Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Articles
    • Current
    • Special Feature Articles - Most Recent
    • Special Features
    • Colloquia
    • Collected Articles
    • PNAS Classics
    • List of Issues
  • Front Matter
    • Front Matter Portal
    • Journal Club
  • News
    • For the Press
    • This Week In PNAS
    • PNAS in the News
  • Podcasts
  • Authors
    • Information for Authors
    • Editorial and Journal Policies
    • Submission Procedures
    • Fees and Licenses
  • Submit
  • Submit
  • About
    • Editorial Board
    • PNAS Staff
    • FAQ
    • Accessibility Statement
    • Rights and Permissions
    • Site Map
  • Contact
  • Journal Club
  • Subscribe
    • Subscription Rates
    • Subscriptions FAQ
    • Open Access
    • Recommend PNAS to Your Librarian

User menu

  • Log in
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
Home
Home
  • Log in
  • My Cart

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Articles
    • Current
    • Special Feature Articles - Most Recent
    • Special Features
    • Colloquia
    • Collected Articles
    • PNAS Classics
    • List of Issues
  • Front Matter
    • Front Matter Portal
    • Journal Club
  • News
    • For the Press
    • This Week In PNAS
    • PNAS in the News
  • Podcasts
  • Authors
    • Information for Authors
    • Editorial and Journal Policies
    • Submission Procedures
    • Fees and Licenses
  • Submit

New Research In

Physical Sciences

Featured Portals

  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Sustainability Science

Articles by Topic

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Applied Physical Sciences
  • Astronomy
  • Computer Sciences
  • Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics

Social Sciences

Featured Portals

  • Anthropology
  • Sustainability Science

Articles by Topic

  • Economic Sciences
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Political Sciences
  • Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
  • Social Sciences

Biological Sciences

Featured Portals

  • Sustainability Science

Articles by Topic

  • Agricultural Sciences
  • Anthropology
  • Applied Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry
  • Biophysics and Computational Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Developmental Biology
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Evolution
  • Genetics
  • Immunology and Inflammation
  • Medical Sciences
  • Microbiology
  • Neuroscience
  • Pharmacology
  • Physiology
  • Plant Biology
  • Population Biology
  • Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
  • Sustainability Science
  • Systems Biology

Table of Contents

August 08, 2017; vol. 114 no. 32

This Week in PNAS

  • You have access
    In This Issue
    PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8433-8434; https://doi.org/10.1073/iti3217114

Letters (Online Only)

  • You have access
    Helix instability and self-pairing prevent unnatural base pairs from expanding the genetic alphabet
    Thomas P. Hettinger
    PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6476-E6477; first published August 2, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1703423114
  • You have access
    Reply to Hettinger: Hydrophobic unnatural base pairs and the expansion of the genetic alphabet
    Aaron W. Feldman, Michael P. Ledbetter, Yorke Zhang, and Floyd E. Romesberg
    PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6478-E6479; first published August 2, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708259114

    See companion article:

    • Engineered organism with expanded genetic alphabet
      - Jan 23, 2017

Inner Workings

An over-the-shoulder look at scientists at work.
  • You have access
    Inner Workings: Climate change complicates fisheries modeling and management
    • Front Matter
    Gayathri Vaidyanathan
    PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8435-8437; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1710696114

QnAs

  • You have access
    QnAs with Joe Lutkenhaus
    Sandeep Ravindran
    PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8438-8439; first published July 31, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1711478114

    See companion article:

    • MinE conformational dynamics in Min oscillation
      - Jun 26, 2017

Commentaries

  • You have access
    Extinction tsunami can be avoided
    Thomas E. Lovejoy
    PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8440-8441; first published July 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1711074114

    See companion article:

    • Population losses and the sixth mass extinction
      - Jul 10, 2017
  • You have access
    Clash between energy landscape theory and foldon-dependent protein folding
    Robert L. Baldwin
    PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8442-8443; first published July 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1709133114

    See companion article:

    • Protein folding intermediates and pathways
      - Jun 19, 2017
  • You have access
    Haemophilus spills its guts to make a biofilm
    H Steven Seifert
    PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8444-8446; first published July 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1711077114

    See companion article:

    • NTHI ComE pore releases DNA and DNABII proteins
      - Jul 10, 2017

PNAS Plus Significance Statements

Brief statements written by the authors about the significance of their papers.
  • You have access
    PNAS Plus Significance Statements
    PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8447-8451; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.ss11432

Physical Sciences

  • Applied Physical Sciences

    • You have access
      Spatial gene drives and pushed genetic waves
      Hidenori Tanaka, Howard A. Stone, and David R. Nelson
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8452-8457; first published July 25, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705868114
    • You have access
      On the question of fractal packing structure in metallic glasses
      Jun Ding, Mark Asta, and Robert O. Ritchie
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8458-8463; first published July 25, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705723114
  • Biophysics and Computational Biology

    • You have access
      Solution structure of the TLR adaptor MAL/TIRAP reveals an intact BB loop and supports MAL Cys91 glutathionylation for signaling
      Mark M. Hughes, Peter Lavrencic, Rebecca C. Coll, Thomas Ve, Dylan G. Ryan, Niamh C. Williams, Deepthi Menon, Ashley Mansell, Philip G. Board, Mehdi Mobli, Bostjan Kobe, and Luke A. J. O’Neill
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6480-E6489; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701868114
    • You have access
      Serum amyloid A forms stable oligomers that disrupt vesicles at lysosomal pH and contribute to the pathogenesis of reactive amyloidosis
      Shobini Jayaraman, Donald L. Gantz, Christian Haupt, and Olga Gursky
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6507-E6515; first published July 25, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1707120114
  • Chemistry

    • You have access
      Design and synthesis of theranostic antibiotic nanodrugs that display enhanced antibacterial activity and luminescence
      Sheng Xie, Sesha Manuguri, Giampiero Proietti, Joakim Romson, Ying Fu, A. Ken Inge, Bin Wu, Yang Zhang, Daniel Häll, Olof Ramström, and Mingdi Yan
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8464-8469; first published July 25, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708556114
  • Engineering

    • You have access
      Lipophilic siRNA targets albumin in situ and promotes bioavailability, tumor penetration, and carrier-free gene silencing
      Samantha M. Sarett, Thomas A. Werfel, Linus Lee, Meredith A. Jackson, Kameron V. Kilchrist, Dana Brantley-Sieders, and Craig L. Duvall
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6490-E6497; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1621240114
    • Open Access
      Cavitation onset caused by acceleration
      Zhao Pan, Akihito Kiyama, Yoshiyuki Tagawa, David J. Daily, Scott L. Thomson, Randy Hurd, and Tadd T. Truscott
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8470-8474; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1702502114
    • You have access
      Synthetic quorum sensing in model microcapsule colonies
      Henry Shum and Anna C. Balazs
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8475-8480; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1702288114
  • Environmental Sciences

    • You have access
      Rainforest-initiated wet season onset over the southern Amazon
      Jonathon S. Wright, Rong Fu, John R. Worden, Sudip Chakraborty, Nicholas E. Clinton, Camille Risi, Ying Sun, and Lei Yin
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8481-8486; first published July 20, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1621516114
  • Physics

    • You have access
      Revised M06-L functional for improved accuracy on chemical reaction barrier heights, noncovalent interactions, and solid-state physics
      Ying Wang, Xinsheng Jin, Haoyu S. Yu, Donald G. Truhlar, and Xiao He
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8487-8492; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705670114
    • Open Access
      Nature does not rely on long-lived electronic quantum coherence for photosynthetic energy transfer
      Hong-Guang Duan, Valentyn I. Prokhorenko, Richard J. Cogdell, Khuram Ashraf, Amy L. Stevens, Michael Thorwart, and R. J. Dwayne Miller
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8493-8498; first published July 25, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1702261114
  • Statistics

