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This Week in PNAS
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COMMENTARIES

Eric M. Phizicky

Have tRNA, will travel
PNAS 2005 102: 11127-11128; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504843102 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
See companion article on page 11290

Yukihiko Kitamura and Akihiko Ito

Mast cell-committed progenitors
PNAS 2005 102: 11129-11130; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505073102 [Extract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  
See companion article on page 11408

PERSPECTIVES

Robert E. Kopp, Joseph L. Kirschvink, Isaac A. Hilburn, and Cody Z. Nash

The Paleoproterozoic snowball Earth: A climate disaster triggered by the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis
PNAS 2005 102: 11131-11136; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504878102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

PROFILES

Regina Nuzzo

Profile of Frans B. M. de Waal
PNAS 2005 102: 11137-11139; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505686102 [Extract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Applied Mathematics

G. I. Barenblatt, A. J. Chorin, and V. M. Prostokishin

A note concerning the Lighthill "sandwich model" of tropical cyclones
PNAS 2005 102: 11148-11150; published online before print July 27 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505209102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Peter Schwartz, David Adalsteinsson, Phillip Colella, Adam Paul Arkin, and Matthew Onsum

Numerical computation of diffusion on a surface
PNAS 2005 102: 11151-11156; published online before print August 2 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504953102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Duncan J. Watts, Roby Muhamad, Daniel C. Medina, and Peter S. Dodds

Multiscale, resurgent epidemics in a hierarchical metapopulation model
PNAS 2005 102: 11157-11162; published online before print July 29 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0501226102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Silas Alben and Michael Shelley

Coherent locomotion as an attracting state for a free flapping body
PNAS 2005 102: 11163-11166; published online before print July 29 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505064102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Movies]  

Applied Physical Sciences

Uri Raviv, Daniel J. Needleman, Youli Li, Herbert P. Miller, Leslie Wilson, and Cyrus R. Safinya

Cationic liposome–microtubule complexes: Pathways to the formation of two-state lipid–protein nanotubes with open or closed ends
PNAS 2005 102: 11167-11172; published online before print July 29 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0502183102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hongjun Liang, Daniel Harries, and Gerard C. L. Wong

Polymorphism of DNA–anionic liposome complexes reveals hierarchy of ion-mediated interactions
PNAS 2005 102: 11173-11178; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0502416102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Chemistry

Liuchun Yang, Reagan McRae, Maged M. Henary, Raxit Patel, Barry Lai, Stefan Vogt, and Christoph J. Fahrni

Imaging of the intracellular topography of copper with a fluorescent sensor and by synchrotron x-ray fluorescence microscopy
PNAS 2005 102: 11179-11184; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0406547102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Yung Sam Kim and Robin M. Hochstrasser From the Cover: Chemical exchange 2D IR of hydrogen-bond making and breaking PNAS 2005 102: 11185-11190; published online before print July 22 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504865102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

David Schultz and Jonathan R. Nitschke

Dynamic covalent and supramolecular direction of the synthesis and reassembly of copper(I) complexes
PNAS 2005 102: 11191-11195; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0502830102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jian-Xin Ji, Jing Wu, and Albert S. C. Chan

Catalytic asymmetric alkynylation of -imino ester: A versatile approach to optically active unnatural -amino acid derivatives
PNAS 2005 102: 11196-11200; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0502105102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Environmental Sciences

Geophysics

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Psychology

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Anthropology

James B. Stoltman, Joyce Marcus, Kent V. Flannery, James H. Burton, and Robert G. Moyle

Petrographic evidence shows that pottery exchange between the Olmec and their neighbors was two-way
PNAS 2005 102: 11213-11218; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505117102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kent V. Flannery, Andrew K. Balkansky, Gary M. Feinman, David C. Grove, Joyce Marcus, Elsa M. Redmond, Robert G. Reynolds, Robert J. Sharer, Charles S. Spencer, and Jason Yaeger

Implications of new petrographic analysis for the Olmec "mother culture" model
PNAS 2005 102: 11219-11223; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505116102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Applied Biological Sciences

Gurkan Guntas, Thomas J. Mansell, Jin Ryoun Kim, and Marc Ostermeier

Directed evolution of protein switches and their application to the creation of ligand-binding proteins
PNAS 2005 102: 11224-11229; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0502673102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Biochemistry

