Commentary

  • Commentary:
    • Hartmut Wekerle

    Planting and pruning in the brain: MHC antigens involved in synaptic plasticity?

    PNAS 2005 102:3-4; published ahead of print December 27, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408495101
    • See companion article on page 17843 in issue 51 of volume 101

In This Issue

Biography

  • Biography:
    • Tinsley H. Davis

    Inaugural Article: Biography of Joshua R. Sanes

    PNAS 2005 102:5-7; published ahead of print December 27, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408739102
    • See commentary article on page 8 in issue 1 of volume 102

Physical Sciences

Chemistry

  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • S. G. Ray,
    • S. S. Daube,
    • and R. Naaman

    On the capturing of low-energy electrons by DNA

    PNAS 2005 102:15-19; published ahead of print December 22, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407020102
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Ali Abo-Riziq,
    • Louis Grace,
    • Eyal Nir,
    • Martin Kabelac,
    • Pavel Hobza,
    • and Mattanjah S. de Vries

    Photochemical selectivity in guanine–cytosine base-pair structures

    PNAS 2005 102:20-23; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408574102
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Zhengrong Wu,
    • Melissa Maderia,
    • Joseph J. Barchi, Jr,
    • Victor E. Marquez,
    • and Ad Bax

    Changes in DNA bending induced by restricting nucleotide ring pucker studied by weak alignment NMR spectroscopy

    PNAS 2005 102:24-28; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408498102

Biological Sciences

Applied Biological Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Sayaka Wakayama,
    • Satoshi Kishigami,
    • Nguyen Van Thuan,
    • Hiroshi Ohta,
    • Takafusa Hikichi,
    • Eiji Mizutani,
    • Ryuzo Yanagimachi,
    • and Teruhiko Wakayama

    From the Cover: Propagation of an infertile hermaphrodite mouse lacking germ cells by using nuclear transfer and embryonic stem cell technology

    PNAS 2005 102:29-33; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408548102
  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Brent S. Gaylord,
    • Michelle R. Massie,
    • Stuart C. Feinstein,
    • and Guillermo C. Bazan

    SNP detection using peptide nucleic acid probes and conjugated polymers: Applications in neurodegenerative disease identification

    PNAS 2005 102:34-39; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407578101
  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Carol E. O'Hear
    • and Jefferson Foote

    Antibody buffering of a ligand in vivo

    PNAS 2005 102:40-44; published ahead of print December 22, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0405797102

Biochemistry

  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • S. G. Ray,
    • S. S. Daube,
    • and R. Naaman

    On the capturing of low-energy electrons by DNA

    PNAS 2005 102:15-19; published ahead of print December 22, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407020102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Helen M. Berman,
    • Lynn F. Ten Eyck,
    • David S. Goodsell,
    • Nina M. Haste,
    • Alexandr Kornev,
    • and Susan S. Taylor

    The cAMP binding domain: An ancient signaling module

    PNAS 2005 102:45-50; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408579102
    • See commentary article on page 1669 in issue 6 of volume 103
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Vito Calderone,
    • Benedikt Dolderer,
    • Hans-Juergen Hartmann,
    • Hartmut Echner,
    • Claudio Luchinat,
    • Cristina Del Bianco,
    • Stefano Mangani,
    • and Ulrich Weser

    The crystal structure of yeast copper thionein: The solution of a long-lasting enigma

    PNAS 2005 102:51-56; published ahead of print December 21, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408254101
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • D. Reichmann,
    • O. Rahat,
    • S. Albeck,
    • R. Meged,
    • O. Dym,
    • and G. Schreiber

    From the Cover: The modular architecture of protein–protein binding interfaces

    PNAS 2005 102:57-62; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407280102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Baoying Liu,
    • Sohee Hong,
    • Zhanyun Tang,
    • Hongtao Yu,
    • and Chou-Zen Giam

    HTLV-I Tax directly binds the Cdc20-associated anaphase-promoting complex and activates it ahead of schedule

    PNAS 2005 102:63-68; published ahead of print December 27, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406424101
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Jennifer Giordano-Coltart,
    • Carol Y. Ying,
    • Jean Gautier,
    • and Jerard Hurwitz

    Studies of the properties of human origin recognition complex and its Walker A motif mutants

    PNAS 2005 102:69-74; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408690102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Younghee Sohn
    • and Changwon Kang

    Sequential multiple functions of the conserved sequence in sequence-specific termination by T7 RNA polymerase

    PNAS 2005 102:75-80; published ahead of print December 22, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406581101

Biophysics

  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Andrea Balbo,
    • Kenneth H. Minor,
    • Carlos A. Velikovsky,
    • Roy A. Mariuzza,
    • Cynthia B. Peterson,
    • and Peter Schuck

