This Week in PNAS

Letter (Online Only)

  • Letter:
    • Jean William Pape,
    • Paul Farmer,
    • Serena Koenig,
    • Daniel Fitzgerald,
    • Peter Wright,
    • and Warren Johnson

    The epidemiology of AIDS in Haiti refutes the claims of Gilbert et al

    PNAS 2008 105:E13; published ahead of print March 6, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0711141105

Commentary

  • Commentary:
    • Sergio Roa,
    • Fei Li Kuang,
    • and Matthew D. Scharff

    Does antisense make sense of AID targeting?

    PNAS 2008 105:3661-3662; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0800935105
    • See companion article on page 3843 in issue 10 of volume 105

Physical Sciences

Applied Physical Sciences

  • Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Raymond E. Goldstein,
    • Idan Tuval,
    • and Jan-Willem van de Meent

    From the Cover: Microfluidics of cytoplasmic streaming and its implications for intracellular transport

    PNAS 2008 105:3663-3667; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0707223105
  • Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences:
    • Anirban Bandyopadhyay
    • and Somobrata Acharya

    A 16-bit parallel processing in a molecular assembly

    PNAS 2008 105:3668-3672; published ahead of print March 10, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0703105105
  • Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences:
    • Hakan Gunaydin,
    • Kendall N. Houk,
    • and Vidvuds Ozoliņš

    Vacancy-mediated dehydrogenation of sodium alanate

    PNAS 2008 105:3673-3677; published ahead of print February 25, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0709224105

Chemistry

  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Trent R. Northen,
    • Jinq-Chyi Lee,
    • Linh Hoang,
    • Jason Raymond,
    • Der-Ren Hwang,
    • Steven M. Yannone,
    • Chi-Huey Wong,
    • and Gary Siuzdak

    A nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry-based enzyme activity assay

    PNAS 2008 105:3678-3683; published ahead of print March 4, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0712332105
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Alon A. Gorodetsky,
    • Lars E. P. Dietrich,
    • Paul E. Lee,
    • Bruce Demple,
    • Dianne K. Newman,
    • and Jacqueline K. Barton

    DNA binding shifts the redox potential of the transcription factor SoxR

    PNAS 2008 105:3684-3689; published ahead of print March 3, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0800093105
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Sheng-Kai Wang,
    • Pi-Hui Liang,
    • Rena D. Astronomo,
    • Tsui-Ling Hsu,
    • Shie-Liang Hsieh,
    • Dennis R. Burton,
    • and Chi-Huey Wong

    Targeting the carbohydrates on HIV-1: Interaction of oligomannose dendrons with human monoclonal antibody 2G12 and DC-SIGN

    PNAS 2008 105:3690-3695; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0712326105
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Manolis J. Manos,
    • Nan Ding,
    • and Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

    From the Cover: Layered metal sulfides: Exceptionally selective agents for radioactive strontium removal

    PNAS 2008 105:3696-3699; published ahead of print March 3, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0711528105
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
    • Sandra Pizzarello,
    • Yongsong Huang,
    • and Marcelo R. Alexandre

    Molecular asymmetry in extraterrestrial chemistry: Insights from a pristine meteorite

    PNAS 2008 105:3700-3704; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0709909105

Engineering

  • Physical Sciences - Engineering - Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences:
    • Ciprian Catana,
    • Daniel Procissi,
    • Yibao Wu,
    • Martin S. Judenhofer,
    • Jinyi Qi,
    • Bernd J. Pichler,
    • Russell E. Jacobs,
    • and Simon R. Cherry

    Simultaneous in vivo positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging

    PNAS 2008 105:3705-3710; published ahead of print March 4, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0711622105
    Open Access Article
  • Physical Sciences - Engineering:
    • N. Aubry,
    • P. Singh,
    • M. Janjua,
    • and S. Nudurupati

    Micro- and nanoparticles self-assembly for virtually defect-free, adjustable monolayers

    PNAS 2008 105:3711-3714; published ahead of print March 4, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0712392105

Social Sciences

Anthropology

  • Social Sciences - Anthropology:
    • Stine Rossel,
    • Fiona Marshall,
    • Joris Peters,
    • Tom Pilgram,
    • Matthew D. Adams,
    • and David O'Connor

    Domestication of the donkey: Timing, processes, and indicators

    PNAS 2008 105:3715-3720; published ahead of print March 10, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0709692105

Economic Sciences

  • Social Sciences - Economic Sciences - Biological Sciences - Anthropology:
    • David Cesarini,
    • Christopher T. Dawes,
    • James H. Fowler,
    • Magnus Johannesson,
    • Paul Lichtenstein,
    • and Björn Wallace

    Heritability of cooperative behavior in the trust game

    PNAS 2008 105:3721-3726; published ahead of print March 3, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0710069105
    Open Access Article

