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November 11, 2008; 105 (45)

FROM THE COVER

This Week in PNAS

This Week in PNAS:
In This Issue
PNAS 2008 105:17207-17208; doi:10.1073/iti4508105

Letters (Online Only)

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Letter:
- Javier Catalán
On the concerted mechanism of photo-induced biprotonic transfer in C_2h 7-azaindole dimer
PNAS 2008 105:E78; published online before print November 5, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0805396105
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Letter:
- Oh-Hoon Kwon
- and Ahmed H. Zewail
Reply to Catalán: Double-proton-transfer dynamics of photo-excited 7-azaindole dimers
PNAS 2008 105:E79; published online before print November 5, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0807382105
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Letter:
- Ricardo Scott
- and Dmitri A. Rusakov
Ca²⁺ stores and use-dependent facilitation of presynaptic Ca²⁺ signaling
PNAS 2008 105:E80; published online before print November 5, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0808119105
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Letter:
- Haruyuki Kamiya
Reply to Scott and Rusakov: Roles of presynaptic Ca²⁺ store at the hippocampal mossy fiber synapse
PNAS 2008 105:E81; published online before print November 5, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0808451105
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Letter:
- Peter Coles
Statistical errors and asymmetry indices
PNAS 2008 105:E82; published online before print November 5, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0806646105
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Letter:
- Ivanka Savic
- and Per Lindström
Reply to Coles: The results stand
PNAS 2008 105:E83; published online before print November 5, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0808087105

Commentaries

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Commentary:
- Matthew C. Fisher
Molecular toolkit unlocks life cycle of the panzootic amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
PNAS 2008 105:17209-17210; published online before print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0809801105
- See companion article on page 17034 in issue 44 of volume 105
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Commentary:
- Jonathan Gershenzon
Insects turn up their noses at sweating plants
PNAS 2008 105:17211-17212; published online before print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0809528105
- See companion article on page 17430 in issue 45 of volume 105
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Commentary:
- Dean O. Cliver
Shedding light on virus replication
PNAS 2008 105:17213-17214; published online before print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0809841105
- See companion article on page 17522 in issue 45 of volume 105
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Commentary:
- Michael D. Ehlers
Janus-faced trafficking at glutamatergic synapses
PNAS 2008 105:17215-17216; published online before print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0809842105
- See companion article on page 17561 in issue 45 of volume 105

Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium (free online)

Introductory Perspective

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Introductory Perspective:
- Robert H. Austin
- and Shuang-fang Lim
Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: The Sackler Colloquium on promises and perils in nanotechnology for medicine
PNAS 2008 105:17217-17221; published online before print November 3, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0709499105

Research Articles

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Research Articles - Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
- Pinal C. Patel,
- David A. Giljohann,
- Dwight S. Seferos,
- and Chad A. Mirkin
Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: Peptide antisense nanoparticles
PNAS 2008 105:17222-17226; doi:10.1073/pnas.0801609105
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Research Articles - Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
- Ki Tae Nam,
- Ryan Wartena,
- Pil J. Yoo,
- Forrest W. Liau,
- Yun Jung Lee,
- Yet-Ming Chiang,
- Paula T. Hammond,
- and Angela M. Belcher
Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: Stamped microbattery electrodes based on self-assembled M13 viruses
PNAS 2008 105:17227-17231; published online before print August 27, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0711620105
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Research Articles - Physical Sciences - Engineering - Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
- Amber L. Doiron,
- Kevin Chu,
- Adeel Ali,
- and Lisa Brannon-Peppas
Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: Preparation and initial characterization of biodegradable particles containing gadolinium-DTPA contrast agent for enhanced MRI
PNAS 2008 105:17232-17237; published online before print September 16, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0710205105
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Research Articles - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Alexis J. Torres,
- Lavanya Vasudevan,
- David Holowka,
- and Barbara A. Baird
Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: Focal adhesion proteins connect IgE receptors to the cytoskeleton as revealed by micropatterned ligand arrays
PNAS 2008 105:17238-17244; doi:10.1073/pnas.0802138105
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Research Articles - Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Banani Chakraborty,
- Ruojie Sha,
- and Nadrian C. Seeman
Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: A DNA-based nanomechanical device with three robust states
PNAS 2008 105:17245-17249; published online before print May 12, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0707681105
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Research Articles - Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Francesco Fornasiero,
- Hyung Gyu Park,
- Jason K. Holt,
- Michael Stadermann,
- Costas P. Grigoropoulos,
- Aleksandr Noy,
- and Olgica Bakajin
From The Cover: Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: Ion exclusion by sub-2-nm carbon nanotube pores
PNAS 2008 105:17250-17255; published online before print June 6, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0710437105

Social Sciences

Psychology

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Social Sciences - Psychology - Biological Sciences - Neuroscience:
- Birte U. Forstmann,
- Gilles Dutilh,
- Scott Brown,
- Jane Neumann,
- D. Yves von Cramon,
- K. Richard Ridderinkhof,
- and Eric-Jan Wagenmakers
Striatum and pre-SMA facilitate decision-making under time pressure
PNAS 2008 105:17538-17542; published online before print November 3, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0805903105

Corrections

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Correction:
Correction for Yang et al., Pink1 regulates mitochondrial dynamics through interaction with the fission/fusion machinery
PNAS 2008 105:17585; published online before print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0808806105
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Correction:
Correction for Saporito et al., Oribatid mites as a major dietary source for alkaloids in poison frogs
PNAS 2008 105:17586; published online before print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0808595105
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Correction:
Correction for Szabó et al., Mitochondrial potassium channel Kv1.3 mediates Bax-induced apoptosis in lymphocytes
PNAS 2008 105:17587; published online before print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0809894105
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Correction:
Correction for Tallis et al., Ecosystem Services Special Feature: An ecosystem services framework to support both practical conservation and economic development
PNAS 2008 105:17587; published online before print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0809375105