C. Cantí, M. Nieto-Rostro, I. Foucault, F. Heblich, J. Wratten, M. W. Richards, J. Hendrich, L. Douglas, K. M. Page, A. Davies, and A. C. Dolphin

The metal-ion-dependent adhesion site in the Von Willebrand factor-A domain of ₂ subunits is key to trafficking voltage-gated Ca²+ channels
PNAS 2005 102: 11230-11235; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504183102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Oleg V. Tsodikov, Jacquelin H. Enzlin, Orlando D. Schärer, and Tom Ellenberger

Crystal structure and DNA binding functions of ERCC1, a subunit of the DNA structure-specific endonuclease XPF–ERCC1
PNAS 2005 102: 11236-11241; published online before print August 2 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504341102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Ajit B. Datta, Santosh Panjikar, Manfred S. Weiss, Pinak Chakrabarti, and Pradeep Parrack

Structure of CII: Implications for recognition of direct-repeat DNA by an unusual tetrameric organization
PNAS 2005 102: 11242-11247; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504535102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jingping Shen, Dahai Gai, Aaron Patrick, William B. Greenleaf, and Xiaojiang S. Chen

The roles of the residues on the channel -hairpin and loop structures of simian virus 40 hexameric helicase
PNAS 2005 102: 11248-11253; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0409646102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Anja Pernille Einholm, Mads Toustrup-Jensen, Jens Peter Andersen, and Bente Vilsen

Mutation of Gly-94 in transmembrane segment M1 of Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase interferes with Na⁺ and K⁺ binding in E₂P conformation
PNAS 2005 102: 11254-11259; published online before print July 27 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0501201102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Karen L. Maxwell, Patricia Reed, Rong-guang Zhang, Steven Beasley, Adrian R. Walmsley, Fiona A. Curtis, Andrej Joachimiak, Aled M. Edwards, and Gary J. Sharples

Functional similarities between phage Orf and Escherichia coli RecFOR in initiation of genetic exchange
PNAS 2005 102: 11260-11265; published online before print August 2 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0503399102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

John A. Hanover, Michele E. Forsythe, Patrick T. Hennessey, Thomas M. Brodigan, Dona C. Love, Gilbert Ashwell, and Michael Krause

A Caenorhabditis elegans model of insulin resistance: Altered macronutrient storage and dauer formation in an OGT-1 knockout
PNAS 2005 102: 11266-11271; published online before print July 28 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0408771102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Osamu Takeuchi, Jill Fisher, Heikyung Suh, Hisashi Harada, Barbara A. Malynn, and Stanley J. Korsmeyer

Essential role of BAX,BAK in B cell homeostasis and prevention of autoimmune disease
PNAS 2005 102: 11272-11277; published online before print July 29 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504783102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Hitomi Matsuzaki, Hiroaki Daitoku, Mitsutoki Hatta, Hisanori Aoyama, Kenji Yoshimochi, and Akiyoshi Fukamizu

Acetylation of Foxo1 alters its DNA-binding ability and sensitivity to phosphorylation
PNAS 2005 102: 11278-11283; published online before print August 2 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0502738102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sidney Altman, Donna Wesolowski, Cecilia Guerrier-Takada, and Yong Li

RNase P cleaves transient structures in some riboswitches
PNAS 2005 102: 11284-11289; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505271102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Cell Biology

Aurora A. Burds, Annegret Schulze Lutum, and Peter K. Sorger Generating chromosome instability through the simultaneous deletion of Mad2 and p53 PNAS 2005 102: 11296-11301; published online before print July 29 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505053102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Jean-Michel Saffin, Magali Venoux, Claude Prigent, Julien Espeut, Francis Poulat, Dominique Giorgi, Ariane Abrieu, and Sylvie Rouquier

ASAP, a human microtubule-associated protein required for bipolar spindle assembly and cytokinesis
PNAS 2005 102: 11302-11307; published online before print July 27 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0500964102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Olga Sozinova, Yi Jiang, Dale Kaiser, and Mark Alber

A three-dimensional model of myxobacterial aggregation by contact-mediated interactions
PNAS 2005 102: 11308-11312; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504259102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Maddalena Grossi, Agnès Hiou-Feige, Alice Tommasi Di Vignano, Enzo Calautti, Paola Ostano, Sam Lee, Giovanna Chiorino, and G. Paolo Dotto

