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PNAS 2007 104: 17899-17900. [Full Text] [PDF]  

COMMENTARIES

Neil E. Grunberg

A neurobiological basis for nicotine withdrawal
PNAS 2007 104: 17901-17902; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708964104 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
See companion article on page 17198 in issue 43 of volume 104

Edward G. Jones

Calcium channels in higher-level brain function
PNAS 2007 104: 17903-17904; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0709509104 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
See companion article on page 17819 in issue 45 of volume 104

Thomas Hohn

Plant virus transmission from the insect point of view
PNAS 2007 104: 17905-17906; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0709178104 [Extract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  
See companion article on page 17959

David J. Lefer

A new gaseous signaling molecule emerges: Cardioprotective role of hydrogen sulfide
PNAS 2007 104: 17907-17908; published online on November 8, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0709010104 [Extract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  
See companion article on page 17977

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Applied Physical Sciences

Juyong Park and Albert-László Barabási

Distribution of node characteristics in complex networks
PNAS 2007 104: 17916-17920; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705081104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Chemistry

Zhisong Wang

Synergic mechanism and fabrication target for bipedal nanomotors
PNAS 2007 104: 17921-17926; published online on November 6, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0703639104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Alexander Langner, Steven L. Tait, Nian Lin, Chandrasekar Rajadurai, Mario Ruben, and Klaus Kern

Self-recognition and self-selection in multicomponent supramolecular coordination networks on surfaces
PNAS 2007 104: 17927-17930; published online on November 1, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0704882104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Engineering

Environmental Sciences

Geology

Andrew Z. Krug, David Jablonski, and James W. Valentine

Contrarian clade confirms the ubiquity of spatial origination patterns in the production of latitudinal diversity gradients
PNAS 2007 104: 18129-18134; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0709202104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures]  

Geophysics

Liming Zhou, Robert E. Dickinson, Yuhong Tian, Russell S. Vose, and Yongjiu Dai

Impact of vegetation removal and soil aridation on diurnal temperature range in a semiarid region: Application to the Sahel
PNAS 2007 104: 17937-17942; published online on November 6, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0700290104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Physics

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Psychology

Charles C. Ballew, II and Alexander Todorov

Predicting political elections from rapid and unreflective face judgments
PNAS 2007 104: 17948-17953; published online on October 24, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705435104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Social Sciences

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Agricultural Sciences

Applied Biological Sciences

Sina Ghaemmaghami, Puay-Wah Phuan, Beth Perkins, Julie Ullman, Barnaby C. H. May, Fred E. Cohen, and Stanley B. Prusiner From the Cover: Cell division modulates prion accumulation in cultured cells PNAS 2007 104: 17971-17976; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708372104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]

Biochemistry

Barbara Mouratou, Francis Schaeffer, Ingrid Guilvout, Diana Tello-Manigne, Anthony P. Pugsley, Pedro M. Alzari, and Frédéric Pecorari

Remodeling a DNA-binding protein as a specific in vivo inhibitor of bacterial secretin PulD
PNAS 2007 104: 17983-17988; published online on November 1, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0702963104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Yoav Adam, Naama Tayer, Dvir Rotem, Gideon Schreiber, and Shimon Schuldiner

The fast release of sticky protons: Kinetics of substrate binding and proton release in a multidrug transporter
PNAS 2007 104: 17989-17994; published online on November 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0704425104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Terrence N. Wong, Tobin R. Sosnick, and Tao Pan

Folding of noncoding RNAs during transcription facilitated by pausing-induced nonnative structures
PNAS 2007 104: 17995-18000; published online on November 6, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705038104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Daiki Setoyama, Masakane Yamashita, and Noriyuki Sagata

Mechanism of degradation of CPEB during Xenopus oocyte maturation
PNAS 2007 104: 18001-18006; published online on November 6, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706952104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Quang M. Tran, Richard A. Rothery, Elena Maklashina, Gary Cecchini, and Joel H. Weiner

Escherichia coli succinate dehydrogenase variant lacking the heme b
PNAS 2007 104: 18007-18012; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707732104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Biophysics

Miki Morimatsu, Hiroaki Takagi, Kosuke G. Ota, Ryo Iwamoto, Toshio Yanagida, and Yasushi Sako

Multiple-state reactions between the epidermal growth factor receptor and Grb2 as observed by using single-molecule analysis
PNAS 2007 104: 18013-18018; published online on November 8, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0701330104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Loretta Laureana del Mercato, Pier Paolo Pompa, Giuseppe Maruccio, Antonio Della Torre, Stefania Sabella, Antonio Mario Tamburro, Roberto Cingolani, and Ross Rinaldi

