... because one basin is riddled with pieces 16 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN March 1994 of the other basin In fact, every area in one basin, no matter how small, contained pieces of the other basin within it “Hence, ... JAK kinase, which in turn calls STAT proteins into action The STAT proteins then journey to the nucleus, where alone or in tandem with other DNA binding proteins they stimulate transcription The ... during the Copyright 1994 Scientific American, Inc RICE PADDIES ( these are in Indonesia ) provide the principal food for more than half the worldÕs population In many parts of Asia the terrain...