In this issue
p. 0655

Gene therapy
p. 0657 | Roy, Rustom; Rangarajan, P. N.; Padmanaban, G.

Report and recommendations of the panel to assess the NIH investment in research on gene therapy
p. 0658

Asteroids and Earth's evolution - A new perception
p. 0659 | Sankaran, A. V.

The manganese hide out in the photosynthetic reaction centre
p. 0660 | Raval, M. K.

Giant magnetoresistance: New-concepts
p. 0661

Once upon a (Jurassic) time
p. 0662

Small is beautiful
p. 0662

Turmeric - the goldern spice
p. 0663

Comments on 'The end phase of sedimentation of Krol Belt succession in Nainital syncline - Stratigraphic analysis and fossil levels' (D. K. Bhatt, Curr. Sci., 1996, 70, 772-774)
p. 0663 | Shankar, Ravi; Mathur, V. K.

Comments on 'The end phase of sedimentation of Krol Belt succession in Nainital syncline - Stratigraphic analysis and fossil levels' (D. K. Bhatt, Curr. Sci., 1996, 70, 772-774)(Reply)
p. 0663 | Bhatt, D. K.

Association of transglutaminase-like antigen with cytoskeletal proteins
p. 0665 | Gupta, P. D.; Vijayalakshmi, V.

Role of animals in the spread of human ringworm disease in Madras
p. 0666 | Ranganathan, S.; Menon, Thangam; Balajee, S. Arun Mozhi

Human influence on global climate
p. 0667 | Srinivasan, J.

Biotechnology: Its global impact and relevance to India
p. 0670 | Padh, Harish

The non-organic theory of the genesis of petroleum
p. 0677 | Abbas, Samar

Salim Ali - Madhav Gadgil
p. 0685 | Gadgil, Madhav

Salim Ali - A tribute
p. 0686 | Daniel, J. C.

Deploying student power to monitor India's lifescape
p. 0688 | Gadgil, Madhav

Common mechanism of secretory diarrhoea
p. 0698 | Ganguly, Nirmal Kumar; Kaur, Tanvir

Molecular biology and biotechnology of higher plant nitrate reductases
p. 0702 | Srivastava, H. S.; Shankar, Niharika

3' Non-templated 'A' addition by Taq DNA polymerase: An advantage in the construction of single and double mutants
p. 0710 | Jagath-reddy, J.; Rao, N. Appaji; Savithri, H. S.

Direct and indirect somatic embryogenesis in teak (Tectona grandis L. )
p. 0712 | Kushalkar, Rijuta; Sharon, Madhuri

Onset of an arid climate at 3. 5 ka in the tropics: Evidence from monsoon upwelling record
p. 0715 | Naidu, Pothuri Divakar

Precambrian-Cambrian boundary microbiota from the Chert Phosphorite Member of Tal Formation in the Korgai Syncline, Lesser Himalaya, India
p. 0718 | Tiwari, Meera

Potential threat to reservoir fishery by fungi in Kumaun Himalaya, India
p. 0720 | Bisht, G. S.; Bisht, Deepa; Joshi, Chandra; Khulbe, R. D.

UMI Article Clearinghous
p. 0723