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Volume 103(42);  October 17, 2006
This Week in PNAS
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15275–15276. doi: 10.1073/iti4206103.
PMCID: PMC1622816
Commentaries
Salmon-farming impacts on wild salmon
Ray Hilborn
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15277. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607419103.
PMCID: PMC1622817
MicroRNAs and osmotic regulation
James B. Uney and Stafford L. Lightman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15278–15279. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607655103.
PMCID: PMC1636800
Polymerization Special Feature
Introduction
Introduction: Polymerization
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15288. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0606076103.
PMCID: PMC1622819
Research Articles
Kinetic resolution of racemic α-olefins with ansa-zirconocene polymerization catalysts: Enantiomorphic site vs. chain end control
Jeffery A. Byers and John E. Bercaw
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15303–15308. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603071103.
PMCID: PMC1622822
Diminishing catalyst concentration in atom transfer radical polymerization with reducing agents
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Wojciech Jakubowski, Ke Min, Wei Tang, Jinyu Huang, Wade A. Braunecker, and Nicolay V. Tsarevsky
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15309–15314. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602675103.
PMCID: PMC1622823
Cyclic esters and cyclodepsipeptides derived from lactide and 2,5-morpholinediones
Malcolm H. Chisholm, Judith C. Gallucci, and Hongfeng Yin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15315–15320. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602662103.
PMCID: PMC1622824
Design of stereoselective Ziegler–Natta propene polymerization catalysts
Vincenzo Busico, Roberta Cipullo, Roberta Pellecchia, Sara Ronca, Giuseppina Roviello, and Giovanni Talarico
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15321–15326. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602856103.
PMCID: PMC1622825
From the Cover: Polymerization Special Feature:
Semicrystalline thermoplastic elastomeric polyolefins: Advances through catalyst development and macromolecular design
Atsushi Hotta, Eric Cochran, Janne Ruokolainen, Vikram Khanna, Glenn H. Fredrickson, Edward J. Kramer, Yong-Woo Shin, Fumihiko Shimizu, Anna E. Cherian, Phillip D. Hustad, Jeffrey M. Rose, and Geoffrey W. Coates
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15327–15332. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602894103.
PMCID: PMC1834831
Ansa-metallocene polymerization catalysts derived from [2+2]cycloaddition reactions of bis(1-methylethenyl-cyclopentadienyl)zirconium systems
Jan Paradies, Gerald Kehr, Roland Fröhlich, and Gerhard Erker
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15333–15337. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602627103.
PMCID: PMC1834832
“Dormant” secondary metal-alkyl complexes are not omnipresent
Zygmunt Flisak and Tom Ziegler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15338–15342. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602091103.
PMCID: PMC1834833
Study of ligand substituent effects on the rate and stereoselectivity of lactide polymerization using aluminum salen-type initiators
Pimpa Hormnirun, Edward L. Marshall, Vernon C. Gibson, Robert I. Pugh, and Andrew J. P. White
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15343–15348. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602765103.
PMCID: PMC1622826
Metallocene-catalyzed alkene polymerization and the observation of Zr-allyls
Clark R. Landis and Matthew D. Christianson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15349–15354. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602704103.
PMCID: PMC1834834
Reviews
Surface science of single-site heterogeneous olefin polymerization catalysts
Seong H. Kim and Gabor A. Somorjai
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15289–15294. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602346103.
PMCID: PMC1622820
Nuclearity and cooperativity effects in binuclear catalysts and cocatalysts for olefin polymerization
Hongbo Li and Tobin J. Marks
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15295–15302. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603396103.
PMCID: PMC1622821
Physical Sciences
Chemistry
Kinetic resolution of racemic α-olefins with ansa-zirconocene polymerization catalysts: Enantiomorphic site vs. chain end control
Jeffery A. Byers and John E. Bercaw
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15303–15308. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603071103.
