This Week in Science

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Science 6 September 1996: 1313.
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Editorial:
The Reality of Science Funding

Pete V. Domenici
Science 6 September 1996: 1319-0.
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 ScienceScope|

Science 6 September 1996: 1327-0.
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 Random Samples|Keeping Up With 2000 * Liquor-Loving Mice * Endowment for NIH * Hitting the Spot With Genes * Colliding Space Junk * Cosmic Identity Crisis

Science 6 September 1996: 1341-1343.
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 Book Reviews|The Shape of Life, reviewed by M. L. McKinney * Principles of Condensed Matter, D. G. Grier * Vignette

Science 6 September 1996: 1347-1348.
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 Products & Materials|

Science 6 September 1996: 1415-1416.
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 Science's Next Wave|A Daring Science Career: Start Your Own Company

Science 6 September 1996: 1433-0.
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News and Comment

National Cancer Institute: The Klausner Revolution

Eliot Marshall
Science 6 September 1996: 1328-1329.
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Science Interview: NCI: A Lab Scientist's View, From the Director's Office

Science 6 September 1996: 1329-1331.
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Assessing Research: Pilot Study Teaches NSF Costly Lesson

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 6 September 1996: 1331-1332.
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Japan's R&D Budget: Proposed Increases Follow 5-Year Plan

Dennis Normile
Science 6 September 1996: 1332-0.
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South Africa: New Minister Picks Up the Baton

Jonathan Spencer Jones
Science 6 September 1996: 1333-0.
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Life Sciences: NASA Scales Back Science on Station

Andrew Lawler
Science 6 September 1996: 1333-0.
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Research News

Evolution: A New Look at Maternal Guidance

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 6 September 1996: 1334-1336.
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X-ray Crystallography: Structure of Gene-Tag Protein Solved

Trisha Gura
Science 6 September 1996: 1336-0.
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Planetary Science: New Source Proposed for Most Common Meteorites

Richard A. Kerr
Science 6 September 1996: 1337-0.
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Plant Biology: Plants, Like Animals, May Make Use of Peptide Signals

Jean Marx
Science 6 September 1996: 1338-1339.
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Plant Evolution: Probing Flowers' Genetic Past

Wade Roush
Science 6 September 1996: 1339-1340.
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Paleontology: Viewing Velvet Worms in Amber

Gretchen Vogel
Science 6 September 1996: 1340-0.
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Letters

 This Week's Letters

Science 6 September 1996: 1321-1325.
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 Teaching Evolution

Judy Harvey;, Paul P. Craig;, Paul R. Gross;, and Sanford J. Madigan
Science 6 September 1996: 1321-1325.
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 Charges of Anti-Semitism

John Hartung
Science 6 September 1996: 1321-1325.
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 Tobacco Research: One Researcher's Experience

Freddy Homburger
Science 6 September 1996: 1321-1325.
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 Chernobyl Analysis

Edward E. Purvis III
Science 6 September 1996: 1321-1325.
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 Focus on Women

David L. Brautigan; and Patricia J. Brown
Science 6 September 1996: 1321-1325.
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 Teaching Evolution

Sanford J. Madigan
Science 6 September 1996: 1322.
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 Charges of Anti-Semitism

John Hartung
Science 6 September 1996: 1322.
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 Tobacco Research: One Researcher's Experience

Freddy Homburger
Science 6 September 1996: 1322-1323.
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 Chernobyl Analysis

Edward E. Purvis, III
Science 6 September 1996: 1323-1324.
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 Focus on Women

David L. Brautigan
Science 6 September 1996: 1325.
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 Focus on Women

Patricia J. Brown
Science 6 September 1996: 1325.
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 Corrections and Clarifications

Science 6 September 1996: 1321-1325.
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Corrections and Clarifications

Science 6 September 1996: 1325.
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Corrections and Clarifications

Science 6 September 1996: 1325.
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Corrections and Clarifications

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Corrections and Clarifications

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Books et al.

 Phases of Matter: Principles of Condensed Matter Physics.

