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Nature 431, 510-512 (30 September 2004) | doi:10.1038/431510a; Published online 29 September 2004
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Protect Enzyme from In Planta Degradation
A proposal for stable expression of an enzyme in corn seed is desired.
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Associate Professor / Professor ? NCRIS TERN Director
- University Of Queensland, Australia
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Ramalingaswami Fellowship
- Department of Biotechnology
- New Delhi India
Life on the edge
Mike Stroud1
BOOK REVIEWED-The Biology of Human Survival: Life and Death in Extreme Environments
by Claude A. Piantadosi
Oxford University Press: 2003. 280 pp. £24.95, $35
Stories of human achievements and survival against the odds have always been fascinating. Whether in the context of simply living in the world's harshest environments, mounting expeditions to its hottest, coldest, highest or deepest places, or coping with the aftermath of disaster, everybody wonders at just how the body copes.
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