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March 2004, Volume 428, Issue 6980
- 252-254 Slim pickings
by Declan Butler - 255-255 Confidential reports may improve peer review
by Pedro Cintas - 255-255 Concern is more than just ‘ruffled feathers’
by Kai M. A. Chan & Stephen Porder & Paul A. T. Higgins & Sasha B. Kramer - 255-255 Health-aid efforts rely on local infrastructure
by Clive Shiff - 257-258 Shooting time's arrow
by Paul Davies - 258-258 Touring artificial minds
by John L. Casti - 258-259 In Newton's long shadow
by Lewis Pyenson - 259-259 Science in culture
by Stefano Grillo - 261-261 From 'not wrong' to (maybe right)
by Frank Wilczek - 263-264 RNA finds a simpler way
by Thomas R. Cech - 264-265 We can see clearly now..
by Nicholas White - 265-267 The strain of being a prion
by Mick F. Tuite - 267-269 Survival pathways meet their end
by Frank McCormick - 269-271 Quick-set thin films
by Mercouri G. Kanatzidis - 271-272 Dangerous liaisons
by Allan Balmain & Rosemary J. Akhurst - 272-272 X-ray eyes on Saturn
by May Chiao - 275-278 The cultural wealth of nations
by Mark Pagel & Ruth Mace - 279-279 New mechanism for modulating colour vision
by Christiana L. Cheng & Iñigo Novales Flamarique - 279-280 A non-metal system for nitrogen fixation
by Yoshiaki Nishibayashi & Makoto Saito & Sakae Uemura & Shin-ichi Takekuma & Hideko Takekuma & Zen-ichi Yoshida - 281-286 Control of gene expression by a natural metabolite-responsive ribozyme
by Wade C. Winkler & Ali Nahvi & Adam Roth & Jennifer A. Collins & Ronald R. Breaker - 287-292 Crystal structure of spinach major light-harvesting complex at 2.72 Å resolution
by Zhenfeng Liu & Hanchi Yan & Kebin Wang & Tingyun Kuang & Jiping Zhang & Lulu Gui & Xiaomin An & Wenrui Chang - 293-296 Compact sources as the origin of the soft γ-ray emission of the Milky Way
by F. Lebrun & R. Terrier & A. Bazzano & G. Bélanger & A. Bird & L. Bouchet & A. Dean & M. Del Santo & A. Goldwurm & N. Lund & H. Morand & A. Parmar & J. Paul & J.-P. Roques & V. Schönfelder & A. W. Strong & P. Ubertini & R. Walter & C. Winkler - 296-299 Structural relaxation in supercooled water by time-resolved spectroscopy
by Renato Torre & Paolo Bartolini & Roberto Righini - 299-303 High-mobility ultrathin semiconducting films prepared by spin coating
by David B. Mitzi & Laura L. Kosbar & Conal E. Murray & Matthew Copel & Ali Afzali - 303-306 A ‘snowball Earth’ climate triggered by continental break-up through changes in runoff
by Yannick Donnadieu & Yves Goddéris & Gilles Ramstein & Anne Nédélec & Joseph Meert - 306-310 Millennial and orbital variations of El Niño/Southern Oscillation and high-latitude climate in the last glacial period
by Chris S. M. Turney & A. Peter Kershaw & Steven C. Clemens & Nick Branch & Patrick T. Moss & L. Keith Fifield - 310-313 Experimental evidence for apparent competition in a tropical forest food web
by Rebecca J. Morris & Owen T. Lewis & H. Charles J. Godfray - 313-316 Ban on triazine herbicides likely to reduce but not negate relative benefits of GMHT maize cropping
by J. N. Perry & L. G. Firbank & G. T. Champion & S. J. Clark & M. S. Heard & M. J. May & C. Hawes & G. R. Squire & P. Rothery & I. P. Woiwod & J. D. Pidgeon - 316-319 Cortical activity reductions during repetition priming can result from rapid response learning
by Ian G. Dobbins & David M. Schnyer & Mieke Verfaellie & Daniel L. Schacter - 319-323 Protein-only transmission of three yeast prion strains
