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September 18, 2018; vol. 115 no. 38
This Week in PNAS
News Feature
An in-depth look at trending science issues.
- You have accessNews Feature: What’s the best way to build a molecular machine?
- Front Matter
Stephen Ornes
Profile
- You have accessProfile of Dana CarrollJennifer ViegasPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9331-9333; published ahead of print September 10, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1813829115
PNAS Plus Significance Statements
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Artificial Molecular Machines Special Feature (Free Online)
Introduction
- You have accessGrowing community of artificial molecular machinistsDamien Sluysmans and J. Fraser Stoddart
Perspectives
- You have accessMolecular machines with bio-inspired mechanismsLiang Zhang, Vanesa Marcos, and David A. LeighPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9397-9404; published ahead of print February 26, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712788115
- You have accessStochastically pumped adaptation and directional motion of molecular machinesR. Dean AstumianPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9405-9413; published ahead of print March 9, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714498115
- You have accessNew molecular switch architecturesJared D. Harris, Mark J. Moran, and Ivan AprahamianPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9414-9422; published ahead of print July 16, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714499115
- You have accessMolecular rotary motors: Unidirectional motion around double bondsDiederik Roke, Sander J. Wezenberg, and Ben L. FeringaPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9423-9431; published ahead of print April 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712784115
Research Articles
- You have accessDynamic force spectroscopy of synthetic oligorotaxane foldamers
- From the Cover
Damien Sluysmans, Floriane Devaux, Carson J. Bruns, J. Fraser Stoddart, and Anne-Sophie DuwezPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9362-9366; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712790115 - You have accessTriangular cyclic rotaxanes: Size, fluctuations, and switching propertiesPrithvi Reddy, Edith M. Sevick, and David R. M. WilliamsPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9367-9372; published ahead of print January 29, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715790115
- You have accessStructure of a monolayer of molecular rotors on aqueous subphase from grazing-incidence X-ray diffractionJiří Kaleta, Jin Wen, Thomas F. Magnera, Paul I. Dron, Chenhui Zhu, and Josef MichlPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9373-9378; published ahead of print March 23, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712789115
- You have accessReversible photoswitching of encapsulated azobenzenes in waterDipak Samanta, Julius Gemen, Zonglin Chu, Yael Diskin-Posner, Linda J. W. Shimon, and Rafal KlajnPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9379-9384; published ahead of print May 1, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712787115
- You have accessRemote electrochemical modulation of pKa in a rotaxane by co-conformational allosteryGiulio Ragazzon, Christian Schäfer, Paola Franchi, Serena Silvi, Benoit Colasson, Marco Lucarini, and Alberto CrediPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9385-9390; published ahead of print December 18, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712783115
- You have accessInchworm movement of two rings switching onto a thread by biased Brownian diffusion represent a three-body problemChristopher R. Benson, Christopher Maffeo, Elisabeth M. Fatila, Yun Liu, Edward G. Sheetz, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Abhishek Singharoy, and Amar H. FloodPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9391-9396; published ahead of print May 7, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1719539115
- You have accessChemical control over membrane-initiated steroid signaling with a DNA nanocapsuleAneesh T. Veetil, Maulik S. Jani, and Yamuna KrishnanPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9432-9437; published ahead of print March 12, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712792115
Physical Sciences
Applied Physical Sciences
- You have accessMorphological transitions of elastic filaments in shear flowYanan Liu, Brato Chakrabarti, David Saintillan, Anke Lindner, and Olivia du RourePNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9438-9443; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805399115
