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January 1998, Volume 391, Issue 6664
- 217-217 Fire damages Germany's Einstein tower
by Alison Abbott - 217-217 Controversial cancer drug wins local approval in Italy
by Alison Abbott - 218-218 US ban ‘would resist challenges in court’
by Meredith Wadman - 218-219 Seed sows further doubts on cloning
by Meredith Wadman - 219-219 Unesco declaration lacks legal teeth
by Meredith Wadman & Declan Butler - 219-219 Europe brings in first international ban
by Declan Butler - 222-222 Challenges for vaccine institute
by Subhash C. Arya - 222-222 Impact takes precedence over interest
by Dirk Schoonbaert & Gilbert Roelants - 223-223 Selfish genes and meiotic drive
by Laurence D. Hurst - 223-224 The eyes have it
by Laurence D. Hurst & Andrew Pomiankowski - 224-225 Diatoms and the silicate factor
by Victor Smetacek - 227-228 Hox gene variation and evolution
by Axel Meyer - 229-229 3-D glacial flow
by John VanDecar - 229-231 Two cradles for the heavy elements
by A. G. W. Cameron - 231-232 A mechanism for all polymerases
by Thomas A. Steitz - 232-233 Off and on reflection
by Philip Ball - 233-234 Teaming up to restrain cancer
by Moshe Oren - 234-234 Bacterial diplomacy
by David Jones - 235-235 Goldsworthy's genera
by Martin Kemp - 237-238 Mudskippers store air in their burrows
by Atsushi Ishimatsu & Yasuhiro Hishida & Toru Takita & Takeshi Kanda & Shin Oikawa & Tatsusuke Takeda & Khoo Khay Huat - 238-239 Efficient pollination of alpine plants
by Robin A. Bingham & Andrea R. Orthner - 239-239 How molecular motors work in muscle
by Andrew Huxley - 239-240 How molecular motors work in muscle
by Joe Howard - 240-240 A new classification for HIV-1
by E. A. Berger & R. W. Doms & E.-M. Fenyö & B. T. M. Korber & D. R. Littman & J. P. Moore & Q. J. Sattentau & H. Schuitemaker & J. Sodroski & R. A. Weiss - 241-242 The history of healing laid bare
by Alfred W. Crosby - 242-243 Industrial revolutions
by David E. Nye - 243-244 At the sharp end
by John A. J. Gowlett - 244-244 Technological heaven
by Howard P. Segal - 245-250 Constraints on cortical and thalamic projections: the no-strong-loops hypothesis
by Francis Crick & Christof Koch - 251-258 Crystal structure of a bacteriophage T7 DNA replication complex at 2.2 Å resolution
by Sylvie Doublié & Stanley Tabor & Alexander M. Long & Charles C. Richardson & Tom Ellenberger - 259-260 The interstellar chemistry of PAH cations
by Theodore P. Snow & Valery Le Page & Yeghis Keheyan & Veronica M. Bierbaum - 261-263 Tellurium in pre-solar diamonds as an indicator for rapid separation of supernova ejecta
by S. Richter & U. Ott & F. Begemann - 263-265 Quantum interference in electron collision
by R. C. Liu & B. Odom & Y. Yamamoto & S. Tarucha - 266-268 Picosecond discharges and stick–slip friction at a moving meniscus of mercury on glass
by R. Budakian & K. Weninger & R. A. Hiller & S. J. Putterman - 268-270 The structure of a new phase of ice
by C. Lobban & J. L. Finney & W. F. Kuhs - 270-273 Silicate regulation of new production in the equatorial Pacific upwelling
by Richard C. Dugdale & Frances P. Wilkerson - 273-276 Three-dimensional glacial flow and surface elevation measured with radar interferometry
by Johan J. Mohr & Niels Reeh & Søren N. Madsen - 276-279 Male eye span in stalk-eyed flies indicates genetic quality by meiotic drive suppression
by Gerald S. Wilkinson & Daven C. Presgraves & Lili Crymes - 279-281 Spontaneous sign systems created by deaf children in two cultures
by Susan Goldin-Meadow & Carolyn Mylander - 281-285 Prostaglandins stimulate calcium-dependent glutamate release in astrocytes
