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This Week in PNAS

This Week in PNAS:
In This Issue
PNAS 2006 103:8907-8908; doi:10.1073/pnas.iti2406103

Commentaries

Commentary:
- James W. Truman
Steroid hormone secretion in insects comes of age
PNAS 2006 103:8909-8910; published online before print June 6, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603252103
- See companion article on page 8622 in issue 23 of volume 103
Commentary:
- Robert A. Cross
Myosin's mechanical ratchet
PNAS 2006 103:8911-8912; published online before print June 5, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603213103
- See companion article on page 8680 in issue 23 of volume 103
Commentary:
- Michael Zasloff
Inducing endogenous antimicrobial peptides to battle infections
PNAS 2006 103:8913-8914; published online before print June 5, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603508103
- See companion article on page 9178 in issue 24 of volume 103

Profiles

Profile:
- Philip Downey
Profile of Andrew R. Marks
PNAS 2006 103:8915-8917; published online before print June 5, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0600503103
- See commentary article on page 511 in issue 3 of volume 103
Profile:
- Nick Zagorski
Profile of Alec J. Jeffreys
PNAS 2006 103:8918-8920; published online before print June 5, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603953103
- See commentary article on page 8921 in issue 24 of volume 103

Physical Sciences

Applied Mathematics

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Physical Sciences - Applied Mathematics - Biological Sciences - Plant Biology:
- Pavel Dimitrov
- and Steven W. Zucker
A constant production hypothesis guides leaf venation patterning
PNAS 2006 103:9363-9368; published online before print June 5, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603559103
OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Applied Physical Sciences

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Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences - Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
- Praveen R. Arany,
- Kathleen C. Flanders,
- Tetsu Kobayashi,
- Catherine K. Kuo,
- Christina Stuelten,
- Kartiki V. Desai,
- Rocky Tuan,
- Stephen I. Rennard,
- and Anita B. Roberts
Smad3 deficiency alters key structural elements of the extracellular matrix and mechanotransduction of wound closure
PNAS 2006 103:9250-9255; published online before print June 5, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0602473103
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Chemistry

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Zhiping Li,
- D. Scott Bohle,
- and Chao-Jun Li
Cu-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling: A versatile strategy for C–C bond formations via the oxidative activation of sp³ C–H bonds
PNAS 2006 103:8928-8933; published online before print June 5, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601687103
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Dariush Ajami,
- Tetsuo Iwasawa,
- and Julius Rebek, Jr.
Experimental and computational probes of the space in a self-assembled capsule
PNAS 2006 103:8934-8936; published online before print June 2, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0602781103

Geology

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Physical Sciences - Geology:
- P. J. Polissar,
- M. B. Abbott,
- A. P. Wolfe,
- M. Bezada,
- V. Rull,
- and R. S. Bradley
Solar modulation of Little Ice Age climate in the tropical Andes
PNAS 2006 103:8937-8942; published online before print June 1, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603118103

Physics

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Physical Sciences - Physics:
- Xi Lin,
- Ju Li,
- Clemens J. Först,
- and Sidney Yip
Multiple self-localized electronic states in trans-polyacetylene
PNAS 2006 103:8943-8946; published online before print June 1, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601314103
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Physical Sciences - Physics - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- S.-H. Chen,
- L. Liu,
- E. Fratini,
- P. Baglioni,
- A. Faraone,
- and E. Mamontov
Observation of fragile-to-strong dynamic crossover in protein hydration water
PNAS 2006 103:9012-9016; published online before print June 2, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0602474103

Social Sciences

Psychology

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Social Sciences - Psychology:
- Adam L. Alter
- and Daniel M. Oppenheimer
Predicting short-term stock fluctuations by using processing fluency
PNAS 2006 103:9369-9372; published online before print June 5, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601071103

FROM THE COVER

In This Issue

Steroid hormone secretion in insects comes of age

Myosin's mechanical ratchet

Inducing endogenous antimicrobial peptides to battle infections

Profile of Andrew R. Marks

Profile of Alec J. Jeffreys

A constant production hypothesis guides leaf venation patterning

Smad3 deficiency alters key structural elements of the extracellular matrix and mechanotransduction of wound closure

Cu-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling: A versatile strategy for C–C bond formations via the oxidative activation of sp3 C–H bonds

Experimental and computational probes of the space in a self-assembled capsule

Solar modulation of Little Ice Age climate in the tropical Andes

Multiple self-localized electronic states in trans-polyacetylene

Observation of fragile-to-strong dynamic crossover in protein hydration water

Predicting short-term stock fluctuations by using processing fluency

Dimeric organization of the yeast oligosaccharyl transferase complex

Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase (Tdp1) participates in the repair of Top2-mediated DNA damage

Ultrasensitive and absolute quantification of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt signal transduction pathway by mass spectrometry

Remarkably high activities of testicular cytochrome c in destroying reactive oxygen species and in triggering apoptosis

The critical mutagenic translesion DNA polymerase Rev1 is highly expressed during G2/M phase rather than S phase

Convergence of isoprene and polyketide biosynthetic machinery: Isoprenyl-S-carrier proteins in the pksX pathway of Bacillus subtilis

Essential and mutually compensatory roles of α-mannosidase II and α-mannosidase IIx in N-glycan processing in vivo in mice

Semirational design of Jun-Fos coiled coils with increased affinity: Universal implications for leucine zipper prediction and design

Endonuclease G: A role for the enzyme in recombination and cellular proliferation

Microfibrillar structure of type I collagen in situ

Differential detection of dual traps improves the spatial resolution of optical tweezers

Observation of fragile-to-strong dynamic crossover in protein hydration water

Semaphorin 4D provides a link between axon guidance processes and tumor-induced angiogenesis

GPR56, an atypical G protein-coupled receptor, binds tissue transglutaminase, TG2, and inhibits melanoma tumor growth and metastasis

Redox sensor CtBP mediates hypoxia-induced tumor cell migration

Centrosome-associated RNA in surf clam oocytes

A mammalian NudC-like protein essential for dynein stability and cell viability

Compartmentalized signaling of Ras in fission yeast

Regulation of transactivation-independent proapoptotic activity of p53 by FOXO3a

Rb is dispensable for self-renewal and multilineage differentiation of adult hematopoietic stem cells

A variant of estrogen receptor-α, hER-α36: Transduction of estrogen- and antiestrogen-dependent membrane-initiated mitogenic signaling

Mutation of the atrophin2 gene in the zebrafish disrupts signaling by fibroblast growth factor during development of the inner ear

Generation of the primary hair follicle pattern

Interspecies difference in the regulation of melanocyte development by SOX10 and MITF

Biomass and toxicity responses of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) to elevated atmospheric CO2

Experimental evidence that predation promotes divergence in adaptive radiation

From the Cover: Naked corals: Skeleton loss in Scleractinia

Phylogenetic analysis of the “ECE” (CYC/TB1) clade reveals duplications predating the core eudicots

Tests of parallel molecular evolution in a long-term experiment with Escherichia coli

The group covariance effect and fitness trade-offs during evolutionary transitions in individuality

Cu-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling: A versatile strategy for C–C bond formations via the oxidative activation of sp³ C–H bonds

The critical mutagenic translesion DNA polymerase Rev1 is highly expressed during G₂/M phase rather than S phase

Biomass and toxicity responses of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) to elevated atmospheric CO₂