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Volume 105(10);  March 11, 2008
Letter
The epidemiology of AIDS in Haiti refutes the claims of Gilbert et al.
Jean William Pape, Paul Farmer, Serena Koenig, Daniel Fitzgerald, Peter Wright, and Warren Johnson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): E13. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0711141105.
PMCID: PMC2268778
This Week in PNAS
In This Issue
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3659–3660. doi: 10.1073/iti1008105.
PMCID: PMC2268807
Commentary
Does antisense make sense of AID targeting?
Sergio Roa, Fei Li Kuang, and Matthew D. Scharff
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3661–3662. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800935105.
PMCID: PMC2268770
Physical Sciences
Applied Physical Sciences
From the Cover:
Microfluidics of cytoplasmic streaming and its implications for intracellular transport
Raymond E. Goldstein, Idan Tuval, and Jan-Willem van de Meent
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3663–3667. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707223105.
PMCID: PMC2268784
A 16-bit parallel processing in a molecular assembly
Anirban Bandyopadhyay and Somobrata Acharya
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3668–3672. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0703105105.
PMCID: PMC2268776
Vacancy-mediated dehydrogenation of sodium alanate
Hakan Gunaydin, Kendall N. Houk, and Vidvuds Ozoliņš
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3673–3677. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0709224105.
PMCID: PMC2268810
Chemistry
A nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry-based enzyme activity assay
Trent R. Northen, Jinq-Chyi Lee, Linh Hoang, Jason Raymond, Der-Ren Hwang, Steven M. Yannone, Chi-Huey Wong, and Gary Siuzdak
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3678–3683. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712332105.
PMCID: PMC2268803
DNA binding shifts the redox potential of the transcription factor SoxR
Alon A. Gorodetsky, Lars E. P. Dietrich, Paul E. Lee, Bruce Demple, Dianne K. Newman, and Jacqueline K. Barton
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3684–3689. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800093105.
PMCID: PMC2268809
Targeting the carbohydrates on HIV-1: Interaction of oligomannose dendrons with human monoclonal antibody 2G12 and DC-SIGN
Sheng-Kai Wang, Pi-Hui Liang, Rena D. Astronomo, Tsui-Ling Hsu, Shie-Liang Hsieh, Dennis R. Burton, and Chi-Huey Wong
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3690–3695. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712326105.
PMCID: PMC2268808
From the Cover:
Layered metal sulfides: Exceptionally selective agents for radioactive strontium removal
Manolis J. Manos, Nan Ding, and Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3696–3699. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0711528105.
PMCID: PMC2268822
Molecular asymmetry in extraterrestrial chemistry: Insights from a pristine meteorite
Sandra Pizzarello, Yongsong Huang, and Marcelo R. Alexandre
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3700–3704. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0709909105.
PMCID: PMC2268819
Engineering
Simultaneous in vivo positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging
Ciprian Catana, Daniel Procissi, Yibao Wu, Martin S. Judenhofer, Jinyi Qi, Bernd J. Pichler, Russell E. Jacobs, and Simon R. Cherry
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3705–3710. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0711622105.
PMCID: PMC2268792
Micro- and nanoparticles self-assembly for virtually defect-free, adjustable monolayers
N. Aubry, P. Singh, M. Janjua, and S. Nudurupati
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3711–3714. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712392105.
PMCID: PMC2268815
Biological Sciences
Anthropology
Heritability of cooperative behavior in the trust game
David Cesarini, Christopher T. Dawes, James H. Fowler, Magnus Johannesson, Paul Lichtenstein, and Björn Wallace
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3721–3726. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0710069105.
PMCID: PMC2268795
Applied Biological Sciences
Cost-effective production of a vaginal protein microbicide to prevent HIV transmission
Koreen Ramessar, Thomas Rademacher, Markus Sack, Johannes Stadlmann, Dimitris Platis, Gabriela Stiegler, Nikos Labrou, Fritz Altmann, Julian Ma, Eva Stöger, Teresa Capell, and Paul Christou
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3727–3732. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708841104.
PMCID: PMC2268773
In vitro self-assembly of tailorable nanotubes from a simple protein building block
Edward R. Ballister, Angela H. Lai, Ronald N. Zuckermann, Yifan Cheng, and Joseph D. Mougous
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3733–3738. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712247105.
