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This Week in PNAS

This Week in PNAS:
In This Issue
PNAS 2007 104:17899-17900; doi:10.1073/iti4607104

Commentaries

Commentary:
- Neil E. Grunberg
A neurobiological basis for nicotine withdrawal
PNAS 2007 104:17901-17902; published ahead of print November 7, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0708964104
- See companion article on page 17198 in issue 43 of volume 104
Commentary:
- Edward G. Jones
Calcium channels in higher-level brain function
PNAS 2007 104:17903-17904; published ahead of print November 7, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0709509104
- See companion article on page 17819 in issue 45 of volume 104
Commentary:
- Thomas Hohn
Plant virus transmission from the insect point of view
PNAS 2007 104:17905-17906; published ahead of print November 7, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0709178104
- See companion article on page 17959 in issue 46 of volume 104
Commentary:
- David J. Lefer
A new gaseous signaling molecule emerges: Cardioprotective role of hydrogen sulfide
PNAS 2007 104:17907-17908; published ahead of print November 8, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0709010104
- See companion article on page 17977 in issue 46 of volume 104

Physical Sciences

Applied Physical Sciences

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Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences:
- Juyong Park
- and Albert-László Barabási
Distribution of node characteristics in complex networks
PNAS 2007 104:17916-17920; published ahead of print November 7, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0705081104

Chemistry

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Zhisong Wang
Synergic mechanism and fabrication target for bipedal nanomotors
PNAS 2007 104:17921-17926; published ahead of print November 6, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0703639104
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Alexander Langner,
- Steven L. Tait,
- Nian Lin,
- Chandrasekar Rajadurai,
- Mario Ruben,
- and Klaus Kern
Self-recognition and self-selection in multicomponent supramolecular coordination networks on surfaces
PNAS 2007 104:17927-17930; published ahead of print November 1, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0704882104

Engineering

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Physical Sciences - Engineering - Biological Sciences - Microbiology:
- Colin J. Ingham,
- Ad Sprenkels,
- Johan Bomer,
- Douwe Molenaar,
- Albert van den Berg,
- Johan E. T. van Hylckama Vlieg,
- and Willem M. de Vos
From the Cover: The micro-Petri dish, a million-well growth chip for the culture and high-throughput screening of microorganisms
PNAS 2007 104:18217-18222; published ahead of print November 7, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0701693104

Environmental Sciences

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Physical Sciences - Environmental Sciences:
- Michel G. J. den Elzen
- and Detlef P. van Vuuren
Peaking profiles for achieving long-term temperature targets with more likelihood at lower costs
PNAS 2007 104:17931-17936; published ahead of print November 7, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0701598104
Open Access Article

Geology

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Physical Sciences - Geology - Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- Andrew Z. Krug,
- David Jablonski,
- and James W. Valentine
Contrarian clade confirms the ubiquity of spatial origination patterns in the production of latitudinal diversity gradients
PNAS 2007 104:18129-18134; published ahead of print November 7, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0709202104

Geophysics

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Physical Sciences - Geophysics:
- Liming Zhou,
- Robert E. Dickinson,
- Yuhong Tian,
- Russell S. Vose,
- and Yongjiu Dai
Impact of vegetation removal and soil aridation on diurnal temperature range in a semiarid region: Application to the Sahel
PNAS 2007 104:17937-17942; published ahead of print November 6, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0700290104

Physics

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Physical Sciences - Physics:
- A. L. Kinney
National scientific facilities and their science impact on nonbiomedical research
PNAS 2007 104:17943-17947; published ahead of print November 8, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0704416104
Open Access Article

Social Sciences

Psychology

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Social Sciences - Psychology:
- Charles C. Ballew, II
- and Alexander Todorov
Predicting political elections from rapid and unreflective face judgments
PNAS 2007 104:17948-17953; published ahead of print October 24, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0705435104

Social Sciences

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Social Sciences - Social Sciences:
- Fumihide Tanaka,
- Aaron Cicourel,
- and Javier R. Movellan
Socialization between toddlers and robots at an early childhood education center
PNAS 2007 104:17954-17958; published ahead of print November 5, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0707769104
Open Access Article

FROM THE COVER

In This Issue

A neurobiological basis for nicotine withdrawal

Calcium channels in higher-level brain function

Plant virus transmission from the insect point of view

A new gaseous signaling molecule emerges: Cardioprotective role of hydrogen sulfide

Distribution of node characteristics in complex networks

Synergic mechanism and fabrication target for bipedal nanomotors

Self-recognition and self-selection in multicomponent supramolecular coordination networks on surfaces

From the Cover: The micro-Petri dish, a million-well growth chip for the culture and high-throughput screening of microorganisms

Peaking profiles for achieving long-term temperature targets with more likelihood at lower costs

Contrarian clade confirms the ubiquity of spatial origination patterns in the production of latitudinal diversity gradients

Impact of vegetation removal and soil aridation on diurnal temperature range in a semiarid region: Application to the Sahel

National scientific facilities and their science impact on nonbiomedical research

Predicting political elections from rapid and unreflective face judgments

Socialization between toddlers and robots at an early childhood education center

From the Cover: A protein key to plant virus transmission at the tip of the insect vector stylet

Interaction of endosialin/TEM1 with extracellular matrix proteins mediates cell adhesion and migration

From the Cover: Cell division modulates prion accumulation in cultured cells

From the Cover: Hydrogen sulfide mediates the vasoactivity of garlic

Remodeling a DNA-binding protein as a specific in vivo inhibitor of bacterial secretin PulD

The fast release of sticky protons: Kinetics of substrate binding and proton release in a multidrug transporter

Folding of noncoding RNAs during transcription facilitated by pausing-induced nonnative structures

Mechanism of degradation of CPEB during Xenopus oocyte maturation

Escherichia coli succinate dehydrogenase variant lacking the heme b

Multiple-state reactions between the epidermal growth factor receptor and Grb2 as observed by using single-molecule analysis

Charge transport and intrinsic fluorescence in amyloid-like fibrils

Transport direction determines the kinetics of substrate transport by the glutamate transporter EAAC1

The conformation of acetylcholine at its target site in the membrane-embedded nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

From the Cover: Memory in receptor–ligand-mediated cell adhesion

Efficient and verified simulation of a path ensemble for conformational change in a united-residue model of calmodulin

Coupling of protein and hydration-water dynamics in biological membranes

Illuminating the mechanistic roles of enzyme conformational dynamics

β-arrestin 2 oligomerization controls the Mdm2-dependent inhibition of p53

ANCCA, an estrogen-regulated AAA+ ATPase coactivator for ERα, is required for coregulator occupancy and chromatin modification

Hydrophilic protein associated with desiccation tolerance exhibits broad protein stabilization function

Identification of yeast proteins necessary for cell-surface function of a potassium channel

PAX3-FOXO1 controls expression of the p57Kip2 cell-cycle regulator through degradation of EGR1

Targeted polyphosphatase expression alters mitochondrial metabolism and inhibits calcium-dependent cell death

RNA sequence analysis defines Dicer's role in mouse embryonic stem cells

A specific role of AGS3 in the surface expression of plasma membrane proteins

Epicardium-derived progenitor cells require β-catenin for coronary artery formation