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June 27, 2006; 103 (26)

FROM THE COVER

This Week in PNAS

This Week in PNAS:
In This Issue
PNAS 2006 103:9747-9748; doi:10.1073/iti2606103

Commentaries

Commentary:
- Jurandir Vieira Magalhaes
Aluminum tolerance genes are conserved between monocots and dicots
PNAS 2006 103:9749-9750; published online before print June 19, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603957103
- See companion article on page 9738 in issue 25 of volume 103
Commentary:
- Christopher Payne
- and Robert E. Braun
Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor maintains a POZ-itive influence on stem cells
PNAS 2006 103:9751-9752; published online before print June 19, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603958103
- See companion article on page 9524 in issue 25 of volume 103

Profile

Profile:
- Regina Nuzzo
Profile of William D. Nordhaus
PNAS 2006 103:9753-9755; doi:10.1073/pnas.0601306103
- See commentary article on page 3510 in issue 10 of volume 103

Physical Sciences

Chemistry

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
- Onur Alptürk,
- Oleksandr Rusin,
- Sayo O. Fakayode,
- Weihua Wang,
- Jorge O. Escobedo,
- Isiah M. Warner,
- William E. Crowe,
- Vladimir Král,
- Jeff M. Pruet,
- and Robert M. Strongin
Lanthanide complexes as fluorescent indicators for neutral sugars and cancer biomarkers
PNAS 2006 103:9756-9760; published online before print June 19, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603758103
OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- David Swigon,
- Bernard D. Coleman,
- and Wilma K. Olson
Modeling the Lac repressor-operator assembly: The influence of DNA looping on Lac repressor conformation
PNAS 2006 103:9879-9884; published online before print June 19, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603557103

Computer Sciences

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Physical Sciences - Computer Sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Payel Das,
- Mark Moll,
- Hernán Stamati,
- Lydia E. Kavraki,
- and Cecilia Clementi
Low-dimensional, free-energy landscapes of protein-folding reactions by nonlinear dimensionality reduction
PNAS 2006 103:9885-9890; published online before print June 19, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603553103

Physics

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Physical Sciences - Physics:
- Herbert Levine,
- David A. Kessler,
- and Wouter-Jan Rappel
Directional sensing in eukaryotic chemotaxis: A balanced inactivation model
PNAS 2006 103:9761-9766; published online before print June 16, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601302103

Social Sciences

Sustainability Science

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Social Sciences - Sustainability Science:
- Joshua H. Goldstein,
- Gretchen C. Daily,
- James B. Friday,
- Pamela A. Matson,
- Rosamond L. Naylor,
- and Peter Vitousek
From the Cover: Business strategies for conservation on private lands: Koa forestry as a case study
PNAS 2006 103:10140-10145; published online before print June 16, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0600391103

Biological Sciences

Applied Biological Sciences

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
- Onur Alptürk,
- Oleksandr Rusin,
- Sayo O. Fakayode,
- Weihua Wang,
- Jorge O. Escobedo,
- Isiah M. Warner,
- William E. Crowe,
- Vladimir Král,
- Jeff M. Pruet,
- and Robert M. Strongin
Lanthanide complexes as fluorescent indicators for neutral sugars and cancer biomarkers
PNAS 2006 103:9756-9760; published online before print June 19, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603758103
OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Biophysics

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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Bin Guo
- and William H. Guilford
Mechanics of actomyosin bonds in different nucleotide states are tuned to muscle contraction
PNAS 2006 103:9844-9849; published online before print June 19, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601255103
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- N. Voevodskaya,
- A.-J. Narvaez,
- V. Domkin,
- E. Torrents,
- L. Thelander,
- and A. Gräslund
Chlamydial ribonucleotide reductase: Tyrosyl radical function in catalysis replaced by the Fe^III-Fe^IV cluster
PNAS 2006 103:9850-9854; published online before print June 15, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0600603103
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Hiroshi Ishikita,
- Wolfram Saenger,
- Jacek Biesiadka,
- Bernhard Loll,
- and Ernst-Walter Knapp
How photosynthetic reaction centers control oxidation power in chlorophyll pairs P680, P700, and P870
PNAS 2006 103:9855-9860; published online before print June 20, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601446103
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Xiang-Qi Mu
- and Esther Bullitt
Structure and assembly of P-pili: A protruding hinge region used for assembly of a bacterial adhesion filament
PNAS 2006 103:9861-9866; published online before print June 16, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0509620103
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Beenu Moza,
- Rebecca A. Buonpane,
- Penny Zhu,
- Christine A. Herfst,
- A. K. M. Nur-ur Rahman,
- John K. McCormick,
- David M. Kranz,
- and Eric J. Sundberg
Long-range cooperative binding effects in a T cell receptor variable domain
PNAS 2006 103:9867-9872; published online before print June 20, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0600220103
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Charles L. Asbury,
- Daniel R. Gestaut,
- Andrew F. Powers,
- Andrew D. Franck,
- and Trisha N. Davis
The Dam1 kinetochore complex harnesses microtubule dynamics to produce force and movement
PNAS 2006 103:9873-9878; published online before print June 15, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0602249103
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- David Swigon,
- Bernard D. Coleman,
- and Wilma K. Olson
Modeling the Lac repressor-operator assembly: The influence of DNA looping on Lac repressor conformation
PNAS 2006 103:9879-9884; published online before print June 19, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603557103
Select this article
Physical Sciences - Computer Sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Payel Das,
- Mark Moll,
- Hernán Stamati,
- Lydia E. Kavraki,
- and Cecilia Clementi
Low-dimensional, free-energy landscapes of protein-folding reactions by nonlinear dimensionality reduction
PNAS 2006 103:9885-9890; published online before print June 19, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603553103

