Barium Isotopes in Chondritic Meteorites: Implications for Planetary Reservoir Models
Michael C. Ranen and Stein B. Jacobsen
Science 3 November 2006: 809-812.
Published online 5 October 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1132595] (in Science Express Reports)
Barium isotope variations in chondritic meteorites suggest that they originated in a patch of the protosolar nebula that was enriched in supernova-derived material.
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From Plant Traits to Plant Communities: A Statistical Mechanistic Approach to Biodiversity
Bill Shipley, Denis Vile, and Éric Garnier
Science 3 November 2006: 812-814.
Published online 5 October 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1131344] (in Science Express Reports)
A quantitative model based on plant traits can predict with more than 90 percent success the changes in species abundance that follow abandonment of agricultural sites in southern France.
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FG-Rich Repeats of Nuclear Pore Proteins Form a Three-Dimensional Meshwork with Hydrogel-Like Properties
Steffen Frey, Ralf P. Richter, and Dirk Görlich
Science 3 November 2006: 815-817.
The sieve-like mesh within the pores in the nuclear membrane is a reversible protein hydrogel, with hydrophobic bridges connecting polypeptide chains.
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Protrudin Induces Neurite Formation by Directional Membrane Trafficking
Michiko Shirane and Keiichi I. Nakayama
Science 3 November 2006: 818-821.
Complete free-energy landscapes for folding single DNA hairpins have been determined experimentally and agree well with theoretical calculations.
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Where Water Is Oxidized to Dioxygen: Structure of the Photosynthetic Mn4Ca Cluster
Junko Yano, Jan Kern, Kenneth Sauer, Matthew J. Latimer, Yulia Pushkar, Jacek Biesiadka, Bernhard Loll, Wolfram Saenger, Johannes Messinger, Athina Zouni, and Vittal K. Yachandra
Science 3 November 2006: 821-825.
X-ray absorption spectrometry and available crystal structures begin to resolve the structure for the metal cluster that catalyzes oxidation of water during photosynthesis.
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Transgenic Mice with a Reduced Core Body Temperature Have an Increased Life Span
Bruno Conti, Manuel Sanchez-Alavez, Raphaelle Winsky-Sommerer, Maria Concetta Morale, Jacinta Lucero, Sara Brownell, Veronique Fabre, Salvador Huitron-Resendiz, Steven Henriksen, Eric P. Zorrilla, Luis de Lecea, and Tamas Bartfai
Science 3 November 2006: 825-828.
Transgenic mice engineered to have a 0.5°C reduction in their core body temperature live about 15 percent longer than their wild-type littermates.
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Diminishing Reciprocal Fairness by Disrupting the Right Prefrontal Cortex
Daria Knoch, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Kaspar Meyer, Valerie Treyer, and Ernst Fehr
Science 3 November 2006: 829-832.
Published online 5 October 2006 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1129156] (in Science Express Reports)
Inhibition of a high-level brain region reduces an individual's ability to suppress selfish desires and produce generous acts.
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The Polarity Protein Par-3 Directly Interacts with p75NTR to Regulate Myelination
Jonah R. Chan, Christine Jolicoeur, Junji Yamauchi, Jimmy Elliott, James P. Fawcett, Benjamin K. Ng, and Michel Cayouette
Science 3 November 2006: 832-836.
A cell polarity protein aids myelin formation at the junction between certain glial cells and axons by recruiting a growth factor receptor.
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Technical Comments
Comment on "Rapid Uplift of the Altiplano Revealed Through 13C-18O Bonds in Paleosol Carbonates"
T. Sempere, A. Hartley, and P. Roperch
Science 3 November 2006: 760.
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Response to Comment on "Rapid Uplift of the Altiplano Revealed Through 13C-18O Bonds in Paleosol Carbonates"
John Eiler, Carmala Garzione, and Prosenjit Ghosh
Science 3 November 2006: 760.
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