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Volume 94(2);  January 15, 2008
New and Notable
Remarkable Results in Study by Riethmüller et al.
Andreas Engel
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 333. Published online 2007 November 2. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117549.
PMCID: PMC2157254
Biophysical Theory and Modeling
Fluctuations, Pauses, and Backtracking in DNA Transcription
Margaritis Voliotis, Netta Cohen, Carmen Molina-París, and Tanniemola B. Liverpool
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 334–348. Published online 2007 August 24. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.105767.
PMCID: PMC2157217
Approximate Analytical Time-Dependent Solutions to Describe Large-Amplitude Local Calcium Transients in the Presence of Buffers
Lidia A. Mironova and Sergej L. Mironov
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 349–358. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113340.
PMCID: PMC2157246
Coupled Feedback Loops Form Dynamic Motifs of Cellular Networks
Jeong-Rae Kim, Yeoin Yoon, and Kwang-Hyun Cho
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 359–365. Published online 2007 October 19. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.105106.
PMCID: PMC2157222
Brownian Dynamics Theory for Predicting Internal and External Blockages of Tetraethylammonium in the KcsA Potassium Channel
Matthew Hoyles, Vikram Krishnamurthy, May Siksik, and Shin-Ho Chung
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 366–378. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115139.
PMCID: PMC2157224
Mechanisms of Protein Fibril Formation: Nucleated Polymerization with Competing Off-Pathway Aggregation
Evan T. Powers and David L. Powers
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 379–391. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117168.
PMCID: PMC2157252
A Rabbit Ventricular Action Potential Model Replicating Cardiac Dynamics at Rapid Heart Rates
Aman Mahajan, Yohannes Shiferaw, Daisuke Sato, Ali Baher, Riccardo Olcese, Lai-Hua Xie, Ming-Jim Yang, Peng-Sheng Chen, Juan G. Restrepo, Alain Karma, Alan Garfinkel, Zhilin Qu, and James N. Weiss
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 392–410. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.98160.
PMCID: PMC2157228
Modifying L-Type Calcium Current Kinetics: Consequences for Cardiac Excitation and Arrhythmia Dynamics
Aman Mahajan, Daisuke Sato, Yohannes Shiferaw, Ali Baher, Lai-Hua Xie, Robert Peralta, Riccardo Olcese, Alan Garfinkel, Zhilin Qu, and James N. Weiss
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 411–423. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.98590.
PMCID: PMC2157257
Channels, Receptors, and Electrical Signaling
The Zinc Binding Site of the Shaker Channel KDC1 from Daucus carota
Cristiana Picco, Alessia Naso, Paolo Soliani, and Franco Gambale
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 424–433. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114009.
PMCID: PMC2157247
Proton Transport through Influenza A Virus M2 Protein Reconstituted in Vesicles
J. Craig Moffat, Viksita Vijayvergiya, Philip F. Gao, Timothy A. Cross, Dixon J. Woodbury, and David D. Busath
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 434–445. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.109082.
PMCID: PMC2157240
Modulation of the Conductance-Voltage Relationship of the BKCa Channel by Mutations at the Putative Flexible Interface between Two RCK Domains
Hyun-Ju Kim, Hyun-Ho Lim, Seong-Hwan Rho, Lin Bao, Ju-Ho Lee, Daniel H. Cox, Do Han Kim, and Chul-Seung Park
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 446–456. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.108738.
PMCID: PMC2157237
Two-Step Folding of Recombinant Mitochondrial Porin in Detergent
Denice C. Bay, Joe D. O'Neil, and Deborah A. Court
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 457–468. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115196.
PMCID: PMC2157244
In Situ Bipolar Electroporation for Localized Cell Loading with Reporter Dyes and Investigating Gap Junctional Coupling
Elke De Vuyst, Marijke De Bock, Elke Decrock, Marijke Van Moorhem, Christian Naus, Cyriel Mabilde, and Luc Leybaert
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 469–479. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.109470.
PMCID: PMC2157259
Membranes
Helical Distortion in Tryptophan- and Lysine-Anchored Membrane-Spanning α-Helices as a Function of Hydrophobic Mismatch: A Solid-State Deuterium NMR Investigation Using the Geometric Analysis of Labeled Alanines Method
Anna E. Daily, Denise V. Greathouse, Patrick C. A. van der Wel, and Roger E. Koeppe, 2nd
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 480–491. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.097543.
PMCID: PMC2157221
Protein Folding in Membranes: Insights from Neutron Diffraction Studies of a Membrane β-Sheet Oligomer
Xue Han, Kalina Hristova, and William C. Wimley
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 492–505. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113183.
PMCID: PMC2157250
Interaction of Spin-Labeled Inhibitors of the Vacuolar H+-ATPase with the Transmembrane Vo-Sector
Neil Dixon, Tibor Páli, Terence P. Kee, Stephen Ball, Michael A. Harrison, John B. C. Findlay, Jonas Nyman, Kalervo Väänänen, Malcolm E. Finbow, and Derek Marsh
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 506–514. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111781.
PMCID: PMC2157245
Lipid Interaction Networks of Peripheral Membrane Proteins Revealed by Data-Driven Micelle Docking
Felician Dancea, Keiichiro Kami, and Michael Overduin
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 515–524. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115923.
PMCID: PMC2157223
Effect of Local Anesthetic Lidocaine on Electrostatic Properties of a Lipid Bilayer
Carl-Johan Högberg and Alexander P. Lyubartsev
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 525–531. Published online 2007 August 24. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.104208.
PMCID: PMC2157248
Muscle and Contractility
Transport of Beads by Several Kinesin Motors
Janina Beeg, Stefan Klumpp, Rumiana Dimova, Rubèn Serral Gracià, Eberhard Unger, and Reinhard Lipowsky
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 532–541. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.097881.
PMCID: PMC2157241
Negative Charges at Protein Kinase C Sites of Troponin I Stabilize the Inactive State of Actin
Mohit C. Mathur, Tomoyoshi Kobayashi, and Joseph M. Chalovich
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 542–549. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113944.
PMCID: PMC2157249
Nucleic Acids
Sliding of Alkylating Anticancer Drugs along the Minor Groove of DNA: New Insights on Sequence Selectivity
Attilio V. Vargiu, Paolo Ruggerone, Alessandra Magistrato, and Paolo Carloni
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 550–561. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113308.
PMCID: PMC2157243
Stability and Binding Properties of a Modified Thrombin Binding Aptamer
Bruno Pagano, Luigi Martino, Antonio Randazzo, and Concetta Giancola
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 562–569. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117382.
PMCID: PMC2157226
Proteins
Protein Phase Behavior in Aqueous Solutions: Crystallization, Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation, Gels, and Aggregates
André C. Dumetz, Aaron M. Chockla, Eric W. Kaler, and Abraham M. Lenhoff
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 570–583. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116152.
PMCID: PMC2157236
Toward Full-Sequence De Novo Protein Design with Flexible Templates for Human Beta-Defensin-2
Ho Ki Fung, Christodoulos A. Floudas, Martin S. Taylor, Li Zhang, and Dimitrios Morikis
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 584–599. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.110627.
PMCID: PMC2157230
Protonation and Hydrogen Bonding of Ca2+ Site Residues in the E2P Phosphoenzyme Intermediate of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPase Studied by a Combination of Infrared Spectroscopy and Electrostatic Calculations
Julia Andersson, Karin Hauser, Eeva-Liisa Karjalainen, and Andreas Barth
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 600–611. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114033.
PMCID: PMC2157260
The Conformational Coupling and Translocation Mechanism of Vitamin B12 ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter BtuCD
Jingwei Weng, Jianpeng Ma, Kangnian Fan, and Wenning Wang
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 612–621. Published online 2007 October 19. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.110734.
PMCID: PMC2157262
Distinguishing Specific and Nonspecific Interdomain Interactions in Multidomain Proteins
Lucy G. Randles, Sarah Batey, Annette Steward, and Jane Clarke
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 622–628. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.119123.
PMCID: PMC2157218
Supramolecular Assemblies
The Acacia Gum Arabinogalactan Fraction Is a Thin Oblate Ellipsoid: A New Model Based on Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Ab Initio Calculation
C. Sanchez, C. Schmitt, E. Kolodziejczyk, A. Lapp, C. Gaillard, and D. Renard
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 629–639. Published online 2007 May 25. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.109124.
PMCID: PMC2157261
Protein Shape and Crowding Drive Domain Formation and Curvature in Biological Membranes
Raoul N. Frese, Josep C. Pàmies, John D. Olsen, Svetlana Bahatyrova, Chantal D. van der Weij-de Wit, Thijs J. Aartsma, Cees Otto, C. Neil Hunter, Daan Frenkel, and Rienk van Grondelle
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 640–647. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116913.
PMCID: PMC2157227
Spectroscopy, Imaging, Other Techniques
Atomic Force Microscope Spectroscopy Reveals a Hemifusion Intermediate during Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor-Attachment Protein Receptors-Mediated Membrane Fusion
Midhat H. Abdulreda, Akhil Bhalla, Edwin R. Chapman, and Vincent T. Moy
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 648–655. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114298.
PMCID: PMC2157233
High-Resolution Cell Surface Dynamics of Germinating Aspergillus fumigatus Conidia
Etienne Dague, David Alsteens, Jean-Paul Latgé, and Yves F. Dufrêne
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 656–660. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116491.
PMCID: PMC2157220
Cell Biophysics
Mechano-Coupling and Regulation of Contractility by the Vinculin Tail Domain
Claudia Tanja Mierke, Philip Kollmannsberger, Daniel Paranhos Zitterbart, James Smith, Ben Fabry, and Wolfgang Heinrich Goldmann
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 661–670. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.108472.
PMCID: PMC2481521
Translocation of Aquaporin-Containing Vesicles to the Plasma Membrane Is Facilitated by Actomyosin Relaxation
Christoph Riethmüller, Hans Oberleithner, Marianne Wilhelmi, Jonas Franz, Eberhard Schlatter, Jens Klokkers, and Bayram Edemir
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 671–678. Published online 2007 November 2. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.104893.
PMCID: PMC2157238
Inferring the Lifetime of Endosomal Protein Complexes by Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching
Veronika Gousseva, May Simaan, Stéphane A. Laporte, and Peter S. Swain
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 679–687. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115188.
PMCID: PMC2157253
Micro- and Macrorheological Properties of Isotropically Cross-Linked Actin Networks
Yuxia Luan, Oliver Lieleg, Bernd Wagner, and Andreas R. Bausch
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 688–693. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.112417.
PMCID: PMC2157232
Monitoring Receptor-Ligand Interactions between Surfaces by Thermal Fluctuations
Wei Chen, Evan A. Evans, Rodger P. McEver, and Cheng Zhu
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 694–701. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117895.
PMCID: PMC2157231
Long-Range Nonanomalous Diffusion of Quantum Dot-Labeled Aquaporin-1 Water Channels in the Cell Plasma Membrane
Jonathan M. Crane and A. S. Verkman
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 702–713. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115121.
PMCID: PMC2157255
Biophysical Letters
Human Deafness Mutation E385D Disrupts the Mechanochemical Coupling and Subcellular Targeting of Myosin-1a
Christopher M. Yengo, Shobana K. Ananthanarayanan, Chris A. Brosey, Suli Mao, and Matthew J. Tyska
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): L5–L7. Published online 2007 November 2. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.122689.
PMCID: PMC2157235
Envelope Lipids Regulate the In Vitro Assembly of the HIV-1 Capsid
Francisco N. Barrera, Marta del Álamo, Mauricio G. Mateu, and José L. Neira
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): L8–L10. Published online 2007 November 2. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.118083.
PMCID: PMC2157234
Is Arginine Charged in a Membrane?
Libo Li, Igor Vorobyov, Alexander D. MacKerell, Jr., and Toby W. Allen
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): L11–L13. Published online 2007 November 2. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.121566.
PMCID: PMC2157258
The Phasor Approach to Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Analysis
Michelle A. Digman, Valeria R. Caiolfa, Moreno Zamai, and Enrico Gratton
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): L14–L16. Published online 2007 November 2. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.120154.
PMCID: PMC2157251
Corrections
Corrections
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 714. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.108.0900165.
PMCID: PMC2157219
Corrects:Yufang Hu, et al. Thermodynamic Equilibrium of Domains in a Two-Component Langmuir Monolayer. Biophys J. 2006 July 15; 91(2): 444–453.
Corrections
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 714. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.108.0900166.
PMCID: PMC2157256
Corrects:Radu V. Iancu, et al. Compartmentation of cAMP Signaling in Cardiac Myocytes: A Computational Study. Biophys J. 2007 May 1; 92(9): 3317–3331.
Corrections
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 714. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.108.0900167.
PMCID: PMC2157239
Corrects:Andrew Resnick, et al. Force-Response Considerations in Ciliary Mechanosensation. Biophys J. 2007 August 15; 93(4): 1380–1390.
Corrections
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 715. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.108.0900168.
PMCID: PMC2157225
Corrects:Michel Roux, et al. Lipid Lateral Segregation Driven by Diacyl Cyclodextrin Interactions at the Membrane Surface. Biophys J. 2007 September 1; 93(5): 1620–1629.
Corrections
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 715. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.108.0900169.
PMCID: PMC2157229
Corrects:Rajamani Lakshminarayanan, et al. The Role of Secondary Structure in the Entropically Driven Amelogenin Self-Assembly. Biophys J. 2007 November 15; 93(10): 3664–3674.
Corrections
Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 715. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.108.0900170.
PMCID: PMC2157242
Corrects:Anca Margineanu, et al. Visualization of Membrane Rafts Using a Perylene Monoimide Derivative and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging. Biophys J. 2007 October 15; 93(8): 2877–2891.
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