PNAS — Table of Contents — January 11, 2005, 102 (2)

Commentary

Commentary:
- Todd D. Gould
- and Husseini K. Manji
DARPP-32: A molecular switch at the nexus of reward pathway plasticity
PNAS 2005 102:253-254; published ahead of print January 4, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408700102
- See companion article on page 491 in issue 2 of volume 102

In This Issue

In This Issue:
This Week in PNAS
PNAS 2005 102:251-252; doi:10.1073/iti0205102

Physical Sciences

Chemistry

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Alessandro Troisi,
- Vance Wong,
- and Mark A. Ratner
From the Cover: An agent-based approach for modeling molecular self-organization
PNAS 2005 102:255-260; published ahead of print December 29, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408308102
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Anton F. Fliri,
- William T. Loging,
- Peter F. Thadeio,
- and Robert A. Volkmann
Biological spectra analysis: Linking biological activity profiles to molecular structure
PNAS 2005 102:261-266; published ahead of print December 29, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407790101
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Xiaoxia Sheng,
- Taesung Jung,
- Jeffrey A. Wesson,
- and Michael D. Ward
From the Cover: Adhesion at calcium oxalate crystal surfaces and the effect of urinary constituents
PNAS 2005 102:267-272; published ahead of print December 29, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406835101
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Gerhard Schenk,
- Lawrence R. Gahan,
- Lyle E. Carrington,
- Nataša Mitić,
- Mohsen Valizadeh,
- Susan E. Hamilton,
- John de Jersey,
- and Luke W. Guddat
Phosphate forms an unusual tripodal complex with the Fe–Mn center of sweet potato purple acid phosphatase
PNAS 2005 102:273-278; published ahead of print December 29, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407239102
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
- Indrajit Roy,
- Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy,
- Dhruba J. Bharali,
- Haridas E. Pudavar,
- Ruth A. Mistretta,
- Navjot Kaur,
- and Paras N. Prasad
Optical tracking of organically modified silica nanoparticles as DNA carriers: A nonviral, nanomedicine approach for gene delivery
PNAS 2005 102:279-284; published ahead of print January 3, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408039101

Biological Sciences

Applied Biological Sciences

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
- Indrajit Roy,
- Tymish Y. Ohulchanskyy,
- Dhruba J. Bharali,
- Haridas E. Pudavar,
- Ruth A. Mistretta,
- Navjot Kaur,
- and Paras N. Prasad
Optical tracking of organically modified silica nanoparticles as DNA carriers: A nonviral, nanomedicine approach for gene delivery
PNAS 2005 102:279-284; published ahead of print January 3, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408039101

Biochemistry

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Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
- Caroline A. Davis,
- Michael W. Capp,
- M. Thomas Record, Jr,
- and Ruth M. Saecker
The effects of upstream DNA on open complex formation by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase
PNAS 2005 102:285-290; published ahead of print December 30, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0405779102
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Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
- Wilma Ross
- and Richard L. Gourse
Sequence-independent upstream DNA–αCTD interactions strongly stimulate Escherichia coli RNA polymerase- lacUV5 promoter association
PNAS 2005 102:291-296; published ahead of print December 30, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0405814102
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Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
- Michael L. Oldham,
- Alan R. Brash,
- and Marcia E. Newcomer
The structure of coral allene oxide synthase reveals a catalase adapted for metabolism of a fatty acid hydroperoxide
PNAS 2005 102:297-302; published ahead of print December 29, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406352102
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Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
- Hui Ren,
- Liya Wang,
- Matthew Bennett,
- Yuhe Liang,
- Xiaofeng Zheng,
- Fei Lu,
- Lanfen Li,
- Jie Nan,
- Ming Luo,
- Staffan Eriksson,
- Chuanmao Zhang,
- and Xiao-Dong Su
The crystal structure of human adenylate kinase 6: An adenylate kinase localized to the cell nucleus
PNAS 2005 102:303-308; published ahead of print January 3, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407459102
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Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
- Gunnar F. Kaufmann,
- Rafaella Sartorio,
- Sang-Hyeup Lee,
- Claude J. Rogers,
- Michael M. Meijler,
- Jason A. Moss,
- Bruce Clapham,
- Andrew P. Brogan,
- Tobin J. Dickerson,
- and Kim D. Janda
Revisiting quorum sensing: Discovery of additional chemical and biological functions for 3-oxo- N -acylhomoserine lactones
PNAS 2005 102:309-314; published ahead of print December 27, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408639102

