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January 1997, Volume 385, Issue 6614
- 285-285 German politicians break research pledge
by Alison Abbott - 285-285 Change for Europe's science committees
by Declan Butler - 286-286 The 's' in Unesco seeks out a new role
by Declan Butler - 287-287 Japan fishes for more space launches
by David Swinbanks - 287-287 Canada calls in US nuclear power experts to boost performance
by David Spurgeon - 290-290 Pros and cons of foreign genes in crops
by Bengt O. Bengtsson - 290-290 Pros and cons of foreign genes in crops
by Donald R. Ort - 290-290 Climate of mistrust
by Clive Bates - 291-291 Too quiet to hear a whisper
by P. Jung & K. Wiesenfeld - 292-293 The oldest whodunnit in the world
by Bernard Wood - 293-295 Mantles were battered to bits
by Clark R. Chapman - 295-296 Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh,no!
by Jared M. Diamond - 296-299 Pirated genes in Kaposi's sarcoma
by Philip M. Murphy - 299-300 The business of fructification
by Roy Watling - 300-301 A commotion over turbulence
by Benjamin A. Carreras - 301-301 The dark is light enough
by David Jones - 301-301 Shear calm
by Benjamin A. Carreras - 302-302 Yulii Khariton (1904–96)
by David Holloway - 303-303 Successful cultivation of the golden chanterelle
by Eric Danell & Francisco J. Camacho - 303-304 Thalidomide's chirality
by Stephan Wnendt & Kai Zwingenberger - 304-305 Energy saving in huddling penguins
by André Ancel & Henk Visser & Yves Handrich & Dirkjan Masman & Yvon Le Maho - 305-306 Fugu genome is not a good mammalian model
by Jonathan Gilley & Niall Armes & Mike Fried - 306-307 Emplacement of Taupo ignimbrite
by C. J. N. Wilson - 307-308 Emplacement of Taupo ignimbrite
by W. Brian Dade & Herbert E. Huppert - 308-308 Sound alters visual motion perception
by Robert Sekuler & Allison B. Sekuler & Renee Lau - 309-310 Genius, scandal and the first seaclocks
by Desmond King-Hele - 310-310 Backcloth of mystery
by Robert Hedges - 310-311 The short-range forces of nature
by John C. Taylor - 311-311 In retrospect
by Steve Jones - 312-312 Dubious revolution
by William Shea - 313-318 A tension-based theory of morphogenesis and compact wiring in the central nervous system
by David C. Van Essen - 319-321 Stochastic resonance in non-dynamical systems without response thresholds
by Sergey M. Bezrukov & Igor Vodyanoy - 321-324 Template-directed colloidal crystallization
by Alfons van Blaaderen & Rene Ruel & Pierre Wiltzius - 324-326 Current-induced organization of vortex motion in type-II superconductors
by S. N. Gordeev & P. A. J. de Groot & M. Oussena & A. V. Volkozub & S. Pinfold & R. Langan & R. Gagnon & L. Taillefer - 326-329 Spreading-rate dependence of the extent of mantle melting beneath ocean ridges
by Yaoling Niu & Roger Hékinian - 329-332 Corrugated slip surfaces formed at ridge–transform intersections on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
by J. R. Cann & D. K. Blackman & D. K. Smith & E. McAllister & B. Janssen & S. Mello & E. Avgerinos & A. R. Pascoe & J. Escartin - 333-336 2.5-million-year-old stone tools from Gona, Ethiopia
by S. Semaw & P. Renne & J. W. K. Harris & C. S. Feibel & R. L. Bernor & N. Fesseha & K. Mowbray - 336-340 Circumsporozoite protein is required for development of malaria sporozoites in mosquitoes
by Robert Ménard & Ali A. Sultan & Claudio Cortes & Rita Altszuler & Melissa R. van Dijk & Chris J. Janse & Andrew P. Waters & Ruth S. Nussenzweig & Victor Nussenzweig - 340-343 Cleavage of syntaxin prevents G-protein regulation of presynaptic calcium channels
by E. F. Stanley & R. R. Mirotznik - 343-346 Regulation by insulin of a unique neuronal Ca2+ pool and of neuropeptide secretion
by Elizabeth A. Jonas & Ronald J. Knox & T. Caitlin M. Smith & Nancy L. Wayne & John A. Connor & Leonard K. Kaczmarek - 347-350 Human herpesvirus KSHV encodes a constitutively active G-protein-coupled receptor linked to cell proliferation
