Commentaries

  • Commentary:
    • J. Woodland Hastings

    Bacterial quorum-sensing signals are inactivated by mammalian cells

    PNAS 2004 101:3993-3994; published ahead of print March 15, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400874101
    • See companion article on page 3587 in issue 10 of volume 101
  • Commentary:
    • James U. Bowie

    Membrane proteins: A new method enters the fold

    PNAS 2004 101:3995-3996; published ahead of print March 15, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400671101
    • See companion article on page 4065 in issue 12 of volume 101
  • Commentary:
    • Michael W. Deem

    Evolution and evolvability of proteins in the laboratory

    PNAS 2004 101:3997-3998; published ahead of print March 15, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400475101
    • See companion article on page 4142 in issue 12 of volume 101

Perspectives

  • Perspective:
    • Charles A. Holt
    • and Alvin E. Roth

    The Nash equilibrium: A perspective

    PNAS 2004 101:3999-4002; published ahead of print March 15, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0308738101
  • Perspective:
    • Rafael Radi

    Nitric oxide, oxidants, and protein tyrosine nitration

    PNAS 2004 101:4003-4008; published ahead of print March 12, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0307446101

Physical Sciences

Applied Physical Sciences

  • Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences:
    • Nirupama Chakrapani,
    • Bingqing Wei,
    • Alvaro Carrillo,
    • Pulickel M. Ajayan,
    • and Ravi S. Kane

    From the Cover: Capillarity-driven assembly of two-dimensional cellular carbon nanotube foams

    PNAS 2004 101:4009-4012; published ahead of print March 11, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400734101
    • See commentary article on page 6331 in issue 17 of volume 101

Physics

  • Physical Sciences - Physics:
    • B. Edwards
    • and N. W. Ashcroft

    Order in dense hydrogen at low temperatures

    PNAS 2004 101:4013-4018; published ahead of print March 17, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0307331101
  • Physical Sciences - Physics:
    • Davide Iannuzzi,
    • Mariangela Lisanti,
    • and Federico Capasso

    Effect of hydrogen-switchable mirrors on the Casimir force

    PNAS 2004 101:4019-4023; published ahead of print March 15, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400876101

Social Sciences

Anthropology

  • Social Sciences - Anthropology:
    • Tom D. Dillehay
    • and Alan L. Kolata

    Long-term human response to uncertain environmental conditions in the Andes

    PNAS 2004 101:4325-4330; published ahead of print March 15, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400538101

Biological Sciences

Agricultural Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Agricultural Sciences:
    • C. Helvig,
    • J. F. Koener,
    • G. C. Unnithan,
    • and R. Feyereisen

    CYP15A1, the cytochrome P450 that catalyzes epoxidation of methyl farnesoate to juvenile hormone III in cockroach corpora allata

    PNAS 2004 101:4024-4029; published ahead of print March 15, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0306980101

Biochemistry

  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Brian A. Van Tine,
    • Luan D. Dao,
    • Shwu-Yuan Wu,
    • Timothy M. Sonbuchner,
    • Biing Yuan Lin,
    • Nianxiang Zou,
    • Cheng-Ming Chiang,
    • Thomas R. Broker,
    • and Louise T. Chow

    Human papillomavirus (HPV) origin-binding protein associates with mitotic spindles to enable viral DNA partitioning

    PNAS 2004 101:4030-4035; published ahead of print March 12, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0306848101
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Chi-Yong Eom,
    • Won Do Heo,
    • Madeleine L. Craske,
    • Tobias Meyer,
    • and I. Robert Lehman

    The neural F-box protein NFB42 mediates the nuclear export of the herpes simplex virus type 1 replication initiator protein (UL9 protein) after viral infection

    PNAS 2004 101:4036-4040; published ahead of print March 9, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400738101
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Kalyan Das,
    • Thomas Acton,
    • Yiwen Chiang,
    • Lydia Shih,
    • Eddy Arnold,
    • and Gaetano T. Montelione

    Crystal structure of RlmA I : Implications for understanding the 23S rRNA G745/G748-methylation at the macrolide antibiotic-binding site

    PNAS 2004 101:4041-4046; published ahead of print March 3, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400189101
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Chih-Cheng Tsai,
    • Hung-Ying Kao,
    • Akifumi Mitzutani,
    • Ester Banayo,
    • Harini Rajan,
    • Michael McKeown,
    • and Ronald M. Evans

    Ataxin 1, a SCA1 neurodegenerative disorder protein, is functionally linked to the silencing mediator of retinoid and thyroid hormone receptors

    PNAS 2004 101:4047-4052; published ahead of print March 11, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400615101
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Akihiko Komuro,
    • Yutaka Masuda,
    • Koichi Kobayashi,
    • Roger Babbitt,
    • Murat Gunel,
    • Richard A. Flavell,
    • and Vincent T. Marchesi

