JOURNAL

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Original Paper

Inhibitory factor(s) of somatic embryogenesis regulated suspensor differentiation in suspension culture of Japaneselarch
(Larix leptolepis GORDON)

Umehara, M., S. Ogita, H. Sasamoto and H. Kamada. . . . . . . 87 [PDF]

Rapid down and upward translocation of salicylic acid in tobacco plants

Ohashi, Y., T. Murakami, I. Mitsuhara and S. Seo. . . . . . . 95 [PDF]

Establishment of a new Zinnia experimental system including separation of the distinct cell population with flowcytometry and its culture

Ito, Y., R. Ino, S. Yoshida and H. Fukuda. . . . . . . 103 [PDF]

Preparation of rice endosperm protoplasts from a dwarf rice variety and transient expression of green-fluorescent protein

Takahashi, H., S. Morita, T. Masumura and K. Tanaka. . . . . . . 109 [PDF]

Expression of the AtRAD51 gene promoter in response to DNA damage in transgenic tobacco

Maeda, T., Y. Watakabe, S. Seo, H. Takase and K. Hiratsuka. . . . . . . 113 [PDF]

Characterization of the EMCV-IRES mediated bicistronic translation in plant cells

Matsuo, N., P. M. Gilmartin and K. Hiratsuka. . . . . . . 119 [PDF]

Isolation and characterization of sea aster salt-stress responsive cystein protease gene obtained by a hetero-probed macroarray

Takeda, M., C. Kuwata, Y. Uno, M. Kanechi, D. Shibata and N. Inagaki. . . . . . . 127 [PDF]

Use of an attenuated strain of tobamovirus for early detection of virus-induced gene silencing

Hori, K., M. Takizawa and Y. Watanabe. . . . . . . 135 [PDF]

Short Communication

Sugar phosphates changes in Arabidopsis in response to phosphate nutrition measured by improved ion chroma tography with pulsed amperometric detection combined with a titanium dioxide column

Sekiguchi, Y., N. Mitsuhashi and T. Mimura. . . . . . . 143 [PDF]

Temperature-dependent programmed cell death detected in hybrids between Nicotiana langsdorffii and N. tabacum Expressing lethality

Watanabe, H. and W. Marubashi. . . . . . . 151 [PDF]

Isolation of a novel isozyme of tobacco BY-2 Chitinase induced by a fungal elicitor

Shinya, T., K. Hanai, M., Saito and H. Matsuoka. . . . . . . 155 [PDF]

Note

Efficient plant regeneration and micropropagetion from callus derived from mature zygotic embryos of Larix gmelinii

Lin, X., W. Zhang, H. Takano, S. Takio and K. Ono. . . . . . . 159 [PDF]

Hairy root-mediated transgenic-plant regeneration in Egyptian Clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.)

Moriuchi, H., Y. Fujikawa, M. A. M. Aly, H. Saneoka, K. Fujita, I. Yamashita and N. Tanaka. . . . . . . 165 [PDF]

An in vitro culture system used to investigate possible interactions between the embryo proper and the suspensor in embryogenesis in Japanese Larch (Larix leptolepis GORDON)

Umehara, M., S. Ogita, H. Sasamoto and H. Kamada. . . . . . . 169 [PDF]