Table of Contents

May 22, 2001; 98 (11)

FROM THE COVER

Commentaries

Commentary:
- Gordon J. Strewler
FGF23, hypophosphatemia, and rickets: Has phosphatonin been found?
PNAS 2001 98:5945-5946; doi:10.1073/pnas.111154898
- See companion article on page 6500 in issue 11 of volume 98
Commentary:
- Esper A. Cavalheiro
- and John W. Olney
Glutamate antagonists: Deadly liaisons with cancer
PNAS 2001 98:5947-5948; doi:10.1073/pnas.121179198
- See companion article on page 6372 in issue 11 of volume 98
Commentary:
- James C. Cross
Factors affecting the developmental potential of cloned mammalian embryos
PNAS 2001 98:5949-5951; doi:10.1073/pnas.111182398
- See companion article on page 6209 in issue 11 of volume 98
Commentary:
- Jeffrey D. Parvin
BRCA1 at a branch point
PNAS 2001 98:5952-5954; doi:10.1073/pnas.121184998
- See companion article on page 6086 in issue 11 of volume 98
Commentary:
- Mark Newman
A new picture of life's history on Earth
PNAS 2001 98:5955-5956; doi:10.1073/pnas.121190498
- See companion article on page 6261 in issue 11 of volume 98

Biological Sciences

Neurobiology

Perspective - Biological Sciences - Neurobiology:
- Donald Pfaff
Precision in mouse behavior genetics
PNAS 2001 98:5957-5960; published online before print May 8, 2001, doi:10.1073/pnas.101128598

Perspective

Perspective - Biological Sciences - Neurobiology:
- Donald Pfaff
Precision in mouse behavior genetics
PNAS 2001 98:5957-5960; published online before print May 8, 2001, doi:10.1073/pnas.101128598

Physical Sciences

Chemistry

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Junichi Higo,
- Masaki Sasai,
- Hiroki Shirai,
- Haruki Nakamura,
- and Takaki Kugimiya
Large vortex-like structure of dipole field in computer models of liquid water and dipole-bridge between biomolecules
PNAS 2001 98:5961-5964; published online before print May 8, 2001, doi:10.1073/pnas.101516298
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Tanya M. Raschke,
- Jerry Tsai,
- and Michael Levitt
Quantification of the hydrophobic interaction by simulations of the aggregation of small hydrophobic solutes in water
PNAS 2001 98:5965-5969; published online before print May 15, 2001, doi:10.1073/pnas.111158498
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
- Joerg C. Tiller,
- Chun-Jen Liao,
- Kim Lewis,
- and Alexander M. Klibanov
Designing surfaces that kill bacteria on contact
PNAS 2001 98:5981-5985; published online before print May 15, 2001, doi:10.1073/pnas.111143098

Geology

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Physical Sciences - Geology:
- C. K. Boyce,
- R. M. Hazen,
- and A. H. Knoll
Nondestructive, in situ, cellular-scale mapping of elemental abundances including organic carbon in permineralized fossils
PNAS 2001 98:5970-5974; doi:10.1073/pnas.101130598

Geophysics

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Physical Sciences - Geophysics:
- Daniel Rosenfeld,
- Yinon Rudich,
- and Ronen Lahav
Desert dust suppressing precipitation: A possible desertification feedback loop
PNAS 2001 98:5975-5980; published online before print May 15, 2001, doi:10.1073/pnas.101122798

Social Sciences

Anthropology

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Social Sciences - Anthropology:
- Michael P. Richards,
- Paul B. Pettitt,
- Mary C. Stiner,
- and Erik Trinkaus
Stable isotope evidence for increasing dietary breadth in the European mid-Upper Paleolithic
PNAS 2001 98:6528-6532; doi:10.1073/pnas.111155298

Social Sciences

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Biological Sciences - Medical Sciences - Social Sciences - Social Sciences:
- Kenneth G. Manton
- and XiLiang Gu
From the Cover: Changes in the prevalence of chronic disability in the United States black and nonblack population above age 65 from 1982 to 1999
PNAS 2001 98:6354-6359; published online before print May 8, 2001, doi:10.1073/pnas.111152298
- See commentary article on page 6546 in issue 12 of volume 98

FROM THE COVER

FGF23, hypophosphatemia, and rickets: Has phosphatonin been found?

