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CONTENTS
Preface xvii
Acknowledgements xix
PLANT GENE MAPPING AND GENE TRANSFER
MOLECULAR MAPPING OF THE TOMATO GENOME 3
S.D. Tanksley
THE BIOLISTIC PROCESS -ASIMPLE TOOLFORTRANSFORMINGDIVERSE CROP SPECIES 4
J. Sanford
ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIABILITY IN THE OIL PALM
(ELAEIS SVP.) USINGRFLPPROBES 5
S.C. Cheah, L.C.L. Ooi, A.R. Rahimah and M. Maria
COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF
DIFFERENTBIOLISTIC DEVICES 5
E. Dunder, T. Harris, A. Weissinger, M. Wright, C. Bowman,K. Launis, J. Reed, J. Suttie, S. Jayne, G. Jen and G. Pace
PCR: A USEFULTOOL IN PLANT GENETIC ENGINEERING 6
C. Gutierrez, L. Lopez, P. Molina, A. Lopez, G. de la Riva and
G. Selman-Housein
GENE TRANSFER WITH SUBSEQUENT REMOVAL OF
THE SELECTION GENE FROMTHE HOST GENOME 6
D.W.Ow and E.C.Dale
FOREIGN GENE DELIVERY INTO SWEETPOTATO AND
ITS POSSIBLE FUTURE APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURE 7
C.S. Prakash and U. Vardarajan
EXPRESSION OF MULTIPLE GENES INTRODUCED INTO
BLACK MEXICAN SWEET CORN CULTURES BY PARTICLE
BOMBARDMENT 7
D.E. Potts, J.A. Kirihara and KA. Hibberd
MOLECULAR MAPPING OF GENES FOR RESISTANCE TO
BACTERIAL WILT IN TOMATO (L. ESCULENTUM) 8
Z Yu, R.E. Stall and C.E. Vallejos
APPLYING 4 - COLOR FLUORESCENT TECHNOLOGY TO
DNA FINGERPRINT ANALYSIS OFPLANTS GENOMES 8
J.S. Ziegle, S. Koepf and M.N. Kronick
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ANIMAL GENE MAPPING AND
GENE TRANSFER
HOMEOBOX GENES IN EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT 11
F.H. Ruddle, M. Murtha, J. Pendleton, S.-W. Lin and J. Leckman
DEVELOPMENT OFASEQUENCE TAGGED SITE BASED BOVINE
GENE MAP 12
A.B. Dietz and J.E. Womack
THE HIGH GROWTH GENE (/ig) IN MICE IS LOCATED IN
CHROMOSOME 10 LINKED TO Igf-1 12
J.F. Medrano, D. Pomp, B.A. Taylor and E. Bradford
CHEMILUMINESCENT DETECTION OFSINGLE COPY GENE BY
A 2-STEP HYBRIDIZATION METHOD 13
Q. Nguyen, F. Witney and A. Tumolo
EXPRESSION OF TWO MINI-GENE VERSIONS OF THEHUMAN PRO alpha 1 (I) GENE IN TRANSGENIC MICE:
EFFECT OF DELETING PUTATIVE REGULATORY
SEQUENCES IN THE FIRSTINTRON 13
B.P. Sokolov, P.K. Mays, J.S. Khillan and D.J. Prockop
THE EFFECT OF THE PARTIAL DELETION OFTHE Y
CHROMOSOME IN MICE ON GENOMIC IMPRINTING IN
THE PROGENY 14
J. Styrna
ADDITION OF 43 INFORMATIVE COMPARATIVEANCHOR LOCITO THE BOVINE SYNTENY MAP 14
J.E. Womack, A.B. Dietz, D.S. Gallagher, L. Li, N. Zhang,H.L. Neibergs, Y.D. Moll and A.M. Ryan
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANT
DEVELOPMENT
MOLECULAR SWITCHES FOR GENE EXPRESSIONDURING PLANT DEVELOPMENT 17
N.-H. Chua, Philip Gilmartin, Kazuyuki Hiratsuka and
Xiao-DongWu
IDENTIFICATION OF GENES SPECIFICALLY EXPRESSEDIN DEVELOPING ARABIDOPSIS EMBRYOS BY TAGGING
