PNAS — Table of Contents — October 28, 1997, 94 (22)

Commentaries

Commentary:
- Uttam L. RajBhandary
Once there were twenty
PNAS 1997 94:11761-11763
Commentary:
- Michael M. Cox
Recombinational crossroads: Eukaryotic enzymes and the limits of bacterial precedents
PNAS 1997 94:11764-11766
Commentary:
- James E. Darnell, Jr.
Phosphotyrosine signaling and the single cell:metazoan boundary
PNAS 1997 94:11767-11769
Commentary:
- John F. Marko
Twist and shout (and pull): Molecular chiropractors undo DNA
PNAS 1997 94:11770-11772

Perspectives

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Perspective - Perspective:
- Sudipta Maiti,
- Ulrich Haupts,
- and Watt W. Webb
Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy: Diagnostics for sparse molecules
PNAS 1997 94:11753-11757
Perspective - Perspective:
- Inder M. Verma
- and Jennifer Stevenson
IκB kinase: Beginning, not the end
PNAS 1997 94:11758-11760

Physical Sciences

Chemistry

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Chao-Hsiung Lin,
- Timothy Z. Hoffman,
- Peter Wirsching,
- Carlos F. Barbas, III,
- Kim D. Janda,
- and Richard A. Lerner
On roads not taken in the evolution of protein catalysts: Antibody steroid isomerases that use an enamine mechanism
PNAS 1997 94:11773-11776
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Changshou Gao,
- Chao-Hsiung Lin,
- Chih-Hung L. Lo,
- Shenlan Mao,
- Peter Wirsching,
- Richard A. Lerner,
- and Kim D. Janda
Making chemistry selectable by linking it to infectivity
PNAS 1997 94:11777-11782
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- George A. Olah,
- Pichika Ramaiah,
- and G. K. Surya Prakash
Electrophilic nitration of alkanes with nitronium hexafluorophosphate
PNAS 1997 94:11783-11785

Biological Sciences

Biophysics

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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Jianpeng Ma
- and Martin Karplus
Molecular switch in signal transduction: Reaction paths of the conformational changes in ras p21
PNAS 1997 94:11905-11910
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Mark Gerstein
- and Michael Levitt
A structural census of the current population of protein sequences
PNAS 1997 94:11911-11916
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Brent S. Kendrick,
- Byeong S. Chang,
- Tsutomu Arakawa,
- Brian Peterson,
- Theodore W. Randolph,
- Mark C. Manning,
- and John F. Carpenter
Preferential exclusion of sucrose from recombinant interleukin-1 receptor antagonist: Role in restricted conformational mobility and compaction of native state
PNAS 1997 94:11917-11922
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Robert E. Marquis
- and A. J. Hudspeth
Effects of extracellular Ca 2+ concentration on hair-bundle stiffness and gating-spring integrity in hair cells
PNAS 1997 94:11923-11928
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Daniel Fischer
- and David Eisenberg
Assigning folds to the proteins encoded by the genome of Mycoplasma genitalium
PNAS 1997 94:11929-11934
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- B. Essevaz-Roulet,
- U. Bockelmann,
- and F. Heslot
Mechanical separation of the complementary strands of DNA
PNAS 1997 94:11935-11940

Cell Biology

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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Magnus Johansson,
- Sophia Brismar,
- and Anna Karlsson
Human deoxycytidine kinase is located in the cell nucleus
PNAS 1997 94:11941-11945
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Wataru Araki
- and Richard J. Wurtman
Control of membrane phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis by diacylglycerol levels in neuronal cells undergoing neurite outgrowth
PNAS 1997 94:11946-11950
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Toru Kondo,
- Takakazu Yokokura,
- and Shigekazu Nagata
Activation of distinct caspase-like proteases by Fas and reaper in Drosophila cells
PNAS 1997 94:11951-11956
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Chuanshu Huang,
- Wei-Ya Ma,
- Clarence A. Ryan,
- and Zigang Dong
Proteinase inhibitors I and II from potatoes specifically block UV-induced activator protein-1 activation through a pathway that is independent of extracellular signal-regulated kinases, c-Jun N-terminal kinases, and P38 kinase
PNAS 1997 94:11957-11962
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Thomas Dierks,
- Bernhard Schmidt,
- and Kurt von Figura
Conversion of cysteine to formylglycine: A protein modification in the endoplasmic reticulum
PNAS 1997 94:11963-11968
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Takashi Miki,
- Fumi Tashiro,
- Toshihiko Iwanaga,
- Kazuaki Nagashima,
- Hideyuki Yoshitomi,
- Hiroyuki Aihara,
- Yoshio Nitta,
- Tohru Gonoi,
- Nobuya Inagaki,
- Jun-ichi Miyazaki,
- and Susumu Seino
Abnormalities of pancreatic islets by targeted expression of a dominant-negative K ATP channel
PNAS 1997 94:11969-11973