by Leandros Arvanitakis & Elizabeth Geras-Raaka & Anjali Varma & Marvin C. Gershengorn & Ethel Cesarman - 350-353 Stress-signalling kinase Sek1 protects thymocytes from apoptosis mediated by CD95 and CD3
by Hiroshi Nishina & Klaus D. Fischer & Laszlo Radvanyi & Arda Shahinian & Razqallah Hakem & Elizabeth A. Rubie & Alan Bernstein & Tak W. Mak & James R. Woodgett & Josef M. Penninger - 353-357 Bcl-xL forms an ion channel in synthetic lipid membranes
by Andy J. Minn & Patricio Vélez & Sharon L. Schendel & Heng Liang & Steven W. Muchmore & Stephen W. Fesik & Michael Fill & Craig B. Thompson - 357-361 The C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II couples mRNA processing to transcription
by Susan McCracken & Nova Fong & Krassimir Yankulov & Scott Ballantyne & Guohua Pan & Jack Greenblatt & Scott D. Patterson & Marvin Wickens & David L. Bentley - 361-364 Structure of the conserved GTPase domain of the signal recognition particle
by Douglas M. Freymann & Robert J. Keenan & Robert M. Stroud & Peter Walter - 365-368 Crystal structure of the NG domain from the signal-recognition particle receptor FtsY
by Guillermo Montoya & Cecilia Svensson & Joen Luirink & Irmgard Sinning - 369-372 A new look for the market
by Brendan Norton
January 1997, Volume 385, Issue 6613
- 187-187 US claims of 'no chemical links' to Gulf War illnesses under fire
by Meredith Wadman - 188-188 Rio review to rejuvenate green initiatives
by Colin Macilwain - 188-188 Industrial apathy 'hampers climate schemes
by K. S. Jayaraman - 189-189 Investment analysts paint rosy prospect for biotech
by Sally Lehrman - 189-189 Glaxo Wellcome turns to worms for guidance on genes
by Sally Lehrman - 190-190 Russian space module 'in need of more protection'
by Tony Reichhardt - 190-190 Embryo researcher is sanctioned for using NIH resources
by Meredith Wadman - 191-191 Australia maintains commitment to joint research centres
by Peter Pockley - 191-191 Oil spill threatens Japanese nuclear plants
by David Swinbanks - 192-193 Europe seeks to rally regional research
by Alison Abbott - 193-193 Molecular biology reaps the benefits
by Alun Anderson - 196-196 Optical telescopes – biggest is best?
by David Leverington - 196-196 Unequivocal spelling for brimstone
by David F. Cram & W. John Cram - 196-196 A fortune awaits
by Harry Miller - 197-198 Predicting the CJD epidemic in humans
by S. N. Cousens & E. Vynnycky & M. Zeidler & R. G. Will & P. G. Smith - 199-200 Cope's rule as psychological artefact
by Stephen Jay Gould - 200-200 Epidemic or false alarm?
by David C. G. Skegg - 201-201 Life on other moons
by Christopher F. Chyba - 202-203 Molecular fish on chips
by André Goffeau - 203-204 When like charges attract
by Cherry A. Murray - 204-205 Phosphotransfer hinges in PGK
by Colin Blake - 205-206 Anaemia reveals star's great age
by Mike Bolte - 206-206 Youth in age
by David Jones - 207-210 Computation and the single neuron
by Christof Koch - 210-210 News and Views Feature
by Christof Koch - 211-211 Pair bonding in spotted poison frogs
by Janalee P. Caldwell - 211-212 Carbon beads with protruding cones
by Ronald L. Jacobsen & Marc Monthioux - 212-213 DNA analysis reveals the sex of infanticide victims
by Marina Faerman & Gila Kahila & Patricia Smith & Charles Greenblatt & Lawrence Stager & Dvora Filon & Ariella Oppenheim - 213-213 Medicinal alkaloid as a sex pheromone
by Walter Scares Leal & Paulo H. G. Zarbin & Hubert Wojtasek & Shigefumi Kuwahara & Makoto Hasegawa & Yasuo Ueda - 214-214 Glucagon-like peptide-1 and satiety
by S. R. Bloom - 214-214 Glucagon-like peptide-1 and satiety
by G. van Dijk & T. E. Thiele & R. J. Seeley & S. C. Woods & I. L. Bernstein - 215-216 How to succeed in science
by W. F. Bynum - 216-217 Walking wounded
by Alistair Hay - 217-217 In retrospect chosen by John C. Marshall
by John C. Marshall - 217-218 Unified views