by Chih-Yen King & Ruben Diaz-Avalos - 323-328 Conformational variations in an infectious protein determine prion strain differences
by Motomasa Tanaka & Peter Chien & Nariman Naber & Roger Cooke & Jonathan S. Weissman - 328-332 The candidate tumour suppressor protein ING4 regulates brain tumour growth and angiogenesis
by Igor Garkavtsev & Sergey V. Kozin & Olga Chernova & Lei Xu & Frank Winkler & Edward Brown & Gene H. Barnett & Rakesh K. Jain - 332-337 Survival signalling by Akt and eIF4E in oncogenesis and cancer therapy
by Hans-Guido Wendel & Elisa de Stanchina & Jordan S. Fridman & Abba Malina & Sagarika Ray & Scott Kogan & Carlos Cordon-Cardo & Jerry Pelletier & Scott W. Lowe - 337-341 Bmi1 is essential for cerebellar development and is overexpressed in human medulloblastomas
by Carly Leung & Merel Lingbeek & Olga Shakhova & James Liu & Ellen Tanger & Parvin Saremaslani & Maarten van Lohuizen & Silvia Marino - 341-345 The protein kinase PKR is required for macrophage apoptosis after activation of Toll-like receptor 4
by Li-Chung Hsu & Jin Mo Park & Kezhong Zhang & Jun-Li Luo & Shin Maeda & Randal J. Kaufman & Lars Eckmann & Donald G. Guiney & Michael Karin - 347-347 Capping active volcanoes
by Paul Smaglik - 348-349 Growth industry
by Ricki Lewis - 350-350 Scientists & Societies
by Eric Anderson - 350-350 Choosing a boss
by Amber Jenkins
March 2004, Volume 428, Issue 6979
- 107-107 Transgenic planting approved despite scepticism of UK public
by Jim Giles - 107-107 Californian county bans transgenic crops
by Rex Dalton - 108-108 French scientists prepare for mass resignation
by Declan Butler - 108-108 Wave of protest strikes Europe's universities
by Laura Nelson - 109-109 Terror watchdog set up for ‘dual use’ biology
by Erika Check - 109-109 Nigerian states disrupt campaign to eradicate polio
by Declan Butler - 110-110 Biotechnologists seek to bridge South Asian divide
by K. S. Jayaraman - 110-110 Problems of the poor set to face cost–benefit treatment
by Jim Giles - 111-111 Scheme to track rare dolphins hits troubled waters
by David Cyranoski - 111-111 Air force clips the wings of UK wind power
by Laura Nelson - 114-115 A rising tide
by Quirin Schiermeier - 116-118 Growing old gracefully
by Alison Abbott - 119-119 US science has never been more coherent
by John H. Marburger - 119-119 More to consider about European research body
by Julia Higgins - 119-119 Time to choose the right site for a fusion reactor
by Paul Vandenplas - 121-122 High-tech cluster bombs
by Scott Wallsten - 123-124 Why we did it
by Melvin Konner - 124-125 Sowing seeds of discontent
by Anthony Trewavas - 125-125 The age-old problem of mortality
by Caleb E. Finch - 125-125 Dress for DNA
by Mary Purton - 127-128 Hurricanes and butterflies
by Thomas C. Halsey & Mogens H. Jensen - 128-129 The grandmother effect
by Kristen Hawkes - 129-130 Flight of the qubit
by Eugene Polzik - 130-131 An Earth on fire
by Helmut Weissert & Stefano M. Bernasconi - 132-133 The inconstant constant?
by Lennox L. Cowie & Antoinette Songaila - 133-133 Supramolecular twelve-a-side
by May Chiao - 133-134 More like a man
by Allan C. Spradling - 134-135 Secrets of the deep
by Jonathan Aurnou - 137-138 Live birth after ovarian tissue transplant
by D. M. Lee & R. R. Yeoman & D. E. Battaglia & R. L. Stouffer & M. B. Zelinski-Wooten & J. W. Fanton & D. P. Wolf - 138-139 Creation of long-lasting blood vessels
by Naoto Koike & Dai Fukumura & Oliver Gralla & Patrick Au & Jeffrey S. Schechner & Rakesh K. Jain - 139-139 Inequity aversion in capuchins?
