Commentaries

  • Commentary:
    • Lynmarie K. Thompson

    Unraveling the secrets of Alzheimer's β-amyloid fibrils

    PNAS 2003 100:383-385; published ahead of print January 13, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0337745100
    • See companion article on page 16742 in issue 26 of volume 99
  • Commentary:
    • Donald W. Hilgemann

    From a pump to a pore: How palytoxin opens the gates

    PNAS 2003 100:386-388; published ahead of print January 13, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0437775100
    • See companion article on page 501 in issue 2 of volume 100

Physical Sciences

Applied Physical Sciences

  • Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Matthew J. Dejneka,
    • Alexander Streltsov,
    • Santona Pal,
    • Anthony G. Frutos,
    • Christy L. Powell,
    • Kevin Yost,
    • Po Ki Yuen,
    • Uwe Müller,
    • and Joydeep Lahiri

    Rare earth-doped glass microbarcodes

    PNAS 2003 100:389-393; published ahead of print January 6, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0236044100

Chemistry

  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Emanuele Paci,
    • Jane Clarke,
    • Annette Steward,
    • Michele Vendruscolo,
    • and Martin Karplus

    Self-consistent determination of the transition state for protein folding: Application to a fibronectin type III domain

    PNAS 2003 100:394-399; published ahead of print January 6, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.232704999
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Neuroscience:
    • Ann-Sofie Cans,
    • Nathan Wittenberg,
    • Roger Karlsson,
    • Leslie Sombers,
    • Mattias Karlsson,
    • Owe Orwar,
    • and Andrew Ewing

    Artificial cells: Unique insights into exocytosis using liposomes and lipid nanotubes

    PNAS 2003 100:400-404; published ahead of print January 3, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.232702599
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Inhee Chung,
    • Ken T. Shimizu,
    • and Moungi G. Bawendi

    Room temperature measurements of the 3D orientation of single CdSe quantum dots using polarization microscopy

    PNAS 2003 100:405-408; published ahead of print January 6, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0133507100
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Xiaopeng Bai,
    • Zengmin Li,
    • Steffen Jockusch,
    • Nicholas J. Turro,
    • and Jingyue Ju

    From the Cover: Photocleavage of a 2-nitrobenzyl linker bridging a fluorophore to the 5′ end of DNA

    PNAS 2003 100:409-413; published ahead of print January 6, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.242729099
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Zengmin Li,
    • Xiaopeng Bai,
    • Hameer Ruparel,
    • Sobin Kim,
    • Nicholas J. Turro,
    • and Jingyue Ju

    A photocleavable fluorescent nucleotide for DNA sequencing and analysis

    PNAS 2003 100:414-419; published ahead of print January 6, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.242729199

Engineering

  • Physical Sciences - Engineering - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • S. R. Dziennik,
    • E. B. Belcher,
    • G. A. Barker,
    • M. J. DeBergalis,
    • S. E. Fernandez,
    • and A. M. Lenhoff

    From the Cover: Nondiffusive mechanisms enhance protein uptake rates in ion exchange particles

    PNAS 2003 100:420-425; published ahead of print January 8, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0237084100

Mathematics

  • Physical Sciences - Mathematics:
    • Yael Karshon,
    • Shlomo Sternberg,
    • and Jonathan Weitsman

    The Euler–Maclaurin formula for simple integral polytopes

    PNAS 2003 100:426-433; published ahead of print January 6, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0237168100
  • Physical Sciences - Mathematics:
    • Thomas J. Enright
    • and Jeb F. Willenbring

    Hilbert series, Howe duality, and branching rules

    PNAS 2003 100:434-437; published ahead of print January 13, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0136632100

Biological Sciences

Applied Biological Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Stephen P. Mayfield,
    • Scott E. Franklin,
    • and Richard A. Lerner

    Expression and assembly of a fully active antibody in algae

    PNAS 2003 100:438-442; published ahead of print January 8, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0237108100
  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Arthur R. Salomon,
    • Scott B. Ficarro,
    • Laurence M. Brill,
    • Achim Brinker,
    • Qui T. Phung,
    • Christer Ericson,
    • Karsten Sauer,
    • Ansgar Brock,
    • David M. Horn,
    • Peter G. Schultz,
    • and Eric C. Peters

    Profiling of tyrosine phosphorylation pathways in human cells using mass spectrometry

    PNAS 2003 100:443-448; published ahead of print January 9, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.2436191100

Biochemistry

  • Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Matthew J. Dejneka,
    • Alexander Streltsov,
    • Santona Pal,
    • Anthony G. Frutos,
    • Christy L. Powell,
    • Kevin Yost,
    • Po Ki Yuen,
    • Uwe Müller,
    • and Joydeep Lahiri

    Rare earth-doped glass microbarcodes

    PNAS 2003 100:389-393; published ahead of print January 6, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0236044100
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Carla A. Theimer,
    • L. David Finger,
    • Lukas Trantirek,
    • and Juli Feigon

