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1998, volume 391, articles 6670

French agency faces fresh controversy pp. 825-825

Declan Butler and Olivier de Gandt

Dolly researcher plans further experiments after challenges pp. 825-826

Declan Butler

Genome panel defends researchers' — and families' — interests pp. 826-826

Meredith Wadman

Medical researchers set up UK body to raise public profile pp. 827-827

Asako Saegusa

Japan backs carbon project in shift to applied research pp. 827-827

Richard Nathan

Germany seeks ‘non-modified’ food label pp. 828-828

Alison Abbott and Burkhardt Roeper

ANZAAS looks to grassroots for relaunch pp. 828-828

Peter Pockley

Ecologists seek flexible protection rules pp. 829-829

Tony Reichhardt

Boost to biodiversity research ‘would strengthen US economy’ pp. 829-829

Colin Macilwain

US urged to explore accelerator options pp. 830-830

Colin Macilwain

UK nuclear physicists set to lose their privileged funding status pp. 830-830

Ehsan Masood

Iraq crisis spurs new bioweapons moves pp. 831-831

David Dickson

Individuals face weapons work indictment pp. 831-831

David Dickson

Flow of novel genes for R&D continues pp. 834-834

David C. U'Prichard

Flow of novel genes for R&D continues pp. 834-834

William A. Haseltine

New Zealand science pp. 834-834

P. M. Hargreaves

A test for the insurance industry pp. 835-836

Robert J. Pokorski

Clouds, contrails and climate pp. 837-838

John H. Seinfeld

Green policies for defence spending pp. 838-839

Peter D. Moore

Key clockwork component cloned pp. 839-841

Richard W. Tsien

A time-resolved glimpse of the terahertz glory pp. 841-842

Philip L. Marston

Kiss of death pp. 842-842

Alison Mitchell

Slow and fast dietary proteins pp. 843-845

Gema Frühbeck

Homeostasis or synaptic plasticity? pp. 845-846

Yves Frégnac

A signal for β-cell failure pp. 846-847

Joseph Avruch

Cold porridge pp. 847-847

David Jones

Masaru Ibuka (1908-97) pp. 848-848

Gerhard Fasol

Latham's life-forms pp. 849-849

Martin Kemp

Skin immunization made possible by cholera toxin pp. 851-852

Gregory M. Glenn, Mangala Rao, Gary R. Matyas and Carl R. Alving

Rescuing Wolbachia have been overlooked⃛ pp. 852-853

Kostas Bourtzis, Stephen L. Dobson, Henk R. Braig and Scott L. O'Neill

⃛and discovered on Mount Kilimanjaro pp. 853-853

Hervé Merçot and Denis Poinsot

Cranial surgery dates back to Mesolithic pp. 854-854

Malcolm C. Lillie

Celestial calculations pp. 855-856

William R. Shea

Figure heads pp. 856-856

Brian Butterworth

Old embryos and new developments pp. 857-858

Jonathan Slack

The great elusionist pp. 858-858

Stephen Battersby

Structure of the retinoblastoma tumour-suppressor pocket domain bound to a peptide from HPV E7 pp. 859-865

Jie-Oh Lee, Alicia A. Russo and Nikola P. Pavletich

A population of faint galaxies that contribute to the cosmic X-ray background pp. 866-868

Y. Ueda, T. Takahashi, H. Inoue, T. Tsuru, M. Sakano, Y. Ishisaki, Y. Ogasaka, K. Makishima, T. Yamada, K. Ohta and M. Akiyama

An oxygen-rich dust disk surrounding an evolved star in the Red Rectangle pp. 868-871

L. B. F. M. Waters, C. Waelkens, H. van Winckel, F. J. Molster, A. G. G. M. Tielens, J. Th. van Loon, P. W. Morris, J. Cami, J. Bouwman, A. de Koter, T. de Jong and Th. de Graauw

Dephasing in electron interference by a ‘which-path’ detector pp. 871-874

E. Buks, R. Schuster, M. Heiblum, D. Mahalu and V. Umansky

Two-dimensional ferroelectric films pp. 874-877

A. V. Bune, V. M. Fridkin, Stephen Ducharme, L. M. Blinov, S. P. Palto, A. V. Sorokin, S. G. Yudin and A. Zlatkin

Surface-induced structure formation of polymer blends on patterned substrates pp. 877-879

Martin Böltau, Stefan Walheim, Jürgen Mlynek, Georg Krausch and Ullrich Steiner

Origin of upper-ocean warming and El Niño change on decadal scales in the tropical Pacific Ocean pp. 879-883

Rong-Hua Zhang, Lewis M. Rothstein and Antonio J. Busalacchi

Evidence for pressure-release melting beneath magmatic arcs from basalt at Galunggung, Indonesia pp. 883-886

T. W. Sisson and S. Bronto

Foot posture in a primitive pterosaur pp. 886-889

J. M. Clark, J. A. Hopson, R. Hernández R., D. E. Fastovsky and M. Montellano

Explaining the geographic distributions of sexual and asexual populations pp. 889-892

Joel R. Peck, Jonathan M. Yearsley and David Waxman

Activity-dependent scaling of quantal amplitude in neocortical neurons pp. 892-896

Gina G. Turrigiano, Kenneth R. Leslie, Niraj S. Desai, Lana C. Rutherford and Sacha B. Nelson

Molecular characterization of a neuronal low-voltage-activated T-type calcium channel pp. 896-900

Edward Perez-Reyes, Leanne L. Cribbs, Asif Daud, Antonio E. Lacerda, Jane Barclay, Magali P. Williamson, Margaret Fox, Michele Rees and Jung-Ha Lee

Disruption of IRS-2 causes type 2 diabetes in mice pp. 900-904

Dominic J. Withers, Julio Sanchez Gutierrez, Heather Towery, Deborah J. Burks, Jian-Ming Ren, Stephen Previs, Yitao Zhang, Dolores Bernal, Sebastian Pons, Gerald I. Shulman, Susan Bonner-Weir and Morris F. White

Impaired immunoglobulin gene rearrangement in mice lacking the IL-7 receptor pp. 904-907

Anne E. Corcoran, Andrew Riddell, Danielle Krooshoop and Ashok R. Venkitaraman

β-Chemokines are released from HIV-1-specific cytolytic T-cell granules complexed to proteoglycans pp. 908-911

Ludwig Wagner, Otto O. Yang, Eduardo A. Garcia-Zepeda, Yimin Ge, Spyros A. Kalams, Bruce D. Walker, Mark S. Pasternack and Andrew D. Luster

Carrier protein import into mitochondria mediated by the intermembrane proteins Tim10/Mrs11 and Tim12/Mrs5 pp. 912-915

Christian Sirrenberg, Maxi Endres, Heike Fölsch, Rosemary A. Stuart, Walter Neupert and Michael Brunner

Group II intron splicing in vivo by first-step hydrolysis pp. 915-918

Mircea Podar, Vi T. Chu, Anna Marie Pyle and Philip S. Perlman

X-ray crystal structure of arrestin from bovine rod outer segments pp. 918-921

Joachim Granzin, Ursula Wilden, Hui-Woog Choe, Jörg Labahn, Bianca Krafft and Georg Büldt

