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October 24, 2006; vol. 103 no. 43
This Week in PNAS
- You have accessIn This Issue
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- Hereditary family signature of facial expression- Oct 16, 2006
- A tunable algorithm for collective decision-making- Oct 12, 2006
Perspective
- You have accessPowering the planet: Chemical challenges in solar energy utilizationNathan S. Lewis and Daniel G. Nocera
Profile
- You have accessProfile of Jacob N. IsraelachviliNick Zagorski
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- Recent progress in understanding hydrophobic interactions- Oct 05, 2006
Physical Sciences
Chemistry
- You have accessModular chemical mechanism predicts spatiotemporal dynamics of initiation in the complex network of hemostasisChristian J. Kastrup, Matthew K. Runyon, Feng Shen, and Rustem F. Ismagilov
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- Predicting complex biology with simple chemistry- Oct 16, 2006
- You have accessCoordinated effects of distal mutations on environmentally coupled tunneling in dihydrofolate reductaseLin Wang, Nina M. Goodey, Stephen J. Benkovic, and Amnon Kohen
- Open AccessTime scales of membrane fusion revealed by direct imaging of vesicle fusion with high temporal resolution
- From the Cover
Christopher K. Haluska, Karin A. Riske, Valérie Marchi-Artzner, Jean-Marie Lehn, Reinhard Lipowsky, and Rumiana Dimova
Geology
- You have accessLate Archean rise of aerobic microbial ecosystemsJennifer L. Eigenbrode and Katherine H. Freeman
Physics
- You have accessBranch-cut singularities in thermodynamics of Fermi liquid systems
- From the Cover
Arkady Shekhter and Alexander M. Finkel'stein
Social Sciences
Psychology
- Open AccessNeural correlates of epigenesisTurhan Canli, Maolin Qiu, Kazufumi Omura, Eliza Congdon, Brian W. Haas, Zenab Amin, Martin J. Herrmann, R. Todd Constable, and Klaus Peter Lesch
Biological Sciences
Applied Biological Sciences
- You have accessAn algorithm for assembly of ordered restriction maps from single DNA moleculesAnton Valouev, David C. Schwartz, Shiguo Zhou, and Michael S. Waterman
Applied Mathematics
- You have accessAn algorithm for assembly of ordered restriction maps from single DNA moleculesAnton Valouev, David C. Schwartz, Shiguo Zhou, and Michael S. Waterman
Biochemistry
- You have accessCoordinated effects of distal mutations on environmentally coupled tunneling in dihydrofolate reductaseLin Wang, Nina M. Goodey, Stephen J. Benkovic, and Amnon Kohen
- You have accessHuman DNA polymerase κ forms nonproductive complexes with matched primer termini but not with mismatched primer terminiKarissa D. Carlson, Robert E. Johnson, Louise Prakash, Satya Prakash, and M. Todd Washington
- Open AccessThe genomic landscape of histone modifications in human T cellsTae-Young Roh, Suresh Cuddapah, Kairong Cui, and Keji Zhao
- You have accessThe cyclin-dependent kinase 8 module sterically blocks Mediator interactions with RNA polymerase IIHans Elmlund, Vera Baraznenok, Martin Lindahl, Camilla O. Samuelsen, Philip J. B. Koeck, Steen Holmberg, Hans Hebert, and Claes M. Gustafsson
- You have accessVitamin K-dependent proteins in Ciona intestinalis, a basal chordate lacking a blood coagulation cascadeJohn D. Kulman, Jeff E. Harris, Noriko Nakazawa, Michio Ogasawara, Masanobu Satake, and Earl W. Davie
- Open AccessGlobal aggregation of newly translated proteins in an Escherichia coli strain deficient of the chaperonin GroELEli Chapman, George W. Farr, Renata Usaite, Krystyna Furtak, Wayne A. Fenton, Tapan K. Chaudhuri, Elise R. Hondorp, Rowena G. Matthews, Sharon G. Wolf, John R. Yates, Marc Pypaert, and Arthur L. Horwich
Biophysics
- You have accessRecent progress in understanding hydrophobic interactions
- Inaugural Article
Emily E. Meyer, Kenneth J. Rosenberg, and Jacob IsraelachviliSee companion article:
- Profile of Jacob N. Israelachvili- Oct 16, 2006
- You have accessCharacterization of the nanoscale properties of individual amyloid fibrilsJeffrey F. Smith, Tuomas P. J. Knowles, Christopher M. Dobson, Cait E. MacPhee, and Mark E. Welland
- Open AccessThe distance that kinesin-1 holds its cargo from the microtubule surface measured by fluorescence interference contrast microscopyJacob Kerssemakers, Jonathon Howard, Henry Hess, and Stefan Diez
- Open AccessCell-free formation of misfolded prion protein with authentic prion infectivityPetra Weber, Armin Giese, Niklas Piening, Gerda Mitteregger, Achim Thomzig, Michael Beekes, and Hans A. Kretzschmar
- You have accessGeneric hydrophobic residues are sufficient to promote aggregation of the Alzheimer's Aβ42 peptideWoojin Kim and Michael H. Hecht
- You have accessStructural basis for mRNA and tRNA positioning on the ribosomeVeysel Berk, Wen Zhang, Raj D. Pai, and Jamie H. D. Cate
- Open AccessChemical screening methods to identify ligands that promote protein stability, protein crystallization, and structure determinationMasoud Vedadi, Frank H. Niesen, Abdellah Allali-Hassani, Oleg Y. Fedorov, Patrick J. Finerty Jr., Gregory A. Wasney, Ron Yeung, Cheryl Arrowsmith, Linda J. Ball, Helena Berglund, Raymond Hui, Brian D. Marsden, Pär Nordlund, Michael Sundstrom, Johan Weigelt, and Aled M. Edwards
- Open AccessTime scales of membrane fusion revealed by direct imaging of vesicle fusion with high temporal resolution
- From the Cover
Christopher K. Haluska, Karin A. Riske, Valérie Marchi-Artzner, Jean-Marie Lehn, Reinhard Lipowsky, and Rumiana Dimova - You have accessUnusual mechanical stability of a minimal RNA kissing complexPan T. X. Li, Carlos Bustamante, and Ignacio Tinoco Jr.