WITH AT-DNA CONTAININGAPROMOTERLESS GUS A
REPORTER GENE 18
M. Devic, K. Lindsey, M. Delseny and P. Gallois
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MEMBERS OF THE CAB MULTIGENE FAMILY SHOWDIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION DURINGMATURATIONIN EASTERN LARCH 18K.W. Hutchison, P.B. Singer and M.S. Greenwood
AUTOMATED NUCLEIC ACID PURIFICATION OFPLANTTISSUE 19S.M. Koepf and C. Lamb
ISOLATION OF PURINE BIOSYNTHETIC GENES OFARABIDOPSIS THALIANA BY COMPLEMENTATIONOFESCHERICHIA COLIAUXOTROPHS 19
J.F. Senecoff and R.B. Meagher
DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED SEED SPECIFICGENES IN PEANUT 20O.G. Paik-Ro, R.L. Smith and D.A. Knauft
INVERTASE ACTIVITY IN DEVELOPING PEANUT SEEDS 20
Y.-C. Chen, R.L. Smith and D.A. Knauft
THE 65KD AUXIN BINDINGPROTEIN IS ADNABINDINGPROTEIN 21M-J. Wu, C.F. Horton and J.A. Knopp
IN SITUTRANSIENTEXPRESSION OF A GUS-GENE INPLANT CELLS BY APARTICLE GUN DRIVEN BYCOMPRESSED NITROGEN GAS 21
H. Kakuta, T. Seki, M. Matui, T. Anai, K. Hasegawa and J. Mizutani
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF ANIMAL
DEVELOPMENT
CREATION OF MICE WITHTARGETED DISRUPTIONS INPROTO-ONCOGENES AND HOMEOBOX GENES 25M.R. Capecchi
BOUNDARIES OF HOMEOTIC GENE EXPRESSION IN
THE DROSOPHILA EMBRYO 26
M. Bienz and J. Miiller
HIGH AFFINITY DNA-PROTEININTERACTIONS OF THECELLULAR ETSl PROTEIN: THE DETERMINATION OFTHE ETSl BINDING MOTIF BY A GENERAL METHOD 27
R.J. Fisher, G. Mavrothalassitis, A. Kondoh and T.S. Papas
HMG-CoA REDUCTASE AND FARNESYL PYROPHOSPHATE
SYNTHETASE GENE EXPRESSION IN DEVELOPING RAT BRAIN 27G.C. Ness
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TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION AND SPECIFIC DNA
BINDING OF THE DEVELOPMENTALLYREGULATED
ets PROTEIN 28
A. Seth, R. Ascione, D. Thompson, A. Panayiotakis, H. Li,D. Watson and T.S. Papas
INSULIN AFFECTS DEVELOPMENTAL EXPRESSION OF
GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE IN CULTURED
EMBRYONIC NEURONS 28
B.H. Shah and R.E. Hausman
IDENTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE LINEAGE-SPECIFIC
TRANSCRIPTIONALACTIVATORS OF THE CAENORHABDITISELEGANS ges-1 GENE 29
V.L. Stroeher and J.D. McGhee
GENDER DETERMINATION BY PCR 29
A. Vader, I. Bakke, P.J. Palsboll and M.R. El-Gewely
DETECTION OF ERYTHROID PROGENITORS IN HUMAN
PERIPHERAL BLOOD BY CYTOKINE RECEPTORTRANSCRIPT PHENOTYPING 30
D.M. Williams, F. -S. Xu, G.P. Rodgers, A.N. Schechter, C.T. Noguchiand W.D. Hankins
CELL CULTURE AND GENETIC
MANIPULATION OF PLANTS
CELL CULTURE AND GENETIC MANIPULATION OF CEREALS 33
I.K. Vasil and V. Vasil
TISSUE CULTURE OF ABRUS PRECATORIUS AND IN VITRO
ABRUS LECTIN PRODUCTION: A NEW REPORT 34
P.S. Bhattacharya, T.K. Maiti and B.C. Bhattacharya
REGENERATION OF MUCUNA PRURIENS 34S. Chattopadhyay, S. Chatterjee and S.K. Datta