1998, volume 391, articles 6669

Industrial research booms in US, despite job cuts at large labs pp. 723-723

Colin Macilwain

Germany approves DNA tests for visas pp. 723-723

Burkhardt Roeper

Seventh heaven for Australia's optical astronomers pp. 724-724

Peter Pockley

Moscow's ‘missing fossils’ come under new scrutiny pp. 724-724

Alison Abbott

Clinton picks NSF chief as science adviser pp. 725-725

Colin Macilwain

NIH peer-review revision panel is named pp. 725-725

Meredith Wadman

Gene marker database stirs up debate pp. 726-726

Meredith Wadman

Quebec urged to match supply and demand for science graduates pp. 726-726

David Spurgeon

Tensions grow over access to DNA bank pp. 727-727

Declan Butler

India to challenge Basmati rice ‘invention’ pp. 728-728

K. S. Jayaraman

‘Give us back our mansion,’ plead scientists pp. 728-728

Carl Levitin

Call for moratorium on seedbank patents pp. 728-728

Ehsan Masood

A degree of success for MRes courses pp. 729-729

Ehsan Masood

Spain lifts block on Framework funds pp. 729-729

Alison Abbott

Portuguese science needs a shake-up pp. 738-738

Tomasz Boski and Helena D. Galvao

Celebrated errors pp. 738-738

Charles Weissmann and Julian A. Hiscox

Biology versus physics pp. 738-738

Arndt von Hippel

‘Mad’ science wanted pp. 738-738

Boryeu Mao

Fixed hotspots gone with the wind pp. 739-740

Ulrich Christensen

Supernova 1987A Shockwave hits the ring pp. 741-741

Stephen Battersby

Immunology Signal sequences stop killer cells pp. 741-743

Eric O. Long

Chemical dynamics Noisy waves pp. 743-744

Frank Moss

Functional genomics Double-stranded RNA poses puzzle pp. 744-745

Richard W. Wagner and Lin Sun

Liquid crystals New designs in cholesteric colour pp. 745-746

Peter Palffy-Muhoray

On the shelf pp. 747-747

John VanDecar

Neural patterning Deconstructing the organizer pp. 748-749

A. Ruiz i Altaba

Winter in slumberland pp. 749-749

David Jones

Kenichi Fukui (1918-98) pp. 750-750

Roald Hoffmann

Boccioni's ballistics pp. 751-751

Martin Kemp

Male ticks help their mates to feed pp. 753-754

Hui Wang, Guido C. Paesen, Patricia A. Nuttall and Alan G. Barbour

Theropod-bird link reconsidered pp. 754-754

Alan Feduccia and Larry D. Martin

Reply: Theropod-bird link reconsidered pp. 754-754

Mark A. Norell, Peter Makovicky and James A. Clark

Height depends on month of birth pp. 754-755

Gerhard W. Weber, Hermann Prossinger and Horst Seidler

Rubber hands ‘feel’ touch that eyes see pp. 756-756

Matthew Botvinick and Jonathan Cohen

Natural entertainments pp. 757-758

Stephen Bostock

Money spinner pp. 758-758

Ian Stewart

A weighty problem pp. 759-759

John Wilding

In retrospect chosen by David Ruelle pp. 760-760

David Ruelle

Dax1 antagonizes Sry action in mammalian sex determination pp. 761-767

Amanda Swain, Veronica Narvaez, Paul Burgoyne, Giovanna Camerino and Robin Lovell-Badge

Magneto-electric Aharonov–Bohm effect in metal rings pp. 768-770

Alexander van Oudenaarden, Michel H. Devoret, Yu. V. Nazarov and J. E. Mooij

Noise-supported travelling waves in sub-excitable media pp. 770-772

Sándor Kádár, Jichang Wang and Kenneth Showalter

High-strength alkali-resistant sintered SiC fibre stable to 2,200 °C pp. 773-775

Toshihiro Ishikawa, Yasuhiko Kohtoku, Kiyoshi Kumagawa, Takemi Yamamura and Toshio Nagasawa

DNA-templated assembly and electrode attachment of a conducting silver wire pp. 775-778

Erez Braun, Yoav Eichen, Uri Sivan and Gdalyahu Ben-Yoseph

Breakup and conditions for stability of the northern Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica pp. 778-780

C. S. M. Doake, H. F. J. Corr, H. Rott, P. Skvarca and N. W. Young

Composition of fluids in the lower crust inferred from metamorphic salt in lower crustal rocks pp. 781-783

Gregor Markl and Kurt Bucher

Making mistakes when predicting shifts in species range in response to global warming pp. 783-786

Andrew J. Davis, Linda S. Jenkinson, John H. Lawton, Bryan Shorrocks and Simon Wood

Automatic alerting does not speed late motoric processes in a reaction-time task pp. 786-788

Steven A. Hackley and Fernando Valle-Inclán

A small population of anterior cells patterns the forebrain during zebrafish gastrulation pp. 788-792

Corinne Houart, Monte Westerfield and Stephen W. Wilson

Staufen-dependent localization of prospero mRNA contributes to neuroblast daughter-cell fate pp. 792-795

Julie Broadus, Sal Fuerstenberg and Chris Q. Doe

HLA-E binds to natural killer cell receptors CD94/NKG2A, B and C pp. 795-799

Veronique M. Braud, David S. J. Allan, Christopher A. O'Callaghan, Kalle Söderström, Annalisa D'Andrea, Graham S. Ogg, Sasha Lazetic, Neil T. Young, John I. Bell, Joseph H. Phillips, Lewis L. Lanier and Andrew J. McMichael

A B-cell-homing chemokine made in lymphoid follicles activates Burkitt's lymphoma receptor-1 pp. 799-803

Michael D. Gunn, Vu N. Ngo, K. Mark Ansel, Eric H. Ekland, Jason G. Cyster and Lewis T. Williams

Direct activation of inward rectifier potassium channels by PIP2 and its stabilization by Gβγ pp. 803-806

Chou-Long Huang, Siyi Feng and Donald W. Hilgemann

Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans pp. 806-811

Andrew Fire, SiQun Xu, Mary K. Montgomery, Steven A. Kostas, Samuel E. Driver and Craig C. Mello

Role of the histone deacetylase complex in acute promyelocytic leukaemia pp. 811-814

Richard J. Lin, Laszlo Nagy, Satoshi Inoue, Wenlin Shao, Wilson H. Miller and Ronald M. Evans

Fusion proteins of the retinoic acid receptor-α recruit histone deacetylase in promyelocytic leukaemia pp. 815-818

Francesco Grignani, Silvia De Matteis, Clara Nervi, Lucia Tomassoni, Vania Gelmetti, Mario Cioce, Mirco Fanelli, Marthin Ruthardt, Fabiana F. Ferrara, Iris Zamir, Christian Seiser, Fausto Grignani, Mitchell A. Lazar, Saverio Minucci and Pier Giuseppe Pelicci

Erratum: The cerebellar leucine-rich acidic nuclear protein interacts with ataxin-1 pp. 818-818

Antoni Matilla, Beena T. Koshy, Christopher J. Cummings, Toshiaki Isobe, Harry T. Orr and Huda Y. Zoghbi

Erratum: Fear conditioning induces associative long-term potentiation in the amygdala pp. 818-818

