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May 15, 2018; vol. 115 no. 20

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    In This Issue
    PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) 5041; https://doi.org/10.1073/iti2018115

Letters (Online Only)

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    Asking endosymbionts to do an enzyme’s job
    Sriram G. Garg and William F. Martin
    PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) E4543-E4544; first published May 3, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804397115
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    Reply to Garg and Martin: The mechanism works
    István Zachar, András Szilágyi, Szabolcs Számadó, and Eörs Szathmáry
    PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) E4545-E4546; first published May 3, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805021115

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    • Farming hypothesis of mitochondrial origins
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    Diet influences host–microbiota associations in Drosophila
    Benjamin Obadia, Erin S. Keebaugh, Ryuichi Yamada, William B. Ludington, and William W. Ja
    PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) E4547-E4548; first published May 7, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804948115
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    Reply to Obadia et al.: Effect of methyl paraben on host–microbiota interactions in Drosophila melanogaster
    Philip T. Leftwich, Naomi V. E. Clarke, Matthew I. Hutchings, and Tracey Chapman
    PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) E4549-E4550; first published May 7, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805499115

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    Opinion: Reproducibility failures are essential to scientific inquiry
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    A. David Redish, Erich Kummerfeld, Rebecca Lea Morris, and Alan C. Love
    PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) 5042-5046; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1806370115

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    PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) 5047-5048; first published April 23, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805781115

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Retrospective

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    Jack Halpern (1925–2018): Pioneer of homogeneous catalysis
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    PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) 5049-5050; first published April 25, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1806116115

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    Rational application of macrophage-specific LXR agonists avoids the pitfalls of SREBP-induced lipogenesis
    Jason A. Magida and Ronald M. Evans
    PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) 5051-5053; first published April 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805128115

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    • Cell-specific discrimination of desmosterol and desmosterol mimetics confers selective regulation of LXR and SREBP in macrophages
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    Incorporating light atoms into synthetic analogues of FeMoco
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    PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) 5054-5056; first published April 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805700115

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    • Ligand metathesis as rational strategy for the synthesis of cubane-type heteroleptic iron–sulfur clusters relevant to the FeMo cofactor
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    Adaptive and nonadaptive changes in phenological synchrony
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    PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) 5057-5059; first published April 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1805698115

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    PNAS Plus Significance Statements
    PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) 5060-5063; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.ss11520

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      Quantum indistinguishability in chemical reactions
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      PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) E4551-E4558; first published April 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1718402115
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      Mass-correlated rotational Raman spectra with high resolution, broad bandwidth, and absolute frequency accuracy
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      PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) 5072-5076; first published April 27, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1721756115
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      Green function of correlated genes in a minimal mechanical model of protein evolution
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      PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) E4559-E4568; first published April 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1716215115
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      The C-terminal extension landscape of naturally presented HLA-I ligands
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      PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) 5083-5088; first published April 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717277115
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      PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) 5163-5168; first published April 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1721181115
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      PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) 5111-5116; first published April 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1722110115
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      PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) 5181-5186; first published April 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1721738115

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      PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) 5151-5156; first published April 30, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1802479115
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    Correction for Jenkitkasemwong et al., SLC39A14 deficiency alters manganese homeostasis and excretion resulting in brain manganese accumulation and motor deficits in mice
    PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) E4730; first published May 7, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1806613115
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    PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) E4731; first published May 7, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1806694115
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    Correction for Sanjak et al., Evidence of directional and stabilizing selection in contemporary humans
    PNAS May 15, 2018 115 (20) E4732; first published May 7, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1806837115
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