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January 09, 2018; vol. 115 no. 2
This Week in PNAS
Letters (Online Only)
- You have accessClimate change and agricultural suicides in IndiaKamal Kumar Murari, T. Jayaraman, and Madhura SwaminathanPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E115; published ahead of print December 29, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714747115
- You have accessUnfounded assumptions in linking crop-damaging temperature and suicide in IndiaSaudamini DasPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E116; published ahead of print December 29, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715331115
- You have accessAnalyzing Indian farmer suicide ratesIan PlewisPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E117; published ahead of print December 29, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714927115
- You have accessReply to Plewis, Murari et al., and Das: The suicide–temperature link in India and the evidence of an agricultural channel are robustTamma A. CarletonPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E118-E121; published ahead of print December 29, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715454115
- You have accessNote on bias from averaging repeated measurements in heritability studiesBenjamin B. Risk and Hongtu ZhuPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E122; published ahead of print December 29, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1719250115
- You have accessReply to Risk and Zhu: Mixed-effects modeling as a principled approach to heritability analysis with repeat measurementsTian Ge, Avram J. Holmes, Randy L. Buckner, Jordan W. Smoller, and Mert R. SabuncuPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E123; published ahead of print December 29, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1719882115
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Perspective
- You have accessTwo types of aggression in human evolution
- From the Cover
Richard W. WranghamPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 245-253; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713611115
Physical Sciences
Applied Mathematics
- You have accessA mixed-scale dense convolutional neural network for image analysisDaniël M. Pelt and James A. SethianPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 254-259; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715832114
Applied Physical Sciences
- You have accessInterplay of structure, elasticity, and dynamics in actin-based nematic materialsRui Zhang, Nitin Kumar, Jennifer L. Ross, Margaret L. Gardel, and Juan J. de PabloPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E124-E133; published ahead of print December 28, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713832115
- You have accessPlatelet integrins exhibit anisotropic mechanosensing and harness piconewton forces to mediate platelet aggregationYun Zhang, Yongzhi Qiu, Aaron T. Blanchard, Yuan Chang, Josh M. Brockman, Victor Pui-Yan Ma, Wilbur A. Lam, and Khalid SalaitaPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 325-330; published ahead of print December 21, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1710828115
Astronomy
- You have accessAtmospheric escape from the TRAPPIST-1 planets and implications for habitabilityChuanfei Dong, Meng Jin, Manasvi Lingam, Vladimir S. Airapetian, Yingjuan Ma, and Bart van der HolstPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 260-265; published ahead of print December 28, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708010115
- You have accessLAMOST telescope reveals that Neptunian cousins of hot Jupiters are mostly single offspring of stars that are rich in heavy elements
- From the Cover
Subo Dong, Ji-Wei Xie, Ji-Lin Zhou, Zheng Zheng, and Ali LuoPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 266-271; published ahead of print December 28, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1711406115
Biophysics and Computational Biology
- You have accessStructure of the human monomeric NEET protein MiNT and its role in regulating iron and reactive oxygen species in cancer cellsColin H. Lipper, Ola Karmi, Yang Sung Sohn, Merav Darash-Yahana, Heiko Lammert, Luhua Song, Amy Liu, Ron Mittler, Rachel Nechushtai, José N. Onuchic, and Patricia A. JenningsPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 272-277; published ahead of print December 19, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715842115