Biophysics

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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- O. Sumner Makin,
- Edward Atkins,
- Pawel Sikorski,
- Jan Johansson,
- and Louise C. Serpell
Molecular basis for amyloid fibril formation and stability
PNAS 2005 102:315-320; published ahead of print January 3, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406847102
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Daniel B. Forger
- and Charles S. Peskin
Stochastic simulation of the mammalian circadian clock
PNAS 2005 102:321-324; published ahead of print December 30, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408465102
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- M. C. Göpfert,
- A. D. L. Humphris,
- J. T. Albert,
- D. Robert,
- and O. Hendrich
Power gain exhibited by motile mechanosensory neurons in Drosophila ears
PNAS 2005 102:325-330; published ahead of print December 28, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0405741102
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Tatsuo Shibata
- and Koichi Fujimoto
Noisy signal amplification in ultrasensitive signal transduction
PNAS 2005 102:331-336; published ahead of print December 29, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0403350102

Cell Biology

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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Jianli Dai,
- Ray-Yuan Chuang,
- and Thomas J. Kelly
DNA replication origins in the Schizosaccharomyces pombe genome
PNAS 2005 102:337-342; published ahead of print December 28, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408811102
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Changjun Zhu
- and Wei Jiang
Cell cycle-dependent translocation of PRC1 on the spindle by Kif4 is essential for midzone formation and cytokinesis
PNAS 2005 102:343-348; published ahead of print December 29, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408438102
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Mira Sastri,
- David M. Barraclough,
- Peter T. Carmichael,
- and Susan S. Taylor
A-kinase-interacting protein localizes protein kinase A in the nucleus
PNAS 2005 102:349-354; published ahead of print January 3, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408608102
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Chloe C. Feral,
- Naoyuki Nishiya,
- Csilla A. Fenczik,
- Heidi Stuhlmann,
- Marina Slepak,
- and Mark H. Ginsberg
CD98hc (SLC3A2) mediates integrin signaling
PNAS 2005 102:355-360; published ahead of print December 29, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0404852102

Developmental Biology

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Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
- Atsuo Kawahara,
- Yong-Suk Che,
- Ryuki Hanaoka,
- Hiroyuki Takeda,
- and Igor B. Dawid
Zebrafish GADD45 β genes are involved in somite segmentation
PNAS 2005 102:361-366; published ahead of print December 27, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408726102
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Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
- Emre Seli,
- Maria D. Lalioti,
- Sean M. Flaherty,
- Denny Sakkas,
- Nihal Terzi,
- and Joan A. Steitz
An embryonic poly(A)-binding protein (ePAB) is expressed in mouse oocytes and early preimplantation embryos
PNAS 2005 102:367-372; published ahead of print January 3, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408378102

Evolution

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Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- Song Yang,
- Russell F. Doolittle,
- and Philip E. Bourne
Phylogeny determined by protein domain content
PNAS 2005 102:373-378; published ahead of print January 3, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408810102
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Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- Laura A. Shackelton,
- Colin R. Parrish,
- Uwe Truyen,
- and Edward C. Holmes
High rate of viral evolution associated with the emergence of carnivore parvovirus
PNAS 2005 102:379-384; published ahead of print December 30, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406765102
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Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- W. R. Hansen
- and K. Autumn
Evidence for self-cleaning in gecko setae
PNAS 2005 102:385-389; published ahead of print January 3, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408304102
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Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- Joel L. Sachs
- and James J. Bull
Experimental evolution of conflict mediation between genomes
PNAS 2005 102:390-395; published ahead of print January 3, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0405738102

Genetics

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Biological Sciences - Genetics:
- Sudhir Perincheri,
- R. W. Cameron Dingle,
- Martha L. Peterson,
- and Brett T. Spear
Hereditary persistence of α-fetoprotein and H19 expression in liver of BALB/cJ mice is due to a retrovirus insertion in the Zhx2 gene
PNAS 2005 102:396-401; published ahead of print December 30, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408555102
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Biological Sciences - Genetics:
- Nadège Minois,
- Magdalena Frajnt,
- Chris Wilson,
- and James W. Vaupel
Advances in measuring lifespan in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
PNAS 2005 102:402-406; published ahead of print December 29, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408332102
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Biological Sciences - Genetics:
- Stéphane Berghmans,
- Ryan D. Murphey,
- Erno Wienholds,
- Donna Neuberg,
- Jeffery L. Kutok,
- Christopher D. M. Fletcher,
- John P. Morris,
- Ting Xi Liu,
- Stefan Schulte-Merker,
- John P. Kanki,
- Ronald Plasterk,
- Leonard I. Zon,
- and A. Thomas Look
tp53 mutant zebrafish develop malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors
PNAS 2005 102:407-412; published ahead of print January 3, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406252102