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FROM THE COVER

This Week in PNAS

In This Issue

Letters (Online Only)

On the concerted mechanism of photo-induced biprotonic transfer in C2h 7-azaindole dimer

Reply to Catalán: Double-proton-transfer dynamics of photo-excited 7-azaindole dimers

Ca2+ stores and use-dependent facilitation of presynaptic Ca2+ signaling

Reply to Scott and Rusakov: Roles of presynaptic Ca2+ store at the hippocampal mossy fiber synapse

Statistical errors and asymmetry indices

Reply to Coles: The results stand

Commentaries

Molecular toolkit unlocks life cycle of the panzootic amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Insects turn up their noses at sweating plants

Shedding light on virus replication

Janus-faced trafficking at glutamatergic synapses

Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium (free online)

Introductory Perspective

Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: The Sackler Colloquium on promises and perils in nanotechnology for medicine

Research Articles

Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: Peptide antisense nanoparticles

Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: Stamped microbattery electrodes based on self-assembled M13 viruses

Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: Preparation and initial characterization of biodegradable particles containing gadolinium-DTPA contrast agent for enhanced MRI

Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: Focal adhesion proteins connect IgE receptors to the cytoskeleton as revealed by micropatterned ligand arrays

Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: A DNA-based nanomechanical device with three robust states

From The Cover: Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: Ion exclusion by sub-2-nm carbon nanotube pores

Physical Sciences

Applied Mathematics

Analytical distributions for stochastic gene expression

Applied Physical Sciences

From The Cover: Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: Ion exclusion by sub-2-nm carbon nanotube pores

Signatures of combinatorial regulation in intrinsic biological noise

Universality of citation distributions: Toward an objective measure of scientific impact

Chemistry

Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: A DNA-based nanomechanical device with three robust states

Cloning and characterization of new glycopeptide gene clusters found in an environmental DNA megalibrary

Discovery of drug-like inhibitors of an essential RNA-editing ligase in Trypanosoma brucei

Paramagnetic shifts in solid-state NMR of proteins to elicit structural information

Orthogonal dipolar interactions between amide carbonyl groups

Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylation as a benchmark for the catalytic proficiency of enzymes

Transformation mechanism of amorphous calcium carbonate into calcite in the sea urchin larval spicule

Engineering

Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: Preparation and initial characterization of biodegradable particles containing gadolinium-DTPA contrast agent for enhanced MRI

Geology

From the Cover: In situ carbonation of peridotite for CO2 storage

Evidence for marine microfossils from amber

Physics

The geometric and the atomic world views

The filled skutterudite CeOs4As12: A hybridization gap semiconductor

Social Sciences

Psychology

Striatum and pre-SMA facilitate decision-making under time pressure

Biological Sciences

Agricultural Sciences

Genome-wide assessment of worldwide chicken SNP genetic diversity indicates significant absence of rare alleles in commercial breeds

Applied Biological Sciences

Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: Peptide antisense nanoparticles

Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: Stamped microbattery electrodes based on self-assembled M13 viruses

Production of healthy cloned mice from bodies frozen at −20°C for 16 years

A microbial factory for lactate-based polyesters using a lactate-polymerizing enzyme

Biochemistry

Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylation as a benchmark for the catalytic proficiency of enzymes

Setting the chaperonin timer: The effects of K+ and substrate protein on ATP hydrolysis

Setting the chaperonin timer: A two-stroke, two-speed, protein machine

NFκB activation is associated with its O-GlcNAcylation state under hyperglycemic conditions

Chaperonin chamber accelerates protein folding through passive action of preventing aggregation

Targeted delivery of cisplatin to prostate cancer cells by aptamer functionalized Pt(IV) prodrug-PLGA–PEG nanoparticles

Biophysics

Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: A DNA-based nanomechanical device with three robust states

From The Cover: Nanomaterials in Medicine Special Feature Sackler Colloquium: Ion exclusion by sub-2-nm carbon nanotube pores

Analytical distributions for stochastic gene expression

Signatures of combinatorial regulation in intrinsic biological noise

Transformation mechanism of amorphous calcium carbonate into calcite in the sea urchin larval spicule

The molecular face of lipid rafts in model membranes

Caffeine activates mouse TRPA1 channels but suppresses human TRPA1 channels

Structure of transmembrane pore induced by Bax-derived peptide: Evidence for lipidic pores

Photosynthetic water oxidation at elevated dioxygen partial pressure monitored by time-resolved X-ray absorption measurements

Structural basis for membrane binding and catalytic activation of the peripheral membrane enzyme pyruvate oxidase from Escherichia coli

Direct demonstration of the cross-bridge recovery stroke in muscle thick filaments in aqueous solution by using the hydration chamber

Cell Biology

On the concerted mechanism of photo-induced biprotonic transfer in C_2h 7-azaindole dimer

Ca²⁺ stores and use-dependent facilitation of presynaptic Ca²⁺ signaling

Reply to Scott and Rusakov: Roles of presynaptic Ca²⁺ store at the hippocampal mossy fiber synapse

From the Cover: In situ carbonation of peridotite for CO₂ storage

The filled skutterudite CeOs₄As₁₂: A hybridization gap semiconductor

Setting the chaperonin timer: The effects of K⁺ and substrate protein on ATP hydrolysis

Interferon-γ and interleukin-4 reciprocally regulate CD8 expression in CD8⁺ T cells

p21^Cip1 restrains pituitary tumor growth

Loss of the Ca²⁺/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type IV in dopaminoceptive neurons enhances behavioral effects of cocaine