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Commentaries

Commentary:
- Monty Krieger
The “best” of cholesterols, the “worst” of cholesterols: A tale of two receptors
PNAS 1998 95:4077-4080
Commentary:
- Joseph A. Mindell
Swimming through the hydrophobic sea: New insights in protein translocation
PNAS 1998 95:4081-4083
Commentary:
- Michele P. Calos
Stability without a centromere
PNAS 1998 95:4084-4085
Commentary:
- Lynn E. Dobrunz
Long-term potentiation and the computational synapse
PNAS 1998 95:4086-4088
Commentary:
- Etienne-Emile Baulieu
- and Paul Robel
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) as neuroactive neurosteroids
PNAS 1998 95:4089-4091
Commentary:
- Alexander Vologodskii
Exploiting circular DNA
PNAS 1998 95:4092-4093

Physical Sciences

Applied Mathematics

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Physical Sciences - Applied Mathematics:
- Alexandre J. Chorin,
- Anton P. Kast,
- and Raz Kupferman
Optimal prediction of underresolved dynamics
PNAS 1998 95:4094-4098

Chemistry

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- George A. Olah,
- Golam Rasul,
- Arwed Burrichter,
- and G. K. Surya Prakash
Attempted hydrogen–deuterium exchange of the protio -trimethyloxonium dication (CH 3 ) 3 OH 2+ , study of methylating ability of (CH 3 ) 3 O + in superacids and theoretical investigations
PNAS 1998 95:4099-4101
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Dale L. Boger,
- Jean E. Patterson,
- and Qing Jin
Structural requirements for 5-HT 2A and 5-HT 1A serotonin receptor potentiation by the biologically active lipid oleamide
PNAS 1998 95:4102-4107
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Yehuda Sharf,
- Yoshiteru Seo,
- Uzi Eliav,
- Solang Akselrod,
- and Gil Navon
Mapping strain exerted on blood vessel walls using deuterium double-quantum-filtered MRI
PNAS 1998 95:4108-4112
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Kent Kirshenbaum,
- Annelise E. Barron,
- Richard A. Goldsmith,
- Philippe Armand,
- Erin K. Bradley,
- Kiet T. V. Truong,
- Ken A. Dill,
- Fred E. Cohen,
- and Ronald N. Zuckermann
Sequence-specific polypeptoids: A diverse family of heteropolymers with stable secondary structure
PNAS 1998 95:4303-4308

Engineering

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Physical Sciences - Engineering - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
- Christophe H. Schilling
- and Bernhard O. Palsson
The underlying pathway structure of biochemical reaction networks
PNAS 1998 95:4193-4198

Geophysics

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Physical Sciences - Geophysics:
- James Hansen,
- Makiko Sato,
- Jay Glascoe,
- and Reto Ruedy
Inaugural Article: A common-sense climate index: Is climate changing noticeably?
PNAS 1998 95:4113-4120

Statistics

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Physical Sciences - Statistics:
- Calyampudi R. Rao
- and Shailaja Suryawanshi
Statistical analysis of shape through triangulation of landmarks: A study of sexual dimorphism in hominids
PNAS 1998 95:4121-4125

Biological Sciences

Cell Biology

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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Jae Bum Kim,
- Harold M. Wright,
- Margaret Wright,
- and Bruce M. Spiegelman
ADD1/SREBP1 activates PPARγ through the production of endogenous ligand
PNAS 1998 95:4333-4337

The “best” of cholesterols, the “worst” of cholesterols: A tale of two receptors

Swimming through the hydrophobic sea: New insights in protein translocation

Stability without a centromere

Long-term potentiation and the computational synapse

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) as neuroactive neurosteroids

Exploiting circular DNA

Optimal prediction of underresolved dynamics

Attempted hydrogen–deuterium exchange of the protio -trimethyloxonium dication (CH 3 ) 3 OH 2+ , study of methylating ability of (CH 3 ) 3 O + in superacids and theoretical investigations

Structural requirements for 5-HT 2A and 5-HT 1A serotonin receptor potentiation by the biologically active lipid oleamide

Mapping strain exerted on blood vessel walls using deuterium double-quantum-filtered MRI

Sequence-specific polypeptoids: A diverse family of heteropolymers with stable secondary structure

The underlying pathway structure of biochemical reaction networks

Inaugural Article: A common-sense climate index: Is climate changing noticeably?

