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Science, New Series, Vol. 253, No. 5016, Jul. 12, 1991


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Front Matter (16 pp.)
Sustainable Future for Planet Earth, p. 117
Philip H. Abeleson


Letters
British Popular Science: "Prizeworthy", p. 118
Michael Rodgers
Munk's Experiment, pp. 118-119
Roger Revelle; Michael J. Mulroy


Erratum: Atomic Structure of Adenosine Deaminase Complexed with a Transition-State Analog: Understanding Catalysis and Immunodeficiency Mutations, p. 119
Erratum: Chromosome Banding, p. 119
ScienceScope, p. 127
David P. Hamilton


News and Comment
A Culture Clash Over Big Scienc, pp. 128-130
Robert Crawford
Military Labs Hit by Funding Retreat, pp. 131-132
Eliot Marshall
A Tangle of Superconductor Patent Disputes, p. 132
C. David Chaffee
Will GOES-NEXT Go Next?, p. 133
David Hamilton


Research News
Geothermal Tragedy of the Commons, pp. 134-135
Richard A. Kerr
RNA Editing: What's in a Mechanism?, pp. 136-138
Michelle Hoffman
A Long, Hard Look at the Virgo Cluster, pp. 138-139
Faye Flam
Manifest Destiny at the Scripps Research Institute, pp. 140-142
Yvonne Baskin


Briefings
Risqué Relics, p. 143
Faye Flam
Skylab Rides Again, p. 143
Faye Flam
A Fortunate Few Get Pews, p. 143
Faye Flam
Dawn of a Micromachine Age?, p. 143
Faye Flam


Perspective
Oct-3 and the Beginning of Mammalian Development, pp. 144-145
Mitchell H. Rosner; M. Alessandra Vigano; Peter W. J. Rigby; Heinz Arnheiter; Louis M. Staudt


Resource Constraints in Petroleum Production Potential, pp. 146-152
C. D. Masters; D. H. Root; E. D. Attanasi

Advances in Helioseismology, pp. 152-157
K. G. Libbrecht; M. F. Woodard

Messenger RNA Splicing in Yeast: Clues to why the Spliceosome is a Ribonucleoprotein, pp. 157-163
Christine Guthrie


Research Article
A Method to Identify Protein Sequences that Fold into a Known Three- Dimensional Structure, pp. 164-170
James U. Bowie; Roland Lüthy; David Eisenberg


Reports
Atomic Force Microscope Studies of Fullerene Films: Highly Stable C 60 fcc (311) Free Surfaces, pp. 171-173
Eric J. Snyder; Mark S. Anderson; William M. Tong; R. Stanley Williams; Samir J. Anz; Marcos M. Alvarez; Yves Rubin; François N. Diederich; Robert L. Whetten
Field-Induced Nanometer- to Atomic-Scale Manipulation of Silicon Surfaces with the STM, pp. 173-176
In-Whan Lyo; Phaedon Avouris
Rapid Eruption of the Siberian Traps Flood Basalts at the Permo-Triassic Boundary, pp. 176-179
Paul R. Renne; Asish R. Basu
Solution Structures of β Peptide and its Constituent Fragments: Relation to Amyloid Deposition, pp. 179-182
Colin J. Barrow; Michael G. Zagorski
Novel Enzymic Hydrolytic Dehalogenation of a Chlorinated Aromatic, pp. 182-185
Jeffrey D. Scholten; Kai-Hsuan Chang; Patricia C. Babbitt; Hugues Charest; Michel Sylvestre; Debra Dunaway-Mariano
Regulatory Role of Parasites: Impact on Host Population Shifts with Resource Availability, pp. 185-188
Jan O. Washburn; David R. Mercer; John R. Anderson
Prospects for an Invasion: Competition Between Aedes albopictus and Native Aedes triseriatus, pp. 189-191
Todd P. Livdahl; Michelle S. Willey
Structural Features that Give Rise to the Unusual Stability of RNA Hairpins Containing GNRA Loops, pp. 191-194
Hans A. Heus; Arthur Pardi
Organizer-Specific Homeobox Genes in Xenopus laevis Embryos, pp. 194-196
Bruce Blumberg; Christopher V. E. Wright; Eddy M. De Robertis; Ken W. Y. Cho
Function of the Homeodomain Protein GHF1 in Pituitary Cell Proliferation, pp. 197-199
José-Luis Castrillo; Lars E. Theill; Michael Karin
MHC Class I Deficiency: Susceptibility to Natural Killer (NK) Cells and Impaired NK Activity, pp. 199-202
Nan-Shih Liao; Mark Bix; Maarten Zijlstra; Rudolf Jaenisch; David Raulet
Demonstration that CFTR is a Chloride Channel by Alteration of its Anion Selectivity, pp. 202-205
Matthew P. Anderson; Richard J. Gregory; Simon Thompson; David W. Souza; Sucharita Paul; Richard C. Mulligan; Alan E. Smith; Michael J. Welsh
Effect of Deleting the R Domain on CFTR-Generated Chloride Channels, pp. 205-207
Devra P. Rich; Richard J. Gregory; Matthew P. Anderson; Parthasarathy Manavalan; Alan E. Smith; Michael J. Welsh


Technical Comments
Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor: Does it Have a Role in the Binding of Herpes Simplex Virus?, pp. 208-210
Mei-Tsu Shieh; Patricia G. Spear; Robert J. Kaner; Andrew Baird; Robert Z. Florklewicz; Alka Mansukhani; Claudio Basilico; David P. Hajjar
Vaccination, Immunopathology, and Immunity, p. 210
John Hotchin; Lois (Benson) Hotchin; Stephan Oehen; Hans Hengartner; Rolf M. Zinkernagel


Book Reviews
An Approach to Invention, p. 212
Numerical Control. Making a New Technology.
J. Francis Reintjes
Review author[s]: Paul E. Ceruzzi
Collaboration in Japan, pp. 212-213
The Market and Beyond. Cooperation and Competition in Information Technology Development in the Japanese System.
Martin Fransman
Review author[s]: Michael A. Cusumano
Interpreting Fossils, pp. 213-215
Owls, Caves and Fossils. Predation, Preservation, and Accumulation of Small Mammal Bones in Caves, with an Analysis of the Pleistocene Cave Faunas from Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, U. K.
Peter Andrews
Review author[s]: Russell W. Graham
Nitrogen-Fixing Systems, p. 215
The Biology of Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants.
Christa R. Schwintzer; John D. Tjepkema
Review author[s]: Antoon D. L. Akkermans
Books Received, pp. 215-216


Back Matter (24 pp.)

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