- You have accessA growing microcolony can survive and support persistent propagation of virulent phagesRasmus Skytte Eriksen, Sine L. Svenningsen, Kim Sneppen, and Namiko MitaraiPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 337-342; published ahead of print December 19, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708954115
Chemistry
- You have accessCO2 reduction to acetate in mixtures of ultrasmall (Cu)n,(Ag)m bimetallic nanoparticlesYing Wang, Degao Wang, Christopher J. Dares, Seth L. Marquard, Matthew V. Sheridan, and Thomas J. MeyerPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 278-283; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713962115
- You have accessLow-lying excited states in crystalline peryleneTonatiuh Rangel, Andre Rinn, Sahar Sharifzadeh, Felipe H. da Jornada, André Pick, Steven G. Louie, Gregor Witte, Leeor Kronik, Jeffrey B. Neaton, and Sangam ChatterjeePNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 284-289; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1711126115
- You have accessSingle-molecule FRET studies on the cotranscriptional folding of a thiamine pyrophosphate riboswitchHeesoo Uhm, Wooyoung Kang, Kook Sun Ha, Changwon Kang, and Sungchul HohngPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 331-336; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712983115
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
- You have accessCauses and consequences of decreasing atmospheric organic aerosol in the United StatesD. A. Ridley, C. L. Heald, K. J. Ridley, and J. H. KrollPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 290-295; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1700387115
Engineering
- You have accessInterfacial curvature effects on the monolayer morphology and dynamics of a clinical lung surfactantAmit Kumar Sachan and Joseph A. ZasadzinskiPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E134-E143; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715830115
- You have accessDesigning a retrievable and scalable cell encapsulation device for potential treatment of type 1 diabetesDuo An, Alan Chiu, James A. Flanders, Wei Song, Dahua Shou, Yen-Chun Lu, Lars G. Grunnet, Louise Winkel, Camilla Ingvorsen, Nicolaj Strøyer Christophersen, Johannes Josef Fels, Fredrik Wolfhagen Sand, Yewei Ji, Ling Qi, Yehudah Pardo, Dan Luo, Meredith Silberstein, Jintu Fan, and Minglin MaPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E263-E272; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708806115
Environmental Sciences
- Open AccessImpact of an historic underground gas well blowout on the current methane chemistry in a shallow groundwater systemGilian Schout, Niels Hartog, S. Majid Hassanizadeh, and Jasper GriffioenPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 296-301; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1711472115
Social Sciences
Anthropology
- Open AccessQuantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organizationPeter Turchin, Thomas E. Currie, Harvey Whitehouse, Pieter François, Kevin Feeney, Daniel Mullins, Daniel Hoyer, Christina Collins, Stephanie Grohmann, Patrick Savage, Gavin Mendel-Gleason, Edward Turner, Agathe Dupeyron, Enrico Cioni, Jenny Reddish, Jill Levine, Greine Jordan, Eva Brandl, Alice Williams, Rudolf Cesaretti, Marta Krueger, Alessandro Ceccarelli, Joe Figliulo-Rosswurm, Po-Ju Tuan, Peter Peregrine, Arkadiusz Marciniak, Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Nikolay Kradin, Andrey Korotayev, Alessio Palmisano, David Baker, Julye Bidmead, Peter Bol, David Christian, Connie Cook, Alan Covey, Gary Feinman, Árni Daníel Júlíusson, Axel Kristinsson, John Miksic, Ruth Mostern, Cameron Petrie, Peter Rudiak-Gould, Barend ter Haar, Vesna Wallace, Victor Mair, Liye Xie, John Baines, Elizabeth Bridges, Joseph Manning, Bruce Lockhart, Amy Bogaard, and Charles SpencerPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E144-E151; published ahead of print December 21, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708800115
Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
- Open AccessMale homosexuality and maternal immune responsivity to the Y-linked protein NLGN4YAnthony F. Bogaert, Malvina N. Skorska, Chao Wang, José Gabrie, Adam J. MacNeil, Mark R. Hoffarth, Doug P. VanderLaan, Kenneth J. Zucker, and Ray BlanchardPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 302-306; published ahead of print December 11, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705895114
