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November 27, 2007; 104 (48)
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FROM THE COVER
The dawn of chocolate
Earthquake rupture modes
Epigenetics and missing toes
Maternal Alzheimer's link
Deadly mushroom genes
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2007
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Commentary
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George M. Thurston
Protein anisotropy turns solubility on its head
PNAS
2007
104
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18877
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18878
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November 16, 2007
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Commentary
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Jennifer E. Cropley
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David I. K. Martin
Controlling elements are wild cards in the epigenomic deck
PNAS
2007
104
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18879
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18880
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November 19, 2007
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Commentary
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Russell H. Swerdlow
PET sheds light on Alzheimer's disease genetic risk
PNAS
2007
104
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18881
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18882
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0709690104
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Profile
Profile
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Kaspar Mossman
Profile of Douglas Medin
PNAS
2007
104
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18885
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0710219104
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Physical Sciences
Applied Physical Sciences
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Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences - Biological Sciences - Physiology
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Dongeun Huh
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Hideki Fujioka
,
Yi-Chung Tung
,
Nobuyuki Futai
,
Robert Paine, III
,
James B. Grotberg
,
and
Shuichi Takayama
Acoustically detectable cellular-level lung injury induced by fluid mechanical stresses in microfluidic airway systems
PNAS
2007
104
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18886
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18891
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November 15, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0610868104
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Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences
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Dino Di Carlo
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Daniel Irimia
,
Ronald G. Tompkins
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and
Mehmet Toner
Continuous inertial focusing, ordering, and separation of particles in microchannels
PNAS
2007
104
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18892
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18897
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0704958104
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Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences
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Brian D. Piorek
,
Seung Joon Lee
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Juan G. Santiago
,
Martin Moskovits
,
Sanjoy Banerjee
,
and
Carl D. Meinhart
Free-surface microfluidic control of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for the optimized detection of airborne molecules
PNAS
2007
104
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18901
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0708596104
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Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences
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Peter R. H. Stark
,
Allison E. Halleck
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and
Dale N. Larson
Breaking the diffraction barrier outside of the optical near-field with bright, collimated light from nanometric apertures
PNAS
2007
104
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18906
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November 16, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0709701104
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Chemistry
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
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Katherine E. Augustyn
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Edward J. Merino
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and
Jacqueline K. Barton
A role for DNA-mediated charge transport in regulating p53: Oxidation of the DNA-bound protein from a distance
PNAS
2007
104
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18907
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18912
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0709326104
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Yee-Hung M. Chan
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Peter Lenz
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Steven G. Boxer
Kinetics of DNA-mediated docking reactions between vesicles tethered to supported lipid bilayers
PNAS
2007
104
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18913
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18918
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0706114104
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry
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Jonathan T. Lyon
,
Han-Shi Hu
,
Lester Andrews
,
and
Jun Li
Formation of unprecedented actinide carbon triple bonds in uranium methylidyne molecules
PNAS
2007
104
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18924
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November 16, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0707035104
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Social Sciences - Anthropology
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John S. Henderson
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Rosemary A. Joyce
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Gretchen R. Hall
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W. Jeffrey Hurst
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and
Patrick E. McGovern
From the Cover: Chemical and archaeological evidence for the earliest cacao beverages
PNAS
2007
104
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18937
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18940
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November 16, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0708815104
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
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Claus Schneider
,
