PNAS — Table of Contents — November 25, 1997, 94 (24)

Commentaries

Commentary:
- W. Ford Doolittle
Fun with genealogy
PNAS 1997 94:12751-12753
Commentary:
- David M. Wilson, III
- and Larry H. Thompson
Life without DNA repair
PNAS 1997 94:12754-12757
Commentary:
- Stewart Shuman
Origins of mRNA identity: Capping enzymes bind to the phosphorylated C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II
PNAS 1997 94:12758-12760
Commentary:
- Peter Constantin
The elusive singularity
PNAS 1997 94:12761

From the Academy

From the Academy:
From the Academy: Introduction to German-American Frontiers of Science
PNAS 1997 94:12733
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From the Academy:
- Andreas S. Schulz,
- David B. Shmoys,
- and David P. Williamson
From the Academy: Approximation algorithms
PNAS 1997 94:12734-12735
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From the Academy:
- Marcus E. Peter,
- Armin E. Heufelder,
- and Michael O. Hengartner
From the Academy: Advances in apoptosis research
PNAS 1997 94:12736-12737
From the Academy:
- A. W. Czarnik
From the Academy: Encoding strategies in combinatorial chemistry
PNAS 1997 94:12738-12739
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From the Academy:
- Wulfram Gerstner,
- Andreas K. Kreiter,
- Henry Markram,
- and Andreas V. M. Herz
From the Academy: Neural codes: Firing rates and beyond
PNAS 1997 94:12740-12741
From the Academy:
- Bradford M. Clement,
- Astrid Holzheid,
- and Andreas Tilgner
From the Academy: Core geophysics
PNAS 1997 94:12742-12743
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From the Academy:
- Mark A. Kay,
- Dexi Liu,
- and Peter M. Hoogerbrugge
From the Academy: Gene therapy
PNAS 1997 94:12744-12746
From the Academy:
- M. Andrew Hoyt,
- Anthony A. Hyman,
- and Martin Bähler
From the Academy: Motor proteins of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton
PNAS 1997 94:12747-12748
From the Academy:
- Roland Wiesendanger
From the Academy: Scanning-probe-based science and technology
PNAS 1997 94:12749-12750

Physical Sciences

Applied Mathematics

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Physical Sciences - Applied Mathematics:
- G. I. Barenblatt,
- A. J. Chorin,
- and A. Kast
The influence of the flow of the reacting gas on the conditions for a thermal explosion
PNAS 1997 94:12762-12764

Chemistry

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- A. De Wit,
- P. Borckmans,
- and G. Dewel
Twist grain boundaries in three-dimensional lamellar Turing structures
PNAS 1997 94:12765-12768

Mathematics

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Physical Sciences - Mathematics:
- Diego Cordoba
On the geometry of solutions of the quasi-geostrophic and Euler equations
PNAS 1997 94:12769-12770

Physics

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Physical Sciences - Physics:
- J. C. Phillips
Filamentary microstructure and linear temperature dependence of normal state transport in optimized high temperature superconductors
PNAS 1997 94:12771-12775

Statistics

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Physical Sciences - Statistics:
- Kenneth M. Boucher
- and Andrej Y. Yakovlev
Estimating the probability of initiated cell death before tumor induction
PNAS 1997 94:12776-12779

Social Sciences

Anthropology

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Social Sciences - Anthropology:
- Erik Trinkaus
Inaugural Article: Appendicular robusticity and the paleobiology of modern human emergence
PNAS 1997 94:13367-13373

Table of Contents

Fun with genealogy

Life without DNA repair

Origins of mRNA identity: Capping enzymes bind to the phosphorylated C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II

The elusive singularity

From the Academy: Introduction to German-American Frontiers of Science

From the Academy: Approximation algorithms

From the Academy: Advances in apoptosis research

From the Academy: Encoding strategies in combinatorial chemistry

From the Academy: Neural codes: Firing rates and beyond

From the Academy: Core geophysics

From the Academy: Gene therapy

From the Academy: Motor proteins of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton

From the Academy: Scanning-probe-based science and technology

The influence of the flow of the reacting gas on the conditions for a thermal explosion