TRANSFER OF A HERBICIDE RESISTANT GENE IN
SUGARCANE VIA MICROPROJECTILE BOMBARDMENTOF CELL SUSPENSION CULTURES AND ELECTROPORATIONOFPROTOLASTS 35M.K.U. Chowdhury and I.K. Vasil
PLANTLETS REGENERATION FROM LEAF CALLUS OF
CURLY - BIRCH 35
O. Ditmar
PLANT REGENERATION AND TRANSFORMATION IN
SOME GRAIN LEGUMES 36S. Eapen, L. George, F. Kohler, C. Golz and 0. Schieder
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STUDY ON POSSIBLE FUNCTION OF NP24 INPLANTSALINITY TOLERANCE 36
D. Fu gui, W. Hong xin and H. Zhi ang
MORPHOGENESIS IN SOME FAST GROWING TREES 37
M.I. Hoque, A. Ara and R.H. Sarker
SALT STRESS IN CALLUS CULTURES OF RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L) 37
P.B. Kavi Kishor and G.M. Reddy
SOME ASPECTS OF PLANTDIFFERENTIATION IN CALLUSCULTURES OF RICE 38
P.B. Kavi Kishor and G.M. Reddy
THE CHLOROPHENOL RED ASSAY - APH INDICATOR TEST
TO IDENTIFY MAIZE TRANSFORMANTS CONTAINING THEBAR GENE 38
C. Kramer, R.D. Shillito and J.J. DiMalo
REGENERATION OF PETAL CALLUS IN PUNICA GRANATUM 39
D.M. Mahishi, P.R. Sudha and C.S. Prakash
SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESISAND PLANT REGENERATIONIN COTYLEDON CULTURES OF BITTER GOURD
(MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L.) 39
B. Mallaiah and J. Nizam
PARAMETERS AFFECTING TRANSFORMATION EFFICIENCYOF LEAF EXPLANTS IN PEANUT (ARACHIS HYPOGAEA L)BY AGROBACTERIUS TUMEFACIENS 40
E. Mansur, C. Lacorte, D.E. Oliveira, B. Timmerman, V.G. de Freitas,M. Louzada and A.R. Cordeiro
DIRECT SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS FROM AXES OF
MATURE PEANUTEMBRYOS 40
A.H. McKently
REGENERATION OFPEANUT AND PERENNIAL PEANUT FROM
CULTURED LEAF TISSUE 41
A.H. McKently, G.A. Moore and F.P. Gardner
PRODUCTION OF HIGH YIELDING LINES THROUGH TISSUE
CULTURE IN HELIANTHUS ANNUUS. L. (SUNFLOWER) 41
P.K. Ram
ISOLATION OF HIGH YIELDING LINE THROUGH TISSUE
CULTURE IN CARTHAMUS TICTORIOUS L. (SAFFLOWER) 42
M.M. Reddy
NaCl-TOLERANT RICE PLANTS FROM NaCl-TOLERANT RICE
CELL LINES OBTAINED THROUGH ANTHER CULTURE 42
P. Sathish andMW. Nabors
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GENETIC HYDBRIDIZATIONAND MANIPULATION IN THE
TROPICAL GRASS GENUSPENNISETUM (HYBRIDS BETWEEN
PENNISETUM GLAUCUMAND P. PURPUREUM) 43
S.C. Schank, D. Diz and R.L. Smith
THE EFFECTS OF MICROPROJECTILE BOMBARDMENT
ON IMMATURE EMBRYOS OF PEARL MILLET (PENNISETUMGLAUCUML.R.BR.) 43
M.G. Taylor and I.K. Vasil
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND LIVESTOCK
IMPROVEMENT
GENE DELIVERY IN WHOLE ANIMALS 47
T.E. Wagner
TARGETING THE EXPRESSION OF FOREIGN PROTEINS TO
THE MAMMARY GLAND 48
A.J. Clark, A.L. Archibald, M. McGenaghan, J.P. Simons,C.B.A. Whitelaw and J. Wilmut
PORCINE SOMATOTROPIN (pST) AND MORE EFFICIENT AND
LEANERPORK PRODUCTION 49
C.A. Baile, F.C. Buonomo, J. Klindt and C.L. McLaughlin
