1. Preface

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 10

2. Paramutation in maize

   • Vicki L. Chandler
   • William B. Eggleston
   • Jane E. Dorweiler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 145

3. Genomic imprinting in plants: observations and evolutionary implications

   • Mary Alleman
   • John Doctor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 161

4. Nucleolar dominance: uniparental gene silencing on a multi-megabase scale in genetic hybrids

   • Craig S. Pikaard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 163 - 177

5. Epigenetic aspects of somaclonal variation in plants

   • Shawn M. Kaeppler
   • Heidi F. Kaeppler
   • Yong Rhee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 188

6. Plant DNA methyltransferases

   • E.J. Finnegan
   • K.A. Kovac

   OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 201

7. RNA-directed DNA methylation

   • Michael Wassenegger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 220

8. Transcriptional transgene silencing and chromatin components

   • Peter Meyer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 234

9. Transcriptional gene silencing mutants

   • Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid
   • Jerzy Paszkowski

   OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 241

10. Role of inverted DNA repeats in transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene silencing

    • Mariëlle W.M. Muskens
    • Adriënne P.A. Vissers
    • Jan M. Kooter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 243 - 260

11. RNA degradation and models for post-transcriptional gene silencing

    • Frederick Meins Jr.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 273

12. Post-transcriptional gene silencing mutants

    • Jean-Benoit Morel
    • Hervé Vaucheret

    OriginalPaper Pages: 275 - 284

13. Systemic silencing signal(s)

    • Mathilde Fagard
    • Hervé Vaucheret

    OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 293

14. RNA viruses as inducers, suppressors and targets of post-transcriptional gene silencing

    • Rajendra Marathe
    • Radhamani Anandalakshmi
    • Vicki B. Vance

    OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 306

15. Plant DNA viruses and gene silencing

    • Simon N. Covey
    • Nadia S. Al-Kaff

    OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 322

16. Transgene silencing in monocots

    • Lakshminarayan M. Iyer
    • Siva P. Kumpatla
    • Timothy C. Hall

    OriginalPaper Pages: 323 - 346

17. Plants as bioreactors for protein production: avoiding the problem of transgene silencing

    • Chris De Wilde
    • Helena Van Houdt
    • Ann Depicker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 359

18. Use of matrix attachment regions (MARs) to minimize transgene silencing

    • George C. Allen
    • Steven Spiker
    • William F. Thompson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 376

19. Gene silencing in potato: allelic differences and effect of ploidy

    • Anne-Marie A. Wolters
    • Richard G.F. Visser

    OriginalPaper Pages: 377 - 386

20. Genetic and epigenetic interactions in allopolyploid plants

    • Luca Comai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 399

21. Transgene silencing by the host genome defense: implications for the evolution of epigenetic control mechanisms in plants and vertebrates

    • M.A. Matzke
    • M.F. Mette
    • A.J.M. Matzke

    OriginalPaper Pages: 401 - 415