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January 2, 2007; 104 (1)
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FROM THE COVER
Genetic regulation of tubular branching
Ecosystem impact of herbivores
Alleles for vaccine-associated rash
Ethanol and arthritis prevention
Maternal serotonin in fetal development
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Ungulate herbivory: Indirect effects cascade into the treetops
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Independent control of grafting density and conformation of single-stranded DNA brushes
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Shenlin Wang
Human Sco1 functional studies and pathological implications of the P174L mutant
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Monoalkyl sulfates as alkylating agents in water, alkylsulfatase rate enhancements, and the “energy-rich” nature of sulfate half-esters
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Site-specific collapse dynamics guide the formation of the cytochrome c′ four-helix bundle
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Mao-Chang Liang
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Oxygen isotopic composition of carbon dioxide in the middle atmosphere
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Xinlei Sun
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Evidence for a chemical-thermal structure at base of mantle from sharp lateral P-wave variations beneath Central America
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Short wavelength topography on the inner-core boundary
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Santo Fortunato
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Resolution limit in community detection
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Roger Stern
The Iranian petroleum crisis and United States national security
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Positive affect increases the breadth of attentional selection
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How personal experience modulates the neural circuitry of memories of September 11
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Hiromi Kimura-Suda
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Michael J. Tarlov
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Lloyd J. Whitman
Independent control of grafting density and conformation of single-stranded DNA brushes
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Inhibitory complex of the transmembrane ammonia channel, AmtB, and the cytosolic regulatory protein, GlnK, at 1.96 Å
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Computationally designed libraries of fluorescent proteins evaluated by preservation and diversity of function
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N-formylation of lysine in histone proteins as a secondary modification arising from oxidative DNA damage
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Oxidized messenger RNA induces translation errors
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Jiqiang Ling
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Mechanism of tRNA-dependent editing in translational quality control
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Frank Jordan
The 1′,4′-iminopyrimidine tautomer of thiamin diphosphate is poised for catalysis in asymmetric active centers on enzymes
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Monoalkyl sulfates as alkylating agents in water, alkylsulfatase rate enhancements, and the “energy-rich” nature of sulfate half-esters
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Michael Vershinin
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Multiple-motor based transport and its regulation by Tau
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cAMP activation of PKA defines an ancient signaling mechanism
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Structure and quantum chemical characterization of chloroperoxidase compound 0, a common reaction intermediate of diverse heme enzymes
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Mapping protein collapse with single-molecule fluorescence and kinetic synchrotron radiation circular dichroism spectroscopy
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Monomer adds to preformed structured oligomers of Aβ-peptides by a two-stage dock–lock mechanism
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Site-specific collapse dynamics guide the formation of the cytochrome c′ four-helix bundle
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Distinguishing between cooperative and unimodal downhill protein folding
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Michele Vendruscolo
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Maurizio Brunori
A PDZ domain recapitulates a unifying mechanism for protein folding
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Christian Peschel
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Tak W. Mak
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Bcl10 and Malt1 control lysophosphatidic acid-induced NF-κB activation and cytokine production
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CARMA3/Bcl10/MALT1-dependent NF-κB activation mediates angiotensin II-responsive inflammatory signaling in nonimmune cells
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Bcl10 plays a critical role in NF-κB activation induced by G protein-coupled receptors
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The zinc-finger antiviral protein recruits the RNA processing exosome to degrade the target mRNA
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LIM-only protein, CRP2, switched on smooth muscle gene activity in adult cardiac myocytes
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Identification and characterization of COPIa- and COPIb-type vesicle classes associated with plant and algal Golgi
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From the Cover: Genetic regulation of patterned tubular branching in Drosophila
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Conserved markers of fetal pancreatic epithelium permit prospective isolation of islet progenitor cells by FACS
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Isolation and functional characterization of murine prostate stem cells
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Mouse oocytes within germ cell cysts and primordial follicles contain a Balbiani body
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Daniel I. Rubenstein
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From the Cover: Herbivore-initiated interaction cascades and their modulation by productivity in an African savanna
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Rebecca A. Sherry
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Shiliang Gu
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John A. Arnone, III
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Linda L. Wallace
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Yiqi Luo
Divergence of reproductive phenology under climate warming
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