This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
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Editorial:
Governance of Both Poles

Albert Grimaldi
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Editors' Choice

Highlights of the recent literature.
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Science Podcast

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The show includes the demise of Pleistocene megafauna, strengthening memories during sleep, cleaning up oil mine reclamation, and more. Summary »|   Full Text »|   Transcript »|  

New Products

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A weekly roundup of information on newly offered instrumentation, apparatus, and laboratory materials of potential interest to researchers. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

News of the Week

Planetary Science
Yes, There's Ice on the Moon—But How Much, and What Use Is It?

Richard A. Kerr
Science 20 November 2009: 1046.
When a spent rocket booster slammed into the frigid, inky shadow of a lunar crater last month, it sent up a slightly damp plume of dust, scientists with NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission reported last week. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Japan
Belt-Tightening Could Claim Some Scientific Scalps

Dennis Normile
Science 20 November 2009: 1046-1047.
Attempting to rein in Japan's yawning budget deficit, a government task force last week recommended tens of millions of dollars in cuts in science spending in the fiscal year beginning next April that would hit everything from research grants to big-ticket items such as a next-generation supercomputer. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Astrophysics
Galactic Glare Reveals Birthplace of Cosmic Rays

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
Science 20 November 2009: 1047.
Two new astronomical results—one in this week's issue of Science and the other published online this month in Nature—suggest that cosmic rays acquire their tremendous velocities from exploding stars. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Oil Resources
Splitting the Difference Between Oil Pessimists and Optimists

Richard A. Kerr
Science 20 November 2009: 1048.
World production of conventional oil is likely to peak before 2030 and could reach its limits before 2020, a major report from a new voice in the debate over oil depletion warns. In view of the daunting task of weaning the world's transportation off oil, the risk of a peak before 2030 "needs to be given serious consideration," the report says. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Cell Therapies
Clean Pigs Offer Alternative to Stem Cell Transplants

Constance Holden
Science 20 November 2009: 1049.
Within a couple of years, a scientific team hopes to start clinical trials using cells from the first swine herd in the country specially bred to supply insulin-secreting pancreatic islets for people with diabetes. But they face immunological and regulatory challenges, as well as the challenge of overcoming public aversion to the idea. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

ScienceNOW.org
From Science's Online Daily News Site

Science 20 November 2009: 1049.
ScienceNOW this week reported that meditation halves the risk of heart disease, empathy is in our genes, holes can block light, and new neurons make room for new memories, among other stories. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Newsmaker Interview
University Head Zhu Qingshi Challenges Old Academic Ways

Richard Stone
Science 20 November 2009: 1050.
In an interview with Science, Zhu Qingshi, the newly appointed president of China's planned South University of Science and Technology, explained how he intends to shake up China's university system—whether the education ministry likes it or not. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Intellectual Property
Research Centers Promise a Break on Medical Patents in Developing Countries

Sam Kean
Science 20 November 2009: 1051.
More than a half-dozen major U.S. universities and institutes pledged last week to lean on biotech companies when licensing intellectual property to secure more favorable terms for countries in the developing world. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

ScienceInsider
From the Science Policy Blog

Science 20 November 2009: 1051.
ScienceInsider reported this week that the American Physical Society's governing council has rejected a petition to revise a 2007 statement on global warming and Brazil has announced a plan to cut carbon emissions between 36% and 39% by 2020, among other stories. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Random Samples

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News Focus

Ecology
Eco-Alchemy in Alberta

Sam Kean
Science 20 November 2009: 1052-1055.
The oil of the future—vast and largely untapped reserves of petroleum in the form of tarry deposits a few tens of meters beneath the surface—has serious reclamation challenges right now. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Podcast Interview »|  

Archaeology
Better Homes and Hearths, Neandertal-Style

Michael Balter
Science 20 November 2009: 1056-1057.
Detailed studies of Neandertal hearths and living quarters suggest that, like modern humans, our extinct cousins had the knack for organization. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Archaeology
Did Neandertals Dine In?