CLONING AND EXPRESSION OFTHE ALEUTIAN DISEASEVIRUS 85 KILODALTON (VP-1) STRUCTURAL PROTEIN 49
R. Black, R. Robison, D. Robertson, F.B. Johnson and R.W. Leavitt
INTEGRATION AND GERMLINE TRANSMISSION OFAHYBRID: BOVINE ALPHA Si CASEIN PROMOTER/hTPAcDNA IN TRANSGENIC RABBITS 50
F.O. Castro, J. Limonta, R. De Armas, R. Solano, A. Aguilar,P. Puentes, R. Lleonart, J. De la Fuente and A. Perez
PRODUCTION OF CFTRIN THE MILK OF TRANSGENIC MICE 50
P. DiTullio, S. Cheng, J. Marshall, R. Gregory, K. Ebert,H. Meade and A. Smith
IMPROVED EFFICIENCY OF INCORPORATION OF DONORBLASTODERMAL CELLS IN CHIMERIC CHICKENS ANDTHEIR DETECTION USING A FEMALE-SPECIFIC DNA PROBE 51
R.J. Etches, R.S. Carsience, D.L. Shaw and S.M. Verrinder Gibbins
GENE ACTIVATION ASSOCIATED WITH FEEDINGIN
NEWLY EMERGED HORN FLIES, HAEMATOBIAIRRITANS 51
F.D. Guerrero
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SECRETION OFPROKARYOTIC ENZYMES INTO THEGASTROINTESTINAL TRACT OF TRANSGENIC ANIMALS 52J. Hall, MA. Surani, G.P. Hazlewood, B.H. Hirst and H.J. Gilbert
CLONINGAND EXPRESSION OF BOVINE GROWTHHORMONE cDNA 52A. Martinez-Torres, L.E. Alvidrez-Quihui, V. Ramirez-Anguloand V. Barrera-Saldana
EXOGENOUS CLONED DNA CANPENETRATE LPTINGSPERM CELLS 53A. Rodriguez, F.O. Castro, I. Guillen, A. Perez, O. Hernandez,M. Duenas, R. Solano, N. Baranosky, V. Falcon, R. Martinez,A. Aguilar, R. Lleonart and J. de la Fuente
EXPRESSION AND SECRETION OF A BACTERIALENDOGLUCANASE IN POLARIZED INTESTINAL EPITHELIA 53K.L. Soole, J. Hall, G.P. Hazlewood, H.J. Gilbert and B.H. Hirst
MOLECULAR BIOLOGYAND CROP
IMPROVEMENT
STATE OF THE ART OF GENE TRANSFER TO PLANTS 57I. Potrykus
CHARACTERIZATION OF cDNA CLONES OF DROUGHT-INDUCED
GENES IN ATRIPLEX CANESCENS (SALTBUSH) 58
J. Chen, J. Cairney, R.J. Newton andE.A. Funkhouser
PRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC POTATO PLANTSENGINEERED FORRESISTANCE TO PVX BY EXPRESSIONOF THE COATPROTEIN GENE: THE EGYPTIAN EXPERIENCE 58
M. Eweida, T. Nasr El-Din and M.A. Madkour
OCCURRENCE OF PLANT CELLREGULATING METABOLITESPRODUCED BY STRAINS OFRHODOCOCCUS 59
J.L. Ibave, A.C. Gonzalez, E. Portillo, J.J. Molina and J.C. Lopez
EXPRESSION OF ATYPE HI FISH ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN GENE
IN TRANSGENIC TOBACCO IMPROVES PLANT FREEZE
TOLEREANCE 59
K.D. Kenward, P.L. Davies, W. Downing, M. MacHutchonand J.C. McPherson
THE USE OF INTACT CELL ELECTROPORATION FOR THE
TRANSFORMATIONAND REGENERATION OF SUGAR CANE 60
P. Molina, A. Arencibia, C. Gutierrez, A. Fuentes, E. Menendez,V. Grenidge, G. de la Riva and G. Selman-Houssein
SEX DETERMINATION AND NUTRITIONAL INFLUENCE ON SEX
EXPRESSION INJOJOBA (SIMONDSIA CHINENSIS L.) 60
P.K. Ram
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THE MOLECULAR GENETIC, BIOCHEMICAL, AND PHYSICALANALYSIS OF STARCH SYNTHESIS IN BARLEY: A NORDIC
