Table of Contents

July 3, 2001; 98 (14)

FROM THE COVER

Commentaries

Commentary:
- Richard Hodes
Molecular targeting of cancer: Telomeres as targets
PNAS 2001 98:7649-7651; doi:10.1073/pnas.151267698
- See companion article on page 7982 in issue 14 of volume 98
Commentary:
- Vi T. Chu
- and Fred H. Gage
Chipping away at stem cells
PNAS 2001 98:7652-7653; doi:10.1073/pnas.141244198
- See companion article on page 7934 in issue 14 of volume 98
Commentary:
- Les J. Szabo
- and William R. Bushnell
Hidden robbers: The role of fungal haustoria in parasitism of plants
PNAS 2001 98:7654-7655; doi:10.1073/pnas.151262398
- See companion article on page 8133 in issue 14 of volume 98
Commentary:
- Stephen J. O'Brien
Cell culture forensics
PNAS 2001 98:7656-7658; doi:10.1073/pnas.141237598
- See companion article on page 8012 in issue 14 of volume 98
Commentary:
- Robert D. Goldman
Worms reveal essential functions for intermediate filaments
PNAS 2001 98:7659-7661; doi:10.1073/pnas.151247898
- See companion article on page 7863 in issue 14 of volume 98

Physical Sciences

Chemistry

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Alexander Shivanyuk
- and Julius Rebek, Jr.
Reversible encapsulation by self-assembling resorcinarene subunits
PNAS 2001 98:7662-7665; published ahead of print June 26, 2001, doi:10.1073/pnas.141226898
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Tamiki Komatsuzaki
- and R. Stephen Berry
Dynamical hierarchy in transition states: Why and how does a system climb over the mountain?
PNAS 2001 98:7666-7671; doi:10.1073/pnas.131627698

Social Sciences

Psychology

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Social Sciences - Psychology:
- David H. Foster,
- Sérgio M. C. Nascimento,
- Kinjiro Amano,
- Larry Arend,
- Karina J. Linnell,
- Juan Luis Nieves,
- Sabrina Plet,
- and Jeffrey S. Foster
Parallel detection of violations of color constancy
PNAS 2001 98:8151-8156; doi:10.1073/pnas.141505198

Biological Sciences

Anthropology

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Biological Sciences - Anthropology:
- Russell L. Ciochon,
- Philip D. Gingerich,
- Gregg F. Gunnell,
- and Elwyn L. Simons
Primate postcrania from the late middle Eocene of Myanmar
PNAS 2001 98:7672-7677; doi:10.1073/pnas.051003298

Biophysics

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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Michael E. Fisher
- and Anatoly B. Kolomeisky
Simple mechanochemistry describes the dynamics of kinesin molecules
PNAS 2001 98:7748-7753; published ahead of print June 26, 2001, doi:10.1073/pnas.141080498
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Christoph Allin,
- Mohammad Reza Ahmadian,
- Alfred Wittinghofer,
- and Klaus Gerwert
Monitoring the GAP catalyzed H-Ras GTPase reaction at atomic resolution in real time
PNAS 2001 98:7754-7759; doi:10.1073/pnas.131549798
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Jennifer C. Lee,
- Harry B. Gray,
- and Jay R. Winkler
Cytochrome c ′ folding triggered by electron transfer: Fast and slow formation of four-helix bundles
PNAS 2001 98:7760-7764; doi:10.1073/pnas.141235198
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Ning Wang,
- Keiji Naruse,
- Dimitrije Stamenović,
- Jeffrey J. Fredberg,
- Srboljub M. Mijailovich,
- Iva Marija Tolić-Nørrelykke,
- Thomas Polte,
- Robert Mannix,
- and Donald E. Ingber
Mechanical behavior in living cells consistent with the tensegrity model
PNAS 2001 98:7765-7770; doi:10.1073/pnas.141199598
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Anjum Ansari,
- Serguei V. Kuznetsov,
- and Yiqing Shen
Configurational diffusion down a folding funnel describes the dynamics of DNA hairpins
PNAS 2001 98:7771-7776; doi:10.1073/pnas.131477798
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Derek Marsh
Polarity and permeation profiles in lipid membranes
PNAS 2001 98:7777-7782; doi:10.1073/pnas.131023798