Michael T. Rogan, Ursula V. Stäubli and Joseph E. LeDoux

Developing ‘chemical genetics’ pp. 819-819

Brendan Horton

Light in the gloom for cell biologists pp. 819-820

Brendan Horton

Favouring the brave pp. 820-821

Potter Wickware

Salaries and qualifications across Europe pp. 821-821

Owen Goldring

Not enough places to go in Europe pp. 821-822

Owen Goldring

Opportunities open up in Dresden pp. 822-822

Barbara Miller

1998, volume 391, articles 6668

$6bn package to cut US carbon emissions comes under attack pp. 619-620

Colin Macilwain

Physicists oppose plan to slim down fusion reactor⃛ pp. 620-620

Alison Abbott

⃛while project wins backing in Canada pp. 620-620

Alison Abbott

Drugs merger seeks strength in breadth pp. 621-621

Ehsan Masood

Curtain falls on gene sequencing deal pp. 621-621

Declan Butler

Weapons physicist ‘denied access’ to remanufacture data pp. 622-622

Colin Macilwain

Tokyo centre takes steps to boost patent output pp. 622-622

Asako Saegusa

Stamp marks Max Planck milestone pp. 622-622

Burkhardt Roeper

US Senate bills on cloning under fire from researchers pp. 623-623

Meredith Wadman

Population explosion raises alarm over lab animal health pp. 623-623

Meredith Wadman

Germany remains split on animal testing pp. 624-624

Barbara Miller

Science advice gets a face-lift in Australian reorganization pp. 624-624

Peter Pockley

South Korea keeps a cool head in a crisis pp. 625-625

David Swinbanks

The disciplines of national wealth pp. 628-628

Tiiu Ojasoo

Economic returns from the biosphere pp. 629-630

Graciela Chichilnisky and Geoffrey Heal

Robust solutions to hard problems pp. 631-632

John Preskill

Eyes viewed from the skin pp. 632-633

Heinz Arnheiter

Continental mechanics pp. 634-635

John Haines

Love thine enemy? pp. 635-637

Bruno J. Ens

Unlocking dislocation secrets pp. 637-638

Michael Marder

Viral envelope fails to deliver? pp. 638-639

Dani P. Bolognesi and Thomas J. Matthews

Spring origami pp. 641-641

Rory Howlett

More than transparent pp. 641-642

Roy Sambles

Unmasking the killer's accomplice pp. 642-643

Marco Colonna

Craters of doom pp. 643-643

David Jones

Reginald Victor Jones (1911-97) pp. 644-644

Brebis Bleaney

Wright's ruptions pp. 645-645

Martin Kemp

Sex and violence in hermaphrodites pp. 647-647

N. K. Michiels and L. J. Newman

Gas hydrate crystals may help build reefs pp. 648-649

J. P. Henriet, B. De Mol, S. Pillen, M. Vanneste, D. Van Rooij, W. Versteeg, P. F. Croker, P. M. Shannon, V. Unnithan, S. Bouriak and P. Chachkine

Role for lichen melanins in uranium remediation pp. 649-650

J. McLean, O. W. Purvis, B. J. Williamson and E. H. Bailey

Electric current stimulates laughter pp. 650-650

Itzhak Fried, Charles L. Wilson, Katherine A. MacDonald and Eric J. Behnke

Wobbly pursuit of extrasolar planets pp. 651-652

David W. Hughes

Life laws pp. 652-653

Per Bak

Letters to Leibniz in Berlin pp. 652-652

Alison Abbott

Individual view pp. 653-654

Mark Ridley

Novel adaptation pp. 654-654

Marek Kohn

The motion of crustal blocks driven by flow of the lower lithosphere and implications for slip rates of continental strike-slip faults pp. 655-659

S. J. Bourne, P. C. England and B. Parsons

Crystal structure of the yeast MATα2/MCM1/DNA ternary complex pp. 660-666

Song Tan and Timothy J. Richmond

Extraordinary optical transmission through sub-wavelength hole arrays pp. 667-669

T. W. Ebbesen, H. J. Lezec, H. F. Ghaemi, T. Thio and P. A. Wolff

Connecting atomistic and mesoscale simulations of crystal plasticity pp. 669-672

Vasily Bulatov, Farid F. Abraham, Ladislas Kubin, Benoit Devincre and Sidney Yip

Impact energy measurement in time-of-flight mass spectrometry with cryogenic microcalorimeters pp. 672-675

G. C. Hilton, John M. Martinis, D. A. Wollman, K. D. Irwin, L. L. Dulcie, Daniel Gerber, Patrick M. Gillevet and Damian Twerenbold

Increased stratospheric ozone depletion due to mountain-induced atmospheric waves pp. 675-678

K. S. Carslaw, M. Wirth, A. Tsias, B. P. Luo, A. Dörnbrack, M. Leutbecher, H. Volkert, W. Renger, J. T. Bacmeister, E. Reimer and Th. Peter

Reduced sensitivity of recent tree-growth to temperature at high northern latitudes pp. 678-682

K. R. Briffa, F. H. Schweingruber, P. D. Jones, T. J. Osborn, S. G. Shiyatov and E. A. Vaganov

Evidence for partial melt at the core–mantle boundary north of Tonga from the strong scattering of seismic waves pp. 682-685

John E. Vidale and Michael A. H. Hedlin

The breeding structure of a tropical keystone plant resource pp. 685-687

John D. Nason, E. Allen Herre and J. L. Hamrick

Female–female cooperation in polygynous oystercatchers pp. 687-691

Dik Heg and Rob van Treuren

Evidence for evolutionary conservation of sex-determining genes pp. 691-695

Christopher S. Raymond, Caroline E. Shamu, Michael M. Shen, Kelly J. Seifert, Betsy Hirsch, Jonathan Hodgkin and David Zarkower

Three neural tubes in mouse embryos with mutations in the T-box gene Tbx6 pp. 695-697

Deborah L. Chapman and Virginia E. Papaioannou

Neural noise limitations on infant visual sensitivity pp. 697-700

Ann M. Skoczenski and Anthony M. Norcia

Requirement for IRF-1 in the microenvironment supporting development of natural killer cells pp. 700-703

Kouetsu Ogasawara, Shigeaki Hida, Nazli Azimi, Yutaka Tagaya, Takeo Sato, Taeko Yokochi-Fukuda, Thomas A. Waldmann, Tadatsugu Taniguchi and Shinsuke Taki

Immunoreceptor DAP12 bearing a tyrosine-based activation motif is involved in activating NK cells pp. 703-707

Lewis L. Lanier, Brian C. Corliss, Jun Wu, Clement Leong and Joseph H. Phillips

Involvement of p85 in p53-dependent apoptotic response to oxidative stress pp. 707-710

Yuxin Yin, Yasuo Terauchi, Gregory G. Solomon, Shinichi Aizawa, P. N. Rangarajan, Yoshio Yazaki, Takashi Kadowaki and J. Carl Barrett

Location of enhancers is essential for the imprinting of H19 and Igf2 genes pp. 711-715

Andrea L. Webber, Robert S. Ingram, John M. Levorse and Shirley M. Tilghman

Rad23 links DNA repair to the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway pp. 715-718

Cherylene Schauber, Li Chen, Prasad Tongaonkar, Irving Vega, David Lambertson, Warren Potts and Kiran Madura

1998, volume 391, articles 6667

Spain blocks new Framework programme pp. 519-519

Alison Abbott

French ministry reopens inquiry into conduct of INSERM unit pp. 519-520

Declan Butler and Olivier De Gandt

New Hubble institute chief seeks broader focus and more work pp. 520-520

Tony Reichhardt

Biomedical research shines in Clinton budget bonanza pp. 521-522

Colin Macilwain

NSF returns to favour with biggest increase pp. 521-521

Colin Macilwain

NASA cuts Earth observation, boosts ‘gravitational biology’ pp. 521-521

Tony Reichhardt

Global warming is bright spot for Energy pp. 522-522

Colin Macilwain

NIH basks in broad support pp. 522-522

Meredith Wadman

UK consults public on clones for research pp. 523-523

David Dickson

US sees flurry of bills in bids to legislate pp. 523-523

Meredith Wadman

Collaboration could restore excellence pp. 524-524

Colin Macilwain

Latin America steps up its science tempo pp. 524-525

Colin Macilwain

Argentina gives peer review a boost pp. 525-525

Colin Macilwain

Place of science on European agenda pp. 528-528

Maurice Guéron

Order and justice in French universities pp. 528-528

A. D. Strosberg

Risk and benefit pp. 528-528

Tom Crompton, John Barrett, Chris Gliddon, Julian Kinderlerer and George Tzotzos

Animal embryos in deep time pp. 529-530

Stefan Bengtson

A neglected dimension pp. 530-531

Mark L. Wells

1959 and all that pp. 531-532

Simon Wain-Hobson

The strongest size pp. 532-533

Sidney Yip

The cancer-chromatin connection pp. 533-534

Ronald A. DePinho

Feedbacks from the sea floor pp. 536-537

Clare E. Reimers

Hair apparent pp. 537-538

Kevin Davies

Disciplines bound by pressure pp. 539-540

Paul F. McMillan

Natural attraction pp. 540-540

Tim Lincoln

Net progress pp. 540-541

Kevin Burton and Daniel L. Farkas

The seeing ear pp. 541-541

David Jones

Vladimir Prelog (1906-98) pp. 542-542

Jack D. Dunitz

Onwin's holistics pp. 543-543

Martin Kemp

Worms bask in extreme temperatures pp. 545-546

S. C. Cary, T. Shank and J. Stein

Phytoplankton change in the North Atlantic pp. 546-546

Philip C. Reid, Martin Edwards, Harold G. Hunt and Andrew J. Warner

Language steamrollers? pp. 547-547

John Edward Terrell, John Hines, Terry L. Hunt, Chapurukha Kusimba and Carl Lipo

Language steamrollers? pp. 547-547

Wolfgang E. Sterrer

Language steamrollers? pp. 547-547

Jared Diamond

Paraflagellar rod is vital for trypanosome motility pp. 548-548

Philippe Bastin, Trevor Sherwin and Keith Gull

The story of ewe, again pp. 549-550

Robert Bud

Homage to Earth pp. 550-551

Peter Westbroek

Probing the sea pp. 552-552

N. G. Carr

Patchy coverage pp. 552-552

Thomas F. Stocker

Three-dimensional preservation of algae and animal embryos in a Neoproterozoic phosphorite pp. 553-558

