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H A N S N E U R A T H , University of Washington
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Milton P. Gordon, University of Washington Edmond H. Fischer, University of Washington William W. Parson, University of Washington
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Robert H. Abeles, Brandeis University Paul D. Boyer, University of California, Los Angeles Ludwig Brand, Johns Hopkins University W. Wallace Cleland, University of Wisconsin Roger D. Cole, University of California, Berkeley Carl Frieden, Washington University Jack Gorski, University of Wisconsin Irwin C. Gunsalus, University of Illinois Lowell P. Hager, University of Illinois William F. Harrington, Johns Hopkins University Leroy Ε. Hood, California Institute of Technology F. M. Huennekens, Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation Irving M. Klotz, Northwestern University Daniel E. Koshland, University of California, Berkeley Marian E. Koshland, University of California, Berkeley Edwin G. Krebs, University of California, Davis Henry A. Lardy, University of Wisconsin Michael Laskowski, Jr., Purdue University Philip Leder, National Institutes of Health William J. Lennarz, Johns Hopkins University Nelson J. Leonard, University of Illinois Harden M. McConnell, Stanford University Albert S. Mildvan, Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia Kivie Moldave, University of California, Irvine Mary Jane Osborne, University of Connecticut Joanne Ravel, University of Texas Phillips W. Robbins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Irwin A. Rose, Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia Howard K. Schachman, University of California, Berkeley Elliott Shaw, Brookhaven National Laboratories S. Jonathan Singer, University of California, San Diego Earl R. Stadtman, National Heart Institute Ignacio Tinoco, Jr., University of California, Berkeley Bert L. Vallee, Harvard University Κ. Ε. Van Holde, Oregon State University Finn Wold, University of Minnesota S E C R E T A R Y O F T H E BOARD
Warren E. C. Wacker, Harvard Medical School
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John Κ Crum Director Virginia E. Stewart Assistant to the Director
Charles R. Bertsch Head, Editorial Processing Department D. H. Michael Bowen Head, Journals Department Bacil Guiley Head, Graphics and Production Department Seldon W. Terrant Head, Research and Development Department
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