Commentaries

  • Commentary:
    • Donald E. Ingber

    Mechanical control of tissue growth: Function follows form

    PNAS 2005 102:11571-11572; published ahead of print August 9, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505939102
    • See companion article on page 11594 in issue 33 of volume 102
  • Commentary:
    • R. Kelly Dawe

    Centromere renewal and replacement in the plant kingdom

    PNAS 2005 102:11573-11574; published ahead of print August 9, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505100102
    • See companion article on page 11793 in issue 33 of volume 102

Perspective

In This Issue

Profile

  • Profile:
    • Nick Zagorski

    Profile of Diane E. Griffin

    PNAS 2005 102:11578-11580; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505531102
    • See commentary article on page 11581 in issue 33 of volume 102

Physical Sciences

Applied Physical Sciences

  • Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences:
    • Hezy Cohen,
    • Claude Nogues,
    • Ron Naaman,
    • and Danny Porath

    Direct measurement of electrical transport through single DNA molecules of complex sequence

    PNAS 2005 102:11589-11593; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505272102
  • Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Celeste M. Nelson,
    • Ronald P. Jean,
    • John L. Tan,
    • Wendy F. Liu,
    • Nathan J. Sniadecki,
    • Alexander A. Spector,
    • and Christopher S. Chen

    From the Cover: Emergent patterns of growth controlled by multicellular form and mechanics

    PNAS 2005 102:11594-11599; published ahead of print July 27, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502575102
    • See commentary article on page 11571 in issue 33 of volume 102

Chemistry

  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Nadine Wong Shi Kam,
    • Michael O'Connell,
    • Jeffrey A. Wisdom,
    • and Hongjie Dai

    Carbon nanotubes as multifunctional biological transporters and near-infrared agents for selective cancer cell destruction

    PNAS 2005 102:11600-11605; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502680102
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Masahiko Inouye,
    • Reona Ikeda,
    • Masayoshi Takase,
    • Takashi Tsuri,
    • and Junya Chiba

    Single-nucleotide polymorphism detection with “wire-like” DNA probes that display quasi “on–off” digital action

    PNAS 2005 102:11606-11610; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502078102
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Edward Harder,
    • Joel D. Eaves,
    • Andrei Tokmakoff,
    • and B. J. Berne

    Polarizable molecules in the vibrational spectroscopy of water

    PNAS 2005 102:11611-11616; published ahead of print August 4, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505206102
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • Valerie C. Clark,
    • Christopher J. Raxworthy,
    • Valérie Rakotomalala,
    • Petra Sierwald,
    • and Brian L. Fisher

    Convergent evolution of chemical defense in poison frogs and arthropod prey between Madagascar and the Neotropics

    PNAS 2005 102:11617-11622; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503502102

Computer Sciences

  • Physical Sciences - Computer Sciences - Social Sciences - Social Sciences:
    • David Liben-Nowell,
    • Jasmine Novak,
    • Ravi Kumar,
    • Prabhakar Raghavan,
    • and Andrew Tomkins

    From the Cover: Geographic routing in social networks

    PNAS 2005 102:11623-11628; published ahead of print August 4, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503018102
  • Physical Sciences - Computer Sciences:
    • Zach Solan,
    • David Horn,
    • Eytan Ruppin,
    • and Shimon Edelman

    Unsupervised learning of natural languages

    PNAS 2005 102:11629-11634; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0409746102

Geology

  • Physical Sciences - Geology - Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • David W. Steadman,
    • Paul S. Martin,
    • Ross D. E. MacPhee,
    • A. J. T. Jull,
    • H. Gregory McDonald,
    • Charles A. Woods,
    • Manuel Iturralde-Vinent,
    • and Gregory W. L. Hodgins

    Asynchronous extinction of late Quaternary sloths on continents and islands

    PNAS 2005 102:11763-11768; published ahead of print August 5, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502777102

Physics

  • Physical Sciences - Physics:
    • E. Prodan
    • and W. Kohn

    Nearsightedness of electronic matter

    PNAS 2005 102:11635-11638; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505436102
  • Physical Sciences - Physics:
    • J. Daillant,
    • E. Bellet-Amalric,
    • A. Braslau,
    • T. Charitat,
    • G. Fragneto,
    • F. Graner,
    • S. Mora,
    • F. Rieutord,
    • and B. Stidder

    Structure and fluctuations of a single floating lipid bilayer

    PNAS 2005 102:11639-11644; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0504588102

