Table of contents
Volume 389 Number 6647 pp103-211
In this issue (11 September 1997)
Opinion
Referendum's challenge to transgenic research p103
The Swiss have embarked on a national debate about the use of transgenic animals, threatening devastation of biological science and industry in their country. Are they a barometer of wider public antipathy?
doi:10.1038/38052
Quantity is not enough p103
Japan's scientifically weaker neighbours are outperforming it in the pursuit of quality.
doi:10.1038/38054
News
Gene therapist accused of fraud to seek redress in German court p105
Quirin Schiermeier
doi:10.1038/38056
Accidents prompt Los Alamos closure p105
Sally Lehrman
doi:10.1038/38059
Santa Fe centre seeks second wind p106
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/38061
Japan struggles towards emissions targets p107
Robert Triendl
doi:10.1038/38064
'Slick' new company eyes medical diagnostics market p107
Sally Lehrman
doi:10.1038/38067
Respite for NASA's troubled data system p108
Tony Reichhardt
doi:10.1038/38069
Earth scientists count the cost of loss of Lewis demo satellite p108
Tony Reichhardt
doi:10.1038/38072
UK reaffirms commitment to independent food agency p109
Ehsan Masood
doi:10.1038/38074
DNA fingerprinting evidence questioned p109
K. S. Jayaraman
doi:10.1038/38077
Australia plans new research reactor but no reprocessing p109
Peter Pockley
doi:10.1038/38079
Bidder for Brookhaven centre bails out p110
Colin Macilwain
doi:10.1038/38081
US DoE laboratories need 'compelling' missions p111
David Kramer
doi:10.1038/38084
Briefing
Western research assessment meets Asian cultures p113
The emerging economies of the Pacific Rim of Asia are applying research assessment to boost the quantity and quality of their research, while Japan is just awakening to the need for such processes. But cultural obstacles have led to diverse approaches across the region.
doi:10.1038/38088
Correspondence
Thalidomide is not a mutagen p118
John Ashby
doi:10.1038/38096
Contaminated water p118
Lynn Jones
doi:10.1038/38098
No politics, please p118
David Gershon
doi:10.1038/38100
As others see us p118
Michael Gro
doi:10.1038/38102
News and Views
A shot in the arm for fractional charge p119
Charles L. Kane and Matthew P. A. Fisher
doi:10.1038/38104
E. coligenome sequence: A blueprint for life p120
E. Richard Moxon and Christopher F. Higgins
doi:10.1038/38107
Functions for orphan genes p120
E. Richard Moxon and Christopher F. Higgins
doi:10.1038/38110
Materials science: Percolation frustrated p121
Robert W. Cahn
doi:10.1038/38113
Tumour-suppressor genes: Killer in search of a motive? p122
Bruce Clurman and Mark Groudine
doi:10.1038/38116
Defining tumour-suppressor genes p123
Bruce Clurman and Mark Groudine
doi:10.1038/38119
100 and 50 years ago p125
doi:10.1038/38121
Solar System: Pipelines to the planets p125
Donald M. Hunten
doi:10.1038/38123
Agriculture: In search of perennial solutions p126
Stuart L. Pimm
doi:10.1038/38126
Quantum mechanics: Statistics given a spin p127
Jason Twamley
doi:10.1038/38130
Eukaryotic ribosomal RNA: Guides to 95 new angles p129
B. Edward H. Maden
doi:10.1038/38134
Ecology: Venus firefly traps p130
Allison Mitchell
doi:10.1038/38138
Erratum: HIV-cell fusion: The viral mousetrap p131
doi:10.1038/38141
Daedalus: Droplets of gas p131
David Jones
doi:10.1038/38143
Obituary: Eugene M. Shoemaker (1928-97) p132
Thomas J. Ahrens
doi:10.1038/38145
Scientific Correspondence
Middle-aged mothers live longer p133
Thomas T. Perls, Laura Alpert and Ruth C. Fretts
doi:10.1038/38148
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Has BCG attenuated to impotence? p133
Marcel A. Behr and Peter M. Small
doi:10.1038/38151
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Inhibition of carcinogenesis by tea p134
