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Science, New Series, Vol. 257, No. 5072, Aug. 14, 1992


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Front Matter (21 pp.)
Editorial: Science Is Great, But Scientists Are Still People, p. 859
Arthur Kornberg


Letters
Drugs from Third World Plants, p. 860
Irving S. Johnson
Computing in Science, p. 860
John Ross
Condom Use, p. 861
Freya L. Sonenstein
NSF and Duplicate Grant Submissions, pp. 861-862
Dov Jaron
Combating Epidemic Cholera, p. 862
Richard A. Finkelstein
Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase: Conclusions Withdrawn, p. 862
Paul A. Randazzo; Richard A. Kahn; John K. Northup


ScienceScope, p. 867
David P. Hamilton


News and Comment
Fetal Transplants Show Promise, pp. 868+870
Larry Thompson
The Tissue Bank's Shaky Underpinnings, p. 869
David P. Hamilton
Chemistry Curricula Edge Toward a New World, pp. 871-872
Ivan Amato
NSF Holds Plan Close to Its Vest, p. 872
Joseph Palca
Mitochondrial Eve: Wounded, But Not Dead Yet, pp. 873-875
Ann Gibbons


Random Samples, pp. 876-877
Richard Stone


Research News
Huge Impact Tied to Mass Extinction, pp. 878-880
Richard A. Kerr
Getting Some "Backbone": How MHC Binds Peptides, pp. 880-881
Marcia Barinaga
Microgravity Materials Science Strives to Stay in Orbit, pp. 882-883
Ivan Amato
Possible Evolutionary Role Explored for "Jumping Genes", pp. 884-885
John Travis
Science Innovation '92: The San Francisco Sequel, pp. 885-886
Paul Selvin


Perspectives
Intermolecular Interactions, pp. 887-888
William Klemperer
Splicing Takes a Holliday, pp. 888-889
Joan Argetsinger Steitz


The Nature of the Metal-Metal Bond in Bimetallic Surfaces, pp. 897-903
José A. Rodriguez; D. Wayne Goodman

Genes, Patents, and Product Development, pp. 903-908
Rebecca S. Eisenberg

Genome Research: Fulfilling the Public's Expectations for Knowledge and Commercialization, pp. 908-914
Reid G. Adler

Patents on Random Complementary DNA Fragments?, pp. 915-918
Thomas D. Kiley


Research Articles
Crystal Structures of Two Viral Peptides in Complex with Murine MHC Class I H-2Kb, pp. 919-927
Daved H. Fremont; Masazumi Matsumura; Enrico A. Stura; Per A. Peterson; Ian A. Wilson
Emerging Principles for the Recognition of Peptide Antigens by MHC Class I Molecules, pp. 927-934
Masazumi Matsumura; Daved H. Fremont; Per A. Peterson; Ian A. Wilson


Reports
A Lunar Occultation of the Dust-Scattering Halo Around GX 5-1 Observed with ROSAT, pp. 935-937
Peter Predehl; Jürgen H. M. M. Schmitt; Steven L. Snowden; Joachim Trümper
High-Velocity Pulsars in the Galactic Halo, pp. 937-942
David Eichler; Joseph Silk
Benzene Forms Hydrogen Bonds with Water, pp. 942-945
Sakae Suzuki; Peter G. Green; Roger E. Bumgarner; Siddharth Dasgupta; William A. Goddard; Geoffrey A. Blake
Synthesis of Fluoropolymers in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, pp. 945-947
J. M. DeSimone; Zihibin Guan; C. S. Elsbernd
Internal Stark Effect Measurement of the Electric Field at the Amino Terminus of an α Helix, pp. 947-951
David J. Lockhart; Peter S. Kim
The Reversal and Splitting of Waves in an Excitable Medium Caused by an Electrical Field, pp. 951-954
Hana S̆evčíková; Milos̆ Marek; Stefan C. Müller
Coeval 40 Ar/ 39 Ar Ages of 65.0 Million Years Ago from Chicxulub Crater Melt Rock and Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Tektites, pp. 954-958
Carl C. Swisher; José M. Grajales-Nishimura; Alessandro Montanari; Stanley V. Margolis; Philippe Claeys; Walter Alvarez; Paul Renne; Esteban Cedillo-Pardo; Florentin J-M. R. Maurrasse; Garniss H. Curtis; Jan Smit; Michael O. McWilliams
Pseudo-Half-Knot Formation with RNA, pp. 958-961
D. J. Ecker; T. A. Vickers; T. W. Bruice; S. M. Freier; R. D. Jenison; M. Manoharan; M. Zounes
Combining Experimental Information from Crystal and Solution Studies: Joint X-ray and NMR Refinement, pp. 961-964
Boaz Shaanan; Angela M. Gronenborn; Gerson H. Cohen; Gary L. Gilliland; B. Veerapandian; David R. Davies; G. Marius Clore
A Critical Role for Conserved Residues in the Cleft of HLA-A2 in Presentation of a Nonapeptide to T Cells, pp. 964-967
France Latron; Laszlo Pazmany; Joanna Morrison; Robert Moots; Mark A. Saper; Andrew McMichael; Jack L. Strominger
Differential Display of Eukaryotic Messenger RNA by Means of the Polymerase Chain Reaction, pp. 967-971
Peng Liang; Arthur B. Pardee
Biosynthesis of Human Papillomavirus from a Continuous Cell Line Upon Epithelial Differentiation, pp. 971-973
Craig Meyers; Mark G. Frattini; John B. Hudson; Laimonis A. Laimins
Rapamycin-Induced Inhibition of the 70-Kilodalton S6 Protein Kinase, pp. 973-977
Daniel J. Price; J. Russell Grove; Victor Calvo; Joseph Avruch; Barbara E. Bierer
A Point Mutation of the α2-Adrenoceptor That Blocks Coupling to Potassium But Not Calcium Currents, pp. 977-980
Annmarie Surprenant; Debra A. Horstman; Hamid Akbarali; Lee E. Limbird


Book Reviews
Fervors, Fears, and Manageable Realities, pp. 981-982
The Code of Codes. Scientific and Social Issues in the Human Genome Project.
Daniel J. Kevles; Leroy Hood
Review author[s]: Bernard D. Davis
Cognition and Context, pp. 982-983
Everyday Cognition in Adulthood and Late Life.
Leonard W. Poon; David C. Rubin; Barbara A. Wilson
Review author[s]: Timothy A. Salthouse
Cordilleran Magmatism, pp. 983-984
Andean Magmatism and Its Tectonic Setting.
Russell S. Harmon; Carlos W. Rapela
Review author[s]: Bradley S. Singer
Books Received, p. 984


Back Matter (28 pp.)

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