Charge transport and intrinsic fluorescence in amyloid-like fibrils
PNAS 2007 104: 18019-18024; published online on November 5, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0702843104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Zhou Zhang, Zhen Tao, Armanda Gameiro, Stephanie Barcelona, Simona Braams, Thomas Rauen, and Christof Grewer

Transport direction determines the kinetics of substrate transport by the glutamate transporter EAAC1
PNAS 2007 104: 18025-18030; published online on November 8, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0704570104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

P. T. F. Williamson, A. Verhoeven, K. W. Miller, B. H. Meier, and A. Watts

The conformation of acetylcholine at its target site in the membrane-embedded nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
PNAS 2007 104: 18031-18036; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0704785104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Veronika I. Zarnitsyna, Jun Huang, Fang Zhang, Yuan-Hung Chien, Deborah Leckband, and Cheng Zhu From the Cover: Memory in receptor–ligand-mediated cell adhesion PNAS 2007 104: 18037-18042; published online on November 8, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0704811104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Movie]

Bin W. Zhang, David Jasnow, and Daniel M. Zuckerman

Efficient and verified simulation of a path ensemble for conformational change in a united-residue model of calmodulin
PNAS 2007 104: 18043-18048; published online on November 1, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706349104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

K. Wood, M. Plazanet, F. Gabel, B. Kessler, D. Oesterhelt, D. J. Tobias, G. Zaccai, and M. Weik

Coupling of protein and hydration-water dynamics in biological membranes
PNAS 2007 104: 18049-18054; published online on November 6, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706566104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Jeffrey A. Hanson, Karl Duderstadt, Lucas P. Watkins, Sucharita Bhattacharyya, Jason Brokaw, Jhih-Wei Chu, and Haw Yang

Illuminating the mechanistic roles of enzyme conformational dynamics
PNAS 2007 104: 18055-18060; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708600104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Cell Biology

Cédric Boularan, Mark G. H. Scott, Karima Bourougaa, Myriam Bellal, Emmanuel Esteve, Alain Thuret, Alexandre Benmerah, Marc Tramier, Maité Coppey-Moisan, Catherine Labbé-Jullié, Robin Fåhraeus, and Stefano Marullo

β-arrestin 2 oligomerization controls the Mdm2-dependent inhibition of p53
PNAS 2007 104: 18061-18066; published online on November 5, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705550104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

June X. Zou, Alexey S. Revenko, Li B. Li, Abigael T. Gemo, and Hong-Wu Chen

ANCCA, an estrogen-regulated AAA+ ATPase coactivator for ER, is required for coregulator occupancy and chromatin modification
PNAS 2007 104: 18067-18072; published online on November 12, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705814104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Sohini Chakrabortee, Chiara Boschetti, Laura J. Walton, Sovan Sarkar, David C. Rubinsztein, and Alan Tunnacliffe

Hydrophilic protein associated with desiccation tolerance exhibits broad protein stabilization function
PNAS 2007 104: 18073-18078; published online on November 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706964104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Friederike A. Haass, Martin Jonikas, Peter Walter, Jonathan S. Weissman, Yuh-Nung Jan, Lily Y. Jan, and Maya Schuldiner Identification of yeast proteins necessary for cell-surface function of a potassium channel PNAS 2007 104: 18079-18084; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708765104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Wendy Roeb, Antonia Boyer, Webster K. Cavenee, and Karen C. Arden

PAX3-FOXO1 controls expression of the p57Kip2 cell-cycle regulator through degradation of EGR1
PNAS 2007 104: 18085-18090; published online on November 6, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708910104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Andrey Y. Abramov, Cresson Fraley, Catherine T. Diao, Robert Winkfein, Michael A. Colicos, Michael R. Duchen, Robert J. French, and Evgeny Pavlov

Targeted polyphosphatase expression alters mitochondrial metabolism and inhibits calcium-dependent cell death
PNAS 2007 104: 18091-18096; published online on November 6, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708959104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

J. Mauro Calabrese, Amy C. Seila, Gene W. Yeo, and Phillip A. Sharp

RNA sequence analysis defines Dicer's role in mouse embryonic stem cells
PNAS 2007 104: 18097-18102; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0709193104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Infomation]  

B. Groves, Q. Gong, Z. Xu, C. Huntsman, C. Nguyen, D. Li, and D. Ma

A specific role of AGS3 in the surface expression of plasma membrane proteins
PNAS 2007 104: 18103-18108; published online on November 8, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0709282104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Developmental Biology