Developmental Biology

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Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
- Pin-Xian Xu,
- Jane Cheng,
- Jonathan A. Epstein,
- and Richard L. Maas
Mouse Eya genes are expressed during limb tendon development and encode a transcriptional activation function
PNAS 1997 94:11974-11979
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Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
- Katsunori Nakata,
- Takeharu Nagai,
- Jun Aruga,
- and Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Xenopus Zic 3, a primary regulator both in neural and neural crest development
PNAS 1997 94:11980-11985

Evolution

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Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- Michihiko Kobayashi,
- Yoshie Fujiwara,
- Masahiko Goda,
- Hidenobu Komeda,
- and Sakayu Shimizu
Identification of active sites in amidase: Evolutionary relationship between amide bond- and peptide bond-cleaving enzymes
PNAS 1997 94:11986-11991
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Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- Richard M. Lawn,
- Karen Schwartz,
- and Laszlo Patthy
Convergent evolution of apolipoprotein(a) in primates and hedgehog
PNAS 1997 94:11992-11997
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Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- William L. Jungers,
- Laurie R. Godfrey,
- Elwyn L. Simons,
- and Prithijit S. Chatrath
Phalangeal curvature and positional behavior in extinct sloth lemurs (Primates, Palaeopropithecidae)
PNAS 1997 94:11998-12001
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Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- David S. Hibbett,
- Elizabeth M. Pine,
- Ewald Langer,
- Gitta Langer,
- and Michael J. Donoghue
Evolution of gilled mushrooms and puffballs inferred from ribosomal DNA sequences
PNAS 1997 94:12002-12006
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Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- Sandra L. Baldauf
- and W. Ford Doolittle
Origin and evolution of the slime molds (Mycetozoa)
PNAS 1997 94:12007-12012

Genetics

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Biological Sciences - Genetics:
- Domenico Carputo,
- Amalia Barone,
- Teodoro Cardi,
- Angela Sebastiano,
- Luigi Frusciante,
- and Stanley J. Peloquin
Endosperm balance number manipulation for direct in vivo germplasm introgression to potato from a sexually isolated relative ( Solanum commersonii Dun.)
PNAS 1997 94:12013-12017
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Biological Sciences - Genetics:
- Peng Wang,
- Rui-Hua Zhou,
- Ying Zou,
- Colleen K. Jackson-Cook,
- and Lawrence F. Povirk
Highly conservative reciprocal translocations formed by apparent joining of exchanged DNA double-strand break ends
PNAS 1997 94:12018-12023
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Biological Sciences - Genetics:
- Ginger E. Carney,
- Andrew A. Wade,
- Rajat Sapra,
- Elliott S. Goldstein,
- and Michael Bender
DHR 3, an ecdysone-inducible early-late gene encoding a Drosophila nuclear receptor, is required for embryogenesis
PNAS 1997 94:12024-12029
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Biological Sciences - Genetics:
- Steve Palmer,
- Jo Perry,
- David Kipling,
- and Alan Ashworth
A gene spans the pseudoautosomal boundary in mice
PNAS 1997 94:12030-12035

Table of Contents

Once there were twenty

Recombinational crossroads: Eukaryotic enzymes and the limits of bacterial precedents

Phosphotyrosine signaling and the single cell:metazoan boundary

Twist and shout (and pull): Molecular chiropractors undo DNA

Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy: Diagnostics for sparse molecules

IκB kinase: Beginning, not the end

On roads not taken in the evolution of protein catalysts: Antibody steroid isomerases that use an enamine mechanism