Shuhai Xiao, Yun Zhang and Andrew H. Knoll

A stellar origin for the short-lived nuclides in the early Solar System pp. 559-561

S. Sahijpal, J. N. Goswami, A. M. Davis, L. Grossman and R. S. Lewis

Softening of nanocrystalline metals at very small grain sizes pp. 561-563

Jakob Schiøtz, Francesco D. Di Tolla and Karsten W. Jacobsen

Compound refractive optics for the imaging and focusing of low-energy neutrons pp. 563-566

M. R. Eskildsen, P. L. Gammel, E. D. Isaacs, C. Detlefs, K. Mortensen and D. J. Bishop

Chiral discrimination by chemical force microscopy pp. 566-568

Rachel McKendry, Maria-Elena Theoclitou, Trevor Rayment and Chris Abell

Spontaneous assembly of marine dissolved organic matter into polymer gels pp. 568-572

Wei-Chun Chin, Mónica V. Orellana and Pedro Verdugo

Influence of oxygen exposure time on organic carbon preservation in continental margin sediments pp. 572-575

Hilairy E. Hartnett, Richard G. Keil, John I. Hedges and Allan H. Devol

Oceanic transport of subpolar climate signals to mid-depth subtropical waters pp. 575-577

Ruth G. Curry, Michael S. McCartney and Terrence M. Joyce

The generation of plankton patchiness by turbulent stirring pp. 577-580

Edward R. Abraham

Collinear stimuli regulate visual responses depending on cell's contrast threshold pp. 580-584

Uri Polat, Keiko Mizobe, Mark W. Pettet, Takuji Kasamatsu and Anthony M. Norcia

Pathogenesis of two axonopathies does not require axonal neurofilaments pp. 584-587

J. Eyer, D. W. Cleveland, P. C. Wong and A. C. Peterson

Blocking apoptosis prevents blindness in Drosophila retinal degeneration mutants pp. 587-591

Florence F. Davidson and Hermann Steller

CD40 ligand on activated platelets triggers an inflammatory reaction of endothelial cells pp. 591-594

Volker Henn, Joseph R. Slupsky, Michael Gräfe, Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, Reinhold Förster, Gert Müller-Berghaus and Richard A. Kroczek

An African HIV-1 sequence from 1959 and implications for the origin of the epidemic pp. 594-597

Tuofu Zhu, Bette T. Korber, Andre J. Nahmias, Edward Hooper, Paul M. Sharp and David D. Ho

Retinoblastoma protein recruits histone deacetylase to repress transcription pp. 597-601

Alexander Brehm, Eric A. Miska, Dennis J. McCance, Juliet L. Reid, Andrew J. Bannister and Tony Kouzarides

Retinoblastoma protein represses transcription by recruiting a histone deacetylase pp. 601-605

L. Magnaghi-Jaulin, R. Groisman, I. Naguibneva, P. Robin, S. Lorain, J. P. Le Villain, F. Troalen, D. Trouche and A. Harel-Bellan

The conduction pore of a cardiac potassium channel pp. 605-608

Kwok-Keung Tai and Steve A. N. Goldstein

Design of potent selective zinc-mediated serine protease inhibitors pp. 608-612

Bradley A. Katz, James M. Clark, Janet S. Finer-Moore, Thomas E. Jenkins, Charles R. Johnson, Michael J. Ross, Christine Luong, William R. Moore and Robert M. Stroud

Telemicroscopy via the Internet pp. 613-614

Guenter Wolf, Detlev Petersen, Manfred Dietel and Iver Peterson

1998, volume 391, articles 6666

Japan's research institutes face cuts in maintenance budgets pp. 421-421

Asako Saegusa

Green light for US spallation source pp. 421-421

Dave Kramer

German chemist sues over fraud allegation pp. 422-422

Quirin Schiermeier

FDA turns down moratorium demand on xenotransplants pp. 423-423

Meredith Wadman

Earth today, Eros in a year's time, for asteroid spacecraft pp. 423-423

Tony Reichhardt

Genome unit falls foul of campus politics in India pp. 424-424

K. S. Jayaraman

US ‘split’ over support for research project database pp. 424-424

Colin Macilwain

Kennedy backed on use of tobacco money pp. 424-424

Meredith Wadman

NASA ‘needs better analytical equipment’ pp. 425-425

Tony Reichardt

Germany's institute for scientific film could face final curtain pp. 425-425

Quirin Schiermeier

New Zealand puts its science to profit pp. 426-427

Peter Pockley

‘Purchasing’ policy still stirs heated debate pp. 426-426

Peter Pockley

Government under fire from academics pp. 427-427

Peter Pockley

Callan's canyons and Voronoi's cells pp. 430-430

Adrian Webster

Maintaining science culture in Japan pp. 431-431

Minoru Oda

Peeling the Chinese onion pp. 433-434

Jared M. Diamond

Appreciate the gravity pp. 434-435

Thomas A. Herring

Making memories stick? pp. 435-436

Cori Bargmann

Reading the minor groove pp. 436-438

Claude Hélène

Genes blossom from a weed pp. 438-439

Joseph R. Ecker

Positronic lithium and the many-body problem pp. 439-439

J.-P. Connerade

Death cycle and Swiss army knives pp. 441-442

Michael O. Hengartner

A Roundabout way of avoiding the midline pp. 442-443

Barry Dickson

Keep out the cold pp. 443-443

David Jones

David N. Schramm (1945-97) pp. 444-444

Edward W. Kolb and Michael S. Turner

Abbott's absolutes pp. 445-445

Martin Kemp

Climate change and Australian wheat yield pp. 447-448

David Godden, Robert Batterham and Ross Drynan

Oldest known ant fossils discovered pp. 447-447

Donat Agosti, David Grimaldi and James M. Carpenter

Climate change and Australian wheat yield pp. 448-449

Roger Gifford, John Angus, Damian Barrett, John Passioura, Howard Rawson, Richard Richards, Maarten Stapper and Jeff Wood

Climate change and Australian wheat yield pp. 449-449

Neville Nicholls

Injected cytochrome c induces apoptosis pp. 449-450

Boris Zhivotovsky, Sten Orrenius, Odd T. Brustugun and Stein O. Døskeland

Tumour regression after endostatin therapy pp. 450-450

William R. Black and R. Christopher Agner

Mastering alien etiquette pp. 451-451

Phil Morrison

The captious crusader pp. 452-453

Walter Gratzer

Going backwards pp. 453-454

Huw Price

Faulty weather pp. 454-454

Jean-Pierre Burg

Integrin-mediated short-term memory in Drosophila pp. 455-460

Michael S. Grotewiel, Christine D. O. Beck, Kwok Hang Wu, Xin-Ran Zhu and Ronald L. Davis

Detection of intergalactic red-giant-branch stars in the Virgo cluster pp. 461-463

Henry C. Ferguson, Nial R. Tanvir and Ted von Hippel

Phase matching using an isotropic nonlinear optical material pp. 463-466

A. Fiore, V. Berger, E. Rosencher, P. Bravetti and J. Nagle

Broken symmetry and pseudogaps in ropes of carbon nanotubes pp. 466-468

Paul Delaney, Hyoung Joon Choi, Jisoon Ihm, Steven G. Louie and Marvin L. Cohen

Recognition of the four Watson–Crick base pairs in the DNA minor groove by synthetic ligands pp. 468-471

Sarah White, Jason W. Szewczyk, James M. Turner, Eldon E. Baird and Peter B. Dervan

A new perspective on the dynamical link between the stratosphere and troposphere pp. 471-474

Dana E. Hartley, Jose T. Villarin, Robert X. Black and Christopher A. Davis

Simulated future sea-level rise due to glacier melt based on regionally and seasonally resolved temperature changes pp. 474-476

J. M. Gregory and J. Oerlemans

Oceanic signals in observed motions of the Earth's pole of rotation pp. 476-479

Rui M. Ponte, Detlef Stammer and John Marshall

High hunting costs make African wild dogs vulnerable to kleptoparasitism by hyaenas pp. 479-481

Martyn L. Gorman, Michael G. Mills, Jacobus P. Raath and John R. Speakman

The representation of visual salience in monkey parietal cortex pp. 481-484

Jacqueline P. Gottlieb, Makoto Kusunoki and Michael E. Goldberg

Analysis of 1.9 Mb of contiguous sequence from chromosome 4 of Arabidopsis thaliana pp. 485-488

The EU Arabidopsis Genome Project, M. Bevan, I. Bancroft, E. Bent, K. Love, H. Goodman, C. Dean, R. Bergkamp, W. Dirkse, M. Van Staveren, W. Stiekema, L. Drost, P. Ridley, S.-A. Hudson, K. Patel, G. Murphy, P. Piffanelli, H. Wedler, E. Wedler, R. Wambutt, T. Weitzenegger, T. M. Pohl, N. Terryn, J. Gielen, R. Villarroel, R. De Clerck, M. Van Montagu, A. Lecharny, S. Auborg, I. Gy, M. Kreis, N. Lao, T. Kavanagh, S. Hempel, P. Kotter, K.-D. Entian, M. Rieger, M. Schaeffer, B. Funk, S. Mueller-Auer, M. Silvey, R. James, A. Montfort, A. Pons, P. Puigdomenech, A. Douka, E. Voukelatou, D. Milioni, P. Hatzopoulos, E. Piravandi, B. Obermaier, H. Hilbert, A. Düsterhöft, T. Moores, J. D. G. Jones, T. Eneva, K. Palme, V. Benes, S. Rechman, W. Ansorge, R. Cooke, C. Berger, M. Delseny, M. Voet, G. Volckaert, H.-W. Mewes, S. Klosterman, C. Schueller and N. Chalwatzis

Cardiac defects and altered ryanodine receptor function in mice lacking FKBP12 pp. 489-492

Weinian Shou, Bahman Aghdasi, Dawna L. Armstrong, Qiuxia Guo, Shideng Bao, Min-Ji Charng, Lawrence M. Mathews, Michael D. Schneider, Susan L. Hamilton and Martin M. Matzuk

Regulation of the Hedgehog and Wingless signalling pathways by the F-box/WD40-repeat protein Slimb pp. 493-496

Jin Jiang and Gary Struhl

Bcl-2 prolongs cell survival after Bax-induced release of cytochrome c pp. 496-499

Thierry Rossé, Reynald Olivier, Laurent Monney, Monika Rager, Sébastien Conus, Isabelle Fellay, Burkhard Jansen and Christoph Borner

The role of transferrin-receptor variation in the host range of Trypanosoma brucei pp. 499-502

W. Bitter, H. Gerrits, R. Kieft and P. Borst

Structure of the Vδ domain of a human γδ T-cell antigen receptor pp. 502-506

Hongmin Li, Marina I. Lebedeva, Andrea S. Llera, Barry A. Fields, Michael B. Brenner and Roy A. Mariuzza

Crystal structure of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae phosphatidylinositol- transfer protein pp. 506-510

Bingdong Sha, Scott E. Phillips, Vytas A. Bankaitis and Ming Luo

Energy transduction in ATP synthase pp. 510-513

Timothy Elston, Hongyun Wang and George Oster

1998, volume 391, articles 6665

Ban on access for foreign scientists poses a problem for partnership pp. 311-311

Colin Macilwain

Universities warned on danger of new links to weapons labs pp. 311-312

Colin Macilwain

Switzerland seeks to head off ban on use of transgenic animals pp. 312-312

Quirin Schiermeier

Japan gears up to debate brake on human cloning pp. 313-313

Asako Saegusa

UK's food standards agency will report to health minister pp. 313-313

Ehsan Masood

‘Group debate’ urged for gene studies pp. 314-314

Meredith Wadman

Poll reveals backing for xenotransplants pp. 315-315

Declan Butler

FDA ‘fails to keep track of transplant patients’ pp. 315-315

Meredith Wadman

Brussels' subsidy to shift away from infrastructure pp. 316-316

Alison Abbott

Framework themes grow to four, but budget stays the same pp. 316-316

Alison Abbott

Advances in neuroscience ‘may threaten human rights’ pp. 316-316

Declan Butler

World Bank renews its support for Brazil pp. 317-317

Ricardo Bonalume

Nanjing tops China's league for international science citations pp. 317-317

David Swinbanks

Call for moratorium on xenotransplants pp. 326-326

Fritz H. Bach and Harvey V. Fineberg

Equal opportunities in Canada pp. 326-326

Henry G. Friesen

Kuhnian pastiche pp. 326-326

German E. Berrios

Transgenic pigs and virus adaptation pp. 327-327

Robin A. Weiss

News of chews: the optimization of mastication pp. 329-329

R. McNeill Alexander

Liberating quarks and gluons pp. 330-331

Frank Wilczek

Phantoms of the brain pp. 331-333

Jon H. Kaas

Some are less equal than others pp. 334-335

Alan Mackay

From competition to collaboration pp. 335-337

Roland Kanaar and Jan H. J. Hoeijmakers

Red giants in blue dwarfs pp. 337-337

Stephen Battersby

A glimpse of the glacial pp. 338-339

Thomas F. Stocker

A technical KO of amyloid-β peptide pp. 339-340

Christian Haass and Dennis J. Selkoe

Crystalline clouds pp. 340-340

David Jones

Dürer's diagnoses pp. 341-341

Martin Kemp

Embalming was used in Old Kingdom pp. 343-344

Johann Koller, Ursula Baumer, Yoka Kaup, Hedwig Etspüler and Ulrich Weser

What can stochastic resonance do? pp. 344-344

M. I. Dykman and P. V. E. McClintock

CCR5 is characteristic of Th1 lymphocytes pp. 344-345

Pius Loetscher, Mariagrazia Uguccioni, Lorenza Bordoli, Marco Baggiolini, Bernhard Moser, Carlo Chizzolini and Jean-Michel Dayer

Straining the prion hypothesis pp. 345-346

Christine F. Farquhar, Robert A. Somerville and Moira E. Bruce

Instruments and the imagination pp. 347-348

S. S. Schweber

Thinking machines pp. 348-349

Igor Aleksander

Change of mind pp. 349-350

Samuel H. Barondes

Worried to death? pp. 350-350

John Galloway

Simulation of modern and glacial climates with a coupled global model of intermediate complexity pp. 351-356

Andrey Ganopolski, Stefan Rahmstorf, Vladimir Petoukhov and Martin Claussen

Dickkopf-1 is a member of a new family of secreted proteins and functions in head induction pp. 357-362

Andrei Glinka, Wei Wu, Hajo Delius, A. Paula Monaghan, Claudia Blumenstock and Christof Niehrs

