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Volume 101(4);  January 27, 2004
Commentaries
The ins and outs of presenilin 1 membrane topology
Jinoh Kim and Randy Schekman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 905–906. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307297101.
PMCID: PMC327113
Quantal size fits central synaptic depression
Richard W. Ordway
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 907–908. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307309101.
PMCID: PMC327114
Physical Sciences
Computer Sciences
Evidence for complex, collective dynamics and emergent, distributed computation in plants
David Peak, Jevin D. West, Susanna M. Messinger, and Keith A. Mott
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 918–922. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307811100.
PMCID: PMC327117
Biological Sciences
Biochemistry
The tethered configuration of the EGF receptor extracellular domain exerts only a limited control of receptor function
Dawn Mattoon, Peter Klein, Mark A. Lemmon, Irit Lax, and Joseph Schlessinger
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 923–928. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307286101.
PMCID: PMC327118
A structure-based model for ligand binding and dimerization of EGF receptors
Peter Klein, Dawn Mattoon, Mark A. Lemmon, and Joseph Schlessinger
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 929–934. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307285101.
PMCID: PMC327119
Insights into the molecular basis for fibroblast growth factor receptor autoinhibition and ligand-binding promiscuity
Shaun K. Olsen, Omar A. Ibrahimi, Angela Raucci, Fuming Zhang, Anna V. Eliseenkova, Avner Yayon, Claudio Basilico, Robert J. Linhardt, Joseph Schlessinger, and Moosa Mohammadi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 935–940. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307287101.
PMCID: PMC327120
Vertebrate ultraviolet visual pigments: Protonation of the retinylidene Schiff base and a counterion switch during photoactivation
Ana Karin Kusnetzow, Abhiram Dukkipati, Kunnel R. Babu, Lavoisier Ramos, Barry E. Knox, and Robert R. Birge
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 941–946. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0305206101.
PMCID: PMC327121
Simian virus 40 large T antigen targets the spindle assembly checkpoint protein Bub1
Marina Cotsiki, Rowena L. Lock, Yuan Cheng, Grace L. Williams, Jean Zhao, David Perera, Raimundo Freire, Alan Entwistle, Erica A. Golemis, Thomas M. Roberts, Parmjit S. Jat, and Ole V. Gjoerup
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 947–952. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0308006100.
PMCID: PMC327122
From the Cover:
A serine protease zymogen functions as a pattern-recognition receptor for lipopolysaccharides
Shigeru Ariki, Kumiko Koori, Tsukasa Osaki, Kiyohito Motoyama, Kei-ichiro Inamori, and Shun-ichiro Kawabata
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 953–958. Published online 2004 January 13. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0306904101.
PMCID: PMC327123
Biophysics
The evolution of transmembrane helix kinks and the structural diversity of G protein-coupled receptors
Sarah Yohannan, Salem Faham, Duan Yang, Julian P. Whitelegge, and James U. Bowie
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 959–963. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0306077101.
PMCID: PMC327124
Cell Biology
Functional dissection of the interactions of stonin 2 with the adaptor complex AP-2 and synaptotagmin
Kristin Walther, M. Kasim Diril, Nadja Jung, and Volker Haucke
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 964–969. Published online 2004 January 15. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307862100.
PMCID: PMC327125
From the Cover:
Visualization of spatially and temporally regulated N-WASP activity during cytoskeletal reorganization in living cells
Michael E. Ward, Jane Y. Wu, and Yi Rao
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 970–974. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0306258101.
PMCID: PMC327126
Evolution
Mutations arising in the wave front of an expanding population
Christopher A. Edmonds, Anita S. Lillie, and L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 975–979. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0308064100.
PMCID: PMC327127
Genetics
Coregulator-dependent facilitation of chromatin occupancy by GATA-1
Saumen Pal, Alan B. Cantor, Kirby D. Johnson, Tyler B. Moran, Meghan E. Boyer, Stuart H. Orkin, and Emery H. Bresnick
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 980–985. Published online 2004 January 8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307612100.
