1. Hairy roots induced by Agrobacterium rhizogenes and production of regenerative plants in hairy root cultures in maize

   • Xu Hongwei
   • Zhou Xiaofu
   • Wang Xingzhi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 305 - 310

2. The role of chloroplast NAD(P)H dehydrogenase in protection of tobacco plant against heat stress

   • Wang Peng
   • Ye Jiyu
   • Mi Hualing

   OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 321

3. Analysis and validation of genome-specific DNA variations in 5′ flanking conserved sequences of wheat low-molecular-weight glutenin subunit genes

   • Long Hai
   • Wei Yuming
   • Zheng Youliang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 322 - 331

4. Evaluation of genetic diversity in Chinese indigenous chicken breeds using microsatellite markers

   • Qu Lujiang
   • Li Xianyao
   • Yang Ning

   OriginalPaper Pages: 332 - 341

5. Cloning and analysis of differentially expressed ESTs in swine muscle tissue

   • Li Chongsheng
   • Chen Yaosheng
   • Li Jiaqi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 342 - 348

6. Effects of mating status on copulation investment by male bushcricket Gampsocleis gratiosa (Tettigoniidae, Orthoptera)

   • Gao Yong
   • Kang Le

   OriginalPaper Pages: 349 - 353

7. Nested multiplex PCR—A feasible technique to study partial community of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in field-growing plant root

   • Dong Xiuli
   • Zhao Bin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 354 - 361

8. Glycine origin of the methyl substituent on C7′-N of octodiose for the biosynthesis of apramycin

   • Xu Mingxuan
   • Zhu Yinming
   • Zhao Guoping

   OriginalPaper Pages: 362 - 369

9. The effect of decreasing alkalinity on microbial community dynamics in a sulfate-reducing bioreactor as analyzed by PCR-SSCP

   • Ren Nanqi
   • Zhao Yangguo
   • Wan Chunli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 370 - 378

10. Nitric oxide mediates the fungal elicitor-induced puerarin biosynthesis in Pueraria thomsonii Benth. suspension cells through a salicylic acid (SA)-dependent and a jasmonic acid (JA)-dependent signal pathway

    • Xu Maojun
    • Dong Jufang
    • Zhu Muyuan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 379 - 389

11. Long-term engraftment of p18 ^INK4C-deficient hematopoietic stem cells is enhanced in the sublethally-irradiated recipients

    • Song Xianmin
    • Yuan Youzhong
    • Cheng Tao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 390 - 394

12. The study of neighboring nucleotide composition and transition/transversion bias

    • Zhao Hui
    • Li Qizhai
    • Yu Jun

    OriginalPaper Pages: 395 - 402

13. Regulatory mechanisms for abnormal expression of the human breast cancer specific gene 1 in breast cancer cells

    • Lu Aiping
    • Li Qing
    • Liu Jingwen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 403 - 408