David G. Grier
Science 6 September 1996: 1348.
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Perspectives

Coherent Exciton Waves

D. Snoke
Science 6 September 1996: 1351-1352.
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Airborne Particle Analysis for Climate Studies

T. Peter
Science 6 September 1996: 1352-1353.
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Refining the Taxonomy of Memory

Trevor W. Robbins
Science 6 September 1996: 1353-1354.
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Research Articles

Superstructure Control in the Crystal Growth and Ordering of Urea Inclusion Compounds

M. D. Hollingsworth, M. E. Brown, A. C. Hillier, B. D. Santarsiero, and J. D. Chaney
Science 6 September 1996: 1355-1359.
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Mantle Viscosity and Ice-Age Ice Sheet Topography

W. Richard Peltier
Science 6 September 1996: 1359-1364.
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Reports

A Silicate Inclusion in Puente del Zacate, a IIIA Iron Meteorite

Edward J. Olsen, Andrew M. Davis, Robert N. Clayton, Toshiko K. Mayeda, Carleton B. Moore, and Ian M. Steele
Science 6 September 1996: 1365-1367.
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Radiocarbon in Hydrologic Systems Containing Dissolved Magmatic Carbon Dioxide

Timothy P. Rose and M. Lee Davisson
Science 6 September 1996: 1367-1370.
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Fossil Velvet Worms in Baltic and Dominican Amber: Onychophoran Evolution and Biogeography

George Poinar, Jr.
Science 6 September 1996: 1370-1371.
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Threefold Electron Scattering on Graphite Observed with C₆₀-Adsorbed STM Tips

K. F. Kelly, D. Sarkar, G. D. Hale, S. J. Oldenburg, and N. J. Halas
Science 6 September 1996: 1371-1373.
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Antagonistic Interactions Between Wingless and Decapentaplegic Responsible for Dorsal-Ventral Pattern in the Drosophila Leg

William J. Brook and Stephen M. Cohen
Science 6 September 1996: 1373-1377.
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Purification and Molecular Cloning of Plx1, a Cdc25-Regulatory Kinase from Xenopus Egg Extracts

Akiko Kumagai and William G. Dunphy
Science 6 September 1996: 1377-1380.
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A Model of Host-Microbial Interactions in an Open Mammalian Ecosystem

Lynn Bry, Per G. Falk, Tore Midtvedt, and Jeffrey I. Gordon
Science 6 September 1996: 1380-1383.
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Time-Sensitive Reversal of Hyperplasia in Transgenic Mice Expressing SV40 T Antigen

Dagmar Ewald, Minglin Li, Shimon Efrat, Gert Auer, Robert J. Wall, Priscilla A. Furth, and Lothar Hennighausen
Science 6 September 1996: 1384-1386.
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Correction of the Mutation Responsible for Sickle Cell Anemia by an RNA-DNA Oligonucleotide

Allyson Cole-Strauss, Kyonggeun Yoon, Yufei Xiang, Bruce C. Byrne, Michael C. Rice, Jeff Gryn, William K. Holloman, and Eric B. Kmiec
Science 6 September 1996: 1386-1389.
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Enhanced Protein C Activation and Inhibition of Fibrinogen Cleavage by a Thrombin Modulator

David T. Berg, Michael R. Wiley, and Brian W. Grinnell
Science 6 September 1996: 1389-1391.
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Crystal Structure of the Aequorea victoria Green Fluorescent Protein

Mats Ormö, Andrew B. Cubitt, Karen Kallio, Larry A. Gross, Roger Y. Tsien, and S. James Remington
Science 6 September 1996: 1392-1395.
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Bimodal Interaction of Coatomer with the p24 Family of Putative Cargo Receptors

Klaus Fiedler, Michael Veit, Mark A. Stamnes, and James E. Rothman
Science 6 September 1996: 1396-1399.
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A Neostriatal Habit Learning System in Humans

Barbara J. Knowlton, Jennifer A. Mangels, and Larry R. Squire
Science 6 September 1996: 1399-1402.
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A Requirement for Local Protein Synthesis in Neurotrophin-Induced Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity

Hyejin Kang and Erin M. Schuman
Science 6 September 1996: 1402-1406.
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CRINKLY4: A TNFR-Like Receptor Kinase Involved in Maize Epidermal Differentiation

Philip W. Becraft, Philip S. Stinard, and Donald R. McCarty
Science 6 September 1996: 1406-1409.
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Similarity of a Chromatic Adaptation Sensor to Phytochrome and Ethylene Receptors

David M. Kehoe and Arthur R. Grossman
Science 6 September 1996: 1409-1412.
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Technical Comments

Evolution of Insect Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis-Transformed Plants

A. R. Ives;, D. N. Alstad, and D. A. Andow
Science 6 September 1996: 1412-1413.
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 Response: Evolution of Insect Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis—Transformed Plants

D. N. Alstad and D. A. Andow
Science 6 September 1996: 1413.
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