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• T. Keough,
• R. S. Youngquist,
• and M. P. Lacey

A method for high-sensitivity peptide sequencing using postsource decay matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry

• Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

Passive entry of a DNA molecule into a small pore

• Scott Atran,
• Douglas Medin,
• Norbert Ross,
• Elizabeth Lynch,
• John Coley,
• Edilberto Ucan Ek’,
• and Valentina Vapnarsky

Folkecology and commons management in the Maya Lowlands

• Cidália Duarte,
• João Maurício,
• Paul B. Pettitt,
• Pedro Souto,
• Erik Trinkaus,
• Hans van der Plicht,
• and João Zilhão

The early Upper Paleolithic human skeleton from the Abrigo do Lagar Velho (Portugal) and modern human emergence in Iberia

• Soojin Ryu
• and Robert Tjian

Purification of transcription cofactor complex CRSP

• Feng Guo,
• Deshmukh N. Gopaul,
• and Gregory D. Van Duyne

Asymmetric DNA bending in the Cre-loxP site-specific recombination synapse

• Guanghui Hu,
• Paul D. Gershon,
• Alec E. Hodel,
• and Florante A. Quiocho

mRNA cap recognition: Dominant role of enhanced stacking interactions between methylated bases and protein aromatic side chains

• Veronica McCabe,
• Emma J. Formstone,
• Laura P. O’Neill,
• Bryan M. Turner,
• and Neil Brockdorff

Chromatin structure analysis of the mouse Xist locus

• Mario García-Domínguez,
• José C. Reyes,
• and Francisco J. Florencio

Glutamine synthetase inactivation by protein–protein interaction

• Lydia Tabernero,
• Daniel A. Bochar,
• Victor W. Rodwell,
• and Cynthia V. Stauffacher

Substrate-induced closure of the flap domain in the ternary complex structures provides insights into the mechanism of catalysis by 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl–CoA reductase

• Liangyou Rui
• and Christin Carter-Su

Identification of SH2-Bβ as a potent cytoplasmic activator of the tyrosine kinase Janus kinase 2

• Simona Raffioni,
• Didier Thomas,
• Erik D. Foehr,
• Leslie M. Thompson,
• and Ralph A. Bradshaw

Comparison of the intracellular signaling responses by three chimeric fibroblast growth factor receptors in PC12 cells

• Ken Motohashi,
• Yohei Watanabe,
• Masafumi Yohda,
• and Masasuke Yoshida

Heat-inactivated proteins are rescued by the DnaK⋅J-GrpE set and ClpB chaperones

• Helen I. Zgurskaya
• and Hiroshi Nikaido

Bypassing the periplasm: Reconstitution of the AcrAB multidrug efflux pump of Escherichia coli

• Yuji Takebayashi,
• Philippe Pourquier,
• Akira Yoshida,
• Glenda Kohlhagen,
• and Yves Pommier

Poisoning of human DNA topoisomerase I by ecteinascidin 743, an anticancer drug that selectively alkylates DNA in the minor groove

• Hideaki Tagami
• and Hiroji Aiba

An inactive open complex mediated by an UP element at Escherichiacoli promoters

• Osvaldo Flores,
• Gary Lee,
• Joseph Kessler,
• Michael Miller,
• William Schlief,
• Joanne Tomassini,
• and Daria Hazuda

Host-cell positive transcription elongation factor b kinase activity is essential and limiting for HIV type 1 replication

• Cristina López-Rodríguez,
• José Aramburu,
• Andrew S. Rakeman,
• and Anjana Rao

NFAT5, a constitutively nuclear NFAT protein that does not cooperate with Fos and Jun

• Per-Johan Jakobsson,
• Staffan Thorén,
• Ralf Morgenstern,
• and Bengt Samuelsson

Identification of human prostaglandin E synthase: A microsomal, glutathione-dependent, inducible enzyme, constituting a potential novel drug target

• Scott W. Stevens
• and John Abelson

Purification of the yeast U4/U6⋅U5 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle and identification of its proteins

• David T. Clarke,
• Andrew J. Doig,
• Benjamin J. Stapley,
• and Gareth R. Jones

The α-helix folds on the millisecond time scale

• Erik G. Lund,
• Joseph M. Guileyardo,
• and David W. Russell

cDNA cloning of cholesterol 24-hydroxylase, a mediator of cholesterol homeostasis in the brain

• M. Adachi
• and K. H. Iwasa

Electrically driven motor in the outer hair cell: Effect of a mechanical constraint

• Himangshu S. Bose,
• Randy M. Whittal,
• Michael A. Baldwin,
• and Walter L. Miller

The active form of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, StAR, appears to be a molten globule