Evidence for a subsurface ocean on Europa pp. 363-365

Michael H. Carr, Michael J. S. Belton, Clark R. Chapman, Merton E. Davies, Paul Geissler, Richard Greenberg, Alfred S. McEwen, Bruce R. Tufts, Ronald Greeley, Robert Sullivan, James W. Head, Robert T. Pappalardo, Kenneth P. Klaasen, Torrence V. Johnson, James Kaufman, David Senske, Jeffrey Moore, Gerhard Neukum, Gerald Schubert, Joseph A. Burns, Peter Thomas and Joseph Veverka

Geological evidence for solid-state convection in Europa's ice shell pp. 365-368

R. T. Pappalardo, J. W. Head, R. Greeley, R. J. Sullivan, C. Pilcher, G. Schubert, W. B. Moore, M. H. Carr, J. M. Moore, M. J. S. Belton and D. L. Goldsby

Evidence for non-synchronous rotation of Europa pp. 368-370

P. E. Geissler, R. Greenberg, G. Hoppa, P. Helfenstein, A. McEwen, R. Pappalardo, R. Tufts, M. Ockert-Bell, R. Sullivan, R. Greeley, M. J. S. Belton, T. Denk, B. Clark, J. Burns, J. Veverka and the Galileo Imaging Team

Episodic plate separation and fracture infill on the surface of Europa pp. 371-373

Robert Sullivan, Ronald Greeley, Kim Homan, James Klemaszewski, Michael J. S. Belton, Michael H. Carr, Clark R. Chapman, Randy Tufts, James W. Head, Robert Pappalardo, Jeffrey Moore, Peter Thomas and the Galileo Imaging Team

Transport properties governed by surface barriers in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 pp. 373-376

Dan T. Fuchs, Eli Zeldov, Michael Rappaport, Tsuyoshi Tamegai, Shuuichi Ooi and Hadas Shtrikman

Icosahedral packing of B12 icosahedra in boron suboxide (B6O) pp. 376-378

Hervé Hubert, Bertrand Devouard, Laurence A. J. Garvie, Michael O'Keeffe, Peter R. Buseck, William T. Petuskey and Paul F. McMillan

The timing of Pleistocene glaciations from a simple multiple-state climate model pp. 378-381

Didier Paillard

Energy availability and habitat heterogeneity predict global riverine fish diversity pp. 382-384

Jean-François Guégan, Sovan Lek and Thierry Oberdorff

Phantom sensations generated by thalamic microstimulation pp. 385-387

Karen D. Davis, Zelma H. T. Kiss, Lei Luo, Ronald R. Tasker, Andres M. Lozano and Jonathan O. Dostrovsky

Deficiency of presenilin-1 inhibits the normal cleavage of amyloid precursor protein pp. 387-390

Bart De Strooper, Paul Saftig, Katleen Craessaerts, Hugo Vanderstichele, Gundula Guhde, Wim Annaert, Kurt Von Figura and Fred Van Leuven

NIP domain prevents N-type inactivation in voltage-gated potassium channels pp. 390-393

Jochen Roeper, Sabine Sewing, Ying Zhang, Tobias Sommer, Siegmund G. Wanner and Olaf Pongs

Formation of nitric oxide-derived inflammatory oxidants by myeloperoxidase in neutrophils pp. 393-397

Jason P. Eiserich, Milena Hristova, Carroll E. Cross, A. Daniel Jones, Alan Freeman, Barry Halliwell and Albert van der Vliet

HIV-1 Nef protein protects infected primary cells against killing by cytotoxic T lymphocytes pp. 397-401

Kathleen L. Collins, Benjamin K. Chen, Spyros A. Kalams, Bruce D. Walker and David Baltimore

Synergistic actions of Rad51 and Rad52 in recombination and DNA repair pp. 401-404

Fiona E. Benson, Peter Baumann and Stephen C. West

Stimulation by Rad52 of yeast Rad51- mediated recombination pp. 404-407

Akira Shinohara and Tomoko Ogawa

Rad52 protein stimulates DNA strand exchange by Rad51 and replication protein A pp. 407-410

James H. New, Tomohiko Sugiyama, Elena Zaitseva and Stephen C. Kowalczykowski

Crystal structure of p50/p65 heterodimer of transcription factor NF-κB bound to DNA pp. 410-413

Frances E. Chen, Huang De-Bin, Yong-Qing Chen and Gourisankar Ghosh

1998, volume 391, articles 6664

France eyes role in US mission to retrieve rocks from Mars pp. 213-213

Tony Reichhardt

French inquiry to look into thesis fraud pp. 213-213

Eric Glover

Quebec says yes to federal money for infrastructure pp. 214-214

David Spurgeon

Biodiversity body ‘needs more science’ pp. 215-215

Ehsan Masood

South Africa sells research to its children pp. 215-215

Michael Cherry

Clinton pledges more money for science next year pp. 216-216

Colin Macilwain

Collapse of charity boosts call for tighter oversight pp. 216-216

Ehsan Masood

Controversial cancer drug wins local approval in Italy pp. 217-217

Alison Abbott

Fire damages Germany's Einstein tower pp. 217-217

Alison Abbott

US ban ‘would resist challenges in court’ pp. 218-218

Meredith Wadman

Seed sows further doubts on cloning pp. 218-219

Meredith Wadman

Unesco declaration lacks legal teeth pp. 219-219

Meredith Wadman and Declan Butler

Europe brings in first international ban pp. 219-219

Declan Butler

Impact takes precedence over interest pp. 222-222

Dirk Schoonbaert and Gilbert Roelants

Challenges for vaccine institute pp. 222-222

Subhash C. Arya

The eyes have it pp. 223-224

Laurence D. Hurst and Andrew Pomiankowski

Selfish genes and meiotic drive pp. 223-223

Laurence D. Hurst

Diatoms and the silicate factor pp. 224-225

Victor Smetacek

Hox gene variation and evolution pp. 227-228

Axel Meyer

3-D glacial flow pp. 229-229

John VanDecar

Two cradles for the heavy elements pp. 229-231

A. G. W. Cameron

A mechanism for all polymerases pp. 231-232

Thomas A. Steitz

Off and on reflection pp. 232-233

Philip Ball

Teaming up to restrain cancer pp. 233-234

Moshe Oren

Bacterial diplomacy pp. 234-234

David Jones

Goldsworthy's genera pp. 235-235

Martin Kemp

Mudskippers store air in their burrows pp. 237-238

Atsushi Ishimatsu, Yasuhiro Hishida, Toru Takita, Takeshi Kanda, Shin Oikawa, Tatsusuke Takeda and Khoo Khay Huat

Efficient pollination of alpine plants pp. 238-239

Robin A. Bingham and Andrea R. Orthner

How molecular motors work in muscle pp. 239-239

Andrew Huxley

How molecular motors work in muscle pp. 239-240

Joe Howard

A new classification for HIV-1 pp. 240-240

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 and R. A. Weiss

The history of healing laid bare pp. 241-242

Alfred W. Crosby

Industrial revolutions pp. 242-243

David E. Nye

At the sharp end pp. 243-244

John A. J. Gowlett

Technological heaven pp. 244-244

Howard P. Segal

Constraints on cortical and thalamic projections: the no-strong-loops hypothesis pp. 245-250

Francis Crick and Christof Koch

Crystal structure of a bacteriophage T7 DNA replication complex at 2.2 Å resolution pp. 251-258

Sylvie Doublié, Stanley Tabor, Alexander M. Long, Charles C. Richardson and Tom Ellenberger

The interstellar chemistry of PAH cations pp. 259-260

Theodore P. Snow, Valery Le Page, Yeghis Keheyan and Veronica M. Bierbaum

Tellurium in pre-solar diamonds as an indicator for rapid separation of supernova ejecta pp. 261-263

S. Richter, U. Ott and F. Begemann

Quantum interference in electron collision pp. 263-265

R. C. Liu, B. Odom, Y. Yamamoto and S. Tarucha

Picosecond discharges and stick–slip friction at a moving meniscus of mercury on glass pp. 266-268

