25 Most functional metagenomic studies have been limited by the poor expression of many genes 26 derived from metagenomic DNA in Escherichia coli, which has been the predominant surrogate 27 host to date. To expand the range of expressed genes, we developed tools for construction and 28 functional screening of metagenomic libraries in Streptomyces lividans. We expanded on 29 previously publishe...

The most common definition of Environmental Tax Reform (ETR) is the use of the revenue from environmental taxes to reduce distortionary labour taxes. However, the PETRAS project has shown that there are a number of social and political impediments to implementing such reform. This paper firstly outlines some of the environmental and economic implications of environmental taxes generally. It goe...

id=566941. 2005] LESSONS FOR PATENT POLICY 3 4% of the patent suits that terminated in fiscal year 2000 reached trial. The number of patent suits filed doubled over the decade of the 1990s, but the number of cases terminating during or after trial has remained roughly constant. Thus, the fraction of suits ending in trial declined. Nevertheless, the fraction of patent cases that go to trial is s...