PMCID: PMC1622822
Diminishing catalyst concentration in atom transfer radical polymerization with reducing agents
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Wojciech Jakubowski, Ke Min, Wei Tang, Jinyu Huang, Wade A. Braunecker, and Nicolay V. Tsarevsky
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15309–15314. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602675103.
PMCID: PMC1622823
Cyclic esters and cyclodepsipeptides derived from lactide and 2,5-morpholinediones
Malcolm H. Chisholm, Judith C. Gallucci, and Hongfeng Yin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15315–15320. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602662103.
PMCID: PMC1622824
Design of stereoselective Ziegler–Natta propene polymerization catalysts
Vincenzo Busico, Roberta Cipullo, Roberta Pellecchia, Sara Ronca, Giuseppina Roviello, and Giovanni Talarico
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15321–15326. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602856103.
PMCID: PMC1622825
From the Cover: Polymerization Special Feature:
Semicrystalline thermoplastic elastomeric polyolefins: Advances through catalyst development and macromolecular design
Atsushi Hotta, Eric Cochran, Janne Ruokolainen, Vikram Khanna, Glenn H. Fredrickson, Edward J. Kramer, Yong-Woo Shin, Fumihiko Shimizu, Anna E. Cherian, Phillip D. Hustad, Jeffrey M. Rose, and Geoffrey W. Coates
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15327–15332. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602894103.
PMCID: PMC1834831
Ansa-metallocene polymerization catalysts derived from [2+2]cycloaddition reactions of bis(1-methylethenyl-cyclopentadienyl)zirconium systems
Jan Paradies, Gerald Kehr, Roland Fröhlich, and Gerhard Erker
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15333–15337. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602627103.
PMCID: PMC1834832
“Dormant” secondary metal-alkyl complexes are not omnipresent
Zygmunt Flisak and Tom Ziegler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15338–15342. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602091103.
PMCID: PMC1834833
Study of ligand substituent effects on the rate and stereoselectivity of lactide polymerization using aluminum salen-type initiators
Pimpa Hormnirun, Edward L. Marshall, Vernon C. Gibson, Robert I. Pugh, and Andrew J. P. White
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15343–15348. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602765103.
PMCID: PMC1622826
Metallocene-catalyzed alkene polymerization and the observation of Zr-allyls
Clark R. Landis and Matthew D. Christianson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15349–15354. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602704103.
PMCID: PMC1834834
Inhomogeneous dynamics in confined water nanodroplets
Adriaan M. Dokter, Sander Woutersen, and Huib J. Bakker
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15355–15358. Published online 2006 October 6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603239103.
PMCID: PMC1592463
DNA mismatch-specific targeting and hypersensitivity of mismatch-repair-deficient cells to bulky rhodium(III) intercalators
Jonathan R. Hart, Oleg Glebov, Russell J. Ernst, Ilan R. Kirsch, and Jacqueline K. Barton
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15359–15363. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607576103.
PMCID: PMC1622828
Suppression of hypoxia-induced HIF-1α and of angiogenesis in endothelial cells by myo-inositol trispyrophosphate-treated erythrocytes
Claudine Kieda, Ruth Greferath, Claire Crola Da Silva, Konstantina C. Fylaktakidou, Jean-Marie Lehn, and Claude Nicolau
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15576–15581. Published online 2006 October 6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607109103.
PMCID: PMC1622864
Environmental Sciences
An arsenic metallochaperone for an arsenic detoxification pump
Yung-Feng Lin, Adrian R. Walmsley, and Barry P. Rosen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15617–15622. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603974103.
PMCID: PMC1622871
Mathematics
Subelliptic boundary conditions for SpinC–Dirac operators, gluing, relative indices, and tame Fredholm pairs
Charles L. Epstein
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15364–15369. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0605368103.
PMCID: PMC1622829
Physics
Protein folding is slaved to solvent motions
H. Frauenfelder, P. W. Fenimore, G. Chen, and B. H. McMahon
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15469–15472. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607168103.
PMCID: PMC1592535
Biological Sciences
Agricultural Sciences
l-Kynurenine, an amino acid identified as a sex pheromone in the urine of ovulated female masu salmon
Hidenobu Yambe, Shoji Kitamura, Michiya Kamio, Miho Yamada, Shigeki Matsunaga, Nobuhiro Fusetani, and Fumio Yamazaki
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15370–15374. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0604340103.
PMCID: PMC1622830
Anthropology
Divergent mtDNA lineages of goats in an Early Neolithic site, far from the initial domestication areas
Helena Fernández, Sandrine Hughes, Jean-Denis Vigne, Daniel Helmer, Greg Hodgins, Christian Miquel, Catherine Hänni, Gordon Luikart, and Pierre Taberlet
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15375–15379. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602753103.
PMCID: PMC1622831
Applied Biological Sciences
Early-phase transmission of Yersinia pestis by unblocked fleas as a mechanism explaining rapidly spreading plague epizootics
Rebecca J. Eisen, Scott W. Bearden, Aryn P. Wilder, John A. Montenieri, Michael F. Antolin, and Kenneth L. Gage
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15380–15385. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0606831103.
PMCID: PMC1592641
Biochemistry
DNA mismatch-specific targeting and hypersensitivity of mismatch-repair-deficient cells to bulky rhodium(III) intercalators
Jonathan R. Hart, Oleg Glebov, Russell J. Ernst, Ilan R. Kirsch, and Jacqueline K. Barton
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15359–15363. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607576103.
PMCID: PMC1622828
Comprehensive genetic selection revealed essential bases in the peptidyl-transferase center
Neuza Satomi Sato, Naomi Hirabayashi, Ilana Agmon, Ada Yonath, and Tsutomu Suzuki
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15386–15391. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0605970103.
PMCID: PMC1592644
Coactivator as a target gene specificity determinant for histone H3 lysine 4 methyltransferases
Seunghee Lee, Dong-Kee Lee, Yali Dou, Jeongkyung Lee, Bora Lee, Eunyee Kwak, Young-Yun Kong, Soo-Kyung Lee, Robert G. Roeder, and Jae W. Lee
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15392–15397. Published online 2006 October 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607313103.
PMCID: PMC1622834
Mapping protein dynamics in catalytic intermediates of the redox-driven proton pump cytochrome c oxidase
Laura S. Busenlehner, Lina Salomonsson, Peter Brzezinski, and Richard N. Armstrong
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15398–15403. Published online 2006 October 5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0601451103.
PMCID: PMC1622835
From the Cover:
Acrolein is a major cigarette-related lung cancer agent: Preferential binding at p53 mutational hotspots and inhibition of DNA repair
Zhaohui Feng, Wenwei Hu, Yu Hu, and Moon-shong Tang
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15404–15409. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607031103.
PMCID: PMC1592536
Hypothalamic malonyl-CoA triggers mitochondrial biogenesis and oxidative gene expression in skeletal muscle: Role of PGC-1α
Seung-Hun Cha, Joseph T. Rodgers, Pere Puigserver, Shigeru Chohnan, and M. Daniel Lane
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15410–15415. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607334103.
PMCID: PMC1622837
Structural basis for Rab11-dependent membrane recruitment of a family of Rab11-interacting protein 3 (FIP3)/Arfophilin-1
Tomoo Shiba, Hiroshi Koga, Hye-Won Shin, Masato Kawasaki, Ryuichi Kato, Kazuhisa Nakayama, and Soichi Wakatsuki
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15416–15421. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0605357103.
PMCID: PMC1622838
Biophysics
Hot-spot mimicry of a cytokine receptor by a small molecule
Christopher D. Thanos, Warren L. DeLano, and James A. Wells
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15422–15427. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607058103.