- You have accessOrigin of the emergent fragile-to-strong transition in supercooled waterRui Shi, John Russo, and Hajime TanakaPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9444-9449; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807821115
Biophysics and Computational Biology
- You have accessFcαRI binding at the IgA1 CH2–CH3 interface induces long-range conformational changes that are transmitted to the hinge regionMonica T. Posgai, Sam Tonddast-Navaei, Manori Jayasinghe, George M. Ibrahim, George Stan, and Andrew B. HerrPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) E8882-E8891; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807478115
- You have accessFranck–Condon picture of incoherent neutron scatteringGerald R. KnellerPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9450-9455; published ahead of print August 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1718720115
- Open AccessMechanics of diseased red blood cells in human spleen and consequences for hereditary blood disordersHe Li, Lu Lu, Xuejin Li, Pierre A. Buffet, Ming Dao, George E. Karniadakis, and Subra SureshPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9574-9579; published ahead of print September 6, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1806501115
Chemistry
- You have accessDynamic force spectroscopy of synthetic oligorotaxane foldamers
- From the Cover
Damien Sluysmans, Floriane Devaux, Carson J. Bruns, J. Fraser Stoddart, and Anne-Sophie DuwezPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9362-9366; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712790115 - You have accessTriangular cyclic rotaxanes: Size, fluctuations, and switching propertiesPrithvi Reddy, Edith M. Sevick, and David R. M. WilliamsPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9367-9372; published ahead of print January 29, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715790115
- You have accessStructure of a monolayer of molecular rotors on aqueous subphase from grazing-incidence X-ray diffractionJiří Kaleta, Jin Wen, Thomas F. Magnera, Paul I. Dron, Chenhui Zhu, and Josef MichlPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9373-9378; published ahead of print March 23, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712789115
- You have accessReversible photoswitching of encapsulated azobenzenes in waterDipak Samanta, Julius Gemen, Zonglin Chu, Yael Diskin-Posner, Linda J. W. Shimon, and Rafal KlajnPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9379-9384; published ahead of print May 1, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712787115
- You have accessRemote electrochemical modulation of pKa in a rotaxane by co-conformational allosteryGiulio Ragazzon, Christian Schäfer, Paola Franchi, Serena Silvi, Benoit Colasson, Marco Lucarini, and Alberto CrediPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9385-9390; published ahead of print December 18, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712783115
- You have accessInchworm movement of two rings switching onto a thread by biased Brownian diffusion represent a three-body problemChristopher R. Benson, Christopher Maffeo, Elisabeth M. Fatila, Yun Liu, Edward G. Sheetz, Aleksei Aksimentiev, Abhishek Singharoy, and Amar H. FloodPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9391-9396; published ahead of print May 7, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1719539115
- You have accessChemical control over membrane-initiated steroid signaling with a DNA nanocapsuleAneesh T. Veetil, Maulik S. Jani, and Yamuna KrishnanPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9432-9437; published ahead of print March 12, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712792115
- You have accessDecreased water activity in nanoconfinement contributes to the folding of G-quadruplex and i-motif structuresSagun Jonchhe, Shankar Pandey, Tomoko Emura, Kumi Hidaka, Mohammad Akter Hossain, Prakash Shrestha, Hiroshi Sugiyama, Masayuki Endo, and Hanbin MaoPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9539-9544; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805939115
Computer Sciences
- You have accessToward the first quantum simulation with quantum speedupAndrew M. Childs, Dmitri Maslov, Yunseong Nam, Neil J. Ross, and Yuan SuPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9456-9461; published ahead of print September 6, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1801723115
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
- Open AccessEvolution of metazoan morphological disparityBradley Deline, Jennifer M. Greenwood, James W. Clark, Mark N. Puttick, Kevin J. Peterson, and Philip C. J. DonoghuePNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) E8909-E8918; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1810575115