Mónica Zamora, Jörg Männer, and Pilar Ruiz-Lozano

Epicardium-derived progenitor cells require β-catenin for coronary artery formation
PNAS 2007 104: 18109-18114; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0702415104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Informaiton]  

Ecology

Kasper Thorup, Isabelle-A. Bisson, Melissa S. Bowlin, Richard A. Holland, John C. Wingfield, Marilyn Ramenofsky, and Martin Wikelski

Evidence for a navigational map stretching across the continental U.S. in a migratory songbird
PNAS 2007 104: 18115-18119; published online on November 6, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0704734104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Juan Carlos Castilla, Patricio H. Manríquez, Alejandro P. Delgado, Ligia Gargallo, Angel Leiva, and Deodato Radic

Bio-foam enhances larval retention in a free-spawning marine tunicate
PNAS 2007 104: 18120-18122; published online on November 1, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708233104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Bradley J. Cardinale, Justin P. Wright, Marc W. Cadotte, Ian T. Carroll, Andy Hector, Diane S. Srivastava, Michel Loreau, and Jerome J. Weis

Impacts of plant diversity on biomass production increase through time because of species complementarity
PNAS 2007 104: 18123-18128; published online on November 8, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0709069104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Evolution

Andrew Z. Krug, David Jablonski, and James W. Valentine

Contrarian clade confirms the ubiquity of spatial origination patterns in the production of latitudinal diversity gradients
PNAS 2007 104: 18129-18134; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0709202104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures]  

Su-Chan Park and Joachim Krug

Clonal interference in large populations
PNAS 2007 104: 18135-18140; published online on November 5, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705778104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

James E. Cresswell, Kevin Henning, Christophe Pennel, Mohamed Lahoubi, Michael A. Patrick, Phillipe G. Young, and Gavin R. Tabor

Conifer ovulate cones accumulate pollen principally by simple impaction
PNAS 2007 104: 18141-18144; published online on November 6, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706434104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Genetics

Serena J. Silver, Joshua W. Hagen, Katsutomo Okamura, Norbert Perrimon, and Eric C. Lai Functional screening identifies miR-315 as a potent activator of Wingless signaling PNAS 2007 104: 18151-18156; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706673104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Manjusha Dixit, Eugénie Ansseau, Alexandra Tassin, Sara Winokur, Rongye Shi, Hong Qian, Sébastien Sauvage, Christel Mattéotti, Anne M. van Acker, Oberdan Leo, Denise Figlewicz, Marietta Barro, Dalila Laoudj-Chenivesse, Alexandra Belayew, Frédérique Coppée, and Yi-Wen Chen

DUX4, a candidate gene of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, encodes a transcriptional activator of PITX1
PNAS 2007 104: 18157-18162; published online on November 5, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708659104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Ye Wu, Amy C. Arai, Gavin Rumbaugh, Anand K. Srivastava, Gillian Turner, Takashi Hayashi, Erika Suzuki, Yuwu Jiang, Lilei Zhang, Jayson Rodriguez, Jackie Boyle, Patrick Tarpey, F. Lucy Raymond, Joke Nevelsteen, Guy Froyen, Mike Stratton, Andy Futreal, Jozef Gecz, Roger Stevenson, Charles E. Schwartz, David Valle, Richard L. Huganir, and Tao Wang

Mutations in ionotropic AMPA receptor 3 alter channel properties and are associated with moderate cognitive impairment in humans
PNAS 2007 104: 18163-18168; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708699104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Immunology

Jun Wei, Omar Duramad, Olivia A. Perng, Steven L. Reiner, Yong-Jun Liu, and F. Xiao-Feng Qin

Antagonistic nature of T helper 1/2 developmental programs in opposing peripheral induction of Foxp3⁺ regulatory T cells
PNAS 2007 104: 18169-18174; published online on October 31, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0703642104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Juan Li, Yan Li, Jin-Yan Yao, Rong Jin, Ming-Zhao Zhu, Xiao-Ping Qian, Jun Zhang, Yang-Xin Fu, Li Wu, Yu Zhang, and Wei-Feng Chen

Developmental pathway of CD4⁺CD8^– medullary thymocytes during mouse ontogeny and its defect in Aire^–/– mice
PNAS 2007 104: 18175-18180; published online on November 5, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708884104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Markus Feuerer, Wenyu Jiang, Phillip D. Holler, Ansuman Satpathy, Christopher Campbell, Molly Bogue, Diane Mathis, and Christophe Benoist