by Joseph Henrich - 140-140 Fair refusal by capuchin monkeys
by Clive D. L. Wynne - 140-140 Fair refusal by capuchin monkeys
by Sarah F. Brosnan & Frans B. M. de Waal - 141-144 Has the Higgs boson been discovered?
by Peter Renton - 145-150 Germline stem cells and follicular renewal in the postnatal mammalian ovary
by Joshua Johnson & Jacqueline Canning & Tomoko Kaneko & James K. Pru & Jonathan L. Tilly - 151-153 Convective-region geometry as the cause of Uranus' and Neptune's unusual magnetic fields
by Sabine Stanley & Jeremy Bloxham - 153-157 Observation of entanglement between a single trapped atom and a single photon
by B. B. Blinov & D. L. Moehring & L.- M. Duan & C. Monroe - 157-160 Supramolecular dendritic liquid quasicrystals
by Xiangbing Zeng & Goran Ungar & Yongsong Liu & Virgil Percec & Andrés E. Dulcey & Jamie K. Hobbs - 160-163 Links between salinity variation in the Caribbean and North Atlantic thermohaline circulation
by Matthew W. Schmidt & Howard J. Spero & David W. Lea - 163-167 Seismic reflection imaging of two megathrust shear zones in the northern Cascadia subduction zone
by Andrew J. Calvert - 167-171 Unified spatial scaling of species and their trophic interactions
by Ulrich Brose & Annette Ostling & Kateri Harrison & Neo D. Martinez - 171-175 Pervasive alteration of tree communities in undisturbed Amazonian forests
by William F. Laurance & Alexandre A. Oliveira & Susan G. Laurance & Richard Condit & Henrique E. M. Nascimento & Ana C. Sanchez-Thorin & Thomas E. Lovejoy & Ana Andrade & Sammya D'Angelo & José E. Ribeiro & Christopher W. Dick - 175-178 Sustainable trophy hunting of African lions
by Karyl Whitman & Anthony M. Starfield & Henley S. Quadling & Craig Packer - 178-181 Fitness benefits of prolonged post-reproductive lifespan in women
by Mirkka Lahdenperä & Virpi Lummaa & Samuli Helle & Marc Tremblay & Andrew F. Russell - 182-185 Immunogenicity of a highly attenuated MVA smallpox vaccine and protection against monkeypox
by Patricia L. Earl & Jeffrey L. Americo & Linda S. Wyatt & Leigh Anne Eller & J. Charles Whitbeck & Gary H. Cohen & Roselyn J. Eisenberg & Christopher J. Hartmann & David L. Jackson & David A. Kulesh & Mark J. Martinez & David M. Miller & Eric M. Mucker & Joshua D. Shamblin & Susan H. Zwiers & John W. Huggins & Peter B. Jahrling & Bernard Moss - 185-189 Myocardin and ternary complex factors compete for SRF to control smooth muscle gene expression
by Zhigao Wang & Da-Zhi Wang & Dirk Hockemeyer & John McAnally & Alfred Nordheim & Eric N. Olson - 190-193 Control of the SCFSkp2–Cks1 ubiquitin ligase by the APC/CCdh1 ubiquitin ligase
by Tarig Bashir & N. Valerio Dorrello & Virginia Amador & Daniele Guardavaccaro & Michele Pagano - 194-198 Degradation of the SCF component Skp2 in cell-cycle phase G1 by the anaphase-promoting complex
by Wenyi Wei & Nagi G. Ayad & Yong Wan & Guo-Jun Zhang & Marc W. Kirschner & William G. Kaelin - 198-202 Insight into tubulin regulation from a complex with colchicine and a stathmin-like domain
by Raimond B.G. Ravelli & Benoît Gigant & Patrick A. Curmi & Isabelle Jourdain & Sylvie Lachkar & André Sobel & Marcel Knossow - 203-203 Messages to China from the West
by Philip Campbell - 204-205 Cultural reflections
by Mu-ming Poo - 206-207 Making an impact
by Ray Wu - 208-209 The new Silk Road
by Kenneth Chien & Luther Chien - 210-212 An embryonic nation
by Xiangzhong Yang - 213-214 A case for conservation
by Chung-I Wu & Suhua Shi & Ya-ping Zhang - 215-217 Agriculture of the future
