Commentaries

  • Commentary:
    • Jonathan W. Yewdell
    • and Heather D. Hickman-Miller

    Back to the fold: T cell recognition of HFE, a MHC class Ib molecule that regulates iron metabolism

    PNAS 2005 102:12649-12650; published ahead of print August 29, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506002102
    • See companion article on page 12855 in issue 36 of volume 102
  • Commentary:
    • Terry B. Strom

    Saving islets from allograft rejection

    PNAS 2005 102:12651-12652; published ahead of print August 29, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506079102
    • See companion article on page 12153 in issue 34 of volume 102

In This Issue

Physical Sciences

Applied Physical Sciences

  • Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences - Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Nadine Nassif,
    • Nicola Pinna,
    • Nicole Gehrke,
    • Markus Antonietti,
    • Christian Jäger,
    • and Helmut Cölfen

    Amorphous layer around aragonite platelets in nacre

    PNAS 2005 102:12653-12655; published ahead of print August 29, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502577102

Chemistry

  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Daniel E. Wagner,
    • Charles L. Phillips,
    • Wasif M. Ali,
    • Grant E. Nybakken,
    • Emily D. Crawford,
    • Alexander D. Schwab,
    • Walter F. Smith,
    • and Robert Fairman

    Toward the development of peptide nanofilaments and nanoropes as smart materials

    PNAS 2005 102:12656-12661; published ahead of print August 29, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505871102
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Arun Radhakrishnan
    • and Harden McConnell

    Condensed complexes in vesicles containing cholesterol and phospholipids

    PNAS 2005 102:12662-12666; published ahead of print August 24, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506043102
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Zhenhong Yu
    • and William Klemperer

    Asymmetry in angular rigidity of hydrogen-bonded complexes

    PNAS 2005 102:12667-12669; published ahead of print August 22, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506325102

Mathematics

  • Physical Sciences - Mathematics:
    • Max Forester
    • and Colin Rourke

    The adjunction problem over torsion-free groups

    PNAS 2005 102:12670-12671; published ahead of print August 25, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502940102

Biological Sciences

Applied Biological Sciences

  • Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences - Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Nadine Nassif,
    • Nicola Pinna,
    • Nicole Gehrke,
    • Markus Antonietti,
    • Christian Jäger,
    • and Helmut Cölfen

    Amorphous layer around aragonite platelets in nacre

    PNAS 2005 102:12653-12655; published ahead of print August 29, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502577102
  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • M. Muralidhar Reddy
    • and Thomas Kodadek

    Protein “fingerprinting” in complex mixtures with peptoid microarrays

    PNAS 2005 102:12672-12677; published ahead of print August 25, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501208102
  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Hal Alper,
    • Curt Fischer,
    • Elke Nevoigt,
    • and Gregory Stephanopoulos

    Tuning genetic control through promoter engineering

    PNAS 2005 102:12678-12683; published ahead of print August 25, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0504604102

Biochemistry

  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Luigi De Colibus,
    • Min Li,
    • Claudia Binda,
    • Ariel Lustig,
    • Dale E. Edmondson,
    • and Andrea Mattevi

    Three-dimensional structure of human monoamine oxidase A (MAO A): Relation to the structures of rat MAO A and human MAO B

    PNAS 2005 102:12684-12689; published ahead of print August 29, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505975102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Lulu Huang,
    • Lou Massa,
    • and Jerome Karle

    Kernel energy method: Application to insulin

    PNAS 2005 102:12690-12693; published ahead of print August 24, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506378102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Peter V. Cornish,
    • Mirko Hennig,
    • and David P. Giedroc

    A loop 2 cytidine-stem 1 minor groove interaction as a positive determinant for pseudoknot-stimulated –1 ribosomal frameshifting

    PNAS 2005 102:12694-12699; published ahead of print August 25, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506166102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Yuxin Mao,
    • Francesca Senic-Matuglia,
    • Pier Paolo Di Fiore,
    • Simona Polo,
    • Michael E. Hodsdon,
    • and Pietro De Camilli

    Deubiquitinating function of ataxin-3: Insights from the solution structure of the Josephin domain

    PNAS 2005 102:12700-12705; published ahead of print August 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506344102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Ciming Li,
    • Oihana Capendeguy,
    • Käthi Geering,
    • and Jean-Daniel Horisberger

    A third Na + -binding site in the sodium pump

    PNAS 2005 102:12706-12711; published ahead of print August 25, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505980102

Biophysics

  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Arun Radhakrishnan
    • and Harden McConnell

