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Volume 102(22);  May 31, 2005
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This Week in PNAS
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7777–7778. doi: 10.1073/iti2205102.
PMCID: PMC1142400
Commentaries
Autophagy and intracellular surveillance: Modulating MHC class II antigen presentation with stress
Victoria L. Crotzer and Janice S. Blum
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7779–7780. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0503088102.
PMCID: PMC1142394
Molecular engineering human hepatocytes into pancreatic beta cells for diabetes therapy
Irene Cozar-Castellano and Andrew F. Stewart
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7781–7782. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0503261102.
PMCID: PMC1142398
PNAS Classic Article
Perspective: The sources of Schwinger's Green's functions
Silvan S. Schweber
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7783–7788. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0405167101.
PMCID: PMC1142349
Perspective
Nobel Lecture: The dilemma of attribution
H. David Politzer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7789–7793. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0501644102.
PMCID: PMC1142376
Physical Sciences
Applied Mathematics
From the Cover:
The worldwide air transportation network: Anomalous centrality, community structure, and cities' global roles
R. Guimerà, S. Mossa, A. Turtschi, and L. A. N. Amaral
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7794–7799. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0407994102.
PMCID: PMC1142352
Applied Physical Sciences
Optical routing and sensing with nanowire assemblies
Donald J. Sirbuly, Matt Law, Peter Pauzauskie, Haoquan Yan, Alex V. Maslov, Kelly Knutsen, Cun-Zheng Ning, Richard J. Saykally, and Peidong Yang
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7800–7805. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0408641102.
PMCID: PMC1142354
Physics
Gain-swept superradiance applied to the stand-off detection of trace impurities in the atmosphere
V. Kocharovsky, S. Cameron, K. Lehmann, R. Lucht, R. Miles, Y. Rostovtsev, W. Warren, G. R. Welch, and M. O. Scully
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7806–7811. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0500534102.
PMCID: PMC1142365
Statistics
Subtree power analysis and species selection for comparative genomics
Jon D. McAuliffe, Michael I. Jordan, and Lior Pachter
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7900–7905. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0502790102.
PMCID: PMC1142384
Biological Sciences
Agricultural Sciences
An alternative strategy for sustainable pest resistance in genetically enhanced crops
Luke Mehlo, Daphrose Gahakwa, Pham Trung Nghia, Nguyen Thi Loc, Teresa Capell, John A. Gatehouse, Angharad M. R. Gatehouse, and Paul Christou
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7812–7816. Published online 2005 May 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0502871102.
PMCID: PMC1142385
Applied Biological Sciences
Differential adhesion of amino acids to inorganic surfaces
R. L. Willett, K. W. Baldwin, K. W. West, and L. N. Pfeiffer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7817–7822. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0408565102.
PMCID: PMC1142353
Biochemistry
From the Cover:
DksA potentiates direct activation of amino acid promoters by ppGpp
Brian J. Paul, Melanie B. Berkmen, and Richard L. Gourse
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7823–7828. Published online 2005 May 17. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0501170102.
PMCID: PMC1142371
Biophysics
A quantum mechanical polarizable force field for biomolecular interactions
A. G. Donchev, V. D. Ozrin, M. V. Subbotin, O. V. Tarasov, and V. I. Tarasov
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7829–7834. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0502962102.
PMCID: PMC1142387
Theoretical model of prion propagation: A misfolded protein induces misfolding
Edyta Małolepsza, Michał Boniecki, Andrzej Kolinski, and Lucjan Piela
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7835–7840. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0409389102.
PMCID: PMC1142357
Topological units of environmental signal processing in the transcriptional regulatory network of Escherichia coli
G. Balázsi, A.-L. Barabási, and Z. N. Oltvai
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7841–7846. Published online 2005 May 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0500365102.
PMCID: PMC1142363
Stress release drives symmetry breaking for actin-based movement
Jasper van der Gucht, Ewa Paluch, Julie Plastino, and Cécile Sykes
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7847–7852. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0502121102.
PMCID: PMC1142378
Cell Biology
A vital role of tubulin-tyrosine-ligase for neuronal organization
Christian Erck, Leticia Peris, Annie Andrieux, Claire Meissirel, Achim D. Gruber, Muriel Vernet, Annie Schweitzer, Yasmina Saoudi, Hervé Pointu, Christophe Bosc, Paul A. Salin, Didier Job, and Juergen Wehland
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7853–7858. Published online 2005 May 17. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0409626102.