    Studying multiprotein complexes by multisignal sedimentation velocity analytical ultracentrifugation

    PNAS 2005 102:81-86; published ahead of print December 21, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408399102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Sudha Chakrapani
    • and Anthony Auerbach

    A speed limit for conformational change of an allosteric membrane protein

    PNAS 2005 102:87-92; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406777102

Cell Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Andrey A. Sharov,
    • Michael Fessing,
    • Ruzanna Atoyan,
    • Tatyana Y. Sharova,
    • Carrie Haskell-Luevano,
    • Lorin Weiner,
    • Keiko Funa,
    • Janice L. Brissette,
    • Barbara A. Gilchrest,
    • and Vladimir A. Botchkarev

    Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling controls hair pigmentation by means of cross-talk with the melanocortin receptor-1 pathway

    PNAS 2005 102:93-98; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408455102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Sarah L. Pull,
    • Jason M. Doherty,
    • Jason C. Mills,
    • Jeffrey I. Gordon,
    • and Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck

    Activated macrophages are an adaptive element of the colonic epithelial progenitor niche necessary for regenerative responses to injury

    PNAS 2005 102:99-104; published ahead of print December 22, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0405979102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Scott A. Oakes,
    • Luca Scorrano,
    • Joseph T. Opferman,
    • Michael C. Bassik,
    • Mari Nishino,
    • Tullio Pozzan,
    • and Stanley J. Korsmeyer

    Proapoptotic BAX and BAK regulate the type 1 inositol trisphosphate receptor and calcium leak from the endoplasmic reticulum

    PNAS 2005 102:105-110; published ahead of print December 21, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408352102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Elizabeth J. Renaud,
    • David T. MacLaughlin,
    • Esther Oliva,
    • Bo R. Rueda,
    • and Patricia K. Donahoe

    Endometrial cancer is a receptor-mediated target for Mullerian Inhibiting Substance

    PNAS 2005 102:111-116; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407772101
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Yi Yang
    • and Joseph Loscalzo

    S -nitrosoprotein formation and localization in endothelial cells

    PNAS 2005 102:117-122; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0405989102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Dongfang Liu,
    • Liang Xu,
    • Fan Yang,
    • Dongdong Li,
    • Feili Gong,
    • and Tao Xu

    Rapid biogenesis and sensitization of secretory lysosomes in NK cells mediated by target-cell recognition

    PNAS 2005 102:123-127; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0405737102

Developmental Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Jing Fang Sun,
    • Thuy Phung,
    • Ichiro Shiojima,
    • Terri Felske,
    • J. Nalinee Upalakalin,
    • Dian Feng,
    • Tad Kornaga,
    • Talia Dor,
    • Ann M. Dvorak,
    • Kenneth Walsh,
    • and Laura E. Benjamin

    Microvascular patterning is controlled by fine-tuning the Akt signal

    PNAS 2005 102:128-133; published ahead of print December 20, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0403198102
  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Julien Y. Bertrand,
    • Sébastien Giroux,
    • Rachel Golub,
    • Michèle Klaine,
    • Abdelali Jalil,
    • Laurent Boucontet,
    • Isabelle Godin,
    • and Ana Cumano

    Characterization of purified intraembryonic hematopoietic stem cells as a tool to define their site of origin

    PNAS 2005 102:134-139; published ahead of print December 27, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0402270102

Evolution

  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • James F. Gillooly,
    • Andrew P. Allen,
    • Geoffrey B. West,
    • and James H. Brown

    The rate of DNA evolution: Effects of body size and temperature on the molecular clock

    PNAS 2005 102:140-145; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407735101
  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Nansheng Chen,
    • Shraddha Pai,
    • Zhongying Zhao,
    • Allan Mah,
    • Rebecca Newbury,
    • Robert C. Johnsen,
    • Zeynep Altun,
    • Donald G. Moerman,
    • David L. Baillie,
    • and Lincoln D. Stein

    Identification of a nematode chemosensory gene family

    PNAS 2005 102:146-151; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408307102

Genetics

  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Tomoyasu Sugiyama,
    • Hugh Cam,
    • André Verdel,
    • Danesh Moazed,
    • and Shiv I. S. Grewal

    From the Cover: RNA-dependent RNA polymerase is an essential component of a self-enforcing loop coupling heterochromatin assembly to siRNA production

    PNAS 2005 102:152-157; published ahead of print December 22, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407641102
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Gad Kimmel
    • and Ron Shamir

    gerbil : Genotype resolution and block identification using likelihood

    PNAS 2005 102:158-162; published ahead of print December 22, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0404730102
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Hon-Ren Huang,
    • Claire E. Rowe,
    • Sabine Mohr,
    • Yue Jiang,
    • Alan M. Lambowitz,
    • and Philip S. Perlman