Enhanced thymic selection of FoxP3⁺ regulatory T cells in the NOD mouse model of autoimmune diabetes
PNAS 2007 104: 18181-18186; published online on November 8, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708899104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Sílvia Vilarinho, Kouetsu Ogasawara, Stephen Nishimura, Lewis L. Lanier, and Jody L. Baron

Blockade of NKG2D on NKT cells prevents hepatitis and the acute immune response to hepatitis B virus
PNAS 2007 104: 18187-18192; published online on November 8, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708968104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Daniel H. D. Gray, Irina Gavanescu, Christophe Benoist, and Diane Mathis

Danger-free autoimmune disease in Aire-deficient mice
PNAS 2007 104: 18193-18198; published online on November 8, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0709160104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Medical Sciences

Hiroyuki Shibata, Hiroshi Takano, Masaki Ito, Hisashi Shioya, Morihisa Hirota, Hiroshi Matsumoto, Yuichi Kakudo, Chikashi Ishioka, Tetsu Akiyama, Yumi Kanegae, Izumu Saito, and Tetsuo Noda

-Catenin is essential in intestinal adenoma formation
PNAS 2007 104: 18199-18204; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705730104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Dai Chida, Shinichi Nakagawa, So Nagai, Hiroshi Sagara, Harumi Katsumata, Toshihiro Imaki, Harumi Suzuki, Fumiko Mitani, Tadashi Ogishima, Chikara Shimizu, Hayato Kotaki, Shigeru Kakuta, Katsuko Sudo, Takao Koike, Mitsumasa Kubo, and Yoichiro Iwakura

Melanocortin 2 receptor is required for adrenal gland development, steroidogenesis, and neonatal gluconeogenesis
PNAS 2007 104: 18205-18210; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706953104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

P. R. Bushel, A. N. Heinloth, J. Li, L. Huang, J. W. Chou, G. A. Boorman, D. E. Malarkey, C. D. Houle, S. M. Ward, R. E. Wilson, R. D. Fannin, M. W. Russo, P. B. Watkins, R. W. Tennant, and R. S. Paules Blood gene expression signatures predict exposure levels PNAS 2007 104: 18211-18216; published online on November 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706987104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Microbiology

Michael W. Vitalini, Renato M. de Paula, Charles S. Goldsmith, Carol A. Jones, Katherine A. Borkovich, and Deborah Bell-Pedersen

Circadian rhythmicity mediated by temporal regulation of the activity of p38 MAPK
PNAS 2007 104: 18223-18228; published online on November 5, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0704900104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Mary-Jane Lombardo, Jane Michalski, Hector Martinez-Wilson, Cara Morin, Tamara Hilton, Carlos G. Osorio, James P. Nataro, Carol O. Tacket, Andrew Camilli, and James B. Kaper

An in vivo expression technology screen for Vibrio cholerae genes expressed in human volunteers
PNAS 2007 104: 18229-18234; published online on November 6, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705636104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Tadasuke Naito, Yoshihiko Kiyasu, Kenji Sugiyama, Ayumi Kimura, Ryosuke Nakano, Akio Matsukage, and Kyosuke Nagata

An influenza virus replicon system in yeast identified Tat-SF1 as a stimulatory host factor for viral RNA synthesis
PNAS 2007 104: 18235-18240; published online on November 8, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705856104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Erin B. Purcell, Dan Siegal-Gaskins, David C. Rawling, Aretha Fiebig, and Sean Crosson A photosensory two-component system regulates bacterial cell attachment PNAS 2007 104: 18241-18246; published online on November 6, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705887104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Stephen R. Giddens, Robert W. Jackson, Christina D. Moon, Michael A. Jacobs, Xue-Xian Zhang, Stefanie M. Gehrig, and Paul B. Rainey

Mutational activation of niche-specific genes provides insight into regulatory networks and bacterial function in a complex environment
PNAS 2007 104: 18247-18252; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706739104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Neuroscience

Hackjin Kim, Ralph Adolphs, John P. O'Doherty, and Shinsuke Shimojo

Temporal isolation of neural processes underlying face preference decisions
PNAS 2007 104: 18253-18258; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0703101104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Douglas Ashley Monks, Jamie A. Johansen, Kaiguo Mo, Pengcheng Rao, Bryn Eagleson, Zhigang Yu, Andrew P. Lieberman, S. Marc Breedlove, and Cynthia L. Jordan

Overexpression of wild-type androgen receptor in muscle recapitulates polyglutamine disease
PNAS 2007 104: 18259-18264; published online on November 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705501104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Hanbing Lu, Yantao Zuo, Hong Gu, James A. Waltz, Wang Zhan, Clara A. Scholl, William Rea, Yihong Yang, and Elliot A. Stein