    Condensed complexes in vesicles containing cholesterol and phospholipids

    PNAS 2005 102:12662-12666; published ahead of print August 24, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506043102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • J. Nathan Henderson
    • and S. James Remington

    Crystal structures and mutational analysis of amFP486, a cyan fluorescent protein from Anemonia majano

    PNAS 2005 102:12712-12717; published ahead of print August 24, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502250102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Mohammed Terrak,
    • Grzegorz Rebowski,
    • Renne C. Lu,
    • Zenon Grabarek,
    • and Roberto Dominguez

    Structure of the light chain-binding domain of myosin V

    PNAS 2005 102:12718-12723; published ahead of print August 24, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503899102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Daniel N. Bolon,
    • Robert A. Grant,
    • Tania A. Baker,
    • and Robert T. Sauer

    Specificity versus stability in computational protein design

    PNAS 2005 102:12724-12729; published ahead of print August 29, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506124102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Leo C. James
    • and Dan S. Tawfik

    Structure and kinetics of a transient antibody binding intermediate reveal a kinetic discrimination mechanism in antigen recognition

    PNAS 2005 102:12730-12735; published ahead of print August 29, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0500909102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Tao Bai,
    • Michael Becker,
    • Aditi Gupta,
    • Phillip Strike,
    • Vince J. Murphy,
    • Robin F. Anders,
    • and Adrian H. Batchelor

    Structure of AMA1 from Plasmodium falciparum reveals a clustering of polymorphisms that surround a conserved hydrophobic pocket

    PNAS 2005 102:12736-12741; published ahead of print August 29, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501808102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Igor N. Berezovsky
    • and Eugene I. Shakhnovich

    Physics and evolution of thermophilic adaptation

    PNAS 2005 102:12742-12747; published ahead of print August 24, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503890102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Reto Horst,
    • Eric B. Bertelsen,
    • Jocelyne Fiaux,
    • Gerhard Wider,
    • Arthur L. Horwich,
    • and Kurt Wüthrich

    From the Cover: Direct NMR observation of a substrate protein bound to the chaperonin GroEL

    PNAS 2005 102:12748-12753; published ahead of print August 22, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505642102
    • See commentary article on page 13715 in issue 39 of volume 102

Cell Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Atsuko Uenoyama
    • and Makoto Miyata

    From the Cover: Gliding ghosts of Mycoplasma mobile

    PNAS 2005 102:12754-12758; published ahead of print August 26, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506114102
    • See commentary article on page 13713 in issue 39 of volume 102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Jin-Ah Kwon
    • and Alexander Rich

    Biological function of the vaccinia virus Z-DNA-binding protein E3L: Gene transactivation and antiapoptotic activity in HeLa cells

    PNAS 2005 102:12759-12764; published ahead of print August 26, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506011102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Mireille J. Aleman,
    • Maurice Phil DeYoung,
    • Matthew Tress,
    • Patricia Keating,
    • Gary W. Perry,
    • and Ramaswamy Narayanan

    Inhibition of Single Minded 2 gene expression mediates tumor-selective apoptosis and differentiation in human colon cancer cells

    PNAS 2005 102:12765-12770; published ahead of print August 29, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505484102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Jordan U. Gutterman,
    • Hong T. Lai,
    • Peirong Yang,
    • Valsala Haridas,
    • Amos Gaikwad,
    • and Stevan Marcus

    Effects of the tumor inhibitory triterpenoid avicin G on cell integrity, cytokinesis, and protein ubiquitination in fission yeast

    PNAS 2005 102:12771-12776; published ahead of print August 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505758102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Tania A. Wong,
    • Gregory D. Fairn,
    • Pak P. Poon,
    • Maya Shmulevitz,
    • Christopher R. McMaster,
    • Richard A. Singer,
    • and Gerald C. Johnston

    Membrane metabolism mediated by Sec14 family members influences Arf GTPase activating protein activity for transport from the trans-Golgi

    PNAS 2005 102:12777-12782; published ahead of print August 26, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506156102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Adam C. Resnick,
    • Adele M. Snowman,
    • Bingnan N. Kang,
    • K. Joseph Hurt,
    • Solomon H. Snyder,
    • and Adolfo Saiardi

    Inositol polyphosphate multikinase is a nuclear PI3-kinase with transcriptional regulatory activity

    PNAS 2005 102:12783-12788; published ahead of print August 25, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506184102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Yue-Xuan Wu,
    • Lois E. Greene,
    • Daniel C. Masison,
    • and Evan Eisenberg