    • Open Access
      Large numbers of explanatory variables, a semi-descriptive analysis
      D. R. Cox and H. S. Battey
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8592-8595; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1703764114

Social Sciences

  • Anthropology

    • You have access
      Genomic landscape of human diversity across Madagascar
      • From the Cover
      Denis Pierron, Margit Heiske, Harilanto Razafindrazaka, Ignace Rakoto, Nelly Rabetokotany, Bodo Ravololomanga, Lucien M.-A. Rakotozafy, Mireille Mialy Rakotomalala, Michel Razafiarivony, Bako Rasoarifetra, Miakabola Andriamampianina Raharijesy, Lolona Razafindralambo, Ramilisonina, Fulgence Fanony, Sendra Lejamble, Olivier Thomas, Ahmed Mohamed Abdallah, Christophe Rocher, Amal Arachiche, Laure Tonaso, Veronica Pereda-loth, Stéphanie Schiavinato, Nicolas Brucato, Francois-Xavier Ricaut, Pradiptajati Kusuma, Herawati Sudoyo, Shengyu Ni, Anne Boland, Jean-Francois Deleuze, Philippe Beaujard, Philippe Grange, Sander Adelaar, Mark Stoneking, Jean-Aimé Rakotoarisoa, Chantal Radimilahy, and Thierry Letellier
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6498-E6506; first published July 17, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1704906114
  • Psychological and Cognitive Sciences

    • You have access
      Optimal decision making and matching are tied through diminishing returns
      Jan Kubanek
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8499-8504; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1703440114
    • You have access
      Exposure to and recall of violence reduce short-term memory and cognitive control
      Francesco Bogliacino, Gianluca Grimalda, Pietro Ortoleva, and Patrick Ring
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8505-8510; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1704651114
    • You have access
      Dehumanization increases instrumental violence, but not moral violence
      Tage S. Rai, Piercarlo Valdesolo, and Jesse Graham
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8511-8516; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705238114

      See companion article:

      • Reply to Fincher et al.: Conceptual specificity in dehumanization research is a feature, not a bug
        - Mar 22, 2018
    • You have access
      Implications of life-history strategies for obesity
      Jon K. Maner, Andrea Dittmann, Andrea L. Meltzer, and James K. McNulty
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8517-8522; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1620482114
  • Social Sciences

    • Open Access
      Buying time promotes happiness
      Ashley V. Whillans, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Paul Smeets, Rene Bekkers, and Michael I. Norton
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8523-8527; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706541114
  • Sustainability Science

    • You have access
      An invasive foundation species enhances multifunctionality in a coastal ecosystem
      Aaron P. Ramus, Brian R. Silliman, Mads S. Thomsen, and Zachary T. Long
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8580-8585; first published July 17, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1700353114

Biological Sciences

  • Anthropology

    • You have access
      Genomic landscape of human diversity across Madagascar
      • From the Cover
      Denis Pierron, Margit Heiske, Harilanto Razafindrazaka, Ignace Rakoto, Nelly Rabetokotany, Bodo Ravololomanga, Lucien M.-A. Rakotozafy, Mireille Mialy Rakotomalala, Michel Razafiarivony, Bako Rasoarifetra, Miakabola Andriamampianina Raharijesy, Lolona Razafindralambo, Ramilisonina, Fulgence Fanony, Sendra Lejamble, Olivier Thomas, Ahmed Mohamed Abdallah, Christophe Rocher, Amal Arachiche, Laure Tonaso, Veronica Pereda-loth, Stéphanie Schiavinato, Nicolas Brucato, Francois-Xavier Ricaut, Pradiptajati Kusuma, Herawati Sudoyo, Shengyu Ni, Anne Boland, Jean-Francois Deleuze, Philippe Beaujard, Philippe Grange, Sander Adelaar, Mark Stoneking, Jean-Aimé Rakotoarisoa, Chantal Radimilahy, and Thierry Letellier
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6498-E6506; first published July 17, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1704906114
  • Applied Biological Sciences