PMCID: PMC1592646
Shape and oligomerization state of the cytoplasmic domain of the phototaxis transducer II from Natronobacterium pharaonis
Ivan L. Budyak, Vitaliy Pipich, Olga S. Mironova, Ramona Schlesinger, Giuseppe Zaccai, and Judith Klein-Seetharaman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15428–15433. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607201103.
PMCID: PMC1592645
Similarities between heterophilic and homophilic cadherin adhesion
A. K. Prakasam, V. Maruthamuthu, and D. E. Leckband
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15434–15439. Published online 2006 October 5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0606701103.
PMCID: PMC1622841
Quantification and rationalization of the higher affinity of sodium over potassium to protein surfaces
Luboš Vrbka, Jiří Vondrášek, Barbara Jagoda-Cwiklik, Robert Vácha, and Pavel Jungwirth
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15440–15444. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0606959103.
PMCID: PMC2047604
Proton–proton Overhauser NMR spectroscopy with polypeptide chains in large structures
Reto Horst, Gerhard Wider, Jocelyne Fiaux, Eric B. Bertelsen, Arthur L. Horwich, and Kurt Wüthrich
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15445–15450. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607141103.
PMCID: PMC1622842
Protein complex formation by acetylcholinesterase and the neurotoxin fasciculin-2 appears to involve an induced-fit mechanism
Jennifer M. Bui and J. Andrew McCammon
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15451–15456. Published online 2006 October 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0605355103.
PMCID: PMC1591298
A seven-helix coiled coil
Jie Liu, Qi Zheng, Yiqun Deng, Chao-Sheng Cheng, Neville R. Kallenbach, and Min Lu
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15457–15462. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0604871103.
PMCID: PMC1622844
G protein-coupled receptors sense fluid shear stress in endothelial cells
Mirianas Chachisvilis, Yan-Liang Zhang, and John A. Frangos
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15463–15468. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607224103.
PMCID: PMC1622845
Protein folding is slaved to solvent motions
H. Frauenfelder, P. W. Fenimore, G. Chen, and B. H. McMahon
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15469–15472. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607168103.
PMCID: PMC1592535
Cell Biology
Compartmental signal modulation: Endosomal phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate controls endosome morphology and selective cargo sorting
N. Fili, V. Calleja, R. Woscholski, P. J. Parker, and B. Larijani
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15473–15478. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607040103.
PMCID: PMC1622847
Cell-surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans are essential components of the unconventional export machinery of FGF-2
Christoph Zehe, André Engling, Sabine Wegehingel, Tobias Schäfer, and Walter Nickel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15479–15484. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0605997103.
PMCID: PMC1622848
Diacylglycerol kinase δ regulates protein kinase C and epidermal growth factor receptor signaling
Tracy Crotty, Jinjin Cai, Fumio Sakane, Akinobu Taketomi, Stephen M. Prescott, and Matthew K. Topham
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15485–15490. Published online 2006 October 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0604104103.
PMCID: PMC1622849
Angiopoietin-2 functions as an autocrine protective factor in stressed endothelial cells
Christopher Daly, Elizabeth Pasnikowski, Elena Burova, Vivian Wong, Thomas H. Aldrich, Jennifer Griffiths, Ella Ioffe, Thomas J. Daly, James P. Fandl, Nick Papadopoulos, Donald M. McDonald, Gavin Thurston, George D. Yancopoulos, and John S. Rudge
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15491–15496. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607538103.
PMCID: PMC1592534
Ecology
Pinoresinol: A lignol of plant origin serving for defense in a caterpillar
Frank C. Schroeder, Marta L. del Campo, Jacqualine B. Grant, Douglas B. Weibel, Scott R. Smedley, Kelly L. Bolton, Jerrold Meinwald, and Thomas Eisner
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15497–15501. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0605921103.
PMCID: PMC1622851
Predicted climate change alters the indirect effect of predators on an ecosystem process
Janet R. Lensing and David H. Wise
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15502–15505. Published online 2006 October 5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607064103.
