Commentaries

  • Commentary:
    • Victoria L. Crotzer
    • and Janice S. Blum

    Autophagy and intracellular surveillance: Modulating MHC class II antigen presentation with stress

    PNAS 2005 102:7779-7780; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503088102
    • See companion article on page 7922 in issue 22 of volume 102
  • Commentary:
    • Irene Cozar-Castellano
    • and Andrew F. Stewart

    Molecular engineering human hepatocytes into pancreatic beta cells for diabetes therapy

    PNAS 2005 102:7781-7782; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503261102
    • See companion article on page 7964 in issue 22 of volume 102

Perspective

  • Perspective:
    • H. David Politzer

    Nobel Lecture: The dilemma of attribution

    PNAS 2005 102:7789-7793; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501644102

In This Issue

PNAS Classic Article

  • PNAS Classic Article:
    • Silvan S. Schweber

    Perspective: The sources of Schwinger's Green's functions

    PNAS 2005 102:7783-7788; doi:10.1073/pnas.0405167101

Physical Sciences

Applied Mathematics

  • Physical Sciences - Applied Mathematics:
    • R. Guimerà,
    • S. Mossa,
    • A. Turtschi,
    • and L. A. N. Amaral

    From the Cover: The worldwide air transportation network: Anomalous centrality, community structure, and cities' global roles

    PNAS 2005 102:7794-7799; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407994102

Applied Physical Sciences

  • Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences:
    • Donald J. Sirbuly,
    • Matt Law,
    • Peter Pauzauskie,
    • Haoquan Yan,
    • Alex V. Maslov,
    • Kelly Knutsen,
    • Cun-Zheng Ning,
    • Richard J. Saykally,
    • and Peidong Yang

    Optical routing and sensing with nanowire assemblies

    PNAS 2005 102:7800-7805; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408641102

Physics

  • Physical Sciences - Physics:
    • V. Kocharovsky,
    • S. Cameron,
    • K. Lehmann,
    • R. Lucht,
    • R. Miles,
    • Y. Rostovtsev,
    • W. Warren,
    • G. R. Welch,
    • and M. O. Scully

    Gain-swept superradiance applied to the stand-off detection of trace impurities in the atmosphere

    PNAS 2005 102:7806-7811; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0500534102

Statistics

  • Physical Sciences - Statistics - Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Jon D. McAuliffe,
    • Michael I. Jordan,
    • and Lior Pachter

    Subtree power analysis and species selection for comparative genomics

    PNAS 2005 102:7900-7905; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502790102

Biological Sciences

Agricultural Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Agricultural Sciences:
    • Luke Mehlo,
    • Daphrose Gahakwa,
    • Pham Trung Nghia,
    • Nguyen Thi Loc,
    • Teresa Capell,
    • John A. Gatehouse,
    • Angharad M. R. Gatehouse,
    • and Paul Christou

    An alternative strategy for sustainable pest resistance in genetically enhanced crops

    PNAS 2005 102:7812-7816; published ahead of print May 20, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502871102

Applied Biological Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • R. L. Willett,
    • K. W. Baldwin,
    • K. W. West,
    • and L. N. Pfeiffer

    Differential adhesion of amino acids to inorganic surfaces

    PNAS 2005 102:7817-7822; published ahead of print May 18, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408565102

Biochemistry

  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Brian J. Paul,
    • Melanie B. Berkmen,
    • and Richard L. Gourse

    From the Cover: DksA potentiates direct activation of amino acid promoters by ppGpp

    PNAS 2005 102:7823-7828; published ahead of print May 17, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501170102

Biophysics

  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • A. G. Donchev,
    • V. D. Ozrin,
    • M. V. Subbotin,
    • O. V. Tarasov,
    • and V. I. Tarasov

    A quantum mechanical polarizable force field for biomolecular interactions

    PNAS 2005 102:7829-7834; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502962102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Edyta Małolepsza,
    • Michał Boniecki,
    • Andrzej Kolinski,
    • and Lucjan Piela

    Theoretical model of prion propagation: A misfolded protein induces misfolding

    PNAS 2005 102:7835-7840; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0409389102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • G. Balázsi,
    • A.-L. Barabási,
    • and Z. N. Oltvai

    Topological units of environmental signal processing in the transcriptional regulatory network of Escherichia coli

    PNAS 2005 102:7841-7846; published ahead of print May 20, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0500365102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Jasper van der Gucht,
    • Ewa Paluch,
    • Julie Plastino,
    • and Cécile Sykes

    Stress release drives symmetry breaking for actin-based movement

    PNAS 2005 102:7847-7852; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502121102

