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September 08, 2015; vol. 112 no. 36

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    In This Issue
    PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) 11139-11140; https://doi.org/10.1073/iti3615112

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    Scrutinizing evidence of no dilatancy upon stick–slip of confined fluids
    Ah-Young Jee, Kai Lou, and Steve Granick
    PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) E4972; first published August 13, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1511129112

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    • On the state of molecules in thin shearing films
      - Aug 13, 2015
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    On the conformational state of molecules in molecularly thin shearing films
    Jacob N. Israelachvili and Carlos Drummond
    PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) E4973; first published August 13, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1510758112

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    Reply to Jee et al. and Israelachvili and Drummond: Lubricant films do not fluidize in intermittent stick-slip friction
    Irit Rosenhek-Goldian, Nir Kampf, Arie Yeredor, and Jacob Klein
    PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) E4974; first published August 13, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1511648112

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      - May 26, 2015

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    News Feature: Secret life
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    Maggie McKee
    PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) 11141-11143; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1515238112

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    Profile of Xinnian Dong
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    PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) 11144-11145; first published August 24, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514692112

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    Chemical fingerprints reveal clues to identity, heterozygosity, and relatedness
    Benjamin J. Pitcher, Isabelle Charrier, and Robert G. Harcourt
    PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) 11146-11147; first published August 26, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514278112

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    • Disentangling fur seal chemical fingerprints
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    Evolution of coexistence in a crowded microplate well
    J. Arjan G. M. de Visser
    PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) 11148-11149; first published August 26, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514399112

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    • Crowding and coexistence in laboratory yeast
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    The growing importance of mitochondrial calcium in health and disease
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    PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) 11150-11151; first published August 26, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514284112

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    PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) 11152-11154; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.ss11236

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    A biological rationale for musical consonance
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      PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) 11169-11174; first published August 24, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1408251112
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      Geometrically controlled snapping transitions in shells with curved creases
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      PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) 11175-11180; first published August 20, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1509228112
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      Recognition and sequestration of ω-fatty acids by a cavitand receptor
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      Protein folding guides disulfide bond formation
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      PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) 11241-11246; first published August 21, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1503909112
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      Instability of thermoremanence and the problem of estimating the ancient geomagnetic field strength from non-single-domain recorders
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      PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) 11187-11192; first published August 24, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1507986112
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      PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) 11211-11216; first published August 20, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1504333112
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      Christian Meyer, Christian Lohr, Detlef Gronenborn, and Kurt W. Alt
      PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) 11217-11222; first published August 17, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1504365112
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      PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) 11223-11228; first published August 24, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1509608112
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      Protein folding guides disulfide bond formation
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      RGS9-2–controlled adaptations in the striatum determine the onset of action and efficacy of antidepressants in neuropathic pain states
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      Mitochondrial calcium overload is a key determinant in heart failure
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      Orchestration of three transporters and distinct vascular structures in node for intervascular transfer of silicon in rice
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      Maize death acids, 9-lipoxygenase–derived cyclopente(a)nones, display activity as cytotoxic phytoalexins and transcriptional mediators
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    Correction for Tan et al., Fragile charge order in the nonsuperconducting ground state of the underdoped high-temperature superconductors
    PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) E5108; first published August 17, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1515227112
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    Correction for Xie et al., Assortative mating without assortative preference
    PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) E5109; first published August 17, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1515225112
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    Correction for Jiménez et al., Dynamics of gene circuits shapes evolvability
    PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) E5110; first published August 12, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1515026112
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    Correction for Shin et al., Muscarinic regulation of dopamine and glutamate transmission in the nucleus accumbens
    PNAS September 8, 2015 112 (36) E5111; first published August 17, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1515368112
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