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Volume 94(2);  January 21, 1997
Commentary
Les liaisons dangereuses: Adhesion molecules do it statistically
Robijn Bruinsma
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 375–376.
PMCID: PMC34134
Review
The dynamins: Redundant or distinct functions for an expanding family of related GTPases?
Raul Urrutia, John R. Henley, Tiffany Cook, and Mark A. McNiven
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 377–384.
PMCID: PMC34135
Biological Sciences
Applied Biological Sciences
Identification of the proteins of the yeast U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein complex by mass spectrometry
Gitte Neubauer, Alexander Gottschalk, Patrizia Fabrizio, Bertrand Séraphin, Reinhard Lührmann, and Matthias Mann
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 385–390.
PMCID: PMC19520
Biochemistry
Discrimination of a single base change in a ribozyme using the gene for dihydrofolate reductase as a selective marker in Escherichia coli
Satoshi Fujita, Tetsuhiko Koguma, Jun Ohkawa, Kazuyuki Mori, Takeo Kohda, Hideo Kise, Satoshi Nishikawa, Masahiro Iwakura, and Kazunari Taira
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 391–396.
PMCID: PMC19521
Cloning of a trypanosomatid gene coding for an ornithine decarboxylase that is metabolically unstable even though it lacks the C-terminal degradation domain
Fredrik Svensson, Carolina Ceriani, Eva Lövkvist Wallström, Inger Kockum, Israel D. Algranati, Olle Heby, and Lo Persson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 397–402.
PMCID: PMC19522
Differential behavior of curved DNA upon untwisting
Ivan Brukner, Abdellah Belmaaza, and Pierre Chartrand
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 403–406.
PMCID: PMC19523
Conferring RNA polymerase Activity to a DNA polymerase: A single residue in reverse transcriptase controls substrate selection
Guangxia Gao, Marianna Orlova, Millie M. Georgiadis, Wayne A. Hendrickson, and Stephen P. Goff
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 407–411.
PMCID: PMC19524
In vitro scanning saturation mutagenesis of an antibody binding pocket
Elizabeth A. Burks, Gang Chen, George Georgiou, and Brent L. Iverson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 412–417.
PMCID: PMC19525
Fetal mouse selenophosphate synthetase 2 (SPS2): Characterization of the cysteine mutant form overproduced in a baculovirus–insect cell system
Ick Young Kim, M. Jorge Guimarães, Albert Zlotnik, J. Fernando Bazan, and Thressa C. Stadtman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 418–421.
PMCID: PMC19526
rRNA-like sequences occur in diverse primary transcripts: Implications for the control of gene expression
Vincent P. Mauro and Gerald M. Edelman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 422–427.
PMCID: PMC19527
RGS4 and GAIP are GTPase-activating proteins for G and block activation of phospholipase Cβ by γ-thio-GTP-G
John R. Hepler, David M. Berman, Alfred G. Gilman, and Tohru Kozasa
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 428–432.
PMCID: PMC19528
Drosophila TFIIE: Purification, cloning, and functional reconstitution
Xia Wang, Stig K. Hansen, Ryan Ratts, Sharleen Zhou, Amy J. Snook, and William Zehring
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 433–438.
PMCID: PMC19529
Polyphosphate kinase as a nucleoside diphosphate kinase in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Akio Kuroda and Arthur Kornberg
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 439–442.
PMCID: PMC19530
A point mutation leads to altered product specificity in β-lactamase catalysis
Evan R. Lewis, Kelly M. Winterberg, and Anthony L. Fink
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 443–447.
PMCID: PMC19531
Cell cycle arrest mediated by the MEK/mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway
Kevin M. Pumiglia and Stuart J. Decker
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 448–452.
PMCID: PMC19532
Major proteinase movement upon stable serpin–proteinase complex formation
Efstratios Stratikos and Peter G. W. Gettins
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 453–458.
PMCID: PMC19533
A mutation of the atrial natriuretic peptide (guanylyl cyclase-A) receptor results in a constitutively hyperactive enzyme
Barbara J. Wedel, David C. Foster, Deborah E. Miller, and David L. Garbers
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 459–462.
PMCID: PMC19534
Activities of human recombination protein Rad51
Ravindra C. Gupta, L. Rochelle Bazemore, Efim I. Golub, and Charles M. Radding
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 463–468.
PMCID: PMC19535
The human A33 antigen is a transmembrane glycoprotein and a novel member of the immunoglobulin superfamily
Joan K. Heath, Sara J. White, Cameron N. Johnstone, Bruno Catimel, Richard J. Simpson, Robert L. Moritz, Guo-Fen Tu, Hong Ji, Robert H. Whitehead, Leo C. Groenen, Andrew M. Scott, Gerd Ritter, Leonard Cohen, Sydney Welt, Lloyd J. Old, Edouard C. Nice, and Antony W. Burgess
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 469–474.
