Commentary

  • Commentary:
    • Robert J. Stillwell
    • and Marla J. Berry

    Expanding the repertoire of the eukaryotic selenoproteome

    PNAS 2005 102:16123-16124; published ahead of print November 1, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508349102
    • See companion article on page 16188 in issue 45 of volume 102

In This Issue

Profile

  • Profile:
    • Nick Zagorski

    Profile of Aziz Sancar

    PNAS 2005 102:16125-16127; published ahead of print November 1, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0507558102
    • See commentary article on page 16128 in issue 45 of volume 102

Physical Sciences

Chemistry

  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Guangyu Zhang,
    • David Mann,
    • Li Zhang,
    • Ali Javey,
    • Yiming Li,
    • Erhan Yenilmez,
    • Qian Wang,
    • James P. McVittie,
    • Yoshio Nishi,
    • James Gibbons,
    • and Hongjie Dai

    Ultra-high-yield growth of vertical single-walled carbon nanotubes: Hidden roles of hydrogen and oxygen

    PNAS 2005 102:16141-16145; published ahead of print November 1, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0507064102
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Christel Dolain,
    • Jean-Michel Léger,
    • Nicolas Delsuc,
    • Heinz Gornitzka,
    • and Ivan Huc

    Probing helix propensity of monomers within a helical oligomer

    PNAS 2005 102:16146-16151; published ahead of print October 28, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506262102
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Christopher M. Horvat
    • and Richard V. Wolfenden

    A persistent pesticide residue and the unusual catalytic proficiency of a dehalogenating enzyme

    PNAS 2005 102:16199-16202; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508176102
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Qijin Chi,
    • Ole Farver,
    • and Jens Ulstrup

    Long-range protein electron transfer observed at the single-molecule level: In situ mapping of redox-gated tunneling resonance

    PNAS 2005 102:16203-16208; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508257102

Environmental Sciences

  • Physical Sciences - Environmental Sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • Lara M. Kueppers,
    • Mark A. Snyder,
    • Lisa C. Sloan,
    • Erika S. Zavaleta,
    • and Brian Fulfrost

    Modeled regional climate change and California endemic oak ranges

    PNAS 2005 102:16281-16286; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501427102

Biological Sciences

Agricultural Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Agricultural Sciences:
    • A. V. Capuco,
    • C. P. Rice,
    • R. L. Baldwin, VI,
    • D. D. Bannerman,
    • M. J. Paape,
    • W. R. Hare,
    • A. C. W. Kauf,
    • G. W. McCarty,
    • C. J. Hapeman,
    • A. M. Sadeghi,
    • J. L. Starr,
    • L. L. McConnell,
    • and C. P. Van Tassell

    Fate of dietary perchlorate in lactating dairy cows: Relevance to animal health and levels in the milk supply

    PNAS 2005 102:16152-16157; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508337102

Biochemistry

  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Manas K. Chattopadhyay,
    • Celia White Tabor,
    • and Herbert Tabor

    Studies on the regulation of ornithine decarboxylase in yeast: Effect of deletion in the MEU1 gene

    PNAS 2005 102:16158-16163; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0507299102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Yasufumi Yamamoto,
    • Chingakham Ranjit Singh,
    • Assen Marintchev,
    • Nathan S. Hall,
    • Ernest M. Hannig,
    • Gerhard Wagner,
    • and Katsura Asano

    The eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 5 HEAT domain mediates multifactor assembly and scanning with distinct interfaces to eIF1, eIF2, eIF3, and eIF4G

    PNAS 2005 102:16164-16169; published ahead of print October 27, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0507960102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Jeremy J. Agresti,
    • Bernard T. Kelly,
    • Andres Jäschke,
    • and Andrew D. Griffiths

    Selection of ribozymes that catalyse multiple-turnover Diels–Alder cycloadditions by using in vitro compartmentalization

    PNAS 2005 102:16170-16175; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503733102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Kristi L. Fox-Walsh,
    • Yimeng Dou,
    • Bianca J. Lam,
    • She-pin Hung,
    • Pierre F. Baldi,
    • and Klemens J. Hertel

    The architecture of pre-mRNAs affects mechanisms of splice-site pairing

    PNAS 2005 102:16176-16181; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508489102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • John Silke,
    • Tobias Kratina,
    • Diep Chu,
    • Paul G. Ekert,
    • Catherine L. Day,
    • Miha Pakusch,
    • David C. S. Huang,
    • and David L. Vaux

    Determination of cell survival by RING-mediated regulation of inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) protein abundance

    PNAS 2005 102:16182-16187; published ahead of print November 1, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502828102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Sergi Castellano,
    • Alexey V. Lobanov,
    • Charles Chapple,
    • Sergey V. Novoselov,
    • Mario Albrecht,
    • Deame Hua,
    • Alain Lescure,
    • Thomas Lengauer,
    • Alain Krol,
    • Vadim N. Gladyshev,
    • and Roderic Guigó

    From the Cover: Diversity and functional plasticity of eukaryotic selenoproteins: Identification and characterization of the SelJ family

    PNAS 2005 102:16188-16193; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505146102
    • See commentary article on page 16123 in issue 45 of volume 102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Jia Luo
    • and Thomas C. Bruice

    Low-frequency normal mode in DNA HhaI methyltransferase and motions of residues involved in the base flipping

    PNAS 2005 102:16194-16198; published ahead of print October 19, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0507913102
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Christopher M. Horvat
    • and Richard V. Wolfenden

    A persistent pesticide residue and the unusual catalytic proficiency of a dehalogenating enzyme

    PNAS 2005 102:16199-16202; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508176102

Biophysics

  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Ya-Ting Kao,
    • Chaitanya Saxena,
    • Lijuan Wang,
    • Aziz Sancar,
    • and Dongping Zhong

    Inaugural Article: Direct observation of thymine dimer repair in DNA by photolyase

    PNAS 2005 102:16128-16132; published ahead of print September 16, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506586102
    • See commentary article on page 16125 in issue 45 of volume 102
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Qijin Chi,
    • Ole Farver,
    • and Jens Ulstrup

    Long-range protein electron transfer observed at the single-molecule level: In situ mapping of redox-gated tunneling resonance

    PNAS 2005 102:16203-16208; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508257102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Michael E. Fisher
    • and Young C. Kim

    Kinesin crouches to sprint but resists pushing

    PNAS 2005 102:16209-16214; published ahead of print October 17, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0507802102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Hiroshi Ishikita
    • and Ernst-Walter Knapp

    Induced conformational changes upon Cd 2+ binding at photosynthetic reaction centers

    PNAS 2005 102:16215-16220; published ahead of print October 27, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503826102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Kanika Bajaj,
    • Purbani Chakrabarti,
    • and Raghavan Varadarajan

    Mutagenesis-based definitions and probes of residue burial in proteins

    PNAS 2005 102:16221-16226; published ahead of print October 26, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505089102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Haipeng Gong,
    • Patrick J. Fleming,
    • and George D. Rose

    From the Cover: Building native protein conformation from highly approximate backbone torsion angles

    PNAS 2005 102:16227-16232; published ahead of print October 26, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508415102
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Frederick S. Soo
    • and Julie A. Theriot

    Adhesion controls bacterial actin polymerization-based movement

    PNAS 2005 102:16233-16238; published ahead of print October 26, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0507022102

Cell Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Wook Jin,
    • Byung-Chul Kim,
    • Cristina Tognon,
    • Ho-Jae Lee,
    • Sejal Patel,
    • Chris L. Lannon,
    • John M. Maris,
    • Timothy J. Triche,
    • Poul H. B. Sorensen,
    • and Seong-Jin Kim

    The ETV6-NTRK3 chimeric tyrosine kinase suppresses TGF-β signaling by inactivating the TGF-β type II receptor

    PNAS 2005 102:16239-16244; published ahead of print October 28, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0503137102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Ami A. Deora,
    • Nancy Philp,
    • Jane Hu,
    • Dean Bok,
    • and Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan

    Mechanisms regulating tissue-specific polarity of monocarboxylate transporters and their chaperone CD147 in kidney and retinal epithelia

    PNAS 2005 102:16245-16250; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0504419102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Osamu Araki,
    • Hao Ying,
    • Fumihiko Furuya,
    • Xuguang Zhu,
    • and Sheue-yann Cheng

    Thyroid hormone receptor β mutants: Dominant negative regulators of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ action

    PNAS 2005 102:16251-16256; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508556102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Michelle Jamnongjit,
    • Arvind Gill,
    • and Stephen R. Hammes

    Epidermal growth factor receptor signaling is required for normal ovarian steroidogenesis and oocyte maturation

    PNAS 2005 102:16257-16262; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508521102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Alessia Di Nardo,
    • Gregor Cicchetti,
    • Hervé Falet,
    • John H. Hartwig,
    • Thomas P. Stossel,
    • and David J. Kwiatkowski

    Arp2/3 complex-deficient mouse fibroblasts are viable and have normal leading-edge actin structure and function

    PNAS 2005 102:16263-16268; published ahead of print October 27, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508228102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Paolo Ceppi,
    • Sara Colombo,
    • Maura Francolini,
    • Francesca Raimondo,
    • Nica Borgese,
    • and Massimo Masserini

    Two tail-anchored protein variants, differing in transmembrane domain length and intracellular sorting, interact differently with lipids