Developmental Biology

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Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
- Tetsuhiro Kudoh
- and Igor B. Dawid
Role of the iroquois3 homeobox gene in organizer formation
PNAS 2001 98:7852-7857; doi:10.1073/pnas.141224098
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Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
- Ying Ying,
- Xiaoxia Qi,
- and Guang-Quan Zhao
Induction of primordial germ cells from murine epiblasts by synergistic action of BMP4 and BMP8B signaling pathways
PNAS 2001 98:7858-7862; published ahead of print June 26, 2001, doi:10.1073/pnas.151242798
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Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
- Anton Karabinos,
- Henning Schmidt,
- Jens Harborth,
- Ralf Schnabel,
- and Klaus Weber
Essential roles for four cytoplasmic intermediate filament proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans development
PNAS 2001 98:7863-7868; published ahead of print June 26, 2001, doi:10.1073/pnas.121169998
- See commentary article on page 7659 in issue 14 of volume 98
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Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology:
- Laurent Coen,
- David du Pasquier,
- Sébastien Le Mevel,
- Spencer Brown,
- Jamshed Tata,
- André Mazabraud,
- and Barbara A. Demeneix
From the Cover: Xenopus Bcl-X L selectively protects Rohon-Beard neurons from metamorphic degeneration
PNAS 2001 98:7869-7874; published ahead of print June 26, 2001, doi:10.1073/pnas.141226798

Ecology

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Biological Sciences - Ecology:
- David R. Smart
- and Arnold J. Bloom
Wheat leaves emit nitrous oxide during nitrate assimilation
PNAS 2001 98:7875-7878; published ahead of print June 26, 2001, doi:10.1073/pnas.131572798
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Biological Sciences - Ecology:
- Cindy V. Looy,
- Richard J. Twitchett,
- David L. Dilcher,
- Johanna H. A. Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert,
- and Henk Visscher
Life in the end-Permian dead zone
PNAS 2001 98:7879-7883; published ahead of print June 26, 2001, doi:10.1073/pnas.131218098

Evolution

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Biological Sciences - Evolution:
- Edmund D. Brodie III

FROM THE COVER

Molecular targeting of cancer: Telomeres as targets

Chipping away at stem cells

Hidden robbers: The role of fungal haustoria in parasitism of plants

Cell culture forensics

Worms reveal essential functions for intermediate filaments

Reversible encapsulation by self-assembling resorcinarene subunits

Dynamical hierarchy in transition states: Why and how does a system climb over the mountain?

Parallel detection of violations of color constancy

Primate postcrania from the late middle Eocene of Myanmar

Visualization of biochemical networks in living cells

Functional dynamics in the active site of the ribonuclease binase

Redox-dependent activation of CO dehydrogenase from Rhodospirillum rubrum

Communication between noncontacting macromolecules

The origin of 15 R -prostaglandins in the Caribbean coral Plexaura homomalla : Molecular cloning and expression of a novel cyclooxygenase

Binding and disruption of phospholipid bilayers by supramolecular RNA complexes

In vitro characterization of DNA gyrase inhibition by microcin B17 analogs with altered bisheterocyclic sites

Deficiency of rds/peripherin causes photoreceptor death in mouse models of digenic and dominant retinitis pigmentosa

Tsg101, a homologue of ubiquitin-conjugating (E2) enzymes, binds the L domain in HIV type 1 Pr55 Gag

Intramolecular secondary structure rearrangement by the kissing interaction of the Neurospora VS ribozyme

A unique phospholipid organization in bovine erythrocyte membranes

Mechanistic coupling of protease signaling and initiation of coagulation by tissue factor

Simple mechanochemistry describes the dynamics of kinesin molecules

Monitoring the GAP catalyzed H-Ras GTPase reaction at atomic resolution in real time

Cytochrome c ′ folding triggered by electron transfer: Fast and slow formation of four-helix bundles

Mechanical behavior in living cells consistent with the tensegrity model

Configurational diffusion down a folding funnel describes the dynamics of DNA hairpins

Polarity and permeation profiles in lipid membranes

Raf-1 promotes cell survival by antagonizing apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 through a MEK–ERK independent mechanism

Repression of TFII-I-dependent transcription by nuclear exclusion

Nuclear particles containing RNA polymerase III complexes associated with the junctional plaque protein plakophilin 2

A TRP homolog in Saccharomyces cerevisiae forms an intracellular Ca 2+ -permeable channel in the yeast vacuolar membrane

A growth-constrained environment drives tumor progression in vivo

Id1 regulation of cellular senescence through transcriptional repression of p16/Ink4a

Clues to epidermal cancer proneness revealed by reconstruction of DNA repair-deficient xeroderma pigmentosum skin in vitro

Substrate-specific regulation of the ribosome– translocon junction by N-terminal signal sequences

A cytomegalovirus-encoded inhibitor of apoptosis that suppresses caspase-8 activation

The complete genome of the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus P2

Identification of a subpopulation of rapidly self-renewing and multipotential adult stem cells in colonies of human marrow stromal cells

Guanylyl cyclase C agonists regulate progression through the cell cycle of human colon carcinoma cells

Role of the iroquois3 homeobox gene in organizer formation

Induction of primordial germ cells from murine epiblasts by synergistic action of BMP4 and BMP8B signaling pathways

Essential roles for four cytoplasmic intermediate filament proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans development

From the Cover: Xenopus Bcl-X L selectively protects Rohon-Beard neurons from metamorphic degeneration

Wheat leaves emit nitrous oxide during nitrate assimilation

Life in the end-Permian dead zone