PMCID: PMC2268831
Biochemistry
A nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry-based enzyme activity assay
Trent R. Northen, Jinq-Chyi Lee, Linh Hoang, Jason Raymond, Der-Ren Hwang, Steven M. Yannone, Chi-Huey Wong, and Gary Siuzdak
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3678–3683. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712332105.
PMCID: PMC2268803
DNA binding shifts the redox potential of the transcription factor SoxR
Alon A. Gorodetsky, Lars E. P. Dietrich, Paul E. Lee, Bruce Demple, Dianne K. Newman, and Jacqueline K. Barton
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3684–3689. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800093105.
PMCID: PMC2268809
Targeting the carbohydrates on HIV-1: Interaction of oligomannose dendrons with human monoclonal antibody 2G12 and DC-SIGN
Sheng-Kai Wang, Pi-Hui Liang, Rena D. Astronomo, Tsui-Ling Hsu, Shie-Liang Hsieh, Dennis R. Burton, and Chi-Huey Wong
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3690–3695. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712326105.
PMCID: PMC2268808
A fusion-intermediate state of HIV-1 gp41 targeted by broadly neutralizing antibodies
Gary Frey, Hanqin Peng, Sophia Rits-Volloch, Marco Morelli, Yifan Cheng, and Bing Chen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3739–3744. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800255105.
PMCID: PMC2268799
The thermodynamic H+/ATP ratios of the H+-ATPsynthases from chloroplasts and Escherichia coli
Stefan Steigmiller, Paola Turina, and Peter Gräber
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3745–3750. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708356105.
PMCID: PMC2268821
Analyses of Mlc–IIBGlc interaction and a plausible molecular mechanism of Mlc inactivation by membrane sequestration
Tae-Wook Nam, Ha Il Jung, Young Jun An, Young-Ha Park, Sang Hee Lee, Yeong-Jae Seok, and Sun-Shin Cha
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3751–3756. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0709295105.
PMCID: PMC2268834
Cleavage mechanism of human Mus81–Eme1 acting on Holliday-junction structures
Ewan R. Taylor and Clare H. McGowan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3757–3762. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0710291105.
PMCID: PMC2268786
Real-time electron transfer in respiratory complex I
Marina L. Verkhovskaya, Nikolai Belevich, Liliya Euro, Mårten Wikström, and Michael I. Verkhovsky
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3763–3767. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0711249105.
PMCID: PMC2268814
Human HLTF functions as a ubiquitin ligase for proliferating cell nuclear antigen polyubiquitination
Ildiko Unk, Ildikó Hajdú, Károly Fátyol, Jerard Hurwitz, Jung-Hoon Yoon, Louise Prakash, Satya Prakash, and Lajos Haracska
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3768–3773. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800563105.
PMCID: PMC2268824
Opening and closing of the periplasmic gate in lactose permease
Yonggang Zhou, Lan Guan, J. Alfredo Freites, and H. Ronald Kaback
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3774–3778. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800825105.
PMCID: PMC2268789
Impaired insulin secretion and glucose intolerance in synaptotagmin-7 null mutant mice
Natalia Gustavsson, Ye Lao, Anton Maximov, Jen-Chieh Chuang, Elena Kostromina, Joyce J. Repa, Cai Li, George K. Radda, Thomas C. Südhof, and Weiping Han
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3992–3997. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0711700105.
PMCID: PMC2268794
Biophysics
From the Cover:
Microfluidics of cytoplasmic streaming and its implications for intracellular transport
Raymond E. Goldstein, Idan Tuval, and Jan-Willem van de Meent
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3663–3667. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707223105.
PMCID: PMC2268784
Structural insights into an equilibrium folding intermediate of an archaeal ankyrin repeat protein
Christian Löw, Ulrich Weininger, Piotr Neumann, Mirjam Klepsch, Hauke Lilie, Milton T. Stubbs, and Jochen Balbach
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3779–3784. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0710657105.
PMCID: PMC2268769
Cell Biology
TDP-43 regulates retinoblastoma protein phosphorylation through the repression of cyclin-dependent kinase 6 expression
Youhna M. Ayala, Tom Misteli, and Francisco E. Baralle
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3785–3789. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800546105.
PMCID: PMC2268791
Developmental Biology
A Caenorhabditis elegans model for epithelial–neuronal transdifferentiation
Sophie Jarriault, Yannick Schwab, and Iva Greenwald
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3790–3795. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712159105.