    The AHNAKs are a class of giant propeller-like proteins that associate with calcium channel proteins of cardiomyocytes and other cells

    PNAS 2004 101:4053-4058; published ahead of print March 8, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0308619101
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Peng Fang,
    • Christina C. Spevak,
    • Cheng Wu,
    • and Matthew S. Sachs

    A nascent polypeptide domain that can regulate translation elongation

    PNAS 2004 101:4059-4064; published ahead of print March 12, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400554101

Biophysics

  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Heedeok Hong
    • and Lukas K. Tamm

    From the Cover: Elastic coupling of integral membrane protein stability to lipid bilayer forces

    PNAS 2004 101:4065-4070; published ahead of print February 27, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400358101
    • See commentary article on page 3995 in issue 12 of volume 101
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Paul Wiggins
    • and Rob Phillips

    Analytic models for mechanotransduction: Gating a mechanosensitive channel

    PNAS 2004 101:4071-4076; published ahead of print March 15, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0307804101
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Christopher D. Snow,
    • Linlin Qiu,
    • Deguo Du,
    • Feng Gai,
    • Stephen J. Hagen,
    • and Vijay S. Pande

    Trp zipper folding kinetics by molecular dynamics and temperature-jump spectroscopy

    PNAS 2004 101:4077-4082; published ahead of print March 12, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0305260101
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Kakoli Mitra,
    • Iban Ubarretxena-Belandia,
    • Tomohiko Taguchi,
    • Graham Warren,
    • and Donald M. Engelman

    Modulation of the bilayer thickness of exocytic pathway membranes by membrane proteins rather than cholesterol

    PNAS 2004 101:4083-4088; published ahead of print March 11, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0307332101
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Tara N. Niraula,
    • Takashi Konno,
    • Hua Li,
    • Hiroaki Yamada,
    • Kazuyuki Akasaka,
    • and Hideki Tachibana

    Pressure-dissociable reversible assembly of intrinsically denatured lysozyme is a precursor for amyloid fibrils

    PNAS 2004 101:4089-4093; published ahead of print March 11, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0305798101
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Olga Vinogradova,
    • Julia Vaynberg,
    • Xiangming Kong,
    • Thomas A. Haas,
    • Edward F. Plow,
    • and Jun Qin

    Membrane-mediated structural transitions at the cytoplasmic face during integrin activation

    PNAS 2004 101:4094-4099; published ahead of print March 15, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400742101

Cell Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Frank Boellmann,
    • Toumy Guettouche,
    • Yongle Guo,
    • Mary Fenna,
    • Laila Mnayer,
    • and Richard Voellmy

    DAXX interacts with heat shock factor 1 during stress activation and enhances its transcriptional activity

    PNAS 2004 101:4100-4105; published ahead of print March 11, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0304768101
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Daniela Vallone,
    • Srinivas Babu Gondi,
    • David Whitmore,
    • and Nicholas S. Foulkes

    E-box function in a period gene repressed by light

    PNAS 2004 101:4106-4111; published ahead of print March 15, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0305436101
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Jacob B. Hansen,
    • Claus Jørgensen,
    • Rasmus K. Petersen,
    • Philip Hallenborg,
    • Rita De Matteis,
    • Hans A. Bøye,
    • Natasa Petrovic,
    • Sven Enerbäck,
    • Jan Nedergaard,
    • Saverio Cinti,
    • Hein te Riele,
    • and Karsten Kristiansen

    Retinoblastoma protein functions as a molecular switch determining white versus brown adipocyte differentiation

    PNAS 2004 101:4112-4117; published ahead of print March 15, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0301964101
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Maria A. Ferraiuolo,
    • Chung-Sheng Lee,
    • Lian Wee Ler,
    • Jeanne L. Hsu,
    • Mauro Costa-Mattioli,
    • Ming-Juan Luo,
    • Robin Reed,
    • and Nahum Sonenberg

    A nuclear translation-like factor eIF4AIII is recruited to the mRNA during splicing and functions in nonsense-mediated decay

    PNAS 2004 101:4118-4123; published ahead of print March 15, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400933101
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Krisada Sakchaisri,
    • Satoshi Asano,
    • Li-Rong Yu,
    • Mark J. Shulewitz,
    • Chong J. Park,
    • Jung-Eun Park,
    • Young-Wook Cho,
    • Timothy D. Veenstra,
    • Jeremy Thorner,
    • and Kyung S. Lee

    Coupling morphogenesis to mitotic entry

    PNAS 2004 101:4124-4129; published ahead of print March 22, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400641101
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Shao-Hua Yang,
    • Ran Liu,
    • Evelyn J. Perez,
    • Yi Wen,
    • Stanley M. Stevens, Jr.,
    • Thomas Valencia,
    • Anne-Marie Brun-Zinkernagel,
    • Laszlo Prokai,
    • Yvonne Will,
    • James Dykens,
    • Peter Koulen,
    • and James W. Simpkins

