Contents
Editorial Overview
Secondary metabolism in plant biotechnology
Kazufumi Yazaki. . . . . . . 317
Review
Controlled salicylic acid levels and corresponding signaling mechanisms in plants
Tomonori Kawano, Takuya Furuichi, Shoshi Muto. . . . . . . 319 [PDF]
Original Papers
Regeneration of transformed Ophiorrhiza pumila plants producing camptothecin
Ikumi Watase, Hiroshi Sudo, Mami Yamazaki, Kazuki Saito. . . . . . . 337 [PDF]
Cloning and characterization of glucosyltransferase cDNA from Eucalyptus perriniana cultured cells
Shigeyuki Nagashima, Satoko Tomo, Yutaka Orihara, Takafumi Yoshikawa. . . . . . . 343 [PDF]
Expressed sequence tags from callus of Euphorbia tirucalli : A resource for genes involved in triterpenoid and sterol biosynthesis
Masataka Kajikawa, Katsuyuki T. Yamato, Yoshito Kohzu, Ryoko Sakata, Hideya Fukuzawa, Hidenobu Uchida, Kanji Ohyama. . . . . . . 349 [PDF]
Metabolism of administered (2RS )-naringenin in flavonoid-producing cultured cells of Sophora flavescens
Hirobumi Yamamoto, Hiroki Kuribayashi, Yasuharu Seshima, Ping Zhao, Isao Kouno, Goro Taguchi, Koichiro Shimomura. . . . . . . 355 [PDF]
Alkaloid production by somatic embryo cultures of Corydalis ambigua
Noboru Hiraoka, Indra Dutt Bhatt, Yuko Sakurai, Jung-In Chang. . . . . . . 361 [PDF]
Cloning and heterologous expression of cDNAs encoding flavonoid glucosyltransferases from Dianthus caryophyllus
Jun Ogata, Yoshio Itoh, Madoka Ishida, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Yoshihiro Ozeki. . . . . . . 367 [PDF]
Flower color modification of Petunia hybrida commercial varieties by metabolic engineering
Shinzo Tsuda, Yuko Fukui, Noriko Nakamura, Yukihisa Katsumoto, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani, Kazuyuki Ohira, Yukiko Ueyama, Hideo Ohkawa, Timothy A. Holton, Takaaki Kusumi, Yoshikazu Tanaka. . . . . . . 377 [PDF]
Anthocyanin production in adventitious root cultures of Raphanus sativus L. cv. Peking Koushin
Fumie Betsui, Norie Tanaka-Nishikawa, Koichiro Shimomura. . . . . . . 387 [PDF]
Short Communications
Elicitor-induced rosmarinic acid biosynthesis in Lithospermum erythrorhizon cell suspension cultures: Activities of rosmarinic acid synthase and the final two cytochrome P450-catalyzed hydroxylations
Ayako Ogata, Ayako Tsuruga, Michiyo Matsuno, Hajime Mizukami. . . . . . . 393 [PDF]
Plant regeneration from internode explants of Euphorbia tirucalli
Hidenobu Uchida, Osamu Nakayachi, Motoyasu Otani, Masataka Kajikawa, Yoshihito Kohzu, Katsuyuki T. Yamato, Hideya Fukuzawa, Takiko Shimada, Kanji Ohyama. . . . . . . 397 [PDF]
Notes
Effects of sucrose on anthocyanin production in hypocotyl of two radish (Raphanus sativus ) varietiesMasakazu Hara, Karin Oki, Kyoko Hoshino, Toru Kuboi. . . . . . . 401 [PDF]
Biotransformation of (+)-catechin by plant cultured cells of Eucalyptus perriniana
Shuichi Otani, Yoko Kondo, Yoshihisa Asada, Tsutomu Furuya, Hatsuyuki Hamada, Nobuyoshi Nakajima, Kohji Ishihara, Hiroki Hamada. . . . . . . 407 [PDF]
Effect of medium composition on the production of anthocyanins by hairy root cultures of Ipomoea batatas
Yasutaka Nishiyama, Takashi Yamakawa. . . . . . . 411 [PDF]