Katrin Niisuke
,
William E. Boeglin
,
Markus Voehler
,
Donald F. Stec
,
Ned A. Porter
,
and
Alan R. Brash
Enzymatic synthesis of a bicyclobutane fatty acid by a hemoprotein–lipoxygenase fusion protein from the cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120
PNAS
2007
104
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18941
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18945
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0707148104
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Maxim N. Artyomov
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Jayajit Das
,
Mehran Kardar
,
and
Arup K. Chakraborty
Purely stochastic binary decisions in cell signaling models without underlying deterministic bistabilities
PNAS
2007
104
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18958
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18963
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0706110104
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Robert B. Best
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Kusai A. Merchant
,
Irina V. Gopich
,
Benjamin Schuler
,
Ad Bax
,
and
William A. Eaton
Effect of flexibility and cis residues in single-molecule FRET studies of polyproline
PNAS
2007
104
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18964
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18969
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November 20, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0709567104
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Wouter Peters
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Andrew R. Jacobson
,
Colm Sweeney
,
Arlyn E. Andrews
,
Thomas J. Conway
,
Kenneth Masarie
,
John B. Miller
,
Lori M. P. Bruhwiler
,
Gabrielle Pétron
,
Adam I. Hirsch
,
Douglas E. J. Worthy
,
Guido R. van der Werf
,
James T. Randerson
,
Paul O. Wennberg
,
Maarten C. Krol
,
and
Pieter P. Tans
An atmospheric perspective on North American carbon dioxide exchange: CarbonTracker
PNAS
2007
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Xiao Lu
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Nadia Lapusta
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Ares J. Rosakis
From the Cover: Pulse-like and crack-like ruptures in experiments mimicking crustal earthquakes
PNAS
2007
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0704268104
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Social Sciences
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Social Sciences - Anthropology
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John S. Henderson
,
Rosemary A. Joyce
,
Gretchen R. Hall
,
W. Jeffrey Hurst
,
and
Patrick E. McGovern
From the Cover: Chemical and archaeological evidence for the earliest cacao beverages
PNAS
2007
104
:
18937
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18940
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published ahead of print
November 16, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0708815104
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Psychology
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Social Sciences - Psychology - Biological Sciences - Psychology
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Ernő Téglás
,
Vittorio Girotto
,
Michel Gonzalez
,
and
Luca L. Bonatti
Intuitions of probabilities shape expectations about the future at 12 months and beyond
PNAS
2007
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0700271104
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Biochemistry
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
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Katherine E. Augustyn
,
Edward J. Merino
,
and
Jacqueline K. Barton
A role for DNA-mediated charge transport in regulating p53: Oxidation of the DNA-bound protein from a distance
PNAS
2007
104
:
18907
-
18912
;
published ahead of print
November 19, 2007
,
doi:10.1073/pnas.0709326104
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
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Claus Schneider
,
Katrin Niisuke
,
William E. Boeglin
,
Markus Voehler
,
Donald F. Stec
,
Ned A. Porter
,
and
Alan R. Brash
Enzymatic synthesis of a bicyclobutane fatty acid by a hemoprotein–lipoxygenase fusion protein from the cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120
PNAS
2007
104
:
18941
-
18945
;
published ahead of print
November 19, 2007
,
doi:10.1073/pnas.0707148104
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Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
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Nathan J. Cobb
,
Frank D. Sönnichsen
,
Hassane Mchaourab
,
and
Witold K. Surewicz
Molecular architecture of human prion protein amyloid: A parallel, in-register β-structure
PNAS
2007
104
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18946
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18951
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0706522104
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Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
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Feng Yang
,
Rena R. Xian
,
Yingying Li
,
Tatjana S. Polony
,
and
Karen L. Beemon
Telomerase reverse transcriptase expression elevated by avian leukosis virus integration in B cell lymphomas
PNAS
2007
104
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18952
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18957
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November 16, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0709173104
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics
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Yee-Hung M. Chan
,
Peter Lenz
,
and
Steven G. Boxer
Kinetics of DNA-mediated docking reactions between vesicles tethered to supported lipid bilayers
PNAS
2007
104
:
18913
-
18918
;
published ahead of print
November 19, 2007
,
doi:10.1073/pnas.0706114104
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics
:
Maxim N. Artyomov
,
Jayajit Das
,
Mehran Kardar
,
and
Arup K. Chakraborty
Purely stochastic binary decisions in cell signaling models without underlying deterministic bistabilities
PNAS
2007
104
:
18958
-
18963
;
published ahead of print
November 19, 2007
,
doi:10.1073/pnas.0706110104
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biophysics
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Robert B. Best
,
Kusai A. Merchant
,
Irina V. Gopich
,
Benjamin Schuler
,
Ad Bax
,
and
William A. Eaton
Effect of flexibility and cis residues in single-molecule FRET studies of polyproline
PNAS
2007
104
:
18964
-
18969
;
published ahead of print
November 20, 2007
,
doi:10.1073/pnas.0709567104
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Paul Curnow
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Paula J. Booth
Combined kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of α-helical membrane protein unfolding
PNAS
2007
104
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18975
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0705067104
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics
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Loren Stagg
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Shao-Qing Zhang
,
Margaret S. Cheung
,
and
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede
Molecular crowding enhances native structure and stability of α/β protein flavodoxin
PNAS
2007
104
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18981
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November 16, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0705127104
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics
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Ting Lu
,
Tongye Shen
,
Matthew R. Bennett
,
Peter G. Wolynes
,
and
Jeff Hasty
Phenotypic variability of growing cellular populations
PNAS
2007
104
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18987
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0706115104
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Heidi de Wet
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Mathew G. Rees
,
Kenju Shimomura
,
Jussi Aittoniemi
,
Ann-Marie Patch
,
Sarah E. Flanagan
,
Sian Ellard
,
Andrew T. Hattersley
,
Mark S. P. Sansom
,
and
Frances M. Ashcroft
Increased ATPase activity produced by mutations at arginine-1380 in nucleotide-binding domain 2 of ABCC8 causes neonatal diabetes
PNAS
2007
104
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18992
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0707428104
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Santiago Ramón-Maiques
,
Alex J. Kuo
,
Dylan Carney
,
Adam G. W. Matthews
,
Marjorie A. Oettinger
,
Or Gozani
,
and
Wei Yang
The plant homeodomain finger of RAG2 recognizes histone H3 methylated at both lysine-4 and arginine-2
PNAS
2007
104
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0709170104
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Yen-Ju Chen
,
Owen Pornillos
,
Samantha Lieu
,
Che Ma
,
Andy P. Chen
,
and
Geoffrey Chang
X-ray structure of EmrE supports dual topology model
PNAS
2007
104
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18999
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19004
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November 16, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0709387104
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Andrew Ward
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Christopher L. Reyes
,
Jodie Yu
,
Christopher B. Roth
,
and
Geoffrey Chang
Flexibility in the ABC transporter MsbA: Alternating access with a twist
PNAS
2007
104
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19010
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November 16, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0709388104
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology
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Shaida Andrabi
,
Ole V. Gjoerup
,
Jennifer A. Kean
,
Thomas M. Roberts
,
and
Brian Schaffhausen
Protein phosphatase 2A regulates life and death decisions via Akt in a context-dependent manner
PNAS
2007
104
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19011
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19016
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November 15, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0706696104
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Artem Efremov
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Ekaterina L. Grishchuk
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J. Richard McIntosh
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Fazly I. Ataullakhanov
In search of an optimal ring to couple microtubule depolymerization to processive chromosome motions
PNAS
2007
104
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19017
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19022
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November 20, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0709524104
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Lihong Zhang
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Jia Yu
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Heling Pan
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Ping Hu
,
Yan Hao
,
Wenqing Cai
,
Hong Zhu
,
Albert D. Yu
,
Xin Xie
,
Dawei Ma
,
and
Junying Yuan
Small molecule regulators of autophagy identified by an image-based high-throughput screen
PNAS
2007
104
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19023
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November 16, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0709695104
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Thorsten Wiegand
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C. V. Savitri Gunatilleke
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I. A. U. Nimal Gunatilleke
,
and
Andreas Huth
How individual species structure diversity in tropical forests
PNAS
2007
104
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November 16, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0705621104
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Hiroki Kano
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Hiroki Kurahashi
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Tatsushi Toda
From the Cover: Genetically regulated epigenetic transcriptional activation of retrotransposon insertion confers mouse dactylaplasia phenotype
PNAS
2007
104
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November 5, 2007
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Oscar Gee-Wan Wong
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Tharani Nitkunan
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Izumi Oinuma
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Chun Zhou
,
Veronique Blanc
,
Richard S. D. Brown
,
Simon R. J. Bott
,
Joseph Nariculam
,
Gary Box
,
Phillipa Munson
,
Jason Constantinou
,
Mark R. Feneley
,
Helmut Klocker
,
Suzanne A. Eccles
,
Manabu Negishi
,
Alex Freeman
,
John R. Masters
,
and
Magali Williamson
Plexin-B1 mutations in prostate cancer
PNAS
2007
104
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19040
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0702544104
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Coleen T. Murphy
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Seung-Jae Lee
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Tissue entrainment by feedback regulation of insulin gene expression in the endoderm of Caenorhabditis elegans
PNAS
2007
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November 19, 2007
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doi:10.1073/pnas.0709613104
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Susan L. Walker
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Antony R. Young
An action spectrum (290–320 nm) for TNFα protein in human skin in vivo suggests that basal-layer epidermal DNA is the chromophore
PNAS
2007
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19054
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