Opening Remarks.- Identification and Analysis of Plant Genes.- Genes for the Extensins, an Abundant Class of Proteins.- Molecular Analysis of Plant Plasma Membranes.- Methods and Applications of Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis to Plants.- Plant Gene Structure and Function.- An Analysis of Chromatin Structure and Gene Regulation.- The Small Subunit Genes of Petunia: A Well-Characterized Plant Multigene Family.- Maize Mitochondrial Genes and Cytoplasmic Male Sterility.- Regulation of Gene Expression.- Plant RNA Polymerases: Structures, Regulation, and Genes.- An Analysis of Physiological and Molecular Aspects of Heat Shock Gene Expression.- Molecular Biology of Salinity Stress: Preliminary Studies and Perspectives.- Characterization and Expression of a Wound-Inducible Proteinase Inhibitor II Gene from Potato.- Post-Translational Regulation.- Regulation of Starch Synthesis: Enzymological and Genetic Studies.- Modification of Genes and Gene Expression.- A Strategy Towards Antisense Regulation of Plant Gene Expression.- Modification of Proteins Encoded by Seed Storage Protein Genes.- Expression of Sequences of Tobacco Mosaic Virus in Transgenic Plants and Their Role in Disease Resistance.- Scientific Strategies for the Future.- Visual Assays of Transformation in Plant Cells.- Fate and Expression of Vector DNA in Plant Cells.- Genetic Tools for the Analysis of Gene Expression in Plants.- Roster of Scientific Organizing Committee, Chairmen, Speakers, and Participants.