    • You have access
      Salate derivatives found in sunscreens block experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice
      Yanping Wang, Steven J. Marling, Lori A. Plum, and Hector F. DeLuca
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8528-8531; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1703995114
    • You have access
      Conceptual framework of the eco-physiological phases of insect diapause development justified by transcriptomic profiling
      Vladimír Koštál, Tomáš Štětina, Rodolphe Poupardin, Jaroslava Korbelová, and Alexander William Bruce
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8532-8537; first published July 18, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1707281114
  • Biochemistry

    • You have access
      Serum amyloid A forms stable oligomers that disrupt vesicles at lysosomal pH and contribute to the pathogenesis of reactive amyloidosis
      Shobini Jayaraman, Donald L. Gantz, Christian Haupt, and Olga Gursky
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6507-E6515; first published July 25, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1707120114
    • You have access
      Effect of ATP and regulatory light-chain phosphorylation on the polymerization of mammalian nonmuscle myosin II
      Xiong Liu, Neil Billington, Shi Shu, Shu-Hua Yu, Grzegorz Piszczek, James R. Sellers, and Edward D. Korn
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6516-E6525; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1702375114
    • You have access
      Structural basis of a histidine-DNA nicking/joining mechanism for gene transfer and promiscuous spread of antibiotic resistance
      Radoslaw Pluta, D. Roeland Boer, Fabián Lorenzo-Díaz, Silvia Russi, Hansel Gómez, Cris Fernández-López, Rosa Pérez-Luque, Modesto Orozco, Manuel Espinosa, and Miquel Coll
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6526-E6535; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1702971114
    • You have access
      Unique structural features of the AIPL1–FKBP domain that support prenyl lipid binding and underlie protein malfunction in blindness
      Ravi P. Yadav, Lokesh Gakhar, Liping Yu, and Nikolai O. Artemyev
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6536-E6545; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1704782114
    • You have access
      A promiscuous split intein with expanded protein engineering applications
      Adam J. Stevens, Giridhar Sekar, Neel H. Shah, Anahita Z. Mostafavi, David Cowburn, and Tom W. Muir
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8538-8543; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701083114
    • You have access
      Interdomain conformational flexibility underpins the activity of UGGT, the eukaryotic glycoprotein secretion checkpoint
      Pietro Roversi, Lucia Marti, Alessandro T. Caputo, Dominic S. Alonzi, Johan C. Hill, Kyle C. Dent, Abhinav Kumar, Mikail D. Levasseur, Andrea Lia, Thomas Waksman, Souradeep Basu, Yentli Soto Albrecht, Kristin Qian, James Patrick McIvor, Colette B. Lipp, Dritan Siliqi, Snežana Vasiljević, Shabaz Mohammed, Petra Lukacik, Martin A. Walsh, Angelo Santino, and Nicole Zitzmann
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8544-8549; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1703682114
    • You have access
      Crystal structure of an orthomyxovirus matrix protein reveals mechanisms for self-polymerization and membrane association
      Wenting Zhang, Wenjie Zheng, Yukimatsu Toh, Miguel A. Betancourt-Solis, Jiagang Tu, Yanlin Fan, Vikram N. Vakharia, Jun Liu, James A. McNew, Meilin Jin, and Yizhi J. Tao
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8550-8555; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701747114
  • Biophysics and Computational Biology

    • You have access
      Spatial gene drives and pushed genetic waves
      Hidenori Tanaka, Howard A. Stone, and David R. Nelson
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8452-8457; first published July 25, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705868114
    • You have access
      Effective intermediate-spin iron in O2-transporting heme proteins
      Nils Schuth, Stefan Mebs, Dennis Huwald, Pierre Wrzolek, Matthias Schwalbe, Anja Hemschemeier, and Michael Haumann
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8556-8561; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706527114
    • Open Access
      Molecular mechanism of photoactivation of a light-regulated adenylate cyclase
      Mio Ohki, Ayana Sato-Tomita, Shigeru Matsunaga, Mineo Iseki, Jeremy R. H. Tame, Naoya Shibayama, and Sam-Yong Park
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8562-8567; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1704391114
  • Cell Biology

