Commentaries

  • Commentary:
    • Catherine M. Joyce

    T4 replication: What does “processivity” really mean?

    PNAS 2004 101:8255-8256; published ahead of print May 24, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402850101
    • See companion article on page 8289 in issue 22 of volume 101
  • Commentary:
    • Luciano Brocchieri

    Environmental signatures in proteome properties

    PNAS 2004 101:8257-8258; published ahead of print May 24, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402797101
    • See companion article on page 8390 in issue 22 of volume 101

Biography

  • Biography:
    • Liza Bundesen

    Inaugural Article: Biography of Pietro De Camilli

    PNAS 2004 101:8259-8261; published ahead of print May 24, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0403132101
    • See commentary article on page 8262 in issue 22 of volume 101

Physical Sciences

Chemistry

  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Williams G. Skene
    • and Jean-Marie P. Lehn

    Dynamers: Polyacylhydrazone reversible covalent polymers, component exchange, and constitutional diversity

    PNAS 2004 101:8270-8275; published ahead of print May 18, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0401885101
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Damien Alcor,
    • Vincent Croquette,
    • Ludovic Jullien,
    • and Annie Lemarchand

    Molecular sorting by stochastic resonance

    PNAS 2004 101:8276-8280; published ahead of print May 20, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400663101

Geology

  • Physical Sciences - Geology - Biological Sciences - Microbiology:
    • Benjamin P. Weiss,
    • Soon Sam Kim,
    • Joseph L. Kirschvink,
    • Robert E. Kopp,
    • Mohan Sankaran,
    • Atsuko Kobayashi,
    • and Arash Komeili

    Magnetic tests for magnetosome chains in Martian meteorite ALH84001

    PNAS 2004 101:8281-8284; published ahead of print May 20, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402292101

Biological Sciences

Applied Biological Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Miro Smriga,
    • Shibani Ghosh,
    • Youssef Mouneimne,
    • Peter L. Pellett,
    • and Nevin S. Scrimshaw

    Lysine fortification reduces anxiety and lessens stress in family members in economically weak communities in Northwest Syria

    PNAS 2004 101:8285-8288; published ahead of print May 24, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402550101

Biochemistry

  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Jingsong Yang,
    • Zhihao Zhuang,
    • Rosa Maria Roccasecca,
    • Michael A. Trakselis,
    • and Stephen J. Benkovic

    From the Cover: The dynamic processivity of the T4 DNA polymerase during replication

    PNAS 2004 101:8289-8294; published ahead of print May 17, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402625101
    • See commentary article on page 8255 in issue 22 of volume 101
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Nayden Koon,
    • Christopher J. Squire,
    • and Edward N. Baker

    Crystal structure of LeuA from Mycobacterium tuberculosis , a key enzyme in leucine biosynthesis

    PNAS 2004 101:8295-8300; published ahead of print May 24, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400820101
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Richard L. Kingston,
    • Damon J. Hamel,
    • Leslie S. Gay,
    • Frederick W. Dahlquist,
    • and Brian W. Matthews

    Structural basis for the attachment of a paramyxoviral polymerase to its template

    PNAS 2004 101:8301-8306; published ahead of print May 24, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402690101
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Haihong Wu,
    • Anthony Henras,
    • Guillaume Chanfreau,
    • and Juli Feigon

    Structural basis for recognition of the AGNN tetraloop RNA fold by the double-stranded RNA-binding domain of Rnt1p RNase III

    PNAS 2004 101:8307-8312; published ahead of print May 18, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402627101
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Masanari Matsumoto,
    • Takashi Miki,
    • Tadao Shibasaki,
    • Miho Kawaguchi,
    • Hidehiro Shinozaki,
    • Junko Nio,
    • Atsunori Saraya,
    • Haruhiko Koseki,
    • Masaru Miyazaki,
    • Toshihiko Iwanaga,
    • and Susumu Seino

    Noc2 is essential in normal regulation of exocytosis in endocrine and exocrine cells

    PNAS 2004 101:8313-8318; published ahead of print May 24, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0306709101
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Gabriela da Silva Xavier,
    • Jared Rutter,
    • and Guy A. Rutter

    Involvement of Per–Arnt–Sim (PAS) kinase in the stimulation of preproinsulin and pancreatic duodenum homeobox 1 gene expression by glucose

    PNAS 2004 101:8319-8324; published ahead of print May 17, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0307737101
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Kristine B. Arnvig,
    • S. Pennell,
    • B. Gopal,
    • and M. J. Colston

    A high-affinity interaction between NusA and the rrn nut site in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    PNAS 2004 101:8325-8330; published ahead of print May 24, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0401287101

Biophysics

  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Christine C. Jao,
    • Ani Der-Sarkissian,
    • Jeannie Chen,
    • and Ralf Langen

    From the Cover: Structure of membrane-bound α-synuclein studied by site-directed spin labeling

    PNAS 2004 101:8331-8336; published ahead of print May 20, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400553101
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Yongli Zhang,
    • Zhiqun Xi,
    • Rashmi S. Hegde,
    • Zippora Shakked,
    • and Donald M. Crothers

