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Volume 68(12);  December 1971
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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AUTUMN MEETING
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3247a–3249a.
PMCID: PMC389632
Biological Sciences: Biochemistry
Vitamin B6-Responsive Histidine Deficiency in Mutants of Salmonella typhimurium
Gary B. Henderson and Esmond E. Snell
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2903–2907.
PMCID: PMC389556
Specific Cleavage of Simian Virus 40 DNA by Restriction Endonuclease of Hemophilus Influenzae
Kathleen Danna and Daniel Nathans
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2913–2917.
PMCID: PMC389558
Restrictions of Sequence on the Thickness of Globular Protein Molecules
Ronald E. Gates and Harvey F. Fisher
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2928–2931.
PMCID: PMC389562
Role of 5S RNA in the Functions of 50S Ribosomal Subunits
V. A. Erdmann, S. Fahnestock, K. Higo, and M. Nomura
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2932–2936.
PMCID: PMC389563
ATP-Catalyzed Preconditioning of Phosphofructokinase
Joseph B. Alpers, Henry Paulus, and Gregory A. Bazylewicz
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2937–2940.
PMCID: PMC389564
Fractionation of Liver Chromatin
Keiji Marushige and James Bonner
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2941–2944.
PMCID: PMC389565
The Structure of Chromatin
Alfred E. Mirsky
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2945–2948.
PMCID: PMC389566
Modulation of Glutamine Synthetase Adenylylation and Deadenylylation Is Mediated by Metabolic Transformation of the PII-Regulatory Protein
M. S. Brown, A. Segal, and E. R. Stadtman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2949–2953.
PMCID: PMC389567
Slow Joining of Newly Replicated DNA Chains in DNA Polymerase I-Deficient Escherichia coli Mutants
Reiji Okazaki, Mikio Arisawa, and Akio Sugino
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2954–2957.
PMCID: PMC389568
Transformation of Hamster Cells In Vitro by Polycyclic Hydrocarbons without Cytotoxicity
J. A. Dipaolo, P. J. Donovan, and R. L. Nelson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2958–2961.
PMCID: PMC389569
New Polarity Suppressors in Escherichia coli: Suppression and Messenger RNA Stability
Timothy Carter and Austin Newton
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2962–2966.
PMCID: PMC389570
In Vitro Excision-Repair of Ultraviolet-Irradiated Transforming DNA from Bacillus subtilis
H. L. Heijneker, H. Pannekoek, R. A. Oosterbaan, P. H. Pouwels, S. Bron, F. Arwert, and G. Venema
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2967–2971.
PMCID: PMC389571
Bacterial Mutants in Which the Gene N Function of Bacteriophage Lambda Is Blocked Have an Altered RNA Polymerase
C. P. Georgopoulos
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2977–2981.
PMCID: PMC389573
Enzymatic Conversion of 5-Oxo-L-Proline (L-Pyrrolidone Carboxylate) to L-Glutamate Coupled with Cleavage of Adenosine Triphosphate to Adenosine Diphosphate, a Reaction in the γ-Glutamyl Cycle
Paul Van Der Werf, Marian Orlowski, and Alton Meister
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2982–2985.
PMCID: PMC389574
Molecular Structures of DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases (II) from Calf Thymus and Rat Liver
R. F. Weaver, S. P. Blatti, and W. J. Rutter
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2994–2999.
PMCID: PMC389577
Comparative Immunology of Algal Biliproteins
A. N. Glazer, Germaine Cohen-Bazire, and R. Y. Stanier
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3005–3008.
PMCID: PMC389579
Ribosome Formation is Blocked by Camptothecin, a Reversible Inhibitor of RNA Synthesis
Roy S. Wu, Ajit Kumar, and Jonathan R. Warner
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3009–3014.
PMCID: PMC389580
Size Changes in Eukaryotic Ribosomes
John Vournakis and Alexander Rich
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3021–3025.
PMCID: PMC389582
Reconstitution of Horse Heart Cytochrome c: Interaction of the Components Obtained upon Cleavage of the Peptide Bond following Methionine Residue 65
Giampietro Corradin and Henry A. Harbury
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3036–3039.
PMCID: PMC389585
Regulation of the Nucleolar DNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase by Amino Acids in Ehrlich Ascites Tumor Cells
M. T. Franze-Fernández and A. O. Pogo
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3040–3044.