Statistical analysis of shape through triangulation of landmarks: A study of sexual dimorphism in hominids

Inaugural Article: Plant terpenoid synthases: Molecular biology and phylogenetic analysis

A dimeric crystal structure for the N-terminal two domains of intercellular adhesion molecule-1

The structure of the two amino-terminal domains of human ICAM-1 suggests how it functions as a rhinovirus receptor and as an LFA-1 integrin ligand

Effect of mutating the regulatory phosphoserine and conserved threonine on the activity of the expressed catalytic domain of Acanthamoeba myosin I heavy chain kinase

The C-terminal SET domains of ALL-1 and TRITHORAX interact with the INI1 and SNR1 proteins, components of the SWI/SNF complex

Role of a critical water in scytalone dehydratase-catalyzed reaction

Disruption of cellular translational control by a viral truncated eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α kinase homolog

Identification of a nucleotide binding site in HIV-1 integrase

Mass spectrometric and capillary electrophoretic investigation of the enzymatic degradation of heparin-like glycosaminoglycans

Direct evidence for a predominantly exolytic processive mechanism for depolymerization of heparin-like glycosaminoglycans by heparinase I

The human U5-200kD DEXH-box protein unwinds U4/U6 RNA duplices in vitro

The underlying pathway structure of biochemical reaction networks

Control of phosphatidylserine biosynthesis through phosphatidylserine-mediated inhibition of phosphatidylserine synthase I in Chinese hamster ovary cells

Brefeldin A-inhibited guanine nucleotide-exchange activity of Sec7 domain from yeast Sec7 with yeast and mammalian ADP ribosylation factors

Light-induced expression of fatty acid desaturase genes

A single-headed dimer of Escherichia coli ribosomal protein L7/L12 supports protein synthesis

Telomere loss in cells treated with cisplatin

Amyloid fibril formation by an SH3 domain

Manipulation of the membrane binding site of vitamin K-dependent proteins: Enhanced biological function of human factor VII

In vivo function of mutated spliced leader RNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans

DnaA-stimulated transcriptional activation of ori λ: Escherichia coli RNA polymerase β subunit as a transcriptional activator contact site

A novel glutamine–RNA interaction identified by screening libraries in mammalian cells

The C terminus of β-tubulin regulates vinblastine-induced tubulin polymerization

Polymerase recognition of synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotides incorporating degenerate pyrimidine and purine bases

The TOR (target of rapamycin) signal transduction pathway regulates the stability of translation initiation factor eIF4G in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Architectural specificity in chromatin structure at the TATA box in vivo : Nucleosome displacement upon β-phaseolin gene activation

Light-activated rhodopsin induces structural binding motif in G protein α subunit

The role of enzyme distortion in the single displacement mechanism of family 19 chitinases

Membrane-bound state of the colicin E1 channel domain as an extended two-dimensional helical array

Brownian dynamics simulations of protein folding: Access to milliseconds time scale and beyond

Chromophore-assisted light inactivation and self-organization of microtubules and motors

Definition of amide protection factors for early kinetic intermediates in protein folding

Sequence-specific polypeptoids: A diverse family of heteropolymers with stable secondary structure

NMR determination of the major solution conformation of a peptoid pentamer with chiral side chains

The theoretical limits of DNA sequence discrimination by linked polyamides

Translocation of inserted foreign epitopes by a channelforming protein

Simultaneous determination of helical unwinding angles and intrinsic association constants in ligand–DNA complexes: The interaction between DNA and calichearubicin B

ADD1/SREBP1 activates PPARγ through the production of endogenous ligand