PNAS — Table of Contents — October 26, 1999, 96 (22)

Commentaries

Commentary:
- Andrew J. Flavell
Long terminal repeat retrotransposons jump between species
PNAS 1999 96:12211-12212
- See companion article on page 12621 in issue 22 of volume 96
Commentary:
- Kristen M. Harris
Calcium from internal stores modifies dendritic spine shape
PNAS 1999 96:12213-12215
- See companion article on page 12068 in issue 21 of volume 96
Commentary:
- Bruce N. Ames
Cancer prevention and diet: Help from single nucleotide polymorphisms
PNAS 1999 96:12216-12218
- See companion article on page 12810 in issue 22 of volume 96
Commentary:
- Peter S. Heeger
- and Alan J. Heeger
Making sense of polymer-based biosensors
PNAS 1999 96:12219-12221
- See companion article on page 12287 in issue 22 of volume 96
Commentary:
- Raul R. Gainetdinov
- and Marc G. Caron
Delineating muscarinic receptor functions
PNAS 1999 96:12222-12223
- See companion article on page 10483 in issue 18 of volume 96
Commentary:
- Robert E. Johnson,
- M. Todd Washington,
- Satya Prakash,
- and Louise Prakash
Bridging the gap: A family of novel DNA polymerases that replicate faulty DNA
PNAS 1999 96:12224-12226
- See companion article on page 11922 in issue 21 of volume 96
Commentary:
- Jason B. Bock
- and Richard H. Scheller
SNARE proteins mediate lipid bilayer fusion
PNAS 1999 96:12227-12229
- See companion article on page 12565 in issue 22 of volume 96
- See companion article on page 12571 in issue 22 of volume 96
Commentary:
- Mike Tyers
- and Rob Rottapel
VHL: A very hip ligase
PNAS 1999 96:12230-12232
- See companion article on page 12436 in issue 22 of volume 96

Review

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Review:
- P. W. Hochachka
The metabolic implications of intracellular circulation
PNAS 1999 96:12233-12239

Physical Sciences

Applied Mathematics

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Physical Sciences - Applied Mathematics:
- Shay Gueron
- and Konstantin Levit-Gurevich
Energetic considerations of ciliary beating and the advantage of metachronal coordination
PNAS 1999 96:12240-12245

Chemistry

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Authrine Whyte,
- Zhi-Cai Yang,
- Kittichoat Tiyanont,
- Paul J. Weldon,
- Thomas Eisner,
- and Jerrold Meinwald
Reptilian chemistry: Characterization of dianeackerone, a secretory product from a crocodile
PNAS 1999 96:12246-12250
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Zhicai Yang,
- Authrine Whyte,
- Athula B. Attygalle,
- Paul J. Weldon,
- Thomas Eisner,
- and Jerrold Meinwald
Reptilian chemistry: Characterization of a family of dianeackerone-related steroidal esters from a crocodile secretion
PNAS 1999 96:12251-12256
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Patricia Andrade-Gordon,
- Bruce E. Maryanoff,
- Claudia K. Derian,
- Han-Cheng Zhang,
- Michael F. Addo,
- Andrew L. Darrow,
- Annette J. Eckardt,
- William J. Hoekstra,
- David F. McComsey,
- Donna Oksenberg,
- Elwood E. Reynolds,
- Rosemary J. Santulli,
- Robert M. Scarborough,
- Charles E. Smith,
- and Kimberly B. White
Design, synthesis, and biological characterization of a peptide-mimetic antagonist for a tethered-ligand receptor
PNAS 1999 96:12257-12262

Mathematics

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Physical Sciences - Mathematics:
- D. V. Chudnovsky
- and G. V. Chudnovsky
Solution of the pulse width modulation problem using orthogonal polynomials and Korteweg-de Vries equations
PNAS 1999 96:12263-12268
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Physics

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Physical Sciences - Physics:
- Jon H. Eggert,
- Eran Karmon,
- Russell J. Hemley,
- Ho-kwang Mao,
- and Alexander F. Goncharov
Pressure-enhanced ortho-para conversion in solid hydrogen up to 58 GPa
PNAS 1999 96:12269-12272

Statistics

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Physical Sciences - Statistics:
- D. R. Cox
- and Nanny Wermuth
Derived variables for longitudinal studies
PNAS 1999 96:12273-12274

Social Sciences

Anthropology

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Biological Sciences - Psychology - Social Sciences - Anthropology:
- Christine M. Drea
- and Kim Wallen
Low-status monkeys “play dumb” when learning in mixed social groups
PNAS 1999 96:12965-12969

