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8 June 2001
Vol 292, Issue 5523, Pages 1799-1799

This Week in Science
Editorial
Editors' Choice
News of the Week
News Focus

Letters
Books et al.
Policy Forum
Perspectives

Review
Research Articles
Reports
Technical Comments

Issue Highlights

A Structural Basis for Transcription
UV Emission from Diamonds and Nanowires
Humans and Pleistocene Extinctions: A Smoking Gun?
Bacterial Genes and the Human Genome

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This Week in Science: Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Drug Prices: Real Problem, Wrong Solution: Donald Kennedy
Science 8 June 2001: 1797.
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Editors' Choice: Highlights of the recent literature.
Science 8 June 2001: 1799.
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NetWatch: Best of the Web in science.
Science 8 June 2001: 1803.
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NEW PRODUCTS: Science 8 June 2001: 1921-1922.

News of the Week

RUSSIAN SCIENCE: New Rules on Foreign Contacts Resurrect Cold War-Era Distrust: Vladimir Pokrovsky and Elena Kokurina
Science 8 June 2001: 1810.
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HUMAN RIGHTS: Academies Seek Release of Egyptian Scientist: Constance Holden
Science 8 June 2001: 1811.
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EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS: German Leaders Spar Over Bioethics: Robert Koenig and Gretchen Vogel
Science 8 June 2001: 1811.
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SPACE SCIENCE: Canada Eyes Front-Row Seat in Mars Program: Andrew Lawler
Science 8 June 2001: 1813-1814.
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GENETICS: Faster Maps Mean Fewer Mice: R. John Davenport
Science 8 June 2001: 1814-1815.
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PCR: Roche Dealt a Setback on European Taq Patent: Robert F. Service
Science 8 June 2001: 1815.
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ASTROBIOLOGY: Returning Alien Rocks Right the Second Time: Richard A. Kerr
Science 8 June 2001: 1817.
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: Director of Natural History Museum Quits: Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 8 June 2001: 1817.
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CANCER RESEARCH: Transatlantic War Over BRCA1 Patent: Michael Balter
Science 8 June 2001: 1818.
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PALEOECOLOGY: Mass Extinctions Pinned on Ice Age Hunters: Leigh Dayton
Science 8 June 2001: 1819.
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ScienceScope: Science 8 June 2001: 1813.
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Random Samples: Science 8 June 2001: 1831.
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News Focus

STEM CELL POLICY: Can Adult Stem Cells Suffice?: Gretchen Vogel
Science 8 June 2001: 1820-1822.
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STEM CELL POLICY: An Embryonic Alternative: Gretchen Vogel
Science 8 June 2001: 1822.
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CHINA'S CENSUS: National Count Reveals Major Societal Changes: Daniel Walfish
Science 8 June 2001: 1823.
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GENETICS: Can Organisms Speed Their Own Evolution?: Marina Chicurel
Science 8 June 2001: 1824-1827.
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GENETICS: Why Evolution Might Not Favor Increased Genetic Variability: Marina Chicurel
Science 8 June 2001: 1826.
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GERMANY: A Former Capital Stakes Its Future on Science: Robert Koenig
Science 8 June 2001: 1827-1829.
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GERMANY: Zoology Institute Shakes Off the Dust: Robert Koenig
Science 8 June 2001: 1829.
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Letters

This Week's Letters: Science 8 June 2001: 1835.
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The Growing Family of NIH Institutes: Rep. Richard Burr ;, Kurt Randerath;, Paul Goldhaber, John S. Greenspan, William H. Bowen, Robert J. Genco, Ben Barker, John C. Greene, Myron Allukian Jr., Charles A. McCallum, and Harold Slavin
Science 8 June 2001: 1835-1836.
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The Yanomamo and the 1960s Measles Epidemic: James V. Neel Jr.;, Kim Hill;, Samuel L. Katz;, and Charles C. Mann
Science 5 June 2001: 1836-1838.
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CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS: Science 5 June 2001: 1838.
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Books et al.

ECOLOGY: Cenozoic Dramas: Stuart Pimm
Science 8 June 2001: 1841-1843.
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Browsings: Science 8 June 2001: 1843.
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CHEMISTRY: Nota Bene: Some Things Never Change: Julia Uppenbrink
Science 8 June 2001: 1843.
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Books Received: Science 8 June 2001: 1843.