by Paola Bezzi & Giorgio Carmignoto & Lucia Pasti & Sabino Vesce & Daniela Rossi & Barbara Lodi Rizzini & Tullio Pozzan & Andrea Volterra - 285-288 Induction of epithelial tubules by growth factor HGF depends on the STAT pathway
by Carla Boccaccio & Margherita Andò & Luca Tamagnone & Alberto Bardelli & Paolo Michieli & Carlo Battistini & Paolo M. Comoglio - 288-291 DNA shuffling of a family of genes from diverse species accelerates directed evolution
by Andreas Crameri & Sun-Ai Raillard & Ericka Bermudez & Willem P. C. Stemmer - 291-295 A bacterial antibiotic-resistance gene that complements the human multidrug-resistance P-glycoprotein gene
by Hendrik W. van Veen & Richard Callaghan & Loredana Soceneantu & Alessandro Sardini & Wil N. Konings & Christopher F. Higgins - 295-298 The candidate tumour suppressor p33ING1cooperates with p53 in cell growth control
by Igor Garkavtsev & Irina A. Grigorian & Valeria S. Ossovskaya & Mikhail V. Chernov & Peter M. Chumakov & Andrei V. Gudkov - 298-301 MAP kinase links the transcription factor Microphthalmia to c-Kit signalling in melanocytes
by Timothy J. Hemesath & E. Roydon Price & Clifford Takemoto & Tina Badalian & David E. Fisher - 301-304 Engineering cyclophilin into a proline-specific endopeptidase
by Eric Quéméneur & Mireille Moutiez & Jean-Baptiste Charbonnier & Andr Ménez - 304-307 Visualizing DNA replication in a catalytically active Bacillus DNA polymerase crystal
by James R. Kiefer & Chen Mao & Jeffrey C. Braman & Lorena S. Beese - 307-307 Erratum: Ataxin-1 with an expanded glutamine tract alters nuclear matrix-associated structures
by Pamela J. Skinner & Beena T. Koshy & Christopher J. Cummings & Ivan A. Klement & Kara Helin & Antonio Servadio & Huda Y. Zoghbi & Harry T. Orr
January 1998, Volume 391, Issue 6663
- 109-109 India and United States to share satellite data
by K. S. Jayaraman - 109-109 NASA lines up for a bigger slice of the biological research pie
by Tony Reichhardt - 110-110 Gould to be next year's president of AAAS
by Tony Reichhardt - 110-110 French researchers oppose biomedical reform plan
by Eric Glover - 111-111 ⃛ as science escapes cuts in South Korea
by Richard Nathan - 111-111 Japan maintains research funding boost⃛
by Asako Saegusa - 112-112 Space ‘time capsule’ could send a message to the future
by Declan Butler - 112-113 Universities seek to atone for Nazi past
by Matthias Strobl - 113-113 Nobel laureates in bid to revamp science teaching
by Sally Lehrman - 114-115 Sequencing funds ‘must remain focused’
by Meredith Wadman - 115-115 Indian guidelines allow limited gene screening
by K. S. Jayaraman - 117-117 Hawksbill turtles still endangered
by Anne Meylan - 117-117 Animal experimentation needs dissection
by Ruaraidh Hill & Martin Stanisstreet & Edward Boyes & Helen O'Sullivan - 118-118 Nomenclature regulation
by David Lonsdale - 118-118 Disadvantaged women
by Elizabeth Griffin - 118-118 ⃛and linguistic diversity
by Daniel E. Weeks & Jeffrey R. O'Connell & Zora Schmidtová - 118-118 Pragmatism in Latin America
by Fernando Lolas & Jorge Litvak - 119-120 Feathers, filaments and theropod dinosaurs
by D. M. Unwin - 120-121 An unprincipled Universe?
by Peter Coles - 121-123 Synchronized division proteins
by Roy Burns - 123-124 Neutrino deficit challenges conservation laws
by Frank Wilczek - 125-127 Did forests survive the cold in a hotspot?
by Peter D. Moore - 127-127 Back in focus
by Geoffrey Marcy - 128-128 Artificial tissues
by Philip Ball - 128-129 Sulphur greases the wheels
by Jeffrey S. Seewald - 129-130 Caterpillars have lungs
by Peter J. Mill - 130-130 Speed learning
by David Jones - 131-131 Turrell's tunnelling
by Martin Kemp - 133-133 Fish with fingers?
