Abstract: Disclosed are proteins, and nucleic acids encoding such proteins, involved in or associated with cell proliferation, senesence, differentiation, development, and stress response in plants. Also disclosed are uses for such proteins.

Abstract: Disclosed are proteins, and nucleic acids encoding such proteins, involved in or associated with the stress response (both biotic and abiotic stress) in plants. Also disclosed are uses for such proteins.

Abstract: Abiotic stress responsive polynucleotides and polypeptides are disclosed. Also disclosed are vectors, expression cassettes, host cells, and plants containing such polynucleotides. Also provided are methods for using such polynucleotides and polypeptides, for example, to alter the responsiveness of a plant to abiotic stress.

Abstract: Polynucleotides encoding transcription factors of cereals and in particular rice are provided. Also provided are re-combinant vectors, expression cassettes, host cells and plants containing the polynucleotides. Methods for using the polynucleotides to alter resistance or tolerance of plants to stress, alter biological pathways, and alter gene expression are also provided.

Abstract: The invention discloses a set of genes the expression products of which are up-regulated during the grain filling process in rice and active in different metabolic pathways involved in nutrient partitioning. The invention also discloses the use of said genes to modify the compositional and nutritional characteristics of the plant grain.

Abstract: The invention relates to proteins that are involved in the transport and translocation of phosphorous in plants and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those proteins. The invention further provides the means and tools for modifying the uptake and translocation of phosphorous in photosynthetic organisms such as plants.

Abstract: The invention provides a method to identify a plurality of plant promoters having a particular characteristic as well as the sequence of promoters having one of those characteristics.

Abstract: Disclosed are polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences involved in or associated with isoprenoid biosynthesis in plants. Also disclosed are uses for such sequences.

Abstract: The invention provides a method to identify genes that are modulated by posttranscriptional gene silencing as well as regulatory elements and methods to modulate gene expression by posttranscriptional gene silencing.

Abstract: A key telephone management controller system enabling telephone customers to control and implement changes to customer key telephone systems served by a telephone switching system. Apparatus and a method interactive with telephone customers records customer-selected key telephone button and line features and controls the telephone switching system to assign the customer-selected button and line features to telephone sets of the customer key telephone system.

Abstract: A system for selecting multiple interexchange carriers serving telephone switches interconnecting user telephone lines. Apparatus and a method interactive with telephone users creates data base records of user selected interchange carrier resources and encodes the user created data base records into telephone switch messages. The telephone switch messages are transmitted to telephone switches to enable the telephone switches to selectively interconnect user telephone lines with ones of the interchange carrier resources in accordance with user created data base records.