Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: 112 (11)

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March 17, 2015; vol. 112 no. 11

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PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3171-3172; https://doi.org/10.1073/iti1115112

PNAS 100th Anniversary Article

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  Hubble’s Law and the expanding universe
  Neta A. Bahcall
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3173-3175; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1424299112
  
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  Inner Workings: Hubble’s quarter century in orbit has opened a universe of possibilities
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  A relation between distance and radial velocity among extra-galactic nebulae
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Letters (Online Only)

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Big changes before big birthdays? Panel data provide no evidence of end-of-decade crises
Simon Kühne, Thorsten Schneider, and David Richter

PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1170; first published February 18, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1424903112
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Reply to Kühne et al.: Still good evidence that people search for meaning when they approach a new decade in chronological age
Adam L. Alter and Hal E. Hershfield

PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1171; first published February 18, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1500787112
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People search for meaning when they approach a new decade in chronological age
- Dec 02, 2014
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Titin ruler hypothesis not refuted
Larissa Tskhovrebova, Pauline Bennett, Mathias Gautel, and John Trinick

PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1172; first published February 18, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1422326112
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Reply to Tskhovrebova et al.: Titin’s IA junction does not control thick filament length
Henk L. Granzier

PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1173; first published February 18, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1500871112
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Deleting titin’s I-band/A-band junction reveals critical roles for titin in biomechanical sensing and cardiac function
- Oct 07, 2014

Inner Workings

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Inner Workings: Hubble’s quarter century in orbit has opened a universe of possibilities
Front Matter
David J. Harris

PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3176-3177; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1500872112
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Hubble’s Law and the expanding universe
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Circulating tumor-derived DNA is shorter than somatic DNA in plasma
Florent Mouliere and Nitzan Rosenfeld

PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3178-3179; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1501321112
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Lengthening and shortening of plasma DNA in hepatocellular carcinoma patients
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Mitochondrial metabolism is regulated by thioredoxin
Ian Max Møller

PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3180-3181; first published March 9, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502425112
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Thioredoxin, a master regulator of the tricarboxylic acid cycle in plant mitochondria
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Stimulating minds to wander
James M. Broadway, Claire M. Zedelius, Benjamin W. Mooneyham, Michael D. Mrazek, and Jonathan W. Schooler

PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3182-3183; first published March 9, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1503093112
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Increasing propensity to mind-wander with transcranial direct current stimulation
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Cortical computation in mammals and birds
Kenneth D. Harris

PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3184-3185; first published March 9, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502209112
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Coding principles of the canonical cortical microcircuit in the avian brain
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PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3186-3190; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.ss11211

Physical Sciences

Applied Physical Sciences
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  Polytypism, polymorphism, and superconductivity in TaSe₂_−xTe_x
  Huixia Luo, Weiwei Xie, Jing Tao, Hiroyuki Inoue, András Gyenis, Jason W. Krizan, Ali Yazdani, Yimei Zhu, and Robert Joseph Cava
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1174-E1180; first published March 3, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502460112
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  Nucleation of metastable aragonite CaCO₃ in seawater
  Wenhao Sun, Saivenkataraman Jayaraman, Wei Chen, Kristin A. Persson, and Gerbrand Ceder
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3199-3204; first published March 4, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423898112
Chemistry
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  De novo production of the plant-derived alkaloid strictosidine in yeast
  Stephanie Brown, Marc Clastre, Vincent Courdavault, and Sarah E. O’Connor
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3205-3210; first published February 9, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423555112
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  Glutathione and multidrug resistance protein transporter mediate a self-propelled disposal of bismuth in human cells
  Yifan Hong, Yau-Tsz Lai, Godfrey Chi-Fung Chan, and Hongzhe Sun
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3211-3216; first published March 3, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1421002112
  
