Commentary

  • Commentary:
    • William C. Skarnes

    Two ways to trap a gene in mice

    PNAS 2005 102:13001-13002; published ahead of print September 6, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506279102
    • See companion article on page 13188 in issue 37 of volume 102

Perspective

  • Perspective:
    • Peter H. Raven

    Transgenes in Mexican maize: Desirability or inevitability?

    PNAS 2005 102:13003-13004; published ahead of print September 6, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506082102

In This Issue

Physical Sciences

Chemistry

  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Tianbing Xia,
    • Chaozhi Wan,
    • Richard W. Roberts,
    • and Ahmed H. Zewail

    RNA–protein recognition: Single-residue ultrafast dynamical control of structural specificity and function

    PNAS 2005 102:13013-13018; published ahead of print August 29, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506181102
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • J. D. Eaves,
    • J. J. Loparo,
    • C. J. Fecko,
    • S. T. Roberts,
    • A. Tokmakoff,
    • and P. L. Geissler

    Hydrogen bonds in liquid water are broken only fleetingly

    PNAS 2005 102:13019-13022; published ahead of print August 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505125102

Physics

  • Physical Sciences - Physics:
    • Chulan Kwon,
    • Ping Ao,
    • and David J. Thouless

    Structure of stochastic dynamics near fixed points

    PNAS 2005 102:13029-13033; published ahead of print September 1, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506347102

Biological Sciences

Anthropology

  • Biological Sciences - Anthropology:
    • D. Andrew Merriwether,
    • Jason A. Hodgson,
    • Françoise R. Friedlaender,
    • Robin Allaby,
    • Salvatore Cerchio,
    • George Koki,
    • and Jonathan S. Friedlaender

    Ancient mitochondrial M haplogroups identified in the Southwest Pacific

    PNAS 2005 102:13034-13039; published ahead of print September 6, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506195102

Applied Biological Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Rainer K. Sachs
    • and David J. Brenner

    Solid tumor risks after high doses of ionizing radiation

    PNAS 2005 102:13040-13045; published ahead of print September 6, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506648102

Biochemistry

  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Palangpon Kongsaeree,
    • Puttapol Khongsuk,
    • Ubolsree Leartsakulpanich,
    • Penchit Chitnumsub,
    • Bongkoch Tarnchompoo,
    • Malcolm D. Walkinshaw,
    • and Yongyuth Yuthavong

    Crystal structure of dihydrofolate reductase from Plasmodium vivax : Pyrimethamine displacement linked with mutation-induced resistance

    PNAS 2005 102:13046-13051; published ahead of print August 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501747102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Stephanie A. Lee,
    • Rosemary Eyeson,
    • Matthew L. Cheever,
    • Jinming Geng,
    • Vladislav V. Verkhusha,
    • Christopher Burd,
    • Michael Overduin,
    • and Tatiana G. Kutateladze

    Targeting of the FYVE domain to endosomal membranes is regulated by a histidine switch

    PNAS 2005 102:13052-13057; published ahead of print September 2, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503900102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Luigi Di Costanzo,
    • Guadalupe Sabio,
    • Alfonso Mora,
    • Paulo C. Rodriguez,
    • Augusto C. Ochoa,
    • Francisco Centeno,
    • and David W. Christianson

    Crystal structure of human arginase I at 1.29-Å resolution and exploration of inhibition in the immune response

    PNAS 2005 102:13058-13063; published ahead of print September 2, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0504027102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Stephen P. L. Cary,
    • Jonathan A. Winger,
    • and Michael A. Marletta

    Tonic and acute nitric oxide signaling through soluble guanylate cyclase is mediated by nonheme nitric oxide, ATP, and GTP

    PNAS 2005 102:13064-13069; published ahead of print August 30, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506289102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Martin Andresen,
    • Markus C. Wahl,
    • André C. Stiel,
    • Frauke Gräter,
    • Lars V. Schäfer,
    • Simon Trowitzsch,
    • Gert Weber,
    • Christian Eggeling,
    • Helmut Grubmüller,
    • Stefan W. Hell,
    • and Stefan Jakobs

    Structure and mechanism of the reversible photoswitch of a fluorescent protein

    PNAS 2005 102:13070-13074; published ahead of print August 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502772102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Betty Chan,
    • Garrett Greenan,
    • Frank McKeon,
    • and Tom Ellenberger

    Identification of a peptide fragment of DSCR1 that competitively inhibits calcineurin activity in vitro and in vivo

    PNAS 2005 102:13075-13080; published ahead of print August 30, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503846102

Biophysics

  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Tianbing Xia,
    • Chaozhi Wan,
    • Richard W. Roberts,
    • and Ahmed H. Zewail

    RNA–protein recognition: Single-residue ultrafast dynamical control of structural specificity and function

    PNAS 2005 102:13013-13018; published ahead of print August 29, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506181102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Mats G. L. Gustafsson

    Nonlinear structured-illumination microscopy: Wide-field fluorescence imaging with theoretically unlimited resolution