Negative control of keratinocyte differentiation by Rho/CRIK signaling coupled with up-regulation of KyoT1/2 (FHL1) expression
PNAS 2005 102: 11313-11318; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505011102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Hong Pyo Kim, Xue Wang, Atsunori Nakao, Sung Il Kim, Noriko Murase, Mary E. Choi, Stefan W. Ryter, and Augustine M. K. Choi

Caveolin-1 expression by means of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase mediates the antiproliferative effect of carbon monoxide
PNAS 2005 102: 11319-11324; published online before print July 28 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0501345102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures]  

Developmental Biology

Hanako Ikeda, Fumitaka Osakada, Kiichi Watanabe, Kenji Mizuseki, Tomoko Haraguchi, Hiroyuki Miyoshi, Daisuke Kamiya, Yoshihito Honda, Noriaki Sasai, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Masayo Takahashi, and Yoshiki Sasai

Generation of Rx⁺/Pax6⁺ neural retinal precursors from embryonic stem cells
PNAS 2005 102: 11331-11336; published online before print August 2 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0500010102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Yasuyuki Arakane, Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan, Richard W. Beeman, Michael R. Kanost, and Karl J. Kramer

Laccase 2 is the phenoloxidase gene required for beetle cuticle tanning
PNAS 2005 102: 11337-11342; published online before print August 2 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504982102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Marie-Claire Delfini, Julien Dubrulle, Pascale Malapert, Jérome Chal, and Olivier Pourquié

Control of the segmentation process by graded MAPK/ERK activation in the chick embryo
PNAS 2005 102: 11343-11348; published online before print July 29 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0502933102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Xiao Huang, Chang-Soo Hong, Michael O'Donnell, and Jean-Pierre Saint-Jeannet

The doublesex-related gene, XDmrt4, is required for neurogenesis in the olfactory system
PNAS 2005 102: 11349-11354; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505106102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Sabina Signoretti, Maira M. Pires, Meghan Lindauer, James W. Horner, Chiara Grisanzio, Sonya Dhar, Pradip Majumder, Frank McKeon, Philip W. Kantoff, William R. Sellers, and Massimo Loda

p63 regulates commitment to the prostate cell lineage
PNAS 2005 102: 11355-11360; published online before print July 28 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0500165102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures]  

Yukiko Yamazaki, Eleanor W. Low, Yusuke Marikawa, Kazuhiro Iwahashi, Marisa S. Bartolomei, John R. McCarrey, and Ryuzo Yanagimachi Adult mice cloned from migrating primordial germ cells PNAS 2005 102: 11361-11366; published online before print July 29 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504943102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Evolution

Charaf Benarafa and Eileen Remold-O'Donnell

The ovalbumin serpins revisited: Perspective from the chicken genome of clade B serpin evolution in vertebrates
PNAS 2005 102: 11367-11372; published online before print July 29 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0502934102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Corbin D. Jones and David J. Begun

Parallel evolution of chimeric fusion genes
PNAS 2005 102: 11373-11378; published online before print August 2 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0503528102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jessica E. Garb and Cheryl Y. Hayashi

Modular evolution of egg case silk genes across orb-weaving spider superfamilies
PNAS 2005 102: 11379-11384; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0502473102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Serge N. Vinogradov, David Hoogewijs, Xavier Bailly, Raúl Arredondo-Peter, Michel Guertin, Julian Gough, Sylvia Dewilde, Luc Moens, and Jacques R. Vanfleteren

Three globin lineages belonging to two structural classes in genomes from the three kingdoms of life
PNAS 2005 102: 11385-11389; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0502103102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Patrik Inderbitzin, Jennifer Harkness, B. Gillian Turgeon, and Mary L. Berbee

Lateral transfer of mating system in Stemphylium
PNAS 2005 102: 11390-11395; published online before print July 29 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0501918102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Erik R. Seiffert, Elwyn L. Simons, Timothy M. Ryan, and Yousry Attia

Additional remains of Wadilemur elegans, a primitive stem galagid from the late Eocene of Egypt
PNAS 2005 102: 11396-11401; published online before print August 8 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505310102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Genetics

Elizabeth J. Slow, Rona K. Graham, Alexander P. Osmand, Rebecca S. Devon, Ge Lu, Yu Deng, Jacqui Pearson, Kuljeet Vaid, Nagat Bissada, Ronald Wetzel, Blair R. Leavitt, and Michael R. Hayden

Absence of behavioral abnormalities and neurodegeneration in vivo despite widespread neuronal huntingtin inclusions
PNAS 2005 102: 11402-11407; published online before print August 2 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0503634102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Immunology