Glutamate antagonists: Deadly liaisons with cancer

Factors affecting the developmental potential of cloned mammalian embryos

BRCA1 at a branch point

A new picture of life's history on Earth

Precision in mouse behavior genetics

Precision in mouse behavior genetics

Large vortex-like structure of dipole field in computer models of liquid water and dipole-bridge between biomolecules

Quantification of the hydrophobic interaction by simulations of the aggregation of small hydrophobic solutes in water

Designing surfaces that kill bacteria on contact

Nondestructive, in situ, cellular-scale mapping of elemental abundances including organic carbon in permineralized fossils

Desert dust suppressing precipitation: A possible desertification feedback loop

Stable isotope evidence for increasing dietary breadth in the European mid-Upper Paleolithic

From the Cover: Changes in the prevalence of chronic disability in the United States black and nonblack population above age 65 from 1982 to 1999

Designing surfaces that kill bacteria on contact

An improved helper-dependent adenoviral vector allows persistent gene expression after intramuscular delivery and overcomes preexisting immunity to adenovirus

Using electroactive substrates to pattern the attachment of two different cell populations

Agonist-induced conformational changes in the G-protein-coupling domain of the β2 adrenergic receptor

Conformational coupling in the chemotaxis response regulator CheY

Reversibly locking a protein fold in an active conformation with a disulfide bond: Integrin αL I domains with high affinity and antagonist activity in vivo

A type IB topoisomerase with DNA repair activities

The structures of anthranilate synthase of Serratia marcescens crystallized in the presence of (i) its substrates, chorismate and glutamine, and a product, glutamate, and (ii) its end-product inhibitor, l-tryptophan

Unsaturated fatty acids inhibit transcription of the sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) gene by antagonizing ligand-dependent activation of the LXR

The arginine finger of RasGAP helps Gln-61 align the nucleophilic water in GAP-stimulated hydrolysis of GTP

Strong DNA binding by covalently linked dimeric Lac headpiece: Evidence for the crucial role of the hinge helices

Corepressor-induced organization and assembly of the biotin repressor: A model for allosteric activation of a transcriptional regulator

Solution structure of DFF40 and DFF45 N-terminal domain complex and mutual chaperone activity of DFF40 and DFF45

Structure of sortase, the transpeptidase that anchors proteins to the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus

Catalytic efficiency and vitality of HIV-1 proteases from African viral subtypes

Arg-302 facilitates deprotonation of Glu-325 in the transport mechanism of the lactose permease from Escherichia coli

Stimulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase by fibroblast growth factor receptors is mediated by coordinated recruitment of multiple docking proteins

Five subunits are required for reconstitution of the cleavage and polyadenylation activities of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cleavage factor I

From the Cover: Direct DNA binding by Brca1

Point mutations in a nucleoside transporter gene from Leishmania donovani confer drug resistance and alter substrate selectivity

Top-down free-energy minimization on protein potential energy landscapes

Three-dimensional reconstruction of the recombinant type 3 ryanodine receptor and localization of its amino terminus

Diffractive optics-based heterodyne-detected four-wave mixing signals of protein motion: From “protein quakes” to ligand escape for myoglobin

Crystal cataracts: Human genetic cataract caused by protein crystallization

Mechanism for nucleic acid chaperone activity of HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein revealed by single molecule stretching

The pKa of His-24 in the folding transition state of apomyoglobin

Maintenance of caspase-3 proenzyme dormancy by an intrinsic “safety catch” regulatory tripeptide

Antiviral activities of the soluble extracellular domains of type I interferon receptors

Drosophila phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 regulates apoptosis and growth via the phosphoinositide 3-kinase-dependent signaling pathway

Mutant G protein α subunit activated by Gβγ: A model for receptor activation?

Desmuslin, an intermediate filament protein that interacts with α-dystrobrevin and desmin

Agonist-induced conformational changes in the G-protein-coupling domain of the β₂ adrenergic receptor

The pK_a of His-24 in the folding transition state of apomyoglobin