by Frank Wilczek - 219-229 Mantle geochemistry: the message from oceanic volcanism
by A. W. Hofmann - 230-233 Like-charge attractions in metastable colloidal crystallites
by Amy E. Larsen & David G. Grier - 234-236 Habitable moons around extrasolar giant planets
by Darren M. Williams & James F. Kasting & Richard A. Wade - 236-239 Evidence for polaronic supercarriers in the copper oxide superconductors La2–xSrxCuO4
by Guo-meng Zhao & M. B. Hunt & H. Keller & K. A. Müller - 239-241 Conversion of light energy to proton potential in liposomes by artificial photosynthetic reaction centres
by Gali Steinberg-Yfrach & Paul A. Liddell & Su-Chun Hung & Ana L. Moore & Devens Gust & Thomas A. Moore - 241-244 Low-latitude glacial cooling in the Southern Hemisphere from amino-acid racemization in emu eggshells
by Gifford H. Miller & John W. Magee & A. J. T. Jull - 245-247 Seismic structure of the Iceland mantle plume
by Cecily J. Wolfe & Ingi Th. Bjarnason & John C. VanDecar & Sean C. Solomon - 247-250 Nest and egg clutches of the dinosaur Troodon formosus and the evolution of avian reproductive traits
by David J. Varricchio & Frankie Jackson & John J. Borkowski & John R. Horner - 250-252 Body-size evolution in Cretaceous molluscs and the status of Cope's rule
by David Jablonski - 252-254 Habitat heterogeneity as a determinant of mammal species richness in high-energy regions
by Jeremy T. Kerr & Laurence Packer - 254-257 Impaired auditory recognition of fear and anger following bilateral amygdala lesions
by Sophie K. Scott & Andrew W. Young & Andrew J. Calder & Deborah J. Hellawell & John P. Aggleton & Michael Johnsons - 257-260 Independent requirement for ISL1 in formation of pancreatic mesenchyme and islet cells
by Ulf Ahlgren & Samuel L. Pfaff & Thomas M. Jessell & Thomas Edlund & Helena Edlund - 260-265 Distinct functions of nuclear and cytoplasmic calcium in the control of gene expression
by Giles E. Hardingham & Sangeeta Chawla & Claire M. Johnson & Hilmar Bading - 265-269 Actin polymerization is induced by Arp 2/3 protein complex at the surface of Listeria monocytogenes
by Matthew D. Welch & Akihiro Iwamatsu & Timothy J. Mitchison - 269-272 Extension of chromatin accessibility by nuclear matrix attachment regions
by Thomas Jenuwein & William C. Forrester & Luis A. Fernández-Herrero & Götz Laible & Maude Dull & Rudolf Grosschedl - 272-275 NMR structure of inactivation gates from mammalian voltage-dependent potassium channels
by Christof Antz & Matthias Geyer & Bernd Fakler & Markus K. Schott & H. Robert Guy & Rainer Frank & Johann Peter Ruppersberg & Hans Robert Kalbitzer - 275-278 Synergistic effects of substrate-induced conformational changes in phosphoglycerate kinase activation
by Bradley E. Bernstein & Paul A. M. Michels & Wim G. J. Hol
January 1997, Volume 385, Issue 6612
- 101-101 BSE inquiry could prompt censure vote
by Declan Butler - 101-101 Political will and cash 'needed to speed up removal of landmines'
by Steve Nadis - 102-102 UK studies grapple with school science ..
by Ehsan Masood - 102-102 ... as teachers try hand at research
by Ehsan Masood - 103-103 White House backs US contribution to LHC
by Colin Macilwain - 103-103 Science bodies seek 7.1 per cent increase for NSF
by Colin Macilwain - 104-104 Japan's science spending climbs again
by Richard Nathan - 104-105 France says goodbye to the fast-breeder as Superphénix takes on new role
by Declan Butler - 105-105 'Misconduct' dispute raises fears of litigation
by Rex Dalton - 106-107 Biodiversity projects face funding challenge
by Ehsan Masood - 109-109 Live universes
by M. G. Bjornerud - 109-109 Out of context
by Steve Fuller - 109-109 Live universes
by Graeme Suthers - 109-109 Safety of transgenic corn
by Juan J. Estruch & Mary-Dell Chilton & Richard Lotstein & Wallace Beversdorf - 110-110 Italian grants
by Piergiorgio Strata - 110-110 Bias in Japanese university awards?