Cell Biology

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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Thomas M. Marti,
- Eli Hefner,
- Luzviminda Feeney,
- Valerie Natale,
- and James E. Cleaver
H2AX phosphorylation within the G₁ phase after UV irradiation depends on nucleotide excision repair and not DNA double-strand breaks
PNAS 2006 103:9891-9896; published online before print June 20, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603779103
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Xuebin Zhang,
- Mehmet Candas,
- Natalya B. Griko,
- Ronald Taussig,
- and Lee A. Bulla, Jr.
A mechanism of cell death involving an adenylyl cyclase/PKA signaling pathway is induced by the Cry1Ab toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis
PNAS 2006 103:9897-9902; published online before print June 20, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604017103
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Kevin G. Chen,
- Julio C. Valencia,
- Barry Lai,
- Guofeng Zhang,
- Jill K. Paterson,
- François Rouzaud,
- Werner Berens,
- Stephen M. Wincovitch,
- Susan H. Garfield,
- Richard D. Leapman,
- Vincent J. Hearing,
- and Michael M. Gottesman
Melanosomal sequestration of cytotoxic drugs contributes to the intractability of malignant melanomas
PNAS 2006 103:9903-9907; published online before print June 15, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0600213103
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Yong Wang,
- Nickolay Y. Chirgadze,
- Stephen L. Briggs,
- Sohaib Khan,
- Elwood V. Jensen,
- and Thomas P. Burris
A second binding site for hydroxytamoxifen within the coactivator-binding groove of estrogen receptor β
PNAS 2006 103:9908-9911; published online before print June 16, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510596103

Developmental Biology

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Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
- Y. Y. Dan,
- K. J. Riehle,
- C. Lazaro,
- N. Teoh,
- J. Haque,
- J. S. Campbell,
- and N. Fausto
Isolation of multipotent progenitor cells from human fetal liver capable of differentiating into liver and mesenchymal lineages
PNAS 2006 103:9912-9917; published online before print June 16, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603824103
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Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
- Doris Brown,
- Benjamin D. Yu,
- Nicholas Joza,
- Paule Bénit,
- Juanito Meneses,
- Meri Firpo,
- Pierre Rustin,
- Josef M. Penninger,
- and Gail R. Martin
Loss of Aif function causes cell death in the mouse embryo, but the temporal progression of patterning is normal
PNAS 2006 103:9918-9923; published online before print June 20, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603950103

Evolution

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Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- Mark Mackiewicz,
- Andrey Tatarenkov,
- D. Scott Taylor,
- Bruce J. Turner,
- and John C. Avise
Extensive outcrossing and androdioecy in a vertebrate species that otherwise reproduces as a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite
PNAS 2006 103:9924-9928; published online before print June 19, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603847103
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Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- Hidenori Nishihara,
- Masami Hasegawa,
- and Norihiro Okada
Pegasoferae, an unexpected mammalian clade revealed by tracking ancient retroposon insertions
PNAS 2006 103:9929-9934; published online before print June 19, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603797103
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Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- Mia T. Levine,
- Corbin D. Jones,
- Andrew D. Kern,
- Heather A. Lindfors,
- and David J. Begun
Novel genes derived from noncoding DNA in Drosophila melanogaster are frequently X-linked and exhibit testis-biased expression
PNAS 2006 103:9935-9939; published online before print June 15, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0509809103

