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January 15, 2008; 105 (2)
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FROM THE COVER
Early maturity in dinosaurs
Leaves link CO2 to Miocene
Synthetic thyromimetic lowers cholesterol
Balancing risks of sun exposure
Hearing in stereo
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Daniel Garrigan
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Michael F. Hammer
Ancient lineages in the genome: A response to Fagundes
et al
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Nelson J. R. Fagundes
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Nicolas Ray
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Mark Beaumont
,
Samuel Neuenschwander
,
Francisco M. Salzano
,
Sandro L. Bonatto
,
and
Laurent Excoffier
Reply to Garrigan and Hammer: Ancient lineages and assimilation
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Commentary
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David N. Beratan
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Ilya A. Balabin
Heme–copper oxidases use tunneling pathways
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James E. Haber
Alternative endings
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Commentary
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Dana L. Royer
Linkages between CO
2
, climate, and evolution in deep time
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Scott M. Grundy
Thyroid mimetic as an option for lowering low-density lipoprotein
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Noise in solid-state nanopores
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Robert K. Murawski
,
Vladimir A. Sautenkov
,
Arthur Dogariu
,
Alexei V. Sokolov
,
and
Marlan O. Scully
Single-shot detection of bacterial endospores via coherent Raman spectroscopy
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Instability in pipe flow
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Ting-Jen Rachel Cheng
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Yi-Fan Chang
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Chia-Ying Huang
,
Lien-Yang Chou
,
Yen-Da Wu
,
Yin-Hsuan Chen
,
Yih-Shyun E. Cheng
,
Chi-Huey Wong
,
Che Ma
,
and
Wei-Chieh Cheng
Domain requirement of moenomycin binding to bifunctional transglycosylases and development of high-throughput discovery of antibiotics
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A. Paarmann
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N. Huse
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E. T. J. Nibbering
,
T. Elsaesser
,
and
R. J. Dwayne Miller
Temperature dependence of the two-dimensional infrared spectrum of liquid H
2
O
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Peng Sun
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François O. Laforge
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Thushara P. Abeyweera
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Susan A. Rotenberg
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James Carpino
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and
Michael V. Mirkin
Nanoelectrochemistry of mammalian cells
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Preferred side-chain constellations at antiparallel coiled-coil interfaces
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Wolfram M. Kürschner
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Zlatko Kvaček
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David L. Dilcher
From the Cover:
The impact of Miocene atmospheric carbon dioxide fluctuations on climate and the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems
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Jan Fuglestvedt
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Terje Berntsen
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Gunnar Myhre
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Kristin Rypdal
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Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie
Climate forcing from the transport sectors
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Rainer Klages
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Roland Preuss
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Albrecht Schwab
Anomalous dynamics of cell migration
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M. R. Schmer
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K. P. Vogel
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R. B. Mitchell
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and
R. K. Perrin
Net energy of cellulosic ethanol from switchgrass
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George A. Dyer
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A crop population perspective on maize seed systems in Mexico
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,
Chia-Ying Huang
,
Lien-Yang Chou
,
Yen-Da Wu
,
Yin-Hsuan Chen
,
Yih-Shyun E. Cheng
,
Chi-Huey Wong
,
Che Ma
,
and
Wei-Chieh Cheng
Domain requirement of moenomycin binding to bifunctional transglycosylases and development of high-throughput discovery of antibiotics
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Cheuk-Wai Kan
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Brian E. Root
,
Ryan E. Forster
,
and
Annelise E. Barron
Ultrafast DNA sequencing on a microchip by a hybrid separation mechanism that gives 600 bases in 6.5 minutes
PNAS
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Ren-Huai Huang
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Ying Wang
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Robyn Roth
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Xiong Yu
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Angie R. Purvis
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John E. Heuser
,
Edward H. Egelman
,
and
J. Evan Sadler
Assembly of Weibel–Palade body-like tubules from N-terminal domains of von Willebrand factor
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Toshiyuki Yamaji
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Soichi Wakatsuki
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Masahiro Nishijima
,
Kentaro Hanada
,
and
Ryuichi Kato
Structural basis for specific lipid recognition by CERT responsible for nonvesicular trafficking of ceramide
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Steven G. Van Lanen
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Shuangjun Lin
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Biosynthesis of the enediyne antitumor antibiotic C-1027 involves a new branching point in chorismate metabolism
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Cross-crystal averaging reveals that the structure of the peptidyl-transferase center is the same in the 70S ribosome and the 50S subunit
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Larry R. Masterson
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Gianluigi Veglia
Allosteric cooperativity in protein kinase A
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Ian J. MacRae
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Enbo Ma
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Min Zhou
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Carol V. Robinson
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Jennifer A. Doudna
In vitro
reconstitution of the human RISC-loading complex
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Patricia Y. Scaraffia
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Guanhong Tan
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Jun Isoe
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Vicki H. Wysocki
,
Michael A. Wells
,
and
Roger L. Miesfeld
Discovery of an alternate metabolic pathway for urea synthesis in adult
Aedes aegypti
mosquitoes
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Nayef Mazloum
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Qingwen Zhou
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D-loop formation by Brh2 protein of
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524
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529
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U. F. Keyser
,
N. H. Dekker
,
and
C. Dekker
Noise in solid-state nanopores
PNAS
2008
105
:
417
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421
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Rainer Klages
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Roland Preuss
,
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Albrecht Schwab
Anomalous dynamics of cell migration
PNAS
2008
105
:
459
-
463
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Oliver D. Testa
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Derek N. Woolfson
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Samuel H. Gellman
Preferred side-chain constellations at antiparallel coiled-coil interfaces
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530
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535
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Multiscale complex network of protein conformational fluctuations in single-molecule time series
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Elizabeth Rhoades
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Lisa W. Kwok
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Warren R. Zipfel
,
M. Neal Waxham
,
Watt W. Webb
,
and
Lois Pollack
Conformational changes of calmodulin upon Ca
2+
binding studied with a microfluidic mixer
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Cooperative binding of ATP and RNA induces a closed conformation in a DEAD box RNA helicase
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Heat-shock protein 90α1 is required for organized myofibril assembly in skeletal muscles of zebrafish embryos
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Food limitation leads to behavioral diversification and dietary specialization in sea otters
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Ecological rules governing helminth–microparasite coinfection
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Water shrews detect movement, shape, and smell to find prey underwater
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Interaction location outweighs the competitive advantage of numerical superiority in
Cebus capucinus
intergroup contests
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Robert K. Murawski
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Vladimir A. Sautenkov
,
Arthur Dogariu
,
Alexei V. Sokolov
,
and
Marlan O. Scully
Single-shot detection of bacterial endospores via coherent Raman spectroscopy
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422
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Andrew H. Lee
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Sexual maturity in growing dinosaurs does not fit reptilian growth models
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Phylogeny of endocytic components yields insight into the process of nonendosymbiotic organelle evolution
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