PMCID: PMC1622852
From the Cover:
Epizootics of wild fish induced by farm fish
Martin Krkošek, Mark A. Lewis, Alexandra Morton, L. Neil Frazer, and John P. Volpe
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15506–15510. Published online 2006 October 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603525103.
PMCID: PMC1591297
Evolution
The deepest divergences in land plants inferred from phylogenomic evidence
Yin-Long Qiu, Libo Li, Bin Wang, Zhiduan Chen, Volker Knoop, Milena Groth-Malonek, Olena Dombrovska, Jungho Lee, Livija Kent, Joshua Rest, George F. Estabrook, Tory A. Hendry, David W. Taylor, Christopher M. Testa, Mathew Ambros, Barbara Crandall-Stotler, R. Joel Duff, Michael Stech, Wolfgang Frey, Dietmar Quandt, and Charles C. Davis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15511–15516. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603335103.
PMCID: PMC1622854
Genetics
Global roles of Ste11p, cell type, and pheromone in the control of gene expression during early sexual differentiation in fission yeast
Juan Mata and Jürg Bähler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15517–15522. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603403103.
PMCID: PMC1592531
A missense mutation in Caenorhabditis elegans prohibitin 2 confers an atypical multidrug resistance
Iryna Zubovych, Thomas Doundoulakis, Patrick G. Harran, and Michael G. Roth
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15523–15528. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607338103.
PMCID: PMC1622856
Immunology
Critical role for the β regulatory subunits of Cav channels in T lymphocyte function
Abdallah Badou, Mithilesh Kumar Jha, Didi Matza, Wajahat Z. Mehal, Marc Freichel, Veit Flockerzi, and Richard A. Flavell
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15529–15534. Published online 2006 October 6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607262103.
PMCID: PMC1622857
Increased susceptibility to bacterial superinfection as a consequence of innate antiviral responses
Alexander A. Navarini, Mike Recher, Karl S. Lang, Panco Georgiev, Susanne Meury, Andreas Bergthaler, Lukas Flatz, Jacques Bille, Regine Landmann, Bernhard Odermatt, Hans Hengartner, and Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15535–15539. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607325103.
PMCID: PMC1622858
Medical Sciences
Intrinsic apoptotic and thioredoxin pathways in human prostate cancer cell response to histone deacetylase inhibitor
Weisheng Xu, Lang Ngo, Gisela Perez, Milos Dokmanovic, and Paul A. Marks
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15540–15545. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607518103.
PMCID: PMC1592530
FGF1/p38 MAP kinase inhibitor therapy induces cardiomyocyte mitosis, reduces scarring, and rescues function after myocardial infarction
Felix B. Engel, Patrick C. H. Hsieh, Richard T. Lee, and Mark T. Keating
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15546–15551. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607382103.
PMCID: PMC1622860
Folliculin encoded by the BHD gene interacts with a binding protein, FNIP1, and AMPK, and is involved in AMPK and mTOR signaling
Masaya Baba, Seung-Beom Hong, Nirmala Sharma, Michelle B. Warren, Michael L. Nickerson, Akihiro Iwamatsu, Dominic Esposito, William K. Gillette, Ralph F. Hopkins, III, James L. Hartley, Mutsuo Furihata, Shinya Oishi, Wei Zhen, Terrence R. Burke, Jr., W. Marston Linehan, Laura S. Schmidt, and Berton Zbar
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15552–15557. Published online 2006 October 6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603781103.
PMCID: PMC1592464
Germ-line mutations in p27Kip1 cause a multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome in rats and humans
Natalia S. Pellegata, Leticia Quintanilla-Martinez, Heide Siggelkow, Elenore Samson, Karin Bink, Heinz Höfler, Falko Fend, Jochen Graw, and Michael J. Atkinson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15558–15563. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603877103.
PMCID: PMC1622862
Cell-specific expression and pathway analyses reveal alterations in trauma-related human T cell and monocyte pathways
Krzysztof Laudanski, Carol Miller-Graziano, Wenzhong Xiao, Michael N. Mindrinos, Daniel R. Richards, Asit De, Lyle L. Moldawer, Ronald V. Maier, Paul Bankey, Henry V. Baker, Bernard H. Brownstein, J. Perren Cobb, Steve E. Calvano, Ronald W. Davis, Ronald G. Tompkins, and Inflammation and Host Response to Injury Large-Scale Collaborative Research Program
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15564–15569. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607028103.
PMCID: PMC1592643
An 85-aa segment of the GB virus type C NS5A phosphoprotein inhibits HIV-1 replication in CD4+ Jurkat T cells
Jinhua Xiang, James H. McLinden, Qing Chang, Thomas M. Kaufman, and Jack T. Stapleton
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15570–15575. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0604728103.
PMCID: PMC1622863
Suppression of hypoxia-induced HIF-1α and of angiogenesis in endothelial cells by myo-inositol trispyrophosphate-treated erythrocytes
Claudine Kieda, Ruth Greferath, Claire Crola Da Silva, Konstantina C. Fylaktakidou, Jean-Marie Lehn, and Claude Nicolau
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15576–15581. Published online 2006 October 6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607109103.
PMCID: PMC1622864
Microbiology
Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 harbors a multi-replicon, 9.73-Mbp genome shaped for versatility
Patrick S. G. Chain, Vincent J. Denef, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Lisa M. Vergez, Loreine Agulló, Valeria Latorre Reyes, Loren Hauser, Macarena Córdova, Luis Gómez, Myriam González, Miriam Land, Victoria Lao, Frank Larimer, John J. LiPuma, Eshwar Mahenthiralingam, Stephanie A. Malfatti, Christopher J. Marx, J. Jacob Parnell, Alban Ramette, Paul Richardson, Michael Seeger, Daryl Smith, Theodore Spilker, Woo Jun Sul, Tamara V. Tsoi, Luke E. Ulrich, Igor B. Zhulin, and James M. Tiedje
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15280–15287. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0606924103.
PMCID: PMC1622818
The complete genome of Rhodococcus sp. RHA1 provides insights into a catabolic powerhouse
Michael P. McLeod, René L. Warren, William W. L. Hsiao, Naoto Araki, Matthew Myhre, Clinton Fernandes, Daisuke Miyazawa, Wendy Wong, Anita L. Lillquist, Dennis Wang, Manisha Dosanjh, Hirofumi Hara, Anca Petrescu, Ryan D. Morin, George Yang, Jeff M. Stott, Jacqueline E. Schein, Heesun Shin, Duane Smailus, Asim S. Siddiqui, Marco A. Marra, Steven J. M. Jones, Robert Holt, Fiona S. L. Brinkman, Keisuke Miyauchi, Masao Fukuda, Julian E. Davies, William W. Mohn, and Lindsay D. Eltis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15582–15587. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607048103.
PMCID: PMC1622865
High-molecular-mass APOBEC3G complexes restrict Alu retrotransposition
Ya-Lin Chiu, H. Ewa Witkowska, Steven C. Hall, Mario Santiago, Vanessa B. Soros, Cécile Esnault, Thierry Heidmann, and Warner C. Greene
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15588–15593. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0604524103.
PMCID: PMC1592537
A deletion defining a common Asian lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis associates with immune subversion
Sandra M. Newton, Rebecca J. Smith, Katalin A. Wilkinson, Mark P. Nicol, Natalie J. Garton, Karl J. Staples, Graham R. Stewart, John R. Wain, Adrian R. Martineau, Sarah Fandrich, Timothy Smallie, Brian Foxwell, Ahmed Al-Obaidi, Jamila Shafi, Kumar Rajakumar, Beate Kampmann, Peter W. Andrew, Loems Ziegler-Heitbrock, Michael R. Barer, and Robert J. Wilkinson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15594–15598. Published online 2006 October 6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0604283103.
