TABLE OF ODNTENTS 
Part Page 
I. Call to Order and Opening Remarks 5 
II. Minutes of September 19, 1983, Meeting 5 
III. Proposal to Clone Shiga-Like Toxin from EL_ ooli 5 
IV. PI Containment Conditions for Plants 13 
V. Discussion of Letter from Congressman Gore Including Paper on 
Reassociation of a Modified Mycorrhiza with the Host Plant Roots 16 
VI. Proposed Guidelines for Submissions Under Section III-A-2 19 
VII. Proposed Addition of Section III-A-4 to the Guidelines 20 
VIII. Proposed Exenption for Certain Experiments Involving 
Nonpathogenic Streptomyces 23 
IX. Announcement Concerning Appellate Court Ruling and Other 
Announcements 24 
X. Qjestions Concerning Boundaries for NIH and RAC Oversight 25 
XI. Future Meeting Date 33 
XII. Proposed Amendments of Section III and IIItA of the Guidelines 33 
XIII. Adjournment 37 
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