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Meanwhile, back at the ring canal…

n page 703, Kelso et al. complete the trilogy of actin papers with a detailed biochemical analysis of the Drosophila Kelch protein. Like the Arp2/3 complex, Kelch is required for proper actin organization in ovarian ring canals. Although the structure of Kelch suggested that it might act as a dimeric actin cross-linking protein, this activity had not yet been demonstrated. In an impressive seri...

Education at the National Academies.

In the previous issue of CBE (Vol. 1, Winter 2002), Bruce Alberts, president of the National Academy of Sciences, provided readers with an overview of some of our many initiatives in education (pp. 109–110). Much of that article focused on the work within the Center for Education of the National Research Council (NRC).1 That issue also contains an article by ASCB member William Wood (pp. 123–12...

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