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Volume 98(25);  December 4, 2001
Commentaries
Tox-boxes, fungal secondary metabolites, and plant disease
Anne E. Osbourn
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14187–14188. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261573598.
PMCID: PMC64654
Dissecting the transcriptional network of pancreatic islets during development and differentiation
David Q. Shih and Markus Stoffel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14189–14191. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251558998.
PMCID: PMC64655
Surprises from the airway epithelium
Landon S. King
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14192–14194. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261562298.
PMCID: PMC64656
Another protozoan contributes to understanding telomeres and transposable elements
Mary-Lou Pardue, P. G. DeBaryshe, and Ky Lowenhaupt
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14195–14197. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261567398.
PMCID: PMC64657
Physical Sciences
Applied Mathematics
Conservative front tracking and level set algorithms
James Glimm, Xiao Lin Li, Yingjie Liu, and Ning Zhao
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14198–14201. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251420998.
PMCID: PMC64658
Applied Physical Sciences
Pattern formation in Escherichia coli: A model for the pole-to-pole oscillations of Min proteins and the localization of the division site
Hans Meinhardt and Piet A. J. de Boer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14202–14207. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251216598.
PMCID: PMC64659
Pulse confinement in optical fibers with random dispersion
M. Chertkov, I. Gabitov, and J. Moeser
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14208–14211. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.241494198.
PMCID: PMC64660
Chemistry
The anticancer drug–DNA complex: Femtosecond primary dynamics for anthracycline antibiotics function
Xiaogang Qu, Chaozhi Wan, Hans-Christian Becker, Dongping Zhong, and Ahmed H. Zewail
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14212–14217. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.241509698.
PMCID: PMC64661
Geology
Rapid shoreward encroachment of salt marsh cordgrass in response to accelerated sea-level rise
Jeffrey P. Donnelly and Mark D. Bertness
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14218–14223. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251209298.
PMCID: PMC64662
Physics
A possible loophole in the theorem of Bell
Karl Hess and Walter Philipp
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14224–14227. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251524998.
PMCID: PMC64663
Bell's theorem and the problem of decidability between the views of Einstein and Bohr
Karl Hess and Walter Philipp
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14228–14233. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251525098.
PMCID: PMC64664
Spectroscopic studies of the vibrational and electronic properties of solid hydrogen to 285 GPa
Alexander F. Goncharov, Eugene Gregoryanz, Russell J. Hemley, and Ho-kwang Mao
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14234–14237. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.201528198.
PMCID: PMC64665
Biological Sciences
Applied Biological Sciences
Detection of DNA point mutations and mRNA expression levels by rolling circle amplification in individual cells
Allen T. Christian, Melissa S. Pattee, Christina M. Attix, Beth E. Reed, Karen J. Sorensen, and James D. Tucker
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14238–14243. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251383598.
PMCID: PMC64666
Biochemistry
Binding specificity of Escherichia coli trigger factor
Holger Patzelt, Stefan Rüdiger, Dirk Brehmer, Günter Kramer, Sonja Vorderwülbecke, Elke Schaffitzel, Andreas Waitz, Thomas Hesterkamp, Liying Dong, Jens Schneider-Mergener, Bernd Bukau, and Elke Deuerling
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14244–14249. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261432298.
PMCID: PMC64667
Dimer formation drives the activation of the cell death protease caspase 9
Martin Renatus, Henning R. Stennicke, Fiona L. Scott, Robert C. Liddington, and Guy S. Salvesen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14250–14255. doi: 10.1073/pnas.231465798.
PMCID: PMC64668
Targeting of human DNA polymerase ι to the replication machinery via interaction with PCNA
Lajos Haracska, Robert E. Johnson, Ildiko Unk, Barbara B. Phillips, Jerard Hurwitz, Louise Prakash, and Satya Prakash
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14256–14261. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261560798.
PMCID: PMC64669
The ionic layer is required for efficient dissociation of the SNARE complex by α-SNAP and NSF
Suzie J. Scales, Bryan Y. Yoo, and Richard H. Scheller
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14262–14267. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251547598.
PMCID: PMC64670
Structure of a quinohemoprotein amine dehydrogenase with an uncommon redox cofactor and highly unusual crosslinking
Saumen Datta, Youichi Mori, Kazuyoshi Takagi, Katsunori Kawaguchi, Zhi-Wei Chen, Toshihide Okajima, Shun'ichi Kuroda, Tokuji Ikeda, Kenji Kano, Katsuyuki Tanizawa, and F. Scott Mathews
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14268–14273. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.241429098.
PMCID: PMC64671
From the Cover:
Enzyme-like proteins by computational design
Daniel N. Bolon and Stephen L. Mayo
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14274–14279. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251555398.
PMCID: PMC64672
Critical involvement of a carbamylated lysine in catalytic function of class D β-lactamases
Dasantila Golemi, Laurent Maveyraud, Sergei Vakulenko, Jean-Pierre Samama, and Shahriar Mobashery
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14280–14285. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.241442898.
PMCID: PMC64673
Translation of a nonpolyadenylated viral RNA is enhanced by binding of viral coat protein or polyadenylation of the RNA
Lyda Neeleman, René C. L. Olsthoorn, Huub J. M. Linthorst, and John F. Bol
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14286–14291. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251542798.
PMCID: PMC64674
Cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase is not essential for viability of the archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis
Constantinos Stathopoulos, Wonduck Kim, Tong Li, Iain Anderson, Britta Deutsch, Sotiria Palioura, William Whitman, and Dieter Söll
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14292–14297. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.201540498.
PMCID: PMC64675
Okazaki fragment processing: Modulation of the strand displacement activity of DNA polymerase δ by the concerted action of replication protein A, proliferating cell nuclear antigen, and flap endonuclease-1
Giovanni Maga, Giuseppe Villani, Vanessa Tillement, Manuel Stucki, Giada A. Locatelli, Isabelle Frouin, Silvio Spadari, and Ulrich Hübscher
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14298–14303. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251193198.
PMCID: PMC64676
A vertebrate fatty acid desaturase with Δ5 and Δ6 activities
Nicola Hastings, Morris Agaba, Douglas R. Tocher, Michael J. Leaver, James R. Dick, John R. Sargent, and Alan J. Teale
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14304–14309. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251516598.
PMCID: PMC64677
Import of amber and ochre suppressor tRNAs into mammalian cells: A general approach to site-specific insertion of amino acid analogues into proteins
Caroline Köhrer, Liang Xie, Susanne Kellerer, Umesh Varshney, and Uttam L. RajBhandary
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14310–14315. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251438898.
PMCID: PMC64678
Histone tails modulate nucleosome mobility and regulate ATP-dependent nucleosome sliding by NURF
Ali Hamiche, Ju-Gyeong Kang, Cynthia Dennis, Hua Xiao, and Carl Wu
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14316–14321. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251421398.
PMCID: PMC64679
A second iron-regulatory system in yeast independent of Aft1p
Julian C. Rutherford, Shulamit Jaron, Esha Ray, Patrick O. Brown, and Dennis R. Winge
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14322–14327. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261381198.
PMCID: PMC64680
RelE, a global inhibitor of translation, is activated during nutritional stress
Susanne K. Christensen, Marie Mikkelsen, Kim Pedersen, and Kenn Gerdes
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14328–14333. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251327898.
PMCID: PMC64681
Differential roles of phosphorylation in the formation of transcriptional active RNA polymerase I
Stephan Fath, Philipp Milkereit, Gerald Peyroche, Michel Riva, Christophe Carles, and Herbert Tschochner
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14334–14339. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.231181398.
PMCID: PMC64682
Specificity in transmembrane helix–helix interactions can define a hierarchy of stability for sequence variants
Karen G. Fleming and Donald M. Engelman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14340–14344. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251367498.
PMCID: PMC64683
Biophysics
The anticancer drug–DNA complex: Femtosecond primary dynamics for anthracycline antibiotics function
Xiaogang Qu, Chaozhi Wan, Hans-Christian Becker, Dongping Zhong, and Ahmed H. Zewail
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14212–14217. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.241509698.
PMCID: PMC64661
Dynamic mechanisms of the membrane water channel aquaporin-1 (AQP1)
Yifei Kong and Jianpeng Ma
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14345–14349. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251507998.
PMCID: PMC64684
Protein threading by learning
Iksoo Chang, Marek Cieplak, Ruxandra I. Dima, Amos Maritan, and Jayanth R. Banavar
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14350–14355. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.241133698.
PMCID: PMC64685
Fast dynamics of halophilic malate dehydrogenase and BSA measured by neutron scattering under various solvent conditions influencing protein stability
Moeava Tehei, Dominique Madern, Claude Pfister, and Giuseppe Zaccai
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14356–14361. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251537298.
PMCID: PMC64686
Global configuration of single titin molecules observed through chain-associated rhodamine dimers
László Grama, Béla Somogyi, and Miklós S. Z. Kellermayer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14362–14367. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.191494098.
PMCID: PMC64687
Rapid formation of the stable tyrosyl radical in photosystem II
Peter Faller, Richard J. Debus, Klaus Brettel, Miwa Sugiura, A. William Rutherford, and Alain Boussac
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14368–14373. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251382598.
PMCID: PMC64688
NMR structure reveals intramolecular regulation mechanism for pheromone binding and release
Reto Horst, Fred Damberger, Peter Luginbühl, Peter Güntert, Guihong Peng, Larisa Nikonova, Walter S. Leal, and Kurt Wüthrich
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14374–14379. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251532998.
PMCID: PMC64689
Comparison of a hair bundle's spontaneous oscillations with its response to mechanical stimulation reveals the underlying active process
P. Martin, A. J. Hudspeth, and F. Jülicher
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14380–14385. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251530598.
PMCID: PMC64690
Compressive nonlinearity in the hair bundle's active response to mechanical stimulation
P. Martin and A. J. Hudspeth
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14386–14391. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251530498.
PMCID: PMC64691
The nature of fluorescence emission in the red fluorescent protein DsRed, revealed by single-molecule detection
M. F. Garcia-Parajo, M. Koopman, E. M. H. P. van Dijk, V. Subramaniam, and N. F. van Hulst
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14392–14397. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251525598.
PMCID: PMC64692
Identification of different emitting species in the red fluorescent protein DsRed by means of ensemble and single-molecule spectroscopy
Mircea Cotlet, Johan Hofkens, Satoshi Habuchi, Gunter Dirix, Maarten Van Guyse, Jan Michiels, Jos Vanderleyden, and Frans C. De Schryver
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14398–14403. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251532698.
PMCID: PMC64693
Cell Biology
Pattern formation in Escherichia coli: A model for the pole-to-pole oscillations of Min proteins and the localization of the division site
Hans Meinhardt and Piet A. J. de Boer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14202–14207. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251216598.
PMCID: PMC64659
Peripheral myelin protein 22 is a constituent of intercellular junctions in epithelia
Lucia Notterpek, Kyle J. Roux, Stephanie A. Amici, Amy Yazdanpour, Christoph Rahner, and Brad S. Fletcher
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14404–14409. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251548398.
PMCID: PMC64694
Radiation risk to low fluences of α particles may be greater than we thought
Hongning Zhou, Masao Suzuki, Gerhard Randers-Pehrson, Diane Vannais, Gang Chen, James E. Trosko, Charles A. Waldren, and Tom K. Hei
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14410–14415. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251524798.
PMCID: PMC64695
Akt/PKB regulates laminin and collagen IV isotypes of the basement membrane
Xiaofeng Li, Ulrika Talts, Jan F. Talts, Esther Arman, Peter Ekblom, and Peter Lonai
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14416–14421. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251547198.
PMCID: PMC64696
The tumor autocrine motility factor receptor, gp78, is a ubiquitin protein ligase implicated in degradation from the endoplasmic reticulum
Shengyun Fang, Marco Ferrone, Cuihong Yang, Jane P. Jensen, Swati Tiwari, and Allan M. Weissman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14422–14427. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251401598.
PMCID: PMC64697
Specific interference with gene expression induced by long, double-stranded RNA in mouse embryonal teratocarcinoma cell lines
Eric Billy, Vincent Brondani, Haidi Zhang, Ulrich Müller, and Witold Filipowicz
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14428–14433. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261562698.
PMCID: PMC64698
Analysis of mitotic microtubule-associated proteins using mass spectrometry identifies astrin, a spindle-associated protein
Gary J. Mack and Duane A. Compton
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14434–14439. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261371298.
PMCID: PMC64699
Atrogin-1, a muscle-specific F-box protein highly expressed during muscle atrophy
Marcelo D. Gomes, Stewart H. Lecker, R. Thomas Jagoe, Ami Navon, and Alfred L. Goldberg
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14440–14445. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251541198.
PMCID: PMC64700
Identification, characterization, and complete amino acid sequence of the conjugation-inducing glycoprotein (blepharmone) in the ciliate Blepharisma japonicum
Mayumi Sugiura and Terue Harumoto
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14446–14451. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.221457698.
PMCID: PMC64701
The LIM domain gene LMO4 inhibits differentiation of mammary epithelial cells in vitro and is overexpressed in breast cancer
Jane E. Visvader, Deon Venter, Kyungmin Hahm, Margaret Santamaria, Eleanor Y. M. Sum, Lorraine O'Reilly, David White, Rachael Williams, Jane Armes, and Geoffrey J. Lindeman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14452–14457. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251547698.
PMCID: PMC64702
Induction of platelet formation from megakaryocytoid cells by nitric oxide
Elisabeth Battinelli, Scott R. Willoughby, Thomas Foxall, C. Robert Valeri, and Joseph Loscalzo
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14458–14463. doi: 10.1073/pnas.241427398.
PMCID: PMC64703
Coexisting conformations of fibronectin in cell culture imaged using fluorescence resonance energy transfer
Gretchen Baneyx, Loren Baugh, and Viola Vogel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14464–14468. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251422998.
PMCID: PMC64704
Developmental Biology
Bazooka is required for localization of determinants and controlling proliferation in the sensory organ precursor cell lineage in Drosophila
Fabrice Roegiers, Susan Younger-Shepherd, Lily Yeh Jan, and Yuh Nung Jan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14469–14474. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261555598.
PMCID: PMC64705
Bazooka and atypical protein kinase C are required to regulate oocyte differentiation in the Drosophila ovary
Daniel N. Cox, Salim Abdelilah Seyfried, Lily Yeh Jan, and Yuh Nung Jan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14475–14480. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261565198.
PMCID: PMC64706
From the Cover:
A transcription factor regulatory circuit in differentiated pancreatic cells
Sylvia F. Boj, Marcelina Párrizas, Miguel A. Maestro, and Jorge Ferrer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14481–14486. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.241349398.
PMCID: PMC64707
Seven Wnt homologues in Drosophila: A case study of the developing tracheae
Marta Llimargas and Peter A. Lawrence
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14487–14492. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251304398.
PMCID: PMC64708
Ecology
The animal species–body size distribution of Marion Island
Kevin J. Gaston, Steven L. Chown, and Richard D. Mercer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14493–14496. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251332098.
PMCID: PMC64709
Evolution
From the Cover:
Three retrotransposon families in the genome of Giardia lamblia: Two telomeric, one dead
Irina R. Arkhipova and Hilary G. Morrison
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14497–14502. doi: 10.1073/pnas.231494798.
PMCID: PMC64710
Association between divergence and interspersed repeats in mammalian noncoding genomic DNA
Francesca Chiaromonte, Shan Yang, Laura Elnitski, Von Bing Yap, Webb Miller, and Ross C. Hardison
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14503–14508. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251423898.
PMCID: PMC64711
From the Cover:
Genetic shift in photoperiodic response correlated with global warming
William E. Bradshaw and Christina M. Holzapfel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14509–14511. Published online 2001 November 6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.241391498.