    • You have access
      Protein diversity in discrete structures at the distal tip of the trypanosome flagellum
      Vladimir Varga, Flavia Moreira-Leite, Neil Portman, and Keith Gull
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6546-E6555; first published July 19, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1703553114
    • You have access
      CDCP1 drives triple-negative breast cancer metastasis through reduction of lipid-droplet abundance and stimulation of fatty acid oxidation
      Heather J. Wright, Jue Hou, Binzhi Xu, Marvin Cortez, Eric O. Potma, Bruce J. Tromberg, and Olga V. Razorenova
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6556-E6565; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1703791114
    • You have access
      Lipid rafts sense and direct electric field-induced migration
      Bo-jian Lin, Shun-hao Tsao, Alex Chen, Shu-Kai Hu, Ling Chao, and Pen-hsiu Grace Chao
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8568-8573; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1702526114
    • You have access
      Ubiquitination of exposed glycoproteins by SCFFBXO27 directs damaged lysosomes for autophagy
      Yukiko Yoshida, Sayaka Yasuda, Toshiharu Fujita, Maho Hamasaki, Arisa Murakami, Junko Kawawaki, Kazuhiro Iwai, Yasushi Saeki, Tamotsu Yoshimori, Noriyuki Matsuda, and Keiji Tanaka
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8574-8579; first published July 25, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1702615114
  • Ecology

    • You have access
      An invasive foundation species enhances multifunctionality in a coastal ecosystem
      Aaron P. Ramus, Brian R. Silliman, Mads S. Thomsen, and Zachary T. Long
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8580-8585; first published July 17, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1700353114
  • Evolution

    • Open Access
      Embryo implantation evolved from an ancestral inflammatory attachment reaction
      Oliver W. Griffith, Arun R. Chavan, Stella Protopapas, Jamie Maziarz, Roberto Romero, and Gunter P. Wagner
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6566-E6575; first published July 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701129114

      See companion article:

      • Inflammation before implantation
        - Dec 12, 2017
    • You have access
      Functional characterization of odorant receptors in the ponerine ant, Harpegnathos saltator
      • From the Cover
      Jesse D. Slone, Gregory M. Pask, Stephen T. Ferguson, Jocelyn G. Millar, Shelley L. Berger, Danny Reinberg, Jürgen Liebig, Anandasankar Ray, and Laurence J. Zwiebel
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8586-8591; first published July 10, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1704647114

      See companion article:

      • Ant acute olfaction informs about social evolution
        - Aug 15, 2017
  • Genetics

    • You have access
      Two functionally distinct E2/E3 pairs coordinate sequential ubiquitination of a common substrate in Caenorhabditis elegans development
      Katja K. Dove, Hilary A. Kemp, Kristin R. Di Bona, Katherine H. Reiter, Luke J. Milburn, David Camacho, David S. Fay, Dana L. Miller, and Rachel E. Klevit
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6576-E6584; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705060114
    • Open Access
      Large numbers of explanatory variables, a semi-descriptive analysis
      D. R. Cox and H. S. Battey
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8592-8595; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1703764114
    • You have access
      Activin signaling mediates muscle-to-adipose communication in a mitochondria dysfunction-associated obesity model
      Wei Song, Edward Owusu-Ansah, Yanhui Hu, Daojun Cheng, Xiaochun Ni, Jonathan Zirin, and Norbert Perrimon
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8596-8601; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708037114
    • You have access
      Detection and quantification of inbreeding depression for complex traits from SNP data
      Loic Yengo, Zhihong Zhu, Naomi R. Wray, Bruce S. Weir, Jian Yang, Matthew R. Robinson, and Peter M. Visscher
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8602-8607; first published July 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1621096114

      See companion article:

      • Reply to Kardos et al.: Estimation of inbreeding depression from SNP data
        - Feb 21, 2018
    • You have access
      Deacetylase activity of histone deacetylase 3 is required for productive VDJ recombination and B-cell development
      Kristy R. Stengel, Kelly R. Barnett, Jing Wang, Qi Liu, Emily Hodges, Scott W. Hiebert, and Srividya Bhaskara
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8608-8613; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701610114
  • Immunology and Inflammation

    • You have access
      Solution structure of the TLR adaptor MAL/TIRAP reveals an intact BB loop and supports MAL Cys91 glutathionylation for signaling
      Mark M. Hughes, Peter Lavrencic, Rebecca C. Coll, Thomas Ve, Dylan G. Ryan, Niamh C. Williams, Deepthi Menon, Ashley Mansell, Philip G. Board, Mehdi Mobli, Bostjan Kobe, and Luke A. J. O’Neill
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6480-E6489; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701868114
    • Open Access
      Cortical actin recovery at the immunological synapse leads to termination of lytic granule secretion in cytotoxic T lymphocytes
      Alex T. Ritter, Senta M. Kapnick, Sricharan Murugesan, Pamela L. Schwartzberg, Gillian M. Griffiths, and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6585-E6594; first published July 17, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1710751114
    • You have access
      Sequence intrinsic somatic mutation mechanisms contribute to affinity maturation of VRC01-class HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies
      Joyce K. Hwang, Chong Wang, Zhou Du, Robin M. Meyers, Thomas B. Kepler, Donna Neuberg, Peter D. Kwong, John R. Mascola, M. Gordon Joyce, Mattia Bonsignori, Barton F. Haynes, Leng-Siew Yeap, and Frederick W. Alt
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8614-8619; first published July 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1709203114
    • You have access
      Nuclear carbonic anhydrase 6B associates with PRMT5 to epigenetically promote IL-12 expression in innate response
      Jia Xu, Xiaoqing Xu, Bingjing Wang, Yuanwu Ma, Lianfeng Zhang, Henan Xu, Ye Hu, Jiacheng Wu, and Xuetao Cao
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8620-8625; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1700917114
  • Medical Sciences

    • You have access
      Protein nanocages that penetrate airway mucus and tumor tissue
      Xinglu Huang, Jane Chisholm, Jie Zhuang, Yanyu Xiao, Gregg Duncan, Xiaoyuan Chen, Jung Soo Suk, and Justin Hanes
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6595-E6602; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705407114
    • Open Access
      Rho-associated kinase is a therapeutic target in neuroblastoma
      Cecilia Dyberg, Susanne Fransson, Teodora Andonova, Baldur Sveinbjörnsson, Jessika Lännerholm-Palm, Thale K. Olsen, David Forsberg, Eric Herlenius, Tommy Martinsson, Bertha Brodin, Per Kogner, John Inge Johnsen, and Malin Wickström
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6603-E6612; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706011114
    • Open Access
      Mitogenic stimulation accelerates influenza-induced mortality by increasing susceptibility of alveolar type II cells to infection
      Nikolaos M. Nikolaidis, John G. Noel, Lori B. Pitstick, Jason C. Gardner, Yasuaki Uehara, Huixing Wu, Atsushi Saito, Kara E. Lewnard, Huan Liu, Mitchell R. White, Kevan L. Hartshorn, and Francis X. McCormack
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6613-E6622; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1621172114
    • You have access
      Therapeutically targeting glypican-2 via single-domain antibody-based chimeric antigen receptors and immunotoxins in neuroblastoma
      Nan Li, Haiying Fu, Stephen M. Hewitt, Dimiter S. Dimitrov, and Mitchell Ho
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6623-E6631; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706055114
  • Microbiology

    • Open Access
      Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae releases DNA and DNABII proteins via a T4SS-like complex and ComE of the type IV pilus machinery
      • From the Cover
      Joseph A. Jurcisek, Kenneth L. Brockman, Laura A. Novotny, Steven D. Goodman, and Lauren O. Bakaletz
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6632-E6641; first published July 10, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705508114

      See companion article:

      • Haemophilus spills its guts to make a biofilm
        - Jul 26, 2017
    • You have access
      HEMO, an ancestral endogenous retroviral envelope protein shed in the blood of pregnant women and expressed in pluripotent stem cells and tumors
      Odile Heidmann, Anthony Béguin, Janio Paternina, Raphaël Berthier, Marc Deloger, Olivia Bawa, and Thierry Heidmann
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6642-E6651; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1702204114
    • Open Access
      Antibacterial photosensitization through activation of coproporphyrinogen oxidase
      Matthew C. Surdel, Dennis J. Horvath Jr., Lisa J. Lojek, Audra R. Fullen, Jocelyn Simpson, Brendan F. Dutter, Kenneth J. Salleng, Jeremy B. Ford, J. Logan Jenkins, Raju Nagarajan, Pedro L. Teixeira, Matthew Albertolle, Ivelin S. Georgiev, E. Duco Jansen, Gary A. Sulikowski, D. Borden Lacy, Harry A. Dailey, and Eric P. Skaar
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6652-E6659; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1700469114
  • Neuroscience

    • Open Access
      Thalamocortical synchronization during induction and emergence from propofol-induced unconsciousness
      Francisco J. Flores, Katharine E. Hartnack, Amanda B. Fath, Seong-Eun Kim, Matthew A. Wilson, Emery N. Brown, and Patrick L. Purdon
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6660-E6668; first published July 25, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1700148114
    • You have access
      SIK3–HDAC4 signaling regulates Drosophila circadian male sex drive rhythm via modulating the DN1 clock neurons
      Shinsuke Fujii, Patrick Emery, and Hubert Amrein
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6669-E6677; first published July 25, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1620483114
    • Open Access
      Structural organization of the actin-spectrin–based membrane skeleton in dendrites and soma of neurons
      Boran Han, Ruobo Zhou, Chenglong Xia, and Xiaowei Zhuang
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6678-E6685; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705043114
    • You have access
      Medial temporal lobe and topographical memory
      Zhisen J. Urgolites, Ramona O. Hopkins, and Larry R. Squire
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8626-8630; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708963114
    • You have access
      BACE inhibition-dependent repair of Alzheimer’s pathophysiology
      • From the Cover
      Aylin D. Keskin, Maja Kekuš, Helmuth Adelsberger, Ulf Neumann, Derya R. Shimshek, Beomjong Song, Benedikt Zott, Tingying Peng, Hans Förstl, Matthias Staufenbiel, Israel Nelken, Bert Sakmann, Arthur Konnerth, and Marc Aurel Busche
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8631-8636; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708106114
    • You have access
      Interactions between feedback and lateral connections in the primary visual cortex
      Hualou Liang, Xiajing Gong, Minggui Chen, Yin Yan, Wu Li, and Charles D. Gilbert
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8637-8642; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706183114
    • You have access
      Neural basis for hand muscle synergies in the primate spinal cord
      Tomohiko Takei, Joachim Confais, Saeka Tomatsu, Tomomichi Oya, and Kazuhiko Seki
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8643-8648; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1704328114
  • Pharmacology

    • You have access
      Lipophilic siRNA targets albumin in situ and promotes bioavailability, tumor penetration, and carrier-free gene silencing
      Samantha M. Sarett, Thomas A. Werfel, Linus Lee, Meredith A. Jackson, Kameron V. Kilchrist, Dana Brantley-Sieders, and Craig L. Duvall
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6490-E6497; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1621240114
  • Physiology

    • Open Access
      SUMOylation determines the voltage required to activate cardiac IKs channels
      Dazhi Xiong, Tian Li, Hui Dai, Anthony F. Arena, Leigh D. Plant, and Steve A. N. Goldstein
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6686-E6694; first published July 25, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706267114
    • Open Access
      Mapping of human brown adipose tissue in lean and obese young men
      Brooks P. Leitner, Shan Huang, Robert J. Brychta, Courtney J. Duckworth, Alison S. Baskin, Suzanne McGehee, Ilan Tal, William Dieckmann, Garima Gupta, Gerald M. Kolodny, Karel Pacak, Peter Herscovitch, Aaron M. Cypess, and Kong Y. Chen
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8649-8654; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705287114
  • Plant Biology

