1. ISPMB news: Second circular

   Cis and Trans Pages: 292 - 292

2. Sequence analysis tools for AGIS databases

   Cis and Trans Pages: 293 - 293

3. Computerized evaluation of gel images

   Cis and Trans Pages: 293 - 293

4. Maize ACeDB 4.3

   Cis and Trans Pages: 294 - 294

5. Appointments and awards

   Announcement Pages: 295 - 295

6. Jacobo Cardenas 1940–1996

   • Emilio Fernandez

   Obituaries Pages: 295 - 295

7. James Frederick Bonner 1910–1996

   • CAP

   Obituaries Pages: 296 - 296

8. Arabidopsis meeting

   Arabidupdate Pages: 297 - 303

9. Global plan for sequencing arabidopsis

   Arabidupdate Pages: 304 - 304

10. A Max Institute for arabidopsis

    Arabidupdate Pages: 304 - 304

11. A table of some cloned plant genes involved in isoprenoid biosynthesis

    • Pablo A. Scolnik
    • Glenn E. Bartley

    Genetic Resources Pages: 305 - 319

12. Improvement of arabidopsis mutant screens based on luciferase imagingin planta

    • Baudouin Michelet
    • Nam-Hai Chua

    Genetic Resources Pages: 320 - 329

13. Searching for tagged male-sterile mutants of arabidopsis

    • Julie A. Glover
    • Katherina C. Blömer
    • Elizabeth S. Dennis

    Genetic Resources Pages: 330 - 342

14. Identification of a repeat sequence of rye DNA in wheat and related species

    • K. Nkongolo
    • G. Perinot
    • A. Ratiarson

    Genetic Resources Pages: 343 - 352

15. Use of mitochondrial DNA as a sensitive and specific marker for localization of mitochondria in fractionated plant extracts

    • Johan Meijer
    • Susanna Eriksson
    • Annika Stark

    Protocols Pages: 353 - 362

16. A protocol for the efficient screening of putatively transformed plants forbar, the selectable marker gene, using the polymerase chain reaction

    • Joan E. Vickers
    • Glenn C. Graham
    • Robert J. Henry

    Protocols Pages: 363 - 368

17. An improved procedure for the isolation of nuclear DNA from leaves of wild grapevine dried with silica gel

    • Xiao-Dong Wang
    • Zi-Ping Wang
    • Yu-Ping Zou

    Protocols Pages: 369 - 373

18. Large quantities of recombinant PR-5 proteins from the extracellular matrix of tobacco: Rapid production of microbial-recalcitrant proteins

    • Albino Maggio
    • Matilde Paino D'Urzo
    • Ray A. Bressan

    Erratum Pages: 373 - 373

19. Fifth International Congress of Plant Molecular Biologysecond circular, continued

    Schedule of Events Pages: 374 - 384

20. Meetings 1997

    Schedule of Events Pages: 385 - 389