PMCID: PMC389586
Structure of the Replicating DNA from Bacteriophage T4
Hajo Delius, Chin Howe, and Andrzej W. Kozinski
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3049–3053.
PMCID: PMC389588
Procollagen Peptidase: An Enzyme Excising the Coordination Peptides of Procollagen
Charles M. Lapière, Albert Lenaers, and Leonard D. Kohn
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3054–3058.
PMCID: PMC389589
A Supernatant Factor Involved in Initiation Complex Formation with Eukaryotic Ribosomes
Michael Zasloff and Severo Ochoa
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3059–3063.
PMCID: PMC389590
Three Forms of Cytochrome b559 and Their Relation to the Photosynthetic Activity of Chloroplasts
Keishiro Wada and Daniel I. Arnon
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3064–3068.
PMCID: PMC389591
Virus-Specific Proteins Synthesized in Encephalomyocarditis Virus-Infected HeLa Cells
Byron E. Butterworth, Linda Hall, C. Martin Stoltzfus, and Roland R. Rueckert
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3083–3087.
PMCID: PMC389595
DNA Polymerases of Tumor Virus: Specific Effect of Ethidium Bromide on the Use of Different Synthetic Templates
B. Fridlender and A. Weissbach
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3116–3119.
PMCID: PMC389602
A Complex Between Initiation Factor IF2, Guanosine Triphosphate, and fMet-tRNAf: An Intermediate in Initiation Complex Formation
Arthur H. Lockwood, Prasanta R. Chakraborty, and Umadas Maitra
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3122–3126.
PMCID: PMC389604
Analysis of DNA Polymerases II and III in Mutants of Escherichia coli Thermosensitive for DNA Synthesis
Malcolm L. Gefter, Yukinori Hirota, Thomas Kornberg, James A. Wechsler, and C. Barnoux
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3150–3153.
PMCID: PMC389610
Hydrolysis of fMet-tRNA by Peptidyl Transferase
C. T. Caskey, A. L. Beaudet, E. M. Scolnick, and M. Rosman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3163–3167.
PMCID: PMC389613
Chemical Events in Conducting and Synaptic Membrances during Electrical Activity
David Nachmansohn
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3170–3174.
PMCID: PMC389615
The Molecular Organization of Lipids in the Membrane of Escherichia coli: Phase Transitions
M. Esfahani, A. R. Limbrick, S. Knutton, T. Oka, and S. J. Wakil
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3180–3184.
PMCID: PMC389617
A Structure of Pyridine Nucleotides in Solution
Norman J. Oppenheimer, Lyle J. Arnold, and Nathan O. Kaplan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3200–3205.
PMCID: PMC389621
Inhibition of Replication in Functional Mouse Adrenal Tumor Cells by Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Mediated by Adenosine 3′:5′-Cyclic Monophosphate
Hideo Masui and Leonard D. Garren
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3206–3210.
PMCID: PMC389622
Purification and Base Composition Analysis of Phage Lambda Early Promoters
Jean-Yves Le Talaer and Ph. Jeanteur
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3211–3215.
PMCID: PMC389623
Mechanism of Action of Bacitracin: Complexation with Metal Ion and C55-Isoprenyl Pyrophosphate
K. John Stone and Jack L. Strominger
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3223–3227.
PMCID: PMC389626
Base Composition Differences between Avian Myeloblastosis Virus Transfer RNA and Transfer RNA Isolated from Host Cells
Kurt Randerath, Leonard J. Rosenthal, and Paul C. Zamecnik
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3233–3237.
PMCID: PMC389628
In Vitro Formation of Assimilatory Reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate: Nitrate Reductase from a Neurospora Mutant and a Component of Molybdenum-Enzymes
Alvin Nason, Kuo-Yung Lee, Su-Shu Pan, Paul A. Ketchum, Antonio Lamberti, and James DeVries
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3242–3246.
PMCID: PMC389631
Biological Sciences: Cell Biology
On the Similarity Between the tRNAs of Organelles and Prokaryotes
S. A. Fairfield and W. Edgar Barnett
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2972–2976.
PMCID: PMC389572
Adenosine Triphosphate-Induced Sliding of Tubules in Trypsin-Treated Flagella of Sea-Urchin Sperm
Keith E. Summers and I. R. Gibbons
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3092–3096.
PMCID: PMC389597
Stimulation of Glucose Transport in Cultures of Density-Inhibited Chick Embryo Cells
Bartholomew M. Sefton and Harry Rubin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3154–3157.
PMCID: PMC389611
Synaptogenesis in Reaggregating Brain Cell Culture
Nicholas W. Seeds and Albert E. Vatter
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3219–3222.
PMCID: PMC389625
Biological Sciences: Genetics
Cattanach's Translocation: Cytological Characterization by Quinacrine Mustard Staining
Uta Francke and Muriel Nesbitt
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2918–2920.
PMCID: PMC389559
Expression of Differentiated Functions in Hepatoma Cell Hybrids: Reappearance of Tyrosine Aminotransferase Inducibility after the Loss of Chromosomes
Mary C. Weiss and Michèle Chaplain
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3026–3030.
PMCID: PMC389583
Karyological Properties of Human-Mouse Somatic Hybrids
Jacques Jami and Simone Grandchamp
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3097–3101.
PMCID: PMC389598
Genetics of Somatic Mammalian Cells: Lethal Antigens as Genetic Markers for Study of Human Linkage Groups
Theodore T. Puck, Paul Wuthier, Carol Jones, and Fa-Ten Kao
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3102–3106.
PMCID: PMC389599
An Escherichia coli Mutant with Increased Messenger Ribonuclease Activity
Evelyne T. Lennette, Lester Gorelic, and David Apirion
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3140–3144.
PMCID: PMC389608
Is Drosophila dAT on the Y Chromosome?
Martin Blumenfeld and Hugh S. Forrest
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3145–3149.
PMCID: PMC389609
Localized Mutagenesis of Any Specific Small Region of the Bacterial Chromosome
Jen-Shiang Hong and Bruce N. Ames
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3158–3162.
PMCID: PMC389612
The Population Variance of the Proportion of Genetic Admixture in Human Intergroup Hybrids
T. Edward Reed
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3168–3169.
PMCID: PMC389614
Purification and Some Characteristics of 5S DNA from Xenopus laevis
Donald D. Brown, Pieter C. Wensink, and Eddie Jordan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3175–3179.
PMCID: PMC389616
Host-Gene Control of C-Type RNA Tumor Virus: Inheritance of the Group-Specific Antigen of Murine Leukemia Virus
B. A. Taylor, H. Meier, and D. D. Myers
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3190–3194.
PMCID: PMC389619
Mutagenicity to Mammalian Cells of Epoxides and Other Derivatives of Polycyclic Hydrocarbons
Eliezer Huberman, Lourdes Aspiras, Charles Heidelberger, Philip L. Grover, and Peter Sims
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3195–3199.
PMCID: PMC389620
Detection of Human and Chick Nuclear Antigens in Nuclei of Chick Erythrocytes during Reactivation in Heterokaryons with HeLa Cells
Nils R. Ringertz, Sten-Anders Carlsson, Thorfinn Ege, and Lars Bolund
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3228–3232.
PMCID: PMC389627
Biological Sciences: Immunology
Immunoglobulin G and Free Kappa-Chain Synthesis in Different Clones of a Hybrid Cell Line
Behzad Mohit
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3045–3048.
PMCID: PMC389587
Inhibition or Enhancement of Immunological Injury of Virus-Infected Cells
Arnold M. Brier, Charles Wohlenberg, Joel Rosenthal, Michael Mage, and Abner Louis Notkins
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3073–3077.
PMCID: PMC389593
Immunologic Enhancement of Allogeneic Tumor Growth with Soluble Histocompatibility-2 Antigens
Lloyd W. Law, Ettore Appella, Peter W. Wright, and Samuel Strober
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3078–3082.
PMCID: PMC389594
Autoimmune-Like Antibodies to the Ligand-Binding Sites of Myeloma Proteins
Stitaya Sirisinha and Herman N. Eisen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3130–3135.
PMCID: PMC389606
Reaction of Anti-idiotypic Antibody with the Hapten-Binding Site of a Myeloma Protein
Bruce W. Brient, Joseph Haimovich, and Alfred Nisonoff
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3136–3139.
PMCID: PMC389607
Biological Sciences: Medical Sciences
Parathyroid Hormone: Secretion and Metabolism In Vivo
Joel F. Habener, David Powell, Timothy M. Murray, G. P. Mayer, and John T. Potts, Jr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2986–2991.
PMCID: PMC389575
Three Closely Linked Genetic Systems Relevant to Transplantation
E. J. Yunis and D. B. Amos
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3031–3035.
PMCID: PMC389584
Biological Sciences: Microbiology
Chemical Induction of Focus-Forming Virus from Nonproducer Cells Transformed by Murine Sarcoma Virus
Stuart A. Aaronson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3069–3072.
PMCID: PMC389592
Persistence of a Repressed Epstein-Barr Virus Genome in Burkitt Lymphoma Cells Made Resistant to 5-Bromodeoxyuridine
Berge Hampar, Jeffery G. Derge, Lidia M. Martos, and John L. Walker
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3185–3189.
PMCID: PMC389618
Biological Sciences: Physiology
The Cochlea of the Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus: Hair Cells and Ganglion Cells
Ernest Glen Wever, James G. Mccormick, Jerry Palin, and Sam H. Ridgway
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2908–2912.
PMCID: PMC389557
Gap Junctions between Electrotonically Coupled Cells in Tissue Culture and in Brown Fat
J. P. Revel, A. G. Yee, and A. J. Hudspeth
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2924–2927.
PMCID: PMC389561
On the — 1.9 Volt (Alternating Current) Polarographic Signal of Tissues
Shun-Ichi Hata, Laszlo G. Egyud, and A. Szent-Györgyi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2992–2993.
PMCID: PMC389576
Melatonin Metabolism: Neural Regulation of Pineal Serotonin: Acetyl Coenzyme A N-Acetyltransferase Activity
David C. Klein, Joan L. Weller, and Robert Y. Moore
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3107–3110.
PMCID: PMC389600
Biological Sciences: Zoology
The Cortex of Xenopus laevis Embryos: Regional Differences in Composition and Biological Activity
Robert Tomkins and William P. Rodman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 2921–2923.
PMCID: PMC389560
Albumin Evolution in Frogs: A Test of the Evolutionary Clock Hypothesis
Donald G. Wallace, Linda R. Maxson, and Allan C. Wilson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3127–3129.
PMCID: PMC389605
Physical Sciences: Chemistry
Tetrahedral Iron in the Active Center of Plant Ferredoxins and Beef Adrenodoxin
William A. Eaton, Graham Palmer, James A. Fee, Tokuji Kimura, and Walter Lovenberg
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3015–3020.
PMCID: PMC389581
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Lysine-Vasopressin: Structural Constraints
P. H. Von Dreele, A. I. Brewster, F. A. Bovey, H. A. Scheraga, M. F. Ferger, and V. Du Vigneaud
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3088–3091.
PMCID: PMC389596
Evidence for Hydrogen Abstraction by Classical Radicals in the Norbornenyl-Nortricyclyl System
Thomas A. Halgren, John L. Firkins, T. A. Fujimoto, H. H. Suzukawa, and John D. Roberts
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3216–3218.
PMCID: PMC389624
Pyrolysis of Organomercury Compounds: Investigation by the Method of Matrix Isolation
A. K. Maltsev, R. G. Mikaelian, O. M. Nefedov, R. H. Hauge, and J. L. Margrave
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3238–3241.
PMCID: PMC389629
Physical Sciences: Physics
Visualization of Single Heavy Atoms by Dark Field Electron Microscopy
R. M. Henkelman and F. P. Ottensmeyer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3000–3004.
PMCID: PMC389578
A Note on the Ground State Energy of an Assembly of Interacting Electrons
Akira Isihara and Elliott W. Montroll
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3111–3115.
PMCID: PMC389601
Van der Waals Interactions and Exciton Condensation
P. H. Handel and C. Kittel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3120–3121.
PMCID: PMC389603
Correction
Collagen biosynthesis: synthesis and secretion of a high molecular weight collagen precursor
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 December; 68(12): 3241.
PMCID: PMC389630
Corrects: R. L. Church, et al. Collagen Biosynthesis: Synthesis and Secretion of a High Molecular Weight Collagen Precursor (Procollagen). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 November; 68(11): 2638–2642.
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