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  Systems approach to metal-based pharmacology
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  Spray-combustion synthesis: Efficient solution route to high-performance oxide transistors
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  Xinge Yu, Jeremy Smith, Nanjia Zhou, Li Zeng, Peijun Guo, Yu Xia, Ana Alvarez, Stefano Aghion, Hui Lin, Junsheng Yu, Robert P. H. Chang, Michael J. Bedzyk, Rafael Ferragut, Tobin J. Marks, and Antonio Facchetti
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3217-3222; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1501548112
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  Structure of superhard tungsten tetraboride: A missing link between MB₂ and MB₁₂ higher borides
  Andrew T. Lech, Christopher L. Turner, Reza Mohammadi, Sarah H. Tolbert, and Richard B. Kaner
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3223-3228; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1415018112
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  Two-dimensional IR spectroscopy of the anti-HIV agent KP1212 reveals protonated and neutral tautomers that influence pH-dependent mutagenicity
  Chunte Sam Peng, Bogdan I. Fedeles, Vipender Singh, Deyu Li, Tiffany Amariuta, John M. Essigmann, and Andrei Tokmakoff
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3229-3234; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1415974112
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  Locating landmarks on high-dimensional free energy surfaces
  Ming Chen, Tang-Qing Yu, and Mark E. Tuckerman
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3235-3240; first published March 3, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1418241112
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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  Climate change in the Fertile Crescent and implications of the recent Syrian drought
  Colin P. Kelley, Shahrzad Mohtadi, Mark A. Cane, Richard Seager, and Yochanan Kushnir
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3241-3246; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1421533112
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  Vapor hydrogen and oxygen isotopes reflect water of combustion in the urban atmosphere
  Galen Gorski, Courtenay Strong, Stephen P. Good, Ryan Bares, James R. Ehleringer, and Gabriel J. Bowen
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3247-3252; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1424728112
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  Dynamical evidence for causality between galactic cosmic rays and interannual variation in global temperature
  Anastasios A. Tsonis, Ethan R. Deyle, Robert M. May, George Sugihara, Kyle Swanson, Joshua D. Verbeten, and Geli Wang
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3253-3256; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1420291112
  
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  Reply to Luo et al.: Robustness of causal effects of galactic cosmic rays on interannual variation in global temperature
  - Aug 25, 2015
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  Effects of large-scale deforestation on precipitation in the monsoon regions: Remote versus local effects
  N. Devaraju, Govindasamy Bala, and Angshuman Modak
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3257-3262; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423439112
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  Ocean-driven thinning enhances iceberg calving and retreat of Antarctic ice shelves
  Yan Liu, John C. Moore, Xiao Cheng, Rupert M. Gladstone, Jeremy N. Bassis, Hongxing Liu, Jiahong Wen, and Fengming Hui
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3263-3268; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1415137112
Engineering
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  Implantable hydrogel embedded dark-gold nanoswitch as a theranostic probe to sense and overcome cancer multidrug resistance
  João Conde, Nuria Oliva, and Natalie Artzi
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1278-E1287; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1421229112
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  Quorum-sensing Salmonella selectively trigger protein expression within tumors
  Charles A. Swofford, Nele Van Dessel, and Neil S. Forbes
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3457-3462; first published March 3, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1414558112
Physics
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  n-type thermoelectric material Mg₂Sn_0.75Ge_0.25 for high power generation
  Weishu Liu, Hee Seok Kim, Shuo Chen, Qing Jie, Bing Lv, Mengliang Yao, Zhensong Ren, Cyril P. Opeil, Stephen Wilson, Ching-Wu Chu, and Zhifeng Ren
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3269-3274; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1424388112
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  The second laws of quantum thermodynamics
  Fernando Brandão, Michał Horodecki, Nelly Ng, Jonathan Oppenheim, and Stephanie Wehner
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3275-3279; first published February 9, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1411728112
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  Kelvin–Helmholtz instability in an ultrathin air film causes drop splashing on smooth surfaces
  Yuan Liu, Peng Tan, and Lei Xu
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3280-3284; first published February 23, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1417718112
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  Avoided valence transition in a plutonium superconductor
  B. J. Ramshaw, Arkady Shekhter, Ross D. McDonald, Jon B. Betts, J. N. Mitchell, P. H. Tobash, C. H. Mielke, E. D. Bauer, and Albert Migliori
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3285-3289; first published March 3, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1421174112
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  Dynamical phase transition in the open Dicke model
  Jens Klinder, Hans Keßler, Matthias Wolke, Ludwig Mathey, and Andreas Hemmerich
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3290-3295; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1417132112

