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ABRAHAM, THOMAS TRULL, ROB MURDOCH, DOROTHEE C. E. BAKKER, ANDREW R. BOWIE, K. O. BUESSELER, HOE CHANG, MATTHEW CHARETTE, PETER CROOT, KEN DOWNING, RUSSELL FREW, MARK GALL, MARK HADFIELD, JULIE HALL, MIKE HARVEY, GREG JAMESON, JULIE LAROCHE, MALCOLM LIDDICOAT, ROGER LING, MARIA T. MALDONADO, R. MICHAEL MCKAY, SCOTT NODDER, STU PICKMERE, RICK PRIDMORE, STEVE RINTOUL, KARL SAFI, PHILIP SUTTON, ROBERT STRZEPEK, KIM TANNEBERGER, SUZANNE TURNER, ANYA WAITE & JOHN ZELDIS http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407695a0_fs.html Crystal structures of mismatch repair protein MutS and its complex with a substrate DNA GALINA OBMOLOVA, CHANGILL BAN, PEGGY HSIEH & WEI YANG http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407703a0_fs.html The crystal structure of DNA mismatch repair protein MutS binding to a G.T mismatch MEINDERT H. LAMERS, ANASTASSIS PERRAKIS, JACQUELINE H. ENZLIN, HERRIE H. K. WINTERWERP, NIELS DE WIND & TITIA K. SIXMA http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407711a0_fs.html ------------------------------ letters to nature ------------------------------ Dynamics of singularities in a constrained elastic plate AREZKI BOUDAOUD, PEDRO PATRÍCIO, YVES COUDER & MARTINE BEN AMAR http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407718a0_fs.html Interconversion of single and double helices formed from synthetic molecular strands VOLKER BERL, IVAN HUC, RICHARD G. KHOURY, MICHAEL J. KRISCHE & JEAN-MARIE LEHN http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407720a0_fs.html Prototype systems for rechargeable magnesium batteries D. AURBACH, Z. LU, A. SCHECHTER, Y. GOFER, H. GIZBAR, R. TURGEMAN, Y. COHEN, M. MOSHKOVICH & E. LEVI http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407724a0_fs.html Importance of stirring in the development of an iron-fertilized phytoplankton bloom EDWARD R. ABRAHAM, CLIFF S. LAW, PHILIP W. BOYD, SAMANTHA J. LAVENDER, MARIA T. MALDONADO & ANDREW R. BOWIE http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407727a0_fs.html Effect of iron supply on Southern Ocean CO2 uptake and implications for glacial atmospheric CO2 A. J. WATSON, D. C. E. BAKKER, A. J. RIDGWELL, P. W. BOYD & C. S. LAW http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407730a0_fs.html The possible subduction of continental material to depths greater than 200 km KAI YE, BOLIN CONG & DANIAN YE http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407734a0_fs.html The population genetics of ecological specialization in evolving Escherichia coli populations VAUGHN S. COOPER AND RICHARD E. LENSKI http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407736a0_fs.html Natural selection and sympatric divergence in the apple maggot Rhagoletis pomonella KENNETH E. FILCHAK, JOSEPH B. ROETHELE & JEFFREY L. FEDER http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407739a0_fs.html Learning of action through adaptive combination of motor primitives KURT A. THOROUGHMAN AND REZA SHADMEHR http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407742a0_fs.html Netrin-1-mediated axon outgrowth and cAMP production requires interaction with adenosine A2b receptor VÉRONIQUE CORSET, KIM TUYEN NGUYEN-BA-CHARVET, CHRISTELLE FORCET, EMMANUEL MOYSE, ALAIN CHÉDOTAL & PATRICK MEHLEN http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407747a0_fs.html Somatic support cells restrict germline stem cell self-renewal and promote differentiation AMY A. KIGER, HELEN WHITE-COOPER & MARGARET T. FULLER http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407750a0_fs.html Somatic control over the germline stem cell lineage during Drosophila spermatogenesis JOHN TRAN, TAMARA J. BRENNER & STEPHEN DINARDO http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407754a0_fs.html The complete sequence of the mucosal pathogen Ureaplasma urealyticum JOHN I. GLASS, ELLIOT J. LEFKOWITZ, JENNIFER S. GLASS, CHERYL R. HEINER, ELLSON Y. CHEN & GAIL H. CASSELL http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407757a0_fs.html Quorum-sensing signals indicate that cystic fibrosis lungs are infected with bacterial biofilms PRADEEP K. SINGH, AMY L. SCHAEFER, MATTHEW R. PARSEK, THOMAS O. MONINGER, MICHAEL J. WELSH & E. P. GREENBERG http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407762a0_fs.html Messenger RNA targeting of rice seed storage proteins to specific ER subdomains SANG-BONG CHOI, CHANGLIN WANG, DOUGLAS G. MUENCH, KENJIROU OZAWA, VINCENT R. FRANCESCHI, YUJIA WU & THOMAS W. OKITA http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407765a0_fs.html correction: BcL-2 family proteins regulate the release of apoptogenic cytochrome c by the mitochondrial channel VDAC SHIGEOMI SHIMIZU, MASASHI NARITA & YOSHIHIDE TSUJIMOTO ------------------------------ brief communications ------------------------------ Before striking gold in gold-ruby glass F. E. WAGNER, S. HASLBECK, L. STIEVANO, S. CALOGERO, Q. A. PANKHURST & K. -P. MARTINEK http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407691a0_fs.html Social insects: Facultative worker policing in a wasp KEVIN R. FOSTER AND FRANCIS L. W. RATNIEKS http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407692a0_fs.html Embryonic development: Maternal effect of Hsf1 on reproductive success E. CHRISTIANS, A. A. DAVIS, S. D. THOMAS & I. J. BENJAMIN http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407693a0_fs.html Biodiversity: Coexistence and resource competition PER LUNDBERG, ESA RANTA, VEIJO KAITALA & NICLAS JONZÉN http://www.nature.com/nlink/v407/n6805/abs/407694a0_fs.html ===================================================================== The content listing below is accessible only through a subscription. 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