Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol.1

Molecular strategies in the interaction between Agrobacterium and its hosts.- Signal transduction via VirA and VirG in Agrobacterium.- The T-DNA on its way from Agrobacterium tumefaciens to the plant.- Functional organization of the regions responsible for nopaline and octopine catabolism in Ti plasmids of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.- Gene-for-gene relationships specifying disease resistance in plant-bacterial interactions.- Avirulence gene D from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato and its interaction with resistance gene Rpg4 in soybean.- Genes and signals controlling the Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola-plant interaction.- The hrp gene cluster of Erwinia amylovora.- Characterization of genes from Xanthomas campestris pv. vesicatoria that determine avirulence and pathogenicity on pepper and tomato.- Pectic enzyme production and bacterial plant pathogenicity.- Molecular analysis of a gene that affects extracellular polysaccharide production and virulence in Pseudomonas solanacearum.- Interactions between Arabidopsis thaliana and phytopathogenic Pseudomonas pathovars: A model for the genetics of disease resistance.- Interaction between Arabidopsis thaliana and Xanthomonas campestris.- Exopolysaccharides in the interaction of the fire-blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora with its host cells.- Iron as a modulator of pathogenicity of Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937 on Saintpaulia ionantha.- Genetic and physiological aspects of the pathogenic interaction of Clavibacter michiganense subsp. michiganense with the host plant.- DNA probes as tools for the study of host-pathogen evolution: The example of Pseudomonas solanacearum.- Overview on genetics of nodule induction: Factors controlling nodule induction by Rhizobium meliloti.- NodRm-1, a sulphated lipo-oligosaccharide signal of Rhizobium meliloti elicits hair deformation, cortical cell division and nodule organogenesis on alfalfa roots.- Rhizobium meliloti nodulation gene regulation and molecular signals.- Genetic and biochemical studies on the nodulation genes of Rhizobiumleguminosarum bv. viciae.- The biochemical function of the Rhizobium leguminosarum proteins involved in the production of host specific signal molecules.- Studies on the function of Rhizobium meliloti nodulation genes.- Genetics of host specific nodulation by Bradyrhizobium japonicum.- Signal exchange mediates host-specific nodulation of tropical legumes by the broad host-range Rhizobium species NGR234.- The use of the genus Trifolium for the study of plant-microbe interactions.- Roles of lectin in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis.- Analyses of the roles of R.meliloti exopolysaccharides in nodulation.- The role of the Rhizobium meliloti exopolysaccharides EPS I and EPS II in the infection process of alfalfa nodules.- Regulation of nitrogen fixation genes in Rhizobium meliloti.- Complex regulatory network for nif and fix gene expression in Bradyrhizobium japonicum.- Genomic instability in Rhizobium: Friend or foe?.- Cytokinin production by rhizobia.- Molecular genetics of the hydrogen uptake system of Rhizobium leguminosarum.- ?-Glucuronidase (GUS) operon fusions as a tool for studying plant-microbe interactions.- Specificity of plant-fungus interactions: Molecular aspects of avirulence genes.- Mutual triggering of gene expression in plant-fungus interactions.- Fungal signals involved in the specificity of the interaction between barley and Rhynchosporium secalis.- Molecular determinants of pathogenesis in Ustilago maydis.- The b locus of Ustilago maydis: Molecular analysis of allele specificity.- An in planta induced gene of Phytophthora infestans codes for ubiquitin.- Strategies for the cloning of genes in tomato for resistance to Fulvia fulva.- Downy mildew of Arabidopsis thaliana caused by Peronospora parasitica:A model system for the investigation of the molecular biology of host-pathogen interactions.- Host-pathogen interactions in the system Arachis hypogaea-Cercospora arachidicola.- Genesis of root nodules and fu