Commentary

  • Commentary:
    • John Z. Kiss

    Up, down, and all around: How plants sense and respond to environmental stimuli

    PNAS 2006 103:829-830; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510471102
    • See companion article on page 18742 in issue 51 of volume 102

In This Issue

Physical Sciences

Chemistry

  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Zhonghan Hu
    • and Claudio J. Margulis

    Heterogeneity in a room-temperature ionic liquid: Persistent local environments and the red-edge effect

    PNAS 2006 103:831-836; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0507364103

Social Sciences

Environmental Sciences

  • Social Sciences - Environmental Sciences:
    • Andrew Sluyter
    • and Gabriela Dominguez

    Early maize ( Zea mays L.) cultivation in Mexico: Dating sedimentary pollen records and its implications

    PNAS 2006 103:1147-1151; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510473103

Biological Sciences

Anthropology

  • Biological Sciences - Anthropology:
    • Sanghamitra Sahoo,
    • Anamika Singh,
    • G. Himabindu,
    • Jheelam Banerjee,
    • T. Sitalaximi,
    • Sonali Gaikwad,
    • R. Trivedi,
    • Phillip Endicott,
    • Toomas Kivisild,
    • Mait Metspalu,
    • Richard Villems,
    • and V. K. Kashyap

    A prehistory of Indian Y chromosomes: Evaluating demic diffusion scenarios

    PNAS 2006 103:843-848; published ahead of print January 13, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0507714103

Applied Biological Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Maria B. Dainiak,
    • Ashok Kumar,
    • Igor Yu. Galaev,
    • and Bo Mattiasson

    Detachment of affinity-captured bioparticles by elastic deformation of a macroporous hydrogel

    PNAS 2006 103:849-854; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508432103
  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Janka Kisucka,
    • Catherine E. Butterfield,
    • Dan G. Duda,
    • Sarah C. Eichenberger,
    • Simin Saffaripour,
    • Jerry Ware,
    • Zaverio M. Ruggeri,
    • Rakesh K. Jain,
    • Judah Folkman,
    • and Denisa D. Wagner

    Platelets and platelet adhesion support angiogenesis while preventing excessive hemorrhage

    PNAS 2006 103:855-860; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510412103
  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Luca Santi,
    • Anatoli Giritch,
    • Chad J. Roy,
    • Sylvestre Marillonnet,
    • Victor Klimyuk,
    • Yuri Gleba,
    • Robert Webb,
    • Charles J. Arntzen,
    • and Hugh S. Mason

    Protection conferred by recombinant Yersinia pestis antigens produced by a rapid and highly scalable plant expression system

    PNAS 2006 103:861-866; published ahead of print January 12, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510014103
  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Christopher L. Warren,
    • Natasha C. S. Kratochvil,
    • Karl E. Hauschild,
    • Shane Foister,
    • Mary L. Brezinski,
    • Peter B. Dervan,
    • George N. Phillips, Jr.,
    • and Aseem Z. Ansari

    Defining the sequence-recognition profile of DNA-binding molecules

    PNAS 2006 103:867-872; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0509843102

Biochemistry

  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Ross C. Wilson,
    • Christopher J. Bohlen,
    • Mark P. Foster,
    • and Charles E. Bell

    Structure of Pfu Pop5, an archaeal RNase P protein

    PNAS 2006 103:873-878; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508004103
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Likui Yang,
    • Chandrashekhara Manithody,
    • and Alireza R. Rezaie

    Activation of protein C by the thrombin–thrombomodulin complex: Cooperative roles of Arg-35 of thrombin and Arg-67 of protein C

    PNAS 2006 103:879-884; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0507700103
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Asako Doi,
    • Takeshi Shono,
    • Masahiro Nishi,
    • Hiroto Furuta,
    • Hideyuki Sasaki,
    • and Kishio Nanjo

    IA-2β, but not IA-2, is induced by ghrelin and inhibits glucose-stimulated insulin secretion

    PNAS 2006 103:885-890; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502470102
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Robert W. Clark,
    • Nicholas D. Lanz,
    • Andrea J. Lee,
    • Robert L. Kerby,
    • Gary P. Roberts,
    • and Judith N. Burstyn

    Unexpected NO-dependent DNA binding by the CooA homolog from Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans

    PNAS 2006 103:891-896; published ahead of print January 12, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505919103
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Bidyut K. Mohanty,
    • Narendra K. Bairwa,
    • and Deepak Bastia

    The Tof1p–Csm3p protein complex counteracts the Rrm3p helicase to control replication termination of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    PNAS 2006 103:897-902; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506540103
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Stephanie A. Smith,
    • Nicola J. Mutch,
    • Deepak Baskar,
    • Peter Rohloff,
    • Roberto Docampo,
    • and James H. Morrissey