Nicolas Vodovar, Marisa Vinals, Peter Liehl, Alan Basset, Jeril Degrouard, Paul Spellman, Frédéric Boccard, and Bruno Lemaitre

Drosophila host defense after oral infection by an entomopathogenic Pseudomonas species
PNAS 2005 102: 11414-11419; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0502240102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Stephan Meister, Stefan M. Kanzok, Xue-li Zheng, Coralia Luna, Tong-Ruei Li, Ngo T. Hoa, John Randall Clayton, Kevin P. White, Fotis C. Kafatos, George K. Christophides, and Liangbiao Zheng

Immune signaling pathways regulating bacterial and malaria parasite infection of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae
PNAS 2005 102: 11420-11425; published online before print August 2 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504950102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Honglada Thoetkiattikul, Markus H. Beck, and Michael R. Strand

Inhibitor B-like proteins from a polydnavirus inhibit NF-B activation and suppress the insect immune response
PNAS 2005 102: 11426-11431; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505240102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Katherine Kedzierska, Nicole L. La Gruta, Miles P. Davenport, Stephen J. Turner, and Peter C. Doherty

Contribution of T cell receptor affinity to overall avidity for virus-specific CD8⁺ T cell responses
PNAS 2005 102: 11432-11437; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504851102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figure]  

Suresh Radhakrishnan, Esteban Celis, and Larry R. Pease

B7-DC cross-linking restores antigen uptake and augments antigen-presenting cell function by matured dendritic cells
PNAS 2005 102: 11438-11443; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0501420102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Medical Sciences

Molly M. Stevens, Robert P. Marini, Dirk Schaefer, Joshua Aronson, Robert Langer, and V. Prasad Shastri

In vivo engineering of organs: The bone bioreactor
PNAS 2005 102: 11450-11455; published online before print July 29 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504705102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Yoji Neishi, Seiichi Mochizuki, Takehiro Miyasaka, Takahiro Kawamoto, Teruyoshi Kume, Renan Sukmawan, Miwako Tsukiji, Yasuo Ogasawara, Fumihiko Kajiya, Takashi Akasaka, Kiyoshi Yoshida, and Masami Goto

Evaluation of bioavailability of nitric oxide in coronary circulation by direct measurement of plasma nitric oxide concentration
PNAS 2005 102: 11456-11461; published online before print July 28 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0501392102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Katarina Polcicova, Partha Sarathi Biswas, Kaustuv Banerjee, Todd W. Wisner, Barry T. Rouse, and David C. Johnson

Herpes keratitis in the absence of anterograde transport of virus from sensory ganglia to the cornea
PNAS 2005 102: 11462-11467; published online before print July 29 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0503230102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Blandine Franke-Fayard, Chris J. Janse, Margarida Cunha-Rodrigues, Jai Ramesar, Philippe Büscher, Ivo Que, Clemens Löwik, Peter J. Voshol, Marion A. M. den Boer, Sjoerd G. van Duinen, Maria Febbraio, Maria M. Mota, and Andrew P. Waters From The Cover: Murine malaria parasite sequestration: CD36 is the major receptor, but cerebral pathology is unlinked to sequestration PNAS 2005 102: 11468-11473; published online before print July 28 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0503386102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]

Luciano C. Amado, Anastasios P. Saliaris, Karl H. Schuleri, Marcus St. John, Jin-Sheng Xie, Stephen Cattaneo, Daniel J. Durand, Torin Fitton, Jin Qiang Kuang, Garrick Stewart, Stephanie Lehrke, William W. Baumgartner, Bradley J. Martin, Alan W. Heldman, and Joshua M. Hare

Cardiac repair with intramyocardial injection of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells after myocardial infarction
PNAS 2005 102: 11474-11479; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504388102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Movies]  

Sandeep Gurbuxani, Yanfei Xu, Ganesan Keerthivasan, Amittha Wickrema, and John D. Crispino

Differential requirements for survivin in hematopoietic cell development
PNAS 2005 102: 11480-11485; published online before print July 29 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0500303102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Microbiology

Kyung-Won Huh, Joseph DeMasi, Hidesato Ogawa, Yoshihiro Nakatani, Peter M. Howley, and Karl Münger Association of the human papillomavirus type 16 E7 oncoprotein with the 600-kDa retinoblastoma protein-associated factor, p600 PNAS 2005 102: 11492-11497; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505337102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Paul K. Judd, Renu B. Kumar, and Anath Das

Spatial location and requirements for the assembly of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens type IV secretion apparatus
PNAS 2005 102: 11498-11503; published online before print August 2 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505290102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Diane Maher, Xiaoyun Wu, Timothy Schacker, Julie Horbul, and Peter Southern

HIV binding, penetration, and primary infection in human cervicovaginal tissue
PNAS 2005 102: 11504-11509; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0500848102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Neuroscience

Meredith C. Hermosura, Hannah Nayakanti, Maxim V. Dorovkov, Fernanda R. Calderon, Alexey G. Ryazanov, David S. Haymer, and Ralph M. Garruto

A TRPM7 variant shows altered sensitivity to magnesium that may contribute to the pathogenesis of two Guamanian neurodegenerative disorders
PNAS 2005 102: 11510-11515; published online before print July 28 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505149102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Abderrahman El Maarouf, Yuri Kolesnikov, Gavril Pasternak, and Urs Rutishauser

Polysialic acid-induced plasticity reduces neuropathic insult to the central nervous system
PNAS 2005 102: 11516-11520; published online before print July 29 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504718102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Selena E. Bartlett, Johan Enquist, Frederic W. Hopf, Josephine H. Lee, Fredrik Gladher, Viktor Kharazia, Maria Waldhoer, William S. Mailliard, Randall Armstrong, Antonello Bonci, and Jennifer L. Whistler

Dopamine responsiveness is regulated by targeted sorting of D2 receptors
PNAS 2005 102: 11521-11526; published online before print July 27 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0502418102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Bin Zhang, Qiong Cao, Anchen Guo, Haiying Chu, Yee Gek Chan, Jan Paul Buschdorf, Boon Chuan Low, Eng Ang Ling, and Fengyi Liang

Juxtanodin: An oligodendroglial protein that promotes cellular arborization and 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide-3'-phosphodiesterase trafficking
PNAS 2005 102: 11527-11532; published online before print July 28 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0500952102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Serge H. Ahmed, Robert Lutjens, Lena D. van der Stap, Dusan Lekic, Vincenzo Romano-Spica, Marisela Morales, George F. Koob, Vez Repunte-Canonigo, and Pietro Paolo Sanna

Gene expression evidence for remodeling of lateral hypothalamic circuitry in cocaine addiction
PNAS 2005 102: 11533-11538; published online before print August 2 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504438102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Table]  

Dhruba J. Bharali, Ilona Klejbor, Ewa K. Stachowiak, Purnendu Dutta, Indrajit Roy, Navjot Kaur, Earl J. Bergey, Paras N. Prasad, and Michal K. Stachowiak Organically modified silica nanoparticles: A nonviral vector for in vivo gene delivery and expression in the brain PNAS 2005 102: 11539-11544; published online before print July 28 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504926102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Movie] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Harish C. Prasad, Chong-Bin Zhu, Jacob L. McCauley, Devadoss J. Samuvel, Sammanda Ramamoorthy, Richard C. Shelton, William A. Hewlett, James S. Sutcliffe, and Randy D. Blakely

Human serotonin transporter variants display altered sensitivity to protein kinase G and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase
PNAS 2005 102: 11545-11550; published online before print July 29 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0501432102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Xiaobing Chen, Lucia Vinade, Richard D. Leapman, Jennifer D. Petersen, Terunaga Nakagawa, Terry M. Phillips, Morgan Sheng, and Thomas S. Reese Mass of the postsynaptic density and enumeration of three key molecules PNAS 2005 102: 11551-11556; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505359102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Leonardo Restivo, Francesca Ferrari, Enrica Passino, Carmelo Sgobio, Jörg Bock, Ben A. Oostra, Claudia Bagni, and Martine Ammassari-Teule

Enriched environment promotes behavioral and morphological recovery in a mouse model for the fragile X syndrome
PNAS 2005 102: 11557-11562; published online before print August 2 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0504984102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

William J. Wolfgang, Todd W. Miller, Jack M. Webster, James S. Huston, Leslie M. Thompson, J. Lawrence Marsh, and Anne Messer

Suppression of Huntington's disease pathology in Drosophila by human single-chain Fv antibodies
PNAS 2005 102: 11563-11568; published online before print August 1 2005, 10.1073/pnas.0505321102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]