- You have accessStriking stationarity of large-scale climate model bias patterns under strong climate changeGerhard Krinner and Mark G. FlannerPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9462-9466; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807912115
- Open AccessDynamic amplification of extreme precipitation sensitivityJi Nie, Adam H. Sobel, Daniel A. Shaevitz, and Shuguang WangPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9467-9472; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800357115
Engineering
- Open AccessSimultaneous polymerization and adhesion under hypoxia in sickle cell diseaseDimitrios P. Papageorgiou, Sabia Z. Abidi, Hung-Yu Chang, Xuejin Li, Gregory J. Kato, George E. Karniadakis, Subra Suresh, and Ming DaoPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9473-9478; published ahead of print September 6, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807405115
- You have accessWetting controls of droplet formation in step emulsificationMaximilian L. Eggersdorfer, Hansjörg Seybold, Alessandro Ofner, David A. Weitz, and André R. StudartPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9479-9484; published ahead of print September 5, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1803644115
Physics
- You have accessDesigning antiphase boundaries by atomic control of heterointerfaces
- From the Cover
Zhen Wang, Hangwen Guo, Shuai Shao, Mohammad Saghayezhian, Jun Li, Rosalba Fittipaldi, Antonio Vecchione, Prahald Siwakoti, Yimei Zhu, Jiandi Zhang, and E. W. PlummerPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9485-9490; published ahead of print August 13, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1808812115 - You have accessFloquet quantum criticalityWilliam Berdanier, Michael Kolodrubetz, S. A. Parameswaran, and Romain VasseurPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9491-9496; published ahead of print August 29, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805796115
- You have accessUniversal quantum HamiltoniansToby S. Cubitt, Ashley Montanaro, and Stephen PiddockPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9497-9502; published ahead of print August 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804949115
- You have accessNontrivial superconductivity in topological MoTe2−xSx crystalsYanan Li, Qiangqiang Gu, Chen Chen, Jun Zhang, Qin Liu, Xiyao Hu, Jun Liu, Yi Liu, Langsheng Ling, Mingliang Tian, Yong Wang, Nitin Samarth, Shiyan Li, Tong Zhang, Ji Feng, and Jian WangPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9503-9508; published ahead of print August 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1801650115
- You have accessStructural fluctuations cause spin-split states in tetragonal (CH3NH3)PbI3 as evidenced by the circular photogalvanic effectDaniel Niesner, Martin Hauck, Shreetu Shrestha, Ievgen Levchuk, Gebhard J. Matt, Andres Osvet, Miroslaw Batentschuk, Christoph Brabec, Heiko B. Weber, and Thomas FausterPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9509-9514; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805422115
- Open AccessMetal–insulator-transition engineering by modulation tilt-control in perovskite nickelates for room temperature optical switchingZhaoliang Liao, Nicolas Gauquelin, Robert J. Green, Knut Müller-Caspary, Ivan Lobato, Lin Li, Sandra Van Aert, Johan Verbeeck, Mark Huijben, Mathieu N. Grisolia, Victor Rouco, Ralph El Hage, Javier E. Villegas, Alain Mercy, Manuel Bibes, Philippe Ghosez, George A. Sawatzky, Guus Rijnders, and Gertjan KosterPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9515-9520; published ahead of print September 5, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807457115
Sustainability Science
- You have accessInfrastructure to enable deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and storage in the United StatesRyan W. J. Edwards and Michael A. CeliaPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) E8815-E8824; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1806504115
Social Sciences
Environmental Sciences