PMCID: PMC1622867
Chlamydial TARP is a bacterial nucleator of actin
Travis J. Jewett, Elizabeth R. Fischer, David J. Mead, and Ted Hackstadt
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15599–15604. Published online 2006 October 6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603044103.
PMCID: PMC1622868
Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III-secreted toxin ExoT inhibits host-cell division by targeting cytokinesis at multiple steps
Sasha H. Shafikhani and Joanne Engel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15605–15610. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0605949103.
PMCID: PMC1622869
Comparative genomics of the lactic acid bacteria
K. Makarova, A. Slesarev, Y. Wolf, A. Sorokin, B. Mirkin, E. Koonin, A. Pavlov, N. Pavlova, V. Karamychev, N. Polouchine, V. Shakhova, I. Grigoriev, Y. Lou, D. Rohksar, S. Lucas, K. Huang, D. M. Goodstein, T. Hawkins, V. Plengvidhya, D. Welker, J. Hughes, Y. Goh, A. Benson, K. Baldwin, J.-H. Lee, I. Díaz-Muñiz, B. Dosti, V. Smeianov, W. Wechter, R. Barabote, G. Lorca, E. Altermann, R. Barrangou, B. Ganesan, Y. Xie, H. Rawsthorne, D. Tamir, C. Parker, F. Breidt, J. Broadbent, R. Hutkins, D. O'Sullivan, J. Steele, G. Unlu, M. Saier, T. Klaenhammer, P. Richardson, S. Kozyavkin, B. Weimer, and D. Mills
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15611–15616. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607117103.
PMCID: PMC1622870
An arsenic metallochaperone for an arsenic detoxification pump
Yung-Feng Lin, Adrian R. Walmsley, and Barry P. Rosen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15617–15622. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603974103.
PMCID: PMC1622871
Neuroscience
Human fronto–mesolimbic networks guide decisions about charitable donation
Jorge Moll, Frank Krueger, Roland Zahn, Matteo Pardini, Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza, and Jordan Grafman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15623–15628. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0604475103.
PMCID: PMC1622872
Eph tyrosine kinase receptor EphA4 is required for the topographic mapping of the corticospinal tract
Alison J. Canty, Ursula Greferath, Ann M. Turnley, and Mark Murphy
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15629–15634. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607350103.
PMCID: PMC1622873
Interplay between PIP3 and calmodulin regulation of olfactory cyclic nucleotide-gated channels
James D. Brady, Elizabeth D. Rich, Jeffrey R. Martens, Jeffrey W. Karpen, Michael D. Varnum, and R. Lane Brown
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15635–15640. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603344103.
PMCID: PMC1622874
Gastric stimulation in obese subjects activates the hippocampus and other regions involved in brain reward circuitry
Gene-Jack Wang, Julia Yang, Nora D. Volkow, Frank Telang, Yeming Ma, Wei Zhu, Christopher T. Wong, Dardo Tomasi, Panayotis K. Thanos, and Joanna S. Fowler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15641–15645. Published online 2006 October 5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0601977103.
PMCID: PMC1592230
A beta2-frequency (20–30 Hz) oscillation in nonsynaptic networks of somatosensory cortex
Anita K. Roopun, Steven J. Middleton, Mark O. Cunningham, Fiona E. N. LeBeau, Andrea Bibbig, Miles A. Whittington, and Roger D. Traub
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15646–15650. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607443103.
PMCID: PMC1592532
Fronto-cerebellar systems are associated with infant motor and adult executive functions in healthy adults but not in schizophrenia
Khanum Ridler, Juha M. Veijola, Päivikki Tanskanen, Jouko Miettunen, Xavier Chitnis, John Suckling, Graham K. Murray, Marianne Haapea, Peter B. Jones, Matti K. Isohanni, and Edward T. Bullmore
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15651–15656. Published online 2006 October 6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602639103.
