This Week in PNAS

Commentary

  • Commentary:
    • Eric O. Freed

    HIV-1 Gag: Flipped out for PI(4,5)P 2

    PNAS 2006 103:11101-11102; published ahead of print July 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604715103
    • See companion article on page 11364 in issue 30 of volume 103

Physical Sciences

Applied Physical Sciences

  • Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences - Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Klaes Golman,
    • René in ‘t Zandt,
    • and Mikkel Thaning

    Real-time metabolic imaging

    PNAS 2006 103:11270-11275; published ahead of print July 12, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601319103

Geology

  • Physical Sciences - Geology - Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • Naomi E. Levin,
    • Thure E. Cerling,
    • Benjamin H. Passey,
    • John M. Harris,
    • and James R. Ehleringer

    A stable isotope aridity index for terrestrial environments

    PNAS 2006 103:11201-11205; published ahead of print July 13, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604719103

Mathematics

  • Physical Sciences - Mathematics:
    • Gábor Francsics
    • and Peter D. Lax

    Analysis of a Picard modular group

    PNAS 2006 103:11103-11105; published ahead of print July 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603075103
  • Physical Sciences - Mathematics:
    • Tobias H. Colding
    • and William P. Minicozzi, II

    Shapes of embedded minimal surfaces

    PNAS 2006 103:11106-11111; published ahead of print July 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510379103

Social Sciences

Psychology

  • Biological Sciences - Neuroscience - Social Sciences - Psychology:
    • Nina Kazanina,
    • Colin Phillips,
    • and William Idsardi

    The influence of meaning on the perception of speech sounds

    PNAS 2006 103:11381-11386; published ahead of print July 18, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604821103

Sustainability Science

  • Biological Sciences - Ecology - Social Sciences - Sustainability Science:
    • Jason Hill,
    • Erik Nelson,
    • David Tilman,
    • Stephen Polasky,
    • and Douglas Tiffany

    From the Cover: Environmental, economic, and energetic costs and benefits of biodiesel and ethanol biofuels

    PNAS 2006 103:11206-11210; published ahead of print July 12, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604600103

Biological Sciences

Biochemistry

  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Clémence Kress,
    • Hélène Thomassin,
    • and Thierry Grange

    Active cytosine demethylation triggered by a nuclear receptor involves DNA strand breaks

    PNAS 2006 103:11112-11117; published ahead of print July 13, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601793103
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Jody L. Plank,
    • Jianhong Wu,
    • and Tao-shih Hsieh

    Topoisomerase IIIα and Bloom’s helicase can resolve a mobile double Holliday junction substrate through convergent branch migration

    PNAS 2006 103:11118-11123; published ahead of print July 18, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604873103
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Yinyan Tang,
    • Chu-Young Kim,
    • Irimpan I. Mathews,
    • David E. Cane,
    • and Chaitan Khosla

    The 2.7-Å crystal structure of a 194-kDa homodimeric fragment of the 6-deoxyerythronolide B synthase

    PNAS 2006 103:11124-11129; published ahead of print July 14, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601924103

Biophysics

  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • James H. Werner,
    • Raymond Joggerst,
    • R. Brian Dyer,
    • and Peter M. Goodwin

    A two-dimensional view of the folding energy landscape of cytochrome c

    PNAS 2006 103:11130-11135; published ahead of print July 14, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604712103
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Abigail E. Miller,
    • Amanda J. Fischer,
    • Ted Laurence,
    • Christopher W. Hollars,
    • Richard J. Saykally,
    • J. Clark Lagarias,
    • and Thomas Huser

    Single-molecule dynamics of phytochrome-bound fluorophores probed by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

    PNAS 2006 103:11136-11141; published ahead of print July 14, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604724103

Cell Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Hyun Kim,
    • Karin Melén,
    • Marie Österberg,
    • and Gunnar von Heijne

    A global topology map of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae membrane proteome

    PNAS 2006 103:11142-11147; published ahead of print July 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604075103
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Marie Österberg,
    • Hyun Kim,
    • Jonas Warringer,
    • Karin Melén,
    • Anders Blomberg,
    • and Gunnar von Heijne

    Phenotypic effects of membrane protein overexpression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    PNAS 2006 103:11148-11153; published ahead of print July 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604078103
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Paul P. Szotek,
    • Rafael Pieretti-Vanmarcke,
    • Peter T. Masiakos,
    • Daniela M. Dinulescu,
    • Denise Connolly,
    • Rosemary Foster,
    • David Dombkowski,
    • Frederic Preffer,
    • David T. MacLaughlin,
    • and Patricia K. Donahoe

    Ovarian cancer side population defines cells with stem cell-like characteristics and Mullerian Inhibiting Substance responsiveness

    PNAS 2006 103:11154-11159; published ahead of print July 18, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603672103
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Martin Monte,
    • Marta Simonatto,
    • Leticia Y. Peche,
    • Debora R. Bublik,
    • Stefania Gobessi,
    • Marco A. Pierotti,
    • Monica Rodolfo,
    • and Claudio Schneider

