Table of Contents
DNA STRUCTURE AND GENE STRUCTURE. Structural and Topological Polymorphism of DNA (A. Nordheim, et al.). The Molecular Architecture of Plant Genes: A Phylogenetic Perspective (K. Elliston & J. Messing). Transfer, Structure and Expression of Foreign Genes in Plants (K. Weising, et al.). Enhancers and Trans-acting Factors (H. Scholer, et al.). DNA-AFFINE PROTEINS AND THEIR GENES. Histones, Histone Variants and Postsynthetic Histone Modifications (D. Doenecke). Histones and HMG Proteins of Higher Plants (S. Spiker). The Role of Histone H1 in Nucleosomes and Chromatin Fibers (F. Thoma). The HMG Proteins and Their Genes (G. Goodwin & M. Bustin). Recent Progress in the Study of Nonhistone Chromosomal Proteins (T. James, et al.). Histone Genes in Higher Plants (C. Gigot). DNA - PROTEIN INTERACTIONS. Nucleosomes and Transcription (Y. Lorch, et al.). Nucleosome Positioning in vivo and in vitro (B. Neubauer, et al.). Mechanisms of Nucleosome Positioning Tested in Minichromosomes of Yeast Saccaromyces cerevisiae (F. Thoma). CHROMATIN. Chromatin of Active and Inactive Genes (I. Cartwright & S. Elgin). Chromatin Structure of Plant Genes (G. Kahl, et al.). Chromatin Domains and Gene Expression - Different Chromatin Conformations Characterize the Various Functional States of the Chicken Lysozymer Gene (H. Fritton, et al.). Regulatory Function and Molecular Structure of DNase I- Hypersensitive Elements in the Chromatin Domain of a Gene (A. Sippel, et al.). Organization and Length Heterogeneity of Plant Ribosomal RNA Genes (V. Hemleben, et al.). Chromatin Structure and Expression of Plant Ribosomal RNA Genes (W. Thompson, et al.). Architecture of the 5'Flanking Regions of the Maize Adh Genes (A.-L. Paul, et al.). DNA METHYLATION AND TRANSCRIPTION. Eukaryotic Gene Inactivation by Sequence-specific Promoter Methylation and the Release of the Transcription Block (W. Doerfler, et al.). DNA Methylation and Its Effect on Transformed Gene Expression (A. Hepburn). Enzymology of DNA Methylation in Mammalian Cells (D. Drahovsky & G. Pfeifer). NUCLEAR MATRIX. Nuclear Matrix (D. Werner, et al.). Nuclear Scaffold and the Higher-order Folding of Eukaryotic DNA (S. Gasser). CHROMOSOMES. Three-dimensional Organization of Interphase Chromosomes in Polytene Nuclei of Drosophila melanogaster (M. Hochstrasser, et al.). Phased Approaches to Mapping the Physical Structure of Entire Chromosomes (C. Smith, et al.). PERSPECTIVES. Perspectives of Chromatin Research: Plant and Animal (J. Bonner). Index.