by Edward B. Daeschler & Neil Shubin - 133-134 Takhtajania perrieri rediscovered
by George E. Schatz & Porter P. Lowry & Annick Ramisamihantanirina - 134-135 Changed perceptions in Braille readers
by Annette Sterr & Matthias M. Müller & Thomas Elbert & Brigitte Rockstroh & Christo Pantev & Edward Taub - 135-136 Ancient trees in Amazonia
by Jeffrey Q. Chambers & Niro Higuchi & Joshua P. Schimel - 136-136 Stratification in poured granular heaps
by John Baxter & Ugur Tüzün & David Heyes & Igan Hayati & Per Fredlund - 137-138 The long walk northwards
by Derek Fordham - 138-139 Mental devices
by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini - 139-139 Shades of Green
by N. W. Simmonds - 140-140 In retrospect chosen by Owen Gingerich
by Owen Gingerich - 141-146 Timing of abrupt climate change at the end of the Younger Dryas interval from thermally fractionated gases in polar ice
by Jeffrey P. Severinghaus & Todd Sowers & Edward J. Brook & Richard B. Alley & Michael L. Bender - 147-152 An exceptionally well-preserved theropod dinosaur from the Yixian Formation of China
by Pei-ji Chen & Zhi-ming Dong & Shuo-nan Zhen - 153-154 A planetary companion for 51 Pegasi implied by absence of pulsations in the stellar spectra
by David F. Gray - 154-156 Further evidence for the planet around 51 Pegasi
by Artie P. Hatzes & William D. Cochran & Eric J. Bakker - 156-159 Kondo effect in a single-electron transistor
by D. Goldhaber-Gordon & Hadas Shtrikman & D. Mahalu & David Abusch-Magder & U. Meirav & M. A. Kastner - 159-161 Metal–insulator transition induced by oxygen isotope exchange in the magnetoresistive perovskite manganites
by N. A. Babushkina & L. M. Belova & O. Yu. Gorbenko & A. R. Kaul & A. A. Bosak & V. I. Ozhogin & K. I. Kugel - 161-164 Controlling polymer shape through the self-assembly of dendritic side-groups
by V. Percec & C.-H. Ahn & G. Ungar & D. J. P. Yeardley & M. Möller & S. S. Sheiko - 164-166 Sulphur-radical control on petroleum formation rates
by Michael D. Lewan - 166-169 Constraints on Earth accretion deduced from noble metals in the oceanic mantle
by Jonathan E. Snow & Gerhard Schmidt - 169-173 Reactions between nitric oxide and haemoglobin under physiological conditions
by Andrew J. Gow & Jonathan S. Stamler - 173-177 Acetylcholine receptors containing the β2 subunit are involved in the reinforcing properties of nicotine
by Marina R. Picciotto & Michele Zoli & Roberto Rimondini & Clément Léna & Lisa M. Marubio & Emilio Merlo Pich & Kjell Fuxe & Jean-Pierre Changeux - 177-181 Extreme Th1 bias of invariant Vα24JαQ T cells in type 1 diabetes
by S. Brian Wilson & Sally C. Kent & Kurt T. Patton & Tihamer Orban & Richard A. Jackson & Mark Exley & Steven Porcelli & Desmond A. Schatz & Mark A. Atkinson & Steven P. Balk & Jack L. Strominger & David A. Hafler - 181-184 Drosophila Shaking-B protein forms gap junctions in paired Xenopus oocytes
by Pauline Phelan & Lucy A. Stebbings & Richard A. Baines & Jonathan P. Bacon & Jane A. Davies & Chris Ford - 184-187 A serine/threonine kinase gene defective in Peutz–Jeghers syndrome
by Akseli Hemminki & David Markie & Ian Tomlinson & Egle Avizienyte & Stina Roth & Anu Loukola & Graham Bignell & William Warren & Maria Aminoff & Pia Höglund & Heikki Järvinen & Paula Kristo & Katarina Pelin & Maaret Ridanpää & Reijo Salovaara & Tumi Toro & Walter Bodmer & Sylviane Olschwang & Anne S. Olsen & Michael R. Stratton & Albert de la Chapelle & Lauri A. Aaltonen - 187-190 COPII–cargo interactions direct protein sorting into ER-derived transport vesicles