    Mitochondrial localization of estrogen receptor β

    PNAS 2004 101:4130-4135; published ahead of print March 15, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0306948101

Ecology

  • Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • Gregory J. McCabe,
    • Michael A. Palecki,
    • and Julio L. Betancourt

    Pacific and Atlantic Ocean influences on multidecadal drought frequency in the United States

    PNAS 2004 101:4136-4141; published ahead of print March 11, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0306738101

Evolution

  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Manish C. Saraf,
    • Alexander R. Horswill,
    • Stephen J. Benkovic,
    • and Costas D. Maranas

    From the Cover: FamClash: A method for ranking the activity of engineered enzymes

    PNAS 2004 101:4142-4147; published ahead of print February 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400065101
    • See commentary article on page 3997 in issue 12 of volume 101
  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • John D. Lewis,
    • Núria Saperas,
    • Yue Song,
    • Maria Jose Zamora,
    • Manel Chiva,
    • and Juan Ausió

    Histone H1 and the origin of protamines

    PNAS 2004 101:4148-4152; published ahead of print March 15, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0308721101

Genetics

  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Reeta Prusty,
    • Paula Grisafi,
    • and Gerald R. Fink

    The plant hormone indoleacetic acid induces invasive growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    PNAS 2004 101:4153-4157; published ahead of print March 9, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400659101
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Bob Y. Liu,
    • Sean P. McDermott,
    • Shariq S. Khwaja,
    • and Caroline M. Alexander

    The transforming activity of Wnt effectors correlates with their ability to induce the accumulation of mammary progenitor cells

    PNAS 2004 101:4158-4163; published ahead of print March 12, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400699101
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Jean-Philippe Brunet,
    • Pablo Tamayo,
    • Todd R. Golub,
    • and Jill P. Mesirov

    Metagenes and molecular pattern discovery using matrix factorization

    PNAS 2004 101:4164-4169; published ahead of print March 11, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0308531101
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Eishou Matsuda,
    • Toshiaki Shigeoka,
    • Ryuji Iida,
    • Shinya Yamanaka,
    • Masashi Kawaichi,
    • and Yasumasa Ishida

    Expression profiling with arrays of randomly disrupted genes in mouse embryonic stem cells leads to in vivo functional analysis

    PNAS 2004 101:4170-4174; published ahead of print March 9, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400604101

Immunology

  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Chu-Young Kim,
    • Hanne Quarsten,
    • Elin Bergseng,
    • Chaitan Khosla,
    • and Ludvig M. Sollid

    Structural basis for HLA-DQ2-mediated presentation of gluten epitopes in celiac disease

    PNAS 2004 101:4175-4179; published ahead of print March 12, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0306885101
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Annalise M. Martin,
    • David Nolan,
    • Silvana Gaudieri,
    • Coral Ann Almeida,
    • Richard Nolan,
    • Ian James,
    • Filipa Carvalho,
    • Elizabeth Phillips,
    • Frank T. Christiansen,
    • Anthony W. Purcell,
    • James McCluskey,
    • and Simon Mallal

    Predisposition to abacavir hypersensitivity conferred by HLA-B * 5701 and a haplotypic Hsp70-Hom variant

    PNAS 2004 101:4180-4185; published ahead of print March 15, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0307067101
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Theresa L. Gioannini,
    • Athmane Teghanemt,
    • DeSheng Zhang,
    • Nathan P. Coussens,
    • Wendie Dockstader,
    • S. Ramaswamy,
    • and Jerrold P. Weiss

    Isolation of an endotoxin–MD-2 complex that produces Toll-like receptor 4-dependent cell activation at picomolar concentrations

    PNAS 2004 101:4186-4191; published ahead of print March 9, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0306906101
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Masako Kohyama,
    • Daisuke Sugahara,
    • Shigeru Sugiyama,
    • Hideo Yagita,
    • Ko Okumura,
    • and Nobumichi Hozumi

    Inducible costimulator-dependent IL-10 production by regulatory T cells specific for self-antigen

    PNAS 2004 101:4192-4197; published ahead of print March 10, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400214101

Medical Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Nicolas Genoud,
    • Axel Behrens,
    • Gino Miele,
    • Dimitri Robay,
    • Frank L. Heppner,
    • Stefan Freigang,
    • and Adriano Aguzzi

    Disruption of Doppel prevents neurodegeneration in mice with extensive Prnp deletions

    PNAS 2004 101:4198-4203; published ahead of print March 8, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400131101
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • David N. Levy,
    • Grace M. Aldrovandi,
    • Olaf Kutsch,
    • and George M. Shaw

    From the Cover: Dynamics of HIV-1 recombination in its natural target cells

    PNAS 2004 101:4204-4209; published ahead of print March 9, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0306764101
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences