Part I: Gene expression: Molecular biology of male gamete development in plants: an overview-- J.D. Astwood and R.D. Hill; Anther-specific gene expression in Brassica and Arabidopsis-- H. Xu, R.B. Knox, and M.B. Singh; Anther- and pollen-specific gene expression in sunflower-- Andre Steinmetz, Rachel Baltz, Claire Domon and Jean-Luc Evrard; Gene expression in developing maize pollen-- D.A. Hamilton; In vitro pollen cultures: progress and perspectives-- E. Heberle-Bors, E. Stoger, A. Touraev, V. Zarsky, and O. Vicente; Part II: Allergen characterization: Molecular characterization of allergens of Kentuckey blue grass pollen -- E. Olson and S.S. Mohapatra; Molecular characterization of group 1 allergens of grass pollen--P.M. Smith, R.B. Knox, and M.B. Singh; Structure-function relationships of allergens-- L. Zhang and S.S. Mohapatra; Human T cell responses to grass pollen allergens-- S. Romagnani and S. Mohapatra; Molecular characterization and environmental monitoring of grass pollen allergens -- E.K. Ong, R.B. Knox, and M.B. Singh; Immunological characterization of the major ragweed allergens Amb a 1 and Amb a 2 -- B.L. Rogers, J.F. Bond, J.P. Morgenstern, C.M. Counsell, and I.J. Griffith; The Amb V allergens from ragweed-- T. Rafner, W.J. Metzler, and D.G. Marsh; Characterization of a dominant epitope of the major allergens of parietaria-- A. Ruffilli, A. Scotto d'Abusco, and C. De Santo; Profilin: a novel pan-allergen and actin-binding protein in plants-- R. Valenta, I. Swoboda, M. Grote, S. Vrtala, F. Ferreira, M. Duchene, E. Herbele-Bors, D. Kraft, and O. Scheiner