PMCID: PMC327128
A functional cellulose synthase from ascidian epidermis
Ann G. Matthysse, Karine Deschet, Melanie Williams, Mazz Marry, Alan R. White, and William C. Smith
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 986–991. Published online 2004 January 13. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0303623101.
PMCID: PMC327129
From the Cover:
Identifying gene regulatory elements by genome-wide recovery of DNase hypersensitive sites
Gregory E. Crawford, Ingeborg E. Holt, James C. Mullikin, Denise Tai, National Institutes of Health Intramural Sequencing Center, Eric D. Green, Tyra G. Wolfsberg, and Francis S. Collins
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 992–997. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307540100.
PMCID: PMC327130
Immunology
T cell repertoire scanning is promoted by dynamic dendritic cell behavior and random T cell motility in the lymph node
Mark J. Miller, Arsalan S. Hejazi, Sindy H. Wei, Michael D. Cahalan, and Ian Parker
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 998–1003. Published online 2004 January 13. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0306407101.
PMCID: PMC327133
Complex and dynamic redistribution of NF-κB signaling intermediates in response to T cell receptor stimulation
Brian C. Schaefer, John W. Kappler, Abraham Kupfer, and Philippa Marrack
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1004–1009. Published online 2004 January 14. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307858100.
PMCID: PMC327141
Germinal center-associated nuclear protein contributes to affinity maturation of B cell antigen receptor in T cell-dependent responses
Kazuhiko Kuwahara, Satoru Fujimura, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Naomi Nakagata, Toshitada Takemori, Shinichi Aizawa, and Nobuo Sakaguchi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1010–1015. Published online 2004 January 8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307609100.
PMCID: PMC327142
Ly49Q, a member of the Ly49 family that is selectively expressed on myeloid lineage cells and involved in regulation of cytoskeletal architecture
Noriko Toyama-Sorimachi, Yusuke Tsujimura, Mikako Maruya, Atsuko Onoda, Toshiyuki Kubota, Shigeo Koyasu, Kayo Inaba, and Hajime Karasuyama
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1016–1021. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0305400101.
PMCID: PMC327143
Lipid–protein interactions: Biosynthetic assembly of CD1 with lipids in the endoplasmic reticulum is evolutionarily conserved
Jang-June Park, Suk-Jo Kang, A. Dharshan De Silva, Aleksandar K. Stanic, Giulia Casorati, David L. Hachey, Peter Cresswell, and Sebastian Joyce
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1022–1026. Published online 2004 January 13. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307847100.
PMCID: PMC327144
Selection of B lymphocytes in the periphery is determined by the functional capacity of the B cell antigen receptor
Leo D. Wang, Jared Lopes, A. Byron Cooper, May Dang-Lawson, Linda Matsuuchi, and Marcus R. Clark
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1027–1032. Published online 2004 January 13. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307040101.
PMCID: PMC327145
Medical Sciences
Direct interactions between Epstein–Barr virus leader protein LP and the EBNA2 acidic domain underlie coordinate transcriptional regulation
Chih-Wen Peng, Yong Xue, Bo Zhao, Eric Johannsen, Elliott Kieff, and Shizuko Harada
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1033–1038. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307808100.
PMCID: PMC327146
Automated array-based genomic profiling in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Development of a clinical tool and discovery of recurrent genomic alterations
Carsten Schwaenen, Michelle Nessling, Swen Wessendorf, Tatjana Salvi, Gunnar Wrobel, Bernhard Radlwimmer, Hans A. Kestler, Christian Haslinger, Stephan Stilgenbauer, Hartmut Döhner, Martin Bentz, and Peter Lichter
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1039–1044. Published online 2004 January 16. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0304717101.
PMCID: PMC327147
Short-chain fatty acids stimulate leptin production in adipocytes through the G protein-coupled receptor GPR41
Yumei Xiong, Norimasa Miyamoto, Kenji Shibata, Mark A. Valasek, Toshiyuki Motoike, Rafal M. Kedzierski, and Masashi Yanagisawa
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1045–1050. Published online 2004 January 13. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2637002100.
