PNAS — Table of Contents — August 29, 2000, 97 (18)

Commentaries

Commentary:
- Laurie R. Godfrey
- and Judith C. Masters
Kinetochore reproduction theory may explain rapid chromosome evolution
PNAS 2000 97:9821-9823
- See companion article on page 9493 in issue 17 of volume 97
Commentary:
- Shoshy Altuvia
- and E. Gerhart H. Wagner
Switching on and off with RNA
PNAS 2000 97:9824-9826
- See companion article on page 9919 in issue 18 of volume 97
Commentary:
- William B. Guggino
- and Sandra E. Guggino
Amiloride-sensitive sodium channels contribute to the woes of the flu
PNAS 2000 97:9827-9829
- See companion article on page 10282 in issue 18 of volume 97
Commentary:
- George Klein
Simian virus 40 and the human mesothelium
PNAS 2000 97:9830-9831; published ahead of print August 22, 2000
- See companion article on page 10214 in issue 18 of volume 97
Commentary:
- Robert L. Ruff
Skeletal muscle sodium current is reduced in hypokalemic periodic paralysis
PNAS 2000 97:9832-9833; published ahead of print August 22, 2000
- See companion article on page 9549 in issue 17 of volume 97

Table of Contents

FROM THE COVER

Kinetochore reproduction theory may explain rapid chromosome evolution

Switching on and off with RNA

Amiloride-sensitive sodium channels contribute to the woes of the flu

Simian virus 40 and the human mesothelium

Skeletal muscle sodium current is reduced in hypokalemic periodic paralysis

Importance of replication in microarray gene expression studies: Statistical methods and evidence from repetitive cDNA hybridizations

“Coarse” stability and bifurcation analysis using time-steppers: A reaction-diffusion example

Self-similar intermediate asymptotics for a degenerate parabolic filtration-absorption equation

Dynamical principles in biological processes: A model of charge migration in proteins and DNA

Scanning electrochemical microscopy of living cells: Different redox activities of nonmetastatic and metastatic human breast cells

Gel catalysts that switch on and off

Photochemically induced nuclear spin polarization in reaction centers of photosystem II observed by 13 C-solid-state NMR reveals a strongly asymmetric electronic structure of the P 680 .+ primary donor chlorophyll

The mechanical properties of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Global warming in the twenty-first century: An alternative scenario

Free entropy and property T factors

From the Cover: Building a dictionary for genomes: Identification of presumptive regulatory sites by statistical analysis

Inaugural Article: The MITE family Heartbreaker ( Hbr ): Molecular markers in maize

The mechanical properties of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

A cellular defense pathway regulating transcription through poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in response to DNA damage

Structural evidence for a programmed general base in the active site of a catalytic antibody

Identification of a renal-specific oxido-reductase in newborn diabetic mice

Inhibition of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in Alzheimer's disease

Designed protein tetramer zipped together with a hydrophobic Alzheimer homology: A structural clue to amyloid assembly

Binding site of brefeldin A at the interface between the small G protein ADP-ribosylation factor 1 (ARF1) and the nucleotide-exchange factor Sec7 domain

From the Cover: A trans-acting RNA as a control switch in Escherichia coli : DsrA modulates function by forming alternative structures

Directed evolution of a (βα) 8 -barrel enzyme to catalyze related reactions in two different metabolic pathways

Hexose permeation pathways in Plasmodium falciparum -infected erythrocytes

The importance of reactant positioning in enzyme catalysis: A hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics study of a haloalkane dehalogenase

Relative role of heme nitrosylation and β-cysteine 93 nitrosation in the transport and metabolism of nitric oxide by hemoglobin in the human circulation

Molecular basis of lutropin recognition by the mannose/GalNAc-4-SO 4 receptor

A meanfield approach to the thermodynamics of a protein-solvent system with application to the oligomerization of the tumor suppressor p53

Solvent dependence of dynamic transitions in protein solutions

Using O 2 to probe membrane immersion depth by 19 F NMR

Unbinding forces of single antibody-antigen complexes correlate with their thermal dissociation rates

Statistical significance of protein structure prediction by threading

Loss of signaling through the G protein, G z , results in abnormal platelet activation and altered responses to psychoactive drugs

Integration of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway with a cytosolic oligopeptidase activity

Calcium-triggered acrosomal exocytosis in human spermatozoa requires the coordinated activation of Rab3A and N -ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor

The human papillomavirus type 16 E6 and E7 oncoproteins cooperate to induce mitotic defects and genomic instability by uncoupling centrosome duplication from the cell division cycle

A role for α- and β-catenins in bacterial uptake

Histone deacetylase inhibitor selectively induces p21 WAF1 expression and gene-associated histone acetylation

How well can an amoeba climb?

Contact with fibrillar collagen inhibits melanoma cell proliferation by up-regulating p27 KIP1

Redox state is a central modulator of the balance between self-renewal and differentiation in a dividing glial precursor cell

A role for Timeless in epithelial morphogenesis during kidney development

Conservation of early odontogenic signaling pathways in Aves