Biological Sciences

Applied Biological Sciences
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  Antigen specificity can be irrelevant to immunocytokine efficacy and biodistribution
  Alice Tzeng, Byron H. Kwan, Cary F. Opel, Tejas Navaratna, and K. Dane Wittrup
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3320-3325; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1416159112
Biochemistry
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  Comprehensive analysis of heterotrimeric G-protein complex diversity and their interactions with GPCRs in solution
  Matthias Hillenbrand, Christian Schori, Jendrik Schöppe, and Andreas Plückthun
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1181-E1190; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1417573112
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  Dramatically reduced spliceosome in Cyanidioschyzon merolae
  Martha R. Stark, Elizabeth A. Dunn, William S. C. Dunn, Cameron J. Grisdale, Anthony R. Daniele, Matthew R. G. Halstead, Naomi M. Fast, and Stephen D. Rader
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1191-E1200; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1416879112
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  Myosin VI deafness mutation prevents the initiation of processive runs on actin
  Olena Pylypenko, Lin Song, Ai Shima, Zhaohui Yang, Anne M. Houdusse, and H. Lee Sweeney
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1201-E1209; first published March 6, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1420989112
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  De novo production of the plant-derived alkaloid strictosidine in yeast
  Stephanie Brown, Marc Clastre, Vincent Courdavault, and Sarah E. O’Connor
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3205-3210; first published February 9, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423555112
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  Steric clashes with bound OMP peptides activate the DegS stress-response protease
  Anna K. de Regt, Tania A. Baker, and Robert T. Sauer
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3326-3331; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502372112
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  Functional analysis of (4S)-limonene synthase mutants reveals determinants of catalytic outcome in a model monoterpene synthase
  Narayanan Srividya, Edward M. Davis, Rodney B. Croteau, and B. Markus Lange
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3332-3337; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1501203112
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  Rationally designed fluorogenic protease reporter visualizes spatiotemporal dynamics of apoptosis in vivo
  Tsz-Leung To, Beverly J. Piggott, Kalpana Makhijani, Dan Yu, Yuh Nung Jan, and Xiaokun Shu
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3338-3343; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502857112
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  Cleavage of amyloid precursor protein by an archaeal presenilin homologue PSH
  Shangyu Dang, Shenjie Wu, Jiawei Wang, Hongbo Li, Min Huang, Wei He, Yue-Ming Li, Catherine C. L. Wong, and Yigong Shi
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3344-3349; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502150112
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  Atg13 HORMA domain recruits Atg9 vesicles during autophagosome formation
  Sho W. Suzuki, Hayashi Yamamoto, Yu Oikawa, Chika Kondo-Kakuta, Yayoi Kimura, Hisashi Hirano, and Yoshinori Ohsumi
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3350-3355; first published March 3, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1421092112
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  Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter is a H⁺-coupled polyspecific nutrient and drug exporter
  Narinobu Juge, Sawako Moriyama, Takaaki Miyaji, Mamiyo Kawakami, Haruka Iwai, Tomoya Fukui, Nathan Nelson, Hiroshi Omote, and Yoshinori Moriyama
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3356-3361; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1417102112
Biophysics and Computational Biology
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  Salient features of otoacoustic emissions are common across tetrapod groups and suggest shared properties of generation mechanisms
  Christopher Bergevin, Geoffrey A. Manley, and Christine Köppl
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3362-3367; first published March 3, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1418569112
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  Electron crystallography of ultrathin 3D protein crystals: Atomic model with charges
  Koji Yonekura, Kazuyuki Kato, Mitsuo Ogasawara, Masahiro Tomita, and Chikashi Toyoshima
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3368-3373; first published February 17, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1500724112
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  Conformation and dynamics of the Gag polyprotein of the human immunodeficiency virus 1 studied by NMR spectroscopy
  Lalit Deshmukh, Rodolfo Ghirlando, and G. Marius Clore
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3374-3379; first published February 23, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1501985112
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  Nanomechanics and intermolecular forces of amyloid revealed by four-dimensional electron microscopy
  Anthony W. P. Fitzpatrick, Giovanni M. Vanacore, and Ahmed H. Zewail
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3380-3385; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502214112
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  L596–W733 bond between the start of the S4–S5 linker and the TRP box stabilizes the closed state of TRPV4 channel
  Jinfeng Teng, Stephen H. Loukin, Andriy Anishkin, and Ching Kung
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3386-3391; first published March 3, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502366112