Policy Forum

CLIMATE CHANGE: Fundamentals of Treaty-Making on Climate Change: David B. Sandalow and Ian A. Bowles
Science 8 June 2001: 1839-1840.
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Perspectives

STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY: A Marvellous Machine for Making Messages: Aaron Klug
Science 8 June 2001: 1844-1846.
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CHEMISTRY: Fleeting Molecules Extend Their Stay: Curt Wentrup
Science 8 June 2001: 1846-1847.
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APPLIED PHYSICS: Toward Diamond Lasers: Phillip John
Science 8 June 2001: 1847-1848.
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GENOMICS: Enhanced: Are There Bugs in Our Genome?: Jan O. Andersson, W. Ford Doolittle, and Camilla L. Nesbø
Science 8 June 2001: 1848-1850.
Published online 17 May 2001 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1062241] (in Science Express Perspectives)
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PLATE TECTONICS: Indian Ocean Actively Deforms: Christine Deplus
Science 8 June 2001: 1850-1851.
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: Getting p53 Out of the Nucleus: Vanesa Gottifredi and Carol Prives
Science 8 June 2001: 1851-1852.
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Review

Free-Electron Lasers: Status and Applications: Patrick G. O'Shea and Henry P. Freund
Science 8 June 2001: 1853-1858.
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Research Articles

Structural Basis of Transcription: RNA Polymerase II at 2.8 Ångstrom Resolution: Patrick Cramer, David A. Bushnell, and Roger D. Kornberg
Science 8 June 2001: 1863-1876.
Published online 19 April 2001 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1059493] (in Science Express Research Articles)
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Structural Basis of Transcription: An RNA Polymerase II Elongation Complex at 3.3 Å Resolution: Averell L. Gnatt, Patrick Cramer, Jianhua Fu, David A. Bushnell, and Roger D. Kornberg
Science 8 June 2001: 1876-1882.
Published online 19 April 2001 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1059495] (in Science Express Research Articles)
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Evidence for Substantial Variations of Atmospheric Hydroxyl Radicals in the Past Two Decades: R. G. Prinn, J. Huang, R. F. Weiss, D. M. Cunnold, P. J. Fraser, P. G. Simmonds, A. McCulloch, C. Harth, P. Salameh, S. O'Doherty, R. H. J. Wang, L. Porter, and B. R. Miller
Science 8 June 2001: 1882-1888.
Published online 3 May 2001 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1058673] (in Science Express Research Articles)
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Reports

New Ages for the Last Australian Megafauna: Continent-Wide Extinction About 46,000 Years Ago: Richard G. Roberts, Timothy F. Flannery, Linda K. Ayliffe, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Jon M. Olley, Gavin J. Prideaux, Geoff M. Laslett, Alexander Baynes, M. A. Smith, Rhys Jones, and Barton L. Smith
Science 8 June 2001: 1888-1892.
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A Multispecies Overkill Simulation of the End-Pleistocene Megafaunal Mass Extinction: John Alroy
Science 8 June 2001: 1893-1896.
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Room-Temperature Ultraviolet Nanowire Nanolasers: Michael H. Huang, Samuel Mao, Henning Feick, Haoquan Yan, Yiying Wu, Hannes Kind, Eicke Weber, Richard Russo, and Peidong Yang
Science 8 June 2001: 1897-1899.
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Ultraviolet Emission from a Diamond pn Junction: Satoshi Koizumi, Kenji Watanabe, Masataka Hasegawa, and Hisao Kanda
Science 8 June 2001: 1899-1901.
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(Amino)(Aryl)Carbenes: Stable Singlet Carbenes Featuring a Spectator Substituent: Stéphane Solé, Heinz Gornitzka, Wolfgang W. Schoeller, Didier Bourissou, and Guy Bertrand
Science 8 June 2001: 1901-1903.
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Microbial Genes in the Human Genome: Lateral Transfer or Gene Loss?: Steven L. Salzberg, Owen White, Jeremy Peterson, and Jonathan A. Eisen
Science 8 June 2001: 1903-1906.
Published online 17 May 2001 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1061036] (in Science Express Reports)
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Role of T-bet in Commitment of T_H1 Cells Before IL-12-Dependent Selection: Alan C. Mullen, Frances A. High, Anne S. Hutchins, Hubert W. Lee, Alejandro V. Villarino, David M. Livingston, Andrew L. Kung, Nezih Cereb, Tso-Pang Yao, Soo Y. Yang, and Steven L. Reiner
Science 8 June 2001: 1907-1910.
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A p53 Amino-Terminal Nuclear Export Signal Inhibited by DNA Damage-Induced Phosphorylation: Yanping Zhang and Yue Xiong
Science 8 June 2001: 1910-1915.
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In Silico Mapping of Complex Disease-Related Traits in Mice: Andrew Grupe, Soren Germer, Jonathan Usuka, Dee Aud, John K. Belknap, Robert F. Klein, Mandeep K. Ahluwalia, Russell Higuchi, and Gary Peltz
Science 8 June 2001: 1915-1918.
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Technical Comments

Multisensory Integration and Crossmodal Attention Effects in the Human Brain: John J. McDonald, Wolfgang A. Teder-Sälejärvi, Lawrence M. Ward, Emiliano Macaluso, Chris Frith, and Jon Driver
Science 8 June 2001: 1791.
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