•Plant microtubules meet their MAPs and mimics (News and Views). Wick, S. Nature Cell Biology November (2000) The image — of GFP-linked 'movement protein' from tobacco mosaic virus associated with plant microtubule filaments — is taken from one of the research papers to which this article is linked: Heinlein, M. et al. Function of microtubules in intercellular transport of plant virus RNA.

•Nature Insight on Apoptosis.Nature 12 October (2000). Containing six review articles and one progress, this Insight feature explores apoptosis from various angles in several different systems.

•Circadian clockwork: two loops are better than one. Hastings, M. H. Nature Reviews Neuroscience November (2000).

•Chemical genetics: ligand-based discovery of gene function. Stockwell, B. R. Nature Reviews Genetics November (2000).

•Transforming growth factor β: death takes a holiday. Miller, R. & Ragsdale, C. Nature Neuroscience November (2000). This News and Views article discusses the function of TGFβ proteins in neuronal death.

•A rough guide to a smooth brain. Morris, R. Nature Cell Biology November (2000). This News and Views article discusses three papers in the November issue of Nature Cell Biology concerning the possible mechanisms behind the development of lissencephaly.

•Conformational disease. Kopito, R. R. & Ron, D. Nature Cell Biology November (2000). This meeting report focuses on some of the common pathways by which cells protect themselves from toxicity associated with protein misfolding and .

•Postsynaptic organization and regulation of excitatory synapses. Scannevin, R. H. & Huganir, R. L. Nature Reviews Neuroscience November (2000).

•Sticking together and sorting things out: adhesion as a force in development. McNeill, H. Nature Reviews Genetics November (2000).

•Split stories converge at desmoglein 1 Epstein, E. Nature Medicine November (2000). This News and Views article discusses a molecular mechanism used by Staphylococcus aureus toxin, which causes the epidermis to peel off in certain diseases.

•Phytochromes and light signal perception by plants — an emerging synthesis. Smith, H. Nature 5 October (2000).

•Modes of neuronal migration in the developing cerebral cortex. Nadarajah, B. & Parnavelas, J. G. Nature Reviews Neuroscience June (2002)

•Keeping killers on a tight leash: transcriptional and post-translational control of the pro-apoptotic activity of BH3-only proteins. Puthalakath, H. & Strasser, A. Cell Death and Differentiation May (2002)

•Induction of the neural crest: a multigene process. Knecht, A. K. & Bronner-Fraser, M. Nature Reviews Genetics June (2002)

•Signalling polarity. Moon, R. T. & Shah, K. Nature 16 May (2002) News and Views article discussing how a new non-canonical Wnt signalling pathway might help determine polarity in Xenopus embryos.

•Cytotoxic T lymphocytes: all roads lead to death. Barry, M. & Bleackley, R. C. Nature Reviews Immunology June (2002)

•Epithelial–mesenchymal transitions in tumour progression. Thiery, J.-P. Nature Reviews Cancer June (2002)

•Nature Cell Biology focus on apoptosis.Nature Cell Biology June (2002)

•The 3D's of apoptosis: death, degradation, and DIAPs. Palaga, T. & Osborne, B. In this News and Views article, the authors outline the evidence that decreased translation of inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) proteins, in addition to their post-translational degradation, occurs in response to apoptotic stimuli.

•p53 de-ubiquitination: at the edge between life and death. Salomoni, P. & Pandolfi, P. P. News and Views article in which the function of herpes-virus-associated ubiquitin-specific protease (HAUSP) in stabilizing p53 is discussed.

•Suppressors of cytokine signalling (SOCS) in the immune system. Alexander, W. S. Nature Reviews Immunology June (2002)

•New treatments for COPD. Barnes, P. J. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery June (2002)