by Meta J. Kuehn & Johannes M. Herrmann & Randy Schekman - 191-195 Interaction of a G-protein β-subunit with a conserved sequence in Ste20/PAK family protein kinases
by Thomas Leeuw & Cunle Wu & Joseph D. Schrag & Malcolm Whiteway & David Y. Thomas & Ekkehard Leberer - 195-198 A GTP-exchange factor required for cell orientation
by Aljoscha Nern & Robert A. Arkowitz - 199-203 Structure of the αβ tubulin dimer by electron crystallography
by Eva Nogales & Sharon G. Wolf & Kenneth H. Downing - 203-206 Crystal structure of the bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ
by Jan Löwe & Linda A. Amos - 207-210 Twisting your robotic arm
by Brendan Horton
January 1998, Volume 391, Issue 6662
- 3-3 Agreement likely on Framework budget
by Alison Abbott - 3-3 UK insurers oppose moratorium plea on use of genetic data
by Ehsan Masood - 4-4 Court affirms judges’ right to reject ‘junk science’
by Tony Reichhardt - 4-4 Council resigns as ANZAAS wind-up fails
by Peter Pockley - 4-4 CERN celebrates end to a period of uncertainty
by Alison Abbott - 5-6 Post-war ideals trip over modern reality
by Alison Abbott & Quirin Schiermeier - 6-7 Battle to boost the status of French universities
by Declan Butler & Eric Glover - 7-7 Britain faces research funding dilemma
by David Dickson - 8-8 Reforms get a rough ride in italy
by Alison Abbott - 8-9 US universities are in flux, not crisis
by Colin Macilwain - 9-9 Japan faces problem of science recruits
by Asako Saegusa - 12-12 Spotlight needed on Italian policy
by Peter Ayres - 12-12 Life, love and soil
by Gregory J. Retallack - 12-12 Spotlight needed on Italian policy
by Giulio de Leo & Gianmarco Paris & Marino Gatto & Paolo Menozzi - 13-16 Eighteen-ninety-eight and all that
by J. L. Heilbron & W. F. Bynum - 17-18 How black holes stay black
by Reinhard Genzel - 18-19 The analytical bend of the leech
by L. F. Abbott - 19-20 New tricks with nanotubes
by M. S. Dresselhaus - 20-21 An endonuclease at last
by Andrew Wyllie - 21-21 The science of the lambs
by Alison Mitchell - 22-22 The physiology of the hunted deer
by Georgia Mason - 23-24 Density and destiny
by David Branch - 24-25 Coupling herpesvirus to angiogenesis
by Chris Boshoff - 25-26 Condensate forced out of hiding
by Allan Griffin - 26-26 The Brain-cleaner
by David Jones - 27-27 Dali's dimensions
by Martin Kemp - 29-29 False teeth of the Roman world
by Eric Crubzy & Pascal Murail & Louis Girard & Jean-Pierre Bernadou - 29-30 Breeding phenology and climate⃛
by Mads C. Forchhammer & Eric Post & Nils Chr. Stenseth - 30-31 ⃛temperature and egg-laying trends
by R. H. McCleery & C. M. Perrins - 31-32 Synchronized courtship in fiddler crabs
by Patricia Backwell & Michael Jennions & Neville Passmore & John Christy - 32-32 Connexin mutations and hearing loss
by Daryl A. Scott & Michelle L. Kraft & Edwin M. Stone & Val C. Sheffield & Richard J.H. Smith - 33-34 Time and its milestones
by E. G. Richards - 34-35 Centrepieces
by Emmanuel Lellouch - 35-36 How we feel
by Ray Dolan - 36-36 Shadow history
by Peter Harman - 37-42 Earthquakes and friction laws
by Christopher H. Scholz - 43-50 A caspase-activated DNase that degrades DNA during apoptosis, and its inhibitor ICAD
by Masato Enari & Hideki Sakahira & Hideki Yokoyama & Katsuya Okawa & Akihiro Iwamatsu & Shigekazu Nagata - 51-54 Discovery of a supernova explosion at half the age of the Universe