PMCID: PMC19536
Ribonucleotide reductase in the archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus: A critical enzyme in the evolution of DNA genomes?
Joan Riera, Frank T. Robb, Robert Weiss, and Marc Fontecave
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 475–478.
PMCID: PMC19537
The thioredoxin binding domain of bacteriophage T7 DNA polymerase confers processivity on Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I
Ella Bedford, Stanley Tabor, and Charles C. Richardson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 479–484.
PMCID: PMC19538
Probing the environment along the protein import pathways in yeast mitochondria by site-specific photocrosslinking
Takashi Kanamori, Shuh-Ichi Nishikawa, Injae Shin, Peter G. Schultz, and Toshiya Endo
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 485–490.
PMCID: PMC19539
Biophysics
The role of phenylalanine in structure–function relationships of phenylalanine hydroxylase revealed by radiation target analysis
Michael D. Davis, Michael A. Parniak, Seymour Kaufman, and Ellis Kempner
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 491–495.
PMCID: PMC19540
Visualization of supercoiled DNA with atomic force microscopy in situ
Yuri L. Lyubchenko and Luda S. Shlyakhtenko
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 496–501.
PMCID: PMC19541
Cell Biology
Nuclear localization of cyclin B1 mediates its biological activity and is regulated by phosphorylation
Jianke Li, April N. Meyer, and Daniel J. Donoghue
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 502–507.
PMCID: PMC19542
The N-terminal propiece of interleukin 1α is a transforming nuclear oncoprotein
Frazier T. Stevenson, Johanna Turck, Richard M. Locksley, and David H. Lovett
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 508–513.
PMCID: PMC19543
Mitochondrial DNA damage is more extensive and persists longer than nuclear DNA damage in human cells following oxidative stress
F. Michael Yakes and Bennett Van Houten
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 514–519.
PMCID: PMC19544
Membrane specific mapping and colocalization of malarial and host skeletal proteins in the Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocyte by dual-color near-field scanning optical microscopy
Th. Enderle, T. Ha, D. F. Ogletree, D. S. Chemla, C. Magowan, and S. Weiss
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 520–525.
PMCID: PMC19545
A p53-independent damage-sensing mechanism that functions as a checkpoint at the G1/S transition in Chinese hamster ovary cells
Hoyun Lee, James M. Larner, and Joyce L. Hamlin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 526–531.
PMCID: PMC19546
Activation of human B-MYB by cyclins
Arturo Sala, Mondira Kundu, Ida Casella, Andrew Engelhard, Bruno Calabretta, Luigi Grasso, Marco G. Paggi, Antonio Giordano, Roger J. Watson, Kamel Khalili, and Cesare Peschle
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 532–536.
PMCID: PMC19547
Mitosis-promoting factor-mediated suppression of a cloned delayed rectifier potassium channel expressed in Xenopus oocytes
Andrea Brüggemann, Walter Stühmer, and Luis A. Pardo
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 537–542.
PMCID: PMC19548
Developmental Biology
Effects of methionine on the cytoplasmic distribution of actin and tubulin during neural tube closure in rat embryos
Shadrack R. Moephuli, Norman W. Klein, Michael T. Baldwin, and Hallie M. Krider
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 543–548.
PMCID: PMC19549
Evolution
Immunocompetence, ornamentation, and viability of male barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)
Nicola Saino, Anna Maria Bolzern, and Anders Pape Møller
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 549–552.
PMCID: PMC19550
Evolution of trans-splicing plant mitochondrial introns in pre-Permian times
Olaf Malek, Axel Brennicke, and Volker Knoop
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 553–558.
PMCID: PMC19551
Genetics
Inactivation of FtsI inhibits constriction of the FtsZ cytokinetic ring and delays the assembly of FtsZ rings at potential division sites
Joe Pogliano, Kit Pogliano, David S. Weiss, Richard Losick, and Jon Beckwith
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 559–564.
PMCID: PMC19552
Identification of protein coding regions in the human genome by quadratic discriminant analysis
M. Q. Zhang
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 565–568.
PMCID: PMC19553
Absence of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor signaling and neutrophil development in CCAAT enhancer binding protein α-deficient mice
Dong-Er Zhang, Pu Zhang, Nai-dy Wang, Christopher J. Hetherington, Gretchen J. Darlington, and Daniel G. Tenen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 569–574.
PMCID: PMC19554
Characterization of the chicken β-globin insulator
Jay H. Chung, Adam C. Bell, and Gary Felsenfeld
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 575–580.
PMCID: PMC19555
Role of the casein kinase I isoform, Hrr25, and the cell cycle-regulatory transcription factor, SBF, in the transcriptional response to DNA damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Yuen Ho, Stephen Mason, Ryuji Kobayashi, Merl Hoekstra, and Brenda Andrews
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 581–586.