Twist grain boundaries in three-dimensional lamellar Turing structures

On the geometry of solutions of the quasi-geostrophic and Euler equations

Filamentary microstructure and linear temperature dependence of normal state transport in optimized high temperature superconductors

Estimating the probability of initiated cell death before tumor induction

Inaugural Article: Appendicular robusticity and the paleobiology of modern human emergence

Global variation in the genetic and biochemical basis of diamondback moth resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis

Estrogenic responses in estrogen receptor-α deficient mice reveal a distinct estrogen signaling pathway

KSR stimulates Raf-1 activity in a kinase-independent manner

A link between protein structure and enzyme catalyzed hydrogen tunneling

The carbamate kinase-like carbamoyl phosphate synthetase of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus , a missing link in the evolution of carbamoyl phosphate biosynthesis

Inaugural Article: The diversity and evolutionary relationships of the pregnancy-associated glycoproteins, an aspartic proteinase subfamily consisting of many trophoblast-expressed genes

Localization and activity of lysyl oxidase within nuclei of fibrogenic cells

Identification of specific Rp-phosphate oxygens in the tRNA anticodon loop required for ribosomal P-site binding

Recruitment of IRAK to the interleukin 1 receptor complex requires interleukin 1 receptor accessory protein

Isolation and bacterial expression of a sesquiterpene synthase cDNA clone from peppermint ( Mentha x piperita , L.) that produces the aphid alarm pheromone ( E )-β-farnesene

Anti-idiotype RNA selected with an anti-nuclear export signal antibody is actively transported in oocytes and inhibits Rev- and cap-dependent RNA export

Functional analysis of DNA bending and unwinding by the high mobility group domain of LEF-1

Inhibition of regulator of G protein signaling function by two mutant RGS4 proteins

Identification of a thiamin-dependent synthase in Escherichia coli required for the formation of the 1-deoxy- d -xylulose 5-phosphate precursor to isoprenoids, thiamin, and pyridoxol

An interaction between DNA ligase I and proliferating cell nuclear antigen: Implications for Okazaki fragment synthesis and joining

Targeted deletion of alkylpurine-DNA-N-glycosylase in mice eliminates repair of 1, N 6 -ethenoadenine and hypoxanthine but not of 3, N 4 -ethenocytosine or 8-oxoguanine

Construction of a Z-DNA-specific restriction endonuclease

Disruption of the murine gene encoding phosphatidylethanolamine N -methyltransferase

Myc represses transcription of the growth arrest gene gas1

Proteins on ribosome surface: Measurements of protein exposure by hot tritium bombardment technique

Mammalian capping enzyme complements mutant Saccharomyces cerevisiae lacking mRNA guanylyltransferase and selectively binds the elongating form of RNA polymerase II

Inhibition of NF-κB DNA binding and nitric oxide induction in human T cells and lung adenocarcinoma cells by selenite treatment

P-glycoprotein function involves conformational transitions detectable by differential immunoreactivity

cAMP receptor protein–cAMP plays a crucial role in glucose–lactose diauxie by activating the major glucose transporter gene in Escherichia coli

Cloning and expression of rat 25-hydroxyvitamin D 3 -1α-hydroxylase cDNA

Cloning and expression of a cDNA encoding a bovine brain brefeldin A-sensitive guanine nucleotide-exchange protein for ADP-ribosylation factor

Phagocytosis of rod outer segments by retinal pigment epithelial cells requires αvβ5 integrin for binding but not for internalization

Smad8 mediates the signaling of the receptor serine kinase

Ubiquitin-mediated regulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase

Inaugural Article: In vivo functions of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hsp90 chaperone

The phosphorylation state of the FIGQY tyrosine of neurofascin determines ankyrin-binding activity and patterns of cell segregation

Genghis Khan (Gek) as a putative effector for Drosophila Cdc42 and regulator of actin polymerization

Erythrocyte membrane vesiculation: Model for the molecular mechanism of protein sorting

Coordinate regulation of lipogenic gene expression by androgens: Evidence for a cascade mechanism involving sterol regulatory element binding proteins