Michael Balter
Science 20 November 2009: 1057.
Researchers have long debated whether the highly carnivorous Neandertals sometimes ate each other. In recent years, new evidence for this macabre hypothesis has emerged. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Ninth International Plant Molecular Biology Congress, 25-30 October 2009, St. Louis, Missouri
Chloroplast Shuffle

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 20 November 2009: 1058.
Chloroplasts seem to rely on the polymerization of protein filaments to make their way across a cell, researchers reported at the 9th International Plant Molecular Biology Congress, and they can move quickly—or slowly—depending on the circumstances. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Ninth International Plant Molecular Biology Congress, 25-30 October 2009, St. Louis, Missouri
Steak With a Side of Beta-Glucans

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 20 November 2009: 1058-1059.
At the 9th International Plant Molecular Biology Congress, researchers described progress in manipulating the beta-glucan content of grains and other plant tissues, which could boost the fiber content of foods and enhance the value of the currently unusable parts of corn and wheat for biofuels. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Ninth International Plant Molecular Biology Congress, 25-30 October 2009, St. Louis, Missouri
A Question of Balance

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 20 November 2009: 1059.
Researchers have proposed that genes that code for proteins that are part of complexes are most likely to survive the purging that follows whole-genome duplications. Increasing evidence from the 9th International Plant Molecular Biology Congress and other meetings suggests that this so-called gene balance hypothesis may be correct. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Letters

 Getting His Goat

Simon Levay
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 Cell Therapy Ahead for Parkinson's Disease

Ole Isacson
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 Environmental Markets: Concentrate on Criteria

Tong Wu and Yeon-Su Kim
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 Environmental Markets: The Power of Regulation

Adam Riggsbee and Martin W. Doyle
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 Response—Environmental Markets

Margaret A. Palmer and Solange Filoso
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 Training Scientists to Manage

Michael Town
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 Corrections and Clarifications

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Books et al.

Behavior
Selfless Memes

Johan J. Bolhuis
Science 20 November 2009: 1063.
De Waal uses observations from his own fieldwork to argue for the importance of empathy in social behavior of human and other animals. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Women in Science
Preferences and Penalties Differ

Raegen T. Miller
Science 20 November 2009: 1063-1064.
Surveying and evaluating the scientific literature gender disparities in mathematics, science, and engineering disciplines, Ceci and Williams argue that the underrepresentation of women in these fields is due to "certain choices that women (but not men) are compelled to make in our society." Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Books Received

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A listing of books received at Science during the week ended 13 November 2009. Summary »|  

Policy Forum

Science and Regulation
New Science for Chemicals Policy

Megan R. Schwarzman and Michael P. Wilson
Science 20 November 2009: 1065-1066.
U.S. regulation of chemicals is in need of an overhaul, informed by European legislation and guided by new thinking about risk. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Perspectives

Environment
Monitoring Earth's Critical Zone

Daniel deB. Richter, Jr. and Megan L. Mobley
Science 20 November 2009: 1067-1068.
Earth's rapidly changing near-surface environment needs systematic observation to better manage future crop production, climates, and water quality. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Materials Science
The Hotter the Engine, the Better

John H. Perepezko
Science 20 November 2009: 1068-1069.
Alloys based on molybdenum or niobium may allow the high-temperature components of jet engines to run hotter and more efficiently. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Chemistry
Hydrate Molecular Ballet

Pablo G. Debenedetti and Sapna Sarupria
Science 20 November 2009: 1070-1071.
An exceptionally long computer simulation offers a glimpse of molecular events leading to methane hydrate formation. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Plant Science
Solving the Maze

Catherine Feuillet and Kellye Eversole
Science 20 November 2009: 1071-1072.
The maize genome sequence will allow further analyses of genetic diversity and the genetic basis for traits critical to plant breeding. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Paleontology
Megafaunal Decline and Fall

Christopher Johnson
Science 20 November 2009: 1072-1073.
Declines in North American megafauna populations began before the Clovis period and were the cause, not the result, of vegetation changes and increased fires. Summary »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|  

Review

Controlling the Velocity of Light Pulses

Robert W. Boyd and Daniel J. Gauthier
Science 20 November 2009: 1074-1077.
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Brevia

The Palomero Genome Suggests Metal Effects on Domestication

Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada, Octavio Martínez de la Vega, Gustavo Hernández-Guzmán, Enrique Ibarra-Laclette, Cesar Alvarez-Mejía, Julio C. Vega-Arreguín, Beatriz Jiménez-Moraila, Araceli Fernández-Cortés, Guillermo Corona-Armenta, Luis Herrera-Estrella, and Alfredo Herrera-Estrella
Science 20 November 2009: 1078.
Genes involved in metal tolerance likely played a role in maize domestication. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Strengthening Individual Memories by Reactivating Them During Sleep

John D. Rudoy, Joel L. Voss, Carmen E. Westerberg, and Ken A. Paller
Science 20 November 2009: 1079.
During sleep, memories can be influenced in a specific and systematic manner. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  Podcast Interview »|  