PMCID: PMC2268801
Ecology
Rapid evolution of seed dispersal in an urban environment in the weed Crepis sancta
P.-O. Cheptou, O. Carrue, S. Rouifed, and A. Cantarel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3796–3799. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708446105.
PMCID: PMC2268839
Introduced rats indirectly change marine rocky intertidal communities from algae- to invertebrate-dominated
Carolyn M. Kurle, Donald A. Croll, and Bernie R. Tershy
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3800–3804. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800570105.
PMCID: PMC2268820
Environmental Sciences
From the Cover:
Microbial community gene expression in ocean surface waters
Jorge Frias-Lopez, Yanmei Shi, Gene W. Tyson, Maureen L. Coleman, Stephan C. Schuster, Sallie W. Chisholm, and Edward F. DeLong
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3805–3810. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708897105.
PMCID: PMC2268829
Mushroom fruiting and climate change
Håvard Kauserud, Leif Christian Stige, Jon Olav Vik, Rune H. Økland, Klaus Høiland, and Nils Chr. Stenseth
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3811–3814. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0709037105.
PMCID: PMC2268836
Evolution
The oldest North American primate and mammalian biogeography during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum
K. Christopher Beard
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3815–3818. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0710180105.
PMCID: PMC2268774
Elephant shark sequence reveals unique insights into the evolutionary history of vertebrate genes: A comparative analysis of the protocadherin cluster
Wei-Ping Yu, Vikneswari Rajasegaran, Kenneth Yew, Wai-lin Loh, Boon-Hui Tay, Chris T. Amemiya, Sydney Brenner, and Byrappa Venkatesh
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3819–3824. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800398105.
PMCID: PMC2268768
Immunology
Conditional MHC class I ligands and peptide exchange technology for the human MHC gene products HLA-A1, -A3, -A11, and -B7
Arnold H. Bakker, Rieuwert Hoppes, Carsten Linnemann, Mireille Toebes, Boris Rodenko, Celia R. Berkers, Sine Reker Hadrup, Wim J. E. van Esch, Mirjam H. M. Heemskerk, Huib Ovaa, and Ton N. M. Schumacher
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3825–3830. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0709717105.
PMCID: PMC2268811
Discovery of CD8+ T cell epitopes in Chlamydia trachomatis infection through use of caged class I MHC tetramers
Gijsbert M. Grotenbreg, Nadia R. Roan, Eduardo Guillen, Rob Meijers, Jia-huai Wang, George W. Bell, Michael N. Starnbach, and Hidde L. Ploegh
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3831–3836. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0711504105.
PMCID: PMC2268777
Identification of phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase type II β as HLA class II-restricted target in graft versus leukemia reactivity
Marieke Griffioen, Edith D. van der Meijden, Elisabeth H. Slager, M. Willy Honders, Caroline E. Rutten, Simone A. P. van Luxemburg-Heijs, Peter A. von dem Borne, Johannes J. van Rood, Roel Willemze, and J. H. Frederik Falkenburg
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3837–3842. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712250105.
PMCID: PMC2268788
From the Cover:
Antisense transcripts from immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus V(D)J and switch regions
Thomas Perlot, Gang Li, and Frederick W. Alt
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3843–3848. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712291105.
PMCID: PMC2268805
Unmodified self antigen triggers human CD8 T cells with stronger tumor reactivity than altered antigen
Daniel E. Speiser, Petra Baumgaertner, Verena Voelter, Estelle Devevre, Catherine Barbey, Nathalie Rufer, and Pedro Romero
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3849–3854. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800080105.
PMCID: PMC2268830
T cell expression of MyD88 is required for resistance to Toxoplasma gondii
David F. LaRosa, Jason S. Stumhofer, Andrew E. Gelman, Adeeb H. Rahman, Devon K. Taylor, Christopher A. Hunter, and Laurence A. Turka
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3855–3860. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706663105.
PMCID: PMC2268781
Editing and escape from editing in anti-DNA B cells
Salar N. Khan, Esther J. Witsch, Noah G. Goodman, Anil K. Panigrahi, Ching Chen, Yufei Jiang, Amy M. Cline, Jan Erikson, Martin Weigert, Eline T. Luning Prak, and Marko Radic
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3861–3866. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800025105.
PMCID: PMC2268806
HIV-1 matrix protein p17 induces human plasmacytoid dendritic cells to acquire a migratory immature cell phenotype
Simona Fiorentini, Elena Riboldi, Fabio Facchetti, Manuela Avolio, Marco Fabbri, Giorgio Tosti, Pablo D. Becker, Carlos A. Guzman, Silvano Sozzani, and Arnaldo Caruso
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3867–3872. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800370105.