PMCID: PMC64712
A likelihood ratio test for evolutionary rate shifts and functional divergence among proteins
Bjarne Knudsen and Michael M. Miyamoto
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14512–14517. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251526398.
PMCID: PMC64713
Dinosaurs, dragons, and dwarfs: The evolution of maximal body size
Gary P. Burness, Jared Diamond, and Timothy Flannery
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14518–14523. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251548698.
PMCID: PMC64714
Genetics
Meiotic recombination frequencies are affected by nutritional states in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Mohamad F. F. Abdullah and Rhona H. Borts
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14524–14529. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.201529598.
PMCID: PMC64715
High frequency mitotic gene conversion in genetic hybrids of the oomycete Phytophthora sojae
Jureerat Chamnanpunt, Wei-xing Shan, and Brett M. Tyler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14530–14535. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251464498.
PMCID: PMC64716
Restricted chromosomal silencing in nucleolar dominance
Michelle S. Lewis and Craig S. Pikaard
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14536–14540. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251424098.
PMCID: PMC64717
Immunology
Flk-2 is a marker in hematopoietic stem cell differentiation: A simple method to isolate long-term stem cells
Julie L. Christensen and Irving L. Weissman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14541–14546. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261562798.
PMCID: PMC64718
Signaling at the inhibitory natural killer cell immune synapse regulates lipid raft polarization but not class I MHC clustering
Marlys S. Fassett, Daniel M. Davis, Markus M. Valter, George B. Cohen, and Jack L. Strominger
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14547–14552. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.211563598.
PMCID: PMC64719
Switch junction sequences in PMS2-deficient mice reveal a microhomology-mediated mechanism of Ig class switch recombination
Michael R. Ehrenstein, Cristina Rada, Anne-Marie Jones, César Milstein, and Michael S. Neuberger
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14553–14558. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.241525998.
PMCID: PMC64720
IL-15 plays a major role in the persistence of Tax-specific CD8 cells in HAM/TSP patients
Nazli Azimi, Masahiro Nagai, Steven Jacobson, and Thomas A. Waldmann
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14559–14564. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251540598.
PMCID: PMC64721
T cell infiltration of the prostate induced by androgen withdrawal in patients with prostate cancer
Maria Mercader, Barbara K. Bodner, Micheal T. Moser, Pamela S. Kwon, Eugene S. Y. Park, Ryan G. Manecke, Thomas M. Ellis, Eva M. Wojcik, Damu Yang, Robert C. Flanigan, W. Bedford Waters, W. Martin Kast, and Eugene D. Kwon
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14565–14570. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251140998.
PMCID: PMC64722
Role of SEREX-defined immunogenic wild-type cellular molecules in the development of tumor-specific immunity
Hiroyoshi Nishikawa, Koji Tanida, Hiroaki Ikeda, Miho Sakakura, Yoshihiro Miyahara, Takumi Aota, Katsumi Mukai, Masato Watanabe, Kagemasa Kuribayashi, Lloyd J. Old, and Hiroshi Shiku
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14571–14576. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251547298.
PMCID: PMC64723
Complement activation in factor D-deficient mice
Yuanyuan Xu, Minghe Ma, Gregory C. Ippolito, Harry W. Schroeder, Jr., Michael C. Carroll, and John E. Volanakis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14577–14582. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261428398.
PMCID: PMC64724
Medical Sciences
A high level of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor selectivity is associated with a reduced interference of platelet cyclooxygenase-1 inactivation by aspirin
Marc Ouellet, Denis Riendeau, and M. David Percival
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14583–14588. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251543298.
PMCID: PMC64725
Genetically engineered macrophages expressing IFN-γ restore alveolar immune function in scid mice
Min Wu, Shabbir Hussain, Ying-Hui He, Rajamouli Pasula, Patricia A. Smith, and William J. Martin, II
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14589–14594. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251451498.
PMCID: PMC64726
Two-step transcriptional amplification as a method for imaging reporter gene expression using weak promoters
M. Iyer, L. Wu, M. Carey, Y. Wang, A. Smallwood, and S. S. Gambhir
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14595–14600. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251551098.
PMCID: PMC64727
Chlorophyllin intervention reduces aflatoxin–DNA adducts in individuals at high risk for liver cancer
Patricia A. Egner, Jin-Bing Wang, Yuan-Rong Zhu, Bao-Chu Zhang, Yan Wu, Qi-Nan Zhang, Geng-Sun Qian, Shuang-Yuan Kuang, Stephen J. Gange, Lisa P. Jacobson, Kathy J. Helzlsouer, George S. Bailey, John D. Groopman, and Thomas W. Kensler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14601–14606. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251536898.
PMCID: PMC64728
Microbiology
Mutation frequency and biological cost of antibiotic resistance in Helicobacter pylori
Britta Björkholm, Maria Sjölund, Per G. Falk, Otto G. Berg, Lars Engstrand, and Dan I. Andersson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14607–14612. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.241517298.
PMCID: PMC64729
A quorum sensing-associated virulence gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa encodes a LysR-like transcription regulator with a unique self-regulatory mechanism
Hui Cao, Gomathi Krishnan, Boyan Goumnerov, John Tsongalis, Ronald Tompkins, and Laurence G. Rahme
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14613–14618. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251465298.
PMCID: PMC64730
A tumor host range selection procedure identifies p150sal2 as a target of polyoma virus large T antigen
Dawei Li, Ken Dower, Yupo Ma, Yu Tian, and Thomas L. Benjamin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14619–14624. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251447198.
PMCID: PMC64731
Helicobacter pylori genetic diversity within the gastric niche of a single human host
Dawn A. Israel, Nina Salama, Uma Krishna, Ulrich M. Rieger, John C. Atherton, Stanley Falkow, and Richard M. Peek, Jr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14625–14630. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251551698.
PMCID: PMC64732
Activation of the Mason–Pfizer monkey virus protease within immature capsids in vitro
Scott D. Parker and Eric Hunter
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14631–14636. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251460998.
PMCID: PMC64733
The human salivary peptide histatin 5 exerts its antifungal activity through the formation of reactive oxygen species
Eva J. Helmerhorst, Robert F. Troxler, and Frank G. Oppenheim
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14637–14642. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.141366998.
PMCID: PMC64734
Neurobiology
Ligand-induced signal transduction within heterodimeric GABAB receptor
Marta Margeta-Mitrovic, Yuh Nung Jan, and Lily Yeh Jan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14643–14648. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251554798.
PMCID: PMC64735
Function of GB1 and GB2 subunits in G protein coupling of GABAB receptors
Marta Margeta-Mitrovic, Yuh Nung Jan, and Lily Yeh Jan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14649–14654. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251554498.
PMCID: PMC64736
Induction of multiple signaling loops by MuSK during neuromuscular synapse formation
Chris Moore, Marco Leu, Ulrich Müller, and Hans Rudolf Brenner
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14655–14660. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251291598.
PMCID: PMC64737
Neurotrophins are key mediators of the myelination program in the peripheral nervous system
Jonah R. Chan, José Miguel Cosgaya, Yong Jian Wu, and Eric M. Shooter
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14661–14668. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251543398.
PMCID: PMC64738
Minocycline prevents nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurodegeneration in the MPTP model of Parkinson's disease
Yansheng Du, Zhizhong Ma, Suizhen Lin, Richard C. Dodel, Feng Gao, Kelly R. Bales, Lazarose C. Triarhou, Eyassu Chernet, Ken W. Perry, David L. G. Nelson, Susan Luecke, Lee A. Phebus, Frank P. Bymaster, and Steven M. Paul
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14669–14674. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251341998.
PMCID: PMC64739
Specific spatial learning deficits become severe with age in β-amyloid precursor protein transgenic mice that harbor diffuse β-amyloid deposits but do not form plaques
Milla Koistinaho, Michael Ort, Jose M. Cimadevilla, Roman Vondrous, Barbara Cordell, Jari Koistinaho, Jan Bures, and Linda S. Higgins
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14675–14680. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261562998.
PMCID: PMC64740
Activation by GDNF of a transcriptional program repressing neurite growth in dorsal root ganglia
Sten Linnarsson, Åsa Mikaels, Christel Baudet, and Patrik Ernfors
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14681–14686. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251548898.
PMCID: PMC64741
Underediting of glutamate receptor GluR-B mRNA in malignant gliomas
Stefan Maas, Stephan Patt, Michael Schrey, and Alexander Rich
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14687–14692. Published online 2001 November 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251531398.
PMCID: PMC64742
Candidate odorant receptors from the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae and evidence of down-regulation in response to blood feeding
A. N. Fox, R. J. Pitts, H. M. Robertson, J. R. Carlson, and L. J. Zwiebel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14693–14697. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261432998.
PMCID: PMC64743
Mechanisms underlying rapid experience-dependent plasticity in the human visual cortex
Babak Boroojerdi, Fortunato Battaglia, Wolf Muellbacher, and Leonardo G. Cohen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14698–14701. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251357198.
PMCID: PMC64744
A caged Ab reveals an immediate/instructive effect of BDNF during hippocampal synaptic potentiation
Albrecht H. Kossel, Sidney B. Cambridge, Uta Wagner, and Tobias Bonhoeffer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14702–14707. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251326998.
PMCID: PMC64745
PTP and LTP at a hippocampal mossy fiber-interneuron synapse
Henrik Alle, Peter Jonas, and Jörg R. P. Geiger
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14708–14713. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251610898.
PMCID: PMC64746
Physiology
The KCl cotransporter isoform KCC3 can play an important role in cell growth regulation
Meng-Ru Shen, Cheng-Yang Chou, Keng-Fu Hsu, Hsiao-Sheng Liu, Philip B. Dunham, Eli J. Holtzman, and J. Clive Ellory
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14714–14719. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251388798.
PMCID: PMC64747
Lipopolysaccharide-induced leptin release is neurally controlled
C. A. Mastronardi, W. H. Yu, V. K. Srivastava, W. L. Dees, and S. M. McCann
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14720–14725. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251543598.
PMCID: PMC64748
Plant Biology
Ricin A chain without its partner B chain is degraded after retrotranslocation from the endoplasmic reticulum to the cytosol in plant cells
Alessandra Di Cola, Lorenzo Frigerio, J. Michael Lord, Aldo Ceriotti, and Lynne M. Roberts
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14726–14731. doi: 10.1073/pnas.251386098.
PMCID: PMC64749
A transcriptional roadmap to wood formation
Magnus Hertzberg, Henrik Aspeborg, Jarmo Schrader, Anders Andersson, Rikard Erlandsson, Kristina Blomqvist, Rupali Bhalerao, Mathias Uhlén, Tuula T. Teeri, Joakim Lundeberg, Björn Sundberg, Peter Nilsson, and Göran Sandberg
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14732–14737. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261293398.
PMCID: PMC64750
Plastome-encoded bacterial ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO) supports photosynthesis and growth in tobacco
Spencer M. Whitney and T. John Andrews
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14738–14743. Published online 2001 November 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.261417298.
PMCID: PMC64751
Corrections
Correction
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14744. Published online 2001 November 20.
PMCID: PMC64651
Corrects: Thomas C. Rich, et al. A uniform extracellular stimulus triggers distinct cAMP signals in different compartments of a simple cell. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 November 6; 98(23): 13049–13054.
Correction
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14744. Published online 2001 November 27.
PMCID: PMC64652
Corrects: Fang Yu, et al. HIF-1α binding to VHL is regulated by stimulus-sensitive proline hydroxylation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 August 14; 98(17): 9630–9635.
Correction
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 December 4; 98(25): 14744. Published online 2001 November 27.
PMCID: PMC64653
Corrects: Anny Fortin, et al. Identification of a new malaria susceptibility locus (Char4) in recombinant congenic strains of mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 September 11; 98(19): 10793–10798.
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