Reports

Detection of Gamma Rays from a Starburst Galaxy

F. Acero, F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, G. Anton, U. Barres de Almeida, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, Y. Becherini, B. Behera, K. Bernlöhr, A. Bochow, C. Boisson, J. Bolmont, V. Borrel, J. Brucker, F. Brun, P. Brun, R. Bühler, T. Bulik, I. Büsching, T. Boutelier, P. M. Chadwick, A. Charbonnier, R. C. G. Chaves, A. Cheesebrough, L.-M. Chounet, A. C. Clapson, G. Coignet, M. Dalton, M. K. Daniel, I. D. Davids, B. Degrange, C. Deil, H. J. Dickinson, A. Djannati-Ataï, W. Domainko, L. O’C. Drury, F. Dubois, G. Dubus, J. Dyks, M. Dyrda, K. Egberts, D. Emmanoulopoulos, P. Espigat, C. Farnier, S. Fegan, F. Feinstein, A. Fiasson, A. Förster, G. Fontaine, M. Füßling, S. Gabici, Y. A. Gallant, L. Gérard, D. Gerbig, B. Giebels, J. F. Glicenstein, B. Glück, P. Goret, D. Göring, D. Hauser, M. Hauser, S. Heinz, G. Heinzelmann, G. Henri, G. Hermann, J. A. Hinton, A. Hoffmann, W. Hofmann, P. Hofverberg, S. Hoppe, D. Horns, A. Jacholkowska, O. C. de Jager, C. Jahn, I. Jung, K. Katarzynski, U. Katz, S. Kaufmann, M. Kerschhaggl, D. Khangulyan, B. Khélifi, D. Keogh, D. Klochkov, W. Kluzniak, T. Kneiske, Nu. Komin, K. Kosack, R. Kossakowski, G. Lamanna, J.-P. Lenain, T. Lohse, V. Marandon, O. Martineau-Huynh, A. Marcowith, J. Masbou, D. Maurin, T. J. L. McComb, M. C. Medina, J. Méhault, R. Moderski, E. Moulin, M. Naumann-Godo, M. de Naurois, D. Nedbal, D. Nekrassov, B. Nicholas, J. Niemiec, S. J. Nolan, S. Ohm, J-F. Olive, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, K. J. Orford, M. Ostrowski, M. Panter, M. Paz Arribas, G. Pedaletti, G. Pelletier, P.-O. Petrucci, S. Pita, G. Pühlhofer, M. Punch, A. Quirrenbach, B. C. Raubenheimer, M. Raue, S. M. Rayner, O. Reimer, M. Renaud, F. Rieger, J. Ripken, L. Rob, S. Rosier-Lees, G. Rowell, B. Rudak, C. B. Rulten, J. Ruppel, V. Sahakian, A. Santangelo, R. Schlickeiser, F. M. Schöck, U. Schwanke, S. Schwarzburg, S. Schwemmer, A. Shalchi, M. Sikora, J. L. Skilton, H. Sol, L. Stawarz, R. Steenkamp, C. Stegmann, F. Stinzing, G. Superina, A. Szostek, P. H. Tam, J.-P. Tavernet, R. Terrier, O. Tibolla, M. Tluczykont, C. van Eldik, G. Vasileiadis, C. Venter, L. Venter, J. P. Vialle, P. Vincent, M. Vivier, H. J. Völk, F. Volpe, S. J. Wagner, M. Ward, A. A. Zdziarski, and A. Zech
Science 20 November 2009: 1080-1082.
Published online 24 September 2009 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1178826] (in Science Express Reports)
Detection of our nearest starburst galaxy at very high energies confirms this galaxy type as a new class of gamma-ray emitter. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Shape-Controlled Colloidal Interactions in Nematic Liquid Crystals

Clayton P. Lapointe, Thomas G. Mason, and Ivan I. Smalyukh
Science 20 November 2009: 1083-1086.
Polygons dispersed in a liquid crystal solvent form either dipolar or quadrupolar interactions, thus driving self-assembly. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Atmospheric Sulfur in Archean Komatiite-Hosted Nickel Deposits

Andrey Bekker, Mark E. Barley, Marco L. Fiorentini, Olivier J. Rouxel, Douglas Rumble, and Stephen W. Beresford
Science 20 November 2009: 1086-1089.
The source of sulfur in economic iron-nickel sulfide deposits is primarily derived from the atmosphere. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Geophysical Detection of Relict Metasomatism from an Archean (~3.5 Ga) Subduction Zone

Chin-Wu Chen, Stéphane Rondenay, Rob. L. Evans, and David B. Snyder
Science 20 November 2009: 1089-1091.
Seismic profiles of the Slave craton in Canada suggest that subduction is responsible for its formation. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Nanoplasmonic Probes of Catalytic Reactions