Cell Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Christian Erck,
    • Leticia Peris,
    • Annie Andrieux,
    • Claire Meissirel,
    • Achim D. Gruber,
    • Muriel Vernet,
    • Annie Schweitzer,
    • Yasmina Saoudi,
    • Hervé Pointu,
    • Christophe Bosc,
    • Paul A. Salin,
    • Didier Job,
    • and Juergen Wehland

    A vital role of tubulin-tyrosine-ligase for neuronal organization

    PNAS 2005 102:7853-7858; published ahead of print May 17, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0409626102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Péter Várnai,
    • András Balla,
    • László Hunyady,
    • and Tamas Balla

    Targeted expression of the inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor (IP 3 R) ligand-binding domain releases Ca 2+ via endogenous IP 3 R channels

    PNAS 2005 102:7859-7864; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0407535102

Developmental Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Tara S. Barton,
    • Bernard Robaire,
    • and Barbara F. Hales

    Epigenetic programming in the preimplantation rat embryo is disrupted by chronic paternal cyclophosphamide exposure

    PNAS 2005 102:7865-7870; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501200102

Ecology

Evolution

  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Laurie J. Vitt
    • and Eric R. Pianka

    From the Cover: Deep history impacts present-day ecology and biodiversity

    PNAS 2005 102:7877-7881; published ahead of print May 2, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501104102
    • See commentary article on page 8395 in issue 24 of volume 102
  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Scott H. Williamson,
    • Ryan Hernandez,
    • Adi Fledel-Alon,
    • Lan Zhu,
    • Rasmus Nielsen,
    • and Carlos D. Bustamante

    Simultaneous inference of selection and population growth from patterns of variation in the human genome

    PNAS 2005 102:7882-7887; published ahead of print May 19, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502300102

Genetics

  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Anastasios Pavlopoulos
    • and Michalis Averof

    Establishing genetic transformation for comparative developmental studies in the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis

    PNAS 2005 102:7888-7893; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501101102
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Chantal M. Longo-Guess,
    • Leona H. Gagnon,
    • Susan A. Cook,
    • Jian Wu,
    • Qing Y. Zheng,
    • and Kenneth R. Johnson

    A missense mutation in the previously undescribed gene Tmhs underlies deafness in hurry-scurry ( hscy ) mice

    PNAS 2005 102:7894-7899; published ahead of print May 19, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0500760102
  • Physical Sciences - Statistics - Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Jon D. McAuliffe,
    • Michael I. Jordan,
    • and Lior Pachter

    Subtree power analysis and species selection for comparative genomics

    PNAS 2005 102:7900-7905; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502790102
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Almut Nebel,
    • Peter J. P. Croucher,
    • Rieke Stiegeler,
    • Susanna Nikolaus,
    • Michael Krawczak,
    • and Stefan Schreiber

    No association between microsomal triglyceride transfer protein ( MTP ) haplotype and longevity in humans

    PNAS 2005 102:7906-7909; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408670102

Immunology

  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Peter J. McCormick,
    • José A. Martina,
    • and Juan S. Bonifacino

    Involvement of clathrin and AP-2 in the trafficking of MHC class II molecules to antigen-processing compartments

    PNAS 2005 102:7910-7915; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502206102
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Kaimei Song,
    • Ronald L. Rabin,
    • Brenna J. Hill,
    • Stephen C. De Rosa,
    • Stephen P. Perfetto,
    • Hongwei H. Zhang,
    • John F. Foley,
    • Jeffrey S. Reiner,
    • Jie Liu,
    • Joseph J. Mattapallil,
    • Daniel C. Douek,
    • Mario Roederer,
    • and Joshua M. Farber

    Characterization of subsets of CD4 + memory T cells reveals early branched pathways of T cell differentiation in humans

    PNAS 2005 102:7916-7921; published ahead of print May 19, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0409720102
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Jörn Dengjel,
    • Oliver Schoor,
    • Rainer Fischer,
    • Michael Reich,
    • Marianne Kraus,
    • Margret Müller,
    • Katharina Kreymborg,
    • Florian Altenberend,
    • Jens Brandenburg,
    • Hubert Kalbacher,
    • Roland Brock,
    • Christoph Driessen,
    • Hans-Georg Rammensee,
    • and Stefan Stevanovic

    From the Cover: Autophagy promotes MHC class II presentation of peptides from intracellular source proteins

    PNAS 2005 102:7922-7927; published ahead of print May 13, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501190102
    • See commentary article on page 7779 in issue 22 of volume 102
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Jeremy Herzog,
    • Yoichi Maekawa,
    • Thomas P. Cirrito,
    • Beverly S. Illian,
    • and Emil R. Unanue

    Activated antigen-presenting cells select and present chemically modified peptides recognized by unique CD4 T cells