- Open AccessGlobal estimates of mortality associated with long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matterRichard Burnett, Hong Chen, Mieczysław Szyszkowicz, Neal Fann, Bryan Hubbell, C. Arden Pope III, Joshua S. Apte, Michael Brauer, Aaron Cohen, Scott Weichenthal, Jay Coggins, Qian Di, Bert Brunekreef, Joseph Frostad, Stephen S. Lim, Haidong Kan, Katherine D. Walker, George D. Thurston, Richard B. Hayes, Chris C. Lim, Michelle C. Turner, Michael Jerrett, Daniel Krewski, Susan M. Gapstur, W. Ryan Diver, Bart Ostro, Debbie Goldberg, Daniel L. Crouse, Randall V. Martin, Paul Peters, Lauren Pinault, Michael Tjepkema, Aaron van Donkelaar, Paul J. Villeneuve, Anthony B. Miller, Peng Yin, Maigeng Zhou, Lijun Wang, Nicole A. H. Janssen, Marten Marra, Richard W. Atkinson, Hilda Tsang, Thuan Quoc Thach, John B. Cannon, Ryan T. Allen, Jaime E. Hart, Francine Laden, Giulia Cesaroni, Francesco Forastiere, Gudrun Weinmayr, Andrea Jaensch, Gabriele Nagel, Hans Concin, and Joseph V. SpadaroPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9592-9597; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1803222115
Political Sciences
- You have accessPerspective taking can promote short-term inclusionary behavior toward Syrian refugeesClaire L. Adida, Adeline Lo, and Melina R. PlatasPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9521-9526; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804002115
Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
- Open AccessGain control explains the effect of distraction in human perceptual, cognitive, and economic decision makingVickie Li, Elizabeth Michael, Jan Balaguer, Santiago Herce Castañón, and Christopher SummerfieldPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) E8825-E8834; published ahead of print August 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805224115
- You have accessInfants distinguish between leaders and bulliesFrancesco Margoni, Renée Baillargeon, and Luca SurianPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) E8835-E8843; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1801677115
Social Sciences
- Open AccessAmericans’ occupational status reflects the status of both of their parentsMichael HoutPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9527-9532; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1802508115
Sustainability Science
- You have accessLinking economic growth pathways and environmental sustainability by understanding development as alternate social–ecological regimesGraeme S. Cumming and Stephan von Cramon-TaubadelPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9533-9538; published ahead of print September 5, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807026115
Biological Sciences
Applied Biological Sciences
- You have accessAltered ER–mitochondria contact impacts mitochondria calcium homeostasis and contributes to neurodegeneration in vivo in disease modelsKyu-Sun Lee, Sungun Huh, Seongsoo Lee, Zhihao Wu, Ae-Kyeong Kim, Ha-Young Kang, and Bingwei LuPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) E8844-E8853; published ahead of print September 5, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1721136115
Biochemistry
- You have accessStructural elements required for coupling ion and substrate transport in the neurotransmitter transporter homolog LeuTYuan-Wei Zhang, Sotiria Tavoulari, Steffen Sinning, Antoniya A. Aleksandrova, Lucy R. Forrest, and Gary RudnickPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) E8854-E8862; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1716870115
- You have accessPhotoaffinity-engineered protein scaffold for systematically exploring native phosphotyrosine signaling complexes in tumor samplesBizhu Chu, An He, Yeteng Tian, Wan He, Peizhong Chen, Jintao Hu, Ruilian Xu, Wenbin Zhou, Mingjie Zhang, Pengyuan Yang, Shawn S. C. Li, Ying Sun, Pengfei Li, Tony Hunter, and Ruijun TianPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) E8863-E8872; published ahead of print September 6, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805633115
- Open Access14-3-3εa directs the pulsatile transport of basal factors toward the apical domain for lumen growth in tubulogenesisYuji Mizotani, Mayu Suzuki, Kohji Hotta, Hidenori Watanabe, Kogiku Shiba, Kazuo Inaba, Etsu Tashiro, Kotaro Oka, and Masaya ImotoPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) E8873-E8881; published ahead of print August 29, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1808756115
- Open AccessNucleosomes inhibit target cleavage by CRISPR-Cas9 in vivo
- Inaugural Article
Robert M. Yarrington, Surbhi Verma, Shaina Schwartz, Jonathan K. Trautman, and Dana CarrollPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9351-9358; published ahead of print September 10, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1810062115 - You have accessDecreased water activity in nanoconfinement contributes to the folding of G-quadruplex and i-motif structuresSagun Jonchhe, Shankar Pandey, Tomoko Emura, Kumi Hidaka, Mohammad Akter Hossain, Prakash Shrestha, Hiroshi Sugiyama, Masayuki Endo, and Hanbin MaoPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9539-9544; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805939115