PMCID: PMC2268771
Nucleoprotein structure of the CD4 locus: Implications for the mechanisms underlying CD4 regulation during T cell development
Ming Yu, Mimi Wan, Jianmin Zhang, Jie Wu, Rohini Khatri, and Tian Chi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3873–3878. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800810105.
PMCID: PMC2268827
Medical Sciences
Simultaneous in vivo positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging
Ciprian Catana, Daniel Procissi, Yibao Wu, Martin S. Judenhofer, Jinyi Qi, Bernd J. Pichler, Russell E. Jacobs, and Simon R. Cherry
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3705–3710. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0711622105.
PMCID: PMC2268792
Low-level viremia persists for at least 7 years in patients on suppressive antiretroviral therapy
Sarah Palmer, Frank Maldarelli, Ann Wiegand, Barry Bernstein, George J. Hanna, Scott C. Brun, Dale J. Kempf, John W. Mellors, John M. Coffin, and Martin S. King
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3879–3884. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800050105.
PMCID: PMC2268833
Kuru prions and sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease prions have equivalent transmission properties in transgenic and wild-type mice
Jonathan D. F. Wadsworth, Susan Joiner, Jacqueline M. Linehan, Melanie Desbruslais, Katie Fox, Sharon Cooper, Sabrina Cronier, Emmanuel A. Asante, Simon Mead, Sebastian Brandner, Andrew F. Hill, and John Collinge
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3885–3890. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800190105.
PMCID: PMC2268835
The organic solute transporter α-β, Ostα-Ostβ, is essential for intestinal bile acid transport and homeostasis
Anuradha Rao, Jamie Haywood, Ann L. Craddock, Martin G. Belinsky, Gary D. Kruh, and Paul A. Dawson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3891–3896. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712328105.
PMCID: PMC2268840
RelB is the NF-κB subunit downstream of NIK responsible for osteoclast differentiation
Sergio Vaira, Trevor Johnson, Angela C. Hirbe, Muhammad Alhawagri, Imani Anwisye, Benedicte Sammut, Julie O'Neal, Wei Zou, Katherine N. Weilbaecher, Roberta Faccio, and Deborah Veis Novack
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3897–3902. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708576105.
PMCID: PMC2268780
Suppression of non-small cell lung tumor development by the let-7 microRNA family
Madhu S. Kumar, Stefan J. Erkeland, Ryan E. Pester, Cindy Y. Chen, Margaret S. Ebert, Phillip A. Sharp, and Tyler Jacks
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3903–3908. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712321105.
PMCID: PMC2268826
In vivo correction of a Menkes disease model using antisense oligonucleotides
Erik C. Madsen, Paul A. Morcos, Bryce A. Mendelsohn, and Jonathan D. Gitlin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3909–3914. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0710865105.
PMCID: PMC2268804
Inhibition of midkine alleviates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis through the expansion of regulatory T cell population
Jinyan Wang, Hideyuki Takeuchi, Yoshifumi Sonobe, Shijie Jin, Tetsuya Mizuno, Shin Miyakawa, Masatoshi Fujiwara, Yoshikazu Nakamura, Takuma Kato, Hisako Muramatsu, Takashi Muramatsu, and Akio Suzumura
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3915–3920. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0709592105.
PMCID: PMC2268842
Txnip balances metabolic and growth signaling via PTEN disulfide reduction
Simon T. Y. Hui, Allen M. Andres, Amber K. Miller, Nathanael J. Spann, Douglas W. Potter, Noah M. Post, Amelia Z. Chen, Sowbarnika Sachithanantham, Dae Young Jung, Jason K. Kim, and Roger A. Davis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3921–3926. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800293105.
PMCID: PMC2268825
Tumor cell cycle arrest induced by shear stress: Roles of integrins and Smad
Shun-Fu Chang, Cheng Allen Chang, Ding-Yu Lee, Pei-Ling Lee, Yu-Ming Yeh, Chiuan-Ren Yeh, Cheng-Kung Cheng, Shu Chien, and Jeng-Jiann Chiu
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3927–3932. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712353105.
PMCID: PMC2268796
Temporal activation of p53 by a specific MDM2 inhibitor is selectively toxic to tumors and leads to complete tumor growth inhibition
Sanjeev Shangary, Dongguang Qin, Donna McEachern, Meilan Liu, Rebecca S. Miller, Su Qiu, Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, Ke Ding, Guoping Wang, Jianyong Chen, Denzil Bernard, Jian Zhang, Yipin Lu, Qingyang Gu, Rajal B. Shah, Kenneth J. Pienta, Xiaolan Ling, Sanmao Kang, Ming Guo, Yi Sun, Dajun Yang, and Shaomeng Wang
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3933–3938. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708917105.
PMCID: PMC2268798
Urocortin2 inhibits tumor growth via effects on vascularization and cell proliferation
Zhengrong Hao, Yan Huang, Jake Cleman, Ion S. Jovin, Wylie W. Vale, Tracy L. Bale, and Frank J. Giordano
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3939–3944. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712366105.
PMCID: PMC2268793
Distinctive microRNA signature of acute myeloid leukemia bearing cytoplasmic mutated nucleophosmin
Ramiro Garzon, Michela Garofalo, Maria Paola Martelli, Roger Briesewitz, Lisheng Wang, Cecilia Fernandez-Cymering, Stefano Volinia, Chang-Gong Liu, Susanne Schnittger, Torsten Haferlach, Arcangelo Liso, Daniela Diverio, Marco Mancini, Giovanna Meloni, Robin Foa, Massimo F. Martelli, Cristina Mecucci, Carlo M. Croce, and Brunangelo Falini
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3945–3950. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800135105.
PMCID: PMC2268779
Microbiology
From the Cover:
Regulation of surface architecture by symbiotic bacteria mediates host colonization
Cui Hua Liu, S. Melanie Lee, Jordan M. VanLare, Dennis L. Kasper, and Sarkis K. Mazmanian
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3951–3956. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0709266105.
PMCID: PMC2268772
Antibiotic-resistant soil bacteria in transgenic plant fields
Sandrine Demanèche, Hervé Sanguin, John Poté, Elisabeth Navarro, Dominique Bernillon, Patrick Mavingui, Walter Wildi, Timothy M. Vogel, and Pascal Simonet
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3957–3962. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800072105.
PMCID: PMC2268783
Disclosure of the mycobacterial outer membrane: Cryo-electron tomography and vitreous sections reveal the lipid bilayer structure
Christian Hoffmann, Andrew Leis, Michael Niederweis, Jürgen M. Plitzko, and Harald Engelhardt
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3963–3967. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0709530105.
PMCID: PMC2268800
Shewanella secretes flavins that mediate extracellular electron transfer
Enrico Marsili, Daniel B. Baron, Indraneel D. Shikhare, Dan Coursolle, Jeffrey A. Gralnick, and Daniel R. Bond
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3968–3973. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0710525105.
PMCID: PMC2268775
ISG15 inhibits Ebola VP40 VLP budding in an L-domain-dependent manner by blocking Nedd4 ligase activity
Atsushi Okumura, Paula M. Pitha, and Ronald N. Harty
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3974–3979. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0710629105.
PMCID: PMC2268823
Leishmania requires Rab7-mediated degradation of endocytosed hemoglobin for their growth
Nitin Patel, Sudha B. Singh, Sandip K. Basu, and Amitabha Mukhopadhyay
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3980–3985. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800404105.
PMCID: PMC2268841
Neuroscience
Genetic analysis of synaptotagmin-7 function in synaptic vesicle exocytosis
Anton Maximov, Ye Lao, Hongmei Li, Xiaocheng Chen, Josep Rizo, Jakob B. Sørensen, and Thomas C. Südhof
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3986–3991. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712372105.
PMCID: PMC2268828
Impaired insulin secretion and glucose intolerance in synaptotagmin-7 null mutant mice
Natalia Gustavsson, Ye Lao, Anton Maximov, Jen-Chieh Chuang, Elena Kostromina, Joyce J. Repa, Cai Li, George K. Radda, Thomas C. Südhof, and Weiping Han
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3992–3997. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0711700105.
PMCID: PMC2268794
Synaptotagmin-1 and -7 are functionally overlapping Ca2+ sensors for exocytosis in adrenal chromaffin cells
Jean-Sébastien Schonn, Anton Maximov, Ye Lao, Thomas C. Südhof, and Jakob B. Sørensen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3998–4003. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712373105.
PMCID: PMC2268838
Language affects patterns of brain activation associated with perceptual decision
Li Hai Tan, Alice H. D. Chan, Paul Kay, Pek-Lan Khong, Lawrance K. C. Yip, and Kang-Kwong Luke
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 4004–4009. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800055105.