    PNAS 2005 102:7928-7933; published ahead of print May 18, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502255102
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Emma C. Morris,
    • Aristotle Tsallios,
    • Gavin M. Bendle,
    • Shao-an Xue,
    • and Hans J. Stauss

    A critical role of T cell antigen receptor-transduced MHC class I-restricted helper T cells in tumor protection

    PNAS 2005 102:7934-7939; published ahead of print May 20, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0500357102
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Yao-Tseng Chen,
    • Matthew J. Scanlan,
    • Charis A. Venditti,
    • Ramon Chua,
    • Gregory Theiler,
    • Brian J. Stevenson,
    • Christian Iseli,
    • Ali O. Gure,
    • Tom Vasicek,
    • Robert L. Strausberg,
    • C. Victor Jongeneel,
    • Lloyd J. Old,
    • and Andrew J. G. Simpson

    Identification of cancer/testis-antigen genes by massively parallel signature sequencing

    PNAS 2005 102:7940-7945; published ahead of print May 19, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502583102

Medical Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Satoshi Nagata,
    • Tomoko Ise,
    • Masanori Onda,
    • Kazuyasu Nakamura,
    • Mitchell Ho,
    • Andrew Raubitschek,
    • and Ira H. Pastan

    Cell membrane-specific epitopes on CD30: Potentially superior targets for immunotherapy

    PNAS 2005 102:7946-7951; published ahead of print May 19, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502975102
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Richard W. Hyman,
    • Marilyn Fukushima,
    • Lisa Diamond,
    • Jochen Kumm,
    • Linda C. Giudice,
    • and Ronald W. Davis

    Microbes on the human vaginal epithelium

    PNAS 2005 102:7952-7957; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503236102
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • W. L. Shoop,
    • Y. Xiong,
    • J. Wiltsie,
    • A. Woods,
    • J. Guo,
    • J. V. Pivnichny,
    • T. Felcetto,
    • B. F. Michael,
    • A. Bansal,
    • R. T. Cummings,
    • B. R. Cunningham,
    • A. M. Friedlander,
    • C. M. Douglas,
    • S. B. Patel,
    • D. Wisniewski,
    • G. Scapin,
    • S. P. Salowe,
    • D. M. Zaller,
    • K. T. Chapman,
    • E. M. Scolnick,
    • D. M. Schmatz,
    • K. Bartizal,
    • M. MacCoss,
    • and J. D. Hermes

    Anthrax lethal factor inhibition

    PNAS 2005 102:7958-7963; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502159102
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Tamar Sapir,
    • Keren Shternhall,
    • Irit Meivar-Levy,
    • Tamar Blumenfeld,
    • Hamutal Cohen,
    • Ehud Skutelsky,
    • Smadar Eventov-Friedman,
    • Iris Barshack,
    • Iris Goldberg,
    • Sarah Pri-Chen,
    • Lya Ben-Dor,
    • Sylvie Polak-Charcon,
    • Avraham Karasik,
    • Ilan Shimon,
    • Eytan Mor,
    • and Sarah Ferber

    From the Cover: Cell-replacement therapy for diabetes: Generating functional insulin-producing tissue from adult human liver cells

    PNAS 2005 102:7964-7969; published ahead of print May 17, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0405277102
    • See commentary article on page 7781 in issue 22 of volume 102
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Mark D. Erion,
    • Paul D. van Poelje,
    • Qun Dang,
    • Srinivas Rao Kasibhatla,
    • Scott C. Potter,
    • M. Rami Reddy,
    • K. Raja Reddy,
    • Tao Jiang,
    • and William N. Lipscomb

    MB06322 (CS-917): A potent and selective inhibitor of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase for controlling gluconeogenesis in type 2 diabetes

    PNAS 2005 102:7970-7975; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502983102
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Samuel Achilefu,
    • Sharon Bloch,
    • Mary A. Markiewicz,
    • Tuoxiu Zhong,
    • Yunpeng Ye,
    • Richard B. Dorshow,
    • Britton Chance,
    • and Kexian Liang

    Synergistic effects of light-emitting probes and peptides for targeting and monitoring integrin expression

    PNAS 2005 102:7976-7981; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503500102

Microbiology

  • Biological Sciences - Microbiology:
    • Martin Löchelt,
    • Fabian Romen,
    • Patrizia Bastone,
    • Heide Muckenfuss,
    • Nadine Kirchner,
    • Yong-Boum Kim,
    • Uwe Truyen,
    • Uwe Rösler,
    • Marion Battenberg,
    • Ali Saib,
    • Egbert Flory,
    • Klaus Cichutek,
    • and Carsten Münk

    The antiretroviral activity of APOBEC3 is inhibited by the foamy virus accessory Bet protein

    PNAS 2005 102:7982-7987; published ahead of print May 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501445102