PMCID: PMC1129054
Targeted expression of the inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor (IP3R) ligand-binding domain releases Ca2+ via endogenous IP3R channels
Péter Várnai, András Balla, László Hunyady, and Tamas Balla
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7859–7864. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0407535102.
PMCID: PMC1142351
Developmental Biology
Epigenetic programming in the preimplantation rat embryo is disrupted by chronic paternal cyclophosphamide exposure
Tara S. Barton, Bernard Robaire, and Barbara F. Hales
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7865–7870. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0501200102.
PMCID: PMC1138259
Ecology
Source pool geometry and the assembly of continental avifaunas
Gary R. Graves and Carsten Rahbek
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7871–7876. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0500424102.
PMCID: PMC1142364
Evolution
From the Cover:
Deep history impacts present-day ecology and biodiversity
Laurie J. Vitt and Eric R. Pianka
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7877–7881. Published online 2005 May 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0501104102.
PMCID: PMC1142370
Simultaneous inference of selection and population growth from patterns of variation in the human genome
Scott H. Williamson, Ryan Hernandez, Adi Fledel-Alon, Lan Zhu, Rasmus Nielsen, and Carlos D. Bustamante
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7882–7887. Published online 2005 May 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0502300102.
PMCID: PMC1142382
Genetics
Establishing genetic transformation for comparative developmental studies in the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis
Anastasios Pavlopoulos and Michalis Averof
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7888–7893. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0501101102.
PMCID: PMC1142369
A missense mutation in the previously undescribed gene Tmhs underlies deafness in hurry-scurry (hscy) mice
Chantal M. Longo-Guess, Leona H. Gagnon, Susan A. Cook, Jian Wu, Qing Y. Zheng, and Kenneth R. Johnson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7894–7899. Published online 2005 May 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0500760102.
PMCID: PMC1142366
Subtree power analysis and species selection for comparative genomics
Jon D. McAuliffe, Michael I. Jordan, and Lior Pachter
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7900–7905. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0502790102.
PMCID: PMC1142384
No association between microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) haplotype and longevity in humans
Almut Nebel, Peter J. P. Croucher, Rieke Stiegeler, Susanna Nikolaus, Michael Krawczak, and Stefan Schreiber
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7906–7909. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0408670102.
PMCID: PMC1142355
Immunology
Involvement of clathrin and AP-2 in the trafficking of MHC class II molecules to antigen-processing compartments
Peter J. McCormick, José A. Martina, and Juan S. Bonifacino
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7910–7915. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0502206102.
PMCID: PMC1138261
Characterization of subsets of CD4+ memory T cells reveals early branched pathways of T cell differentiation in humans
Kaimei Song, Ronald L. Rabin, Brenna J. Hill, Stephen C. De Rosa, Stephen P. Perfetto, Hongwei H. Zhang, John F. Foley, Jeffrey S. Reiner, Jie Liu, Joseph J. Mattapallil, Daniel C. Douek, Mario Roederer, and Joshua M. Farber
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7916–7921. Published online 2005 May 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0409720102.
PMCID: PMC1131816
From the Cover:
Autophagy promotes MHC class II presentation of peptides from intracellular source proteins
Jörn Dengjel, Oliver Schoor, Rainer Fischer, Michael Reich, Marianne Kraus, Margret Müller, Katharina Kreymborg, Florian Altenberend, Jens Brandenburg, Hubert Kalbacher, Roland Brock, Christoph Driessen, Hans-Georg Rammensee, and Stefan Stevanovic
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7922–7927. Published online 2005 May 13. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0501190102.
PMCID: PMC1142372
Activated antigen-presenting cells select and present chemically modified peptides recognized by unique CD4 T cells
Jeremy Herzog, Yoichi Maekawa, Thomas P. Cirrito, Beverly S. Illian, and Emil R. Unanue
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7928–7933. Published online 2005 May 18. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0502255102.
PMCID: PMC1130168
A critical role of T cell antigen receptor-transduced MHC class I-restricted helper T cells in tumor protection
Emma C. Morris, Aristotle Tsallios, Gavin M. Bendle, Shao-an Xue, and Hans J. Stauss
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7934–7939. Published online 2005 May 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0500357102.
PMCID: PMC1142362
Identification of cancer/testis-antigen genes by massively parallel signature sequencing
Yao-Tseng Chen, Matthew J. Scanlan, Charis A. Venditti, Ramon Chua, Gregory Theiler, Brian J. Stevenson, Christian Iseli, Ali O. Gure, Tom Vasicek, Robert L. Strausberg, C. Victor Jongeneel, Lloyd J. Old, and Andrew J. G. Simpson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7940–7945. Published online 2005 May 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0502583102.
PMCID: PMC1142383
Medical Sciences
Cell membrane-specific epitopes on CD30: Potentially superior targets for immunotherapy
Satoshi Nagata, Tomoko Ise, Masanori Onda, Kazuyasu Nakamura, Mitchell Ho, Andrew Raubitschek, and Ira H. Pastan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7946–7951. Published online 2005 May 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0502975102.
PMCID: PMC1142388
Microbes on the human vaginal epithelium
Richard W. Hyman, Marilyn Fukushima, Lisa Diamond, Jochen Kumm, Linda C. Giudice, and Ronald W. Davis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7952–7957. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0503236102.
PMCID: PMC1142396
Anthrax lethal factor inhibition
W. L. Shoop, Y. Xiong, J. Wiltsie, A. Woods, J. Guo, J. V. Pivnichny, T. Felcetto, B. F. Michael, A. Bansal, R. T. Cummings, B. R. Cunningham, A. M. Friedlander, C. M. Douglas, S. B. Patel, D. Wisniewski, G. Scapin, S. P. Salowe, D. M. Zaller, K. T. Chapman, E. M. Scolnick, D. M. Schmatz, K. Bartizal, M. MacCoss, and J. D. Hermes
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7958–7963. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0502159102.
PMCID: PMC1138260
From the Cover:
Cell-replacement therapy for diabetes: Generating functional insulin-producing tissue from adult human liver cells
Tamar Sapir, Keren Shternhall, Irit Meivar-Levy, Tamar Blumenfeld, Hamutal Cohen, Ehud Skutelsky, Smadar Eventov-Friedman, Iris Barshack, Iris Goldberg, Sarah Pri-Chen, Lya Ben-Dor, Sylvie Polak-Charcon, Avraham Karasik, Ilan Shimon, Eytan Mor, and Sarah Ferber
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7964–7969. Published online 2005 May 17. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0405277102.
PMCID: PMC1142350
MB06322 (CS-917): A potent and selective inhibitor of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase for controlling gluconeogenesis in type 2 diabetes
Mark D. Erion, Paul D. van Poelje, Qun Dang, Srinivas Rao Kasibhatla, Scott C. Potter, M. Rami Reddy, K. Raja Reddy, Tao Jiang, and William N. Lipscomb
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7970–7975. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0502983102.
PMCID: PMC1138262
Synergistic effects of light-emitting probes and peptides for targeting and monitoring integrin expression
Samuel Achilefu, Sharon Bloch, Mary A. Markiewicz, Tuoxiu Zhong, Yunpeng Ye, Richard B. Dorshow, Britton Chance, and Kexian Liang
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7976–7981. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0503500102.
PMCID: PMC1142399
Microbiology
The antiretroviral activity of APOBEC3 is inhibited by the foamy virus accessory Bet protein
Martin Löchelt, Fabian Romen, Patrizia Bastone, Heide Muckenfuss, Nadine Kirchner, Yong-Boum Kim, Uwe Truyen, Uwe Rösler, Marion Battenberg, Ali Saib, Egbert Flory, Klaus Cichutek, and Carsten Münk
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7982–7987. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0501445102.
PMCID: PMC1142374
Human coronavirus NL63 employs the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus receptor for cellular entry
Heike Hofmann, Krzysztof Pyrc, Lia van der Hoek, Martina Geier, Ben Berkhout, and Stefan Pöhlmann
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7988–7993. Published online 2005 May 16. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0409465102.
PMCID: PMC1142358
Emergence of unique primate T-lymphotropic viruses among central African bushmeat hunters
Nathan D. Wolfe, Walid Heneine, Jean K. Carr, Albert D. Garcia, Vedapuri Shanmugam, Ubald Tamoufe, Judith N. Torimiro, A. Tassy Prosser, Matthew LeBreton, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngole, Francine E. McCutchan, Deborah L. Birx, Thomas M. Folks, Donald S. Burke, and William M. Switzer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 7994–7999. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0501734102.
PMCID: PMC1142377
Resting naïve CD4+ T cells are massively infected and eliminated by X4-tropic simian–human immunodeficiency viruses in macaques
Yoshiaki Nishimura, Charles R. Brown, Joseph J. Mattapallil, Tatsuhiko Igarashi, Alicia Buckler-White, Bernard A. P. Lafont, Vanessa M. Hirsch, Mario Roederer, and Malcolm A. Martin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 8000–8005. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0503233102.
PMCID: PMC1142395
ExsE, a secreted regulator of type III secretion genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Arne Rietsch, Isabelle Vallet-Gely, Simon L. Dove, and John J. Mekalanos
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 8006–8011. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0503005102.
PMCID: PMC1142391
Rapid identification and strain-typing of respiratory pathogens for epidemic surveillance
David J. Ecker, Rangarajan Sampath, Lawrence B. Blyn, Mark W. Eshoo, Cristina Ivy, Joseph A. Ecker, Brian Libby, Vivek Samant, Kristin A. Sannes-Lowery, Rachael E. Melton, Kevin Russell, Nikki Freed, Chris Barrozo, Jianguo Wu, Karl Rudnick, Anjali Desai, Emily Moradi, Duane J. Knize, David W. Robbins, James C. Hannis, Patina M. Harrell, Christian Massire, Thomas A. Hall, Yun Jiang, Raymond Ranken, Jared J. Drader, Neill White, John A. McNeil, Stanley T. Crooke, and Steven A. Hofstadler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 8012–8017. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0409920102.
PMCID: PMC1138257
Conserved modular design of an oxygen sensory/signaling network with species-specific output
Sean Crosson, Patrick T. McGrath, Craig Stephens, Harley H. McAdams, and Lucy Shapiro
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 8018–8023. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0503022102.
PMCID: PMC1142393
Neuroscience
Increased glutathione S-transferase activity rescues dopaminergic neuron loss in a Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease
Alexander J. Whitworth, Dorothy A. Theodore, Jessica C. Greene, Helen Beneš, Paul D. Wes, and Leo J. Pallanck
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 8024–8029. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0501078102.
PMCID: PMC1142368
Carbonic anhydrase XIV is enriched in specific membrane domains of retinal pigment epithelium, Müller cells, and astrocytes
Erlend A. Nagelhus, Thomas M. Mathiisen, Allen C. Bateman, Finn-M. Haug, Ole P. Ottersen, Jeffrey H. Grubb, Abdul Waheed, and William S. Sly
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 8030–8035. Published online 2005 May 18. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0503021102.
PMCID: PMC1142392
Replaceable neurons and neurodegenerative disease share depressed UCHL1 levels
Anthony J. Lombardino, Xiao-Ching Li, Moritz Hertel, and Fernando Nottebohm
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 8036–8041. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0503239102.
PMCID: PMC1142397
Pharmacology
P2Y1 receptor signaling is controlled by interaction with the PDZ scaffold NHERF-2
Sami R. Fam, Maryse Paquet, Amanda M. Castleberry, Heide Oller, C. Justin Lee, Stephen F. Traynelis, Yoland Smith, C. Chris Yun, and Randy A. Hall
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 8042–8047. Published online 2005 May 18. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0408818102.
PMCID: PMC1142356
Physiology
Epidermal growth factor prevents prepartum luteolysis in the rat
M. L. Ribeiro, J. Aisemberg, S. Billi, M. G. Farina, R. Meiss, S. McCann, V. Rettori, M. Villalón, and A. M. Franchi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 8048–8053. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0502899102.
PMCID: PMC1142386
Plant Biology
A central role for S-nitrosothiols in plant disease resistance
Angela Feechan, Eunjung Kwon, Byung-Wook Yun, Yiqin Wang, Jacqueline A. Pallas, and Gary J. Loake
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 8054–8059. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0501456102.
PMCID: PMC1142375
Loblolly pine abietadienol/abietadienal oxidase PtAO (CYP720B1) is a multifunctional, multisubstrate cytochrome P450 monooxygenase
Dae-Kyun Ro, Gen-Ichiro Arimura, Stephen Y. W. Lau, Edward Piers, and Jörg Bohlmann
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 8060–8065. Published online 2005 May 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0500825102.
PMCID: PMC1138258
Comparative transcriptomics of rice reveals an ancient pattern of response to microbial colonization
Sonia Güimil, Hur-Song Chang, Tong Zhu, Ane Sesma, Anne Osbourn, Christophe Roux, Vassilios Ioannidis, Edward J. Oakeley, Mylène Docquier, Patrick Descombes, Steven P. Briggs, and Uta Paszkowski
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 May 31; 102(22): 8066–8070. Published online 2005 May 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0502999102.
PMCID: PMC1142390
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