PMCID: PMC2268832
Internal body state influences topographical plasticity of sensory representations in the rat gustatory cortex
Riccardo Accolla and Alan Carleton
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 4010–4015. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708927105.
PMCID: PMC2268816
Hypothalamic neurodegeneration and adult-onset obesity in mice lacking the Ubb polyubiquitin gene
Kwon-Yul Ryu, Jacob C. Garza, Xin-Yun Lu, Gregory S. Barsh, and Ron R. Kopito
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 4016–4021. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800096105.
PMCID: PMC2268782
Selective association of misfolded ALS-linked mutant SOD1 with the cytoplasmic face of mitochondria
Christine Vande Velde, Timothy M. Miller, Neil R. Cashman, and Don W. Cleveland
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 4022–4027. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0712209105.
PMCID: PMC2268797
The maturing architecture of the brain's default network
Damien A. Fair, Alexander L. Cohen, Nico U. F. Dosenbach, Jessica A. Church, Francis M. Miezin, Deanna M. Barch, Marcus E. Raichle, Steven E. Petersen, and Bradley L. Schlaggar
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 4028–4032. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800376105.
PMCID: PMC2268790
Physiology
Gating-associated conformational changes in the mechanosensitive channel MscL
Kenjiro Yoshimura, Jiro Usukura, and Masahiro Sokabe
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 4033–4038. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0709436105.
PMCID: PMC2268802
The RCK1 high-affinity Ca2+ sensor confers carbon monoxide sensitivity to Slo1 BK channels
Shangwei Hou, Rong Xu, Stefan H. Heinemann, and Toshinori Hoshi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 4039–4043. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800304105.
PMCID: PMC2268785
Plant Biology
A SPIKE1 signaling complex controls actin-dependent cell morphogenesis through the heteromeric WAVE and ARP2/3 complexes
Dipanwita Basu, Jie Le, Taya Zakharova, Eileen L. Mallery, and Daniel B. Szymanski
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 4044–4049. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0710294105.
PMCID: PMC2268813
In vivo hyperspectral confocal fluorescence imaging to determine pigment localization and distribution in cyanobacterial cells
Wim F. J. Vermaas, Jerilyn A. Timlin, Howland D. T. Jones, Michael B. Sinclair, Linda T. Nieman, Sawsan W. Hamad, David K. Melgaard, and David M. Haaland
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 4050–4055. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708090105.
PMCID: PMC2268818
Thioredoxin-mediated reversible dissociation of a stromal multiprotein complex in response to changes in light availability
Thomas P. Howard, Metodi Metodiev, Julie C. Lloyd, and Christine A. Raines
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 4056–4061. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0710518105.
PMCID: PMC2268787
Barley grain with adhering hulls is controlled by an ERF family transcription factor gene regulating a lipid biosynthesis pathway
Shin Taketa, Satoko Amano, Yasuhiro Tsujino, Tomohiko Sato, Daisuke Saisho, Katsuyuki Kakeda, Mika Nomura, Toshisada Suzuki, Takashi Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Sato, Hiroyuki Kanamori, Shinji Kawasaki, and Kazuyoshi Takeda
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 4062–4067. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0711034105.
PMCID: PMC2268812
Psychology
Broad bandwidth of perceptual learning in the visual system of adults with anisometropic amblyopia
Chang-Bing Huang, Yifeng Zhou, and Zhong-Lin Lu
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 4068–4073. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800824105.
PMCID: PMC2268837
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Domestication of the donkey: Timing, processes, and indicators
Stine Rossel, Fiona Marshall, Joris Peters, Tom Pilgram, Matthew D. Adams, and David O'Connor
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3715–3720. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0709692105.
PMCID: PMC2268817
Economic Sciences
Heritability of cooperative behavior in the trust game
David Cesarini, Christopher T. Dawes, James H. Fowler, Magnus Johannesson, Paul Lichtenstein, and Björn Wallace
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 3721–3726. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0710069105.
PMCID: PMC2268795
Psychology
Language affects patterns of brain activation associated with perceptual decision
Li Hai Tan, Alice H. D. Chan, Paul Kay, Pek-Lan Khong, Lawrance K. C. Yip, and Kang-Kwong Luke
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 March 11; 105(10): 4004–4009. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800055105.
PMCID: PMC2268832
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