COLLABORATION 61
A.H. Schulman, M. Bojko, A. Deiber-Haag, C. Jansson, LA. Kleczkowski,J. Marcussen, M.S. Motawia, B.L. Moller, P. Olesen, C.E. Olsen,O.-A. Olsen, E. Pessa, K. Poutanan, C. Sun, T. Suortti, J. TyynelaandP.Villand
CLONING AND SEQUENCING OF cDNA CLONES ENCODING
GAMMA-KAFIRIN PROTEIN FROM SORGHUM BICOLOR 61
K. Takasaki, E. de Barros, S. Kirleis and B. Larkins
LIPID METABOLISM IN GERMINATING BARLEY 62
B.E. Valk, R. Bakhuizen, A. Doderer, J.C. Heistek, W.L. Holtman,I. Kokkelink, J.R.V. Mechelen, M. Smits and A.C. Douma
ISOLATION AND CLONING OF THE ANDEAN POTATO
MOTTLE VIRUS COAT PROTEIN GENES 62
A.C.P. Vicente, N.Shindo, M. Weyne, P.S.T. Brioso, R. Krengiel,D.E. Oliveira and B. Timmerman
MICROBIAL AND MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY
TRANSGENIC FISH AND AQUACULTURE 65
T.T. Chen, R.A. Dunham and D.A. Powers
MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE SERVICE OF
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION 66
E.J. DaSilva
FACTORS INVOLVED IN STRUCTURE-FUNCTIONRELATIONSHIPS OF THE HEME DOMAIN OF NITRATE
REDUCTASE 67
A.C. Cannons, M.J. Barber and L.P. Solomonson
ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ASSIMILATORY NITRATEREDUCTASE 67
M.J. Barber, C.J. Kay, B.A. Notton and L.P. Solomonson
TRANSGENIC SALMONWITH ENHANCED GROWTH ANDFREEZE RESISTANCE 68C. Hew, S.J. Du, Z. Gong, P. Davies, M. Shears and G. Fletcher
GENERATION OF TRANSGENIC TILAPIA WITH A CHIMERICGENE THAT DIRECTS THE SYNTHESIS OF tiGH mRNA
IN CHO CELLS 68R. Martinez, D. Garcia del Barco, 0. Hernandez, R. Lleonart,F. Herrera, E. Cabrera and J. de la Fuente
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COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE CELL WALLS OFTHE
DISSOCIATIVE FORMS / M,R,S / OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS 76,PRODUCER OF PROTEOLYTIC ENZYME COMPLEX WITH
MILK - CLOTTING ACTION 69
K. Petrova, D. Spassova, T. Antonova and T. Nikoevska
ENGINEERED CROPS
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OFTRANSGENIC SOYBEANAND RICE PLANTS FROM ELITE CULTTVARS USING
ELECTRIC DISCHARGE PARTICLE ACCELERATION 73
P. Christou
TRANSGENIC RICE PLANTS FOR STUDIES IN GENE
REGULATION AND CROP IMPROVEMENT 74
K. Shimamoto
TRANSGENIC CUCUMBER PLANTS THAT EXPRESS THE
COAT PROTEIN GENE OF CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS:
FIELD TESTING PROTECTION 75
P.C. Chee, J.L. Slightom and D. Gonsalves
CUSTOMPOLYMERASE CHAINREACTION ENGINEERING
SEED SPECIFIC PLANT EXPRESSION CASSETTES USING
CLONED AND GENOMIC DNAS 75
R.F. Drong and J.L. Slightom
THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES OF TWO SEED STORAGE
PROTEINS FROMTHE JACK BEAN 76
T.-P. Ko, J.D. Ng, M.S. Greene and A. McPherson
