PNAS — Table of Contents — November 12, 2002, 99 (23)

Commentaries

Commentary:
- Karen P. Steel
Varitint-waddler: A double whammy for hearing
PNAS 2002 99:14613-14615; published ahead of print November 4, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.232585699
- See companion article on page 14994 in issue 23 of volume 99
Commentary:
- Jeanne Harris
Shedding light on an underground problem
PNAS 2002 99:14616-14618; published ahead of print November 4, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.242594599
- See companion article on page 15206 in issue 23 of volume 99
Commentary:
- Dean Bok
New insights and new approaches toward the study of age-related macular degeneration
PNAS 2002 99:14619-14621; published ahead of print November 5, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.242607899
- See companion article on page 14682 in issue 23 of volume 99
Commentary:
- Ralph L. Holloway
Head to head with Boas: Did he err on the plasticity of head form?
PNAS 2002 99:14622-14623; published ahead of print November 5, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.242622399
- See companion article on page 14636 in issue 23 of volume 99

Perspective

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Perspective:
- Barry W. Brook
- and David M. J. S. Bowman
Explaining the Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions: Models, chronologies, and assumptions
PNAS 2002 99:14624-14627; published ahead of print November 4, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.232126899

Physical Sciences

Applied Mathematics

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Physical Sciences - Applied Mathematics - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Peter J. Bickel,
- Katherina J. Kechris,
- Philip C. Spector,
- Gary J. Wedemayer,
- and Alexander N. Glazer
Inaugural Article: Finding important sites in protein sequences
PNAS 2002 99:14764-14771; published ahead of print November 4, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.222508899

Chemistry

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry:
- Shin Miyakawa,
- Hiroto Yamanashi,
- Kensei Kobayashi,
- H. James Cleaves,
- and Stanley L. Miller
Prebiotic synthesis from CO atmospheres: Implications for the origins of life
PNAS 2002 99:14628-14631; published ahead of print October 30, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.192568299
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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
- Mini Thomas
- and Alexander M. Klibanov
Enhancing polyethylenimine's delivery of plasmid DNA into mammalian cells
PNAS 2002 99:14640-14645; published ahead of print October 25, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.192581499

Physics

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Physical Sciences - Physics:
- R. D. Gill,
- G. Weihs,
- A. Zeilinger,
- and M. Żukowski
No time loophole in Bell's theorem: The Hess–Philipp model is nonlocal
PNAS 2002 99:14632-14635; published ahead of print October 31, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.182536499

Biological Sciences

Anthropology

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Biological Sciences - Anthropology:
- Corey S. Sparks
- and Richard L. Jantz
A reassessment of human cranial plasticity: Boas revisited
PNAS 2002 99:14636-14639; published ahead of print October 8, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.222389599
- See commentary article on page 14622 in issue 23 of volume 99

Applied Biological Sciences

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Physical Sciences - Chemistry - Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
- Mini Thomas
- and Alexander M. Klibanov
Enhancing polyethylenimine's delivery of plasmid DNA into mammalian cells
PNAS 2002 99:14640-14645; published ahead of print October 25, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.192581499
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Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
- Dieter Moll,
- Carina Huber,
- Birgit Schlegel,
- Dietmar Pum,
- Uwe B. Sleytr,
- and Margit Sára
S-layer-streptavidin fusion proteins as template for nanopatterned molecular arrays
PNAS 2002 99:14646-14651; published ahead of print November 4, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.232299399
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Biological Sciences - Applied Biological Sciences:
- Tatsuya Sawasaki,
- Tomio Ogasawara,
- Ryo Morishita,
- and Yaeta Endo
A cell-free protein synthesis system for high-throughput proteomics
PNAS 2002 99:14652-14657; published ahead of print October 30, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.232580399

Biophysics

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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Narayanasamy Nandhagopal,
- Alan A. Simpson,
- James R. Gurnon,
- Xiadong Yan,
- Timothy S. Baker,
- Michael V. Graves,
- James L. Van Etten,
- and Michael G. Rossmann
The structure and evolution of the major capsid protein of a large, lipid-containing DNA virus
PNAS 2002 99:14758-14763; published ahead of print October 31, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.232580699
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Physical Sciences - Applied Mathematics - Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Peter J. Bickel,
- Katherina J. Kechris,
- Philip C. Spector,
- Gary J. Wedemayer,
- and Alexander N. Glazer
Inaugural Article: Finding important sites in protein sequences
PNAS 2002 99:14764-14771; published ahead of print November 4, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.222508899
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Michelle K. Knowles,
- Marina G. Guenza,
- Roderick A. Capaldi,
- and Andrew H. Marcus
Cytoskeletal-assisted dynamics of the mitochondrial reticulum in living cells
PNAS 2002 99:14772-14777; published ahead of print November 4, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.232346999
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Biological Sciences - Biophysics:
- Jennifer C. Lee,
- K. Cecilia Engman,
- F. Akif Tezcan,
- Harry B. Gray,
- and Jay R. Winkler
Structural features of cytochrome c ′ folding intermediates revealed by fluorescence energy-transfer kinetics
PNAS 2002 99:14778-14782; published ahead of print October 29, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.192574099