    Predicting indirect readout effects in protein–DNA interactions

    PNAS 2004 101:8337-8341; published ahead of print May 17, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402319101
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Cédric Govaerts,
    • Holger Wille,
    • Stanley B. Prusiner,
    • and Fred E. Cohen

    Evidence for assembly of prions with left-handed β-helices into trimers

    PNAS 2004 101:8342-8347; published ahead of print May 21, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402254101
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Beili Wu,
    • Pengyun Li,
    • Yiwei Liu,
    • Zhiyong Lou,
    • Yi Ding,
    • Cuiling Shu,
    • Sheng Ye,
    • Mark Bartlam,
    • Beifen Shen,
    • and Zihe Rao

    3D structure of human FK506-binding protein 52: Implications for the assembly of the glucocorticoid receptor/Hsp90/immunophilin heterocomplex

    PNAS 2004 101:8348-8353; published ahead of print May 24, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0305969101
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Isaac A. Hubner,
    • Mikael Oliveberg,
    • and Eugene I. Shakhnovich

    Simulation, experiment, and evolution: Understanding nucleation in protein S6 folding

    PNAS 2004 101:8354-8359; published ahead of print May 18, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0401672101

Cell Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Markus R. Wenk
    • and Pietro De Camilli

    Inaugural Article: Protein-lipid interactions and phosphoinositide metabolism in membrane traffic: Insights from vesicle recycling in nerve terminals

    PNAS 2004 101:8262-8269; published ahead of print May 14, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0401874101
    • See commentary article on page 8259 in issue 22 of volume 101
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Hélène Strick-Marchand,
    • Serban Morosan,
    • Pierre Charneau,
    • Dina Kremsdorf,
    • and Mary C. Weiss

    Bipotential mouse embryonic liver stem cell lines contribute to liver regeneration and differentiate as bile ducts and hepatocytes

    PNAS 2004 101:8360-8365; published ahead of print May 20, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0401092101
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Joel Abramowitz,
    • Dagoberto Grenet,
    • Mariel Birnbaumer,
    • Hector N. Torres,
    • and Lutz Birnbaumer

    XLαs, the extra-long form of the α-subunit of the Gs G protein, is significantly longer than suspected, and so is its companion Alex

    PNAS 2004 101:8366-8371; published ahead of print May 17, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0308758101
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Sharon C. Braunagel,
    • Shawn T. Williamson,
    • Suraj Saksena,
    • Zhenping Zhong,
    • William K. Russell,
    • David H. Russell,
    • and Max D. Summers

    Trafficking of ODV-E66 is mediated via a sorting motif and other viral proteins: Facilitated trafficking to the inner nuclear membrane

    PNAS 2004 101:8372-8377; published ahead of print May 18, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402727101

Developmental Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Haiwei Pi,
    • Shao-Kuei Huang,
    • Chiou-Yang Tang,
    • Y. Henry Sun,
    • and Cheng-Ting Chien

    phyllopod is a target gene of proneural proteins in Drosophila external sensory organ development

    PNAS 2004 101:8378-8383; published ahead of print May 17, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0306010101
  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Robert M. Bachoo,
    • Ryung S. Kim,
    • Keith L. Ligon,
    • Elizabeth A. Maher,
    • Cameron Brennan,
    • Nathan Billings,
    • Suzanne Chan,
    • Cheng Li,
    • David H. Rowitch,
    • Wing H. Wong,
    • and Ronald A. DePinho

    Molecular diversity of astrocytes with implications for neurological disorders

    PNAS 2004 101:8384-8389; published ahead of print May 21, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402140101

Evolution

  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Christopher G. Knight,
    • Rees Kassen,
    • Holger Hebestreit,
    • and Paul B. Rainey

    From the Cover: Global analysis of predicted proteomes: Functional adaptation of physical properties

    PNAS 2004 101:8390-8395; published ahead of print May 18, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0307270101
    • See commentary article on page 8257 in issue 22 of volume 101
  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Rafael Sanjuán,
    • Andrés Moya,
    • and Santiago F. Elena

    The distribution of fitness effects caused by single-nucleotide substitutions in an RNA virus

    PNAS 2004 101:8396-8401; published ahead of print May 24, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400146101

Genetics

  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Diego Lorenzetti,
    • Colin E. Bishop,
    • and Monica J. Justice

    Deletion of the Parkin coregulated gene causes male sterility in the quaking viable mouse mutant

    PNAS 2004 101:8402-8407; published ahead of print May 17, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0401832101
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Jessica M. Girard,
    • David M. Wagner,
    • Amy J. Vogler,
    • Christine Keys,
    • Christopher J. Allender,
    • Lee C. Drickamer,
    • and Paul Keim

    From the Cover: Differential plague-transmission dynamics determine Yersinia pestis population genetic structure on local, regional, and global scales