- You have accessPressure-driven transport of confined DNA polymers in fluidic channelsDerek Stein, Frank H. J. van der Heyden, Wiepke J. A. Koopmans, and Cees Dekker
- Open AccessSampling the multiple folding mechanisms of Trp-cage in explicit solventJ. Juraszek and P. G. Bolhuis
- You have accessDistance measurements reveal a common topology of prokaryotic voltage-gated ion channels in the lipid bilayerJessica Richardson, Rikard Blunck, Pinghua Ge, Paul R. Selvin, Francisco Bezanilla, Diane M. Papazian, and Ana M. Correa
- You have accessEffect of force on mononucleosomal dynamicsShirley Mihardja, Andrew J. Spakowitz, Yongli Zhang, and Carlos Bustamante
Cell Biology
- Open AccessUV irradiation induces a postreplication DNA damage checkpoint
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A. John Callegari and Thomas J. Kelly - You have accessAn intramolecular folding sensor for imaging estrogen receptor–ligand interactionsRamasamy Paulmurugan and Sanjiv S. Gambhir
- You have accesserbB2 is required for G protein-coupled receptor signaling in the heartAlejandra Negro, Bhawanjit K. Brar, Yusu Gu, Kirk L. Peterson, Wylie Vale, and Kuo-Fen Lee
Developmental Biology
- You have accessTdrd1/Mtr-1, a tudor-related gene, is essential for male germ-cell differentiation and nuage/germinal granule formation in miceShinichiro Chuma, Mihoko Hosokawa, Kouichi Kitamura, Shinya Kasai, Makio Fujioka, Masateru Hiyoshi, Kazufumi Takamune, Toshiaki Noce, and Norio Nakatsuji
- You have accessDiversin regulates heart formation and gastrulation movements in developmentHeinz Moeller, Andreas Jenny, Hans-Joerg Schaeffer, Thomas Schwarz-Romond, Marek Mlodzik, Matthias Hammerschmidt, and Walter Birchmeier
Ecology
- You have accessA tunable algorithm for collective decision-makingStephen C. Pratt and David J. T. Sumpter
Evolution
- You have accessNatural variation in Drosophila melanogaster diapause due to the insulin-regulated PI3-kinaseKaren D. Williams, Macarena Busto, Maximiliano L. Suster, Anthony K.-C. So, Yehuda Ben-Shahar, Sally J. Leevers, and Marla B. Sokolowski
- You have accessMicrosporidian mitosomes retain elements of the general mitochondrial targeting systemLena Burri, Bryony A. P. Williams, Dejan Bursac, Trevor Lithgow, and Patrick J. Keeling
- You have accessHereditary family signature of facial expression
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Gili Peleg, Gadi Katzir, Ofer Peleg, Michal Kamara, Leonid Brodsky, Hagit Hel-Or, Daniel Keren, and Eviatar Nevo
Genetics
- Open AccessKnockout of Slc25a19 causes mitochondrial thiamine pyrophosphate depletion, embryonic lethality, CNS malformations, and anemiaMarjorie J. Lindhurst, Giuseppe Fiermonte, Shiwei Song, Eduard Struys, Francesco De Leonardis, Pamela L. Schwartzberg, Amy Chen, Alessandra Castegna, Nanda Verhoeven, Christopher K. Mathews, Ferdinando Palmieri, and Leslie G. Biesecker
- You have accessIsolation, characterization, and genetic complementation of a cellular mutant resistant to retroviral infectionSumit Agarwal, Josephine Harada, Jeffrey Schreifels, Patrycja Lech, Bryan Nikolai, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Sumit K. Chanda, and Nikunj V. Somia
- You have accessDifferential sensitivities of transcription factor target genes underlie cell type-specific gene expression profilesKirby D. Johnson, Shin-Il Kim, and Emery H. Bresnick
Immunology
- You have accessRecruitment of CD63 to Cryptococcus neoformans phagosomes requires acidificationKaterina Artavanis-Tsakonas, J. Christopher Love, Hidde L. Ploegh, and Jatin M. Vyas
- You have accessDisseminated and sustained HIV infection in CD34+ cord blood cell-transplanted Rag2−/−γc−/− miceStefan Baenziger, Roxane Tussiwand, Erika Schlaepfer, Luca Mazzucchelli, Mathias Heikenwalder, Michael O. Kurrer, Silvia Behnke, Joachim Frey, Annette Oxenius, Helen Joller, Adriano Aguzzi, Markus G. Manz, and Roberto F. Speck
- You have accessGATA factors participate in tissue-specific immune responses in Drosophila larvaeKate Senger, Kristina Harris, and Mike Levine
- You have accessDifferences in potential for amino acid change after mutation reveals distinct strategies for κ and λ light-chain variationUri Hershberg and Mark J. Shlomchik
Medical Sciences
- You have accessAndrogen receptor phosphorylation and stabilization in prostate cancer by cyclin-dependent kinase 1Shaoyong Chen, Youyuan Xu, Xin Yuan, Glenn J. Bubley, and Steven P. Balk
- You have accessGalectin-1 is essential in tumor angiogenesis and is a target for antiangiogenesis therapyVictor L. J. L. Thijssen, Ruben Postel, Ricardo J. M. G. E. Brandwijk, Ruud P. M. Dings, Irina Nesmelova, Sietske Satijn, Nicole Verhofstad, Yusaku Nakabeppu, Linda G. Baum, Jeroen Bakkers, Kevin H. Mayo, Françoise Poirier, and Arjan W. Griffioen
- You have accessAn inherent role of microtubule network in the action of nuclear receptorBramanandam Manavathi, Filippo Acconcia, Suresh K. Rayala, and Rakesh Kumar
- Open AccessProtective immunity to lethal challenge of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus by vaccinationWing-pui Kong, Chantelle Hood, Zhi-yong Yang, Chih-Jen Wei, Ling Xu, Adolfo García-Sastre, Terrence M. Tumpey, and Gary J. Nabel
- Open AccessDetection of inflamed atherosclerotic lesions with diadenosine-5′,5‴-P1,P4-tetraphosphate (Ap4A) and positron-emission tomographyD. R. Elmaleh, A. J. Fischman, A. Tawakol, A. Zhu, T. M. Shoup, U. Hoffmann, A.-L. Brownell, and P. C. Zamecnik
- You have accessUltrashort antibacterial and antifungal lipopeptidesArik Makovitzki, Dorit Avrahami, and Yechiel Shai
- You have accessPGC-1α controls hepatitis B virus through nutritional signalsAmir Shlomai, Nir Paran, and Yosef Shaul
Microbiology
- You have accessEmergence of a bacterial clone with enhanced virulence by acquisition of a phage encoding a secreted phospholipase A2Izabela Sitkiewicz, Michal J. Nagiec, Paul Sumby, Stephanie D. Butler, Colette Cywes-Bentley, and James M. Musser
Neuroscience
- You have accessDirect magnetic resonance detection of neuronal electrical activityNatalia Petridou, Dietmar Plenz, Afonso C. Silva, Murray Loew, Jerzy Bodurka, and Peter A. Bandettini
- Open AccessWild-type microglia extend survival in PU.1 knockout mice with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosisDavid R. Beers, Jenny S. Henkel, Qin Xiao, Weihua Zhao, Jinghong Wang, Albert A. Yen, Laszlo Siklos, Scott R. McKercher, and Stanley H. Appel
- You have accessA role for adrenomedullin as a pain-related peptide in the ratWeiya Ma, Jean-Guy Chabot, and Remi Quirion
- Open AccessNeural correlates of epigenesisTurhan Canli, Maolin Qiu, Kazufumi Omura, Eliza Congdon, Brian W. Haas, Zenab Amin, Martin J. Herrmann, R. Todd Constable, and Klaus Peter Lesch
Physiology
- You have accessIL-1 resets glucose homeostasis at central levelsAdriana del Rey, Eduardo Roggero, Anke Randolf, Carolina Mahuad, Samuel McCann, Valeria Rettori, and Hugo O. Besedovsky
- You have accessRenal cortical cyclooxygenase 2 expression is differentially regulated by angiotensin II AT1 and AT2 receptorsMing-Zhi Zhang, Bing Yao, Hui-Fang Cheng, Su-Wan Wang, Tadashi Inagami, and Raymond C. Harris
Plant Biology
- You have accessCalcium regulation of chloroplast protein translocation is mediated by calmodulin binding to Tic32Fatima Chigri, Friederike Hörmann, Anna Stamp, David K. Stammers, Bettina Bölter, Jürgen Soll, and Ute C. Vothknecht
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