Elin M. Larsson, Christoph Langhammer, Igor Zoric, and Bengt Kasemo
Science 20 November 2009: 1091-1094.
Published online 22 October 2009 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1176593] (in Science Express Reports)
Reactant concentrations can be measured as plasmon frequency shifts for model catalysts grown on nanoscale gold disks. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Microsecond Simulations of Spontaneous Methane Hydrate Nucleation and Growth

Matthew R. Walsh, Carolyn A. Koh, E. Dendy Sloan, Amadeu K. Sum, and David T. Wu
Science 20 November 2009: 1095-1098.
Published online 8 October 2009 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1174010] (in Science Express Reports)
An extended simulation uncovers the intricate steps whereby methane can be trapped in ice. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Aragonite Undersaturation in the Arctic Ocean: Effects of Ocean Acidification and Sea Ice Melt

Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai, Fiona A. McLaughlin, Eddy C. Carmack, Shigeto Nishino, and Koji Shimada
Science 20 November 2009: 1098-1100.
Surface waters in the Canada Basin were undersaturated with respect to aragonite in 2008, earlier than predicted. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Pleistocene Megafaunal Collapse, Novel Plant Communities, and Enhanced Fire Regimes in North America

Jacquelyn L. Gill, John W. Williams, Stephen T. Jackson, Katherine B. Lininger, and Guy S. Robinson
Science 20 November 2009: 1100-1103.
The decline in Pleistocene megafauna led to the formation of novel plant communities and increased fire. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  Podcast Interview »|  

High Symbiont Relatedness Stabilizes Mutualistic Cooperation in Fungus-Growing Termites

Duur K. Aanen, Henrik H. de Fine Licht, Alfons J. M. Debets, Niels A. G. Kerstes, Rolf F. Hoekstra, and Jacobus J. Boomsma
Science 20 November 2009: 1103-1106.
In symbioses of independently reproducing partners, a genetically uniform population of symbionts excludes cheating variants. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Epicontinental Seas Versus Open-Ocean Settings: The Kinetics of Mass Extinction and Origination

Arnold I. Miller and Michael Foote
Science 20 November 2009: 1106-1109.
Three major mass extinctions affected organisms inhabiting open-ocean–facing coasts much more so than those inhabiting shallow seas. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

A Periplasmic Reducing System Protects Single Cysteine Residues from Oxidation

Matthieu Depuydt, Stephen E. Leonard, Didier Vertommen, Katleen Denoncin, Pierre Morsomme, Khadija Wahni, Joris Messens, Kate S. Carroll, and Jean-François Collet
Science 20 November 2009: 1109-1111.
A thioredoxin-like enzyme controls the oxidation state of the bacterial periplasm. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

