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March 7, 2006; 103 (10)
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FROM THE COVER
Rod photoreceptor differentiation
Enhancing doped ceria conductivity
Cryptic insect parasitoid species
Evolution of myosins
Reculturing hepatitis C virus
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Karlheinz Schwarz
Materials design of solid electrolytes
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Holly V. Goodson
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Multiplying myosins
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Jens Bukh
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A milestone for hepatitis C virus research: A virus generated in cell culture is fully viable in vivo
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Börje Johansson
From the Cover: Optimization of ionic conductivity in doped ceria
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Shiue-Shien Weng
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Yogesh S. Munot
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Chien-Tien Chen
Chiral N -salicylidene vanadyl carboxylate-catalyzed enantioselective aerobic oxidation of α-hydroxy esters and amides
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2006
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Prabuddha Mukherjee
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Picosecond dynamics of a membrane protein revealed by 2D IR
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Frederick D. Lewis
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David M. Tiede
X-ray diffraction “fingerprinting” of DNA structure in solution for quantitative evaluation of molecular dynamics simulation
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2006
103
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Rakesh Sachdeva
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Linnea Arterburn
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Patrick G. Hatcher
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David G. Cornwell
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Jiyan Ma
Mechanism of arylating quinone toxicity involving Michael adduct formation and induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress
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2006
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Jacqueline K. Barton
Electron trap for DNA-bound repair enzymes: A strategy for DNA-mediated signaling
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2006
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R. Mohr
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K. Kratz
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M. Lucka-Gabor
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M. Moneke
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A. Lendlein
Initiation of shape-memory effect by inductive heating of magnetic nanoparticles in thermoplastic polymers
PNAS
2006
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Ketil B. Sørensen
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Rika Anderson
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Helen F. Fredricks
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Marcus Elvert
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Timothy J. Kelly
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Daniel P. Schrag
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Mitchell L. Sogin
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Jean E. Brenchley
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Andreas Teske
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Christopher H. House
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Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Heterotrophic Archaea dominate sedimentary subsurface ecosystems off Peru
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2006
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Lü Zuné
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Body size, body proportions, and encephalization in a Middle Pleistocene archaic human from northern China
PNAS
2006
103
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Daniel S. McConnell
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Bobbi S. Low
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Beverly I. Strassmann
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Barry G. England
Cortisol levels and very early pregnancy loss in humans
PNAS
2006
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William D. Nordhaus
Inaugural Article: Geography and macroeconomics: New data and new findings
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2006
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Sarah Bowden
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Judy Freeman
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Tina Barsby
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Behjat Kosar-Hashemi
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Zhongyi Li
,
Sadequr Rahman
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Matthew Morell
High-amylose wheat generated by RNA interference improves indices of large-bowel health in rats
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Lü Zuné
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Body size, body proportions, and encephalization in a Middle Pleistocene archaic human from northern China
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2006
103
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Gaurav Deshmukh
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Wolfgang Ebel
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Stephen Harley
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Marianne Henry
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Sara Jacob
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Brad Kline
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Ella Lazo
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Frank Rotella
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Eric Routhier
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Kathryn Rudolph
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Jeaneen Sage
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Paul Simon
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Jun Yao
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Yuhong Zhou
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Mani Kavuru
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Tracey Bonfield
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Mary Jane Thomassen
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Philip M. Sass
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Nicholas C. Nicolaides
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Luigi Grasso
Human antibodies for immunotherapy development generated via a human B cell hybridoma technology
PNAS
2006
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Ligang Zhang
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Frederick D. Lewis
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David M. Tiede
X-ray diffraction “fingerprinting” of DNA structure in solution for quantitative evaluation of molecular dynamics simulation
PNAS
2006
103
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0600022103
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Ben Powell
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Yoshihisa Suzuki
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Hoa Nguyen
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Maryam Tabrizizad
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Catherine Luu
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Structural characterization of autoinhibited c-Met kinase produced by coexpression in bacteria with phosphatase
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2006
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A DEAD-box protein alone promotes group II intron splicing and reverse splicing by acting as an RNA chaperone
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2006
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An elongated spine of buried core residues necessary for in vivo folding of the parallel β-helix of P22 tailspike adhesin
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2006
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Cofactor-containing antibodies: Crystal structure of the original yellow antibody
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2006
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Mutational unmasking of a tRNA-dependent pathway for preventing genetic code ambiguity
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2006
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Jeffrey R. Balser
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Walter J. Chazin
Calcium-dependent regulation of the voltage-gated sodium channel hH1: Intrinsic and extrinsic sensors use a common molecular switch
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2006
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Changes produced by bound tryptophan in the ribosome peptidyl transferase center in response to TnaC, a nascent leader peptide
PNAS
2006
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Rakesh Sachdeva
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Linnea Arterburn
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Lucy Frye
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Patrick G. Hatcher
,
David G. Cornwell
,
and
Jiyan Ma
Mechanism of arylating quinone toxicity involving Michael adduct formation and induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress
PNAS
2006
103
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Jacqueline K. Barton
Electron trap for DNA-bound repair enzymes: A strategy for DNA-mediated signaling
PNAS
2006
103
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0600239103
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Ronald C. Hogg
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Patrick H. Celie
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Victor Tsetlin
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August B. Smit
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Titia K. Sixma
Structural determinants of selective α-conotoxin binding to a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor homolog AChBP
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2006
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R. G. Haverkamp
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M. D. Templeton
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J. P. Mackay
Structural basis for rodlet assembly in fungal hydrophobins
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2006
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Projection structure of the human copper transporter CTR1 at 6-Å resolution reveals a compact trimer with a novel channel-like architecture
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2006
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Masahiro Ueda
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Peter N. Devreotes
Tumor suppressor PTEN acts through dynamic interaction with the plasma membrane
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2006
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Neutrophil polarization: Spatiotemporal dynamics of RhoA activity support a self-organizing mechanism
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Reduced c-Myc signaling triggers telomere-independent senescence by regulating Bmi-1 and p16 INK4a
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Tbx6-mediated Notch signaling controls somite-specific Mesp2 expression
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2006
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Paul D. N. Hebert
From the Cover: DNA barcodes reveal cryptic host-specificity within the presumed polyphagous members of a genus of parasitoid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
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2006
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Evolution
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Francisco J. Ayala
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François Renaud
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Sébastien Bertout
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Serge Eholié
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Koné Moussa
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Michèle Mallié
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Thierry de Meeûs
Clonal population structure and genetic diversity of Candida albicans in AIDS patients from Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)
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2006
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Three RNA cells for ribosomal lineages and three DNA viruses to replicate their genomes: A hypothesis for the origin of cellular domain
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2006
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Ying Lu
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Derrick J. Zwickl
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Sodium channel genes and the evolution of diversity in communication signals of electric fishes: Convergent molecular evolution
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2006
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From the Cover: New insights into myosin evolution and classification
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2006
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