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Commentaries

Commentary:
- Harvey L. Levy
Phenylketonuria: Old disease, new approach to treatment
PNAS 1999 96:1811-1813
- See companion article on page 2339 in issue 5 of volume 96
Commentary:
- Dietmar Kültz
- and Laszlo Csonka
What sets the TonE during osmotic stress?
PNAS 1999 96:1814-1816
- See companion article on page 2538 in issue 5 of volume 96
Commentary:
- Douglas C. Wallace
- and Deborah G. Murdock
Mitochondria and dystonia: The movement disorder connection?
PNAS 1999 96:1817-1819
- See companion article on page 2141 in issue 5 of volume 96
Commentary:
- Masayasu Nomura
Engineering of bacterial ribosomes: Replacement of all seven Escherichia coli rRNA operons by a single plasmid-encoded operon
PNAS 1999 96:1820-1822
- See companion article on page 1971 in issue 5 of volume 96
Commentary:
- Cynthia T. McMurray
DNA secondary structure: A common and causative factor for expansion in human disease
PNAS 1999 96:1823-1825
Commentary:
- Jon Clardy
Borrowing to make ends meet
PNAS 1999 96:1826-1827
- See companion article on page 1953 in issue 5 of volume 96

Physical Sciences

Applied Mathematics

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Physical Sciences - Applied Mathematics:
- David L. Donoho
Inaugural Article: Tight frames of k-plane ridgelets and the problem of representing objects that are smooth away from d-dimensional singularities in Rⁿ
PNAS 1999 96:1828-1833
- Abstract
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Engineering

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Physical Sciences - Engineering:
- Wei Huang,
- Zheng Shen,
- Norden E. Huang,
- and Yuan Cheng Fung
Nonlinear indicial response of complex nonstationary oscillations as pulmonary hypertension responding to step hypoxia
PNAS 1999 96:1834-1839

Social Sciences

Anthropology

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Social Sciences - Anthropology:
- Elwyn L. Simons,
- J. Michael Plavcan,
- and John G. Fleagle
Canine sexual dimorphism in Egyptian Eocene anthropoid primates: Catopithecus and Proteopithecus
PNAS 1999 96:2559-2562
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Biological Sciences - Evolution - Social Sciences - Anthropology:
- David W. Steadman,
- J. Peter White,
- and Jim Allen
Prehistoric birds from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea: Extinctions on a large Melanesian island
PNAS 1999 96:2563-2568

Biological Sciences

Agricultural Sciences

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Biological Sciences - Agricultural Sciences:
- Madhuri Kota,
- Henry Daniell,
- Sam Varma,
- Stephen F. Garczynski,
- Fred Gould,
- and William J. Moar
Overexpression of the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry2Aa2 protein in chloroplasts confers resistance to plants against susceptible and Bt-resistant insects
PNAS 1999 96:1840-1845

Applied Biological Sciences

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Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
- Robert McDaniel,
- Arinthip Thamchaipenet,
- Claes Gustafsson,
- Hong Fu,
- Melanie Betlach,
- Mary Betlach,
- and Gary Ashley
Multiple genetic modifications of the erythromycin polyketide synthase to produce a library of novel “unnatural” natural products
PNAS 1999 96:1846-1851
- See commentary article on page 3336 in issue 7 of volume 96

Biophysics

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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Jonathan M. Goldberg
- and Robert L. Baldwin
A specific transition state for S-peptide combining with folded S-protein and then refolding
PNAS 1999 96:2019-2024
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Jooyoung Lee,
- Adam Liwo,
- and Harold A. Scheraga
Energy-based de novo protein folding by conformational space annealing and an off-lattice united-residue force field: Application to the 10-55 fragment of staphylococcal protein A and to apo calbindin D9K
PNAS 1999 96:2025-2030
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Nicholas D. Socci,
- José Nelson Onuchic,
- and Peter G. Wolynes
Stretching lattice models of protein folding
PNAS 1999 96:2031-2035
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Peter Hamm,
- Manho Lim,
- William F. DeGrado,
- and Robin M. Hochstrasser
The two-dimensional IR nonlinear spectroscopy of a cyclic penta-peptide in relation to its three-dimensional structure
PNAS 1999 96:2036-2041
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- John H. Viles,
- Fred E. Cohen,
- Stanley B. Prusiner,
- David B. Goodin,
- Peter E. Wright,
- and H. Jane Dyson
Copper binding to the prion protein: Structural implications of four identical cooperative binding sites
PNAS 1999 96:2042-2047
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Hidetake Miyata,
- Shuji Nishiyama,
- Ken-ichirou Akashi,
- and Kazuhiko Kinosita, Jr.
Protrusive growth from giant liposomes driven by actin polymerization
PNAS 1999 96:2048-2053
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Marion E. van Brederode,
- Frank van Mourik,
- Ivo H. M. van Stokkum,
- Michael R. Jones,
- and Rienk van Grondelle
Multiple pathways for ultrafast transduction of light energy in the photosynthetic reaction center of Rhodobacter sphaeroides
PNAS 1999 96:2054-2059

Cell Biology

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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Brigitte Vannier,
- Michael Peyton,
- Gulain Boulay,
- Darren Brown,
- Ning Qin,
- Meisheng Jiang,
- Xi Zhu,
- and Lutz Birnbaumer
Mouse trp2, the homologue of the human trpc2 pseudogene, encodes mTrp2, a store depletion-activated capacitative Ca²⁺ entry channel
PNAS 1999 96:2060-2064
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Kerstin Bleuel,
- Susanne Popp,
- Norbert E. Fusenig,
- Eric J. Stanbridge,
- and Petra Boukamp
Tumor suppression in human skin carcinoma cells by chromosome 15 transfer or thrombospondin-1 overexpression through halted tumor vascularization
PNAS 1999 96:2065-2070
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Phenylketonuria: Old disease, new approach to treatment

What sets the TonE during osmotic stress?

Mitochondria and dystonia: The movement disorder connection?

Engineering of bacterial ribosomes: Replacement of all seven Escherichia coli rRNA operons by a single plasmid-encoded operon

DNA secondary structure: A common and causative factor for expansion in human disease

Borrowing to make ends meet

Inaugural Article: Tight frames of k-plane ridgelets and the problem of representing objects that are smooth away from d-dimensional singularities in Rn

Nonlinear indicial response of complex nonstationary oscillations as pulmonary hypertension responding to step hypoxia

Canine sexual dimorphism in Egyptian Eocene anthropoid primates: Catopithecus and Proteopithecus

Prehistoric birds from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea: Extinctions on a large Melanesian island

Overexpression of the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry2Aa2 protein in chloroplasts confers resistance to plants against susceptible and Bt-resistant insects

Multiple genetic modifications of the erythromycin polyketide synthase to produce a library of novel “unnatural” natural products

Unexpected crucial role of residue 225 in serine proteases

Proteasome-dependent degradation of the human estrogen receptor

Structure of a cytochrome P450–redox partner electron-transfer complex

Studies on the interactions between human replication factor C and human proliferating cell nuclear antigen

p53-induced DNA bending and twisting: p53 tetramer binds on the outer side of a DNA loop and increases DNA twisting

Interaction of 5-lipoxygenase with cellular proteins

tRNAVal-heterodimeric maxizymes with high potential as geneinactivating agents: Simultaneous cleavage at two sites in HIV-1 tat mRNA in cultured cells

Fibroblast growth factors 1 and 2 are distinct in oligomerization in the presence of heparin-like glycosaminoglycans

Small antibody-like proteins with prescribed ligand specificities derived from the lipocalin fold

Angiopoietins 3 and 4: Diverging gene counterparts in mice and humans

Selenium redox biochemistry of zinc–sulfur coordination sites in proteins and enzymes

Native display of complete foreign protein domains on the surface of hepatitis B virus capsids

Nuclear foci of mammalian recombination proteins are located at single-stranded DNA regions formed after DNA damage

Structure and function in rhodopsin: Kinetic studies of retinal binding to purified opsin mutants in defined phospholipid–detergent mixtures serve as probes of the retinal binding pocket

Structure and function in rhodopsin: Further elucidation of the role of the intradiscal cysteines, Cys-110, -185, and -187, in rhodopsin folding and function

Inhibitory sites in enzymes: Zinc removal and reactivation by thionein

Mg-chelatase of tobacco: The role of the subunit CHL D in the chelation step of protoporphyrin IX

The GTPase activating factor for transducin in rod photoreceptors is the complex between RGS9 and type 5 G protein β subunit

Affinity modulation of small-molecule ligands by borrowing endogenous protein surfaces

Thyroid hormone receptor-associated proteins and general positive cofactors mediate thyroid hormone receptor function in the absence of the TATA box-binding protein-associated factors of TFIID

The crayfish plasma clotting protein: A vitellogenin-related protein responsible for clot formation in crustacean blood

An Escherichia coli strain with all chromosomal rRNA operons inactivated: Complete exchange of rRNA genes between bacteria

Cytochrome P450 CYP1B1 determines susceptibility to 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced lymphomas

Tolerance of Arc repressor to multiple-alanine substitutions

Direct interaction of lignin and lignin peroxidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Ligand-dependent activation of transcription in vitro by retinoic acid receptor α/retinoid X receptor α heterodimers that mimics transactivation by retinoids in vivo

The vacuolating toxin from Helicobacter pylori forms hexameric pores in lipid bilayers at low pH

Specificity of native-like interhelical hydrophobic contacts in the apomyoglobin intermediate

Cryptocyanin, a crustacean molting protein: Evolutionary link with arthropod hemocyanins and insect hexamerins

A specific transition state for S-peptide combining with folded S-protein and then refolding

Energy-based de novo protein folding by conformational space annealing and an off-lattice united-residue force field: Application to the 10-55 fragment of staphylococcal protein A and to apo calbindin D9K

Stretching lattice models of protein folding

The two-dimensional IR nonlinear spectroscopy of a cyclic penta-peptide in relation to its three-dimensional structure

Copper binding to the prion protein: Structural implications of four identical cooperative binding sites

Protrusive growth from giant liposomes driven by actin polymerization

Multiple pathways for ultrafast transduction of light energy in the photosynthetic reaction center of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Mouse trp2, the homologue of the human trpc2 pseudogene, encodes mTrp2, a store depletion-activated capacitative Ca2+ entry channel

Tumor suppression in human skin carcinoma cells by chromosome 15 transfer or thrombospondin-1 overexpression through halted tumor vascularization

Inaugural Article: Tight frames of k-plane ridgelets and the problem of representing objects that are smooth away from d-dimensional singularities in Rⁿ

tRNA^Val-heterodimeric maxizymes with high potential as geneinactivating agents: Simultaneous cleavage at two sites in HIV-1 tat mRNA in cultured cells

Mouse trp2, the homologue of the human trpc2 pseudogene, encodes mTrp2, a store depletion-activated capacitative Ca²⁺ entry channel