Making chemistry selectable by linking it to infectivity

Electrophilic nitration of alkanes with nitronium hexafluorophosphate

Protein–protein interactions among the Aux/IAA proteins

Characterization of recombinant phytochrome from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis

Prp43: An RNA helicase-like factor involved in spliceosome disassembly

Cloning of mDEAH9, a putative RNA helicase and mammalian homologue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae splicing factor Prp43

Structural evidence for a second sialic acid binding site in avian influenza virus neuraminidases

The crystal structure of human interferon β at 2.2-Å resolution

Inaugural Article: Glu-tRNA Gln amidotransferase: A novel heterotrimeric enzyme required for correct decoding of glutamine codons during translation

Cloning of the cDNA for the TATA-binding protein-associated factor II 170 subunit of transcription factor B-TFIID reveals homology to global transcription regulators in yeast and Drosophila

Synthesis and screening of small molecule libraries active in binding to DNA

The amino-terminal region of Tyk2 sustains the level of interferon α receptor 1, a component of the interferon α/β receptor

Structure of the thrombin complex with triabin, a lipocalin-like exosite-binding inhibitor derived from a triatomine bug

Characterization of a genetically engineered inactivation-resistant coagulation factor VIIIa

Respiratory chain is required to maintain oxidized states of the DsbA-DsbB disulfide bond formation system in aerobically growing Escherichia coli cells

RecA tests homology at both pairing and strand exchange

Extensive purification of a putative RNA polymerase I holoenzyme from plants that accurately initiates rRNA gene transcription in vitro

Growth and viability of macrophages continuously stimulated to produce nitric oxide

Conformation of coenzyme pyrroloquinoline quinone and role of Ca 2+ in the catalytic mechanism of quinoprotein methanol dehydrogenase

Molding a peptide into an RNA site by in vivo peptide evolution

Participation of the nuclear cap binding complex in pre-mRNA 3′ processing

Both N-terminal myosin-binding and C-terminal actin-binding sites on smooth muscle caldesmon are required for caldesmon-mediated inhibition of actin filament velocity

Molecular switch in signal transduction: Reaction paths of the conformational changes in ras p21

A structural census of the current population of protein sequences

Preferential exclusion of sucrose from recombinant interleukin-1 receptor antagonist: Role in restricted conformational mobility and compaction of native state

Effects of extracellular Ca 2+ concentration on hair-bundle stiffness and gating-spring integrity in hair cells

Assigning folds to the proteins encoded by the genome of Mycoplasma genitalium

Mechanical separation of the complementary strands of DNA

Human deoxycytidine kinase is located in the cell nucleus

Control of membrane phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis by diacylglycerol levels in neuronal cells undergoing neurite outgrowth

Activation of distinct caspase-like proteases by Fas and reaper in Drosophila cells

Proteinase inhibitors I and II from potatoes specifically block UV-induced activator protein-1 activation through a pathway that is independent of extracellular signal-regulated kinases, c-Jun N-terminal kinases, and P38 kinase

Conversion of cysteine to formylglycine: A protein modification in the endoplasmic reticulum

Abnormalities of pancreatic islets by targeted expression of a dominant-negative K ATP channel

Mouse Eya genes are expressed during limb tendon development and encode a transcriptional activation function

Xenopus Zic 3, a primary regulator both in neural and neural crest development

Identification of active sites in amidase: Evolutionary relationship between amide bond- and peptide bond-cleaving enzymes

Convergent evolution of apolipoprotein(a) in primates and hedgehog

Phalangeal curvature and positional behavior in extinct sloth lemurs (Primates, Palaeopropithecidae)

Evolution of gilled mushrooms and puffballs inferred from ribosomal DNA sequences

Origin and evolution of the slime molds (Mycetozoa)

Endosperm balance number manipulation for direct in vivo germplasm introgression to potato from a sexually isolated relative ( Solanum commersonii Dun.)

Highly conservative reciprocal translocations formed by apparent joining of exchanged DNA double-strand break ends

DHR 3, an ecdysone-inducible early-late gene encoding a Drosophila nuclear receptor, is required for embryogenesis

A gene spans the pseudoautosomal boundary in mice