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Research Article

Three-Dimensional Structure of the Tn5 Synaptic Complex Transposition Intermediate

Douglas R. Davies, Igor Y. Goryshin, William S. Reznikoff, and Ivan Rayment
Science Jul 7 2000: 77-85. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

fw2.2: A Quantitative Trait Locus Key to the Evolution of Tomato Fruit Size

Anne Frary, T. Clint Nesbitt, Amy Frary, Silvana Grandillo, Esther van der Knaap, Bin Cong, Jiping Liu, Jaroslaw Meller, Ron Elber, Kevin B. Alpert, and Steven D. Tanksley
Science Jul 7 2000: 85-88. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reports

Stellar Production Rates of Carbon and Its Abundance in the Universe

H. Oberhummer, A. Csótó, and H. Schlattl
Science Jul 7 2000: 88-90. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Topographic Mapping of the Quantum Hall Liquid Using a Few-Electron Bubble

G. Finkelstein, P. I. Glicofridis, R. C. Ashoori, and M. Shayegan
Science Jul 7 2000: 90-94. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Carbon Nanotube-Based Nonvolatile Random Access Memory for Molecular Computing

Thomas Rueckes, Kyoungha Kim, Ernesto Joselevich, Greg Y. Tseng, Chin-Li Cheung, and Charles M. Lieber
Science Jul 7 2000: 94-97. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Electrochemical Micromachining

Rolf Schuster, Viola Kirchner, Philippe Allongue, and Gerhard Ertl
Science Jul 7 2000: 98-101. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Taming Superacids: Stabilization of the Fullerene Cations HC₆₀⁺ and C₆₀^·+

Christopher A. Reed, Kee-Chan Kim, Robert D. Bolskar, and Leonard J. Mueller
Science Jul 7 2000: 101-104. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Subducted Seamount Imaged in the Rupture Zone of the 1946 Nankaido Earthquake

Shuichi Kodaira, Narumi Takahashi, Ayako Nakanishi, Seiichi Miura, and Yoshiyuki Kaneda
Science Jul 7 2000: 104-106. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Interconnected Feedback Loops in the Neurospora Circadian System

Kwangwon Lee, Jennifer J. Loros, and Jay C. Dunlap
Science Jul 7 2000: 107-110. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

An Empirical Assessment of Taxic Paleobiology

Jonathan M. Adrain and and Stephen R. Westrop
Science Jul 7 2000: 110-112. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cooperative Regulation of Cell Polarity and Growth by Drosophila Tumor Suppressors

David Bilder, Min Li, and Norbert Perrimon
Science Jul 7 2000: 113-116. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Molecular Identification of a Taste Receptor Gene for Trehalose in Drosophila

Hiroshi Ishimoto, Akira Matsumoto, and Teiichi Tanimura
Science Jul 7 2000: 116-119. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Activating Mineralocorticoid Receptor Mutation in Hypertension Exacerbated by Pregnancy

David S. Geller, Anita Farhi, Nikki Pinkerton, Michael Fradley, Michael Moritz, Adrian Spitzer, Gretchen Meinke, Francis T. F. Tsai, Paul B. Sigler, and Richard P. Lifton
Science Jul 7 2000: 119-123. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Structure of the Cytoplasmic  Subunit--T1 Assembly of Voltage-Dependent K⁺ Channels

Jacqueline M. Gulbis, Ming Zhou, Sabine Mann, and Roderick MacKinnon
Science Jul 7 2000: 123-127. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Technical Comments

Independence of R/M/N Focus Formation and the Presence of Intact BRCA1

Xiaohua Wu, John H. J. Petrini, Walter F. Heine, David T. Weaver, David M. Livingston, Junjie Chen, Qing Zhong, Chi-Fen Chen, Phang-Lang Chen, and Wen-Hwa Lee

Science Jul 7 2000: 11. [Full Text]  

Letters

Taxonomy of the Dmanisi Crania Jeffrey H. Schwartz;, Leo Gabunia, Abesalom Vekua, and David Lordkipanidze ;  Early Mouse Models of Human Diseases Frederick H. Kasten ;  Antipsychotics and Working Memory in Schizophrenia André Aleman, Edward H. F. de Haan;, Stacy A. Castner, Graham V. Williams, and Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic  

Science Jul 7 2000: 55. [Full Text]  

Essays on Science and Society

ESSAYS ON SCIENCE AND SOCIETY:
Selling Science to the Public

Roger Highfield
Science Jul 7 2000: 59. [Summary] [Full Text]  

ESSAYS ON SCIENCE AND SOCIETY:
The Nature of Evidence

Boyce Rensberger
Science Jul 7 2000: 61. [Summary] [Full Text]  

Books et al.

HUMAN EVOLUTION:
The Context of Our Genetic History

David B. Goldstein
Science Jul 7 2000: 62-63. [Summary] [Full Text]  

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Nota Bene: Frozen Moments

David Voss
Science Jul 7 2000: 63. [Summary] [Full Text]  

Books Received

Science Jul 7 2000: 63.  

Perspectives

AIDS SPECIAL REPORT:
AIDS in a New Millennium

Bernhard Schwartländer, Geoff Garnett, Neff Walker, and Roy Anderson
Science Jul 7 2000: 64-67. [Summary] [Full Text]  

CELL BIOLOGY:
Travel Bulletin--Traffic Jams Cause Tumors

Mark Peifer
Science Jul 7 2000: 67-69. [Summary] [Full Text]  

GEOPHYSICS:
Enhanced: Earth's Enigmatic Interface

Edward J. Garnero and Raymond Jeanloz
Science Jul 7 2000: 70-71. [Summary] [Full Text]  

PLANT GENETICS:
A Tomato Gene Weighs In

John Doebley
Science Jul 7 2000: 71-72. [Summary] [Full Text]  

CHEMISTRY:
Superacids--It's a Lot About Anions

Darryl D. DesMarteau
Science Jul 7 2000: 72-73. [Summary] [Full Text]  

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:
Transposase Team Puts a Headlock on DNA

Tanya L. Williams and Tania A. Baker
Science Jul 7 2000: 73-74. [Summary] [Full Text]  

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