• Manuel Criado,
• Anabel Gil,
• Salvador Viniegra,
• and Luis M. Gutiérrez

A single amino acid near the C terminus of the synaptosomeassociated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25) is essential for exocytosis in chromaffin cells

• Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

Passive entry of a DNA molecule into a small pore

• Taisei Kinoshita,
• Takashi Sekiguchi,
• Ming-jiang Xu,
• Yoshiaki Ito,
• Akihide Kamiya,
• Koh-ichiro Tsuji,
• Tatsutoshi Nakahata,
• and Atsushi Miyajima

Hepatic differentiation induced by oncostatin M attenuates fetal liver hematopoiesis

• Ulla Holtbäck,
• Hjalmar Brismar,
• Gerald F. DiBona,
• Michael Fu,
• Paul Greengard,
• and Anita Aperia

Receptor recruitment: A mechanism for interactions between G protein-coupled receptors

• Christine Müller,
• Marianna Alunni-Fabbroni,
• Elisabeth Kowenz-Leutz,
• Xianming Mo,
• Massimo Tommasino,
• and Achim Leutz

Separation of C/EBPα-mediated proliferation arrest and differentiation pathways

• Shunichi Shimasaki,
• Rob J. Zachow,
• Danmei Li,
• Holly Kim,
• Shun-ichiro Iemura,
• Naoto Ueno,
• Kuber Sampath,
• R. Jeffrey Chang,
• and Gregory F. Erickson

A functional bone morphogenetic protein system in the ovary

• Dirk C. Winter,
• Elizabeth Y. Choe,
• and Rong Li

Genetic dissection of the budding yeast Arp2/3 complex: A comparison of the in vivo and structural roles of individual subunits

• Zhen Hou,
• Que Nguyen,
• Baruch Frenkel,
• Susan K. Nilsson,
• Moira Milne,
• André J. van Wijnen,
• Janet L. Stein,
• Peter Quesenberry,
• Jane B. Lian,
• and Gary S. Stein

Osteoblast-specific gene expression after transplantation of marrow cells: Implications for skeletal gene therapy

• Alexis Gautreau,
• Patrick Poullet,
• Daniel Louvard,
• and Monique Arpin

Ezrin, a plasma membrane–microfilament linker, signals cell survival through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway

• Dawn C. Farruggio,
• Fiona M. Townsley,
• and Joan V. Ruderman

Cdc20 associates with the kinase aurora2/Aik

• Volker T. Heussler,
• Joel Machado, Jr,
• Paula C. Fernandez,
• Catherine Botteron,
• Chao-Guang Chen,
• Martin J. Pearse,
• and Dirk A. E. Dobbelaere

The intracellular parasite Theileria parva protects infected T cells from apoptosis

• Felix Beck,
• Kallayanee Chawengsaksophak,
• Paul Waring,
• Raymond J. Playford,
• and John B. Furness

Reprogramming of intestinal differentiation and intercalary regeneration in Cdx2 mutant mice

• Shoshana Yakar,
• Jun-Li Liu,
• Bethel Stannard,
• Andrew Butler,
• Domenici Accili,
• Brian Sauer,
• and Derek LeRoith

Normal growth and development in the absence of hepatic insulin-like growth factor I

• Jizeng Qiao,
• Hiroyuki Sakurai,
• and Sanjay K. Nigam

Branching morphogenesis independent of mesenchymal–epithelial contact in the developing kidney

• Jiro Kishimoto,
• Ritsuko Ehama,
• Lin Wu,
• Shuwei Jiang,
• Nanyan Jiang,
• and Robert E. Burgeson

Selective activation of the versican promoter by epithelial– mesenchymal interactions during hair follicle development

• Scott Atran,
• Douglas Medin,
• Norbert Ross,
• Elizabeth Lynch,
• John Coley,
• Edilberto Ucan Ek’,
• and Valentina Vapnarsky

Folkecology and commons management in the Maya Lowlands

• Kai-Uwe Winter,
• Annette Becker,
• Thomas Münster,
• Jan T. Kim,
• Heinz Saedler,
• and Günter Theissen

MADS-box genes reveal that gnetophytes are more closely related to conifers than to flowering plants

• Marin Vulić,
• Richard E. Lenski,
• and Miroslav Radman

Mutation, recombination, and incipient speciation of bacteria in the laboratory

• Michael Worobey,
• Andrew Rambaut,
• and Edward C. Holmes

Widespread intra-serotype recombination in natural populations of dengue virus

• John C. Avise
• and Glenn C. Johns

Proposal for a standardized temporal scheme of biological classification for extant species

• Laura Carrel
• and Huntington F. Willard

Heterogeneous gene expression from the inactive X chromosome: An X-linked gene that escapes X inactivation in some human cell lines but is inactivated in others

• Michihiro Hidaka,