    From the Cover: Polyphosphate modulates blood coagulation and fibrinolysis

    PNAS 2006 103:903-908; published ahead of print January 12, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0507195103
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Joel R. Hoskins
    • and Sue Wickner

    Two peptide sequences can function cooperatively to facilitate binding and unfolding by ClpA and degradation by ClpAP

    PNAS 2006 103:909-914; published ahead of print January 12, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0509154103

Biophysics

  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Viktor Hornak,
    • Asim Okur,
    • Robert C. Rizzo,
    • and Carlos Simmerling

    HIV-1 protease flaps spontaneously open and reclose in molecular dynamics simulations

    PNAS 2006 103:915-920; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508452103
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Alexander Star,
    • Eugene Tu,
    • Joseph Niemann,
    • Jean-Christophe P. Gabriel,
    • C. Steve Joiner,
    • and Christian Valcke

    Label-free detection of DNA hybridization using carbon nanotube network field-effect transistors

    PNAS 2006 103:921-926; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0504146103
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Michael J. Begley,
    • Gregory S. Taylor,
    • Melissa A. Brock,
    • Partho Ghosh,
    • Virgil L. Woods,
    • and Jack E. Dixon

    Molecular basis for substrate recognition by MTMR2, a myotubularin family phosphoinositide phosphatase

    PNAS 2006 103:927-932; published ahead of print January 12, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510006103

Cell Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Tobias Brambrink,
    • Konrad Hochedlinger,
    • George Bell,
    • and Rudolf Jaenisch

    ES cells derived from cloned and fertilized blastocysts are transcriptionally and functionally indistinguishable

    PNAS 2006 103:933-938; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510485103
  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Shoba Subramanian,
    • Carol A. Woolford,
    • Emily Drill,
    • Meng Lu,
    • and Elizabeth W. Jones

    Pbn1p: An essential endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein required for protein processing in the endoplasmic reticulum of budding yeast

    PNAS 2006 103:939-944; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0505570103

Developmental Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Jaclyn Schienda,
    • Kurt A. Engleka,
    • Susan Jun,
    • Mark S. Hansen,
    • Jonathan A. Epstein,
    • Clifford J. Tabin,
    • Louis M. Kunkel,
    • and Gabrielle Kardon

    Somitic origin of limb muscle satellite and side population cells

    PNAS 2006 103:945-950; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510164103
  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Zhicao Yue,
    • Ting-Xin Jiang,
    • Randall Bruce Widelitz,
    • and Cheng-Ming Chuong

    Wnt3a gradient converts radial to bilateral feather symmetry via topological arrangement of epithelia

    PNAS 2006 103:951-955; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506894103

Ecology

  • Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • Jana C. Vamosi,
    • Tiffany M. Knight,
    • Janette A. Steets,
    • Susan J. Mazer,
    • Martin Burd,
    • and Tia-Lynn Ashman

    Pollination decays in biodiversity hotspots

    PNAS 2006 103:956-961; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0507165103

Evolution

  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Siri-Christine Seehuus,
    • Kari Norberg,
    • Ulrike Gimsa,
    • Trygve Krekling,
    • and Gro V. Amdam

    From the Cover: Reproductive protein protects functionally sterile honey bee workers from oxidative stress

    PNAS 2006 103:962-967; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0502681103
  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Mehrdad Hajibabaei,
    • Daniel H. Janzen,
    • John M. Burns,
    • Winnie Hallwachs,
    • and Paul D. N. Hebert

    From the Cover: DNA barcodes distinguish species of tropical Lepidoptera

    PNAS 2006 103:968-971; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510466103
  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Hanne Hegre Grundt,
    • Siri Kjølner,
    • Liv Borgen,
    • Loren H. Rieseberg,
    • and Christian Brochmann

    High biological species diversity in the arctic flora

    PNAS 2006 103:972-975; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510270103

Genetics

  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Ying Liu
    • and Walter F. Bodmer

    From the Cover: Analysis of P53 mutations and their expression in 56 colorectal cancer cell lines

    PNAS 2006 103:976-981; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510146103
  • Biological Sciences - Genetics:
    • Laura T. Smith,
    • Mauting Lin,
    • Romulo M. Brena,
    • James C. Lang,
    • David E. Schuller,
    • Gregory A. Otterson,
    • Carl D. Morrison,
    • Dominic J. Smiraglia,
    • and Christoph Plass

    Epigenetic regulation of the tumor suppressor gene TCF21 on 6q23-q24 in lung and head and neck cancer

