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July 17, 2007; 104 (29)

FROM THE COVER

This Week in PNAS

This Week in PNAS:
In This Issue
PNAS 2007 104:11863-11864; doi:10.1073/iti2907104

Commentaries

Commentary:
- Matthew P. Scott
Developmental genomics of the most dangerous animal
PNAS 2007 104:11865-11866; published online before print July 9, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0704795104
- See companion article on page 11304 in issue 27 of volume 104
Commentary:
- Ken Nakamura
- and Robert H. Edwards
Physiology versus pathology in Parkinson's disease
PNAS 2007 104:11867-11868; published online before print July 10, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0704254104
- See companion article on page 11441 in issue 27 of volume 104
Commentary:
- Paul R. Sanberg
Neural stem cells for Parkinson's disease: To protect and repair
PNAS 2007 104:11869-11870; published online before print July 9, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0704704104
- See companion article on page 12175 in issue 29 of volume 104

Profile

Profile:
- Tinsley H. Davis
Profile of Dolores R. Piperno
PNAS 2007 104:11871-11873; published online before print July 11, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0704904104
- See commentary article on page 11874 in issue 29 of volume 104

Physical Sciences

Applied Physical Sciences

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Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology:
- Yann Marcy,
- Cleber Ouverney,
- Elisabeth M. Bik,
- Tina Lösekann,
- Natalia Ivanova,
- Hector Garcia Martin,
- Ernest Szeto,
- Darren Platt,
- Philip Hugenholtz,
- David A. Relman,
- and Stephen R. Quake
Inaugural Article: Dissecting biological “dark matter” with single-cell genetic analysis of rare and uncultivated TM7 microbes from the human mouth
PNAS 2007 104:11889-11894; published online before print July 9, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0704662104

Chemistry

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- François O. Laforge,
- James Carpino,
- Susan A. Rotenberg,
- and Michael V. Mirkin
Electrochemical attosyringe
PNAS 2007 104:11895-11900; published online before print July 9, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0705102104

Engineering

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Physical Sciences - Engineering:
- Julie A. Champion,
- Yogesh K. Katare,
- and Samir Mitragotri
From the Cover: Making polymeric micro- and nanoparticles of complex shapes
PNAS 2007 104:11901-11904; published online before print July 9, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0705326104
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Physical Sciences - Engineering - Biological Sciences - Neuroscience:
- Benjamin W. Zeff,
- Brian R. White,
- Hamid Dehghani,
- Bradley L. Schlaggar,
- and Joseph P. Culver
Retinotopic mapping of adult human visual cortex with high-density diffuse optical tomography
PNAS 2007 104:12169-12174; published online before print July 6, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0611266104

Social Sciences

Anthropology

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Social Sciences - Anthropology - Biological Sciences - Environmental Sciences:
- D. R. Piperno,
- J. E. Moreno,
- J. Iriarte,
- I. Holst,
- M. Lachniet,
- J. G. Jones,
- A. J. Ranere,
- and R. Castanzo
Inaugural Article: Late Pleistocene and Holocene environmental history of the Iguala Valley, Central Balsas Watershed of Mexico
PNAS 2007 104:11874-11881; published online before print May 30, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0703442104
OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE
- See commentary article on page 11871 in issue 29 of volume 104
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Social Sciences - Anthropology:
- Linda Perry
- and Kent V. Flannery
Precolumbian use of chili peppers in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico
PNAS 2007 104:11905-11909; published online before print July 9, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0704936104

FROM THE COVER

In This Issue

Developmental genomics of the most dangerous animal

Physiology versus pathology in Parkinson's disease

Neural stem cells for Parkinson's disease: To protect and repair

Profile of Dolores R. Piperno

Inaugural Article: Dissecting biological “dark matter” with single-cell genetic analysis of rare and uncultivated TM7 microbes from the human mouth

Electrochemical attosyringe

From the Cover: Making polymeric micro- and nanoparticles of complex shapes

Retinotopic mapping of adult human visual cortex with high-density diffuse optical tomography

Inaugural Article: Late Pleistocene and Holocene environmental history of the Iguala Valley, Central Balsas Watershed of Mexico

Precolumbian use of chili peppers in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico

Congruence of molecules and morphology using a narrow allometric approach

Antithrombogenic property of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in nanofibrous vascular grafts

Hot spots in prion protein for pathogenic conversion

Discovery of antiandrogen activity of nonsteroidal scaffolds of marketed drugs

Src phosphorylation of cortactin enhances actin assembly

Structural consequences of disease-causing mutations in the ATRX-DNMT3-DNMT3L (ADD) domain of the chromatin-associated protein ATRX

Packing contacts can mediate highly specific interactions between artificial transmembrane proteins and the PDGFβ receptor

Directed evolution can rapidly improve the activity of chimeric assembly-line enzymes

From the Cover: Fast dynamics of supercoiled DNA revealed by single-molecule experiments

The design and characterization of two proteins with 88% sequence identity but different structure and function

Identifying important structural characteristics of arsenic resistance proteins by using designed three-stranded coiled coils

Substrate-dependent transmembrane signaling in TonB-dependent transporters is not conserved

The mechanism of rate-limiting motions in enzyme function

Protein folding by zipping and assembly

Observation of sequential steps in the folding of intestinal fatty acid binding protein using a slow folding mutant and 19F NMR

ΔNp63 regulates thymic development through enhanced expression of FgfR2 and Jag2

Essential role for MFG-E8 as ligand for αvβ5 integrin in diurnal retinal phagocytosis

Functional specialization of β-arrestin interactions revealed by proteomic analysis

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) action in skeletal muscle via direct phosphorylation of PGC-1α

Otopetrin 1 activation by purinergic nucleotides regulates intracellular calcium

Inaugural Article: A comparative analysis of frog early development

Vertebrate Ctr1 coordinates morphogenesis and progenitor cell fate and regulates embryonic stem cell differentiation

Inaugural Article: Late Pleistocene and Holocene environmental history of the Iguala Valley, Central Balsas Watershed of Mexico

Hurricanes benefit bleached corals

From the Cover: Methane monooxygenase gene expression mediated by methanobactin in the presence of mineral copper sources

Poxviruses as possible vectors for horizontal transfer of retroposons from reptiles to mammals

Temporal patterns of genes in scientific publications

Genome-wide patterns of single-feature polymorphism in Arabidopsis thaliana

A connector of two-component regulatory systems promotes signal amplification and persistence of expression

A typology of photoreceptor gene expression patterns in the mouse

Observation of sequential steps in the folding of intestinal fatty acid binding protein using a slow folding mutant and ¹⁹F NMR