R. Budakian, K. Weninger, R. A. Hiller and S. J. Putterman

The structure of a new phase of ice pp. 268-270

C. Lobban, J. L. Finney and W. F. Kuhs

Silicate regulation of new production in the equatorial Pacific upwelling pp. 270-273

Richard C. Dugdale and Frances P. Wilkerson

Three-dimensional glacial flow and surface elevation measured with radar interferometry pp. 273-276

Johan J. Mohr, Niels Reeh and Søren N. Madsen

Male eye span in stalk-eyed flies indicates genetic quality by meiotic drive suppression pp. 276-279

Gerald S. Wilkinson, Daven C. Presgraves and Lili Crymes

Spontaneous sign systems created by deaf children in two cultures pp. 279-281

Susan Goldin-Meadow and Carolyn Mylander

Prostaglandins stimulate calcium-dependent glutamate release in astrocytes pp. 281-285

Paola Bezzi, Giorgio Carmignoto, Lucia Pasti, Sabino Vesce, Daniela Rossi, Barbara Lodi Rizzini, Tullio Pozzan and Andrea Volterra

Induction of epithelial tubules by growth factor HGF depends on the STAT pathway pp. 285-288

Carla Boccaccio, Margherita Andò, Luca Tamagnone, Alberto Bardelli, Paolo Michieli, Carlo Battistini and Paolo M. Comoglio

DNA shuffling of a family of genes from diverse species accelerates directed evolution pp. 288-291

Andreas Crameri, Sun-Ai Raillard, Ericka Bermudez and Willem P. C. Stemmer

A bacterial antibiotic-resistance gene that complements the human multidrug-resistance P-glycoprotein gene pp. 291-295

Hendrik W. van Veen, Richard Callaghan, Loredana Soceneantu, Alessandro Sardini, Wil N. Konings and Christopher F. Higgins

The candidate tumour suppressor p33ING1cooperates with p53 in cell growth control pp. 295-298

Igor Garkavtsev, Irina A. Grigorian, Valeria S. Ossovskaya, Mikhail V. Chernov, Peter M. Chumakov and Andrei V. Gudkov

MAP kinase links the transcription factor Microphthalmia to c-Kit signalling in melanocytes pp. 298-301

Timothy J. Hemesath, E. Roydon Price, Clifford Takemoto, Tina Badalian and David E. Fisher

Engineering cyclophilin into a proline-specific endopeptidase pp. 301-304

Eric Quéméneur, Mireille Moutiez, Jean-Baptiste Charbonnier and Andr Ménez

Visualizing DNA replication in a catalytically active Bacillus DNA polymerase crystal pp. 304-307

James R. Kiefer, Chen Mao, Jeffrey C. Braman and Lorena S. Beese

Erratum: Ataxin-1 with an expanded glutamine tract alters nuclear matrix-associated structures pp. 307-307

Pamela J. Skinner, Beena T. Koshy, Christopher J. Cummings, Ivan A. Klement, Kara Helin, Antonio Servadio, Huda Y. Zoghbi and Harry T. Orr

1998, volume 391, articles 6663

NASA lines up for a bigger slice of the biological research pie pp. 109-109

Tony Reichhardt

India and United States to share satellite data pp. 109-109

K. S. Jayaraman

French researchers oppose biomedical reform plan pp. 110-110

Eric Glover

Gould to be next year's president of AAAS pp. 110-110

Tony Reichhardt

Japan maintains research funding boost⃛ pp. 111-111

Asako Saegusa

⃛ as science escapes cuts in South Korea pp. 111-111

Richard Nathan

Universities seek to atone for Nazi past pp. 112-113

Matthias Strobl

Space ‘time capsule’ could send a message to the future pp. 112-112

Declan Butler

Nobel laureates in bid to revamp science teaching pp. 113-113

Sally Lehrman

Sequencing funds ‘must remain focused’ pp. 114-115

Meredith Wadman

Indian guidelines allow limited gene screening pp. 115-115

K. S. Jayaraman

Hawksbill turtles still endangered pp. 117-117

Anne Meylan

Animal experimentation needs dissection pp. 117-117

Ruaraidh Hill, Martin Stanisstreet, Edward Boyes and Helen O'Sullivan

Nomenclature regulation pp. 118-118

David Lonsdale

⃛and linguistic diversity pp. 118-118

Daniel E. Weeks, Jeffrey R. O'Connell and Zora Schmidtová

Disadvantaged women pp. 118-118

Elizabeth Griffin

Pragmatism in Latin America pp. 118-118

Fernando Lolas and Jorge Litvak

Feathers, filaments and theropod dinosaurs pp. 119-120

D. M. Unwin

An unprincipled Universe? pp. 120-121

Peter Coles

Synchronized division proteins pp. 121-123

Roy Burns

Neutrino deficit challenges conservation laws pp. 123-124

Frank Wilczek

Did forests survive the cold in a hotspot? pp. 125-127

Peter D. Moore

Back in focus pp. 127-127

Geoffrey Marcy

Sulphur greases the wheels pp. 128-129

Jeffrey S. Seewald

Artificial tissues pp. 128-128

Philip Ball

Caterpillars have lungs pp. 129-130

Peter J. Mill

Speed learning pp. 130-130

David Jones

Turrell's tunnelling pp. 131-131

Martin Kemp

Takhtajania perrieri rediscovered pp. 133-134

George E. Schatz, Porter P. Lowry and Annick Ramisamihantanirina

Fish with fingers? pp. 133-133

Edward B. Daeschler and Neil Shubin

Changed perceptions in Braille readers pp. 134-135

Annette Sterr, Matthias M. Müller, Thomas Elbert, Brigitte Rockstroh, Christo Pantev and Edward Taub

Ancient trees in Amazonia pp. 135-136

Jeffrey Q. Chambers, Niro Higuchi and Joshua P. Schimel

Stratification in poured granular heaps pp. 136-136

John Baxter, Ugur Tüzün, David Heyes, Igan Hayati and Per Fredlund

The long walk northwards pp. 137-138

Derek Fordham

Mental devices pp. 138-139

Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini

Shades of Green pp. 139-139

N. W. Simmonds

In retrospect chosen by Owen Gingerich pp. 140-140

Owen Gingerich

Timing of abrupt climate change at the end of the Younger Dryas interval from thermally fractionated gases in polar ice pp. 141-146

Jeffrey P. Severinghaus, Todd Sowers, Edward J. Brook, Richard B. Alley and Michael L. Bender

An exceptionally well-preserved theropod dinosaur from the Yixian Formation of China pp. 147-152

Pei-ji Chen, Zhi-ming Dong and Shuo-nan Zhen

A planetary companion for 51 Pegasi implied by absence of pulsations in the stellar spectra pp. 153-154

David F. Gray

Further evidence for the planet around 51 Pegasi pp. 154-156

Artie P. Hatzes, William D. Cochran and Eric J. Bakker

Kondo effect in a single-electron transistor pp. 156-159

D. Goldhaber-Gordon, Hadas Shtrikman, D. Mahalu, David Abusch-Magder, U. Meirav and M. A. Kastner

Metal–insulator transition induced by oxygen isotope exchange in the magnetoresistive perovskite manganites pp. 159-161

N. A. Babushkina, L. M. Belova, O. Yu. Gorbenko, A. R. Kaul, A. A. Bosak, V. I. Ozhogin and K. I. Kugel

Controlling polymer shape through the self-assembly of dendritic side-groups pp. 161-164

V. Percec, C.-H. Ahn, G. Ungar, D. J. P. Yeardley, M. Möller and S. S. Sheiko

Sulphur-radical control on petroleum formation rates pp. 164-166

Michael D. Lewan

Constraints on Earth accretion deduced from noble metals in the oceanic mantle pp. 166-169

Jonathan E. Snow and Gerhard Schmidt

Reactions between nitric oxide and haemoglobin under physiological conditions pp. 169-173

