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May 05, 2015; vol. 112 no. 18

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    In This Issue
    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) 5545-5546; https://doi.org/10.1073/iti1815112

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    Winter teleconnections can predict the ensuing summer European crop productivity
    Alemu Gonsamo and Jing M. Chen
    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) E2265-E2266; first published April 14, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1503450112
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    Reply to Gonsamo and Chen: Yield findings independent of cause of climate trends
    Frances C. Moore and David B. Lobell
    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) E2267; first published April 14, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1504457112

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    • Climate fingerprint on European crop yields
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    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) E2268; first published March 30, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1503105112
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    Reply to Tzoulis et al.: Genetic and clinical heterogeneity of essential tremor
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    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) E2269; first published March 30, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1503756112

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    Smaller human population in 2100 could importantly reduce the risk of climate catastrophe
    Dean Spears
    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) E2270; first published April 6, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1501763112

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    News Feature: Microplastics present pollution puzzle
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    Alla Katsnelson
    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) 5547-5549; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1504135112

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    Frank Marble, 1918–2014: Tribute to an aerospace giant
    Ann Karagozian
    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) 5550-5551; first published April 20, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1501896112

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    Metabolic cascades in marine microbial communities
    Andreas F. Haas and Forest Rohwer
    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) 5552-5553; first published April 27, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1504310112

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    • Expression networks in disparate marine habitats
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    Ominous projections for global antibiotic use in food-animal production
    Lance B. Price, Benjamin J. Koch, and Bruce A. Hungate
    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) 5554-5555; first published April 28, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1505312112

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    EGFR inhibits DNA mismatch repair
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    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) 5556-5557; first published April 27, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1505168112

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    PNAS Plus Significance Statements
    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) 5558-5560; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.ss11218

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      PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) E2271-E2280; first published April 20, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1414439112
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      PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) 5619-5624; first published April 20, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1421841112
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      PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) E2281-E2289; first published April 22, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1504407112
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      PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) 5643-5648; first published April 20, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1412908112

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      PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) 5649-5654; first published March 19, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1503141112

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      PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) 5655-5660; first published April 20, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1420325112

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      Phytoplankton adapt to changing ocean environments
      Andrew J. Irwin, Zoe V. Finkel, Frank E. Müller-Karger, and Luis Troccoli Ghinaglia
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      PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) E2357-E2365; first published April 20, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423447112
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      Endosymbiosis undone by stepwise elimination of the plastid in a parasitic dinoflagellate
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      Caenorhabditis elegans microRNAs of the let-7 family act in innate immune response circuits and confer robust developmental timing against pathogen stress
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      PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) E2366-E2375; first published April 20, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1422858112
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      Role for RNA:DNA hybrids in origin-independent replication priming in a eukaryotic system
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      Head-to-head antisense transcription and R-loop formation promotes transcriptional activation
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      PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) 5785-5790; first published April 22, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1421197112
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      Protection in antibody- and T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases by antiinflammatory IgG Fcs requires type II FcRs
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      PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) E2403-E2409; first published April 20, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1506058112
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      Odorant receptors regulate the final glomerular coalescence of olfactory sensory neuron axons
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      PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) 5821-5826; first published April 20, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1417955112
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      Essential role of Orai1 store-operated calcium channels in lactation
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      The resurrection genome of Boea hygrometrica: A blueprint for survival of dehydration
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      Cell growth defect factor 1 is crucial for the plastid import of NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase A in Arabidopsis thaliana
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      The genome of cultivated sweet potato contains Agrobacterium T-DNAs with expressed genes: An example of a naturally transgenic food crop
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      Phytophthora effector targets a novel component of small RNA pathway in plants to promote infection
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      The amplification of risk in experimental diffusion chains
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      PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) 5631-5636; first published April 20, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1421883112

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    Correction for Liu et al., Solid-to-fluid–like DNA transition in viruses facilitates infection
    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) E2410; first published April 14, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1506556112
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    Correction for Koide et al., Apoptosis regulator through modulating IAP expression (ARIA) controls the PI3K/Akt pathway in endothelial and endothelial progenitor cells
    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) E2411; first published April 16, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1506580112
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    Correction for Yang et al., Interleukin 1 receptor-associated kinase 1 (IRAK1) mutation is a common, essential driver for Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus lymphoma
    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) E2412; first published April 16, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1505880112
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    Correction for Fouts et al., Balance of cellular and humoral immunity determines the level of protection by HIV vaccines in rhesus macaque models of HIV infection
    PNAS May 5, 2015 112 (18) E2413; first published April 16, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1506010112
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