    PNAS 2005 102:16269-16274; published ahead of print October 28, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508157102
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Jae Hyung An,
    • Kelly Vranas,
    • Michael Lucke,
    • Hideki Inoue,
    • Naoki Hisamoto,
    • Kunihiro Matsumoto,
    • and T. Keith Blackwell

    Regulation of the Caenorhabditis elegans oxidative stress defense protein SKN-1 by glycogen synthase kinase-3

    PNAS 2005 102:16275-16280; published ahead of print October 26, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508105102

Ecology

  • Physical Sciences - Environmental Sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • Lara M. Kueppers,
    • Mark A. Snyder,
    • Lisa C. Sloan,
    • Erika S. Zavaleta,
    • and Brian Fulfrost

    Modeled regional climate change and California endemic oak ranges

    PNAS 2005 102:16281-16286; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0501427102

Evolution

  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • R. Craig Albertson,
    • J. Todd Streelman,
    • Thomas D. Kocher,
    • and Pamela C. Yelick

    From the Cover: Integration and evolution of the cichlid mandible: The molecular basis of alternate feeding strategies

    PNAS 2005 102:16287-16292; published ahead of print October 26, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506649102
  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Gerrit Huber,
    • Hubert Mantz,
    • Ralph Spolenak,
    • Klaus Mecke,
    • Karin Jacobs,
    • Stanislav N. Gorb,
    • and Eduard Arzt

    Evidence for capillarity contributions to gecko adhesion from single spatula nanomechanical measurements

    PNAS 2005 102:16293-16296; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506328102
    • See commentary article on page 12252 in issue 19 of volume 99

Genetics

  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Sandra L. Harris,
    • German Gil,
    • Harlan Robins,
    • Wenwei Hu,
    • Kim Hirshfield,
    • Elisabeth Bond,
    • Gareth Bond,
    • and Arnold J. Levine

    Detection of functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms that affect apoptosis

    PNAS 2005 102:16297-16302; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508390102
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Xue-Xia Miao,
    • Shi-Jie Xub,
    • Ming-Hui Li,
    • Mu-Wang Li,
    • Jian-Hua Huang,
    • Fang-Yin Dai,
    • Susan W. Marino,
    • David R. Mills,
    • Peiyu Zeng,
    • Kazuei Mita,
    • Shi-Hai Jia,
    • Yong Zhang,
    • Wen-Bin Liu,
    • Hui Xiang,
    • Qiu-Hong Guo,
    • An-Ying Xu,
    • Xiang-Yin Kong,
    • Hong-Xuan Lin,
    • Yao-Zhou Shi,
    • Gang Lu,
    • Xianglin Zhang,
    • Wei Huang,
    • Yuji Yasukochi,
    • Toshiyuki Sugasaki,
    • Toru Shimada,
    • Javaregowda Nagaraju,
    • Zhong-Huai Xiang,
    • Sheng-Yue Wang,
    • Marian R. Goldsmith,
    • Cheng Lu,
    • Guo-Ping Zhao,
    • and Yong-Ping Huang

    Simple sequence repeat-based consensus linkage map of Bombyx mori

    PNAS 2005 102:16303-16308; published ahead of print November 1, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0507794102

Immunology

  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Mihai G. Netea,
    • Tania Azam,
    • Gerben Ferwerda,
    • Stephen E. Girardin,
    • Mark Walsh,
    • Jong-Sung Park,
    • Edward Abraham,
    • Jin-Man Kim,
    • Do-Young Yoon,
    • Charles A. Dinarello,
    • and Soo-Hyun Kim

    IL-32 synergizes with nucleotide oligomerization domain (NOD) 1 and NOD2 ligands for IL-1β and IL-6 production through a caspase 1-dependent mechanism

    PNAS 2005 102:16309-16314; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508237102
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Kelly A. Soderberg,
    • Geoffrey W. Payne,
    • Ayuko Sato,
    • Ruslan Medzhitov,
    • Steven S. Segal,
    • and Akiko Iwasaki

    Innate control of adaptive immunity via remodeling of lymph node feed arteriole

    PNAS 2005 102:16315-16320; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506190102
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Eleni Zika,
    • Lucas Fauquier,
    • Laurence Vandel,
    • and Jenny P.-Y. Ting

    Interplay among coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1, CBP, and CIITA in IFN-γ-inducible MHC-II gene expression

    PNAS 2005 102:16321-16326; published ahead of print October 27, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505045102
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Eappen G. Abraham,
    • Sofia B. Pinto,
    • Anil Ghosh,
    • Dana L. Vanlandingham,
    • Aidan Budd,
    • Stephen Higgs,
    • Fotis C. Kafatos,
    • Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena,
    • and Kristin Michel

    An immune-responsive serpin, SRPN6, mediates mosquito defense against malaria parasites

    PNAS 2005 102:16327-16332; published ahead of print October 31, 2005, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508335102