PMCID: PMC19556
Linkage of a neurophysiological deficit in schizophrenia to a chromosome 15 locus
Robert Freedman, Hilary Coon, Marina Myles-Worsley, Avi Orr-Urtreger, Ann Olincy, Ashley Davis, Mihael Polymeropoulos, John Holik, Jan Hopkins, Mark Hoff, Judy Rosenthal, Merilyne C. Waldo, Fred Reimherr, Paul Wender, Jeffrey Yaw, David A. Young, Charles R. Breese, Catherine Adams, David Patterson, Lawrence E. Adler, Leonid Kruglyak, Sherry Leonard, and William Byerley
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 587–592.
PMCID: PMC19557
UV endonuclease of Micrococcus luteus, a cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer–DNA glycosylase/abasic lyase: Cloning and characterization of the gene
Susumu Shiota and Hiroaki Nakayama
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 593–598.
PMCID: PMC19558
Immunology
Increased interleukin 12 production in progressive multiple sclerosis: Induction by activated CD4+ T cells via CD40 ligand
Konstantin E. Balashov, Derek R. Smith, Samia J. Khoury, David A. Hafler, and Howard L. Weiner
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 599–603.
PMCID: PMC19559
BAP-135, a target for Bruton’s tyrosine kinase in response to B cell receptor engagement
Weiyi Yang and Stephen Desiderio
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 604–609.
PMCID: PMC19560
Correction of the X-linked immunodeficiency phenotype by transgenic expression of human Bruton tyrosine kinase under the control of the class II major histocompatibility complex Ea locus control region
Dubravka Drabek, Selina Raguz, Ton P. M. De Wit, Gemma M. Dingjan, Huub F. J. Savelkoul, Frank Grosveld, and Rudolf W. Hendriks
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 610–615.
PMCID: PMC19561
Development and function of T cells in T cell antigen receptor/CD3 ζ knockout mice reconstituted with Fc[var epsilon]RI γ
Chih-Pin Liu, Wei-Jen Lin, Manley Huang, John W. Kappler, and Philippa Marrack
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 616–621.
PMCID: PMC19562
Antigen organization regulates cluster formation and induction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes by helper T cell subsets
Gernot Stuhler and Stuart F. Schlossman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 622–627.
PMCID: PMC19563
Amino-terminal trimming of peptides for presentation on major histocompatibility complex class II molecules
Christopher A. Nelson, Ilan Vidavsky, Nicholas J. Viner, Michael L. Gross, and Emil R. Unanue
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 628–633.
PMCID: PMC19564
Interferon-α/β inhibition of interleukin 12 and interferon-γ production in vitro and endogenously during viral infection
Leslie P. Cousens, Jordan S. Orange, Helen C. Su, and Christine A. Biron
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 634–639.
PMCID: PMC19565
Protection against immunopathological consequences of a viral infection by activated but not resting cytotoxic T cells: T cell memory without “memory T cells”?
Martin F. Bachmann, Thomas M. Kündig, Hans Hengartner, and Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 640–645.
PMCID: PMC19566
Peripheral deletion of rheumatoid factor B cells after abortive activation by IgG
Helen Tighe, Klaus Warnatz, Diana Brinson, Maripat Corr, William O. Weigle, Stephen M. Baird, and Dennis A. Carson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 646–651.
PMCID: PMC19567
Medical Sciences
Design, synthesis, and in vitro evaluation of cytotoxic analogs of bombesin-like peptides containing doxorubicin or its intensely potent derivative, 2-pyrrolinodoxorubicin
Attila Nagy, Patricia Armatis, Ren-Zhi Cai, Karoly Szepeshazi, Gabor Halmos, and Andrew V. Schally
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 652–656.
PMCID: PMC19568
Epidermal growth factor receptor activation induces nuclear targeting of cyclooxygenase-2, basolateral release of prostaglandins, and mitogenesis in polarizing colon cancer cells
Robert J. Coffey, Chris J. Hawkey, Lars Damstrup, Ramona Graves-Deal, Vincent C. Daniel, Peter J. Dempsey, Rebecca Chinery, Susan C. Kirkland, Raymond N. DuBois, Thomas L. Jetton, and Jason D. Morrow
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 657–662.
PMCID: PMC19569
Constitutive production and thrombin-induced release of vascular endothelial growth factor by human megakaryocytes and platelets
Robert Möhle, David Green, Malcolm A. S. Moore, Ralph L. Nachman, and Shahin Rafii
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 663–668.
PMCID: PMC19570
Cancer-associated mutations at the INK4a locus cancel cell cycle arrest by p16INK4a but not by the alternative reading frame protein p19ARF
Dawn E. Quelle, Mangeng Cheng, Richard A. Ashmun, and Charles J. Sherr
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 669–673.
