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THIS WEEK IN PNAS

In This Issue
PNAS 2007 104: 15967-15968. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIAL

Barry R. Bloom

Sustainable health: A new dimension of sustainability science
PNAS 2007 104: 15969; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0704701104 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

COMMENTARIES

Nir S. Gov

Collective cell migration patterns: Follow the leader
PNAS 2007 104: 15970-15971; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708037104 [Extract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  
See companion article on page 15988

Mauricio Lima

Locust plagues, climate variation, and the rhythms of nature
PNAS 2007 104: 15972-15973; published online on October 4, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708152104 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
See companion article on page 16188

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Applied Mathematics

Applied Physical Sciences

Meher K. Prakash and R. A. Marcus

An interpretation of fluctuations in enzyme catalysis rate, spectral diffusion, and radiative component of lifetimes in terms of electric field fluctuations
PNAS 2007 104: 15982-15987; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707859104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M. Poujade, E. Grasland-Mongrain, A. Hertzog, J. Jouanneau, P. Chavrier, B. Ladoux, A. Buguin, and P. Silberzan From the Cover: Collective migration of an epithelial monolayer in response to a model wound PNAS 2007 104: 15988-15993; published online on September 28, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705062104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures]   See Commentary on page 15970

Lori K. Sanders, Wujing Xian, Camilo Guáqueta, Michael J. Strohman, Chuck R. Vrasich, Erik Luijten, and Gerard C. L. Wong

Control of electrostatic interactions between F-actin and genetically modified lysozyme in aqueous media
PNAS 2007 104: 15994-15999; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705898104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Chemistry

Dariush Ajami and Julius Rebek, Jr.

Adaptations of guest and host in expanded self-assembled capsules
PNAS 2007 104: 16000-16003; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707759104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures]  

Environmental Sciences

S. M. Vallina, R. Simó, and M. Manizza

Weak response of oceanic dimethylsulfide to upper mixing shoaling induced by global warming
PNAS 2007 104: 16004-16009; published online on September 27, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0700843104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figure]  

Geology

Colin R. McHenry, Stephen Wroe, Philip D. Clausen, Karen Moreno, and Eleanor Cunningham

Supermodeled sabercat, predatory behavior in Smilodon fatalis revealed by high-resolution 3D computer simulation
PNAS 2007 104: 16010-16015; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706086104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Geophysics

Physics

Jian Liu, Arshad Desai, José N. Onuchic, and Terence Hwa

A mechanobiochemical mechanism for monooriented chromosome oscillation in mitosis
PNAS 2007 104: 16104-16109; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707689104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Anthropology

J. Stephen Lansing, Murray P. Cox, Sean S. Downey, Brandon M. Gabler, Brian Hallmark, Tatiana M. Karafet, Peter Norquest, John W. Schoenfelder, Herawati Sudoyo, Joseph C. Watkins, and Michael F. Hammer

Coevolution of languages and genes on the island of Sumba, eastern Indonesia
PNAS 2007 104: 16022-16026; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0704451104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Psychology

Matthew H. Davis, Martin R. Coleman, Anthony R. Absalom, Jennifer M. Rodd, Ingrid S. Johnsrude, Basil F. Matta, Adrian M. Owen, and David K. Menon

Dissociating speech perception and comprehension at reduced levels of awareness
PNAS 2007 104: 16032-16037. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Michael J. Frank, Ahmed A. Moustafa, Heather M. Haughey, Tim Curran, and Kent E. Hutchison

Genetic triple dissociation reveals multiple roles for dopamine in reinforcement learning
PNAS 2007 104: 16311-16316; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706111104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Sustainability Science

Burton H. Singer and Marcia Caldas de Castro

Bridges to sustainable tropical health
PNAS 2007 104: 16038-16043; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0700900104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

David E. Bloom and David Canning

Mortality traps and the dynamics of health transitions
PNAS 2007 104: 16044-16049; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0702012104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ricardo E. Gürtler, Uriel Kitron, M. Carla Cecere, Elsa L. Segura, and Joel E. Cohen

Sustainable vector control and management of Chagas disease in the Gran Chaco, Argentina
PNAS 2007 104: 16194-16199; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0700863104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

K. Srinath Reddy, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Panniyammakal Jeemon, K. R. Thankappan, Prashant Joshi, Vivek Chaturvedi, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, and Farooque Ahmed