    Mutations linked to dyskeratosis congenita cause changes in the structural equilibrium in telomerase RNA

    PNAS 2003 100:449-454; published ahead of print January 13, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.242720799
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Jin Kuk Yang,
    • Min S. Park,
    • Geoffrey S. Waldo,
    • and Se Won Suh

    Directed evolution approach to a structural genomics project: Rv2002 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    PNAS 2003 100:455-460; published ahead of print January 10, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0137017100
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Benjamin P. Luchsinger,
    • Eric N. Rich,
    • Andrew J. Gow,
    • Elizabeth M. Williams,
    • Jonathan S. Stamler,
    • and David J. Singel

    Routes to S -nitroso-hemoglobin formation with heme redox and preferential reactivity in the β subunits

    PNAS 2003 100:461-466; published ahead of print January 10, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0233287100
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Chikashi Toyoshima,
    • Michio Asahi,
    • Yuji Sugita,
    • Reena Khanna,
    • Takeo Tsuda,
    • and David H. MacLennan

    Inaugural Article: Modeling of the inhibitory interaction of phospholamban with the Ca 2+ ATPase

    PNAS 2003 100:467-472; published ahead of print January 13, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0237326100
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Hiroko Miyadera,
    • Kazuro Shiomi,
    • Hideaki Ui,
    • Yuichi Yamaguchi,
    • Rokuro Masuma,
    • Hiroshi Tomoda,
    • Hideto Miyoshi,
    • Arihiro Osanai,
    • Kiyoshi Kita,
    • and Satoshi Ōmura

    Atpenins, potent and specific inhibitors of mitochondrial complex II (succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase)

    PNAS 2003 100:473-477; published ahead of print January 6, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0237315100
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Haoyong Wang
    • and Shaorong Chong

    Visualization of coupled protein folding and binding in bacteria and purification of the heterodimeric complex

    PNAS 2003 100:478-483; published ahead of print January 6, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0236088100
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Janne Lehtiö,
    • Junji Sugiyama,
    • Malin Gustavsson,
    • Linda Fransson,
    • Markus Linder,
    • and Tuula T. Teeri

    The binding specificity and affinity determinants of family 1 and family 3 cellulose binding modules

    PNAS 2003 100:484-489; published ahead of print January 9, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.212651999
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Anthony C. Bishop,
    • Kirk Beebe,
    • and Paul R. Schimmel

    Interstice mutations that block site-to-site translocation of a misactivated amino acid bound to a class I tRNA synthetase

    PNAS 2003 100:490-494; published ahead of print January 6, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0237335100

Biophysics

  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Xiaopeng Bai,
    • Zengmin Li,
    • Steffen Jockusch,
    • Nicholas J. Turro,
    • and Jingyue Ju

    From the Cover: Photocleavage of a 2-nitrobenzyl linker bridging a fluorophore to the 5′ end of DNA

    PNAS 2003 100:409-413; published ahead of print January 6, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.242729099
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Zengmin Li,
    • Xiaopeng Bai,
    • Hameer Ruparel,
    • Sobin Kim,
    • Nicholas J. Turro,
    • and Jingyue Ju

    A photocleavable fluorescent nucleotide for DNA sequencing and analysis

    PNAS 2003 100:414-419; published ahead of print January 6, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.242729199
  • Physical Sciences - Engineering - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • S. R. Dziennik,
    • E. B. Belcher,
    • G. A. Barker,
    • M. J. DeBergalis,
    • S. E. Fernandez,
    • and A. M. Lenhoff

    From the Cover: Nondiffusive mechanisms enhance protein uptake rates in ion exchange particles

    PNAS 2003 100:420-425; published ahead of print January 8, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0237084100
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Sanford H. Leuba,
    • Mikhail A. Karymov,
    • Miroslav Tomschik,
    • Ravi Ramjit,
    • Paul Smith,
    • and Jordanka Zlatanova

    Assembly of single chromatin fibers depends on the tension in the DNA molecule: Magnetic tweezers study

    PNAS 2003 100:495-500; published ahead of print January 9, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0136890100
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Pablo Artigas
    • and David C. Gadsby

    From the Cover: Na + /K + -pump ligands modulate gating of palytoxin-induced ion channels

    PNAS 2003 100:501-505; published ahead of print December 23, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.0135849100
    • See commentary article on page 386 in issue 2 of volume 100
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • J. W. Shuai
    • and P. Jung

    Optimal ion channel clustering for intracellular calcium signaling

    PNAS 2003 100:506-510; published ahead of print January 7, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0236032100
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Scott R. McKercher,
    • Christian R. Lombardo,
    • Andrey Bobkov,
    • Xin Jia,
    • and Nuria Assa-Munt