Chung S. Yang
doi:10.1038/38154
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A plant cold-induced uncoupling protein p135
Maryse Laloi, Mathieu Klein, Jörg W. Riesmeier, Bernd Müller-Röber, Christophe Fleury, Frédéric Bouillaud and Daniel Ricquier
doi:10.1038/38156
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Caffeine alters plasma adenosine levels p136
Lydia A. Conlay, Jeffrey A. Conant, Fred deBros and Richard Wurtman
doi:10.1038/38160
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New Journals
Plugging into electronic journals p137
James Porteous
doi:10.1038/38164
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Highways and byways in biology p139
Lisa Satterwhite
doi:10.1038/38167
Journals index p139
doi:10.1038/38170
New Journals review 1997 p140
doi:10.1038/38173
More development than advertised p140
Gary L. Westbrook reviews MCN: Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Editors-in-chief Greg Lemke and Frank S. Walsh
doi:10.1038/38175
Fundamentals of fertility p141
Roger Gosden reviews Molecular Human Reproduction Editor-in-chief Robert G. Edwards
doi:10.1038/38177
Cells in distress p141
Helen Saibil and Peter Lund review Cell Stress and Chaperones Editor-in-chief Lawrence E. Hightower
doi:10.1038/38180
Mind and molecules p141
Leslie Iversen reviews Molecular Psychiatry Editor Julio Licinio
doi:10.1038/38182
Hearing and balance p142
S. M. Khanna reviews Audiology and Neuro-Otology: Basic Research and Clinical Applications Editor-in-chief Manfried Hoke
doi:10.1038/38184
Brain terrain p142
Jonathan D. Cohen reviews NeuroImage: A Journal of Brain Function Editors-in-chief Arthur W. Toga, Richard S. J. Frackowiak and John C. Mazziotta
doi:10.1038/38186
Lateral thinking p142
Dale Purves and Leonard E. White review Laterality Editors Michael Corballis, Chris McManus and Michael Peters
doi:10.1038/38189
Green shoots p143
Axel Brennicke reviews Trends in Plant Sciences Editor Hugh Blackbourn
doi:10.1038/38191
On the move p143
Peter D. Moore reviews Global Change Biology Editor-in-chief Steve Long
doi:10.1038/38194
Global control p144
Lawrence M. Hanks reviews Integrated Pest Management Reviews Editor David Dent
doi:10.1038/38196
Find that molecule p144
Neal S. Burres reviews Journal of Biomolecular Screening: The Official Journal of the Society for Biomolecular Screening Editor Mark Crawford
doi:10.1038/38199
A suitable treatment p144
Robin A. Weiss reviews Antiviral Therapy Editors-in-chief Joep M. A. Lange and Douglas D. Richman
doi:10.1038/38202
Out of Africa p145
Robert Desowitz reviews Tropical Medicine and International Health: A European Journal Coordinating editor D. J. Bradley
doi:10.1038/38204
Development ladder p145
Ziauddin Sardar reviews Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal Devoted to the Developing World by V. V. Krishna and Roland Waast
doi:10.1038/38207
What's it all worth? p146
Neil Adger reviews Environment and Development Economics Editor Charles Perrings
doi:10.1038/38210
Physics matters p146
David Goodstein and Judith Goodstein review Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics: Part B of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Editors Jeremy Butterfield,, Peter Gallison and Michael Redhead
doi:10.1038/38213
Opinions in science? p147
Donald W. Murphy reviews Current Opinions in Solid State and Materials Science Editors Anthony K. Cheetham, Hiroo Inokuchi and John Meurig Thomas
doi:10.1038/38215
Spice of life p147
R. J. P. Williams reviews JBIC: Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry Editor-in-chief Ivano Bertini
doi:10.1038/38218
Bright spark p148
Michael Rowan-Robinson reviews New Astronomy: An International, Electronic Journal in Astronomy and Astrophysics Editors Donald C. Backeret al.