by T. C. Tso - 218-220 Making big money from small technology
by James C. Hsiao & Kenneth Fong - 221-222 Follow your nose
by Alice Shih-hou Huang - 225-225 A question of biology
by Caitlin Smith - 235-235 The waiting game
by Paul Smaglik - 236-237 Reinventing the Silk Road
by Paul Smaglik - 238-238 Bricks & Mortar
by Kristian Helin - 238-238 The lab environment
by Philipp Angerer
March 2004, Volume 428, Issue 6978
- 3-3 Doctors battle to contain AIDS epidemic as unrest engulfs Haiti
by Erika Check - 4-4 Bush sacks outspoken biologist from ethics council
by Erika Check - 4-4 Climate findings let fishermen off the hook
by Quirin Schiermeier - 5-5 Medical editors urged to accept ethical code
by Jim Giles - 6-6 Gene-ecology agreement circles the globe
by David Cyranoski - 6-6 US and biologists wary of strict biotech rules
by David Cyranoski - 7-7 Spanish lawmakers clash over control of stem-cell research
by Laura Nelson - 7-7 Ending of shuttle service puts space experiments ‘at risk’
by Declan Butler - 12-13 A sleeping giant stirs
by David Cyranoski - 14-15 Just add water
by Geoff Brumfiel - 17-17 Time to stop blaming communism in Hungary
by Gábor Lente - 17-17 Hungary: basic science needs European support
by László Hunyady - 17-17 Let's hope there's a good year on the cards
by Simon Wain-Hobson - 19-19 Emerging epidemics
by Tony McMichael - 20-20 Rooting out the wine plague
by Jeffrey Granett - 21-21 Science in culture
by Roald Hoffmann - 23-23 The usefulness of parody
by John Cairns - 25-26 Reconstructing the wild types
by Edward F. Delong - 26-27 Turn up the temperature
by Piers Coleman - 27-27 Chalk-hill blues
by Katrin Bussell - 28-29 A cellular choreographer
by W. James Nelson - 29-31 Case of mistaken identity
by Craig H. Bassing & Frederick W. Alt - 31-32 Cool stratification
by Roger Francois - 32-33 Feeling tense enough?
by Iain M. Cheeseman & Arshad Desai - 35-36 Ant parasite queens revert to mating singly
by Seirian Sumner & William O. H. Hughes & Jes S. Pedersen & Jacobus J. Boomsma - 36-36 Hydrothermal activity on Gakkel Ridge
by Philippe Jean-Baptiste & Elise Fourré - 37-43 Community structure and metabolism through reconstruction of microbial genomes from the environment
by Gene W. Tyson & Jarrod Chapman & Philip Hugenholtz & Eric E. Allen & Rachna J. Ram & Paul M. Richardson & Victor V. Solovyev & Edward M. Rubin & Daniel S. Rokhsar & Jillian F. Banfield - 44-49 Mice cloned from olfactory sensory neurons
by Kevin Eggan & Kristin Baldwin & Michael Tackett & Joseph Osborne & Joseph Gogos & Andrew Chess & Richard Axel & Rudolf Jaenisch - 50-52 Cavity cooling of a single atom
by P. Maunz & T. Puppe & I. Schuster & N. Syassen & P. W. H. Pinkse & G. Rempe - 53-55 An explanation for a universality of transition temperatures in families of copper oxide superconductors
by Sudip Chakravarty & Hae-Young Kee & Klaus Völker - 55-59 Crystal symmetry and the reversibility of martensitic transformations
by Kaushik Bhattacharya & Sergio Conti & Giovanni Zanzotto & Johannes Zimmer - 59-63 Polar ocean stratification in a cold climate
by Daniel M. Sigman & Samuel L. Jaccard & Gerald H. Haug - 63-66 Hybrid fracture and the transition from extension fracture to shear fracture
by Jonathan M. Ramsey & Frederick M. Chester - 66-70 Coral mucus functions as an energy carrier and particle trap in the reef ecosystem
by Christian Wild & Markus Huettel & Anke Klueter & Stephan G. Kremb & Mohammed Y. M. Rasheed & Bo B. Jørgensen - 70-73 Optimal traffic organization in ants under crowded conditions