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  Pigeons trade efficiency for stability in response to level of challenge during confined flight
  C. David Williams and Andrew A. Biewener
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3392-3396; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1407298112
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  Mutation of a single residue in the ba₃ oxidase specifically impairs protonation of the pump site
  Christoph von Ballmoos, Nathalie Gonska, Peter Lachmann, Robert B. Gennis, Pia Ädelroth, and Peter Brzezinski
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3397-3402; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1422434112
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  Cation-induced kinetic heterogeneity of the intron–exon recognition in single group II introns
  Danny Kowerko, Sebastian L. B. König, Miriam Skilandat, Daniela Kruschel, Mélodie C. A. S. Hadzic, Lucia Cardo, and Roland K. O. Sigel
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3403-3408; first published March 3, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1322759112
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  Structure and dynamics of the MKK7–JNK signaling complex
  Jaka Kragelj, Andrés Palencia, Max H. Nanao, Damien Maurin, Guillaume Bouvignies, Martin Blackledge, and Malene Ringkjøbing Jensen
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3409-3414; first published March 3, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1419528112
Cell Biology
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  BRUCE regulates DNA double-strand break response by promoting USP8 deubiquitination of BRIT1
  Chunmin Ge, Lixiao Che, Jinyu Ren, Raj K. Pandita, Jing Lu, Kaiyi Li, Tej K. Pandita, and Chunying Du
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1210-E1219; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1418335112
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  Proteome-wide analysis of mutant p53 targets in breast cancer identifies new levels of gain-of-function that influence PARP, PCNA, and MCM4
  Alla Polotskaia, Gu Xiao, Katherine Reynoso, Che Martin, Wei-Gang Qiu, Ronald C. Hendrickson, and Jill Bargonetti
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1220-E1229; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1416318112
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  Endocannabinoids are conserved inhibitors of the Hedgehog pathway
  Helena Khaliullina, Mesut Bilgin, Julio L. Sampaio, Andrej Shevchenko, and Suzanne Eaton
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3415-3420; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1416463112
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  Genomically amplified Akt3 activates DNA repair pathway and promotes glioma progression
  Kristen M. Turner, Youting Sun, Ping Ji, Kirsi J. Granberg, Brady Bernard, Limei Hu, David E. Cogdell, Xinhui Zhou, Olli Yli-Harja, Matti Nykter, Ilya Shmulevich, W. K. Alfred Yung, Gregory N. Fuller, and Wei Zhang
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3421-3426; first published March 3, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1414573112
Ecology
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  Hadal biosphere: Insight into the microbial ecosystem in the deepest ocean on Earth
  Takuro Nunoura, Yoshihiro Takaki, Miho Hirai, Shigeru Shimamura, Akiko Makabe, Osamu Koide, Tohru Kikuchi, Junichi Miyazaki, Keisuke Koba, Naohiro Yoshida, Michinari Sunamura, and Ken Takai
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1230-E1236; first published February 23, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1421816112
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  Rapid behavioral maturation accelerates failure of stressed honey bee colonies
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  Clint J. Perry, Eirik Søvik, Mary R. Myerscough, and Andrew B. Barron
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3427-3432; first published February 9, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1422089112
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  Pollinator recognition by a keystone tropical plant
  Matthew G. Betts, Adam S. Hadley, and W. John Kress
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3433-3438; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1419522112
Environmental Sciences
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  Climate change and pollution speed declines in zebrafish populations
  A. Ross Brown, Stewart F. Owen, James Peters, Yong Zhang, Marta Soffker, Gregory C. Paull, David J. Hosken, M. Abdul Wahab, and Charles R. Tyler
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1237-E1246; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1416269112
Evolution
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  Extraordinary diversity of visual opsin genes in dragonflies
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  Ryo Futahashi, Ryouka Kawahara-Miki, Michiyo Kinoshita, Kazutoshi Yoshitake, Shunsuke Yajima, Kentaro Arikawa, and Takema Fukatsu
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1247-E1256; first published February 23, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1424670112
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  Whole-genome sequence of the Tibetan frog Nanorana parkeri and the comparative evolution of tetrapod genomes
  Yan-Bo Sun, Zi-Jun Xiong, Xue-Yan Xiang, Shi-Ping Liu, Wei-Wei Zhou, Xiao-Long Tu, Li Zhong, Lu Wang, Dong-Dong Wu, Bao-Lin Zhang, Chun-Ling Zhu, Min-Min Yang, Hong-Man Chen, Fang Li, Long Zhou, Shao-Hong Feng, Chao Huang, Guo-Jie Zhang, David Irwin, David M. Hillis, Robert W. Murphy, Huan-Ming Yang, Jing Che, Jun Wang, and Ya-Ping Zhang
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1257-E1262; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1501764112
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  Core questions in domestication research
  Inaugural Article
  