    PNAS 2006 103:982-987; published ahead of print January 13, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510171102

Immunology

  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Almut Dufner,
    • Scott Pownall,
    • and Tak W. Mak

    Caspase recruitment domain protein 6 is a microtubule-interacting protein that positively modulates NF-κB activation

    PNAS 2006 103:988-993; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510380103
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Nicole L. La Gruta,
    • Katherine Kedzierska,
    • Ken Pang,
    • Richard Webby,
    • Miles Davenport,
    • Weisan Chen,
    • Stephen J. Turner,
    • and Peter C. Doherty

    A virus-specific CD8 + T cell immunodominance hierarchy determined by antigen dose and precursor frequencies

    PNAS 2006 103:994-999; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510429103
  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Zhengju Yao,
    • Yongzhi Cui,
    • Wendy T. Watford,
    • Jay H. Bream,
    • Kunihiro Yamaoka,
    • Bruce D. Hissong,
    • Denise Li,
    • Scott K. Durum,
    • Qiong Jiang,
    • Avinash Bhandoola,
    • Lothar Hennighausen,
    • and John J. O'Shea

    Stat5a/b are essential for normal lymphoid development and differentiation

    PNAS 2006 103:1000-1005; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0507350103

Medical Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Yanqiao Zhang,
    • Florence Ying Lee,
    • Gabriel Barrera,
    • Hans Lee,
    • Charisse Vales,
    • Frank J. Gonzalez,
    • Timothy M. Willson,
    • and Peter A. Edwards

    Activation of the nuclear receptor FXR improves hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia in diabetic mice

    PNAS 2006 103:1006-1011; published ahead of print January 12, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0506982103
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Gang Hao,
    • Behrad Derakhshan,
    • Lei Shi,
    • Fabien Campagne,
    • and Steven S. Gross

    SNOSID, a proteomic method for identification of cysteine S-nitrosylation sites in complex protein mixtures

    PNAS 2006 103:1012-1017; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0508412103
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Ya-Xiong Chen,
    • Jizhou Yan,
    • Karen Keeshan,
    • Anthony T. Tubbs,
    • Haoren Wang,
    • Albert Silva,
    • Eric J. Brown,
    • Jay L. Hess,
    • Warren S. Pear,
    • and Xianxin Hua

    The tumor suppressor menin regulates hematopoiesis and myeloid transformation by influencing Hox gene expression

    PNAS 2006 103:1018-1023; published ahead of print January 13, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510347103
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Hagen Schroeter,
    • Christian Heiss,
    • Jan Balzer,
    • Petra Kleinbongard,
    • Carl L. Keen,
    • Norman K. Hollenberg,
    • Helmut Sies,
    • Catherine Kwik-Uribe,
    • Harold H. Schmitz,
    • and Malte Kelm

    (–)-Epicatechin mediates beneficial effects of flavanol-rich cocoa on vascular function in humans

    PNAS 2006 103:1024-1029; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510168103
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Sanggyu Lee,
    • Jianjun Chen,
    • Guolin Zhou,
    • Run Zhang Shi,
    • Gerard G. Bouffard,
    • Masha Kocherginsky,
    • Xijin Ge,
    • Miao Sun,
    • Nimanthi Jayathilaka,
    • Yeong Cheol Kim,
    • Neelmini Emmanuel,
    • Stefan K. Bohlander,
    • Mark Minden,
    • Justin Kline,
    • Ozden Ozer,
    • Richard A. Larson,
    • Michelle M. LeBeau,
    • Eric D. Green,
    • Jeffery Trent,
    • Theodore Karrison,
    • Piu Paul Liu,
    • San Ming Wang,
    • and Janet D. Rowley

    Gene expression profiles in acute myeloid leukemia with common translocations using SAGE

    PNAS 2006 103:1030-1035; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0509878103
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Judy C. Chang,
    • Lin Ye,
    • and Yuet Wai Kan

    Correction of the sickle cell mutation in embryonic stem cells

    PNAS 2006 103:1036-1040; published ahead of print January 11, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510177103
  • Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • John R. McWhirter,
    • Anke Kretz-Rommel,
    • Alan Saven,
    • Toshiaki Maruyama,
    • Kathleen N. Potter,
    • C. Ian Mockridge,
    • E. Prenn Ravey,
    • Fenghua Qin,
    • and Katherine S. Bowdish

    Antibodies selected from combinatorial libraries block a tumor antigen that plays a key role in immunomodulation

    PNAS 2006 103:1041-1046; published ahead of print January 17, 2006, doi:10.1073/pnas.0510081103

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