Biological Sciences
Agricultural Sciences
- Open AccessInactivation of porcine interleukin-1β results in failure of rapid conceptus elongationJeffrey J. Whyte, Ashley E. Meyer, Lee D. Spate, Joshua A. Benne, Raissa Cecil, Melissa S. Samuel, Clifton N. Murphy, Randall S. Prather, and Rodney D. GeisertPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 307-312; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1718004115
Biochemistry
- You have accessStructural basis for the regulation of β-glucuronidase expression by human gut EnterobacteriaceaeMichael S. Little, Samuel J. Pellock, William G. Walton, Ashutosh Tripathy, and Matthew R. RedinboPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E152-E161; published ahead of print December 21, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1716241115
- You have accessStructural and molecular basis of mismatch correction and ribavirin excision from coronavirus RNAFrançois Ferron, Lorenzo Subissi, Ana Theresa Silveira De Morais, Nhung Thi Tuyet Le, Marion Sevajol, Laure Gluais, Etienne Decroly, Clemens Vonrhein, Gérard Bricogne, Bruno Canard, and Isabelle ImbertPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E162-E171; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1718806115
- You have accessProtonation state of glutamate 73 regulates the formation of a specific dimeric association of mVDAC1Lucie A. Bergdoll, Michael T. Lerch, John W. Patrick, Kendrick Belardo, Christian Altenbach, Paola Bisignano, Arthur Laganowsky, Michael Grabe, Wayne L. Hubbell, and Jeff AbramsonPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E172-E179; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715464115
- You have accessStructure of the human monomeric NEET protein MiNT and its role in regulating iron and reactive oxygen species in cancer cellsColin H. Lipper, Ola Karmi, Yang Sung Sohn, Merav Darash-Yahana, Heiko Lammert, Luhua Song, Amy Liu, Ron Mittler, Rachel Nechushtai, José N. Onuchic, and Patricia A. JenningsPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 272-277; published ahead of print December 19, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715842115
- You have accessHigh-resolution structure of podovirus tail adaptor suggests repositioning of an octad motif that mediates the sequential tail assemblyLingfei Liang, Haiyan Zhao, Bowen An, and Liang TangPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 313-318; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706846115
- You have accessStructural basis of the phosphorylation-independent recognition of cyclin D1 by the SCFFBXO31 ubiquitin ligaseYunfeng Li, Kai Jin, Eric Bunker, Xiaojuan Zhang, Xuemei Luo, Xuedong Liu, and Bing HaoPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 319-324; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708677115
Biophysics and Computational Biology
- You have accessPlatelet integrins exhibit anisotropic mechanosensing and harness piconewton forces to mediate platelet aggregationYun Zhang, Yongzhi Qiu, Aaron T. Blanchard, Yuan Chang, Josh M. Brockman, Victor Pui-Yan Ma, Wilbur A. Lam, and Khalid SalaitaPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 325-330; published ahead of print December 21, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1710828115
- You have accessSingle-molecule FRET studies on the cotranscriptional folding of a thiamine pyrophosphate riboswitchHeesoo Uhm, Wooyoung Kang, Kook Sun Ha, Changwon Kang, and Sungchul HohngPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 331-336; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712983115
- You have accessA growing microcolony can survive and support persistent propagation of virulent phagesRasmus Skytte Eriksen, Sine L. Svenningsen, Kim Sneppen, and Namiko MitaraiPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 337-342; published ahead of print December 19, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708954115
- You have accessVisualizing long-term single-molecule dynamics in vivo by stochastic protein labelingHui Liu, Peng Dong, Maria S. Ioannou, Li Li, Jamien Shea, H. Amalia Pasolli, Jonathan B. Grimm, Patricia K. Rivlin, Luke D. Lavis, Minoru Koyama, and Zhe LiuPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 343-348; published ahead of print December 28, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713895115