The B73 Maize Genome: Complexity, Diversity, and Dynamics

Patrick S. Schnable, Doreen Ware, Robert S. Fulton, Joshua C. Stein, Fusheng Wei, Shiran Pasternak, Chengzhi Liang, Jianwei Zhang, Lucinda Fulton, Tina A. Graves, Patrick Minx, Amy Denise Reily, Laura Courtney, Scott S. Kruchowski, Chad Tomlinson, Cindy Strong, Kim Delehaunty, Catrina Fronick, Bill Courtney, Susan M. Rock, Eddie Belter, Feiyu Du, Kyung Kim, Rachel M. Abbott, Marc Cotton, Andy Levy, Pamela Marchetto, Kerri Ochoa, Stephanie M. Jackson, Barbara Gillam, Weizu Chen, Le Yan, Jamey Higginbotham, Marco Cardenas, Jason Waligorski, Elizabeth Applebaum, Lindsey Phelps, Jason Falcone, Krishna Kanchi, Thynn Thane, Adam Scimone, Nay Thane, Jessica Henke, Tom Wang, Jessica Ruppert, Neha Shah, Kelsi Rotter, Jennifer Hodges, Elizabeth Ingenthron, Matt Cordes, Sara Kohlberg, Jennifer Sgro, Brandon Delgado, Kelly Mead, Asif Chinwalla, Shawn Leonard, Kevin Crouse, Kristi Collura, Dave Kudrna, Jennifer Currie, Ruifeng He, Angelina Angelova, Shanmugam Rajasekar, Teri Mueller, Rene Lomeli, Gabriel Scara, Ara Ko, Krista Delaney, Marina Wissotski, Georgina Lopez, David Campos, Michele Braidotti, Elizabeth Ashley, Wolfgang Golser, HyeRan Kim, Seunghee Lee, Jinke Lin, Zeljko Dujmic, Woojin Kim, Jayson Talag, Andrea Zuccolo, Chuanzhu Fan, Aswathy Sebastian, Melissa Kramer, Lori Spiegel, Lidia Nascimento, Theresa Zutavern, Beth Miller, Claude Ambroise, Stephanie Muller, Will Spooner, Apurva Narechania, Liya Ren, Sharon Wei, Sunita Kumari, Ben Faga, Michael J. Levy, Linda McMahan, Peter Van Buren, Matthew W. Vaughn, Kai Ying, Cheng-Ting Yeh, Scott J. Emrich, Yi Jia, Ananth Kalyanaraman, An-Ping Hsia, W. Brad Barbazuk, Regina S. Baucom, Thomas P. Brutnell, Nicholas C. Carpita, Cristian Chaparro, Jer-Ming Chia, Jean-Marc Deragon, James C. Estill, Yan Fu, Jeffrey A. Jeddeloh, Yujun Han, Hyeran Lee, Pinghua Li, Damon R. Lisch, Sanzhen Liu, Zhijie Liu, Dawn Holligan Nagel, Maureen C. McCann, Phillip SanMiguel, Alan M. Myers, Dan Nettleton, John Nguyen, Bryan W. Penning, Lalit Ponnala, Kevin L. Schneider, David C. Schwartz, Anupma Sharma, Carol Soderlund, Nathan M. Springer, Qi Sun, Hao Wang, Michael Waterman, Richard Westerman, Thomas K. Wolfgruber, Lixing Yang, Yeisoo Yu, Lifang Zhang, Shiguo Zhou, Qihui Zhu, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, R. Kelly Dawe, Jiming Jiang, Ning Jiang, Gernot G. Presting, Susan R. Wessler, Srinivas Aluru, Robert A. Martienssen, Sandra W. Clifton, W. Richard McCombie, Rod A. Wing, and Richard K. Wilson
Science 20 November 2009: 1112-1115.
The sequence of the maize genome reveals it to be the most complex genome known to date. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

A First-Generation Haplotype Map of Maize

Michael A. Gore, Jer-Ming Chia, Robert J. Elshire, Qi Sun, Elhan S. Ersoz, Bonnie L. Hurwitz, Jason A. Peiffer, Michael D. McMullen, George S. Grills, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Doreen H. Ware, and Edward S. Buckler
Science 20 November 2009: 1115-1117.
In maize, recombination in the genome has been a limiting factor affecting evolution and breeding efforts. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Paternal Dominance of Trans-eQTL Influences Gene Expression Patterns in Maize Hybrids

Ruth A. Swanson-Wagner, Rhonda DeCook, Yi Jia, Tim Bancroft, Tieming Ji, Xuefeng Zhao, Dan Nettleton, and Patrick S. Schnable
Science 20 November 2009: 1118-1120.
Gene expression variation in maize hybrids is influenced by distant DNA sequences subject to paternal genomic imprinting. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in the Fungus Gardens of Leaf-Cutter Ants

Adrián A. Pinto-Tomás, Mark A. Anderson, Garret Suen, David M. Stevenson, Fiona S. T. Chu, W. Wallace Cleland, Paul J. Weimer, and Cameron R. Currie
Science 20 November 2009: 1120-1123.
Leaf-cutting ants engage in a mutualism with nitrogen-fixing bacteria that help fertilize their fungus gardens. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

Structural Basis of Immune Evasion at the Site of CD4 Attachment on HIV-1 gp120

Lei Chen, Young Do Kwon, Tongqing Zhou, Xueling Wu, Sijy O’Dell, Lisa Cavacini, Ann J. Hessell, Marie Pancera, Min Tang, Ling Xu, Zhi-Yong Yang, Mei-Yun Zhang, James Arthos, Dennis R. Burton, Dimiter S. Dimitrov, Gary J. Nabel, Marshall R. Posner, Joseph Sodroski, Richard Wyatt, John R. Mascola, and Peter D. Kwong
Science 20 November 2009: 1123-1127.
Conformational variability in an HIV coat protein complicates the therapeutic targeting of HIV-1. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|  

The Schizophrenia Susceptibility Gene dysbindin Controls Synaptic Homeostasis

Dion K. Dickman and Graeme W. Davis
Science 20 November 2009: 1127-1130.
The dysbindin protein is required for the modulation of presynaptic neurotransmitter release in Drosophila. Abstract »|   Full Text »|   PDF »|   Supporting Online Material »|