by Noriyoshi Takei - 110-110 Confucianism oversimplified
by P.-L. Chau & W. Y. Chau - 111-111 Coding DNA substitutions
by Paul M. Sharp - 111-112 In search of molecular darwinism
by Paul M. Sharp - 112-113 The Universe as a lattice
by Robert Kirshner - 113-115 Betas are brought into the fold
by Brent L. Iverson - 115-116 How hard spheres stack up
by Roberto Car - 116-117 In line for a new mission
by Peter J. T. Leonard - 117-117 Myxobacterial bounty
by John Mann - 117-117 Compton telescopes
by Peter Leonard - 119-120 The alphabet of weight control
by Jeffrey M. Friedman - 120-121 A vision over time and space
by Glyn W. Humphreys - 121-121 Fit-to-shrink materials
by Stephen Battersby - 121-122 Microbial breathing lessons
by David L Kirchman - 122-122 God plays dice
by David Jones - 123-123 Serotonin in the spotlight
by Plamen D. Penev & Phyllis C. Zee & Fred W. Turek - 123-124 p53 and treatment of bladder cancer
by Richard J. Cote & David Esrig & Susan Groshen & Peter A. Jones & Donald G. Skinner - 124-125 p53 and treatment of bladder cancer
by Scott W. Lowe & Tyler Jacks - 125-126 Y-chromosome variation in great apes
by Wes Burrows & Oliver A. Ryder - 126-126 Biological activition of hydrogen
by Randolph P. Happe & Winfried Roseboom & Antonio J. Pierik & Simon P. J. Albracht & Kimberly A. Bagley - 127-128 Evolution's evolution
by Kevin Padian - 128-129 Bridge to the past
by Paul G. Bahn - 129-130 Hazards ahead in the disasters game
by David Sumner - 130-130 Foray beyond Fourier
by Francois G. Meyer - 131-136 Magnetic fields in galaxies and beyond
by Ellen G. Zweibel & Carl Heiles - 137-139 A high deuterium abundance in the early Universe
by Antoinette Songaila & E. Joseph Wampler & Lennox L. Cowie - 139-141 A 120-Mpc periodicity in the three-dimensional distribution of galaxy superclusters
by J. Einasto & M. Einasto & S. Gottlöber & V. Müller & V. Saar & A. A. Starobinsky & E. Tago & D. Tucker & H. Andernach & P. Frisch - 141-143 Entropy difference between the face-centred cubic and hexagonal close-packed crystal structures
by L. V. Woodcock - 143-146 Single-molecule spectral fluctuations at room temperature
by H. Peter Lu & X. Sunney Xie - 146-148 Silurian hydrothermal-vent community from the southern Urals, Russia
by Crispin T. S. Little & Richard J. Herrington & Valeriy V. Maslennikov & Noel J. Morris & Viktor V. Zaykov - 148-151 Respiration rates in bacteria exceed phytoplankton production in unproductive aquatic systems
by Paul A. del Giorgio & Jonathan J. Cole & André Cimbleris - 151-154 Episodic adaptive evolution of primate lysozymes
by Walter Messier & Caro-Beth Stewart - 154-156 Abnormal temporal dynamics of visual attention in spatial neglect patients
by Masud Husain & Kimron Shapiro & Jesse Martin & Christopher Kennard - 157-161 Visuomotor integration is associated with zero time-lag synchronization among cortical areas
by Pieter R. Roelfsema & Andreas K. Engel & Peter König & Wolf Singer - 161-165 In vivo dendritic calcium dynamics in neocortical pyramidal neurons
by Karel Svoboda & Winfried Denk & David Kleinfeld & David W. Tank - 165-168 Role of melanocortinergic neurons in feeding and the agouti obesity syndrome
by Wei Fan & Bruce A. Boston & Robert A. Kesterson & Victor J. Hruby & Roger D. Cone - 169-172 Phosphotyrosine-dependent activation of Rac-1 GDP/GTP exchange by the vav proto-oncogene product
by Piero Crespo & Kornel E. Schuebel & Amy A. Ostrom & J. Silvio Gutkind & Xosé R. Bustelo - 172-176 Unusual Rel-like architecture in the DNA-binding domain of the transcription factor NFATc
by Scot A. Wolfe & Pei Zhou & Volker Dötsch & Lin Chen & Angie You & Steffan N. Ho & Gerald R. Crabtree & Gerhard Wagner & Gregory L. Verdine - 176-181 Structure of the single-stranded-DNA-binding domain of replication protein A bound to DNA
by Alexey Bochkarev & Richard A. Pfuetzner & Aled M. Edwards & Lori Frappier - 183-184 Making 'antisense' of amplification
by Brendan Horton
January 1997, Volume 385, Issue 6611
- 3-3 Austria bans gene-modified maize
by Ehsan Masood - 4-4 Russian scientists name 'donor of the year'
by Carl Levitin - 4-4 Destruction order for transgenic crop after breach of guidelines
by K. S. Jayaraman - 4-4 Staff pay cost of keeping CERN collider on target
by Alison Abbott - 6-7 How BSE crisis forced Europe out of its complacency
by Declan Butler - 7-7 Climate panel forecasts way ahead
by Ehsan Masood - 8-8 UK policy learns about risk the hard way
by David Dickson - 8-9 German resistance to genetic engineering diminishes
by Alison Abbott - 9-9 Blood scandal and E. coli raise questions in Japan
by David Swinbanks - 10-11 Voice of US science struggles to be heard
by Colin Macilwain - 12-12 Postdoc woes
by Emanuel Vassiliadis - 12-12 Unequal struggle in South Africa
by Peter F. Scogings - 12-12 The modern ape
by Gregory G. Dimijian - 13-16 Eighteen-ninety-seven and all that
by J. L. Heilbron & W. F. Bynum - 17-18 Quantum security is spookily certain
by Richard J. Hughes - 18-19 A protein-making motor protein
by R. A. Cross - 19-20 Long odds on prediction
by Ian Main - 21-22 Squirt smugly, scallop!