Immunology

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Biological Sciences - Immunology:
- Regina Tugyi,
- Katalin Uray,
- Dóra Iván,
- Erzsébet Fellinger,
- Alan Perkins,
- and Ferenc Hudecz
Partial d -amino acid substitution: Improved enzymatic stability and preserved Ab recognition of a MUC2 epitope peptide
PNAS 2005 102:413-418; published ahead of print January 3, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407677102
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Biological Sciences - Immunology:
- Mei-Ling Chen,
- Mikaël J. Pittet,
- Leonid Gorelik,
- Richard A. Flavell,
- Ralph Weissleder,
- Harald von Boehmer,
- and Khashayarsha Khazaie
Regulatory T cells suppress tumor-specific CD8 T cell cytotoxicity through TGF-β signals in vivo
PNAS 2005 102:419-424; published ahead of print December 27, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408197102

Medical Sciences

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Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
- David R. Enis,
- Benjamin R. Shepherd,
- Yinong Wang,
- Asif Qasim,
- Catherine M. Shanahan,
- Peter L. Weissberg,
- Michael Kashgarian,
- Jordan S. Pober,
- and Jeffrey S. Schechner
Induction, differentiation, and remodeling of blood vessels after transplantation of Bcl-2-transduced endothelial cells
PNAS 2005 102:425-430; published ahead of print December 29, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408357102
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Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
- Denise Lau,
- Hanke Mollnau,
- Jason P. Eiserich,
- Bruce A. Freeman,
- Andreas Daiber,
- Ursula M. Gehling,
- Jens Brümmer,
- Volker Rudolph,
- Thomas Münzel,
- Thomas Heitzer,
- Thomas Meinertz,
- and Stephan Baldus
Myeloperoxidase mediates neutrophil activation by association with CD11b/CD18 integrins
PNAS 2005 102:431-436; published ahead of print December 29, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0405193102
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Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
- James S. Swaney,
- David M. Roth,
- Erik R. Olson,
- Jennifer E. Naugle,
- J. Gary Meszaros,
- and Paul A. Insel
Inhibition of cardiac myofibroblast formation and collagen synthesis by activation and overexpression of adenylyl cyclase
PNAS 2005 102:437-442; published ahead of print December 29, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408704102
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Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
- Robert Pawlak,
- Jerry P. Melchor,
- Tomasz Matys,
- Anna E. Skrzypiec,
- and Sidney Strickland
From the Cover: Ethanol-withdrawal seizures are controlled by tissue plasminogen activator via modulation of NR2B-containing NMDA receptors
PNAS 2005 102:443-448; published ahead of print January 3, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406454102
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Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
- Claus Meyer,
- Bjoern Schneider,
- Martin Reichel,
- Sieglinde Angermueller,
- Sabine Strehl,
- Susanne Schnittger,
- Claudia Schoch,
- Mieke W. J. C. Jansen,
- Jacques J. van Dongen,
- Rob Pieters,
- Oskar A. Haas,
- Theo Dingermann,
- Thomas Klingebiel,
- and Rolf Marschalek
Diagnostic tool for the identification of MLL rearrangements including unknown partner genes
PNAS 2005 102:449-454; published ahead of print December 30, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406994102
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Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
- Allan L. Berger,
- Mutsuhiro Ikuma,
- and Michael J. Welsh
Normal gating of CFTR requires ATP binding to both nucleotide-binding domains and hydrolysis at the second nucleotide-binding domain
PNAS 2005 102:455-460; published ahead of print December 27, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408575102

Microbiology

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Biological Sciences - Microbiology:
- César Sánchez,
- Lili Zhu,
- Alfredo F. Braña,
- Aaroa P. Salas,
- Jürgen Rohr,
- Carmen Méndez,
- and José A. Salas
From the Cover: Combinatorial biosynthesis of antitumor indolocarbazole compounds
PNAS 2005 102:461-466; published ahead of print December 29, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407809102
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Biological Sciences - Microbiology:
- Kyu Y. Rhee,
- Hediye Erdjument-Bromage,
- Paul Tempst,
- and Carl F. Nathan
S -nitroso proteome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis : Enzymes of intermediary metabolism and antioxidant defense
PNAS 2005 102:467-472; published ahead of print December 30, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406133102

