| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveNew and Notable DNA Sequence Mediates Nucleosome Structure and Stability Shantanu Sharma and Nikolay V. Dokholyan Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 1–3. Published online 2007 October 12. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.119172.PMCID: PMC2134875 Don't Blink: Observing the Ultra-Fast Contraction of Spasmonemes Wallace F. Marshall Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 4–5. Published online 2007 October 12. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.118166.PMCID: PMC2134872 Biophysical Theory and Modeling Stretching to Understand Proteins—A Survey of the Protein Data Bank Joanna I. Sułkowska and Marek Cieplak Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 6–13. Published online 2007 August 17. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.105973.PMCID: PMC2134851 Molecular Basis of Phospholipase A2 Activity toward Phospholipids with sn-1 Substitutions Lars Linderoth, Thomas L. Andresen, Kent Jørgensen, Robert Madsen, and Günther H. Peters Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 14–26. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.110106.PMCID: PMC2134884 Mechanism of Auxin Interaction with Auxin Binding Protein (ABP1): A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study Branimir Bertoša, Biserka Kojić-Prodić, Rebecca C. Wade, and Sanja Tomić Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 27–37. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.109025.PMCID: PMC2134879 Site-Specific Solvation of the Photoexcited Protochlorophyllide a in Methanol: Formation of the Hydrogen-Bonded Intermediate State Induced by Hydrogen-Bond Strengthening Guang-Jiu Zhao and Ke-Li Han Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 38–46. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113738.PMCID: PMC2134880 Apparent Directional Scanning for DNA Repair Tong Zhao and Aaron R. Dinner Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 47–52. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.110619.PMCID: PMC2134852 Buffered Diffusion around a Spherical Proton Pumping Cell: A Theoretical Analysis Giovanni Zifarelli, Paolo Soliani, and Michael Pusch Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 53–62. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111310.PMCID: PMC2134849 Humidity Dependence of Charge Transport through DNA Revealed by Silicon-Based Nanotweezers Manipulation Christophe Yamahata, Dominique Collard, Tetsuya Takekawa, Momoko Kumemura, Gen Hashiguchi, and Hiroyuki Fujita Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 63–70. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115980.PMCID: PMC2134877 Microseconds Dynamics Simulations of the Outer-Membrane Protease T Marilisa Neri, Marc Baaden, Vincenzo Carnevale, Claudio Anselmi, Amos Maritan, and Paolo Carloni Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 71–78. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116301.PMCID: PMC2134885 How a Vicinal Layer of Solvent Modulates the Dynamics of Proteins Canan Atilgan, Ayse Ozlem Aykut, and Ali Rana Atilgan Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 79–89. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116426.PMCID: PMC2134863 Sampling the Cell with Anomalous Diffusion—The Discovery of Slowness Gernot Guigas and Matthias Weiss Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 90–94. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117044.PMCID: PMC2134854 Identification of High Affinity Fatty Acid Binding Sites on Human Serum Albumin by MM-PBSA Method Shin-ichi Fujiwara and Takashi Amisaki Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 95–103. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111377.PMCID: PMC2134860 Membranes Phase Fluctuations on the Micron-Submicron Scale in GUVs Composed of a Binary Lipid Mixture Anna Celli, Sabrina Beretta, and Enrico Gratton Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 104–116. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.105353.PMCID: PMC2134868 Temperature Dependence of Structure, Bending Rigidity, and Bilayer Interactions of Dioleoylphosphatidylcholine Bilayers Jianjun Pan, Stephanie Tristram-Nagle, Norbert Kučerka, and John F. Nagle Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 117–124. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115691.PMCID: PMC2134881 Role of GAP-43 in Sequestering Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate to Raft Bilayers Jihong Tong, Lam Nguyen, Adriana Vidal, Sidney A. Simon, J. H. Pate Skene, and Thomas J. McIntosh Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 125–133. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.110536.PMCID: PMC2134862 Nucleic Acids Aggregation and Adsorption at the Air-Water Interface of Bacteriophage X174 Single-Stranded DNA C. Douarche, J.-L. Sikorav, and A. Goldar Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 134–146. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.107771.PMCID: PMC2134866 Sequence-Dependent Variations Associated with H2A/H2B Depletion of Nucleosomes L. Kelbauskas, N. Chan, R. Bash, P. DeBartolo, J. Sun, N. Woodbury, and D. Lohr Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 147–158. Published online 2007 October 12. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111906.PMCID: PMC2134853 Portal Motor Velocity and Internal Force Resisting Viral DNA Packaging in Bacteriophage 29 John Peter Rickgauer, Derek N. Fuller, Shelley Grimes, Paul J. Jardine, Dwight L. Anderson, and Douglas E. Smith Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 159–167. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.104612.PMCID: PMC2134861 Photobiophysics Singlet Oxygen Photosensitization by EGFP and its Chromophore HBDI Ana Jiménez-Banzo, Santi Nonell, Johan Hofkens, and Cristina Flors Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 168–172. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.107128.PMCID: PMC2134865 Proteins Solution Structure of Poly(ethylene) Glycol-Conjugated Hemoglobin Revealed by Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering: Implications for a New Oxygen Therapeutic Dmitri I. Svergun, Fredrik Ekström, Kim D. Vandegriff, Ashok Malavalli, Dale A. Baker, Calle Nilsson, and Robert M. Winslow Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 173–181. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114314.PMCID: PMC2134876 Experimental Parameterization of an Energy Function for the Simulation of Unfolded Proteins Anders B. Norgaard, Jesper Ferkinghoff-Borg, and Kresten Lindorff-Larsen Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 182–192. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.108241.PMCID: PMC2134871 Low Resolution Structural Models of the Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Domain of Upstream Stimulatory Factor 1 and Its Complexes with DNA from Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Data Ekaterina P. Lamber, Matthias Wilmanns, and Dmitri I. Svergun Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 193–197. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.112243.PMCID: PMC2134867 Supramolecular Assemblies Interactions of Hydrophobin Proteins in Solution Studied by Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Kaisa Kisko, Géza R. Szilvay, Ulla Vainio, Markus B. Linder, and Ritva Serimaa Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 198–206. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.112359.PMCID: PMC2134873 Spectroscopy, Imaging, Other Techniques High Resolution Traction Force Microscopy Based on Experimental and Computational Advances Benedikt Sabass, Margaret L. Gardel, Clare M. Waterman, and Ulrich S. Schwarz Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 207–220. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113670.PMCID: PMC2134850 Supercritical Angle Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy Jonas Ries, Thomas Ruckstuhl, Dorinel Verdes, and Petra Schwille Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 221–229. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115998.PMCID: PMC2134864 Exploring Transferrin-Receptor Interactions at the Single-Molecule Level Alexandre Yersin, Toshiya Osada, and Atsushi Ikai Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 230–240. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114637.PMCID: PMC2134874 Helix Conformations in 7TM Membrane Proteins Determined Using Oriented-Sample Solid-State NMR with Multiple Residue-Specific 15N Labeling Thomas Vosegaard, Miya Kamihira-Ishijima, Anthony Watts, and Niels Chr. Nielsen Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 241–250. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116004.PMCID: PMC2134869 Cell Biophysics Cell Shape Dynamics in Escherichia coli Galina Reshes, Sharon Vanounou, Itzhak Fishov, and Mario Feingold Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 251–264. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.104398.PMCID: PMC2134870 Power-Limited Contraction Dynamics of Vorticella convallaria: An Ultrafast Biological Spring A. Upadhyaya, M. Baraban, J. Wong, P. Matsudaira, A. van Oudenaarden, and L. Mahadevan Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 265–272. Published online 2007 October 12. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.108852.PMCID: PMC2134882 Endothelial Cell Migration on RGD-Peptide-Containing PEG Hydrogels in the Presence of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Bradley K. Wacker, Shannon K. Alford, Evan A. Scott, Meghna Das Thakur, Gregory D. Longmore, and Donald L. Elbert Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 273–285. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.109074.PMCID: PMC2134859 The C-Terminal Transmembrane Domain of Bcl-xL Mediates Changes in Mitochondrial Morphology Jing-Yi Zheng, Yien-Che Tsai, Pradeep Kadimcherla, Rong Zhang, Julia Shi, George A. Oyler, and Nada N. Boustany Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 286–297. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.104323.PMCID: PMC2134878 The Forces Applied by Cilia Depend Linearly on Their Frequency Due to Constant Geometry of the Effective Stroke Zvi Teff, Zvi Priel, and Levi A. Gheber Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 298–305. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111724.PMCID: PMC2134883 A Comparison of Step-Detection Methods: How Well Can You Do? Brian C. Carter, Michael Vershinin, and Steven P. Gross Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 306–319. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.110601.PMCID: PMC2134886 Directly Monitoring Individual Retrovirus Budding Events Using Atomic Force Microscopy Micha Gladnikoff and Itay Rousso Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 320–326. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114579.PMCID: PMC2134855 Comments to the Editor Response to Bianco et al.: Interaction Forces between F-actin and Titin PEVK Domain Measured with Optical Tweezers Kenneth S. Campbell and Martin Lakie Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 327–328. Published online 2007 October 5. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114322.PMCID: PMC2134857 Muscle Thixotropy: More than Just Cross-Bridges? Response to Comment by Campbell and Lakie Miklós S. Z. Kellermayer, Pasquale Bianco, Zsolt Mártonfalvi, Attila Nagy, András Kengyel, Dávid Szatmári, Tamás Huber, Marco Linari, Marco Caremani, and Vincenzo Lombardi Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): 329–330. Published online 2007 October 5. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.122309.PMCID: PMC2134856 Biophysical Letters The Bacillus subtilis RNA Helicase YxiN is Distended in Solution Shuying Wang, Michael T. Overgaard, YaoXiong Hu, and David B. McKay Biophys J. 2008 January 1; 94(1): L01–L03. Published online 2007 October 19. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.120709.PMCID: PMC2134858 |