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I. DNA Structure and Gene Structure; Structural and TopologicalPolymorphism of DNA; The Molecular Architecture of Plant Genes: APhylogenetic Perspective; Transfer, Structure and Expression of ForeignGenes in Plants; Enhancers and Transacting Factors; II. DNA-AffineProteins and Their Genes; Histones, Histone Variants and PostsyntheticHistone Modifications; Histones and HMG Proteins of Higher Plants; TheRole of Histone H1 in Nucleosomes and Chromatin Fibers; The HMGProteins and Their Genes; Recent Progress in the Study of NonhistoneChromosomal Proteins; Histone Genes in Higher Plants; III. DNA-ProteinInteractions; Nucleosomes and Transcription; Nucleosome Positioning 'invivo' and 'in vitro'; Mechanisms of Nucleosome Positioning Tested inMinichromosomes of Yeast 'Saccaromyces cerevisiae'; IV. Chromatin;Chromatin of Active and Inactive Genes; Chromatin Structure of PlantGenes; Chromatin Domains and Gene Expression_Different ChromatinConformations Characterize the Various Functional States of the ChickenLysozyme Gene; Regulatory Function and Molecular Structure of DNaseI_Hypersensitive Elements in the Chromatin Domain of a Gene;Organization and Length Heterogeneity of Plant Ribosomal RNA Genes;Chromatin Structure and Expression of Plant Ribosomal RNA Genes;Architecture of the 5' Flanking Regions of the Maize Adh Genes; V. DNAMethylation and Transcription; Eukaryotic Gene Inactivation bySequence-Specific Promoter Methylation and the Release of theTranscription Block; DNA Methylation and its Effect on Transformed GeneExpression Enzymology of DNA Methylation in Mammalian Cells; VI.Nuclear Matrix; Nuclear Matrix; Nuclear Scaffold and the Higher-orderFolding of Eukaryotic DNA; VII. Chromosomes; Three-DimensionalOrganization of Interphase Chromosomes in Polytene Nuclei of'Drosophila melanogaster'; Phased Approaches to Mapping the PhysicalStructure of Entire Chromosomes; VIII. Perspectives of ChromatinResearch; Perspectives of Chromatin Research; A Special Case for PlantMolecular Biology.