THE CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF CANAVALIN FROM
THE JACK BEAN PLANTIN ESCHERICHIA COLI 76
J.D. Ng, T.-P. Ko and A. McPherson
CHARACTERIZATION OF EPSPS ENZYMES AND THEIR USE
IN THE PRODUCTION OF ROUNDUP® TOLERANT SOYBEAN 77
D. Re, S. Padgette, X. Delannay, B. LaVallee, D. Eichholtz, G. Barry,M. Weldon and G. Kishore
VETERINARY VACCINES
TRANSFER OFTECHNOLOGIES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: RECOMBINANTVACCINES
FOR RINDERPEST 81
T. Yilma
POXVIRUS VECTORS USEFUL IN VETERINARY MEDICINE 82
E.Paoletti
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N.M.R. AND CD STUDIES OF AN IMMUNOGENIC PEPTIDEFROM A WHEATPROTEIN 83
M.J.C. Alcocer, E.N.C. Mills, B.J. Goodfellow, I.J.C. Colquhounand M.R.A. Morgan
DEVELOPMENT OF A RECOMBINANT VACCINE FORPASTEURELLAHAEMOLYTICA 83
A. Potter and R. Harland
IMMUNOPROTECTION IN MICE AGAINST HEMOFLAGELLATEPARASITIC PROTOZOA (TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEIBRUCEI,TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI, AND LEISHMANIA MEXICANA) BYCLONED SEQUENCES OF TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEIRHODESIENSEEXPRESSED IN E. COLI 84
C. Powell
ANTIBODTES AGAINST INSECT VECTORS MODULATE
DISEASE TRANSMISSION 84
R. Ramasamy, K. Srikrishnaraj, B. Jesudasan, C. Ranasingheand M.S. Ramasamy
FOOD INITIATIVES FOR THEDEVELOPING WORLD
FUTURE INITIATIVES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCHFOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE: THE CASE OF CASSAVA 87W.M. Roca, F. Angel, R. Sarria, J. Mayer, J. Tohme, A. Mejiaand G. Mafia
THE MANZANAR, MULLET, MILKFISH AND MOSQUITEPROJECT IN ERITREA 88G.H. Sato
MOSQUITO BIOCONTROL BY THE 8-ENDOTOXIN GENESOF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS VAR. ISRAELENSIS CLONEDIN AN AMMONIUM-NITROGEN-FIXINGCYANOBACTERIUMANABAENA SIAMENSIS 89S. Boussiba and A. Zaritsky
MAPPINGAGRONOMICTRAITSIN GRAIN LEGUMES WITH RFLPS 89C.A. Fatokun and N.D. Young
LOCATING GENETEIC FACTORS CONTROLLING RHIZOBIUMNODULATION INTENSITY ON THE RFLP MAP OF COMMON BEAN(PHASEOLUS VULGARIS) 90P. Gepts, R.O. Nodari and S.M. Tsai
ISOLATION OF A SCYTALIDIUM ACIDOPHILUM STRAIN WITHENHANCED ADAPTABILITY TO HUMIC ACID CONCENTRATION:EFFECTS ON THE FUNGAL GROWTH 90A.M. Martin
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ANIMAL AND FOOD DIAGNOSTICS
DNA PROBES FOR ANIMAL HEALTH APPLICATIONS 93E.F. Workman, P. Andersen, D. Ludtke, P. Tyrrell, A. Siefring and C. Vary
DNA PROBE ASSAYS FOR FOOD PATHOGENS 94G.H. Parsons
EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF BOVINE LEUKAEMIAVIRUS (BLV)INFECTION BY PCR 95A. Agresti, R. Meneveri, A. Marozzi, G. Poli and E. Ginelli
NORMAL cDNA SEQUENCE FOR BOVINE CD18 AND
IDENTIFICATION OF A POINT MUTATION THATCAUSES BOVINE LEUKOCYTE ADHESION DEFICIENCY 95D.E. Shuster and M.E. Kehrli, Jr.