doi:10.1038/38220
Journal reincarnate p148
Duncan Steel reviews Astronomy and Geophysics: The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society Editor Sue Bowler
doi:10.1038/38223
Progress
Regulation of transcription by proteins that control the cell cycle p149
Brian D. Dynlacht
doi:10.1038/38225
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Article
Global vegetation change through the Miocene/Pliocene boundary p153
Thure E. Cerling, John M. Harris, Bruce J. MacFadden, Meave G. Leakey, Jay Quade, Vera Eisenmann and James R. Ehleringer
doi:10.1038/38229
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Letters to Nature
External supply of oxygen to the atmospheres of the giant planets p159
H. Feuchtgruber, E. Lellouch, T. de Graauw, B. Bézard, T. Encrenaz and M. Griffin
doi:10.1038/38236
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Direct observation of a fractional charge p162
R. de-Picciotto, M. Reznikov, M. Heiblum, V. Umansky, G. Bunin and D. Mahalu
doi:10.1038/38241
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Application of scanning SQUID petrology to high-pressure materials science p164
Bruce A. Scott, John R. Kirtley, David Walker, Bai-Hao Chen and Yanhui Wang
doi:10.1038/38249
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Smectic ordering in solutions and films of a rod-like polymer owing to monodispersity of chain length p167
Seungju M. Yu, Vincent P. Conticello, Guanghui Zhang, Christoph Kayser, Maurille J. Fournier, Thomas L. Mason and David A. Tirrell
doi:10.1038/38254
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Mineral control of soil organic carbon storage and turnover p170
Margaret S. Torn, Susan E. Trumbore, Oliver A. Chadwick, Peter M. Vitousek and David M. Hendricks
doi:10.1038/38260
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Eclogite xenoliths in west African kimberlites as residues from Archaean granitoid crust formation p173
Hugh Rollinson
doi:10.1038/38266
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Stochastic seasonality and nonlinear density-dependent factors regulate population size in an African rodent p176
Herwig Leirs, Nils Chr. Stenseth, James D. Nichols, James E. Hines, Ron Verhagen and Walter Verheyen
doi:10.1038/38271
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Functional relevance of cross-modal plasticity in blind humans p180
Leonardo G. Cohen, Pablo Celnik, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Brian Corwell, Lala Faiz, James Dambrosia, Manabu Honda, Norihiro Sadato, Christian Gerloff, M. Dolores Catala´ and Mark Hallett
doi:10.1038/38278
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Defective platelet activation in G
q-deficient mice p183
Stefan Offermanns, Christopher F. Toombs, Yi-Hui Hu and Melvin I. Simon
doi:10.1038/38284
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Arrest of the cell cycle by the tumour-suppressor BRCA1 requires the CDK-inhibitor p21WAF1/CiPl p187
Kumaravel Somasundaram, Hongbing Zhang, Yi-Xin Zeng, Yariv Houvras, Yi Peng, Hongxiang Zhang, Gen Sheng Wu, Jonathan D. Licht, Barbara L. Weber and Wafik S. El-Deiry
doi:10.1038/38291
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p73 is a human p53-related protein that can induce apoptosis p191
Christine A. Jost, Maria C. Marin and William G. Kaelin Jr
doi:10.1038/38298
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Steroid receptor coactivator-1 is a histone acetyltransferase p194
Thomas E. Spencer, Guido Jenster, Mark M. Burcin, C. David Allis, Jianxin Zhou, Craig A. Mizzen, Neil J. McKenna, Sergio A. Onate, Sophia Y. Tsai, Ming-Jer Tsai and Bert W. O'Malley
doi:10.1038/38304
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Molecular mechanics of calcium–myristoyl switches p198
James B. Ames, Rieko Ishima, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Jeffrey I. Gordon, Lubert Stryer and Mitsuhiko Ikura
doi:10.1038/38310
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Arrangement of rhodopsin transmembrane -helices p203
Vinzenz M. Unger, Paul A. Hargrave, Joyce M. Baldwin and Gebhard F. X. Schertler
doi:10.1038/38316
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Surface of bacteriorhodopsin revealed by high-resolution electron crystallography p206
Yoshiaki Kimura, Dmitry G. Vassylyev, Atsuo Miyazawa, Akinori Kidera, Masaaki Matsushima, Kaoru Mitsuoka, Kazuyoshi Murata, Teruhisa Hirai and Yoshinori Fujiyoshi
doi:10.1038/38323
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erratum: Cofilin promotes rapid actin filament turnover in vivo p211
Pekka Lappalainen and David G. Drubin
doi:10.1038/38330