Social Sciences

Anthropology

  • Social Sciences - Anthropology:
    • E. A. Hammel

    Kinship-based politics and the optimal size of kin groups

    PNAS 2005 102:11951-11956; published ahead of print August 9, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0504647102

Social Sciences

  • Physical Sciences - Computer Sciences - Social Sciences - Social Sciences:
    • David Liben-Nowell,
    • Jasmine Novak,
    • Ravi Kumar,
    • Prabhakar Raghavan,
    • and Andrew Tomkins

    From the Cover: Geographic routing in social networks

    PNAS 2005 102:11623-11628; published ahead of print August 4, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503018102

Biological Sciences

Biochemistry

  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Shane R. Wilkinson,
    • S. Radhika Prathalingam,
    • Martin C. Taylor,
    • David Horn,
    • and John M. Kelly

    Vitamin C biosynthesis in trypanosomes: A role for the glycosome

    PNAS 2005 102:11645-11650; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0504251102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Josée Laganière,
    • Geneviève Deblois,
    • Céline Lefebvre,
    • Alain R. Bataille,
    • François Robert,
    • and Vincent Giguère

    From the Cover: Location analysis of estrogen receptor α target promoters reveals that FOXA1 defines a domain of the estrogen response

    PNAS 2005 102:11651-11656; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505575102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Meredith M. Murr
    • and Daniel E. Morse

    Fractal intermediates in the self-assembly of silicatein filaments

    PNAS 2005 102:11657-11662; published ahead of print August 9, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503968102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Nobumoto Watanabe,
    • Harumi Arai,
    • Jun-ichi Iwasaki,
    • Masaaki Shiina,
    • Kazuhiro Ogata,
    • Tony Hunter,
    • and Hiroyuki Osada

    Cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) phosphorylation destabilizes somatic Wee1 via multiple pathways

    PNAS 2005 102:11663-11668; published ahead of print August 5, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0500410102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Masaaki Sokabe,
    • Ayuko Okada,
    • Min Yao,
    • Takashi Nakashima,
    • and Isao Tanaka

    Molecular basis of alanine discrimination in editing site

    PNAS 2005 102:11669-11674; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502119102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Justyna Kanczewska,
    • Sergio Marco,
    • Caroline Vandermeeren,
    • Olivier Maudoux,
    • Jean-Louis Rigaud,
    • and Marc Boutry

    Activation of the plant plasma membrane H + -ATPase by phosphorylation and binding of 14-3-3 proteins converts a dimer into a hexamer

    PNAS 2005 102:11675-11680; published ahead of print August 4, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0504498102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Maria T. Bengoechea-Alonso,
    • Tanel Punga,
    • and Johan Ericsson

    Hyperphosphorylation regulates the activity of SREBP1 during mitosis

    PNAS 2005 102:11681-11686; published ahead of print August 4, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501494102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Marie Jidenko,
    • Rikke C. Nielsen,
    • Thomas Lykke-Møller Sørensen,
    • Jesper V. Møller,
    • Marc le Maire,
    • Poul Nissen,
    • and Christine Jaxel

    Crystallization of a mammalian membrane protein overexpressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    PNAS 2005 102:11687-11691; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503986102

Biophysics

  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Troy Cellmer,
    • Dusan Bratko,
    • John M. Prausnitz,
    • and Harvey Blanch

    Protein-folding landscapes in multichain systems

    PNAS 2005 102:11692-11697; published ahead of print August 4, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505342102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Bojan Zagrovic,
    • Jan Lipfert,
    • Eric J. Sorin,
    • Ian S. Millett,
    • Wilfred F. van Gunsteren,
    • Sebastian Doniach,
    • and Vijay S. Pande

    Unusual compactness of a polyproline type II structure

    PNAS 2005 102:11698-11703; published ahead of print August 5, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0409693102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Marius Schmidt,
    • Karin Nienhaus,
    • Reinhard Pahl,
    • Angela Krasselt,
    • Spencer Anderson,
    • Fritz Parak,
    • G. Ulrich Nienhaus,
    • and Vukica Šrajer

    Ligand migration pathway and protein dynamics in myoglobin: A time-resolved crystallographic study on L29W MbCO

    PNAS 2005 102:11704-11709; published ahead of print August 5, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0504932102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Asif Ladiwala,
    • Kaushal Rege,
    • Curtis M. Breneman,
    • and Steven M. Cramer

    A priori prediction of adsorption isotherm parameters and chromatographic behavior in ion-exchange systems

    PNAS 2005 102:11710-11715; published ahead of print August 4, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0408769102

