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Science, New Series, Vol. 253, No. 5021, Aug. 16, 1991


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Front Matter (15 pp.)
Preserving Biodiversity, p. 717
Daniel E. Koshland, Jr.


Letters
Patents and Publication, p. 719
Jan P. Koniarek
The "D0 Syndrome", p. 719
Paul D. Grannis
Cancer and Poverty, p. 719
Julia F. Morton
Prescription Drug Prices, pp. 719-720
Peter E. Oettinger; P. Roy Vagelos
Surgeon-Warriors?, p. 720
Joan Cassell


ScienceScope, p. 727
Richard Stone


News and Comment
Hints Emerge from the Gallo Probe, pp. 728-729
David P. Hamilton
Popovic Blasts Accusers, Demands Report be Withdrawn, pp. 729-731
Joseph Palca
The Gallo Factor: Questions Remain, p. 732
Ellis Rubinstein
British Mathematicians Count Their Numbers, p. 733
Alun Anderson
Penicillin's Forgotten Man: Norman Heatley, pp. 734-735
Carol L. Moberg


Research News
Extinction: Are Ecologists Crying Wolf?, pp. 736-738
Charles C. Mann
The Private Lives of Globular Clusters, p. 739
Faye Flam
To Everything (Tern, Tern, Tern) There is a Season, pp. 740-741
Joe Apler
New Role Found for a Common Protein "Motif", p. 742
Michelle Hoffman


Briefings
Research Entourage Leaves Rockefeller, p. 743
Constance Holden
Beyond the Great Wall?, p. 743
Constance Holden
Fewer Prospectors, Brighter Prospects, p. 743
Constance Holden
Genome Assignment for Industry, p. 743
Constance Holden
Humboldt Penguin-He or She?, p. 743
Constance Holden


Perspectives
Conservation: Tactics for a Constant Crisis, pp. 744-750
Michael E. Soulé
An Evolutionary Basis for Conservation Strategies, pp. 750-752
Terry L. Erwin
Balancing Species Preservation and Economic Considerations, pp. 752-754
Harold J. Morowitz
Extinctions: A Paleontological Perspective, pp. 754-757
David Jablonski


Biodiversity Studies: Science and Policy, pp. 758-762
Paul R. Ehrlich; Edward O. Wilson


Research Article
Convergence of Ets- and Notch-Related Structural Motifs in a Heteromeric DNA Binding Complex, pp. 762-768
Catherine C. Thompson; Thomas A. Brown; Steven L. McKnight


Reports
Ballistic 2-D Imaging Through Scattering Walls Using an Ultrafast Optical Kerr Gate, pp. 769-771
L. Wang; P. P. Ho; C. Liu; G. Zhang; R. R. Alfano
Modified Phases of Diamond Formed Under Shock Compression and Rapid Quenching, pp. 772-774
Hisako Hirai; Ken-ichi Kondo
Observations of Extreme Upwelling Filaments in the Southeast Atlantic Ocean, pp. 774-776
J. R. E. Lutjeharms; F. A. Shillington; C. M. Duncombe Rae
Contact Adhesion of Thin Gold Films on Elastomeric Supports: Cold Welding Under Ambient Conditions, pp. 776-778
Gregory S. Ferguson; Manoj K. Chaudhury; George B. Sigal; George M. Whitesides
Thymocyte Expression of RAG-1 and RAG-2: Termination by T Cell Receptor Cross-Linking, pp. 778-781
Laurence A. Turka; David G. Schatz; Marjorie A. Oettinger; Jerold J. M. Chun; Carolyn Gorka; Kelvin Lee; Wayne T. McCormack; Craig B. Thompson
Purification of an Allene Oxide Synthase and Identification of the Enzyme as a Cytochrome P-450, pp. 781-784
Wen-Chao Song; Alan R. Brash
Specificity for Aminoacylation of an RNA Helix: An Unpaired, Exocyclic Amino Group in the Minor Groove, pp. 784-786
Karin Musier-Forsyth; Nassim Usman; Stephen Scaringe; Jennifer Doudna; Rachel Green; Paul Schimmel
Variable Effects of Phosphorylation of Pit-1 Dictated by the DNA Response Elements, pp. 786-789
Michael S. Kapiloff; Yigal Farkash; Michael Wegner; Michael G. Rosenfeld
Identification of Ets- and Notch-Related Subunits in GA Binding Protein, pp. 789-792
Kelly LaMarco; Catherine C. Thompson; Brien P. Byers; Eve M. Walton; Steven L. McKnight
Design and Synthesis of a Mimetic from an Antibody Complementarity- Determining Region, pp. 792-795
Horacio Uri Saragovi; Dennis Fitzpatrick; Apichaya Raktabutr; Hiroshi Nakanishi; Michael Kahn; Mark I. Greene
Photoperiodism and Effects of Indoleamines in a Unicellular Alga, Gonyaulax polyedra, pp. 795-797
Ivonne Balzer; Rüdiger Hardeland
Similar Neuronal Alterations Induced by Axonal Injury and Learning in Aplysia, pp. 797-799
Edgar T. Walters; Hassan Alizadeh; Gilbert A. Castro


Technical Comments
Single-Channel Mechanosensitive Currents, pp. 800-802
Michael C. Gustin; Frederick Sachs; Wade Sigurdson; Abdul Ruknudin; Charles Bowman; Catherine E. Morris; Richard Horn
Lysyl Oxidase and rrg Messenger RNA, p. 802
Kaylene Kenyon; Sara Contente; Philip C. Trackman; Jin Tang; Herbert M. Kagan; Robert M. Friedman


Book Reviews
Societies from Underground, pp. 803-804
The Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat.
Paul W. Sherman; Jennifer U. M. Jarvis; Richard D. Alexander
Review author[s]: Gail R. Michener
The Earth's Climate, pp. 804-805
Paleoclimatology.
Thomas J. Crowley; Gerald R. North
Review author[s]: Jonathon T. Overpeck
Graptolites Without Fear, pp. 805-806
Graptolites. Writing in the Rocks.
Douglas Palmer; Barrie Rickards
Review author[s]: David L. Clark
Approachable Immunology, p. 806
Cellular and Molecular Immunology.
Abul K. Abbas; Andrew R. Lichtman; Jordan S. Pober
Review author[s]: Paul M. Allen
Books Received, p. 806


Back Matter (18 pp.)

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