Information Systems for Biotechnology (ISB) News Report
March 2005
Article Summaries (links are to the ISB News Report website)

MEETING REPORT

A WORKSHOP ON AGRICULTURAL SPECIES AS BIOMEDICAL MODELS
Eric Wong

Complete article:
pdf: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/mar05.pdf
web: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/news05.mar.html#mar0501

PLANT RESEARCH NEWS

A GENE REPRESSION SYSTEM IN PLANTS VIA CHROMOSOME REMODELING BY HISTONE DEACETYLASES
Lining Tian, Brian Miki, Dan Brown & Keqiang Wu

Complete article:
pdf:  http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/mar05.pdf
web:  http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/news05.mar.html#mar0502

TILLING: HARVESTING FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT
Charles Paul (Max) Moehs

Complete article:
pdf:  http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/mar05.pdf
web: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/news05.mar.html#mar0503

TOBACCO AND RICE PLANTS EXPRESS INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR
P. Janaki Krishna

Complete article:
pdf:  http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/mar05.pdf
web: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/news05.mar.html#mar0504

UNWINDING AFTER HIGH SALINITY STRESS: DEVELOPMENT OF SALINITY TOLERANT PLANT WITHOUT AFFECTING YIELD
Narendra Tuteja

Complete article:
pdf:  http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/mar05.pdf
web: http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2005/news05.mar.html#mar0505