . . 413 [PDF]
Genotype X Sucrose Interactions for 2,4- D- induced Somatic Embryogenesis in Soybean (Glycine max L.)
Minako ITO, Takao KOMATSUDA, Yoshihito TAKAHATA, and Norihiko KAIZUMA. . . . . . . 419 [PDF]
Erratum
Hamada, K., M. Inoue, A. Tanaka and H. Watanabe
Potato virus Y -resistant mutation induced by the combination treatment of ion beam exposure and anther culture in Nicotiana tabacum L. . . . . . . 423. [PDF]