Educational status and cardiovascular risk profile in Indians
PNAS 2007 104: 16263-16268; published online on October 8, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0700933104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Applied Biological Sciences

Anne-Laure Bolcato-Bellemin, Marie-Elise Bonnet, Gaëlle Creusat, Patrick Erbacher, and Jean-Paul Behr

Sticky overhangs enhance siRNA-mediated gene silencing
PNAS 2007 104: 16050-16055; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707831104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Pankaj V. Alone, Gunjan Malik, Anuja Krishnan, and Lalit C. Garg

Deletion mutations in N-terminal 1 helix render heat labile enterotoxin B subunit susceptible to degradation
PNAS 2007 104: 16056-16061; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707897104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Biochemistry

Benjamin Guglielmi, Julie Soutourina, Cyril Esnault, and Michel Werner

TFIIS elongation factor and Mediator act in conjunction during transcription initiation in vivo
PNAS 2007 104: 16062-16067; published online on September 27, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0704534104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Bong Kim, Alexey I. Nesvizhskii, P. Geetha Rani, Steven Hahn, Ruedi Aebersold, and Jeffrey A. Ranish

The transcription elongation factor TFIIS is a component of RNA polymerase II preinitiation complexes
PNAS 2007 104: 16068-16073; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0704573104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Eva Estébanez-Perpiñá, Leggy A. Arnold, Phuong Nguyen, Edson Delgado Rodrigues, Ellena Mar, Raynard Bateman, Peter Pallai, Kevan M. Shokat, John D. Baxter, R. Kiplin Guy, Paul Webb, and Robert J. Fletterick A surface on the androgen receptor that allosterically regulates coactivator binding PNAS 2007 104: 16074-16079; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708036104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Astrid Weins, Johannes S. Schlondorff, Fumihiko Nakamura, Bradley M. Denker, John H. Hartwig, Thomas P. Stossel, and Martin R. Pollak

Disease-associated mutant -actinin-4 reveals a mechanism for regulating its F-actin-binding affinity
PNAS 2007 104: 16080-16085; published online on September 27, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0702451104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures]  

Mekdes Debela, Petra Hess, Viktor Magdolen, Norman M. Schechter, Thomas Steiner, Robert Huber, Wolfram Bode, and Peter Goettig

Chymotryptic specificity determinants in the 1.0 Å structure of the zinc-inhibited human tissue kallikrein 7
PNAS 2007 104: 16086-16091; published online on October 1, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707811104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jane N. Kim, Adam Roth, and Ronald R. Breaker Guanine riboswitch variants from Mesoplasma florum selectively recognize 2'-deoxyguanosine PNAS 2007 104: 16092-16097; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705884104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Biophysics

Meher K. Prakash and R. A. Marcus

An interpretation of fluctuations in enzyme catalysis rate, spectral diffusion, and radiative component of lifetimes in terms of electric field fluctuations
PNAS 2007 104: 15982-15987; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707859104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Z. Schuss, A. Singer, and D. Holcman The narrow escape problem for diffusion in cellular microdomains PNAS 2007 104: 16098-16103; published online on September 27, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706599104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Jian Liu, Arshad Desai, José N. Onuchic, and Terence Hwa

A mechanobiochemical mechanism for monooriented chromosome oscillation in mitosis
PNAS 2007 104: 16104-16109; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707689104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Ganhui Lan, Charles W. Wolgemuth, and Sean X. Sun

Z-ring force and cell shape during division in rod-like bacteria
PNAS 2007 104: 16110-16115; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0702925104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Text]  

Haruto Ishikawa, Ilya J. Finkelstein, Seongheun Kim, Kyungwon Kwak, Jean K. Chung, Keisuke Wakasugi, Aaron M. Massari, and Michael D. Fayer

Neuroglobin dynamics observed with ultrafast 2D-IR vibrational echo spectroscopy
PNAS 2007 104: 16116-16121; published online on October 4, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707718104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Sung Haeng Lee, David B. Hayes, Grzegorz Rebowski, Isabelle Tardieux, and Roberto Dominguez

Toxofilin from Toxoplasma gondii forms a ternary complex with an antiparallel actin dimer
PNAS 2007 104: 16122-16127; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705794104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Clifford P. Brangwynne, F. C. MacKintosh, and David A. Weitz