Cell Biology

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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Chi-Wai Wong,
- Christopher McNally,
- Elliot Nickbarg,
- Barry S. Komm,
- and Boris J. Cheskis
Estrogen receptor-interacting protein that modulates its nongenomic activity-crosstalk with Src/Erk phosphorylation cascade
PNAS 2002 99:14783-14788; published ahead of print November 1, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.192569699
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Vivienne I. Rebel,
- Andrew L. Kung,
- Elizabeth A. Tanner,
- Hong Yang,
- Roderick T. Bronson,
- and David M. Livingston
Distinct roles for CREB-binding protein and p300 in hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal
PNAS 2002 99:14789-14794; published ahead of print October 23, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.232568499
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Hui Zhao,
- Janis L. Watkins,
- and Helen Piwnica-Worms
Disruption of the checkpoint kinase 1/cell division cycle 25A pathway abrogates ionizing radiation-induced S and G 2 checkpoints
PNAS 2002 99:14795-14800; published ahead of print October 24, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.182557299
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Diane S. Lidke
- and David D. Thomas
Coordination of the two heads of myosin during muscle contraction
PNAS 2002 99:14801-14806; published ahead of print November 4, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.232161999
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Hani Atamna,
- David W. Killilea,
- Alison Nisbet Killilea,
- and Bruce N. Ames
Heme deficiency may be a factor in the mitochondrial and neuronal decay of aging
PNAS 2002 99:14807-14812; published ahead of print November 4, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.192585799
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Xiaoqing Song
- and Ting Xie
From the Cover: DE-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion is essential for maintaining somatic stem cells in the Drosophila ovary
PNAS 2002 99:14813-14818; published ahead of print October 22, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.232389399
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Jason C. Mills,
- Niklas Andersson,
- Chieu V. Hong,
- Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck,
- and Jeffrey I. Gordon
Molecular characterization of mouse gastric epithelial progenitor cells
PNAS 2002 99:14819-14824; published ahead of print October 30, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.192574799
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Peter Breyne,
- Rozemarijn Dreesen,
- Klaas Vandepoele,
- Lieven De Veylder,
- Frank Van Breusegem,
- Lindy Callewaert,
- Stephane Rombauts,
- Jeroen Raes,
- Bernard Cannoot,
- Gilbert Engler,
- Dirk Inzé,
- and Marc Zabeau
Transcriptome analysis during cell division in plants
PNAS 2002 99:14825-14830; published ahead of print October 22, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.222561199
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Biological Sciences - Cell Biology:
- Manabu Yoshida,
- Michio Murata,
- Kazuo Inaba,
- and Masaaki Morisawa
A chemoattractant for ascidian spermatozoa is a sulfated steroid
PNAS 2002 99:14831-14836; published ahead of print October 31, 2002, doi:10.1073/pnas.242470599

Table of Contents

FROM THE COVER

Varitint-waddler: A double whammy for hearing

Shedding light on an underground problem

New insights and new approaches toward the study of age-related macular degeneration

Head to head with Boas: Did he err on the plasticity of head form?

Explaining the Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions: Models, chronologies, and assumptions

Inaugural Article: Finding important sites in protein sequences

Prebiotic synthesis from CO atmospheres: Implications for the origins of life

Enhancing polyethylenimine's delivery of plasmid DNA into mammalian cells

No time loophole in Bell's theorem: The Hess–Philipp model is nonlocal

A reassessment of human cranial plasticity: Boas revisited

Enhancing polyethylenimine's delivery of plasmid DNA into mammalian cells

S-layer-streptavidin fusion proteins as template for nanopatterned molecular arrays

A cell-free protein synthesis system for high-throughput proteomics

Resistance to the macrolide antibiotic tylosin is conferred by single methylations at 23S rRNA nucleotides G748 and A2058 acting in synergy

Short constrained peptides that inhibit HIV-1 entry

The A14–A43 heterodimer subunit in yeast RNA pol I and their relationship to Rpb4–Rpb7 pol II subunits

Posttranslational modifications in the CP43 subunit of photosystem II

From the Cover: Drusen proteome analysis: An approach to the etiology of age-related macular degeneration

Catalysis of amide synthesis by RNA phosphodiester and hydroxyl groups

A ligand for the aryl hydrocarbon receptor isolated from lung

Conformational energetics of stable and metastable states formed by DNA triplet repeat oligonucleotides: Implications for triplet expansion diseases

Transcriptional activating regions target a cyclin-dependent kinase

A single point mutation in ecdysone receptor leads to increased ligand specificity: Implications for gene switch applications

Confirmation by FRET in individual living cells of the absence of significant amyloid β-mediated caspase 8 activation

Pre-steady-state DNA unwinding by bacteriophage T4 Dda helicase reveals a monomeric molecular motor

Suppression of bone resorption by madindoline A, a novel nonpeptide antagonist to gp130

Differentiation of Hdm2-mediated p53 ubiquitination and Hdm2 autoubiquitination activity by small molecular weight inhibitors

Orphan G protein-coupled receptors MrgA1 and MrgC11 are distinctively activated by RF-amide-related peptides through the Gα q/11 pathway

The catalytic domain of RNase E shows inherent 3′ to 5′ directionality in cleavage site selection

The catalytic cycle of β-lactam synthetase observed by x-ray crystallographic snapshots

The structure and evolution of the major capsid protein of a large, lipid-containing DNA virus

Inaugural Article: Finding important sites in protein sequences

Cytoskeletal-assisted dynamics of the mitochondrial reticulum in living cells

Structural features of cytochrome c ′ folding intermediates revealed by fluorescence energy-transfer kinetics

Estrogen receptor-interacting protein that modulates its nongenomic activity-crosstalk with Src/Erk phosphorylation cascade

Distinct roles for CREB-binding protein and p300 in hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal

Disruption of the checkpoint kinase 1/cell division cycle 25A pathway abrogates ionizing radiation-induced S and G 2 checkpoints

Coordination of the two heads of myosin during muscle contraction

Heme deficiency may be a factor in the mitochondrial and neuronal decay of aging

From the Cover: DE-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion is essential for maintaining somatic stem cells in the Drosophila ovary

Molecular characterization of mouse gastric epithelial progenitor cells

Transcriptome analysis during cell division in plants

A chemoattractant for ascidian spermatozoa is a sulfated steroid