pp 497-501 December 2006 Clipboard

Putting T cells to sleep: A new paradigm for immune evasion by persistent viruses

Shweta Dubey Shahid Jameel

pp 503-505 December 2006 Clipboard

Pictures at an exhibition: Bees view Van Gogh’sSunflowers

Renee M Borges

pp 507-508 December 2006 Clipboard

Leishmanial proteins can correct human mitochondrial mutations

Anuradha Lohia

pp 509-512 December 2006 Commentary

Ethics, animals and the nonhuman great apes

Paola Cavalieri

pp 513-524 December 2006 Perspectives

Adventures in physiology: The times and life of Autar S Paintal (1925–2004)

Ashima Anand

pp 525-536 December 2006 Series

Living in a physical world IX. Making and maintaining liquid water

Steven Vogel

pp 537-541 December 2006 Series

What history tells us VII. Twenty-five years ago: The production of mouse embryonic stem cells

Michel Morange

pp 543-550 December 2006

Cortical activation during finger tapping in thyroid dysfunction: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

S Khushu S Senthil Kumaran T Sekhri R P Tripathi P C Jain V Jain

pp 551-556 December 2006

Dynamic light scattering study of peanut agglutinin: Size, shape and urea denaturation

Sagarika Dev Avadhesha Surolia

pp 557-564 December 2006

Translesion DNA polymerases Pol ζ, Pol η, Pol ι, Pol κ and Rev1 are not essential for repeat-induced point mutation inNeurospora crassa

Ranjan Tamuli C Ravindran Durgadas P Kasbekar

pp 565-573 December 2006

Microarray analysis of adipose tissue gene expression profiles between two chicken breeds

Hongbao Wang Hui Li Qigui Wang Yuxiang Wang Huabin Han Hui Shi

pp 575-579 December 2006

Vitamin C improves basal metabolic rate and lipid profile in alloxan-induced diabetes mellitus in rats

D U Owu A B Antai K H Udofia A O Obembe K O Obasi M U Eteng

pp 581-587 December 2006

Effect of a novel insulinotropic agent, succinic acid monoethyl ester, on lipids and lipoproteins levels in rats with streptozotocin-nicotinamide-induced type 2 diabetes

Ramalingam Saravanan Leelavinothan Pari

pp 589-598 December 2006

Cell volume regulation in the perfused liver of a freshwater air-breathing catfishClarias batrachus under aniso-osmotic conditions: Roles of inorganic ions and taurine

Carina Goswami Nirmalendu Saha

pp 599-605 December 2006

Potential application of urea-derived herbicides as cytokinins in plant tissue culture

Malathi Srinivasan Vasanthi Nachiappan Ram Rajasekharan

pp 607-616 December 2006

Influence of jasmonic acid as potential activator of induced resistance against Karnal bunt in developing spikes of wheat

Mihir K Mandal Dinesh Pandey Shalini Purwar U S Singh Anil Kumar

pp 617-627 December 2006

Combinative effects of a bacterial type-III effector and a biocontrol bacterium on rice growth and disease resistance

Haiying Ren Ganyu Gu Juying Longa Qian Yin Tingquan Wu Tao Song Shujian Zhang Zhiyi Chen Hansong Dong

pp 629-637 December 2006

Cytomixis impairs meiosis and influences reproductive success inChlorophytum comosum (Thunb) Jacq. — An additional strategy and possible implications

S K Lattoo S Khan S Bamotra A K Dhar

pp 639-643 December 2006

Nitrogen fixation in lichens is important for improved rock weathering

Gamini Seneviratne I K Indrasena

pp 645-650 December 2006

Interactions among endophytic bacteria and fungi: Effects and potentials

W M M S Bandara Gamini Seneviratne S A Kulasooriya

pp 651-669 December 2006

Patterns of tree growth in relation to environmental variability in the tropical dry deciduous forest at Mudumalai, southern India

Cheryl D Nath H S Dattaraja H S Suresh N V Joshi R Sukumar

pp 671-677 December 2006

On the conspecificity ofAnopheles fluviatilis species S withAnopheles minimus species C

O P Singh D Chandra N Nanda S K Sharma Pe Than Htun T Adak S K Subbarao A P Dash

pp 679-692 December 2006

Subject Index

pp 693-695 December 2006

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