    • You have access
      PIF3 is a negative regulator of the CBF pathway and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis
      Bochen Jiang, Yiting Shi, Xiaoyan Zhang, Xiaoyun Xin, Lijuan Qi, Hongwei Guo, Jigang Li, and Shuhua Yang
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6695-E6702; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706226114
    • Open Access
      Stem parasitic plant Cuscuta australis (dodder) transfers herbivory-induced signals among plants
      • From the Cover
      Christian Hettenhausen, Juan Li, Huifu Zhuang, Huanhuan Sun, Yuxing Xu, Jinfeng Qi, Jingxiong Zhang, Yunting Lei, Yan Qin, Guiling Sun, Lei Wang, Ian T. Baldwin, and Jianqiang Wu
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6703-E6709; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1704536114
    • You have access
      LEC1 sequentially regulates the transcription of genes involved in diverse developmental processes during seed development
      Julie M. Pelletier, Raymond W. Kwong, Soomin Park, Brandon H. Le, Russell Baden, Alexandro Cagliari, Meryl Hashimoto, Matthew D. Munoz, Robert L. Fischer, Robert B. Goldberg, and John J. Harada
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6710-E6719; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1707957114
  • Psychological and Cognitive Sciences

    • Open Access
      The critical phase for visual control of human walking over complex terrain
      Jonathan Samir Matthis, Sean L. Barton, and Brett R. Fajen
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6720-E6729; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1611699114
    • You have access
      Optimal decision making and matching are tied through diminishing returns
      Jan Kubanek
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8499-8504; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1703440114
  • Sustainability Science

    • You have access
      Rainforest metropolis casts 1,000-km defaunation shadow
      Daniel J. Tregidgo, Jos Barlow, Paulo S. Pompeu, Mayana de Almeida Rocha, and Luke Parry
      PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) 8655-8659; first published July 24, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1614499114

Corrections (Online Only)

  • You have access
    Correction for Barry et al., Optical magnetic detection of single-neuron action potentials using quantum defects in diamond
    PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6730; first published August 8, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712523114
  • You have access
    Correction for Wu et al., Fibroblast growth factor signaling instructs ensheathing glia wrapping of Drosophila olfactory glomeruli
    PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6731; first published August 8, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712520114
  • You have access
    Correction for Breuer et al., System-wide organization of actin cytoskeleton determines organelle transport in hypocotyl plant cells
    PNAS August 8, 2017 114 (32) E6732; first published July 31, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712371114
PreviousNext
Back to top

Browse PNAS issues

In this issue

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: 114 (32)
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • About the Cover
  • Cover Banner
  • Masthead (PDF)
Sign up for alerts

Jump to

  • This Week in PNAS
  • Letters (Online Only)
  • Inner Workings
  • QnAs
  • Commentaries
  • PNAS Plus Significance Statements
  • Physical Sciences
  • Social Sciences
  • Biological Sciences
  • Corrections (Online Only)

PNAS Highlights. Top research, news, and commentary delivered straight to your inbox.

Site Logo
Powered by HighWire
  • Submit Manuscript
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • RSS Feeds
  • Email Alerts

Articles

  • Current Issue
  • Special Feature Articles – Most Recent
  • List of Issues

PNAS Portals

  • Anthropology
  • Chemistry
  • Classics
  • Front Matter
  • Physics
  • Sustainability Science
  • Teaching Resources

Information

  • Authors
  • Editorial Board
  • Reviewers
  • Subscribers
  • Librarians
  • Press
  • Site Map
  • PNAS Updates
  • FAQs
  • Accessibility Statement
  • Rights & Permissions
  • About
  • Contact

Feedback    Privacy/Legal

Copyright © 2021 National Academy of Sciences. Online ISSN 1091-6490