Synchronized delta oscillations correlate with the resting-state functional MRI signal
PNAS 2007 104: 18265-18269; published online on November 8, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705791104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Huanghe Yang, Lei Hu, Jingyi Shi, Kelli Delaloye, Frank T. Horrigan, and Jianmin Cui

Mg²⁺ mediates interaction between the voltage sensor and cytosolic domain to activate BK channels
PNAS 2007 104: 18270-18275; published online on November 5, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705873104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kate Baicy, Edythe D. London, John Monterosso, Ma-Li Wong, Tuncay Delibasi, Anil Sharma, and Julio Licinio From the Cover: Leptin replacement alters brain response to food cues in genetically leptin-deficient adults PNAS 2007 104: 18276-18279; published online on November 6, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706481104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]

Weidong Li, Yu Zhou, J. David Jentsch, Robert A. M. Brown, Xiaoli Tian, Dan Ehninger, William Hennah, Leena Peltonen, Jouko Lönnqvist, Matti O. Huttunen, Jaakko Kaprio, Joshua T. Trachtenberg, Alcino J. Silva, and Tyrone D. Cannon

Specific developmental disruption of disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1 function results in schizophrenia-related phenotypes in mice
PNAS 2007 104: 18280-18285; published online on November 2, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706900104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Antonio Pereira, Sidarta Ribeiro, Michael Wiest, Leonardo C. Moore, Janaina Pantoja, Shih-Chieh Lin, and Miguel A. L. Nicolelis Processing of tactile information by the hippocampus PNAS 2007 104: 18286-18291; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708611104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Hui-Bing Wu, Mihaela Stavarache, Donald W. Pfaff, and Lee-Ming Kow

Arousal of cerebral cortex electroencephalogram consequent to high-frequency stimulation of ventral medullary reticular formation
PNAS 2007 104: 18292-18296; published online on November 5, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708620104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jeansok J. Kim, Hongjoo J. Lee, Adam C. Welday, EunYoung Song, Jeiwon Cho, Patricia E. Sharp, Min W. Jung, and Hugh T. Blair

Stress-induced alterations in hippocampal plasticity, place cells, and spatial memory
PNAS 2007 104: 18297-18302; published online on November 5, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0708644104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Text]  

Pharmacology

Gyun Jee Song, Brian W. Jones, and Patricia M. Hinkle

Dimerization of the thyrotropin-releasing hormone receptor potentiates hormone-dependent receptor phosphorylation
PNAS 2007 104: 18303-18308; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0702857104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Physiology

Dawei Jiang, Wenqian Chen, Ruiwu Wang, Lin Zhang, and S. R. Wayne Chen

Loss of luminal Ca²⁺ activation in the cardiac ryanodine receptor is associated with ventricular fibrillation and sudden death
PNAS 2007 104: 18309-18314; published online on November 1, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706573104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Text]  

Huirong Xie, Haibin Wang, Susanne Tranguch, Ryo Iwamoto, Eisuke Mekada, Francesco J. DeMayo, John P. Lydon, Sanjoy K. Das, and Sudhansu K. Dey

Maternal heparin-binding-EGF deficiency limits pregnancy success in mice
PNAS 2007 104: 18315-18320; published online on November 6, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0707909104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Haoxing Xu, Markus Delling, Linyu Li, Xianping Dong, and David E. Clapham Activating mutation in a mucolipin transient receptor potential channel leads to melanocyte loss in varitint–waddler mice PNAS 2007 104: 18321-18326; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0709096104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Plant Biology

Maurice Bosch and Vernonica E. Franklin-Tong

Temporal and spatial activation of caspase-like enzymes induced by self-incompatibility in Papaver pollen
PNAS 2007 104: 18327-18332; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0705826104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Yukari Amano, Hiroko Tsubouchi, Hidefumi Shinohara, Mari Ogawa, and Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi

Tyrosine-sulfated glycopeptide involved in cellular proliferation and expansion in Arabidopsis
PNAS 2007 104: 18333-18338; published online on November 7, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706403104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures]  

Yonghua Li, Fred Beisson, Abraham J. K. Koo, Isabel Molina, Mike Pollard, and John Ohlrogge Identification of acyltransferases required for cutin biosynthesis and production of cutin with suberin-like monomers PNAS 2007 104: 18339-18344; published online on November 8, 2007, 10.1073/pnas.0706984104 [Abstract] [Full Text] [F