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This Week in PNAS

This Week in PNAS:
In This Issue
PNAS 2006 103:5633-5634; doi:10.1073/iti1506103

Commentaries

Commentary:
- Jonathan A. Patz
- and Sarah H. Olson
Malaria risk and temperature: Influences from global climate change and local land use practices
PNAS 2006 103:5635-5636; published online before print April 4, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601493103
- See companion article on page 5829 in issue 15 of volume 103
Commentary:
- Andrei Osterman
A hidden metabolic pathway exposed
PNAS 2006 103:5637-5638; published online before print April 4, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601119103
- See companion article on page 5114 in issue 13 of volume 103
Commentary:
- Antony Bacic
Breaking an impasse in pectin biosynthesis
PNAS 2006 103:5639-5640; published online before print April 4, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601297103
- See companion article on page 5236 in issue 13 of volume 103

Profile

Profile:
- Regina Nuzzo
Profile of Robert W. Mahley
PNAS 2006 103:5641-5643; published online before print April 3, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601981103
- See commentary article on page 5644 in issue 15 of volume 103

Physical Sciences

Chemistry

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
- David Kisailus,
- Quyen Truong,
- Yosuke Amemiya,
- James C. Weaver,
- and Daniel E. Morse
Self-assembled bifunctional surface mimics an enzymatic and templating protein for the synthesis of a metal oxide semiconductor
PNAS 2006 103:5652-5657; published online before print April 3, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508488103
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
- Xiaoguang Bao,
- Jing Wang,
- Jiande Gu,
- and Jerzy Leszczynski
DNA strand breaks induced by near-zero-electronvolt electron attachment to pyrimidine nucleotides
PNAS 2006 103:5658-5663; published online before print April 3, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510406103
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Paul C. Blainey,
- Antoine M. van Oijen,
- Anirban Banerjee,
- Gregory L. Verdine,
- and X. Sunney Xie
A base-excision DNA-repair protein finds intrahelical lesion bases by fast sliding in contact with DNA
PNAS 2006 103:5752-5757; published online before print April 3, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0509723103

Engineering

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Physical Sciences - Engineering - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Peter H. Tsang,
- Guanglai Li,
- Yves V. Brun,
- L. Ben Freund,
- and Jay X. Tang
Adhesion of single bacterial cells in the micronewton range
PNAS 2006 103:5764-5768; published online before print April 3, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601705103

Geology

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Physical Sciences - Geology - Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- Elizabeth C. Raff,
- Jeffrey T. Villinski,
- F. Rudolf Turner,
- Philip C. J. Donoghue,
- and Rudolf A. Raff
Experimental taphonomy shows the feasibility of fossil embryos
PNAS 2006 103:5846-5851; published online before print March 29, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601536103
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Geophysics

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Physical Sciences - Geophysics:
- Rong Fu,
- Yuanlong Hu,
- Jonathon S. Wright,
- Jonathan H. Jiang,
- Robert E. Dickinson,
- Mingxuan Chen,
- Mark Filipiak,
- William G. Read,
- Joe W. Waters,
- and Dong L. Wu
From the Cover: Short circuit of water vapor and polluted air to the global stratosphere by convective transport over the Tibetan Plateau
PNAS 2006 103:5664-5669; published online before print April 3, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601584103

Physics

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Physical Sciences - Physics - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Yohannes Shiferaw
- and Alain Karma
Turing instability mediated by voltage and calcium diffusion in paced cardiac cells
PNAS 2006 103:5670-5675; published online before print March 30, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0511061103

Statistics

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Physical Sciences - Statistics - Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
- Liat Ein-Dor,
- Or Zuk,
- and Eytan Domany
Thousands of samples are needed to generate a robust gene list for predicting outcome in cancer
PNAS 2006 103:5923-5928; published online before print April 3, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601231103

FROM THE COVER

In This Issue

Malaria risk and temperature: Influences from global climate change and local land use practices

A hidden metabolic pathway exposed

Breaking an impasse in pectin biosynthesis

Profile of Robert W. Mahley

Self-assembled bifunctional surface mimics an enzymatic and templating protein for the synthesis of a metal oxide semiconductor

DNA strand breaks induced by near-zero-electronvolt electron attachment to pyrimidine nucleotides

A base-excision DNA-repair protein finds intrahelical lesion bases by fast sliding in contact with DNA

Adhesion of single bacterial cells in the micronewton range

Experimental taphonomy shows the feasibility of fossil embryos

From the Cover: Short circuit of water vapor and polluted air to the global stratosphere by convective transport over the Tibetan Plateau

Turing instability mediated by voltage and calcium diffusion in paced cardiac cells

Thousands of samples are needed to generate a robust gene list for predicting outcome in cancer

Natural selection and molecular evolution in primate PAX9 gene, a major determinant of tooth development

Comparative promoter analysis allows de novo identification of specialized cell junction-associated proteins

Defined culture conditions of human embryonic stem cells

Human vitamin B12 absorption measurement by accelerator mass spectrometry using specifically labeled 14C-cobalamin

Immunological synapse arrays: Patterned protein surfaces that modulate immunological synapse structure formation in T cells

Water dynamics and salt-activation of enzymes in organic media: Mechanistic implications revealed by NMR spectroscopy

Self-assembled bifunctional surface mimics an enzymatic and templating protein for the synthesis of a metal oxide semiconductor

DNA strand breaks induced by near-zero-electronvolt electron attachment to pyrimidine nucleotides

Crystal structure of the Anopheles gambiae 3-hydroxykynurenine transaminase

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus papain-like protease: Structure of a viral deubiquitinating enzyme

Senescence marker protein 30 functions as gluconolactonase in l-ascorbic acid biosynthesis, and its knockout mice are prone to scurvy

Structure of human Wilson protein domains 5 and 6 and their interplay with domain 4 and the copper chaperone HAH1 in copper uptake

On the nature of low- and high-affinity EGF receptors on living cells

Turing instability mediated by voltage and calcium diffusion in paced cardiac cells

Overlapping hand-over-hand mechanism of single molecular motility of cytoplasmic dynein

Dimerized Drosophila myosin VIIa: A processive motor

A base-excision DNA-repair protein finds intrahelical lesion bases by fast sliding in contact with DNA

Directed evolution to probe protein allostery and integrin I domains of 200,000-fold higher affinity

Adhesion of single bacterial cells in the micronewton range

Controlled release of proteins from polymer-modified surfaces

Single-molecule kinetics reveals signatures of half-sites reactivity in dihydroorotate dehydrogenase A catalysis

A noncoding RNA is a potential marker of cell fate during mammary gland development

The expression level of the voltage-dependent anion channel controls life and death of the cell

Spatial dynamics of receptor-mediated endocytic trafficking in budding yeast revealed by using fluorescent α-factor derivatives

Dominant-negative inhibition of the Axl receptor tyrosine kinase suppresses brain tumor cell growth and invasion and prolongs survival

Consequences of the selective blockage of chaperone-mediated autophagy

Aurora A, mitotic entry, and spindle bipolarity

Differential effects of Hsc70 and Hsp70 on the intracellular trafficking and functional expression of epithelial sodium channels

A role of the double-stranded RNA-binding protein PACT in mouse ear development and hearing

Human vitamin B₁₂ absorption measurement by accelerator mass spectrometry using specifically labeled ¹⁴C-cobalamin