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This Week in PNAS

This Week in PNAS:
In This Issue
PNAS 2006 103:13261-13262; doi:10.1073/iti3606103

Commentaries

Commentary:
- Kenneth J. Kellar
Overcoming inhibitions
PNAS 2006 103:13263-13264; published ahead of print August 28, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0606052103
- See companion article on page 13220 in issue 35 of volume 103
Commentary:
- Mark T. Fisher
Proline to the rescue
PNAS 2006 103:13265-13266; published ahead of print August 28, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0606106103
- See companion article on page 13357 in issue 36 of volume 103
Commentary:
- Kristen H. Taylor,
- Robert D. Schnabel,
- and Jeremy F. Taylor
Impaired collagen chaperone results in preterm PROM
PNAS 2006 103:13267-13268; published ahead of print August 28, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0606017103
- See companion article on page 13463 in issue 36 of volume 103
Commentary:
- Ethan Bier
Antioxidants put Parkinson flies back in the PINK
PNAS 2006 103:13269-13270; published ahead of print August 28, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0606288103
- See companion article on page 13520 in issue 36 of volume 103

Perspective

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Perspective:
- Therese Hesketh
- and Zhu Wei Xing
Abnormal sex ratios in human populations: Causes and consequences
PNAS 2006 103:13271-13275; published ahead of print August 28, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0602203103

Profile

Profile:
- Tinsley H. Davis
Profile of Margaret M. Murnane
PNAS 2006 103:13276-13278; published ahead of print August 28, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0606322103
- See commentary article on page 13279 in issue 36 of volume 103

Physical Sciences

Applied Physical Sciences

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Biological Sciences - Biophysics - Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences:
- Amit K. Gupta,
- Pradeep R. Nair,
- Demir Akin,
- Michael R. Ladisch,
- Steve Broyles,
- Muhammad A. Alam,
- and Rashid Bashir
Anomalous resonance in a nanomechanical biosensor
PNAS 2006 103:13362-13367; published ahead of print August 28, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0602022103

Chemistry

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
- Ping Lin,
- Lars C. Pedersen,
- Vinod K. Batra,
- William A. Beard,
- Samuel H. Wilson,
- and Lee G. Pedersen
Energy analysis of chemistry for correct insertion by DNA polymerase β
PNAS 2006 103:13294-13299; published ahead of print August 28, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0606006103
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Lidong Qin,
- Shengli Zou,
- Can Xue,
- Ariel Atkinson,
- George C. Schatz,
- and Chad A. Mirkin
Designing, fabricating, and imaging Raman hot spots
PNAS 2006 103:13300-13303; published ahead of print August 24, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0605889103
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Dominic J. Yee,
- Vojtech Balsanek,
- David R. Bauman,
- Trevor M. Penning,
- and Dalibor Sames
Fluorogenic metabolic probes for direct activity readout of redox enzymes: Selective measurement of human AKR1C2 in living cells
PNAS 2006 103:13304-13309; published ahead of print August 28, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0604672103

Geology

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Physical Sciences - Geology - Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- T. Jacob,
- E. Indriati,
- R. P. Soejono,
- K. Hsü,
- D. W. Frayer,
- R. B. Eckhardt,
- A. J. Kuperavage,
- A. Thorne,
- and M. Henneberg
Pygmoid Australomelanesian Homo sapiens skeletal remains from Liang Bua, Flores: Population affinities and pathological abnormalities
PNAS 2006 103:13421-13426; published ahead of print August 23, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0605563103
Open Access Article

Physics

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Physical Sciences - Physics:
- Nicholas L. Wagner,
- Andrea Wüest,
- Ivan P. Christov,
- Tenio Popmintchev,
- Xibin Zhou,
- Margaret M. Murnane,
- and Henry C. Kapteyn
Inaugural Article: Monitoring molecular dynamics using coherent electrons from high harmonic generation
PNAS 2006 103:13279-13285; published ahead of print August 8, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0605178103
Open Access Article
- See commentary article on page 13276 in issue 36 of volume 103
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Physical Sciences - Physics:
- Sylvie Roke,
- Otto Berg,
- Johan Buitenhuis,
- Alfons van Blaaderen,
- and Mischa Bonn
Surface molecular view of colloidal gelation
PNAS 2006 103:13310-13314; published ahead of print August 28, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0606116103
Open Access Article

FROM THE COVER

In This Issue

Overcoming inhibitions

Proline to the rescue

Impaired collagen chaperone results in preterm PROM

Antioxidants put Parkinson flies back in the PINK

Abnormal sex ratios in human populations: Causes and consequences

Profile of Margaret M. Murnane

Anomalous resonance in a nanomechanical biosensor

Energy analysis of chemistry for correct insertion by DNA polymerase β

Designing, fabricating, and imaging Raman hot spots

Fluorogenic metabolic probes for direct activity readout of redox enzymes: Selective measurement of human AKR1C2 in living cells

Pygmoid Australomelanesian Homo sapiens skeletal remains from Liang Bua, Flores: Population affinities and pathological abnormalities

Inaugural Article: Monitoring molecular dynamics using coherent electrons from high harmonic generation

Surface molecular view of colloidal gelation

Characterization of capsaicin synthase and identification of its gene ( csy1 ) for pungency factor capsaicin in pepper ( Capsicum sp.)

Energy analysis of chemistry for correct insertion by DNA polymerase β

Structural mechanism for the carriage and release of thyroxine in the blood

The transition state for formation of the peptide bond in the ribosome

Matrix morphogenesis in cornea is mediated by the modification of keratan sulfate by GlcNAc 6- O -sulfotransferase

Structure of aminopeptidase N from Escherichia coli suggests a compartmentalized, gated active site

A biosynthetic pathway for anandamide

Coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1) is a positive regulator of the Cyclin E1 gene

Inhibition of protein aggregation in vitro and in vivo by a natural osmoprotectant

Anomalous resonance in a nanomechanical biosensor

Conformational transition pathway in the allosteric process of human glucokinase

Monitoring of heparin and its low-molecular-weight analogs by silicon field effect

Trapped water molecules are essential to structural dynamics and function of a ribozyme

High-field pulsed electron–electron double resonance spectroscopy to determine the orientation of the tyrosyl radicals in ribonucleotide reductase

The Nck-interacting kinase phosphorylates ERM proteins for formation of lamellipodium by growth factors

From the Cover: Matefin/SUN-1 is a nuclear envelope receptor for CED-4 during Caenorhabditis elegans apoptosis

Tcof1 /Treacle is required for neural crest cell formation and proliferation deficiencies that cause craniofacial abnormalities

Dual roles for adenomatous polyposis coli in regulating retinoic acid biosynthesis and Wnt during ocular development

MIWI associates with translational machinery and PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) in regulating spermatogenesis

Pygmoid Australomelanesian Homo sapiens skeletal remains from Liang Bua, Flores: Population affinities and pathological abnormalities

Comparison of multiple vertebrate genomes reveals the birth and evolution of human exons

Population-wide lineage frequencies predict genetic load in the seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex

A Drosophila model of the rhabdomyosarcoma initiator PAX7-FKHR

A mitotically inheritable unit containing a MAP kinase module

Inactivation of JNK1 enhances innate IL-10 production and dampens autoimmune inflammation in the brain

Role of T and NK cells and IL7/IL7r interactions during neonatal maturation of lymph nodes

From the Cover: A functional SNP in the promoter of the SERPINH1 gene increases risk of preterm premature rupture of membranes in African Americans