Plant Molecular Biology: Molecular Genetic Analysis of Plant Development and Metabolism

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
The Genetic and Molecular Basis of Flower Development in Arabidopsis....Pages 1-6
Genetic and Molecular analyses of pattern formation genes in maize....Pages 7-16
The Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Quiescent Centre in Relation to Root Development....Pages 17-30
Genetic Regulation of Root Expansion in Arabidopsis Thaliana ....Pages 31-40
Analysis of Root Development in Arabidopsis Thaliana ....Pages 41-50
Genes Specifying Floral Meristem Identity in Arabidopsis ....Pages 51-61
The S Gene Family: Genes with Diverse Structures and Functions....Pages 63-72
The Genetics and Physiology of the Totipotent Cell....Pages 73-84
The Carrot Extracellular Lipid Transfer Protein EP2: Quantitative Aspects With Respect to its Putative Role in Cutin Synthesis....Pages 85-94
Early Events in Apical-basal Pattern Formation in Arabidopsis ....Pages 95-103
Diversity of Embryonic Mutants Identified Following Agrobanterium Mediated Seed Transformation in Arabidopsis thaliana ....Pages 105-115
The Use of Arabidopsis Genetics to Analyze Synthesis, Structure, and Function of the Plant Cell Wall....Pages 117-127
Molecular Genetics of Nitrate Assimilation in Solanaceous Species....Pages 129-139
Molecular-Genetics of Nitrogen Assimilation into Amino Acids in Arabidopsis thaliana ....Pages 141-150
Genetic Dissection of Tryptophan Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana ....Pages 151-158
Starch Biosynthesis in Storage Organs....Pages 159-172
Auxin-Regulated Gene Expression....Pages 173-181
Early Auxin Regulated Gene Expression in Arabidopsis ....Pages 183-192
Molecular and Genetic Analysis of the Constitutive Ethylene Response Mutation Ctr1 ....Pages 193-201
The vetch ( Vicia ) and Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae symbiosis: A system to study the activity of Rhizobium Nod factors.....Pages 203-218
Migratory Determinants of Parasitism....Pages 219-227
Oligogalacturonides Induce Proteinase Inhibitor Synthesis Via the Octadecanoid Pathway....Pages 229-233
Expression of Genes Encoding Thionins and Lipid-Transfer Proteins. A Combinatorial Model for the Responses of Defense Genes to Pathogens.....Pages 235-244
Structure/Function Studies of Lea Proteins....Pages 245-255
Gene Regulation by Abscisic Acid and Water Stress in Maize....Pages 257-266
Analysis and regulation of gene expression in the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum ....Pages 267-275
Gene Expression and Plant Responses to Water Deficit....Pages 277-286
The Molecular Biology of Fruit Ripening....Pages 287-299
Altered Patterns of Protein Synthesis in opaque-2 Maize Endosperm....Pages 301-307
bZIP Proteins Regulating Gene Expression in Maize Endosperm....Pages 309-322
Regulation of the Expression of Genes Coding for Proline-Rich Proteins in Maize....Pages 323-332
The Plant Mitochondrial Transfer RNAs Have Three Different Genetic Origins....Pages 333-345
Expression of the plant mitochondrial genome....Pages 347-360
Regulation of Plastid Gene Expression....Pages 361-370
Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Chloroplast Gene Expression in Chlamydomonas....Pages 371-379
Transcriptional Regulation of the Maize Anthocyanin Pathway....Pages 381-390
The phy Gene Family: Function and Expression....Pages 391-400
Characterization of Protein Factors Interacting with the rDNA Promoter Region....Pages 401-410
Identification of Distinct Families of HD-ZIP Proteins in Arabidopsis Thaliana ....Pages 411-426
Determinants of mRNA Stability in Higher Plants....Pages 427-436
Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing in Transgenic Plants....Pages 437-452
Plant Genes Encoding Homologues of the SNF1 and Shaggy Protein Kinases....Pages 453-467
Specific Nuclear Localization Sequence Binding to Plant Nuclei....Pages 469-479
Aquaporins: Water Channel Proteins in the Tonoplast of Plant Cells....Pages 481-490
Genetic Analysis with RAPD Markers....Pages 491-500
Clusters Of Resistance Genes in Lettuce....Pages 501-509
Chromosome Microdissection and Megabase Technology in Plant Genome Analysis; Plant Chromosomes and Genes at High Resolution....Pages 511-525
Development of an efficient transposon tagging system in Arabidopsis thaliana ....Pages 527-537
Molecular Genetic Improvement of Wheat....Pages 539-547
Differential Activity of Wheat Histone H4 Promoter in Transgenic Maize....Pages 549-558
Transgenic Maize by Electroporation of Pectolyase-Treated Suspension Culture Cells....Pages 559-565
Back Matter....Pages 567-572