    MAGE-A tumor antigens target p53 transactivation function through histone deacetylase recruitment and confer resistance to chemotherapeutic agents

    PNAS 2006 103:11160-11165; published ahead of print July 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510834103
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Stuart C. Schaffner
    • and Jorge V. José

    Biophysical model of self-organized spindle formation patterns without centrosomes and kinetochores

    PNAS 2006 103:11166-11171; published ahead of print July 14, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604721103
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Lawrence Rajendran,
    • Masanori Honsho,
    • Tobias R. Zahn,
    • Patrick Keller,
    • Kathrin D. Geiger,
    • Paul Verkade,
    • and Kai Simons

    Alzheimer's disease β-amyloid peptides are released in association with exosomes

    PNAS 2006 103:11172-11177; published ahead of print July 12, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603838103
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Maria Francisca Arteaga,
    • Lin Wang,
    • Tommer Ravid,
    • Mark Hochstrasser,
    • and Cecilia M. Canessa

    An amphipathic helix targets serum and glucocorticoid-induced kinase 1 to the endoplasmic reticulum-associated ubiquitin-conjugation machinery

    PNAS 2006 103:11178-11183; published ahead of print July 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604816103
    Open Access Article

Developmental Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Gabriela Durcova-Hills,
    • Petra Hajkova,
    • Stephen Sullivan,
    • Sheila Barton,
    • M. Azim Surani,
    • and Anne McLaren

    Influence of sex chromosome constitution on the genomic imprinting of germ cells

    PNAS 2006 103:11184-11188; published ahead of print July 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0602621103
  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Mei Xin,
    • Christopher A. Davis,
    • Jeffery D. Molkentin,
    • Ching-Ling Lien,
    • Stephen A. Duncan,
    • James A. Richardson,
    • and Eric N. Olson

    A threshold of GATA4 and GATA6 expression is required for cardiovascular development

    PNAS 2006 103:11189-11194; published ahead of print July 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604604103
  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • David Q. Matus,
    • Kevin Pang,
    • Heather Marlow,
    • Casey W. Dunn,
    • Gerald H. Thomsen,
    • and Mark Q. Martindale

    From the Cover: Molecular evidence for deep evolutionary roots of bilaterality in animal development

    PNAS 2006 103:11195-11200; published ahead of print July 12, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601257103

Ecology

  • Physical Sciences - Geology - Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • Naomi E. Levin,
    • Thure E. Cerling,
    • Benjamin H. Passey,
    • John M. Harris,
    • and James R. Ehleringer

    A stable isotope aridity index for terrestrial environments

    PNAS 2006 103:11201-11205; published ahead of print July 13, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604719103
  • Biological Sciences - Ecology - Social Sciences - Sustainability Science:
    • Jason Hill,
    • Erik Nelson,
    • David Tilman,
    • Stephen Polasky,
    • and Douglas Tiffany

    From the Cover: Environmental, economic, and energetic costs and benefits of biodiesel and ethanol biofuels

    PNAS 2006 103:11206-11210; published ahead of print July 12, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604600103
  • Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • Kevin D. Lafferty,
    • Andrew P. Dobson,
    • and Armand M. Kuris

    Parasites dominate food web links

    PNAS 2006 103:11211-11216; published ahead of print July 14, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604755103
    Open Access Article

Environmental Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Environmental Sciences:
    • M. A. White,
    • N. S. Diffenbaugh,
    • G. V. Jones,
    • J. S. Pal,
    • and F. Giorgi

    Extreme heat reduces and shifts United States premium wine production in the 21st century

    PNAS 2006 103:11217-11222; published ahead of print July 13, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603230103
    Open Access Article

Evolution

  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Thierry Smith,
    • Kenneth D. Rose,
    • and Philip D. Gingerich

    Rapid Asia–Europe–North America geographic dispersal of earliest Eocene primate Teilhardina during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

    PNAS 2006 103:11223-11227; published ahead of print July 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0511296103
  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Manuel Fidalgo,
    • Ramon R. Barrales,
    • Jose I. Ibeas,
    • and Juan Jimenez

    Adaptive evolution by mutations in the FLO11 gene

    PNAS 2006 103:11228-11233; published ahead of print July 14, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601713103
    Open Access Article

Genetics

  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • B. Lakshmi,
    • Ira M. Hall,
    • Christopher Egan,
    • Joan Alexander,
    • Anthony Leotta,
    • John Healy,
    • Lars Zender,
    • Mona S. Spector,
    • Wen Xue,
    • Scott W. Lowe,
    • Michael Wigler,
    • and Robert Lucito

    Mouse genomic representational oligonucleotide microarray analysis: Detection of copy number variations in normal and tumor specimens