by Audrey Dussutour & Vincent Fourcassié & Dirk Helbing & Jean-Louis Deneubourg - 73-77 Perceiving distance accurately by a directional process of integrating ground information
by Bing Wu & Teng Leng Ooi & Zijiang J. He - 77-81 Inactivation of hCDC4 can cause chromosomal instability
by Harith Rajagopalan & Prasad V. Jallepalli & Carlo Rago & Victor E. Velculescu & Kenneth W. Kinzler & Bert Vogelstein & Christoph Lengauer - 81-84 Spatially restricted microRNA directs leaf polarity through ARGONAUTE1
by Catherine A. Kidner & Robert A. Martienssen - 84-88 microRNA-mediated repression of rolled leaf1 specifies maize leaf polarity
by Michelle T. Juarez & Jonathan S. Kui & Julie Thomas & Bradley A. Heller & Marja C. P. Timmermans - 88-93 A non-B-DNA structure at the Bcl-2 major breakpoint region is cleaved by the RAG complex
by Sathees C. Raghavan & Patrick C. Swanson & Xiantuo Wu & Chih-Lin Hsieh & Michael R. Lieber - 93-97 Tension between two kinetochores suffices for their bi-orientation on the mitotic spindle
by Hilary Dewar & Kozo Tanaka & Kim Nasmyth & Tomoyuki U. Tanaka - 97-100 Preferential cis–syn thymine dimer bypass by DNA polymerase η occurs with biased fidelity
by Scott D. McCulloch & Robert J. Kokoska & Chikahide Masutani & Shigenori Iwai & Fumio Hanaoka & Thomas A. Kunkel - 101-101 Grad school confidential
by Paul Smaglik - 102-103 Stipend survival
by Kendall Powell - 104-104 Working for balance
by Sidney Omelon - 104-104 Nuts & Bolts
by Deb Koen
February 2004, Volume 427, Issue 6977
- 765-765 Media attack prompts editorial backlash against MMR study
by Jim Giles - 766-766 Poor communication blamed for delays to US visas
by Geoff Brumfiel - 766-766 Mad cow's standing puts downer on testing strategy
by Erika Check - 767-767 Labs urged to pre-empt bioterrorism threat
by Erika Check - 767-767 Electron movements pinned down to the split second
by Mark Peplow - 768-768 Treaty calls time on long-term pollutants
by Jim Giles - 768-768 Closure threat propels astronomers to institute's aid
by Quirin Schiermeier - 769-769 Bioprospectors edge towards deal with developing countries
by Rex Dalton - 769-769 Gulf Stream probed for early warnings of system failure
by Quirin Schiermeier - 772-773 Taking the voters' pulse
by Tony Reichhardt - 774-775 Virtual plagues get real
by Virginia Gewin - 777-777 HIV denialists will exploit any journal's tolerance
by John P. Moore - 777-777 Overseas scientists still welcome in United States
by Warren M. Washington - 777-777 Intelligent plagiarists are the most dangerous
by Lennart Stenflo - 779-781 The future of gene therapy
by Marina Cavazzana-Calvo & Adrian Thrasher & Fulvio Mavilio - 783-783 From spears to speech
by Robin Dunbar - 784-785 Trying to beat the clock
by Till Roenneberg - 785-785 Science in culture
by Martin Kemp - 787-787 Cancer without disease
by Judah Folkman & Raghu Kalluri - 789-790 Turning the key on p53
by David P. Lane & Peter M. Fischer - 790-791 Out of the Dark Ages
by S. George Djorgovski - 791-793 Replication trimmed back
by Stephen P. Goff - 793-795 Through thick and thin
by Neil M. Ribe - 795-797 Spot the difference
by David C. Gadsby - 798-799 A move to sort life from death
by David R. Kaplan & Freda D. Miller - 799-799 Symmetry not required
by S. S. Saxena & P. Monthoux - 801-801 RNA editing and death of motor neurons
by Yukio Kawahara & Kyoko Ito & Hui Sun & Hitoshi Aizawa & Ichiro Kanazawa & Shin Kwak - 802-802 Magnetic enhancement of superconductivity