    PNAS 2005 102:13081-13086; published ahead of print September 2, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0406877102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Marie Louise Groot,
    • Natalia P. Pawlowicz,
    • Luuk J. G. W. van Wilderen,
    • Jacques Breton,
    • Ivo H. M. van Stokkum,
    • and Rienk van Grondelle

    Initial electron donor and acceptor in isolated Photosystem II reaction centers identified with femtosecond mid-IR spectroscopy

    PNAS 2005 102:13087-13092; published ahead of print August 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503483102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Thomas F. Reubold,
    • Susanne Eschenburg,
    • Andreas Becker,
    • Marilyn Leonard,
    • Sandra L. Schmid,
    • Richard B. Vallee,
    • F. Jon Kull,
    • and Dietmar J. Manstein

    Crystal structure of the GTPase domain of rat dynamin 1

    PNAS 2005 102:13093-13098; published ahead of print September 2, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506491102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Abhishek K. Jha,
    • Andrés Colubri,
    • Karl F. Freed,
    • and Tobin R. Sosnick

    Statistical coil model of the unfolded state: Resolving the reconciliation problem

    PNAS 2005 102:13099-13104; published ahead of print August 30, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506078102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Dmitry S. Kudryashov,
    • Michael R. Sawaya,
    • Helty Adisetiyo,
    • Todd Norcross,
    • György Hegyi,
    • Emil Reisler,
    • and Todd O. Yeates

    The crystal structure of a cross-linked actin dimer suggests a detailed molecular interface in F-actin

    PNAS 2005 102:13105-13110; published ahead of print September 1, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506429102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Jhih-Wei Chu
    • and Gregory A. Voth

    Allostery of actin filaments: Molecular dynamics simulations and coarse-grained analysis

    PNAS 2005 102:13111-13116; published ahead of print August 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503732102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Kai-Fa Huang,
    • Yi-Liang Liu,
    • Wei-Ju Cheng,
    • Tzu-Ping Ko,
    • and Andrew H.-J. Wang

    Crystal structures of human glutaminyl cyclase, an enzyme responsible for protein N-terminal pyroglutamate formation

    PNAS 2005 102:13117-13122; published ahead of print August 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0504184102

Cell Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Mirka Uhlirova,
    • Heinrich Jasper,
    • and Dirk Bohmann

    Non-cell-autonomous induction of tissue overgrowth by JNK/Ras cooperation in a Drosophila tumor model

    PNAS 2005 102:13123-13128; published ahead of print September 6, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0504170102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Adam B. Castoreno,
    • Yan Wang,
    • Walter Stockinger,
    • Larissa A. Jarzylo,
    • Hong Du,
    • Joanne C. Pagnon,
    • Eugenie C. Shieh,
    • and Axel Nohturfft

    From the Cover: Transcriptional regulation of phagocytosis-induced membrane biogenesis by sterol regulatory element binding proteins

    PNAS 2005 102:13129-13134; published ahead of print September 2, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506716102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Atsushi Iwata,
    • John C. Christianson,
    • Mirella Bucci,
    • Lisa M. Ellerby,
    • Nobuyuki Nukina,
    • Lysia S. Forno,
    • and Ron R. Kopito

    Increased susceptibility of cytoplasmic over nuclear polyglutamine aggregates to autophagic degradation

    PNAS 2005 102:13135-13140; published ahead of print September 2, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505801102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Jeff S. Isenberg,
    • Lisa A. Ridnour,
    • Elizabeth M. Perruccio,
    • Michael G. Espey,
    • David A. Wink,
    • and David D. Roberts

    Thrombospondin-1 inhibits endothelial cell responses to nitric oxide in a cGMP-dependent manner

    PNAS 2005 102:13141-13146; published ahead of print September 6, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502977102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Lisa A. Ridnour,
    • Jeffrey S. Isenberg,
    • Michael G. Espey,
    • Douglas D. Thomas,
    • David D. Roberts,
    • and David A. Wink

    Nitric oxide regulates angiogenesis through a functional switch involving thrombospondin-1

    PNAS 2005 102:13147-13152; published ahead of print September 2, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502979102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Jonna Frasor,
    • Jeanne M. Danes,
    • Cory C. Funk,
    • and Benita S. Katzenellenbogen

    Estrogen down-regulation of the corepressor N-CoR: Mechanism and implications for estrogen derepression of N-CoR-regulated genes

    PNAS 2005 102:13153-13157; published ahead of print September 1, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502782102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Wei-meng Zhao
    • and Guowei Fang

    MgcRacGAP controls the assembly of the contractile ring and the initiation of cytokinesis

    PNAS 2005 102:13158-13163; published ahead of print August 29, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0504145102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Oliver Werz,
    • Irina Tretiakova,
    • Angela Michel,
    • Annegret Ulke-Lemee,
    • Michael Hörnig,
    • Lutz Franke,
    • Gisbert Schneider,
    • Bengt Samuelsson,
    • Olof Rådmark,
    • and Dieter Steinhilber

    Caspase-mediated degradation of human 5-lipoxygenase in B lymphocytic cells

    PNAS 2005 102:13164-13169; published ahead of print August 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505991102