Cell Biology
- Open AccessGenome-wide CRISPR screen for PARKIN regulators reveals transcriptional repression as a determinant of mitophagyChristoph Potting, Christophe Crochemore, Francesca Moretti, Florian Nigsch, Isabel Schmidt, Carole Manneville, Walter Carbone, Judith Knehr, Rowena DeJesus, Alicia Lindeman, Rob Maher, Carsten Russ, Gregory McAllister, John S. Reece-Hoyes, Gregory R. Hoffman, Guglielmo Roma, Matthias Müller, Andreas W. Sailer, and Stephen B. HelliwellPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E180-E189; published ahead of print December 21, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1711023115
- Open AccessRSK2 drives cell motility by serine phosphorylation of LARG and activation of Rho GTPasesGeng-Xian Shi, Won Seok Yang, Ling Jin, Michelle L. Matter, and Joe W. RamosPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E190-E199; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708584115
- You have accessNeuronal delivery of Hedgehog directs spatial patterning of taste organ regenerationWan-Jin Lu, Randall K. Mann, Allison Nguyen, Tingting Bi, Max Silverstein, Jean Y. Tang, Xiaoke Chen, and Philip A. BeachyPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E200-E209; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1719109115
- You have accessListeria monocytogenes triggers noncanonical autophagy upon phagocytosis, but avoids subsequent growth-restricting xenophagyGabriel Mitchell, Mandy I. Cheng, Chen Chen, Brittney N. Nguyen, Aaron T. Whiteley, Sara Kianian, Jeffery S. Cox, Douglas R. Green, Kent L. McDonald, and Daniel A. PortnoyPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E210-E217; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1716055115
- You have accessSbcC-SbcD and ExoI process convergent forks to complete chromosome replication
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Brian M. Wendel, Jessica M. Cole, Charmain T. Courcelle, and Justin CourcellePNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 349-354; published ahead of print December 5, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715960114
Developmental Biology
- You have accessNeural induction by the node and placode induction by head mesoderm share an initial state resembling neural plate border and ES cellsKatherine E. Trevers, Ravindra S. Prajapati, Mark Hintze, Matthew J. Stower, Anna C. Strobl, Monica Tambalo, Ramya Ranganathan, Natalia Moncaut, Mohsin A. F. Khan, Claudio D. Stern, and Andrea StreitPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 355-360; published ahead of print December 19, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1719674115
Ecology
- Open AccessField- and clinically derived estimates of Wolbachia-mediated blocking of dengue virus transmission potential in Aedes aegypti mosquitoesLauren B. Carrington, Bich Chau Nguyen Tran, Nhat Thanh Hoang Le, Tai Thi Hue Luong, Truong Thanh Nguyen, Phong Thanh Nguyen, Chau Van Vinh Nguyen, Huong Thi Cam Nguyen, Trung Tuan Vu, Long Thi Vo, Dui Thi Le, Nhu Tuyet Vu, Giang Thi Nguyen, Hung Quoc Luu, Anh Duc Dang, Timothy P. Hurst, Scott L. O’Neill, Vi Thuy Tran, Duong Thi Hue Kien, Nguyet Minh Nguyen, Marcel Wolbers, Bridget Wills, and Cameron P. SimmonsPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 361-366; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715788115
Environmental Sciences
- You have accessControl on rate and pathway of anaerobic organic carbon degradation in the seabedF. Beulig, H. Røy, C. Glombitza, and B. B. JørgensenPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 367-372; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715789115
Evolution
- You have accessHybrid speciation leads to novel male secondary sexual ornamentation of an Amazonian birdAlfredo O. Barrera-Guzmán, Alexandre Aleixo, Matthew D. Shawkey, and Jason T. WeirPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E218-E225; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717319115
- You have accessMultiple origins of interdependent endosymbiotic complexes in a genus of cicadas
- From the Cover