  Melinda A. Zeder
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3191-3198; first published February 20, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1501711112
  
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  Profile of Melinda A. Zeder
  - Apr 28, 2015
  
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  Reply to Mohlenhoff et al.: Human behavioral ecology needs a rethink that niche-construction theory can provide
  - Jun 16, 2015
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  Evidence for recent, population-specific evolution of the human mutation rate
  Kelley Harris
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3439-3444; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1418652112
Genetics
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  Sequential de novo centromere formation and inactivation on a chromosomal fragment in maize
  Yalin Liu, Handong Su, Junling Pang, Zhi Gao, Xiu-Jie Wang, James A. Birchler, and Fangpu Han
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1263-E1271; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1418248112
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  Recurrent BCAM-AKT2 fusion gene leads to a constitutively activated AKT2 fusion kinase in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma
  Kalpana Kannan, Cristian Coarfa, Pei-Wen Chao, Liming Luo, Yan Wang, Amy E. Brinegar, Shannon M. Hawkins, Aleksandar Milosavljevic, Martin M. Matzuk, and Laising Yen
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1272-E1277; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1501735112
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  Impacts of biological globalization in the Mediterranean: Unveiling the deep history of human-mediated gamebird dispersal
  Giovanni Forcina, Monica Guerrini, Hein van Grouw, Brij K. Gupta, Panicos Panayides, Pantelis Hadjigerou, Omar F. Al-Sheikhly, Muhammad N. Awan, Aleem A. Khan, Melinda A. Zeder, and Filippo Barbanera
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3296-3301; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1500677112
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  Epigenetic modification of the oxytocin receptor gene influences the perception of anger and fear in the human brain
  Meghan H. Puglia, Travis S. Lillard, James P. Morris, and Jessica J. Connelly
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3308-3313; first published February 9, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1422096112
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  Systematic discovery of regulated and conserved alternative exons in the mammalian brain reveals NMD modulating chromatin regulators
  Qinghong Yan, Sebastien M. Weyn-Vanhentenryck, Jie Wu, Steven A. Sloan, Ye Zhang, Kenian Chen, Jia Qian Wu, Ben A. Barres, and Chaolin Zhang
  
  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) 3445-3450; first published March 3, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502849112
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  Horizontal gene transfer and gene dosage drives adaptation to wood colonization in a tree pathogen
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  PNAS March 17, 2015 112 (11) E1278-E1287; first published March 2, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1421229112
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