Nature Cell Biology July (2001)

A special issue on development that includes commentaries, News & Views articles and historical perspectives on the topic, as well as research articles from this field.

Linking class-switch recombination with somatic hypermutation. Kinoshita, K. & Honjo, T. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology July (2001)

Programmed cell death and apoptosis: origins of the theory. Lockshin, R. A. & Zakeri, Z. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology July (2001) .

A Perspective article that discusses how a change in attitude to cell death — recognizing it to be a highly regulated process — facilitated the intellectual and technical breakthroughs that led to an explosion in apoptosis research.

Mouse models of cell death. Ranger, A. M., Malrynn, B. A. & Korsmeyer, S. J. Nature Genetics June (2001)

DNA transport in bacteria. Errington, J., Bath, J. & Wu, L.-J. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology June (2001) .

Stem cell plasticity: building the brain of our dreams. Nature Reviews Neuroscience June (2001)

Insight on plant defence. Nature 14 June (2001) .

A collection of reviews and progress articles on plant defence, which include:

Engineering disease resistance in plants. Stuiver, M. H. & Custers, J. H. H.

Plant pathogens and integrated defence responses to infection. Dangl, J. L. & Jones, D. G.

Gene silencing as an adaptive defence against viruses. Waterhouse, P. M., Wang, M.-B. & Lough, T.

Genetic regulation of cerebellar development. Wang, V. Y. & Zoghbi, H. Y. Nature Reviews Neuroscience July (2001)