by S. Perlmutter & G. Aldering & M. Della Valle & S. Deustua & R. S. Ellis & S. Fabbro & A. Fruchter & G. Goldhaber & D. E. Groom & I. M. Hook & A. G. Kim & M. Y. Kim & R. A. Knop & C. Lidman & R. G. McMahon & P. Nugent & R. Pain & N. Panagia & C. R. Pennypacker & P. Ruiz-Lapuente & B. Schaefer & N. Walton - 54-56 The inner edge of the accretion disk around a supermassive black hole
by B. C. Bromley & W. A. Miller & V. I. Pariev - 56-59 Evidence for a Bose–Einstein condensate in liquid 4He from quantum evaporation
by Adrian F. G. Wyatt - 59-62 Electronic structure of atomically resolved carbon nanotubes
by Jeroen W. G. Wilder & Liesbeth C. Venema & Andrew G. Rinzler & Richard E. Smalley & Cees Dekker - 62-64 Atomic structure and electronic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes
by Teri Wang Odom & Jin-Lin Huang & Philip Kim & Charles M. Lieber - 65-68 Deglacial changes in ocean circulation from an extended radiocarbon calibration
by Konrad A. Hughen & Jonathan T. Overpeck & Scott J. Lehman & Michaele Kashgarian & John Southon & Larry C. Peterson & Richard Alley & Daniel M. Sigman - 69-72 The effect of loading rate on static friction and the rate of fault healing during the earthquake cycle
by Chris Marone - 72-76 Biodiversity inventories, indicator taxa and effects of habitat modification in tropical forest
by J. H. Lawton & D. E. Bignell & B. Bolton & G. F. Bloemers & P. Eggleton & P. M. Hammond & M. Hodda & R. D. Holt & T. B. Larsen & N. A. Mawdsley & N. E. Stork & D. S. Srivastava & A. D. Watt - 76-79 A neuronal network for computing population vectors in the leech
by John E. Lewis & William B. Kristan - 79-82 The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ is a negative regulator of macrophage activation
by Mercedes Ricote & Andrew C. Li & Timothy M. Willson & Carolyn J. Kelly & Christopher K. Glass - 82-86 PPAR-γ agonists inhibit production of monocyte inflammatory cytokines
by Chengyu Jiang & Adrian T. Ting & Brian Seed - 86-89 G-protein-coupled receptor of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus is a viral oncogene and angiogenesis activator
by Carlos Bais & Bianca Santomasso & Omar Coso & Leandros Arvanitakis & Elizabeth Geras Raaka & J. Silvio Gutkind & Adam S. Asch & Ethel Cesarman & Marvin C. Gerhengorn & Enrique A. Mesri - 90-92 Activating Smoothened mutations in sporadic basal-cell carcinoma
by Jingwu Xie & Maximilien Murone & Shiuh-Ming Luoh & Anne Ryan & Qimin Gu & Chaohui Zhang & Jeannette M. Bonifas & Ching-Wan Lam & Mary Hynes & Audrey Goddard & Arnon Rosenthal & Ervin H Epstein & Frederic J. de Sauvage - 93-96 Induction of filopodium formation by a WASP-related actin-depolymerizing protein N-WASP
by Hiroaki Miki & Takuya Sasaki & Yoshimi Takai & Tadaomi Takenawa - 96-99 Cleavage of CAD inhibitor in CAD activation and DNA degradation during apoptosis
by Hideki Sakahira & Masato Enari & Shigekazu Nagata - 99-102 Poly(A)- and poly(U)-specific RNA 3′ tail shortening by E. coli ribonuclease E
by Hongjin Huang & Jian Liao & Stanley, N. Cohen - 103-106 Structure of IRF-1 with bound DNA reveals determinants of interferon regulation
by Carlos R. Escalante & Junming Yie & Dimitris Thanos & Aneel K. Aggarwal
December 1997, Volume 390, Issue 6661
- 649-649 Battling for science takes its toll on UN climate panel stalwarts
by Ehsan Masood - 649-650 Kyoto agreement creates new agenda for climate research
by Ehsan Masood - 650-650 Minister's near miss at the final curtain
by Asako Saegusa - 650-650 Faith, hope and tact needed for US ratification