Psychology

  • Social Sciences - Psychology - Biological Sciences - Neuroscience:
    • Li Hai Tan,
    • Alice H. D. Chan,
    • Paul Kay,
    • Pek-Lan Khong,
    • Lawrance K. C. Yip,
    • and Kang-Kwong Luke

    Language affects patterns of brain activation associated with perceptual decision

    PNAS 2008 105:4004-4009; published ahead of print March 3, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0800055105

Biological Sciences

Anthropology

  • Social Sciences - Economic Sciences - Biological Sciences - Anthropology:
    • David Cesarini,
    • Christopher T. Dawes,
    • James H. Fowler,
    • Magnus Johannesson,
    • Paul Lichtenstein,
    • and Björn Wallace

    Heritability of cooperative behavior in the trust game

    PNAS 2008 105:3721-3726; published ahead of print March 3, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0710069105
    Open Access Article

Applied Biological Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Koreen Ramessar,
    • Thomas Rademacher,
    • Markus Sack,
    • Johannes Stadlmann,
    • Dimitris Platis,
    • Gabriela Stiegler,
    • Nikos Labrou,
    • Fritz Altmann,
    • Julian Ma,
    • Eva Stöger,
    • Teresa Capell,
    • and Paul Christou

    Cost-effective production of a vaginal protein microbicide to prevent HIV transmission

    PNAS 2008 105:3727-3732; published ahead of print March 3, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0708841104
  • Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
    • Edward R. Ballister,
    • Angela H. Lai,
    • Ronald N. Zuckermann,
    • Yifan Cheng,
    • and Joseph D. Mougous

    In vitro self-assembly of tailorable nanotubes from a simple protein building block

    PNAS 2008 105:3733-3738; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0712247105

Biochemistry

  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Trent R. Northen,
    • Jinq-Chyi Lee,
    • Linh Hoang,
    • Jason Raymond,
    • Der-Ren Hwang,
    • Steven M. Yannone,
    • Chi-Huey Wong,
    • and Gary Siuzdak

    A nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry-based enzyme activity assay

    PNAS 2008 105:3678-3683; published ahead of print March 4, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0712332105
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Alon A. Gorodetsky,
    • Lars E. P. Dietrich,
    • Paul E. Lee,
    • Bruce Demple,
    • Dianne K. Newman,
    • and Jacqueline K. Barton

    DNA binding shifts the redox potential of the transcription factor SoxR

    PNAS 2008 105:3684-3689; published ahead of print March 3, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0800093105
  • Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Sheng-Kai Wang,
    • Pi-Hui Liang,
    • Rena D. Astronomo,
    • Tsui-Ling Hsu,
    • Shie-Liang Hsieh,
    • Dennis R. Burton,
    • and Chi-Huey Wong

    Targeting the carbohydrates on HIV-1: Interaction of oligomannose dendrons with human monoclonal antibody 2G12 and DC-SIGN

    PNAS 2008 105:3690-3695; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0712326105
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Gary Frey,
    • Hanqin Peng,
    • Sophia Rits-Volloch,
    • Marco Morelli,
    • Yifan Cheng,
    • and Bing Chen

    A fusion-intermediate state of HIV-1 gp41 targeted by broadly neutralizing antibodies

    PNAS 2008 105:3739-3744; published ahead of print March 5, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0800255105
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Stefan Steigmiller,
    • Paola Turina,
    • and Peter Gräber

    The thermodynamic H + /ATP ratios of the H + -ATPsynthases from chloroplasts and Escherichia coli

    PNAS 2008 105:3745-3750; published ahead of print March 3, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0708356105
    Open Access Article
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Tae-Wook Nam,
    • Ha Il Jung,
    • Young Jun An,
    • Young-Ha Park,
    • Sang Hee Lee,
    • Yeong-Jae Seok,
    • and Sun-Shin Cha

    Analyses of Mlc–IIB Glc interaction and a plausible molecular mechanism of Mlc inactivation by membrane sequestration

    PNAS 2008 105:3751-3756; published ahead of print March 4, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0709295105
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Ewan R. Taylor
    • and Clare H. McGowan

    Cleavage mechanism of human Mus81–Eme1 acting on Holliday-junction structures

    PNAS 2008 105:3757-3762; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0710291105
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Marina L. Verkhovskaya,
    • Nikolai Belevich,
    • Liliya Euro,
    • Mårten Wikström,
    • and Michael I. Verkhovsky

    Real-time electron transfer in respiratory complex I

    PNAS 2008 105:3763-3767; published ahead of print March 3, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0711249105
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Ildiko Unk,
    • Ildikó Hajdú,
    • Károly Fátyol,
    • Jerard Hurwitz,
    • Jung-Hoon Yoon,
    • Louise Prakash,
    • Satya Prakash,
    • and Lajos Haracska

    Human HLTF functions as a ubiquitin ligase for proliferating cell nuclear antigen polyubiquitination

    PNAS 2008 105:3768-3773; published ahead of print March 3, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0800563105
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry:
    • Yonggang Zhou,
    • Lan Guan,
    • J. Alfredo Freites,
    • and H. Ronald Kaback