by Roman Movshovich & Andrea Bianchi & Cigdem Capan & Marcelo Jaime & R.G. Goodrich - 802-802 Magnetic enhancement of superconductivity
by H. A. Radovan & N. A. Fortune & T. P. Murphy & S. T. Hannahs & E. C. Palm & S. W. Tozer & D. Hall - 803-807 Secondary active transport mediated by a prokaryotic homologue of ClC Cl- channels
by Alessio Accardi & Christopher Miller - 808-814 Structure of the signal recognition particle interacting with the elongation-arrested ribosome
by Mario Halic & Thomas Becker & Martin R. Pool & Christian M. T. Spahn & Robert A. Grassucci & Joachim Frank & Roland Beckmann - 815-817 A large neutral fraction of cosmic hydrogen a billion years after the Big Bang
by J. Stuart B. Wyithe & Abraham Loeb - 817-821 Atomic transient recorder
by R. Kienberger & E. Goulielmakis & M. Uiberacker & A. Baltuska & V. Yakovlev & F. Bammer & A. Scrinzi & Th. Westerwalbesloh & U. Kleineberg & U. Heinzmann & M. Drescher & F. Krausz - 821-824 Giant magnetoresistance in organic spin-valves
by Z. H. Xiong & Di Wu & Z. Valy Vardeny & Jing Shi - 825-827 Bottom water warming in the North Pacific Ocean
by Masao Fukasawa & Howard Freeland & Ron Perkin & Tomowo Watanabe & Hiroshi Uchida & Ayako Nishina - 827-829 Rejuvenation of the lithosphere by the Hawaiian plume
by Xueqing Li & Rainer Kind & Xiaohui Yuan & Ingo Wölbern & Winfried Hanka - 829-832 Iron corrosion by novel anaerobic microorganisms
by Hang T. Dinh & Jan Kuever & Marc Mußmann & Achim W. Hassel & Martin Stratmann & Friedrich Widdel - 832-835 Conventional taxonomy obscures deep divergence between Pacific and Atlantic corals
by Hironobu Fukami & Ann F. Budd & Gustav Paulay & Antonio Solé-Cava & Chaolun Allen Chen & Kenji Iwao & Nancy Knowlton - 835-839 Phylogenetic constraints and adaptation explain food-web structure
by Marie-France Cattin & Louis-Félix Bersier & Carolin Banašek-Richter & Richard Baltensperger & Jean-Pierre Gabriel - 839-843 Global organization of metabolic fluxes in the bacterium Escherichia coli
by E. Almaas & B. Kovács & T. Vicsek & Z. N. Oltvai & A.-L. Barabási - 843-848 Sortilin is essential for proNGF-induced neuronal cell death
by Anders Nykjaer & Ramee Lee & Kenneth K. Teng & Pernille Jansen & Peder Madsen & Morten S. Nielsen & Christian Jacobsen & Marco Kliemannel & Elisabeth Schwarz & Thomas E. Willnow & Barbara L. Hempstead & Claus M. Petersen - 848-853 The cytoplasmic body component TRIM5α restricts HIV-1 infection in Old World monkeys
by Matthew Stremlau & Christopher M. Owens & Michel J. Perron & Michael Kiessling & Patrick Autissier & Joseph Sodroski - 853-858 The large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel is essential for innate immunity
by Jatinder Ahluwalia & Andrew Tinker & Lucie H. Clapp & Michael R. Duchen & Andrey Y. Abramov & Simon Pope & Muriel Nobles & Anthony W. Segal - 858-861 OXI1 kinase is necessary for oxidative burst-mediated signalling in Arabidopsis
by Maike C. Rentel & David Lecourieux & Fatma Ouaked & Sarah L. Usher & Lindsay Petersen & Haruko Okamoto & Heather Knight & Scott C. Peck & Claire S. Grierson & Heribert Hirt & Marc R. Knight - 862-865 Visualization of release factor 3 on the ribosome during termination of protein synthesis
by Bruno P. Klaholz & Alexander G. Myasnikov & Marin van Heel - 867-867 Ghosts in the machine
by Paul Smaglik - 868-869 Getting mobile in Europe
by Sally Goodman - 870-870 One of those days
by Amber Jenkins - 870-870 Scientists & Societies
by Sylwia Gorlach & Mikolaj Slabicki