Piotr Łukasik, Katherine Nazario, James T. Van Leuven, Matthew A. Campbell, Mariah Meyer, Anna Michalik, Pablo Pessacq, Chris Simon, Claudio Veloso, and John P. McCutcheonPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E226-E235; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712321115 - Open AccessAncient polymorphisms and divergence hitchhiking contribute to genomic islands of divergence within a poplar species complexTao Ma, Kun Wang, Quanjun Hu, Zhenxiang Xi, Dongshi Wan, Qian Wang, Jianju Feng, Dechun Jiang, Hamid Ahani, Richard J. Abbott, Martin Lascoux, Eviatar Nevo, and Jianquan LiuPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E236-E243; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713288114
Genetics
- You have accessIdentification of fusion genes and characterization of transcriptome features in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaBing Chen, Lu Jiang, Meng-Ling Zhong, Jian-Feng Li, Ben-Shang Li, Li-Jun Peng, Yu-Ting Dai, Bo-Wen Cui, Tian-Qi Yan, Wei-Na Zhang, Xiang-Qin Weng, Yin-Yin Xie, Jing Lu, Rui-Bao Ren, Su-Ning Chen, Jian-Da Hu, De-Pei Wu, Zhu Chen, Jing-Yan Tang, Jin-Yan Huang, Jian-Qing Mi, and Sai-Juan ChenPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 373-378; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717125115
- You have accessEvaluating the contribution of rare variants to type 2 diabetes and related traits using pedigreesGoo Jun, Alisa Manning, Marcio Almeida, Matthew Zawistowski, Andrew R. Wood, Tanya M. Teslovich, Christian Fuchsberger, Shuang Feng, Pablo Cingolani, Kyle J. Gaulton, Thomas Dyer, Thomas W. Blackwell, Han Chen, Peter S. Chines, Sungkyoung Choi, Claire Churchhouse, Pierre Fontanillas, Ryan King, SungYoung Lee, Stephen E. Lincoln, Vasily Trubetskoy, Mark DePristo, Tasha Fingerlin, Robert Grossman, Jason Grundstad, Alison Heath, Jayoun Kim, Young Jin Kim, Jason Laramie, Jaehoon Lee, Heng Li, Xuanyao Liu, Oren Livne, Adam E. Locke, Julian Maller, Alexander Mazur, Andrew P. Morris, Toni I. Pollin, Derek Ragona, David Reich, Manuel A. Rivas, Laura J. Scott, Xueling Sim, Rick G. Tearle, Yik Ying Teo, Amy L. Williams, Sebastian Zöllner, Joanne E. Curran, Juan Peralta, Beena Akolkar, Graeme I. Bell, Noël P. Burtt, Nancy J. Cox, Jose C. Florez, Craig L. Hanis, Catherine McKeon, Karen L. Mohlke, Mark Seielstad, James G. Wilson, Gil Atzmon, Jennifer E. Below, Josée Dupuis, Dan L. Nicolae, Donna Lehman, Taesung Park, Sungho Won, Robert Sladek, David Altshuler, Mark I. McCarthy, Ravindranath Duggirala, Michael Boehnke, Timothy M. Frayling, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, and John BlangeroPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 379-384; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705859115
Immunology and Inflammation
- You have accessHistone demethylase LSD1 regulates hematopoietic stem cells homeostasis and protects from death by endotoxic shockJianxun Wang, Kaoru Saijo, Dylan Skola, Chunyu Jin, Qi Ma, Daria Merkurjev, Christopher K. Glass, and Michael G. RosenfeldPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E244-E252; published ahead of print December 20, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1718759114
- You have accessFoxP3 scanning mutagenesis reveals functional variegation and mild mutations with atypical autoimmune phenotypesHo-Keun Kwon, Hui-Min Chen, Diane Mathis, and Christophe BenoistPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E253-E262; published ahead of print December 21, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1718599115
- Open AccessMale homosexuality and maternal immune responsivity to the Y-linked protein NLGN4YAnthony F. Bogaert, Malvina N. Skorska, Chao Wang, José Gabrie, Adam J. MacNeil, Mark R. Hoffarth, Doug P. VanderLaan, Kenneth J. Zucker, and Ray BlanchardPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 302-306; published ahead of print December 11, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705895114
- You have accessMixed signature of activation and dysfunction allows human decidual CD8+ T cells to provide both tolerance and immunityAnita van der Zwan, Kevin Bi, Errol R. Norwitz, Ângela C. Crespo, Frans H. J. Claas, Jack L. Strominger, and Tamara TilburgsPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 385-390; published ahead of print December 19, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713957115
Medical Sciences
- You have accessDesigning a retrievable and scalable cell encapsulation device for potential treatment of type 1 diabetesDuo An, Alan Chiu, James A. Flanders, Wei Song, Dahua Shou, Yen-Chun Lu, Lars G. Grunnet, Louise Winkel, Camilla Ingvorsen, Nicolaj Strøyer Christophersen, Johannes Josef Fels, Fredrik Wolfhagen Sand, Yewei Ji, Ling Qi, Yehudah Pardo, Dan Luo, Meredith Silberstein, Jintu Fan, and Minglin MaPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E263-E272; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1708806115
