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Volume 97(21);  October 10, 2000
From the Academy
Chinese–American Frontiers of Science Symposium
Introduction to the Chinese–American Frontiers of Science
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11140.
PMCID: PMC34048
Assessing climate impacts
Ellen E. Wohl, Roger S. Pulwarty, and Jian Yun Zhang
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11141–11142.
PMCID: PMC34049
Data assimilation and its applications
Bin Wang, Xiaolei Zou, and Jiang Zhu
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11143–11144.
PMCID: PMC34050
Macroscopic phase separation in high-temperature superconductors
Hai-Hu Wen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11145–11146.
PMCID: PMC34051
Novel polymers: Molecular to nanoscale order in three dimensions
Karen L. Wooley, Jeffrey S. Moore, Chi Wu, and Yulian Yang
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11147–11148.
PMCID: PMC34052
Commentaries
Sticking together
Mary B. Kennedy
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11135–11136.
PMCID: PMC34046
DNA damage, DNA repair, cell proliferation, and DNA replication: How do gene mutations result?
J. Patrick O'Neill
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11137–11139. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC34047
Physical Sciences
Applied Physical Sciences
Classes of small-world networks
L. A. N. Amaral, A. Scala, M. Barthélémy, and H. E. Stanley
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11149–11152. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17168
Chemistry
The case of medium-dependent dual mechanisms for photoisomerization: One-bond-flip and Hula-Twist
Robert S. H. Liu and George S. Hammond
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11153–11158. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17169
Nucleic acid-triggered catalytic drug release
Zhaochun Ma and John-Stephen Taylor
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11159–11163.
PMCID: PMC17170
Catalytic tempering: A method for sampling rough energy landscapes by Monte Carlo
Gustavo Stolovitzky and B. J. Berne
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11164–11169.
PMCID: PMC17171
Intracellular delivery of phosphoinositides and inositol phosphates using polyamine carriers
Shoichiro Ozaki, Daryll B. DeWald, Joseph C. Shope, Jian Chen, and Glenn D. Prestwich
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11286–11291. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17192
Computer Sciences
Counting probability distributions: Differential geometry and model selection
In Jae Myung, Vijay Balasubramanian, and Mark A. Pitt
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11170–11175. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17172
Geology
Deformation and seismicity of Taiwan
Claudio Vita-Finzi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11176–11180. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17173
From the Cover:
New isotopic evidence for chronic lead contamination in the San Francisco Bay estuary system: Implications for the persistence of past industrial lead emissions in the biosphere
Douglas J. Steding, Charles E. Dunlap, and A. Russell Flegal
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11181–11186. Published online 2000 September 12.
PMCID: PMC17174
Physics
Single chain spectroscopy of conformational dependence of conjugated polymer photophysics
Thomas Huser, Ming Yan, and Lewis J. Rothberg
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11187–11191.
PMCID: PMC17175
Biological Sciences
Agricultural Sciences
Candidate gene analysis of organ pigmentation loci in the Solanaceae
T. A. Thorup, B. Tanyolac, K. D. Livingstone, S. Popovsky, I. Paran, and Molly Jahn
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11192–11197.
PMCID: PMC17176
Biochemistry
Induction of ribosomal genes and hepatocyte hypertrophy by adenovirus-mediated expression of c-Myc in vivo
Sunkyu Kim, Qing Li, Chi V. Dang, and Linda A. Lee
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11198–11202. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17177
On the tryptophan residue of smooth muscle myosin that responds to binding of nucleotide
Hirofumi Onishi, Kaoru Konishi, Keigi Fujiwara, Kazuyoshi Hayakawa, Masaru Tanokura, Hugo M. Martinez, and Manuel F. Morales
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11203–11208. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17178
High-affinity ouabain binding by a chimeric gastric H+,K+-ATPase containing transmembrane hairpins M3-M4 and M5-M6 of the α1-subunit of rat Na+,K+-ATPase
Jan B. Koenderink, Harm P. H. Hermsen, Herman G. P. Swarts, Peter H. G. M. Willems, and Jan Joep H. H. M. De Pont
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11209–11214. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17179
A biosensor assay for studying ligand-membrane receptor interactions: Binding of antibodies and HIV-1 Env to chemokine receptors
Trevor L. Hoffman, Gabriela Canziani, Li Jia, Joseph Rucker, and Robert W. Doms
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11215–11220. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17180
Bacteriocin AS-48, a microbial cyclic polypeptide structurally and functionally related to mammalian NK-lysin
Carlos González, Grant M. Langdon, Marta Bruix, Antonio Gálvez, Eva Valdivia, Mercedes Maqueda, and Manuel Rico
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11221–11226. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17181
Plasmid-encoded MucB protein is a DNA polymerase (pol RI) specialized for lesion bypass in the presence of MucA′, RecA, and SSB
Moshe Goldsmith, Lea Sarov-Blat, and Zvi Livneh
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11227–11231. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17182
Involvement of neurogranin in the modulation of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, synaptic plasticity, and spatial learning: A study with knockout mice
Jhang Ho Pak, Freesia L. Huang, Junfa Li, Detlef Balschun, Klaus G. Reymann, Chin Chiang, Heiner Westphal, and Kuo-Ping Huang
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11232–11237. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17183
Three conformational states of scallop myosin S1
A. Houdusse, A. G. Szent-Györgyi, and C. Cohen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11238–11243. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17184
HIV-1 integrase inhibitors that compete with the target DNA substrate define a unique strand transfer conformation for integrase
Amy S. Espeseth, Peter Felock, Abigail Wolfe, Marc Witmer, Jay Grobler, Neville Anthony, Melissa Egbertson, Jeffrey Y. Melamed, Steve Young, Terence Hamill, James L. Cole, and Daria J. Hazuda
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11244–11249. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17185
Generation of oscillations by the p53-Mdm2 feedback loop: A theoretical and experimental study
Ruth Lev Bar-Or, Ruth Maya, Lee A. Segel, Uri Alon, Arnold J. Levine, and Moshe Oren
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11250–11255. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17186
Increase of androgen-induced cell death and androgen receptor transactivation by BRCA1 in prostate cancer cells
Shuyuan Yeh, Yueh-Chiang Hu, Mujib Rahman, Hui-Kuan Lin, Cheng-Lung Hsu, Huei-Ju Ting, Hong-Yo Kang, and Chawnshang Chang
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11256–11261. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17187
Biophysics
Catalytic tempering: A method for sampling rough energy landscapes by Monte Carlo
Gustavo Stolovitzky and B. J. Berne
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11164–11169.
PMCID: PMC17171
The state diagram for cell adhesion under flow: Leukocyte rolling and firm adhesion
Kai-Chien Chang, David F. J. Tees, and Daniel A. Hammer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11262–11267. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17188
Cell Biology
Differential role of transcription-coupled repair in UVB-induced G2 arrest and apoptosis in mouse epidermis
Marijke van Oosten, Heggert Rebel, Errol C. Friedberg, Harry van Steeg, Gijsbertus T. J. van der Horst, Henk J. van Kranen, Anja Westerman, Albert A. van Zeeland, Leon H. F. Mullenders, and Frank R. de Gruijl
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11268–11273. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17189
Misregulation of gene expression in primary fibroblasts lacking poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase
Cynthia M. Simbulan-Rosenthal, Danith H. Ly, Dean S. Rosenthal, Genevieve Konopka, RuiBai Luo, Zhao-Qi Wang, Peter G. Schultz, and Mark E. Smulson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11274–11279. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17190
Intracellular unesterified arachidonic acid signals apoptosis
Yang Cao, A. Terrece Pearman, Guy A. Zimmerman, Thomas M. McIntyre, and Stephen M. Prescott
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11280–11285. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17191
Intracellular delivery of phosphoinositides and inositol phosphates using polyamine carriers
Shoichiro Ozaki, Daryll B. DeWald, Joseph C. Shope, Jian Chen, and Glenn D. Prestwich
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11286–11291. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17192
Distinct cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) domains stimulate different steps in a concerted mechanism of transcription activation
Jeong-a Kim, Jingfang Lu, and Patrick G. Quinn
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11292–11296.
PMCID: PMC17193
Intercellular delivery of a herpes simplex virus VP22 fusion protein from cells infected with lentiviral vectors
Zhennan Lai, Ina Han, Gregory Zirzow, Roscoe O. Brady, and Jakob Reiser
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11297–11302.
PMCID: PMC17194
Developmental Biology
Distinct but overlapping roles of histone acetylase PCAF and of the closely related PCAF-B/GCN5 in mouse embryogenesis
Teruo Yamauchi, Jun Yamauchi, Takeshi Kuwata, Tomohiko Tamura, Tsuyoshi Yamashita, Nancy Bae, Heiner Westphal, Keiko Ozato, and Yoshihiro Nakatani
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11303–11306.
PMCID: PMC17195
From the Cover:
Effects of eight growth factors on the differentiation of cells derived from human embryonic stem cells
Maya Schuldiner, Ofra Yanuka, Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor, Douglas A. Melton, and Nissim Benvenisty
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11307–11312.
PMCID: PMC17196
Ecology
Chemical defense: Aquatic beetle (Dineutes hornii) vs. fish (Micropterus salmoides)
Thomas Eisner and Daniel J. Aneshansley
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11313–11318. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17197
Evolution
Lineage-specific loss and divergence of functionally linked genes in eukaryotes
L. Aravind, Hidemi Watanabe, David J. Lipman, and Eugene V. Koonin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11319–11324. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17198
Remarkable species diversity in Malagasy mouse lemurs (primates, Microcebus)
Anne D. Yoder, Rodin M. Rasoloarison, Steven M. Goodman, Jodi A. Irwin, Sylvia Atsalis, Matthew J. Ravosa, and Jörg U. Ganzhorn
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11325–11330. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17199
Evidence from sequence-tagged-site markers of a recent progenitor-derivative species pair in conifers
Martin Perron, Daniel J. Perry, Christophe Andalo, and Jean Bousquet
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11331–11336. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17200
Mobile elements and chromosomal evolution in the virilis group of Drosophila
Michael B. Evgen'ev, Helena Zelentsova, Helena Poluectova, George T. Lyozin, Vera Veleikodvorskaja, K. I. Pyatkov, Lev A. Zhivotovsky, and Margaret G. Kidwell
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11337–11342. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17201
Independent adaptation to riverine habitats allowed survival of ancient cetacean lineages
Insa Cassens, Saverio Vicario, Victor G. Waddell, Heather Balchowsky, Daniel Van Belle, Wang Ding, Chen Fan, R. S. Lal Mohan, Paulo C. Simões-Lopes, Ricardo Bastida, Axel Meyer, Michael J. Stanhope, and Michel C. Milinkovitch
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11343–11347.
PMCID: PMC17202
Heat shock protein 60 sequence comparisons: Duplications, lateral transfer, and mitochondrial evolution
Samuel Karlin and Luciano Brocchieri
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11348–11353.
PMCID: PMC17203
Worldwide DNA sequence variation in a 10-kilobase noncoding region on human chromosome 22
Zhongming Zhao, Li Jin, Yun-Xin Fu, Michele Ramsay, Trefer Jenkins, Elina Leskinen, Pekka Pamilo, Maria Trexler, Laszlo Patthy, Lynn B. Jorde, Sebastian Ramos-Onsins, Ning Yu, and Wen-Hsiung Li
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11354–11358. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17204
Changes in mitochondrial genetic codes as phylogenetic characters: Two examples from the flatworms
Maximilian J. Telford, Elisabeth A. Herniou, Robert B. Russell, and D. Timothy J. Littlewood
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11359–11364.
PMCID: PMC17205
Genetics
Werner protein recruits DNA polymerase δ to the nucleolus
Anna M. Szekely, Yao-Hui Chen, Chunyu Zhang, Junko Oshima, and Sherman M. Weissman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11365–11370.
PMCID: PMC17206
The expression of adipogenic genes is decreased in obesity and diabetes mellitus
Samuel T. Nadler, Jonathan P. Stoehr, Kathryn L. Schueler, Gene Tanimoto, Brian S. Yandell, and Alan D. Attie
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11371–11376.
PMCID: PMC17207
A Ufd2/D4Cole1e chimeric protein and overexpression of Rbp7 in the slow Wallerian degeneration (WldS) mouse
Laura Conforti, Andrea Tarlton, Till G. A. Mack, Weiqian Mi, E. Anne Buckmaster, Diana Wagner, V. Hugh Perry, and Michael P. Coleman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11377–11382.
PMCID: PMC17208
Global mapping of meiotic recombination hotspots and coldspots in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Jennifer L. Gerton, Joseph DeRisi, Robert Shroff, Michael Lichten, Patrick O. Brown, and Thomas D. Petes
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11383–11390.
PMCID: PMC17209
From the Cover:
Proliferation is necessary for both repair and mutation in transgenic mouse cells
Jason H. Bielas and John A. Heddle
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11391–11396. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17210
Genes identified by an expression screen of the vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae display differential molecular immune response to malaria parasites and bacteria
Frederick Oduol, Jiannong Xu, Oumou Niaré, Ramya Natarajan, and Kenneth D. Vernick
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11397–11402. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17211
Identification of a functional transposase of the Tol2 element, an Ac-like element from the Japanese medaka fish, and its transposition in the zebrafish germ lineage
Koichi Kawakami, Akihiro Shima, and Noriko Kawakami
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11403–11408.
PMCID: PMC17212
Telomere fusions caused by mutating the terminal region of telomeric DNA
Michael J. McEachern, Shilpa Iyer, Tracy Boswell Fulton, and Elizabeth H. Blackburn
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11409–11414. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17213
Overexpression of the human VPAC2 receptor in the suprachiasmatic nucleus alters the circadian phenotype of mice
Sanbing Shen, Christopher Spratt, W. John Sheward, Imre Kallo, Katrine West, Christine F. Morrison, Clive W. Coen, Hugh M. Marston, and Anthony J. Harmar
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11575–11580.
PMCID: PMC17242
Immunology
Evolution of the recombination signal sequences in the Ig heavy-chain variable region locus of mammals
Alexandre Hassanin, Rachel Golub, Susanna M. Lewis, and Gillian E. Wu
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11415–11420.
PMCID: PMC17214
RelB nuclear translocation regulates B cell MHC molecule, CD40 expression, and antigen-presenting cell function
Brendan J. O'Sullivan, Kelli P. A. MacDonald, Allison R. Pettit, and Ranjeny Thomas
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11421–11426.
PMCID: PMC17215
Constitutive expression of a complement-like protein in Toll and JAK gain-of-function mutants of Drosophila
Marie Lagueux, Emmanuel Perrodou, Elena A. Levashina, Maria Capovilla, and Jules A. Hoffmann
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11427–11432.
PMCID: PMC17216
Direct enumeration of Borrelia-reactive CD4 T cells ex vivo by using MHC class II tetramers
Abbie L. Meyer, Christina Trollmo, Frances Crawford, Philippa Marrack, Allen C. Steere, Brigitte T. Huber, John Kappler, and David A. Hafler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11433–11438. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17217
Cloning of a type I cytokine receptor most related to the IL-2 receptor β chain
Katsutoshi Ozaki, Kristine Kikly, David Michalovich, Peter R. Young, and Warren J. Leonard
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11439–11444. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17218
IL-2-induced activation-induced cell death is inhibited in IL-15 transgenic mice
Joanna Marks-Konczalik, Sigrid Dubois, Jacqueline M. Losi, Helen Sabzevari, Nobuo Yamada, Lionel Feigenbaum, Thomas A. Waldmann, and Yutaka Tagaya
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11445–11450. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17219
Genetic susceptibility to breast cancer: HLA DQB*03032 and HLA DRB1*11 may represent protective alleles
Subhra Chaudhuri, Annaiah Cariappa, Mei Tang, Daphne Bell, Daniel A. Haber, Kurt J. Isselbacher, Dianne Finkelstein, David Forcione, and Shiv Pillai
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11451–11454.
PMCID: PMC17220
Immunization against Alzheimer's β-amyloid plaques via EFRH phage administration
Dan Frenkel, Odelia Katz, and Beka Solomon
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11455–11459.
PMCID: PMC17221
Hindering auxiliary anchors are potent modulators of peptide binding and selection by I-Ak class II molecules
Robert R. Latek, Shirley J. Petzold, and Emil R. Unanue
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11460–11465. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17222
Medical Sciences
Selective CXCR4 antagonism by Tat: Implications for in vivo expansion of coreceptor use by HIV-1
Hua Xiao, Christine Neuveut, H. Lee Tiffany, Monsef Benkirane, Elizabeth A. Rich, Philip M. Murphy, and Kuan-Teh Jeang
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11466–11471.
PMCID: PMC17223
Specific Th2 cells accumulate in the central nervous system of mice protected against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by copolymer 1
Rina Aharoni, Dvora Teitelbaum, Orith Leitner, Asher Meshorer, Michael Sela, and Ruth Arnon
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11472–11477.
PMCID: PMC17224
Detection of emphysema in rat lungs by using magnetic resonance measurements of 3He diffusion
X. Josette Chen, Laurence W. Hedlund, Harald E. Möller, Mark S. Chawla, Robert R. Maronpot, and G. Allan Johnson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11478–11481.
PMCID: PMC17225
Role of circulating nitrite and S-nitrosohemoglobin in the regulation of regional blood flow in humans
Mark T. Gladwin, James H. Shelhamer, Alan N. Schechter, Margaret E. Pease-Fye, Myron A. Waclawiw, Julio A. Panza, Frederick P. Ognibene, and Richard O. Cannon, III
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11482–11487.
PMCID: PMC17226
Ribozyme rescue of photoreceptor cells in P23H transgenic rats: Long-term survival and late-stage therapy
Matthew M. LaVail, Douglas Yasumura, Michael T. Matthes, Kimberly A. Drenser, John G. Flannery, Alfred S. Lewin, and William W. Hauswirth
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11488–11493. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17227
γ-Tocopherol and its major metabolite, in contrast to α-tocopherol, inhibit cyclooxygenase activity in macrophages and epithelial cells
Qing Jiang, Ilan Elson-Schwab, Chantal Courtemanche, and Bruce N. Ames
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11494–11499. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17228
Histone H2A-mediated transient cytokine gene delivery induces efficient antitumor responses in murine neuroblastoma
Danuta Balicki, Ralph A. Reisfeld, Ursula Pertl, Ernest Beutler, and Holger N. Lode
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11500–11504. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17229
Microbiology
Myxococcus xanthus fibril appendages are essential for excitation by a phospholipid attractant
Daniel B. Kearns, Blakemore D. Campbell, and Lawrence J. Shimkets
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11505–11510. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17230
An alternative interpretation of nanobacteria-induced biomineralization
John O. Cisar, De-Qi Xu, John Thompson, William Swaim, Lan Hu, and Dennis J. Kopecko
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11511–11515.
PMCID: PMC17231
Invasion in vitro of mosquito midgut cells by the malaria parasite proceeds by a conserved mechanism and results in death of the invaded midgut cells
Helge Zieler and James A. Dvorak
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11516–11521.
PMCID: PMC17232
A novel pH2 control on the expression of flagella in the hyperthermophilic strictly hydrogenotrophic methanarchaeaon Methanococcus jannaschii
Biswarup Mukhopadhyay, Eric F. Johnson, and Ralph S. Wolfe
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11522–11527.
PMCID: PMC17233
Neurobiology
l-Serine and glycine serve as major astroglia-derived trophic factors for cerebellar Purkinje neurons
Shigeki Furuya, Toshihide Tabata, Junya Mitoma, Keiko Yamada, Miwako Yamasaki, Asami Makino, Toshifumi Yamamoto, Masahiko Watanabe, Masanobu Kano, and Yoshio Hirabayashi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11528–11533. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17234
Powerful anticonvulsant action of IL-1 receptor antagonist on intracerebral injection and astrocytic overexpression in mice
A. Vezzani, D. Moneta, M. Conti, C. Richichi, T. Ravizza, A. De Luigi, M. G. De Simoni, G. Sperk, S. Andell-Jonsson, J. Lundkvist, K. Iverfeldt, and T. Bartfai
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11534–11539. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17235
Induction of photosensitivity in neonatal rat pineal gland
Gianluca Tosini, Susan Doyle, Mike Geusz, and Michael Menaker
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11540–11544. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17236
Stimulation of glutamate receptor protein synthesis and membrane insertion within isolated neuronal dendrites
Janet Estee Kacharmina, Christy Job, Peter Crino, and James Eberwine
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11545–11550.
PMCID: PMC17237
The endocytic receptor protein LRP also mediates neuronal calcium signaling via N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors
B. J. Bacskai, M. Q. Xia, D. K. Strickland, G. W. Rebeck, and B. T. Hyman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11551–11556. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17238
From the Cover:
The γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptor-associated protein (GABARAP) promotes GABAA receptor clustering and modulates the channel kinetics
Li Chen, Hongbing Wang, Stefano Vicini, and Richard W. Olsen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11557–11562. Published online 2000 September 12.
PMCID: PMC17239
Targeted disruption of the galanin gene reduces the number of sensory neurons and their regenerative capacity
Fiona E. Holmes, Sally Mahoney, Von R. King, Andrea Bacon, Niall C. H. Kerr, Vassilis Pachnis, Rory Curtis, John V. Priestley, and David Wynick
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11563–11568. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17240
Galanin regulates the postnatal survival of a subset of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons
Gillian O'Meara, Urania Coumis, Shuang Y. Ma, Jan Kehr, Sally Mahoney, Andrea Bacon, Shelley J. Allen, Fiona Holmes, Ulrika Kahl, Fu H. Wang, Ian R. Kearns, Sven Ove-Ogren, David Dawbarn, Elliott J. Mufson, Ceri Davies, Gerard Dawson, and David Wynick
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11569–11574. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17241
Overexpression of the human VPAC2 receptor in the suprachiasmatic nucleus alters the circadian phenotype of mice
Sanbing Shen, Christopher Spratt, W. John Sheward, Imre Kallo, Katrine West, Christine F. Morrison, Clive W. Coen, Hugh M. Marston, and Anthony J. Harmar
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11575–11580.
PMCID: PMC17242
A novel function for serotonin-mediated short-term facilitation in Aplysia: Conversion of a transient, cell-wide homosynaptic Hebbian plasticity into a persistent, protein synthesis-independent synapse-specific enhancement
Craig H. Bailey, Maurizio Giustetto, Hiuxiang Zhu, Mary Chen, and Eric R. Kandel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11581–11586.
PMCID: PMC17243
Role of Rab GDP dissociation inhibitor α in regulating plasticity of hippocampal neurotransmission
Hiroyoshi Ishizaki, Jun Miyoshi, Haruyuki Kamiya, Atsushi Togawa, Miki Tanaka, Takuya Sasaki, Katsuaki Endo, Akira Mizoguchi, Seiji Ozawa, and Yoshimi Takai
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11587–11592.
PMCID: PMC17244
Presynaptic N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors at the parallel fiber–Purkinje cell synapse
M. Casado, S. Dieudonné, and P. Ascher
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11593–11597. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17245
Sensory neuron-specific sodium channel SNS is abnormally expressed in the brains of mice with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and humans with multiple sclerosis
Joel A. Black, Sulayman Dib-Hajj, David Baker, Jia Newcombe, M. Louise Cuzner, and Stephen G. Waxman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11598–11602.
PMCID: PMC17246
Physiology
Nongenomic actions of estrogens and xenoestrogens by binding at a plasma membrane receptor unrelated to estrogen receptor α and estrogen receptor β
Angel Nadal, Ana B. Ropero, Ouahiba Laribi, Marjorie Maillet, Esther Fuentes, and Bernat Soria
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11603–11608.
PMCID: PMC17247
Nitric oxide prevents cardiovascular disease and determines survival in polyglobulic mice overexpressing erythropoietin
Frank T. Ruschitzka, Roland H. Wenger, Thomas Stallmach, Thomas Quaschning, Cor de Wit, Klaus Wagner, Ralf Labugger, Malte Kelm, Georg Noll, Thomas Rülicke, Sidney Shaw, Raija L. P. Lindberg, Barbara Rodenwaldt, Hans Lutz, Christian Bauer, Thomas F. Lüscher, and Max Gassmann
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11609–11613.
PMCID: PMC17248
The osmolyte xylitol reduces the salt concentration of airway surface liquid and may enhance bacterial killing
Joseph Zabner, Michael P. Seiler, Janice L. Launspach, Philip H. Karp, William R. Kearney, Dwight C. Look, Jeffrey J. Smith, and Michael J. Welsh
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11614–11619.
PMCID: PMC17249
Adaptive regulation of intestinal lysine metabolism
J. B. van Goudoever, B. Stoll, J. F. Henry, D. G. Burrin, and P. J. Reeds
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11620–11625. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17250
RhoB prenylation is driven by the three carboxyl-terminal amino acids of the protein: Evidenced in vivo by an anti-farnesyl cysteine antibody
Rudi Baron, Emmanuelle Fourcade, Isabelle Lajoie-Mazenc, Cuider Allal, Bettina Couderc, Ronald Barbaras, Gilles Favre, Jean-Charles Faye, and Anne Pradines
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11626–11631.
PMCID: PMC17251
Plant Biology
Arabidopsis basic leucine zipper transcription factors involved in an abscisic acid-dependent signal transduction pathway under drought and high-salinity conditions
Yuichi Uno, Takashi Furihata, Hiroshi Abe, Riichiro Yoshida, Kazuo Shinozaki, and Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11632–11637. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17252
Rice dwarf mutant d1, which is defective in the α subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein, affects gibberellin signal transduction
Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka, Yukiko Fujisawa, Masatomo Kobayashi, Motoyuki Ashikari, Yukimoto Iwasaki, Hidemi Kitano, and Makoto Matsuoka
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11638–11643.
PMCID: PMC17253
Cooperative regulation of light-harvesting complex II phosphorylation via the plastoquinol and ferredoxin-thioredoxin system in chloroplasts
E. Rintamäki, P. Martinsuo, S. Pursiheimo, and E.-M. Aro
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11644–11649. Published online 2000 September 26.
PMCID: PMC17254
AGO1, QDE-2, and RDE-1 are related proteins required for post-transcriptional gene silencing in plants, quelling in fungi, and RNA interference in animals
Mathilde Fagard, Stéphanie Boutet, Jean-Benoit Morel, Catherine Bellini, and Hervé Vaucheret
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11650–11654. Published online 2000 October 3.
PMCID: PMC17255
Coordinated plant defense responses in Arabidopsis revealed by microarray analysis
Peer M. Schenk, Kemal Kazan, Iain Wilson, Jonathan P. Anderson, Todd Richmond, Shauna C. Somerville, and John M. Manners
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11655–11660.
PMCID: PMC17256
Psychology
Genetics and visual attention: Selective deficits in healthy adult carriers of the [var epsilon]4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene
Pamela M. Greenwood, Trey Sunderland, Judy L. Friz, and Raja Parasuraman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11661–11666.
PMCID: PMC17257
Social Sciences
Psychology
Amblyopes see true alignment where normal observers see illusory tilt
Ariella V. Popple and Dennis M. Levi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 October 10; 97(21): 11667–11672.
PMCID: PMC17258
Corrections
Correction
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PMCID: PMC56107
Corrects: Jeff G. Hall, et al. From the Cover:
Sensitive detection of DNA polymorphisms by the serial invasive signal amplification reaction.
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Correction
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Corrects: Dapeng Zhou, et al. A β-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase with poly-N-acetyllactosamine synthase activity is structurally related to β-1,3-galactosyltransferases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 January 19; 96(2): 406–411.
Correction
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PMCID: PMC56109
Corrects: Karin Jurkat-Rott, et al. Voltage-sensor sodium channel mutations cause hypokalemic periodic paralysis type 2 by enhanced inactivation and reduced current. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 August 15; 97(17): 9549–9554.
Correction
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PMCID: PMC56110
Corrects: Yan Xiang, et al. IL-18 binding and inhibition of interferon γ induction by human poxvirus-encoded proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 September 28; 96(20): 11537–11542.
Correction
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Corrects: Enamul Huq, et al. GIGANTEA is a nuclear protein involved in phytochrome signaling in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 August 15; 97(17): 9789–9794.
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