From nature-list@edoc.com Wed Feb 16 21:14:06 2000 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:40:43 -0500 From: Nature To: nature-registrants@mail-list.com Subject: Nature Contents: 17 February 2000 (Vol. 403 No 6771) [The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set] [Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set] [Some characters may be displayed incorrectly] Nature - Table of Contents Now available at http://www.nature.com/ Visit Nature online to browse the content of the current issue, including articles, letters to Nature, brief communications and web extras. Please note that you need to be a subscriber to enjoy full text access to Nature online. 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JESSELL http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403734A0.abs_frameset ------------------------------ letters to nature ------------------------------ Origin of the Moon's orbital inclination from resonant disk interactions WILLIAM R. WARD AND ROBIN M. CANUP http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403741A0.abs_frameset Preparing pure photon number states of the radiation field B. T. H. VARCOE, S. BRATTKE, M. WEIDINGER & H. WALTHER http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403743A0.abs_frameset Imaging the effects of individual zinc impurity atoms on superconductivity in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+ S. H. PAN, E. W. HUDSON, K. M. LANG, H. EISAKI, S. UCHIDA & J. C. DAVIS http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403746A0.abs_frameset High-efficiency fluorescent organic light-emitting devices using a phosphorescent sensitizer M. A. BALDO, M. E. THOMPSON & S. R. FORREST http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403750A0.abs_frameset Explanation for fracture spacing in layered materials T. BAI, D. D. POLLARD & H. GAO http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403753A0.abs_frameset Temperature trends over the past five centuries reconstructed from borehole temperatures SHAOPENG HUANG, HENRY N. POLLACK & PO-YU SHEN http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403756A0.abs_frameset Effect of stream channel size on the delivery of nitrogen to the Gulf of Mexico RICHARD B. ALEXANDER, RICHARD A. SMITH & GREGORY E. SCHWARZ http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403758A0.abs_frameset Producer-decomposer co-dependency influences biodiversity effects SHAHID NAEEM, DANIEL R. HAHN & GREGOR SCHUURMAN http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403762A0.abs_frameset The mouse Dreher gene Lmx1a controls formation of the roof plate in the vertebrate CNS JAMES H. MILLONIG, KATHLEEN J. MILLEN & MARY E. HATTEN http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403764A0.abs_frameset Forebrain peptides modulate sexually polymorphic vocal circuitry JAMES L. GOODSON AND ANDREW H. BASS http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403769A0.abs_frameset Mapping the conformational wave of acetylcholine receptor channel gating CLAUDIO GROSMAN, MING ZHOU & ANTHONY AUERBACH http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403773A0.abs_frameset Positional cloning of zebrafish ferroportin1 identifies a conserved vertebrate iron exporter ADRIANA DONOVAN, ALISON BROWNLIE, YI ZHOU, JENNIFER SHEPARD, STEPHEN J. PRATT, JOHN MOYNIHAN, BARRY H. PAW, ANNA DREJER, BRUCE BARUT, AGUSTIN ZAPATA, TERENCE C. LAW, CARLO BRUGNARA, SAMUEL E. LUX, GERALDINE S. PINKUS, JACK L. PINKUS, PAUL D. KINGSLEY, JAMES PALIS, MARK D. FLEMING, NANCY C. ANDREWS & LEONARD I. ZON http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403776A0.abs_frameset Interaction between Wnt and TGF-beta signalling pathways during formation of Spemann's organizer MICHIRU NISHITA, MINAKO K. HASHIMOTO, SOUICHI OGATA, MICHELINE N. LAURENT, NAOTO UENO, HIROSHI SHIBUYA & KEN W. Y. CHO http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403781A0.abs_frameset Syncytin is a captive retroviral envelope protein involved in human placental morphogenesis SHA MI, XINHUA LEE, XIANG-PING LI, GEERTRUIDA M. VELDMAN, HEATHER FINNERTY, LISA RACIE, EDWARD LAVALLIE, XIANG-YANG TANG, PHILIPPE EDOUARD, STEVE HOWES, JAMES C. KEITH JR & JOHN M. MCCOY http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403785A0.abs_frameset naked cuticle encodes an inducible antagonist of Wnt signalling WENLIN ZENG, KEITH A. WHARTON JR, JUDITH A. MACK, KEVIN WANG, MATTHEW GADBAW, KAYE SUYAMA, PETER S. KLEIN & MATTHEW P. SCOTT http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403789A0.abs_frameset Transcriptional silencing and longevity protein Sir2 is an NAD-dependent histone deacetylase SHIN-ICHIRO IMAI, CHRISTOPHER M. ARMSTRONG, MATT KAEBERLEIN & LEONARD GUARENTE http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403795A0.abs_frameset The structures of HslU and the ATP-dependent protease HslU-HslV MATTHIAS BOCHTLER, CLAUDIA HARTMANN, HYUN KYU SONG, GLEB P. BOURENKOV, HANS D. BARTUNIK & ROBERT HUBER http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403800A0.abs_frameset Structure of the intact transactivation domain of the human papillomavirus E2 protein ALFRED A. ANTSON, JULIE E. BURNS, OLGA V. MOROZ, DAVID J. SCOTT, CYRIL M. SANDERS, IGOR B. BRONSTEIN, G. GUY DODSON, KEITH S. WILSON & NORMAN J. MAITLAND http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403805A0.abs_frameset ------------------------------ brief communications ------------------------------ Conversion of diploidy to haploidy HAI YAN, NICKOLAS PAPADOPOULOS, GIANCARLO MARRA, CLAUDIA PERRERA, JOSEF JIRICNY, C. RICHARD BOLAND, HENRY T. LYNCH, ROBERT B. CHADWICK, ALBERT DE LA CHAPELLE, KARIN BERG, JAMES R. ESHLEMAN, WEISHI YUAN, SANFORD MARKOWITZ, STEVEN J. LAKEN, CHRISTOPH LENGAUER, KENNETH W. KINZLER & BERT VOGELSTEIN http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403723A0.abs_frameset Epidemiology: Reactivation of Borrelia infection in birds ÅSA GYLFE, SVEN BERGSTRÖM, JAN LUNDSTRÖM & BJÖRN OLSEN http://www.nature.com/server-java/Propub/nature/403724A0.abs_frameset Marine ecology: Do mussels take wooden steps to deep-sea vents? DANIEL L. DISTEL, AMY R. BACO, ELLIE CHUANG, WENDY MORRILL, COLLEEN CAVANAUGH & CRAIG R. 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To purchase a subscription, please visit: http://www.nature.com/subscribe/ ============================================================ ------------------------------ opinion ------------------------------ Science and more for TB Fossil smuggling unopposed ------------------------------ news ------------------------------ Feathers fly over Chinese fossil bird's legality and authenticity UK scientists under pressure to please The biggest, wildest fossil market in the west Protein structure groups seek to draft common ground rules Austrian body pleads for normal contacts despite EU freeze South African government rejects AZT advice Consortium aims to kick-start TB research Europe's X-ray observatory defies the jinx... ...but Astro-E is yet another Japanese failure Russian presidential favourite pledges support for science Republican candidates clash on fetal tissue in research Funding crisis for Indian biotech centre Oxford professor faces business link inquiry news in brief ------------------------------ correspondence ------------------------------ Reliance on the citation index undermines the study of biodiversity Proteomics could be key in battle against malaria X chromosomes forget where they came from Don't let politics put Diamond at risk ------------------------------ commentary ------------------------------ One-stop shop for microarray data ALVIS BRAZMA, ALAN ROBINSON, ------------------------------ millennium essay ------------------------------ Where do babies come from? R. V. SHORT ------------------------------ futures ------------------------------ Total internal reflection GWYNETH JONES ------------------------------ book reviews ------------------------------ Balancing ambition and restraint ROBERT W. CAHN reviews India's Nuclear Bomb: The Impact on Global Proliferation By George Perkovich Between heavens and cloister BRENDA MADDOX reviews Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel A rival for the Burgess Shale DOUGLAS PALMER reviews The Chengjiang Fauna: Exceptionally Well-Preserved Animals from 530 Million Years Ago by Hou Xianguang, Jan Bergström, Wang Haifeng, Feng Xianghong and Chen Ailin Problem squares and virtuous circles JEREMY GRAY reviews A History of Algorithms: From the Pebble to the Microchip edited by Jean-Luc Chabert Science in culture MARTIN KEMP ---------------------------- news and views ---------------------------- Taiwan's gift to the world JARED M. DIAMOND Display technology: Sidestepping the selection rules I. D. W. SAMUEL AND A. BEEBY Physiology: Mining the genome for iron JERRY KAPLAN AND JAMES P. KUSHNER Climate change: The hole record JONATHAN T. OVERPECK Reproductive biology: A provirus put to work JONATHAN P. STOYE AND JOHN M. COFFIN Superconductivity: From obscurity to impurity A. V. BALATSKY Ecology: The complexity of co-dependency PETER J. MORIN Mathematics: A gathering of groups IAN STEWART Developmental biology: Raising the roof MIGUEL MANZANARES AND ROBB KRUMLAUF 100 and 50 years ago Daedalus: Down-gazing Dome DAVID JONES Obituary: Dennis Sciama (1926-99) ---------------------------- new on the market ---------------------------- Biochips on a plate =================================================== Links to freely available content on www.nature.com =================================================== ------------------------------ feature of the week ------------------------------ Splendid Supernovae http://www.nature.com/cgi-bin/wbsp-home.cgi ------------------------------ jobs and careers ------------------------------ Looking for a new job? Beat the waiting game by visiting new naturejobs: the online career centre for science professionals worldwide. Search hundreds of top international science jobs, post your resume, and choose the type of service you would like to use, all for free. 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