- You have accessRagulator and SLC38A9 activate the Rag GTPases through noncanonical GEF mechanismsKuang Shen and David M. SabatiniPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9545-9550; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1811727115
- Open AccessUltrahigh-throughput functional profiling of microbiota communitiesStanislav S. Terekhov, Ivan V. Smirnov, Maja V. Malakhova, Andrei E. Samoilov, Alexander I. Manolov, Anton S. Nazarov, Dmitry V. Danilov, Svetlana A. Dubiley, Ilya A. Osterman, Maria P. Rubtsova, Elena S. Kostryukova, Rustam H. Ziganshin, Maria A. Kornienko, Anna A. Vanyushkina, Olga N. Bukato, Elena N. Ilina, Valentin V. Vlasov, Konstantin V. Severinov, Alexander G. Gabibov, and Sidney AltmanPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9551-9556; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1811250115
- You have accessMammalian STT3A/B oligosaccharyltransferases segregate N-glycosylation at the translocon from lipid-linked oligosaccharide hydrolysisHua Lu, Charles S. Fermaintt, Natalia A. Cherepanova, Reid Gilmore, Nan Yan, and Mark A. LehrmanPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9557-9562; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1806034115
- You have accessGEF mechanism revealed by the structure of SmgGDS-558 and farnesylated RhoA complex and its implication for a chaperone mechanismHikaru Shimizu, Sachiko Toma-Fukai, Kenji Kontani, Toshiaki Katada, and Toshiyuki ShimizuPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9563-9568; published ahead of print September 6, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804740115
Biophysics and Computational Biology
- You have accessFcαRI binding at the IgA1 CH2–CH3 interface induces long-range conformational changes that are transmitted to the hinge regionMonica T. Posgai, Sam Tonddast-Navaei, Manori Jayasinghe, George M. Ibrahim, George Stan, and Andrew B. HerrPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) E8882-E8891; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807478115
- You have accessStructure of the membrane proximal external region of HIV-1 envelope glycoproteinQingshan Fu, Md Munan Shaik, Yongfei Cai, Fadi Ghantous, Alessandro Piai, Hanqin Peng, Sophia Rits-Volloch, Zhijun Liu, Stephen C. Harrison, Michael S. Seaman, Bing Chen, and James J. ChouPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) E8892-E8899; published ahead of print September 5, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807259115
- You have accessFranck–Condon picture of incoherent neutron scatteringGerald R. KnellerPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9450-9455; published ahead of print August 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1718720115
- Open AccessSimultaneous polymerization and adhesion under hypoxia in sickle cell diseaseDimitrios P. Papageorgiou, Sabia Z. Abidi, Hung-Yu Chang, Xuejin Li, Gregory J. Kato, George E. Karniadakis, Subra Suresh, and Ming DaoPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9473-9478; published ahead of print September 6, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807405115
- Open AccessMachining protein microcrystals for structure determination by electron diffractionHelen M. E. Duyvesteyn, Abhay Kotecha, Helen M. Ginn, Corey W. Hecksel, Emma V. Beale, Felix de Haas, Gwyndaf Evans, Peijun Zhang, Wah Chiu, and David I. StuartPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9569-9573; published ahead of print August 31, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1809978115
Cell Biology
- Open AccessA cancer-associated polymorphism in ESCRT-III disrupts the abscission checkpoint and promotes genome instabilityJessica B. A. Sadler, Dawn M. Wenzel, Lauren K. Williams, Marta Guindo-Martínez, Steven L. Alam, Josep M. Mercader, David Torrents, Katharine S. Ullman, Wesley I. Sundquist, and Juan Martin-SerranoPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) E8900-E8908; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805504115
- You have accessChemical control over membrane-initiated steroid signaling with a DNA nanocapsuleAneesh T. Veetil, Maulik S. Jani, and Yamuna KrishnanPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9432-9437; published ahead of print March 12, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712792115
- Open AccessMechanics of diseased red blood cells in human spleen and consequences for hereditary blood disordersHe Li, Lu Lu, Xuejin Li, Pierre A. Buffet, Ming Dao, George E. Karniadakis, and Subra SureshPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9574-9579; published ahead of print September 6, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1806501115