PMCID: PMC327148
Neuroscience
Calcium influx through hyperpolarization-activated cation channels (Ih channels) contributes to activity-evoked neuronal secretion
Xiao Yu, Kai-Lai Duan, Chun-Feng Shang, Han-Gang Yu, and Zhuan Zhou
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1051–1056. Published online 2004 January 14. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0305167101.
PMCID: PMC327149
From the Cover:
The presenilins turned inside out: Implications for their structures and functions
Nazneen N. Dewji, Dante Valdez, and S. J. Singer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1057–1062. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307290101.
PMCID: PMC327150
From the Cover:
Paired-pulse depression of unitary quantal amplitude at single hippocampal synapses
Gong Chen, Nobutoshi C. Harata, and Richard W. Tsien
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1063–1068. Published online 2004 January 13. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307149101.
PMCID: PMC327151
A feedback mechanism regulates monoallelic odorant receptor expression
Joseph W. Lewcock and Randall R. Reed
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1069–1074. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307986100.
PMCID: PMC327152
Increased soluble amyloid-β peptide and memory deficits in amyloid model mice overexpressing the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein
Celina V. Zerbinatti, David F. Wozniak, John Cirrito, Judy A. Cam, Hiroshi Osaka, Kelly R. Bales, Min Zhuo, Steven M. Paul, David M. Holtzman, and Guojun Bu
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1075–1080. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0305803101.
PMCID: PMC327153
Global optimization of cerebral cortex layout
Christopher Cherniak, Zekeria Mokhtarzada, Raul Rodriguez-Esteban, and Kelly Changizi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1081–1086. Published online 2004 January 13. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0305212101.
PMCID: PMC327154
Pharmacology
Molecular basis for the inhibition of G protein-coupled inward rectifier K+ channels by protein kinase C
Jinzhe Mao, Xueren Wang, Fuxue Chen, Runping Wang, Asheebo Rojas, Yun Shi, Hailan Piao, and Chun Jiang
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1087–1092. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0304827101.
PMCID: PMC327155
Plant Biology
Biography of June B. Nasrallah
Christen Brownlee
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 909–910. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0400056101.
PMCID: PMC330090
Specificity determinants and diversification of the Brassica self-incompatibility pollen ligand
Thanat Chookajorn, Aardra Kachroo, Daniel R. Ripoll, Andrew G. Clark, and June B. Nasrallah
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 911–917. Published online 2003 December 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2637116100.
PMCID: PMC327116
Evidence for complex, collective dynamics and emergent, distributed computation in plants
David Peak, Jevin D. West, Susanna M. Messinger, and Keith A. Mott
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 918–922. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307811100.
PMCID: PMC327117
The Arabidopsis double-stranded RNA-binding protein HYL1 plays a role in microRNA-mediated gene regulation
Meng-Hsuan Han, Saiprasad Goud, Liang Song, and Nina Fedoroff
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1093–1098. Published online 2004 January 13. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307969100.
PMCID: PMC327156
Complementation of phytochrome chromophore-deficient Arabidopsis by expression of phycocyanobilin:ferredoxin oxidoreductase
Chitose Kami, Keiko Mukougawa, Takuya Muramoto, Akiho Yokota, Tomoko Shinomura, J. Clark Lagarias, and Takayuki Kohchi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1099–1104. Published online 2004 January 13. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307615100.
PMCID: PMC327157
Psychology
A subterranean mammal uses the magnetic compass for path integration
Tali Kimchi, Ariane S. Etienne, and Joseph Terkel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1105–1109. Published online 2004 January 19. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307560100.
PMCID: PMC327158
Correction
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 January 27; 101(4): 1110. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0307417100.
PMCID: PMC327159
Corrects: León Patricio Martínez-Castilla, et al. Adaptive evolution in the Arabidopsis MADS-box gene family inferred from its complete resolved phylogeny. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 November 11; 100(23): 13407–13412.
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