PMCID: PMC19571
Free radical oxidation of brain proteins in accelerated senescence and its modulation by N-tert-butyl-α-phenylnitrone
D. Allan Butterfield, Beverly J. Howard, Servet Yatin, Kerry L. Allen, and John M. Carney
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 674–678.
PMCID: PMC19572
Inhibition of the activity of poly(ADP ribose) synthetase reduces ischemia–reperfusion injury in the heart and skeletal muscle
Christoph Thiemermann, Joanne Bowes, Fiona P. Myint, and John R. Vane
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 679–683.
PMCID: PMC19573
Inhibition of tumorigenesis by a cytosine–DNA, methyltransferase, antisense oligodeoxynucleotide
Shyam Ramchandani, A. Robert MacLeod, Marc Pinard, Eric von Hofe, and Moshe Szyf
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 684–689.
PMCID: PMC19574
A Bcl-2 homolog encoded by Kaposi sarcoma-associated virus, human herpesvirus 8, inhibits apoptosis but does not heterodimerize with Bax or Bak
Emily H.-Y. Cheng, John Nicholas, David S. Bellows, Gary S. Hayward, Hong-Guang Guo, Marvin S. Reitz, and J. Marie Hardwick
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 690–694.
PMCID: PMC19575
Quantitative detection of immune activation transcripts as a diagnostic tool in kidney transplantation
Jürgen Strehlau, Martha Pavlakis, Mark Lipman, Michael Shapiro, Lauro Vasconcellos, William Harmon, and Terry B. Strom
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 695–700.
PMCID: PMC19576
Diverse tumorigenesis associated with aberrant development in mice overexpressing hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor
Hisashi Takayama, William J. LaRochelle, Richard Sharp, Toshiyuki Otsuka, Paul Kriebel, Miriam Anver, Stuart A. Aaronson, and Glenn Merlino
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 701–706.
PMCID: PMC19577
Neurobiology
Identification of a structural constituent and one possible site of postembryonic formation of a teleost otolithic membrane
James G. Davis, Frank R. Burns, Dasakumar Navaratnam, A. Masaji Lee, Shingo Ichimiya, J. Carl Oberholtzer, and Mark I. Greene
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 707–712.
PMCID: PMC19578
Molecular characterization of two mammalian bHLH-PAS domain proteins selectively expressed in the central nervous system
Yu-Dong Zhou, Mary Barnard, Hui Tian, Xu Li, Huijun Z. Ring, Uta Francke, John Shelton, James Richardson, David W. Russell, and Steven L. McKnight
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 713–718.
PMCID: PMC19579
The neural code between neocortical pyramidal neurons depends on neurotransmitter release probability
Misha V. Tsodyks and Henry Markram
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 719–723.
PMCID: PMC19580
Dendritic calcium conductances generate high-frequency oscillation in thalamocortical neurons
Christine Pedroarena and Rodolfo Llinás
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 724–728.
PMCID: PMC19581
Expression and regulation of the neuropeptide Y Y2 receptor in sensory and autonomic ganglia
Xu Zhang, Tiejun Shi, Kristina Holmberg, Marc Landry, Wenjin Huang, Huasheng Xiao, Gong Ju, and Tomas Hökfelt
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 729–734.
PMCID: PMC19582
On the relationship between synaptic input and spike output jitter in individual neurons
Petr Maršálek, Christof Koch, and John Maunsell
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 735–740.
PMCID: PMC19583
Regulation of microtubule dynamics by the neuronal growth-associated protein SCG10
Beat M. Riederer, Véronique Pellier, Bruno Antonsson, Gilbert Di Paolo, Stephen A. Stimpson, Robert Lütjens, Stefan Catsicas, and Gabriele Grenningloh
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 741–745.
PMCID: PMC19584
Pharmacology
Inhibition of nuclear factor κB by prostaglandin A1: An effect associated with heat shock transcription factor activation
Antonio Rossi, Giuliano Elia, and M. Gabriella Santoro
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 746–750.
PMCID: PMC19585
Selective reconstitution of gastrin-releasing peptide receptor with q
Mark R. Hellmich, James F. Battey, and John K. Northup
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 751–756.
PMCID: PMC19586
Physiology
Failure to express the P-selectin gene or P-selectin blockade confers early pulmonary protection after lung ischemia or transplantation
Yoshifumi Naka, Koichi Toda, Koichi Kayano, Mehmet C. Oz, and David J. Pinsky
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 757–761.
PMCID: PMC19587
Plant Biology
A homolog of the mammalian GTPase Rab2 is present in Arabidopsis and is expressed predominantly in pollen grains and seedlings
Ian Moore, Thomas Diefenthal, Viktor Zarsky, Jeff Schell, and Klaus Palme
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 January 21; 94(2): 762–767.
PMCID: PMC19588
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