    Curing of yeast [PSI + ] prion by guanidine inactivation of Hsp104 does not require cell division

    PNAS 2005 102:12789-12794; published ahead of print August 25, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506384102

Evolution

  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Kerry M. Oliver,
    • Nancy A. Moran,
    • and Martha S. Hunter

    Variation in resistance to parasitism in aphids is due to symbionts not host genotype

    PNAS 2005 102:12795-12800; published ahead of print August 24, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506131102
  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Allison Miller
    • and Barbara Schaal

    Domestication of a Mesoamerican cultivated fruit tree, Spondias purpurea

    PNAS 2005 102:12801-12806; published ahead of print August 26, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505447102
  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Michael R. Bogwitz,
    • Henry Chung,
    • Lorin Magoc,
    • Sheena Rigby,
    • Wayn Wong,
    • Melanie O'Keefe,
    • John A. McKenzie,
    • Philip Batterham,
    • and Phillip J. Daborn

    Cyp12a4 confers lufenuron resistance in a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster

    PNAS 2005 102:12807-12812; published ahead of print August 24, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503709102
  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Daehyun Baek
    • and Phil Green

    Sequence conservation, relative isoform frequencies, and nonsense-mediated decay in evolutionarily conserved alternative splicing

    PNAS 2005 102:12813-12818; published ahead of print August 25, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506139102
  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Maria J. Martin,
    • Julian C. Rayner,
    • Pascal Gagneux,
    • John W. Barnwell,
    • and Ajit Varki

    Evolution of human-chimpanzee differences in malaria susceptibility: Relationship to human genetic loss of N -glycolylneuraminic acid

    PNAS 2005 102:12819-12824; published ahead of print August 26, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503819102

Genetics

  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Eric D. Ross,
    • Herman K. Edskes,
    • Michael J. Terry,
    • and Reed B. Wickner

    Primary sequence independence for prion formation

    PNAS 2005 102:12825-12830; published ahead of print August 25, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506136102
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Heping Lin,
    • Kevin J. Mann,
    • Elena Starostina,
    • Ronald D. Kinser,
    • and Claudio W. Pikielny

    A Drosophila DEG/ENaC channel subunit is required for male response to female pheromones

    PNAS 2005 102:12831-12836; published ahead of print August 29, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506420102
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • John D. Storey,
    • Wenzhong Xiao,
    • Jeffrey T. Leek,
    • Ronald G. Tompkins,
    • and Ronald W. Davis

    Significance analysis of time course microarray experiments

    PNAS 2005 102:12837-12842; published ahead of print September 2, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0504609102
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Michelle Carter,
    • Xu Chen,
    • Bozena Slowinska,
    • Sharon Minnerath,
    • Sara Glickstein,
    • Lei Shi,
    • Fabien Campagne,
    • Harel Weinstein,
    • and M. Elizabeth Ross

    Crooked tail ( Cd ) model of human folate-responsive neural tube defects is mutated in Wnt coreceptor lipoprotein receptor-related protein 6

    PNAS 2005 102:12843-12848; published ahead of print August 26, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501963102
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • John W. Drake,
    • Anna Bebenek,
    • Grace E. Kissling,
    • and Shyamal Peddada

    Clusters of mutations from transient hypermutability

    PNAS 2005 102:12849-12854; published ahead of print August 23, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503009102

Immunology

  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Pierre S. Rohrlich,
    • Nicolas Fazilleau,
    • Florent Ginhoux,
    • Hüseyin Firat,
    • Frédérique Michel,
    • Madeleine Cochet,
    • Nihay Laham,
    • Marie Paule Roth,
    • Steve Pascolo,
    • Faridabano Nato,
    • Hélène Coppin,
    • Pierre Charneau,
    • Olivier Danos,
    • Oreste Acuto,
    • Rachel Ehrlich,
    • Jean Kanellopoulos,
    • and François A. Lemonnier

    From the Cover: Direct recognition by αβ cytolytic T cells of Hfe, a MHC class Ib molecule without antigen-presenting function

    PNAS 2005 102:12855-12860; published ahead of print August 25, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502309102
    • See commentary article on page 12649 in issue 36 of volume 102
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Helga Schneider,
    • Elke Valk,
    • Silvy da Rocha Dias,
    • Bin Wei,
    • and Christopher E. Rudd

    CTLA-4 up-regulation of lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 adhesion and clustering as an alternate basis for coreceptor function