Andrew J. Gow and Jonathan S. Stamler

Acetylcholine receptors containing the β2 subunit are involved in the reinforcing properties of nicotine pp. 173-177

Marina R. Picciotto, Michele Zoli, Roberto Rimondini, Clément Léna, Lisa M. Marubio, Emilio Merlo Pich, Kjell Fuxe and Jean-Pierre Changeux

Extreme Th1 bias of invariant Vα24JαQ T cells in type 1 diabetes pp. 177-181

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 and David A. Hafler

Drosophila Shaking-B protein forms gap junctions in paired Xenopus oocytes pp. 181-184

Pauline Phelan, Lucy A. Stebbings, Richard A. Baines, Jonathan P. Bacon, Jane A. Davies and Chris Ford

A serine/threonine kinase gene defective in Peutz–Jeghers syndrome pp. 184-187

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 and Lauri A. Aaltonen

COPII–cargo interactions direct protein sorting into ER-derived transport vesicles pp. 187-190

Meta J. Kuehn, Johannes M. Herrmann and Randy Schekman

Interaction of a G-protein β-subunit with a conserved sequence in Ste20/PAK family protein kinases pp. 191-195

Thomas Leeuw, Cunle Wu, Joseph D. Schrag, Malcolm Whiteway, David Y. Thomas and Ekkehard Leberer

A GTP-exchange factor required for cell orientation pp. 195-198

Aljoscha Nern and Robert A. Arkowitz

Structure of the αβ tubulin dimer by electron crystallography pp. 199-203

Eva Nogales, Sharon G. Wolf and Kenneth H. Downing

Crystal structure of the bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ pp. 203-206

Jan Löwe and Linda A. Amos

Twisting your robotic arm pp. 207-210

Brendan Horton

1998, volume 391, articles 6662

UK insurers oppose moratorium plea on use of genetic data pp. 3-3

Ehsan Masood

Agreement likely on Framework budget pp. 3-3

Alison Abbott

CERN celebrates end to a period of uncertainty pp. 4-4

Alison Abbott

Court affirms judges’ right to reject ‘junk science’ pp. 4-4

Tony Reichhardt

Council resigns as ANZAAS wind-up fails pp. 4-4

Peter Pockley

Post-war ideals trip over modern reality pp. 5-6

Alison Abbott and Quirin Schiermeier

Battle to boost the status of French universities pp. 6-7

Declan Butler and Eric Glover

Britain faces research funding dilemma pp. 7-7

David Dickson

Reforms get a rough ride in italy pp. 8-8

Alison Abbott

US universities are in flux, not crisis pp. 8-9

Colin Macilwain

Japan faces problem of science recruits pp. 9-9

Asako Saegusa

Spotlight needed on Italian policy pp. 12-12

Giulio de Leo, Gianmarco Paris, Marino Gatto and Paolo Menozzi

Life, love and soil pp. 12-12

Gregory J. Retallack

Spotlight needed on Italian policy pp. 12-12

Peter Ayres

Eighteen-ninety-eight and all that pp. 13-16

J. L. Heilbron and W. F. Bynum

How black holes stay black pp. 17-18

Reinhard Genzel

The analytical bend of the leech pp. 18-19

L. F. Abbott

New tricks with nanotubes pp. 19-20

M. S. Dresselhaus

An endonuclease at last pp. 20-21

Andrew Wyllie

The science of the lambs pp. 21-21

Alison Mitchell

The physiology of the hunted deer pp. 22-22

Georgia Mason

Density and destiny pp. 23-24

David Branch

Coupling herpesvirus to angiogenesis pp. 24-25

Chris Boshoff

Condensate forced out of hiding pp. 25-26

Allan Griffin

The Brain-cleaner pp. 26-26

David Jones

Dali's dimensions pp. 27-27

Martin Kemp

Breeding phenology and climate⃛ pp. 29-30

Mads C. Forchhammer, Eric Post and Nils Chr. Stenseth

False teeth of the Roman world pp. 29-29

Eric Crubzy, Pascal Murail, Louis Girard and Jean-Pierre Bernadou

⃛temperature and egg-laying trends pp. 30-31

R. H. McCleery and C. M. Perrins

Synchronized courtship in fiddler crabs pp. 31-32

Patricia Backwell, Michael Jennions, Neville Passmore and John Christy

Connexin mutations and hearing loss pp. 32-32

Daryl A. Scott, Michelle L. Kraft, Edwin M. Stone, Val C. Sheffield and Richard J.H. Smith

Time and its milestones pp. 33-34

E. G. Richards

Centrepieces pp. 34-35

Emmanuel Lellouch

How we feel pp. 35-36

Ray Dolan

Shadow history pp. 36-36

Peter Harman

Earthquakes and friction laws pp. 37-42

Christopher H. Scholz

A caspase-activated DNase that degrades DNA during apoptosis, and its inhibitor ICAD pp. 43-50

Masato Enari, Hideki Sakahira, Hideki Yokoyama, Katsuya Okawa, Akihiro Iwamatsu and Shigekazu Nagata

Discovery of a supernova explosion at half the age of the Universe pp. 51-54

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 and N. Walton

The inner edge of the accretion disk around a supermassive black hole pp. 54-56

B. C. Bromley, W. A. Miller and V. I. Pariev

Evidence for a Bose–Einstein condensate in liquid 4He from quantum evaporation pp. 56-59

Adrian F. G. Wyatt

Electronic structure of atomically resolved carbon nanotubes pp. 59-62

Jeroen W. G. Wilder, Liesbeth C. Venema, Andrew G. Rinzler, Richard E. Smalley and Cees Dekker

Atomic structure and electronic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes pp. 62-64

Teri Wang Odom, Jin-Lin Huang, Philip Kim and Charles M. Lieber

Deglacial changes in ocean circulation from an extended radiocarbon calibration pp. 65-68

Konrad A. Hughen, Jonathan T. Overpeck, Scott J. Lehman, Michaele Kashgarian, John Southon, Larry C. Peterson, Richard Alley and Daniel M. Sigman

The effect of loading rate on static friction and the rate of fault healing during the earthquake cycle pp. 69-72

Chris Marone

Biodiversity inventories, indicator taxa and effects of habitat modification in tropical forest pp. 72-76

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 and A. D. Watt

A neuronal network for computing population vectors in the leech pp. 76-79

John E. Lewis and William B. Kristan

The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ is a negative regulator of macrophage activation pp. 79-82

Mercedes Ricote, Andrew C. Li, Timothy M. Willson, Carolyn J. Kelly and Christopher K. Glass

PPAR-γ agonists inhibit production of monocyte inflammatory cytokines pp. 82-86

Chengyu Jiang, Adrian T. Ting and Brian Seed

G-protein-coupled receptor of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus is a viral oncogene and angiogenesis activator pp. 86-89

Carlos Bais, Bianca Santomasso, Omar Coso, Leandros Arvanitakis, Elizabeth Geras Raaka, J. Silvio Gutkind, Adam S. Asch, Ethel Cesarman, Marvin C. Gerhengorn and Enrique A. Mesri

Activating Smoothened mutations in sporadic basal-cell carcinoma pp. 90-92

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 and Frederic J. de Sauvage

Induction of filopodium formation by a WASP-related actin-depolymerizing protein N-WASP pp. 93-96

Hiroaki Miki, Takuya Sasaki, Yoshimi Takai and Tadaomi Takenawa

Cleavage of CAD inhibitor in CAD activation and DNA degradation during apoptosis pp. 96-99

Hideki Sakahira, Masato Enari and Shigekazu Nagata

Poly(A)- and poly(U)-specific RNA 3′ tail shortening by E. coli ribonuclease E pp. 99-102

Hongjin Huang, Jian Liao and N. Cohen Stanley

Structure of IRF-1 with bound DNA reveals determinants of interferon regulation pp. 103-106

Carlos R. Escalante, Junming Yie, Dimitris Thanos and Aneel K. Aggarwal