Force fluctuations and polymerization dynamics of intracellular microtubules
PNAS 2007 104: 16128-16133; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0703094104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Kenji Imamula, Takahide Kon, Reiko Ohkura, and Kazuo Sutoh The coordination of cyclic microtubule association/dissociation and tail swing of cytoplasmic dynein PNAS 2007 104: 16134-16139; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0702370104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Binyong Liang and Lukas K. Tamm

Structure of outer membrane protein G by solution NMR spectroscopy
PNAS 2007 104: 16140-16145; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705466104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] [Supporting Information]  

Marcelo Behar, Henrik G. Dohlman, and Timothy C. Elston From the Cover: Kinetic insulation as an effective mechanism for achieving pathway specificity in intracellular signaling networks PNAS 2007 104: 16146-16151; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0703894104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Konstantin B. Zeldovich, Peiqiu Chen, and Eugene I. Shakhnovich

Protein stability imposes limits on organism complexity and speed of molecular evolution
PNAS 2007 104: 16152-16157; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705366104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Cell Biology

Jiangbing Zhou, Julia Wulfkuhle, Hao Zhang, Peihua Gu, Yanqin Yang, Jianghong Deng, Joseph B. Margolick, Lance A. Liotta, Emanuel Petricoin, III, and Ying Zhang

Activation of the PTEN/mTOR/STAT3 pathway in breast cancer stem-like cells is required for viability and maintenance
PNAS 2007 104: 16158-16163; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0702596104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Angela Kwok Fung Lo, Ka Fai To, Kwok Wai Lo, Raymond Wai Ming Lung, Jan Wai Ying Hui, Gangling Liao, and S. Diane Hayward

Modulation of LMP1 protein expression by EBV-encoded microRNAs
PNAS 2007 104: 16164-16169; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0702896104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Meritxell Gironella, Mylène Seux, Min-Jue Xie, Carla Cano, Richard Tomasini, Julien Gommeaux, Stephane Garcia, Jonathan Nowak, Man Lung Yeung, Kuan-Teh Jeang, Amandine Chaix, Ladan Fazli, Yoshiharu Motoo, Qing Wang, Palma Rocchi, Antonio Russo, Martin Gleave, Jean-Charles Dagorn, Juan L. Iovanna, Alice Carrier, Marie-Josèphe Pébusque, and Nelson J. Dusetti

Tumor protein 53-induced nuclear protein 1 expression is repressed by miR-155, and its restoration inhibits pancreatic tumor development
PNAS 2007 104: 16170-16175; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0703942104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

John H. Evans and Joseph J. Falke

Ca²⁺ influx is an essential component of the positive-feedback loop that maintains leading-edge structure and activity in macrophages
PNAS 2007 104: 16176-16181; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707719104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Developmental Biology

Ecology

Ricardo E. Gürtler, Uriel Kitron, M. Carla Cecere, Elsa L. Segura, and Joel E. Cohen

Sustainable vector control and management of Chagas disease in the Gran Chaco, Argentina
PNAS 2007 104: 16194-16199; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0700863104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Environmental Sciences

E. J. Rosi-Marshall, J. L. Tank, T. V. Royer, M. R. Whiles, M. Evans-White, C. Chambers, N. A. Griffiths, J. Pokelsek, and M. L. Stephen

Toxins in transgenic crop byproducts may affect headwater stream ecosystems
PNAS 2007 104: 16204-16208; published online on October 8, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707177104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Evolution

Tiange Lang, Gunnar C. Hansson, and Tore Samuelsson

Gel-forming mucins appeared early in metazoan evolution
PNAS 2007 104: 16209-16214; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705984104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Genetics

Tania Dottorini, Lietta Nicolaides, Hilary Ranson, David W. Rogers, Andrea Crisanti, and Flaminia Catteruccia

A genome-wide analysis in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes reveals 46 male accessory gland genes, possible modulators of female behavior
PNAS 2007 104: 16215-16220; published online on September 27, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0703904104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Hannah V. Siddle, Alexandre Kreiss, Mark D. B. Eldridge, Erin Noonan, Candice J. Clarke, Stephen Pyecroft, Gregory M. Woods, and Katherine Belov From the Cover: Transmission of a fatal clonal tumor by biting occurs due to depleted MHC diversity in a threatened carnivorous marsupial PNAS 2007 104: 16221-16226; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0704580104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Atsuhiro Kanda, Wei Chen, Mohammad Othman, Kari E. H. Branham, Matthew Brooks, Ritu Khanna, Shirley He, Robert Lyons, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, and Anand Swaroop A variant of mitochondrial protein LOC387715/ARMS2, not HTRA1, is strongly associated with age-related macular degeneration PNAS 2007 104: 16227-16232; published online on September 20, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0703933104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE   See Commentary on page 16725