by Colin Macilwain - 651-651 New Zealand imports technology foresight
by Peter Pockley - 651-651 National Institutes of Health sets up its own bioethics panel
by Meredith Wadman - 651-651 Energy labs urged to boost supercomputing capability
by Colin Macilwain - 652-652 Germany proposes guidelines for good practice
by Alison Abbott - 652-652 Researcher sues over ‘fraud’ sanction
by Alison Abbott - 653-653 Inquiry looks into Indian cancer deaths
by K. S. Jayaraman - 653-653 Japan's research spending rises again
by Robert Triendl - 656-656 Quid pro quo
by John A. Davis - 656-656 Time for change in Portuguese science
by Adelino V. M. Canario - 657-658 Plant cyclic AMP comes in from the cold
by Anthony J. Trewavas - 658-659 Remedies for windy camels
by Adrian M. Lister - 659-659 100 and 50 years ago
by N. W. Pirie - 659-661 Colour takes the field
by Frank Wilczek - 661-662 Frozen light
by Sajeev John - 662-663 B lymphocytes and neuroinvasion
by Paul Brown - 663-663 Music with everything
by David Jones - 665-665 Palissy's philosophical pots
by Martin Kemp - 667-668 Archaeological frankincense
by R. P. Evershed & P. F. van Bergen & T. M. Peakman & E. C. Leigh-Firbank & M. C. Horton & D. Edwards & M. Biddle & B. Kjølbye-Biddle & P. A. Rowley-Conwy - 668-668 How pine cones open
by Colin Dawson & Julian F. V. Vincent & Anne-Marie Rocca - 669-670 Managing clinical uncertainty
by John Harley Warner - 670-670 Molecular thriller
by Maxine Clarke - 671-673 Localization of light in a disordered medium
by Diederik S. Wiersma & Paolo Bartolini & Ad Lagendijk & Roberto Righini - 674-676 Microscopic patterning of orientated mesoscopic silica through guided growth
by M. Trau & N. Yao & E. Kim & Y. Xia & G. M. Whitesides & I. A. Aksay - 676-680 A resonance in the Earth's obliquity and precession overthe past 20 Myr drivenbymantle convection
by Alessandro M. Forte & Jerry X. Mitrovica - 680-683 Regeneration of adult axons in white matter tracts of the central nervous system
by Stephen J. A. Davies & Michael T. Fitch & Stacey P. Memberg & Alison K. Hall & Geoffrey Raisman & Jerry Silver - 684-687 The cellular prion protein binds copper in vivo
by David R. Brown & Kefeng Qin & Jochen W. Herms & Axel Madlung & Jean Manson & Robert Strome & Paul E. Fraser & Theo Kruck & Alex von Bohlen & Walter Schulz-Schaeffer & Armin Giese & David Westaway & Hans Kretzschmar - 687-690 A crucial role for B cells in neuroinvasive scrapie
by Michael A. Klein & Rico Frigg & Eckhard Flechsig & Alex J. Raeber & Ulrich Kalinke & Horst Bluethmann & Frank Bootz & Marc Suter & Rolf M. Zinkernagel & Adriano Aguzzi - 691-694 Neuregulin-β induces expression of an NMDA-receptor subunit
by Miwako Ozaki & Michael Sasner & Ryoji Yano & Hsieng S. Lu & Andres Buonanno - 694-698 Cyclic-nucleotide-gated channels mediate synaptic feedback by nitric oxide
by Alexei Savchenko & Steven Barnes & Richard H. Kramer - 698-701 RETRACTED ARTICLE: Identification and role of adenylyl cyclase in auxin signalling in higher plants
by Takanari Ichikawa & Yoshihito Suzuki & Inge Czaja & Carla Schommer & Angela LeBnick & Jeff Schell & Richard Walden
December 1997, Volume 390, Issue 6660
- 539-540 $40m plant genome sequencing effort targets the best science
by Colin Macilwain - 540-540 Greenwich observatory's fate hangs in the balance
by Ehsan Masood - 541-541 UK accused over risk of CJD in plasma⃛
by Declan Butler - 541-541 ⃛and latest BSE beef ban ‘comes too late’
by Declan Butler