    The splicing of yeast mitochondrial group I and group II introns requires a DEAD-box protein with RNA chaperone function

    PNAS 2005 102:163-168; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407896101

Immunology

  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Jan Klein
    • and Nikolas Nikolaidis

    The descent of the antibody-based immune system by gradual evolution

    PNAS 2005 102:169-174; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408480102

Medical Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Francesca Cerimele,
    • Traci Battle,
    • Rebecca Lynch,
    • David A. Frank,
    • Emma Murad,
    • Cynthia Cohen,
    • Nada Macaron,
    • John Sixbey,
    • Kenneth Smith,
    • Randolph S. Watnick,
    • Aristidis Eliopoulos,
    • Bahig Shehata,
    • and Jack L. Arbiser

    Reactive oxygen signaling and MAPK activation distinguish Epstein–Barr Virus (EBV)-positive versus EBV-negative Burkitt's lymphoma

    PNAS 2005 102:175-179; published ahead of print December 20, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408381102
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Marina Afanasyeva,
    • Dimitrios Georgakopoulos,
    • Diego F. Belardi,
    • Djahida Bedja,
    • DeLisa Fairweather,
    • Yan Wang,
    • Ziya Kaya,
    • Kathleen L. Gabrielson,
    • E. Rene Rodriguez,
    • Patrizio Caturegli,
    • David A. Kass,
    • and Noel R. Rose

    Impaired up-regulation of CD25 on CD4 + T cells in IFN-γ knockout mice is associated with progression of myocarditis to heart failure

    PNAS 2005 102:180-185; published ahead of print December 20, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408241102
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Guoshun Wang,
    • Bruce A. Bunnell,
    • Richard G. Painter,
    • Blesilda C. Quiniones,
    • Susan Tom,
    • Nicholas A. Lanson, Jr,
    • Jeffrey L. Spees,
    • Donna Bertucci,
    • Alexandra Peister,
    • Daniel J. Weiss,
    • Vincent G. Valentine,
    • Darwin J. Prockop,
    • and Jay K. Kolls

    Adult stem cells from bone marrow stroma differentiate into airway epithelial cells: Potential therapy for cystic fibrosis

    PNAS 2005 102:186-191; published ahead of print December 22, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406266102
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Hamdiye Erdal,
    • Maria Berndtsson,
    • Juan Castro,
    • Ulf Brunk,
    • Maria C. Shoshan,
    • and Stig Linder

    Induction of lysosomal membrane permeabilization by compounds that activate p53-independent apoptosis

    PNAS 2005 102:192-197; published ahead of print December 23, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408592102
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Qi Long Lu,
    • Adam Rabinowitz,
    • Yun Chao Chen,
    • Toshifumi Yokota,
    • HaiFang Yin,
    • Julia Alter,
    • Atif Jadoon,
    • George Bou-Gharios,
    • and Terence Partridge

    From the Cover: Systemic delivery of antisense oligoribonucleotide restores dystrophin expression in body-wide skeletal muscles

    PNAS 2005 102:198-203; published ahead of print December 17, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406700102
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Philip M. Bauer,
    • Jun Yu,
    • Yan Chen,
    • Reed Hickey,
    • Pascal N. Bernatchez,
    • Robin Looft-Wilson,
    • Yan Huang,
    • Frank Giordano,
    • Radu V. Stan,
    • and William C. Sessa

    Endothelial-specific expression of caveolin-1 impairs microvascular permeability and angiogenesis

    PNAS 2005 102:204-209; published ahead of print December 22, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406092102
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • David R. Shaffer,
    • Agnes Viale,
    • Ryota Ishiwata,
    • Margaret Leversha,
    • Semra Olgac,
    • Katia Manova,
    • Jaya Satagopan,
    • Howard Scher,
    • and Andrew Koff

    Evidence for a p27 tumor suppressive function independent of its role regulating cell proliferation in the prostate

    PNAS 2005 102:210-215; published ahead of print December 22, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407362102
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Li Ma,
    • Rafael Perini,
    • Webb McKnight,
    • Michael Dicay,
    • Andre Klein,
    • Morley D. Hollenberg,
    • and John L. Wallace

    Proteinase-activated receptors 1 and 4 counter-regulate endostatin and VEGF release from human platelets

    PNAS 2005 102:216-220; published ahead of print December 22, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406682102

Microbiology

  • Biological Sciences - Microbiology:
    • Rose L. Szabady,
    • Janine H. Peterson,
    • Kristen M. Skillman,
    • and Harris D. Bernstein