Immunology

Kristian L. Jones, Ashley Mansell, Shane Patella, Bernadette J. Scott, Mark P. Hedger, David M. de Kretser, and David J. Phillips

Activin A is a critical component of the inflammatory response, and its binding protein, follistatin, reduces mortality in endotoxemia
PNAS 2007 104: 16239-16244; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705971104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Jared C. Roach, Kelly D. Smith, Katie L. Strobe, Stephanie M. Nissen, Christian D. Haudenschild, Daixing Zhou, Thomas J. Vasicek, G. A. Held, Gustavo A. Stolovitzky, Leroy E. Hood, and Alan Aderem

Transcription factor expression in lipopolysaccharide-activated peripheral-blood-derived mononuclear cells
PNAS 2007 104: 16245-16250; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707757104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Anita Schwegmann, Reto Guler, Antony J. Cutler, Berenice Arendse, William G. C. Horsnell, Alexandra Flemming, Andreas H. Kottmann, Gregory Ryan, Winston Hide, Michael Leitges, Cathal Seoighe, and Frank Brombacher Protein kinase C is essential for optimal macrophage-mediated phagosomal containment of Listeria monocytogenes PNAS 2007 104: 16251-16256; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0703496104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Matthew L. Bettini and Gilbert J. Kersh

MAP kinase phosphatase activity sets the threshold for thymocyte positive selection
PNAS 2007 104: 16257-16262; published online on September 27, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705321104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Medical Sciences

K. Srinath Reddy, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Panniyammakal Jeemon, K. R. Thankappan, Prashant Joshi, Vivek Chaturvedi, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, and Farooque Ahmed

Educational status and cardiovascular risk profile in Indians
PNAS 2007 104: 16263-16268; published online on October 8, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0700933104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel X. Johansson, Cécile Voisset, Alexander W. Tarr, Mie Aung, Jonathan K. Ball, Jean Dubuisson, and Mats A. A. Persson

Human combinatorial libraries yield rare antibodies that broadly neutralize hepatitis C virus
PNAS 2007 104: 16269-16274; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705522104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Aaron Proweller, Alex C. Wright, Debra Horng, Lan Cheng, Min Min Lu, John J. Lepore, Warren S. Pear, and Michael S. Parmacek

Notch signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells is required to pattern the cerebral vasculature
PNAS 2007 104: 16275-16280; published online on October 1, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707950104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Movies]  

Hans Oberleithner, Christoph Riethmüller, Hermann Schillers, Graham A. MacGregor, Hugh E. de Wardener, and Martin Hausberg Plasma sodium stiffens vascular endothelium and reduces nitric oxide release PNAS 2007 104: 16281-16286; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707791104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Ke Lan, Subhash C. Verma, Masanao Murakami, Bharat Bajaj, Rajeev Kaul, and Erle S. Robertson Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus-encoded latency-associated nuclear antigen stabilizes intracellular activated Notch by targeting the Sel10 protein PNAS 2007 104: 16287-16292; published online on October 1, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0703508104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Microbiology

Kelly A. Gangwer, Darren J. Mushrush, Devin L. Stauff, Ben Spiller, Mark S. McClain, Timothy L. Cover, and D. Borden Lacy

Crystal structure of the Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin p55 domain
PNAS 2007 104: 16293-16298; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707447104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

J. W. Wilson, C. M. Ott, K. Höner zu Bentrup, R. Ramamurthy, L. Quick, S. Porwollik, P. Cheng, M. McClelland, G. Tsaprailis, T. Radabaugh, A. Hunt, D. Fernandez, E. Richter, M. Shah, M. Kilcoyne, L. Joshi, M. Nelman-Gonzalez, S. Hing, M. Parra, P. Dumars, K. Norwood, R. Bober, J. Devich, A. Ruggles, C. Goulart, M. Rupert, L. Stodieck, P. Stafford, L. Catella, M. J. Schurr, K. Buchanan, L. Morici, J. McCracken, P. Allen, C. Baker-Coleman, T. Hammond, J. Vogel, R. Nelson, D. L. Pierson, H. M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, and C. A. Nickerson

Space flight alters bacterial gene expression and virulence and reveals a role for global regulator Hfq
PNAS 2007 104: 16299-16304; published online on September 27, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707155104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Tim Miyashiro and Mark Goulian

Stimulus-dependent differential regulation in the Escherichia coli PhoQ–PhoP system
PNAS 2007 104: 16305-16310; published online on October 1, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0700025104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Neuroscience

Matthew H. Davis, Martin R. Coleman, Anthony R. Absalom, Jennifer M. Rodd, Ingrid S. Johnsrude, Basil F. Matta, Adrian M. Owen, and David K. Menon

Dissociating speech perception and comprehension at reduced levels of awareness
PNAS 2007 104: 16032-16037. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Michael J. Frank, Ahmed A. Moustafa, Heather M. Haughey, Tim Curran, and Kent E. Hutchison

Genetic triple dissociation reveals multiple roles for dopamine in reinforcement learning
PNAS 2007 104: 16311-16316; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706111104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Min H. Cho, Xiaohua Cao, Deheng Wang, and Joe Z. Tsien

Dentate gyrus-specific manipulation of -Ca²⁺/calmodulin-dependent kinase II disrupts memory consolidation
PNAS 2007 104: 16317-16322; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0703344104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Wen-Li Wei, Hong-Shuo Sun, Michelle E. Olah, Xiujun Sun, Elzbieta Czerwinska, Waldemar Czerwinski, Yasuo Mori, Beverley A. Orser, Zhi-Gang Xiong, Michael F. Jackson, Michael Tymianski, and John F. MacDonald

TRPM7 channels in hippocampal neurons detect levels of extracellular divalent cations
PNAS 2007 104: 16323-16328; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0701149104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Sung-Wuk Jang, Masashi Okada, Iqbal Sayeed, Ge Xiao, Donald Stein, Peng Jin, and Keqiang Ye

Gambogic amide, a selective agonist for TrkA receptor that possesses robust neurotrophic activity, prevents neuronal cell death
PNAS 2007 104: 16329-16334; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706662104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Alexandra Jean, Grégory Conductier, Christine Manrique, Constantin Bouras, Philippe Berta, René Hen, Yves Charnay, Joël Bockaert, and Valérie Compan

Anorexia induced by activation of serotonin 5-HT₄ receptors is mediated by increases in CART in the nucleus accumbens
PNAS 2007 104: 16335-16340; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0701471104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Juan D. Goutman and Elisabeth Glowatzki

Time course and calcium dependence of transmitter release at a single ribbon synapse
PNAS 2007 104: 16341-16346; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705756104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Lei Shi, Wing-Yu Fu, Kwok-Wang Hung, Cassandra Porchetta, Christine Hall, Amy K. Y. Fu, and Nancy Y. Ip

2-Chimaerin interacts with EphA4 and regulates EphA4-dependent growth cone collapse
PNAS 2007 104: 16347-16352; published online on October 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706626104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Text]  

Leora Sarid, Randy Bruno, Bert Sakmann, Idan Segev, and Dirk Feldmeyer Modeling a layer 4-to-layer 2/3 module of a single column in rat neocortex: Interweaving in vitro and in vivo experimental observations PNAS 2007 104: 16353-16358; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707853104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Violeta N. Mutafova-Yambolieva, Sung Jin Hwang, Xuemei Hao, Hui Chen, Michael X. Zhu, Jackie D. Wood, Sean M. Ward, and Kenton M. Sanders

-Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide is an inhibitory neurotransmitter in visceral smooth muscle
PNAS 2007 104: 16359-16364; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705510104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Physiology

Toby S. Scott-Ward, Zhiwei Cai, Elizabeth S. Dawson, Ann Doherty, Ana Carina Da Paula, Heather Davidson, David J. Porteous, Brandon J. Wainwright, Margarida D. Amaral, David N. Sheppard, and A. Christopher Boyd

Chimeric constructs endow the human CFTR Cl^– channel with the gating behavior of murine CFTR
PNAS 2007 104: 16365-16370; published online on October 3, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0701562104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Plant Biology

Kazuki Terauchi, Yohko Kitayama, Taeko Nishiwaki, Kumiko Miwa, Yoriko Murayama, Tokitaka Oyama, and Takao Kondo

ATPase activity of KaiC determines the basic timing for circadian clock of cyanobacteria
PNAS 2007 104: 16377-16381; published online on September 27, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706292104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only]