1. Foreword

   • John F. McDonald

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

2. Preface

   • Christian Biémont

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 3

3. Transposable elements and adaptation of host bacteria

   • Michel Blot

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 12

4. IS231 and otherBacillus thuringiensis transposable elements: A review

   • J. Mahillon
   • R. Rezsöhazy
   • J. Delcour

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 26

5. Regulation of bacteriophage Mu transposition

   • Ariane Toussaint
   • Marie-José Gama
   • Amina Mhammedi-Alaoui

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 39

6. Some features about transposition of the maize elementDissociation inNicotiana plumbaginifolia

   • Nicole Houba-Hérin
   • Monique Domin
   • Anne-Sophie Leprince

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 48

7. Transposable elements in the fungal plant pathogenFusarium oxysporum

   • M. J. Daboussi
   • T. Langin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 59

8. DrosophilaP element: Transposition, regulation and evolution

   • Dario Coen
   • Bruno Lemaitre
   • Dominique Anxolabéhère

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 78

9. The evolutionary genetics of thehobo transposable element in theDrosophila melanogaster complex

   • G. Periquet
   • F. Lemeunier
   • I. Boussy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 90

10. Invasion of thehobo transposable element studied byin situ hybridization on polytene chromosomes ofDrosophila melanogaster

    • V. Ladevèze
    • M. I. Galindo
    • F. Lemeunier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 100

11. I factors inDrosophila melanogaster: Transposition under control

    • Isabelle Busseau
    • Marie-Christine Chaboissier
    • Alain Bucheton

    OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 116

12. TheDoc transposable element inDrosophila melanogaster andDrosophila simulans: Genomic distribution and transcription

    • C. Vaury
    • M. C. Chaboissier
    • A. Pélisson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 124

13. Structural features of mag, a gypsy-like retrotransposon ofBombyx mori, with unusual short terminal repeats

    • Annie Garel
    • Pascale Nony
    • Jean Claude Prudhomme

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 137

14. Mosquito transposable elements

    • N. Bensaadi-Merchermek
    • J. C. Salvado
    • C. Mouchès

    OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 148

15. Genome and stresses: Reactions against aggressions, behavior of transposable elements

    • C. Arnault
    • I. Dufournel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 160

16. Horizontal transmission versus ancient origin:Mariner in the witness box

    • P. Capy
    • T. Langin
    • D. L. Hartl

    OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 170

17. Unstable elements at the locusLuteus-1 inPetunias hybrida: Genetic analysis of their mobility

    • André Cornu
    • Eliane Farcy

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 179

18. Functional analysis of the tobaccoTnt1 retrotransposon

    • Marie-Angèle Grandbastien
    • Colette Audeon
    • Sylvie Pouteau

    OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 189

19. The mammalian genome shaping activity of reverse transcriptase

    • Pascal Nouvel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 201

20. Emergence of master sequences in families of retroposons derived from 7sl RNA

    • Yves Quentin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 215

21. The human episome HALF1: Structure of its genomic counterpart

    • C. Boccaccio
    • J. Deschatrette
    • M. Meunier-Rotival

    OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 224

22. Mobile group II introns, DNA circles, reverse transcriptase and senescence

    • Léon Belcour
    • Annie Sainsard-Chanet
    • Carole H. Sellem

    OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 228

23. Transposers jump into the information age

    • Eleanor Hoff
    • Jef D. Boeke

    Legacy Pages: 229 - 232