    Opening and closing of the periplasmic gate in lactose permease

    PNAS 2008 105:3774-3778; published ahead of print March 4, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0800825105
  • Biological Sciences - Biochemistry - Biological Sciences - Neuroscience:
    • Natalia Gustavsson,
    • Ye Lao,
    • Anton Maximov,
    • Jen-Chieh Chuang,
    • Elena Kostromina,
    • Joyce J. Repa,
    • Cai Li,
    • George K. Radda,
    • Thomas C. Südhof,
    • and Weiping Han

    Impaired insulin secretion and glucose intolerance in synaptotagmin-7 null mutant mice

    PNAS 2008 105:3992-3997; published ahead of print February 28, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0711700105
    Open Access Article

Biophysics

  • Physical Sciences - Applied Physical Sciences - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Raymond E. Goldstein,
    • Idan Tuval,
    • and Jan-Willem van de Meent

    From the Cover: Microfluidics of cytoplasmic streaming and its implications for intracellular transport

    PNAS 2008 105:3663-3667; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0707223105
  • Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
    • Christian Löw,
    • Ulrich Weininger,
    • Piotr Neumann,
    • Mirjam Klepsch,
    • Hauke Lilie,
    • Milton T. Stubbs,
    • and Jochen Balbach

    Structural insights into an equilibrium folding intermediate of an archaeal ankyrin repeat protein

    PNAS 2008 105:3779-3784; published ahead of print February 27, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0710657105

Cell Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
    • Youhna M. Ayala,
    • Tom Misteli,
    • and Francisco E. Baralle

    TDP-43 regulates retinoblastoma protein phosphorylation through the repression of cyclin-dependent kinase 6 expression

    PNAS 2008 105:3785-3789; published ahead of print February 27, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0800546105

Developmental Biology

  • Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
    • Sophie Jarriault,
    • Yannick Schwab,
    • and Iva Greenwald

    A Caenorhabditis elegans model for epithelial–neuronal transdifferentiation

    PNAS 2008 105:3790-3795; published ahead of print February 28, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0712159105

Ecology

  • Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • P.-O. Cheptou,
    • O. Carrue,
    • S. Rouifed,
    • and A. Cantarel

    Rapid evolution of seed dispersal in an urban environment in the weed Crepis sancta

    PNAS 2008 105:3796-3799; published ahead of print March 3, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0708446105
  • Biological Sciences - Ecology:
    • Carolyn M. Kurle,
    • Donald A. Croll,
    • and Bernie R. Tershy

    Introduced rats indirectly change marine rocky intertidal communities from algae- to invertebrate-dominated

    PNAS 2008 105:3800-3804; published ahead of print February 28, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0800570105

Environmental Sciences

  • Biological Sciences - Environmental Sciences:
    • Jorge Frias-Lopez,
    • Yanmei Shi,
    • Gene W. Tyson,
    • Maureen L. Coleman,
    • Stephan C. Schuster,
    • Sallie W. Chisholm,
    • and Edward F. DeLong

    From the Cover: Microbial community gene expression in ocean surface waters

    PNAS 2008 105:3805-3810; published ahead of print March 3, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0708897105
    Open Access Article
  • Biological Sciences - Environmental Sciences:
    • Håvard Kauserud,
    • Leif Christian Stige,
    • Jon Olav Vik,
    • Rune H. Økland,
    • Klaus Høiland,
    • and Nils Chr. Stenseth

    Mushroom fruiting and climate change

    PNAS 2008 105:3811-3814; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0709037105

Evolution

  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • K. Christopher Beard

    The oldest North American primate and mammalian biogeography during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

    PNAS 2008 105:3815-3818; published ahead of print March 3, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0710180105
  • Biological Sciences - Evolution:
    • Wei-Ping Yu,
    • Vikneswari Rajasegaran,
    • Kenneth Yew,
    • Wai-lin Loh,
    • Boon-Hui Tay,
    • Chris T. Amemiya,
    • Sydney Brenner,
    • and Byrappa Venkatesh

    Elephant shark sequence reveals unique insights into the evolutionary history of vertebrate genes: A comparative analysis of the protocadherin cluster

    PNAS 2008 105:3819-3824; published ahead of print March 4, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0800398105

Immunology

  • Biological Sciences - Immunology:
    • Arnold H. Bakker,
    • Rieuwert Hoppes,
    • Carsten Linnemann,
    • Mireille Toebes,
    • Boris Rodenko,
    • Celia R. Berkers,
    • Sine Reker Hadrup,
    • Wim J. E. van Esch,
    • Mirjam H. M. Heemskerk,
    • Huib Ovaa,
    • and Ton N. M. Schumacher

    Conditional MHC class I ligands and peptide exchange technology for the human MHC gene products HLA-A1, -A3, -A11, and -B7

    PNAS 2008 105:3825-3830; published ahead of print February 28, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0709717105