    PNAS 2004 101:8408-8413; published ahead of print May 20, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0401561101
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Hideki Kobayashi,
    • Mads Kærn,
    • Michihiro Araki,
    • Kristy Chung,
    • Timothy S. Gardner,
    • Charles R. Cantor,
    • and James J. Collins

    Programmable cells: Interfacing natural and engineered gene networks

    PNAS 2004 101:8414-8419; published ahead of print May 24, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402940101

Immunology

  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Mats Gullberg,
    • Sigrún M. Gústafsdóttir,
    • Edith Schallmeiner,
    • Jonas Jarvius,
    • Mattias Bjarnegård,
    • Christer Betsholtz,
    • Ulf Landegren,
    • and Simon Fredriksson

    Cytokine detection by antibody-based proximity ligation

    PNAS 2004 101:8420-8424; published ahead of print May 21, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400552101

Medical Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Yun-Ping Wu
    • and Richard L. Proia

    Deletion of macrophage-inflammatory protein 1α retards neurodegeneration in Sandhoff disease mice

    PNAS 2004 101:8425-8430; published ahead of print May 20, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400625101
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Jennifer Pittman,
    • Erich Huang,
    • Holly Dressman,
    • Cheng-Fang Horng,
    • Skye H. Cheng,
    • Mei-Hua Tsou,
    • Chii-Ming Chen,
    • Andrea Bild,
    • Edwin S. Iversen,
    • Andrew T. Huang,
    • Joseph R. Nevins,
    • and Mike West

    Integrated modeling of clinical and gene expression information for personalized prediction of disease outcomes

    PNAS 2004 101:8431-8436; published ahead of print May 19, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0401736101
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Göran Leonardsson,
    • Jenny H. Steel,
    • Mark Christian,
    • Victoria Pocock,
    • Stuart Milligan,
    • Jimmy Bell,
    • Po-Wah So,
    • Gema Medina-Gomez,
    • Antonio Vidal-Puig,
    • Roger White,
    • and Malcolm G. Parker

    Nuclear receptor corepressor RIP140 regulates fat accumulation

    PNAS 2004 101:8437-8442; published ahead of print May 20, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0401013101
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Shinobu Tsuzuki,
    • Masao Seto,
    • Mel Greaves,
    • and Tariq Enver

    Modeling first-hit functions of the t(12;21) TEL-AML1 translocation in mice

    PNAS 2004 101:8443-8448; published ahead of print May 20, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402063101

Microbiology

  • Physical Sciences - Geology - Biological Sciences - Microbiology:
    • Benjamin P. Weiss,
    • Soon Sam Kim,
    • Joseph L. Kirschvink,
    • Robert E. Kopp,
    • Mohan Sankaran,
    • Atsuko Kobayashi,
    • and Arash Komeili

    Magnetic tests for magnetosome chains in Martian meteorite ALH84001

    PNAS 2004 101:8281-8284; published ahead of print May 20, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402292101
  • Biological Sciences - Microbiology:
    • Alex R. Hoffmaster,
    • Jacques Ravel,
    • David A. Rasko,
    • Gail D. Chapman,
    • Michael D. Chute,
    • Chung K. Marston,
    • Barun K. De,
    • Claudio T. Sacchi,
    • Collette Fitzgerald,
    • Leonard W. Mayer,
    • Martin C. J. Maiden,
    • Fergus G. Priest,
    • Margaret Barker,
    • Lingxia Jiang,
    • Regina Z. Cer,
    • Jennifer Rilstone,
    • Scott N. Peterson,
    • Robbin S. Weyant,
    • Darrell R. Galloway,
    • Timothy D. Read,
    • Tanja Popovic,
    • and Claire M. Fraser

    Identification of anthrax toxin genes in a Bacillus cereus associated with an illness resembling inhalation anthrax

    PNAS 2004 101:8449-8454; published ahead of print May 21, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402414101
  • Biological Sciences - Microbiology:
    • Berend Jan Bosch,
    • Byron E. E. Martina,
    • Ruurd van der Zee,
    • Jean Lepault,
    • Bert Jan Haijema,
    • Cees Versluis,
    • Albert J. R. Heck,
    • Raoul de Groot,
    • Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus,
    • and Peter J. M. Rottier

    Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection inhibition using spike protein heptad repeat-derived peptides

    PNAS 2004 101:8455-8460; published ahead of print May 18, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0400576101

Neuroscience

  • Biological Sciences - Neuroscience:
    • Joseph Carroll,
    • Maureen Neitz,
    • Heidi Hofer,
    • Jay Neitz,
    • and David R. Williams

    Functional photoreceptor loss revealed with adaptive optics: An alternate cause of color blindness

    PNAS 2004 101:8461-8466; published ahead of print May 17, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0401440101
  • Biological Sciences - Neuroscience:
    • Mark E. Jackson,
    • Houman Homayoun,
    • and Bita Moghaddam

    NMDA receptor hypofunction produces concomitant firing rate potentiation and burst activity reduction in the prefrontal cortex

    PNAS 2004 101:8467-8472; published ahead of print May 24, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0308455101