(P7D-1) A new vector family for tomato chloroplast transformation. (Abstract 754)
Govoni Chiara^*,1, Vantini Francesco¹, Cattivelli Luigi³, Bassi Roberto^{1, 4}, ¹ Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico - Università di Verona, Verona, Italy³ Istituto sperimentale per la cerealicoltura sez. Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Fiorenzuola d'Arda, PC, Italy⁴ Université Aix-Marseille II, LGBP (Laboratoire de Genetique et Biophysique des Plantes), Marseille, France

(P7D-2) Regulation and manipulation of transcription through dephosphorylation of factor in the chloroplast. (Abstract 755)
Hirokazu Kobayashi^*,1, Hideki Kato¹, Masanori Shimizu¹, ¹ Laboratory of Plant Cell Technology, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

(P7D-3) Temperature-sensitive mechanism regulating post-translational stability of a plastidial -3 fatty acid desaturase (FAD8) in Arabidopsis. (Abstract 756)
Osamu Matsuda^*,1, Hikaru Sakamoto¹, Tadafumi Hashimoto¹, Koh Iba¹, ¹ Department of Biology, Fukuoka, Japan

(P7D-4) Creation of transgenic tobacco plants with enhanced photosynthetic capacity by chloroplast transformation technology. (Abstract 757)
Yukinori Yabuta^*,1, Kumiko Yamamoto², Yasuko Aoyama², Masahiro Tamoi¹, Akiho Yokota³, Ken-Ichi Tomizawa⁴, Shigeru Shigeoka^{1, 2}, ¹ Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara, Japan² Advanced Life Science, Graduate School, Kinki University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara, Japan³ Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Japan⁴ Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizu-cho, Soraku-gun, Japan

(P7D-5) Sea slug kleptoplasty: Evidence for lateral gene transfer of algal phosphoribulokinase to a mollusc. (Abstract 758)
Mary Rumpho-Kennedy^*,1, Sirisha Pochareddy¹, Farahad Dastoor¹, James Manhart², Jungho Lee², ¹ Dept. of Biochem., Micro. & Mol. Biol., Orono, ME, USA² Dept. of Biology, College Station, TX, USA

(P7D-6) Transient Cre expression for excision of plastid marker genes. (Abstract 7759)
Kerry Lutz^*,1, Massimo Bosacchi¹, Pal Maliga¹, ¹ Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA