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This Week in PNAS

This Week in PNAS:
In This Issue
PNAS 2008 105:1-2; doi:10.1073/iti0108105

Letters (Online Only)

Letter:
- Mark Donohue
How many guests, what sort of hosts?
PNAS 2008 105:E1; published ahead of print January 2, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0710120105
Letter:
- J. Stephen Lansing
Reply: Inference and Proto-Sumba
PNAS 2008 105:E2; published ahead of print January 2, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0710596105

Commentaries

Commentary:
- N. W. Ashcroft
Diamond, diamond cells, and the structure of element 11
PNAS 2008 105:5-6; published ahead of print January 2, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0710426105
- See companion article on page 17297 in issue 44 of volume 104
Commentary:
- Aba Losi
- and Wolfgang Gärtner
Shedding (blue) light on algal gene expression
PNAS 2008 105:7-8; published ahead of print January 2, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0710523105
- See companion article on page 19625 in issue 49 of volume 104
Commentary:
- Tim M. Blackburn
Using aliens to explore how our planet works
PNAS 2008 105:9-10; published ahead of print January 2, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0711228105
- See companion article on page 20862 in issue 52 of volume 104
Commentary:
- Adriano Aguzzi
Unraveling prion strains with cell biology and organic chemistry
PNAS 2008 105:11-12; published ahead of print January 2, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0710824105
- See companion article on page 20908 in issue 52 of volume 104

Editorial

Editorial:
- Francisco J. Ayala
Science, evolution, and creationism
PNAS 2008 105:3-4; published ahead of print January 4, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0711608105

Physical Sciences

Applied Physical Sciences

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Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences:
- Xiao-Jia Chen,
- Viktor V. Struzhkin,
- Yang Song,
- Alexander F. Goncharov,
- Muhtar Ahart,
- Zhenxian Liu,
- Ho-kwang Mao,
- and Russell J. Hemley
From the Cover: Pressure-induced metallization of silane
PNAS 2008 105:20-23; published ahead of print December 27, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0710473105
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Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences:
- Richard L. Sandberg,
- Changyong Song,
- Przemyslaw W. Wachulak,
- Daisy A. Raymondson,
- Ariel Paul,
- Bagrat Amirbekian,
- Edwin Lee,
- Anne E. Sakdinawat,
- Chan La-O-Vorakiat,
- Mario C. Marconi,
- Carmen S. Menoni,
- Margaret M. Murnane,
- Jorge J. Rocca,
- Henry C. Kapteyn,
- and Jianwei Miao
High numerical aperture tabletop soft x-ray diffraction microscopy with 70-nm resolution
PNAS 2008 105:24-27; published ahead of print December 27, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0710761105
Open Access Article

Chemistry

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
- Takatoshi Yogo,
- Yasuteru Urano,
- Akiko Mizushima,
- Hisato Sunahara,
- Takanari Inoue,
- Kenzo Hirose,
- Masamitsu Iino,
- Kazuya Kikuchi,
- and Tetsuo Nagano
Selective photoinactivation of protein function through environment-sensitive switching of singlet oxygen generation by photosensitizer
PNAS 2008 105:28-32; published ahead of print January 2, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0611717105
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Neuroscience:
- Benfang Ruan,
- Kevin Pong,
- Flora Jow,
- Mark Bowlby,
- Robert A. Crozier,
- Danni Liu,
- Shi Liang,
- Yi Chen,
- Mary Lynn Mercado,
- Xidong Feng,
- Frann Bennett,
- David von Schack,
- Leonard McDonald,
- Margaret M. Zaleska,
- Andrew Wood,
- Peter H. Reinhart,
- Ronald L. Magolda,
- Jerauld Skotnicki,
- Menelas N. Pangalos,
- Frank E. Koehn,
- Guy T. Carter,
- Magid Abou-Gharbia,
- and Edmund I. Graziani
Binding of rapamycin analogs to calcium channels and FKBP52 contributes to their neuroprotective activities
PNAS 2008 105:33-38; published ahead of print December 27, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0710424105
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Daisuke Takaiwa,
- Itaru Hatano,
- Kenichiro Koga,
- and Hideki Tanaka
Phase diagram of water in carbon nanotubes
PNAS 2008 105:39-43; published ahead of print December 27, 2007, doi:10.1073/pnas.0707917105
Open Access Article

Geophysics

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Physical Sciences - Geophysics:
- Stephen T. Dye
- and Eugene H. Guillian
From the Cover: Estimating terrestrial uranium and thorium by antineutrino flux measurements
PNAS 2008 105:44-47; published ahead of print January 2, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0706541105

Social Sciences

Anthropology

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Social Sciences - Anthropology:
- Eugène Morin
Evidence for declines in human population densities during the early Upper Paleolithic in western Europe
PNAS 2008 105:48-53; published ahead of print January 2, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0709372104

FROM THE COVER

In This Issue

How many guests, what sort of hosts?

Reply: Inference and Proto-Sumba

Diamond, diamond cells, and the structure of element 11

Shedding (blue) light on algal gene expression

Using aliens to explore how our planet works

Unraveling prion strains with cell biology and organic chemistry

Science, evolution, and creationism

From the Cover: Pressure-induced metallization of silane

High numerical aperture tabletop soft x-ray diffraction microscopy with 70-nm resolution

Selective photoinactivation of protein function through environment-sensitive switching of singlet oxygen generation by photosensitizer

Binding of rapamycin analogs to calcium channels and FKBP52 contributes to their neuroprotective activities

Phase diagram of water in carbon nanotubes

From the Cover: Estimating terrestrial uranium and thorium by antineutrino flux measurements

Evidence for declines in human population densities during the early Upper Paleolithic in western Europe

Extracellular matrix production and calcium carbonate precipitation by coral cells in vitro

Three-dimensional cellular microarray for high-throughput toxicology assays

Selective photoinactivation of protein function through environment-sensitive switching of singlet oxygen generation by photosensitizer

From the Cover: The genetic design of signaling cascades to record receptor activation

A continuous hyperchromicity assay to characterize the kinetics and thermodynamics of DNA lesion recognition and base excision

The N-end rule pathway is a sensor of heme

Synthetic antibodies for specific recognition and crystallization of structured RNA

Mammalian acyl-CoA:lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase enzymes

Evolutionarily conserved gene family important for fat storage

Synthetic heterovalent inhibitors targeting recognition E3 components of the N-end rule pathway

p53 and TFIIEα share a common binding site on the Tfb1/p62 subunit of TFIIH

Heterogeneity in EGF-binding affinities arises from negative cooperativity in an aggregating system

Origins of barriers and barrierless folding in BBL

Tuning lipid mixtures to induce or suppress domain formation across leaflets of unsupported asymmetric bilayers

A threading-based method (FINDSITE) for ligand-binding site prediction and functional annotation

Single-molecule tracking of mRNA exiting from RNA polymerase II

Stepwise dynamics of epitaxially growing single amyloid fibrils

Inaugural Article: EPLIN mediates linkage of the cadherin–catenin complex to F-actin and stabilizes the circumferential actin belt

The Parkinson's disease protein α-synuclein disrupts cellular Rab homeostasis

Visualization of AP-1–NF-κB ternary complexes in living cells by using a BiFC-based FRET

Interaction with host SGS3 is required for suppression of RNA silencing by tomato yellow leaf curl virus V2 protein

Down-regulation of 14-3-3ζ suppresses anchorage-independent growth of lung cancer cells through anoikis activation

Clathrin light chains function in mannose phosphate receptor trafficking via regulation of actin assembly

A chemical genomics screen highlights the essential role of mitochondria in HIF-1 regulation

Laminopathic mutations interfere with the assembly, localization, and dynamics of nuclear lamins

Dioxin-mediated tumor progression through activation of mitochondria-to-nucleus stress signaling

Retinal progenitor cells can produce restricted subsets of horizontal cells

Ca 2+ channel-independent requirement for MAGUK family CACNB4 genes in initiation of zebrafish epiboly