Cell Biology

  • Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Celeste M. Nelson,
    • Ronald P. Jean,
    • John L. Tan,
    • Wendy F. Liu,
    • Nathan J. Sniadecki,
    • Alexander A. Spector,
    • and Christopher S. Chen

    From the Cover: Emergent patterns of growth controlled by multicellular form and mechanics

    PNAS 2005 102:11594-11599; published ahead of print July 27, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502575102
    • See commentary article on page 11571 in issue 33 of volume 102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Pilar Blancafort,
    • Emily I. Chen,
    • Beatriz Gonzalez,
    • Sharon Bergquist,
    • Andries Zijlstra,
    • Daniel Guthy,
    • Arndt Brachat,
    • Ruud H. Brakenhoff,
    • James P. Quigley,
    • Dirk Erdmann,
    • and Carlos F. Barbas, III

    Genetic reprogramming of tumor cells by zinc finger transcription factors

    PNAS 2005 102:11716-11721; published ahead of print August 4, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501162102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Helen H. N. Yan
    • and C. Yan Cheng

    Blood–testis barrier dynamics are regulated by an engagement/disengagement mechanism between tight and adherens junctions via peripheral adaptors

    PNAS 2005 102:11722-11727; published ahead of print August 5, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503855102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Jiang Zhu,
    • Yi Zhang,
    • Gerard J. Joe,
    • Richard Pompetti,
    • and Stephen G. Emerson

    NF-Ya activates multiple hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) regulatory genes and promotes HSC self-renewal

    PNAS 2005 102:11728-11733; published ahead of print August 4, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503405102

Developmental Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Matthew P. Harris,
    • Scott Williamson,
    • John F. Fallon,
    • Hans Meinhardt,
    • and Richard O. Prum

    From the Cover: Molecular evidence for an activator–inhibitor mechanism in development of embryonic feather branching

    PNAS 2005 102:11734-11739; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0500781102
  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Yu-Wen Zhang,
    • Yanli Su,
    • Nathan Lanning,
    • Pamela J. Swiatek,
    • Roderick T. Bronson,
    • Robert Sigler,
    • Richard W. Martin,
    • and George F. Vande Woude

    Targeted disruption of Mig-6 in the mouse genome leads to early onset degenerative joint disease

    PNAS 2005 102:11740-11745; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505171102
  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • John R. Timmer,
    • Tracy W. Mak,
    • Katia Manova,
    • Kathryn V. Anderson,
    • and Lee Niswander

    Tissue morphogenesis and vascular stability require the Frem2 protein, product of the mouse myelencephalic blebs gene

    PNAS 2005 102:11746-11750; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505404102
  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Anjang Tan,
    • Hiromasa Tanaka,
    • Toshiki Tamura,
    • and Takahiro Shiotsuki

    Precocious metamorphosis in transgenic silkworms overexpressing juvenile hormone esterase

    PNAS 2005 102:11751-11756; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0500954102
  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Christian E. Rocheleau,
    • Agneta Rönnlund,
    • Simon Tuck,
    • and Meera V. Sundaram

    Caenorhabditis elegans CNK-1 promotes Raf activation but is not essential for Ras/Raf signaling

    PNAS 2005 102:11757-11762; published ahead of print August 5, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0500937102

Ecology

  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • Valerie C. Clark,
    • Christopher J. Raxworthy,
    • Valérie Rakotomalala,
    • Petra Sierwald,
    • and Brian L. Fisher

    Convergent evolution of chemical defense in poison frogs and arthropod prey between Madagascar and the Neotropics

    PNAS 2005 102:11617-11622; published ahead of print August 8, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503502102
  • Physical Sciences - Geology - Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • David W. Steadman,
    • Paul S. Martin,
    • Ross D. E. MacPhee,
    • A. J. T. Jull,
    • H. Gregory McDonald,
    • Charles A. Woods,
    • Manuel Iturralde-Vinent,
    • and Gregory W. L. Hodgins

    Asynchronous extinction of late Quaternary sloths on continents and islands

    PNAS 2005 102:11763-11768; published ahead of print August 5, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502777102

Evolution

  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • R. Andrew Cameron,
    • Suk Hen Chow,
    • Kevin Berney,
    • Tsz-Yeung Chiu,
    • Qiu-Autumn Yuan,
    • Alexander Krämer,
    • Argelia Helguero,
    • Andrew Ransick,
    • Mirong Yun,
    • and Eric H. Davidson

    An evolutionary constraint: Strongly disfavore