- You have accessThe chaperonin TRiC/CCT is essential for the action of bacterial glycosylating protein toxins like Clostridium difficile toxins A and BMarcus Steinemann, Andreas Schlosser, Thomas Jank, and Klaus AktoriesPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9580-9585; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807658115
- You have accessGenetic screen identifies adaptive aneuploidy as a key mediator of ER stress resistance in yeastCarine Beaupere, Leticia Dinatto, Brian M. Wasko, Rosalyn B. Chen, Lauren VanValkenburg, Michael G. Kiflezghi, Mitchell B. Lee, Daniel E. L. Promislow, Weiwei Dang, Matt Kaeberlein, and Vyacheslav M. LabunskyyPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9586-9591; published ahead of print September 5, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804264115
Environmental Sciences
- Open AccessGlobal estimates of mortality associated with long-term exposure to outdoor fine particulate matterRichard Burnett, Hong Chen, Mieczysław Szyszkowicz, Neal Fann, Bryan Hubbell, C. Arden Pope III, Joshua S. Apte, Michael Brauer, Aaron Cohen, Scott Weichenthal, Jay Coggins, Qian Di, Bert Brunekreef, Joseph Frostad, Stephen S. Lim, Haidong Kan, Katherine D. Walker, George D. Thurston, Richard B. Hayes, Chris C. Lim, Michelle C. Turner, Michael Jerrett, Daniel Krewski, Susan M. Gapstur, W. Ryan Diver, Bart Ostro, Debbie Goldberg, Daniel L. Crouse, Randall V. Martin, Paul Peters, Lauren Pinault, Michael Tjepkema, Aaron van Donkelaar, Paul J. Villeneuve, Anthony B. Miller, Peng Yin, Maigeng Zhou, Lijun Wang, Nicole A. H. Janssen, Marten Marra, Richard W. Atkinson, Hilda Tsang, Thuan Quoc Thach, John B. Cannon, Ryan T. Allen, Jaime E. Hart, Francine Laden, Giulia Cesaroni, Francesco Forastiere, Gudrun Weinmayr, Andrea Jaensch, Gabriele Nagel, Hans Concin, and Joseph V. SpadaroPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9592-9597; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1803222115
Evolution
- Open AccessEvolution of metazoan morphological disparityBradley Deline, Jennifer M. Greenwood, James W. Clark, Mark N. Puttick, Kevin J. Peterson, and Philip C. J. DonoghuePNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) E8909-E8918; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1810575115
Genetics
- Open AccessDefective cortex glia plasma membrane structure underlies light-induced epilepsy in cpes mutantsGovind Kunduri, Daniel Turner-Evans, Yutaka Konya, Yoshihiro Izumi, Kunio Nagashima, Stephen Lockett, Joost Holthuis, Takeshi Bamba, Usha Acharya, and Jairaj K. AcharyaPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) E8919-E8928; published ahead of print September 5, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1808463115
- You have accessCancer-driving H3G34V/R/D mutations block H3K36 methylation and H3K36me3–MutSα interactionJun Fang, Yaping Huang, Guogen Mao, Shuang Yang, Gadi Rennert, Liya Gu, Haitao Li, and Guo-Min LiPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9598-9603; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1806355115
Immunology and Inflammation
- Open AccessChemokine receptors CCR2 and CX3CR1 regulate viral encephalitis-induced hippocampal damage but not seizuresChristopher Käufer, Chintan Chhatbar, Sonja Bröer, Inken Waltl, Luca Ghita, Ingo Gerhauser, Ulrich Kalinke, and Wolfgang LöscherPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) E8929-E8938; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1806754115
- You have accessLack of Sprouty 1 and 2 enhances survival of effector CD8+ T cells and yields more protective memory cells
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Medical Sciences
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Microbiology
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Neuroscience
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- You have accessA pan-mammalian map of interhemispheric brain connections predates the evolution of the corpus callosumRodrigo Suárez, Annalisa Paolino, Laura R. Fenlon, Laura R. Morcom, Peter Kozulin, Nyoman D. Kurniawan, and Linda J. RichardsPNAS September 18, 2018 115 (38) 9622-9627; published ahead of print September 4, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1808262115
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Physiology
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Plant Biology
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Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
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Sustainability Science
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