PMCID: PMC1636802
Switching off calcium-dependent inactivation in l-type calcium channels by an autoinhibitory domain
Christian Wahl-Schott, Ludwig Baumann, Hartmut Cuny, Christian Eckert, Kristina Griessmeier, and Martin Biel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15657–15662. Published online 2006 October 6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0604621103.
PMCID: PMC1622877
Ionic control of ocular growth and refractive change
Sheila G. Crewther, Helena Liang, Barbara M. Junghans, and David P. Crewther
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15663–15668. Published online 2006 October 5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607241103.
PMCID: PMC1622878
From the Cover:
miR-7b, a microRNA up-regulated in the hypothalamus after chronic hyperosmolar stimulation, inhibits Fos translation
Heon-Jin Lee, Miklós Palkovits, and W. Scott Young, III
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15669–15674. Published online 2006 October 6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0605781103.
PMCID: PMC1622879
Physiology
Myostatin modulates adipogenesis to generate adipocytes with favorable metabolic effects
Brian J. Feldman, Ryan S. Streeper, Robert V. Farese, Jr., and Keith R. Yamamoto
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15675–15680. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607501103.
PMCID: PMC1592529
Running over rough terrain reveals limb control for intrinsic stability
Monica A. Daley and Andrew A. Biewener
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15681–15686. Published online 2006 October 10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0601473103.
PMCID: PMC1622881
Plant Biology
Methionine catabolism in Arabidopsis cells is initiated by a γ-cleavage process and leads to S-methylcysteine and isoleucine syntheses
Fabrice Rébeillé, Samuel Jabrin, Richard Bligny, Karen Loizeau, Bernadette Gambonnet, Valérie Van Wilder, Roland Douce, and Stéphane Ravanel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15687–15692. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0606195103.
PMCID: PMC1622882
Population Biology
Uncertainty in predictions of disease spread and public health responses to bioterrorism and emerging diseases
Bret D. Elderd, Vanja M. Dukic, and Greg Dwyer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15693–15697. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0600816103.
PMCID: PMC1592533
Psychology
Transforming reflectance spectra into Munsell color space by using prime colors
A. Kimball Romney and James T. Fulton
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15698–15703. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607488103.
PMCID: PMC1622884
Visual saliency and texture segregation without feature gradient
Ohad Ben-Shahar
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15704–15709. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0604410103.
PMCID: PMC1622885
Mathematical analysis of locomotor behavior by mice in a radial maze
Allan D. Coop, Mihaela A. Stavarache, Donald W. Pfaff, and George N. Reeke
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15710–15715. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607258103.
PMCID: PMC1622886
Programming social, cognitive, and neuroendocrine development by early exposure to novelty
Akaysha C. Tang, Katherine G. Akers, Bethany C. Reeb, Russell D. Romeo, and Bruce S. McEwen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15716–15721. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607374103.
PMCID: PMC1622887
Sustainability Science
From the Cover:
Epizootics of wild fish induced by farm fish
Martin Krkošek, Mark A. Lewis, Alexandra Morton, L. Neil Frazer, and John P. Volpe
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15506–15510. Published online 2006 October 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603525103.
PMCID: PMC1591297
Social Sciences
Psychology
Programming social, cognitive, and neuroendocrine development by early exposure to novelty
Akaysha C. Tang, Katherine G. Akers, Bethany C. Reeb, Russell D. Romeo, and Bruce S. McEwen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15716–15721. Published online 2006 October 9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607374103.
PMCID: PMC1622887
Correction
Correction for Ebrahem et al., Carboxyethylpyrrole oxidative protein modifications stimulate neovascularization: Implications for age-related macular degeneration
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 October 17; 103(42): 15722. Published online 2006 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0607578103.
PMCID: PMC1622888
Corrects: Quteba Ebrahem, et al. Carboxyethylpyrrole oxidative protein modifications stimulate neovascularization: Implications for age-related macular degeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 September 5; 103(36): 13480–13484.
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