Table of Contents

FROM THE COVER

Long terminal repeat retrotransposons jump between species

Calcium from internal stores modifies dendritic spine shape

Cancer prevention and diet: Help from single nucleotide polymorphisms

Making sense of polymer-based biosensors

Delineating muscarinic receptor functions

Bridging the gap: A family of novel DNA polymerases that replicate faulty DNA

SNARE proteins mediate lipid bilayer fusion

VHL: A very hip ligase

The metabolic implications of intracellular circulation

Energetic considerations of ciliary beating and the advantage of metachronal coordination

Reptilian chemistry: Characterization of dianeackerone, a secretory product from a crocodile

Reptilian chemistry: Characterization of a family of dianeackerone-related steroidal esters from a crocodile secretion

Design, synthesis, and biological characterization of a peptide-mimetic antagonist for a tethered-ligand receptor

Solution of the pulse width modulation problem using orthogonal polynomials and Korteweg-de Vries equations

Pressure-enhanced ortho-para conversion in solid hydrogen up to 58 GPa

Derived variables for longitudinal studies

Low-status monkeys “play dumb” when learning in mixed social groups

Identification of lumichrome as a Sinorhizobium enhancer of alfalfa root respiration and shoot growth

Direct radiocarbon dates for Vindija G 1 and Velika Pećina Late Pleistocene hominid remains

From the Cover: Highly sensitive biological and chemical sensors based on reversible fluorescence quenching in a conjugated polymer

DNA packing in stable lipid complexes designed for gene transfer imitates DNA compaction in bacteriophage

Three metal ions at the active site of the Tetrahymena group I ribozyme

A structural view of evolutionary divergence

Targeting a SWI/SNF-related chromatin remodeling complex to the β-globin promoter in erythroid cells

Assembly of a catalytic unit for RNA microhelix aminoacylation using nonspecific RNA binding domains

Conversion of agonist site to metal-ion chelator site in the β 2 -adrenergic receptor

NMR characterization of lignins in Arabidopsis altered in the activity of ferulate 5-hydroxylase

Crystal structure of a multifunctional 2-Cys peroxiredoxin heme-binding protein 23 kDa/proliferation-associated gene product

Purification of ribonucleotide reductase subunits Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4 from yeast: Y4 plays a key role in diiron cluster assembly

A protein residing at the subunit interface of the bacterial ribosome

Covalent modification of the homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 2 (HIPK2) by the ubiquitin-like protein SUMO-1

Yeast HOS3 forms a novel trichostatin A-insensitive homodimer with intrinsic histone deacetylase activity

The protein kinase CK2 is involved in regulation of circadian rhythms in Arabidopsis

Identification and reconstitution of the origin recognition complex from Schizosaccharomyces pombe

The Escherichia coli SOS mutagenesis proteins UmuD and UmuD′ interact physically with the replicative DNA polymerase

Structure of a soluble secreted chemokine inhibitor vCCI (p35) from cowpox virus

hMutSα- and hMutLα-dependent phosphorylation of p53 in response to DNA methylator damage

In Azotobacter vinelandii, the E1 subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex binds fpr promoter region DNA and ferredoxin I

Mobilization of the A-kinase N- myristate through an isoform-specific intermolecular switch

Isolation of a Chinese hamster ovary cell mutant defective in intramitochondrial transport of phosphatidylserine

RNase E is required for the maturation of ssrA RNA and normal ssrA RNA peptide-tagging activity

Replacement of the proximal heme thiolate ligand in chloroperoxidase with a histidine residue

Mechanism-based inhibition of the melatonin rhythm enzyme: Pharmacologic exploitation of active site functional plasticity

Purification and characterization of sortase, the transpeptidase that cleaves surface proteins of Staphylococcus aureus at the LPXTG motif

Translocation and specific cleavage of bacteriophage T7 DNA in vivo by Eco KI

From the Cover: Identification of the von Hippel–Lindau tumor-suppressor protein as part of an active E3 ubiquitin ligase complex

SnoN and Ski protooncoproteins are rapidly degraded in response to transforming growth factor β signaling

Opening of a monomer-monomer interface of the trimeric bacteriophage T4-coded GP45 sliding clamp is required for clamp loading onto DNA

Ku is associated with the telomere in mammals

Rapid treadmilling of brain microtubules free of microtubule-associated proteins in vitro and its suppression by tau