NOVEL PROCEDURE FORTHE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSISOF DNA STRAND BREAKS INDUCED IN VIVO BY OXIDATIVEAGENTS 96A. Tremblay and M.-E. Mirault
PLANTS AS BIOREACTORS
EVALUATION OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN PROCESSINGINPLANT CELLS 99
A. Hiatt
PLANT MOLECULAR FARMING AND ITS APPLICATIONS 100J. Pen, A.J.J, van Ooyen, P.C. Sijmons, P.J.M. van den Elzenand A. Hoekema
SYNTHESIS OF CERTAIN OILATILESINCALLUS CELLS OF
CLOVE (EUGENIA CAR YOPHYLLA L.) 101
V.C. Dwadash-Shreni
AROMATASE INHIBITORS IN EDIBLE TROPICAL PLANTS 101
M.T. Kowalska, Y. Itzhak, D. Cristante and D. Puett
ENGINEERING STEARATE LEVELS IN CANOLA OIL THROUGHTHE USE OF ANTISENSE STEAROYL-ACP DESATURASE GENE
CONSTRUCTS 102
D.S. Knutzon, G.A. Thompson, S.E. Radke, V.C. Knauf, E.R. SveeandJ.C.Kridl
ENGINEERING LAURATE PRODUCTION IN OILSEEDS 102
T.A. Voelker, A.C. Worrell, L. Anderson, J. Bleibaum, C. Fan,D.J. Hawkins andH.M. Davies
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PLANT PATHOGENESIS AND HOST DEFENSE
MECHANISMS
MECHANISMS FORPLANT RESISTANCE TO MICROBIALATTACK: ELUCIDATION AND MANIPULATION 105
C.J. Lamb
TOMATO GENES FOR RESISTANCE TO CLADOSPORIUMFULVUM: A USEFUL MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING RACE
SPECIFIC PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS 106
J.D.G. Jones, D. Jones, G. Bishop, C. Thomas, M. Dickinson, K. Harrison,P. Balint-Kurti, K. Hammond-Kosack and T. Ashfield
COMPARISON OF DEFENSE RESPONSES BETWEEN
RESISTANT (BINTJE) AND SUSCEPTIBLE (DELTA)POTATO CULTIVARS (CVS.) TO ANDEAN POTATO
MOTTLE VIRUS (APMV) 107
T. Jacinto, P. Brioso, 0. Machado and B. Timmerman
STRUCTURE OF A MOUSE GENE ENCODING A MALE
GERM CELL-SPECIFIC PROTEIN WITH SEQUENCESIMILARITY TO PLANT "PATHOGENESIS-RELATED"PROTEINS 1 107
M. Kasahara and N. Mizuki
ALTERNATE INTLATION SITES IN A TOMATO PAL GENE
RESPONDING TO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI 108
S.-W. Lee, E.J. Robb and R.N. Nazar
MOLECULAR STUDIES OF THE HOST/PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS
BETWEEN BARLEY AND BARLEY POWDERY MILDEW (ERYSIPHEGRAMINIS) 108
H. Thordal-Christensen, J. Brandt, M. Naesby and D.B. Collinge
STUDY ON PARTIAL GENOMIC STRUCTURE OF ARROWHEAD
PROTEINASE INHIBITOR A AND B BY THE POLYMERASE
CHAIN REACTION (PCR) METHOD 109
X. Wen-feng, G. Zhen-zhen, Y. Wan-xia and Q. Zheng-wu
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FEEDING THE WORLD IN THE 21st CENTURY:THE ROLE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
PROGRESS TOWARDSTHE COMMERCIALIZATION OFGENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS 113R.T. Fraley
NEW TECHNOLOGIES FORPROPAGATION AND GENETICIMPROVEMENT OF LIVESTOCK 114
N. First
MOLECULAR GENETICS FOR IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITYAFORWARD LOOK 116R.B. Flavell
DEVELOPMENTAND IMPACT OF TRANSGENIC ANIMAL
TECHNOLOGY 117J.J. MacQuitty
Author Index 119
Subject Index 123
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