    Identification of a PU.1–IRF4 protein interaction surface predicted by chemical exchange line broadening

    PNAS 2003 100:511-516; published ahead of print January 7, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0136910100
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Jonathan A. Lukin,
    • Georg Kontaxis,
    • Virgil Simplaceanu,
    • Yue Yuan,
    • Ad Bax,
    • and Chien Ho

    Quaternary structure of hemoglobin in solution

    PNAS 2003 100:517-520; published ahead of print January 13, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.232715799

Cell Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Julia Kirshner,
    • Charng-Jui Chen,
    • Pingfang Liu,
    • Jie Huang,
    • and John E. Shively

    CEACAM1-4S, a cell–cell adhesion molecule, mediates apoptosis and reverts mammary carcinoma cells to a normal morphogenic phenotype in a 3D culture

    PNAS 2003 100:521-526; published ahead of print January 9, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.232711199
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Guang-Zhi Li,
    • Mark S. Eller,
    • Reza Firoozabadi,
    • and Barbara A. Gilchrest

    Evidence that exposure of the telomere 3′ overhang sequence induces senescence

    PNAS 2003 100:527-531; published ahead of print January 6, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0235444100

Developmental Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Ting Luo,
    • Young-Hoon Lee,
    • Jean-Pierre Saint-Jeannet,
    • and Thomas D. Sargent

    Induction of neural crest in Xenopus by transcription factor AP2α

    PNAS 2003 100:532-537; published ahead of print January 2, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0237226100
  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Frederick L. Moore,
    • Jadwiga Jaruzelska,
    • Mark S. Fox,
    • Jun Urano,
    • Meri T. Firpo,
    • Paul J. Turek,
    • David M. Dorfman,
    • and Renee A. Reijo Pera

    Human Pumilio-2 is expressed in embryonic stem cells and germ cells and interacts with DAZ (Deleted in AZoospermia) and DAZ-Like proteins

    PNAS 2003 100:538-543; published ahead of print January 2, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0234478100
  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Jinsong Zhu,
    • Ken Miura,
    • Li Chen,
    • and Alexander S. Raikhel

    Cyclicity of mosquito vitellogenic ecdysteroid-mediated signaling is modulated by alternative dimerization of the RXR homologue Ultraspiracle

    PNAS 2003 100:544-549; published ahead of print January 9, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0235695100
  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Nobuhiro Suzumori,
    • Kathleen H. Burns,
    • Wei Yan,
    • and Martin M. Matzuk

    RFPL4 interacts with oocyte proteins of the ubiquitin-proteasome degradation pathway

    PNAS 2003 100:550-555; published ahead of print January 13, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0234474100
  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Clifford W. Bogue,
    • Ping-Xia Zhang,
    • James McGrath,
    • Harris C. Jacobs,
    • and Ramsay L. Fuleihan

    Impaired B cell development and function in mice with a targeted disruption of the homeobox gene Hex

    PNAS 2003 100:556-561; published ahead of print January 8, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0236979100

Ecology

  • Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • William E. Williams,
    • Holly L. Gorton,
    • and Thomas C. Vogelmann

    Surface gas-exchange processes of snow algae

    PNAS 2003 100:562-566; published ahead of print January 7, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0235560100
  • Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • Kathleen LoGiudice,
    • Richard S. Ostfeld,
    • Kenneth A. Schmidt,
    • and Felicia Keesing

    From the Cover: The ecology of infectious disease: Effects of host diversity and community composition on Lyme disease risk

    PNAS 2003 100:567-571; published ahead of print January 13, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0233733100
  • Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • Eric A. Graham,
    • Stephen S. Mulkey,
    • Kaoru Kitajima,
    • Nathan G. Phillips,
    • and S. Joseph Wright

    Cloud cover limits net CO 2 uptake and growth of a rainforest tree during tropical rainy seasons

    PNAS 2003 100:572-576; published ahead of print January 7, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0133045100
  • Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • Peter M. Narins,
    • Walter Hödl,
    • and Daniela S. Grabul

    Bimodal signal requisite for agonistic behavior in a dart-poison frog, Epipedobates femoralis

    PNAS 2003 100:577-580; published ahead of print January 6, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0237165100

Evolution

  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Roeland C. H. J. van Ham,
    • Judith Kamerbeek,
    • Carmen Palacios,
    • Carolina Rausell,
    • Federico Abascal,
    • Ugo Bastolla,
    • Jose M. Fernández,
    • Luis Jiménez,
    • Marina Postigo,
    • Francisco J. Silva,
    • Javier Tamames,
    • Enrique Viguera,
    • Amparo Latorre,
    • Alfonso Valencia,
    • Federico Morán,
    • and Andrés Moya

    Reductive genome evolution in Buchnera aphidicola

    PNAS 2003 100:581-586; published ahead of print January 9, 2003, doi:10.1073/pnas.0235981100