- You have accessEnhancement of hepatic autophagy increases ureagenesis and protects against hyperammonemiaLeandro R. Soria, Gabriella Allegri, Dominique Melck, Nunzia Pastore, Patrizia Annunziata, Debora Paris, Elena Polishchuk, Edoardo Nusco, Beat Thöny, Andrea Motta, Johannes Häberle, Andrea Ballabio, and Nicola Brunetti-PierriPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 391-396; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714670115
Microbiology
- You have accessStand-alone ClpG disaggregase confers superior heat tolerance to bacteriaChanghan Lee, Kamila B. Franke, Shady Mansour Kamal, Hyunhee Kim, Heinrich Lünsdorf, Jasmin Jäger, Manfred Nimtz, Janja Trček, Lothar Jänsch, Bernd Bukau, Axel Mogk, and Ute RömlingPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E273-E282; published ahead of print December 20, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712051115
- You have accessColorectal cancer specific conditions promote Streptococcus gallolyticus gut colonizationLaetitia Aymeric, Françoise Donnadieu, Céline Mulet, Laurence du Merle, Giulia Nigro, Azadeh Saffarian, Marion Bérard, Claire Poyart, Sylvie Robine, Béatrice Regnault, Patrick Trieu-Cuot, Philippe J. Sansonetti, and Shaynoor DramsiPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E283-E291; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1715112115
- You have accessRole of enhanced receptor engagement in the evolution of a pandemic acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis virusJim Baggen, Daniel L. Hurdiss, Georg Zocher, Nitesh Mistry, Richard W. Roberts, Jasper J. Slager, Hongbo Guo, Arno L. W. van Vliet, Maryam Wahedi, Kimberley Benschop, Erwin Duizer, Cornelis A. M. de Haan, Erik de Vries, José M. Casasnovas, Raoul J. de Groot, Niklas Arnberg, Thilo Stehle, Neil A. Ranson, Hendrik Jan Thibaut, and Frank J. M. van KuppeveldPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 397-402; published ahead of print December 28, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713284115
- You have accessCoordinating carbon and nitrogen metabolic signaling through the cyanobacterial global repressor NdhRYong-Liang Jiang, Xue-Ping Wang, Hui Sun, Shu-Jing Han, Wei-Fang Li, Ning Cui, Gui-Ming Lin, Ju-Yuan Zhang, Wang Cheng, Dong-Dong Cao, Zhi-Yong Zhang, Cheng-Cai Zhang, Yuxing Chen, and Cong-Zhao ZhouPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 403-408; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1716062115
Neuroscience
- You have accessATM and ATR play complementary roles in the behavior of excitatory and inhibitory vesicle populationsAifang Cheng, Teng Zhao, Kai-Hei Tse, Hei-Man Chow, Yong Cui, Liwen Jiang, Shengwang Du, Michael M. T. Loy, and Karl HerrupPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E292-E301; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1716892115
- Open AccessCell-specific and region-specific transcriptomics in the multiple sclerosis model: Focus on astrocytesNoriko Itoh, Yuichiro Itoh, Alessia Tassoni, Emily Ren, Max Kaito, Ai Ohno, Yan Ao, Vista Farkhondeh, Hadley Johnsonbaugh, Josh Burda, Michael V. Sofroniew, and Rhonda R. VoskuhlPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E302-E309; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1716032115
- You have accessLocus coeruleus input to hippocampal CA3 drives single-trial learning of a novel contextAkiko Wagatsuma, Teruhiro Okuyama, Chen Sun, Lillian M. Smith, Kuniya Abe, and Susumu TonegawaPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) E310-E316; published ahead of print December 26, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714082115
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- You have accessGeneration of a whole-brain atlas for the cholinergic system and mesoscopic projectome analysis of basal forebrain cholinergic neuronsXiangning Li, Bin Yu, Qingtao Sun, Yalun Zhang, Miao Ren, Xiaoyan Zhang, Anan Li, Jing Yuan, Linda Madisen, Qingming Luo, Hongkui Zeng, Hui Gong, and Zilong QiuPNAS January 9, 2018 115 (2) 415-420; published ahead of print December 19, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1703601115
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