by Steven Vogel - 22-23 A well-fed black hole
by Mitchell C. Begelman & Joss Bland-Hawthorn - 23-24 Axons follow Reelin routes
by Anirvan Ghosh - 25-26 Igneous ferment at Hamersley
by Cornelis Klein - 26-27 Plant–microbial interactions
by Valerie T. Eviner & F. Stuart Chapin - 27-27 Beam alignment
by David Jones - 28-28 Mary Leakey 1913–96
by Bernard Wood - 29-30 Biology's new Rosetta stone
by Sudeshna Das & Lihua Yu & Chrysanthe Gaitatzes & Robert Rogers & James Freeman & Jadwiga Bienkowska & R. Mark Adams & Temple F. Smith & James Lindelien - 30-31 Induced synthesis of plant volatiles
by P. W. Paré & J. H. Tumlinson - 32-32 Y chromosomes of Jewish priests
by Karl Skorecki & Sara Selig & Shraga Blazer & Robert Bradman & Neil Bradman & P. J. Waburton & Monica Ismajlowicz & Michael F. Hammer - 33-33 Artificial laboratories
by Michael Berry - 34-34 Travels of a neuro-romantic
by Chris McManus - 35-35 Current affairs
by George Philander - 36-36 The sky isn't falling!
by Peter Ward - 37-41 Hydrolysis of GTP by elongation factor G drives tRNA movement on the ribosome
by Marina V. Rodnina & Andreas Savelsbergh & Vladimir I. Katunin & Wolfgang Wintermeyer - 42-44 Dynamical evolution of Jupiter's Trojan asteroids
by Harold F. Levison & Eugene M. Shoemaker & Carolyn S. Shoemaker - 45-47 Ray and wave chaos in asymmetric resonant optical cavities
by Jens U. Nöckel & A. Douglas Stone - 47-49 Quantum cryptography on multiuser optical fibre networks
by Paul D. Townsend - 50-52 Acceleration of a Diels–Alder reaction by a self-assembled molecular capsule
by Jongmin Kang & Julius Rebek - 52-55 Infrared remote sensing of breaking waves
by A. T. Jessup & C. J. Zappa & M. R. Loewen & V. Hesany - 55-58 Emplacement of a large igneous province as a possible cause of banded iron formation 2.45 billion years ago
by M. E. Barley & A. L. Pickard & P. J. Sylvester - 59-61 Conifer root discrimination against soil nitrate and the ecology of forest succession
by Herbert J. Kronzucker & M. Yaeesh Siddiqi & Anthony D. M. Glass - 61-64 High rates of nitrification and nitrate turnover in undisturbed coniferous forests
by John M. Stark & Stephen C. Hart - 64-67 The Drosophila protein Wunen repels migrating germ cells
by Nian Zhang & Jiaping Zhang & Karen J. Purcell & Yan Cheng & Ken Howard - 67-70 Regulation of neuronal diversity in the Xenopus retina by Delta signalling
by Richard I. Dorsky & Wesley S. Chang & David H. Rapaport & William A. Harris - 70-74 A role for Cajal–Retzius cells and reelin in the development of hippocampal connections
by José A. Del Río & Bernd Heimrich & Víctor Borrell & Eckart Förster & Alexander Drakew & Soledad Alcántara & Kazunori Nakajima & Takaki Miyata & Masaharu Ogawa & Katsuhiko Mikoshiba & Paul Derer & Michael Frotscher & Eduardo Soriano - 74-77 Frequency detection and temporally dispersed synaptic signal association through a metabotropic glutamate receptor pathway
by Andrew M. Batchelor & John Garthwaite