Genetics

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Biological Sciences - Genetics:
- Su-Wen Ho,
- Ghil Jona,
- Christina T. L. Chen,
- Mark Johnston,
- and Michael Snyder
Linking DNA-binding proteins to their recognition sequences by using protein microarrays
PNAS 2006 103:9940-9945; published online before print June 19, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0509185103
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Biological Sciences - Genetics:
- J. B. Weidhaas,
- D. M. Eisenmann,
- J. M. Holub,
- and S. V. Nallur
A Caenorhabditis elegans tissue model of radiation-induced reproductive cell death
PNAS 2006 103:9946-9951; published online before print June 20, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603791103

FROM THE COVER

In This Issue

Aluminum tolerance genes are conserved between monocots and dicots

Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor maintains a POZ-itive influence on stem cells

Profile of William D. Nordhaus

Lanthanide complexes as fluorescent indicators for neutral sugars and cancer biomarkers

Modeling the Lac repressor-operator assembly: The influence of DNA looping on Lac repressor conformation

Low-dimensional, free-energy landscapes of protein-folding reactions by nonlinear dimensionality reduction

Directional sensing in eukaryotic chemotaxis: A balanced inactivation model

From the Cover: Business strategies for conservation on private lands: Koa forestry as a case study

Lanthanide complexes as fluorescent indicators for neutral sugars and cancer biomarkers

Terminal association of Rad54 protein with the Rad51–dsDNA filament

Phosphoproteomic analysis of Her2/neu signaling and inhibition

Regulation of nitrogenase by 2-oxoglutarate-reversible, direct binding of a PII-like nitrogen sensor protein to dinitrogenase

A genetically encoded fluorescent amino acid

Structural and functional analysis of PucM, a hydrolase in the ureide pathway and a member of the transthyretin-related protein family

Activation of the nonreceptor protein tyrosine kinase Ack by multiple extracellular stimuli

A loop network within the anthrax toxin pore positions the phenylalanine clamp in an active conformation

Recruitment of mRNA cleavage/polyadenylation machinery by the yeast chromatin protein Sin1p/Spt2p

Cellular oxygen sensing: Crystal structure of hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase (PHD2)

Atomic structure of a nitrate-binding protein crucial for photosynthetic productivity

Identifying and manipulating structural determinates linking catalytic specificities in terpene synthases

Mechanism of action of a flavin-containing monooxygenase

Visualization of a group II intron in the 23S rRNA of a stable ribosome

Mechanics of actomyosin bonds in different nucleotide states are tuned to muscle contraction

Chlamydial ribonucleotide reductase: Tyrosyl radical function in catalysis replaced by the FeIII-FeIV cluster

How photosynthetic reaction centers control oxidation power in chlorophyll pairs P680, P700, and P870

Structure and assembly of P-pili: A protruding hinge region used for assembly of a bacterial adhesion filament

Long-range cooperative binding effects in a T cell receptor variable domain

The Dam1 kinetochore complex harnesses microtubule dynamics to produce force and movement

Modeling the Lac repressor-operator assembly: The influence of DNA looping on Lac repressor conformation

Low-dimensional, free-energy landscapes of protein-folding reactions by nonlinear dimensionality reduction

H2AX phosphorylation within the G1 phase after UV irradiation depends on nucleotide excision repair and not DNA double-strand breaks

A mechanism of cell death involving an adenylyl cyclase/PKA signaling pathway is induced by the Cry1Ab toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis

Melanosomal sequestration of cytotoxic drugs contributes to the intractability of malignant melanomas

A second binding site for hydroxytamoxifen within the coactivator-binding groove of estrogen receptor β

Isolation of multipotent progenitor cells from human fetal liver capable of differentiating into liver and mesenchymal lineages

Loss of Aif function causes cell death in the mouse embryo, but the temporal progression of patterning is normal

Extensive outcrossing and androdioecy in a vertebrate species that otherwise reproduces as a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite

Pegasoferae, an unexpected mammalian clade revealed by tracking ancient retroposon insertions

Novel genes derived from noncoding DNA in Drosophila melanogaster are frequently X-linked and exhibit testis-biased expression

Linking DNA-binding proteins to their recognition sequences by using protein microarrays

A Caenorhabditis elegans tissue model of radiation-induced reproductive cell death

Chlamydial ribonucleotide reductase: Tyrosyl radical function in catalysis replaced by the Fe^III-Fe^IV cluster

H2AX phosphorylation within the G₁ phase after UV irradiation depends on nucleotide excision repair and not DNA double-strand breaks