Developmental Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Valerie Kouskoff,
    • Georges Lacaud,
    • Staci Schwantz,
    • Hans Jöerg Fehling,
    • and Gordon Keller

    Sequential development of hematopoietic and cardiac mesoderm during embryonic stem cell differentiation

    PNAS 2005 102:13170-13175; published ahead of print September 2, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501672102
  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Danielle Lebrecht,
    • Marisa Foehr,
    • Eric Smith,
    • Francisco J. P. Lopes,
    • Carlos E. Vanario-Alonso,
    • John Reinitz,
    • David S. Burz,
    • and Steven D. Hanes

    Bicoid cooperative DNA binding is critical for embryonic patterning in Drosophila

    PNAS 2005 102:13176-13181; published ahead of print September 6, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506462102

Environmental Sciences

  • Physical Sciences - Biological Sciences - Environmental Sciences:
    • Albert S. Colman,
    • Ruth E. Blake,
    • David M. Karl,
    • Marilyn L. Fogel,
    • and Karl K. Turekian

    Marine phosphate oxygen isotopes and organic matter remineralization in the oceans

    PNAS 2005 102:13023-13028; published ahead of print September 2, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506455102

Genetics

  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Yingli Sun,
    • Xiaofeng Jiang,
    • Shujuan Chen,
    • Norvin Fernandes,
    • and Brendan D. Price

    A role for the Tip60 histone acetyltransferase in the acetylation and activation of ATM

    PNAS 2005 102:13182-13187; published ahead of print September 2, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0504211102
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Roland H. Friedel,
    • Andrew Plump,
    • Xiaowei Lu,
    • Kerri Spilker,
    • Christine Jolicoeur,
    • Karen Wong,
    • Tadmiri R. Venkatesh,
    • Avraham Yaron,
    • Mary Hynes,
    • Bin Chen,
    • Ami Okada,
    • Susan K. McConnell,
    • Helen Rayburn,
    • and Marc Tessier-Lavigne

    From the Cover: Gene targeting using a promoterless gene trap vector (“targeted trapping”) is an efficient method to mutate a large fraction of genes

    PNAS 2005 102:13188-13193; published ahead of print August 29, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505474102
    • See commentary article on page 13001 in issue 37 of volume 102
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Jennifer L. Shepard,
    • James F. Amatruda,
    • Howard M. Stern,
    • Aravind Subramanian,
    • David Finkelstein,
    • James Ziai,
    • K. Rose Finley,
    • Kathleen L. Pfaff,
    • Candace Hersey,
    • Yi Zhou,
    • Bruce Barut,
    • Matthew Freedman,
    • Charles Lee,
    • Jan Spitsbergen,
    • Donna Neuberg,
    • Gerhard Weber,
    • Todd R. Golub,
    • Jonathan N. Glickman,
    • Jeffery L. Kutok,
    • Jon C. Aster,
    • and Leonard I. Zon

    A zebrafish bmyb mutation causes genome instability and increased cancer susceptibility

    PNAS 2005 102:13194-13199; published ahead of print September 6, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506583102
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • M. Christine Hollander,
    • Robyn T. Philburn,
    • Andrew D. Patterson,
    • Susana Velasco-Miguel,
    • Errol C. Friedberg,
    • R. Ilona Linnoila,
    • and Albert J. Fornace, Jr.

    Deletion of XPC leads to lung tumors in mice and is associated with early events in human lung carcinogenesis

    PNAS 2005 102:13200-13205; published ahead of print September 2, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503133102
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • John E. Bowers,
    • Miguel A. Arias,
    • Rochelle Asher,
    • Jennifer A. Avise,
    • Robert T. Ball,
    • Gene A. Brewer,
    • Ryan W. Buss,
    • Amy H. Chen,
    • Thomas M. Edwards,
    • James C. Estill,
    • Heather E. Exum,
    • Valorie H. Goff,
    • Kristen L. Herrick,
    • Cassie L. James Steele,
    • Santhosh Karunakaran,
    • Gmerice K. Lafayette,
    • Cornelia Lemke,
    • Barry S. Marler,
    • Shelley L. Masters,
    • Joana M. McMillan,
    • Lisa K. Nelson,
    • Graham A. Newsome,
    • Chike C. Nwakanma,
    • Rosana N. Odeh,
    • Cynthia A. Phelps,
    • Elizabeth A. Rarick,
    • Carl J. Rogers,
    • Sean P. Ryan,
    • Keimun A. Slaughter,
    • Carol A. Soderlund,
    • Haibao Tang,
    • Rod A. Wing,
    • and Andrew H. Paterson

    Comparative physical mapping links conservation of microsynteny to chromosome structure and recombination in grasses

    PNAS 2005 102:13206-13211; published ahead of print September 2, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502365102
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Frank Stegmeier,
    • Guang Hu,
    • Richard J. Rickles,
    • Gregory J. Hannon,
    • and Stephen J. Elledge

    A lentiviral microRNA-based system for single-copy polymerase II-regulated RNA interference in mammalian cells

    PNAS 2005 102:13212-13217; published ahead of print September 1, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506306102