    PNAS 2006 103:11234-11239; published ahead of print July 14, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0602984103
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Susanne M. D. Goldberg,
    • Justin Johnson,
    • Dana Busam,
    • Tamara Feldblyum,
    • Steve Ferriera,
    • Robert Friedman,
    • Aaron Halpern,
    • Hoda Khouri,
    • Saul A. Kravitz,
    • Federico M. Lauro,
    • Kelvin Li,
    • Yu-Hui Rogers,
    • Robert Strausberg,
    • Granger Sutton,
    • Luke Tallon,
    • Torsten Thomas,
    • Eli Venter,
    • Marvin Frazier,
    • and J. Craig Venter

    A Sanger/pyrosequencing hybrid approach for the generation of high-quality draft assemblies of marine microbial genomes

    PNAS 2006 103:11240-11245; published ahead of print July 13, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604351103
    Open Access Article
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Christina Tenenhaus Dann,
    • Alma L. Alvarado,
    • Robert E. Hammer,
    • and David L. Garbers

    Heritable and stable gene knockdown in rats

    PNAS 2006 103:11246-11251; published ahead of print July 14, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604657103
    Open Access Article

Immunology

  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Shin-ichiro Fujii,
    • Kanako Shimizu,
    • Hiroaki Hemmi,
    • Mikiko Fukui,
    • Anthony J. Bonito,
    • Guangwu Chen,
    • Richard W. Franck,
    • Moriya Tsuji,
    • and Ralph M. Steinman

    Glycolipid α-C-galactosylceramide is a distinct inducer of dendritic cell function during innate and adaptive immune responses of mice

    PNAS 2006 103:11252-11257; published ahead of print July 14, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604812103
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Pedro Roda-Navarro,
    • Mar Vales-Gomez,
    • Susan E. Chisholm,
    • and Hugh T. Reyburn

    Transfer of NKG2D and MICB at the cytotoxic NK cell immune synapse correlates with a reduction in NK cell cytotoxic function

    PNAS 2006 103:11258-11263; published ahead of print July 18, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0600721103
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Colleen M. Doyle,
    • Jiong Han,
    • Martin G. Weigert,
    • and Eline T. Luning Prak

    Consequences of receptor editing at the λ locus: Multireactivity and light chain secretion

    PNAS 2006 103:11264-11269; published ahead of print July 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604053103
    Open Access Article

Medical Sciences

  • Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences - Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Klaes Golman,
    • René in ‘t Zandt,
    • and Mikkel Thaning

    Real-time metabolic imaging

    PNAS 2006 103:11270-11275; published ahead of print July 12, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601319103
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Christian A. Hudert,
    • Karsten H. Weylandt,
    • Yan Lu,
    • Jingdong Wang,
    • Song Hong,
    • Axel Dignass,
    • Charles N. Serhan,
    • and Jing X. Kang

    Transgenic mice rich in endogenous omega-3 fatty acids are protected from colitis

    PNAS 2006 103:11276-11281; published ahead of print July 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0601280103
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Yutaka Imamura,
    • Setsuko Noda,
    • Kouhei Hashizume,
    • Kei Shinoda,
    • Mineko Yamaguchi,
    • Satoshi Uchiyama,
    • Takahiko Shimizu,
    • Yutaka Mizushima,
    • Takuji Shirasawa,
    • and Kazuo Tsubota

    Drusen, choroidal neovascularization, and retinal pigment epithelium dysfunction in SOD1-deficient mice: A model of age-related macular degeneration

    PNAS 2006 103:11282-11287; published ahead of print July 14, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0602131103
    Open Access Article
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Stephen B. Liggett,
    • Jeanne Mialet-Perez,
    • Surai Thaneemit-Chen,
    • Stewart A. Weber,
    • Scott M. Greene,
    • Danielle Hodne,
    • Bradley Nelson,
    • Jennifer Morrison,
    • Michael J. Domanski,
    • Lynne E. Wagoner,
    • William T. Abraham,
    • Jeffrey L. Anderson,
    • John F. Carlquist,
    • Heidi J. Krause-Steinrauf,
    • Laura C. Lazzeroni,
    • J. David Port,
    • Philip W. Lavori,
    • and Michael R. Bristow

    A polymorphism within a conserved β 1 -adrenergic receptor motif alters cardiac function and β-blocker response in human heart failure

    PNAS 2006 103:11288-11293; published ahead of print July 14, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0509937103
    Open Access Article
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Yuxin Lu,
    • Hoa Dang,
    • Blake Middleton,
    • Zesong Zhang,
    • Lorraine Washburn,
    • David B. Stout,
    • Martha Campbell-Thompson,
    • Mark A. Atkinson,
    • Michael Phelps,
    • Sanjiv Sam Gambhir,
    • Jide Tian,
    • and Daniel L. Kaufman

    Noninvasive imaging of islet grafts using positron-emission tomography

    PNAS 2006 103:11294-11299; doi:10.1073/pnas.0603909103
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Keiichi Komeima,
    • Brian S. Rogers,