Neuroscience

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Biological Sciences - Neuroscience:
- Maureen P. Boyle,
- Judson A. Brewer,
- Michiyo Funatsu,
- David F. Wozniak,
- Joe Z. Tsien,
- Yukitoshi Izumi,
- and Louis J. Muglia
Acquired deficit of forebrain glucocorticoid receptor produces depression-like changes in adrenal axis regulation and behavior
PNAS 2005 102:473-478; published ahead of print December 27, 2004, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406458102
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Biological Sciences - Neuroscience:
- Eva Syková,

Table of Contents

FROM THE COVER

DARPP-32: A molecular switch at the nexus of reward pathway plasticity

This Week in PNAS

From the Cover: An agent-based approach for modeling molecular self-organization

Biological spectra analysis: Linking biological activity profiles to molecular structure

From the Cover: Adhesion at calcium oxalate crystal surfaces and the effect of urinary constituents

Phosphate forms an unusual tripodal complex with the Fe–Mn center of sweet potato purple acid phosphatase

Optical tracking of organically modified silica nanoparticles as DNA carriers: A nonviral, nanomedicine approach for gene delivery

Optical tracking of organically modified silica nanoparticles as DNA carriers: A nonviral, nanomedicine approach for gene delivery

The effects of upstream DNA on open complex formation by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase

Sequence-independent upstream DNA–αCTD interactions strongly stimulate Escherichia coli RNA polymerase- lacUV5 promoter association

The structure of coral allene oxide synthase reveals a catalase adapted for metabolism of a fatty acid hydroperoxide

The crystal structure of human adenylate kinase 6: An adenylate kinase localized to the cell nucleus

Revisiting quorum sensing: Discovery of additional chemical and biological functions for 3-oxo- N -acylhomoserine lactones

Molecular basis for amyloid fibril formation and stability

Stochastic simulation of the mammalian circadian clock

Power gain exhibited by motile mechanosensory neurons in Drosophila ears

Noisy signal amplification in ultrasensitive signal transduction

DNA replication origins in the Schizosaccharomyces pombe genome

Cell cycle-dependent translocation of PRC1 on the spindle by Kif4 is essential for midzone formation and cytokinesis

A-kinase-interacting protein localizes protein kinase A in the nucleus

CD98hc (SLC3A2) mediates integrin signaling

Zebrafish GADD45 β genes are involved in somite segmentation

An embryonic poly(A)-binding protein (ePAB) is expressed in mouse oocytes and early preimplantation embryos

Phylogeny determined by protein domain content

High rate of viral evolution associated with the emergence of carnivore parvovirus

Evidence for self-cleaning in gecko setae

Experimental evolution of conflict mediation between genomes

Hereditary persistence of α-fetoprotein and H19 expression in liver of BALB/cJ mice is due to a retrovirus insertion in the Zhx2 gene

Advances in measuring lifespan in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

tp53 mutant zebrafish develop malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors

Partial d -amino acid substitution: Improved enzymatic stability and preserved Ab recognition of a MUC2 epitope peptide

Regulatory T cells suppress tumor-specific CD8 T cell cytotoxicity through TGF-β signals in vivo

Induction, differentiation, and remodeling of blood vessels after transplantation of Bcl-2-transduced endothelial cells

Myeloperoxidase mediates neutrophil activation by association with CD11b/CD18 integrins

Inhibition of cardiac myofibroblast formation and collagen synthesis by activation and overexpression of adenylyl cyclase

From the Cover: Ethanol-withdrawal seizures are controlled by tissue plasminogen activator via modulation of NR2B-containing NMDA receptors

Diagnostic tool for the identification of MLL rearrangements including unknown partner genes

Normal gating of CFTR requires ATP binding to both nucleotide-binding domains and hydrolysis at the second nucleotide-binding domain

From the Cover: Combinatorial biosynthesis of antitumor indolocarbazole compounds

S -nitroso proteome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis : Enzymes of intermediary metabolism and antioxidant defense

Acquired deficit of forebrain glucocorticoid receptor produces depression-like changes in adrenal axis regulation and behavior