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Volume 101(27);  July 6, 2004
Commentaries
Tarp and Arp: How Chlamydia induces its own entry
Joanne Engel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 9947–9948. Published online 2004 June 29. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403633101.
PMCID: PMC454194
Connecting genes to metabolites by a systems biology approach
Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey, Dirk Inzé, and Matej Orešič
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 9949–9950. Published online 2004 June 29. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403636101.
PMCID: PMC454195
Physical Sciences
Applied Physical Sciences
Localized chemical release from an artificial synapse chip
Mark C. Peterman, Jaan Noolandi, Mark S. Blumenkranz, and Harvey A. Fishman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 9951–9954. Published online 2004 June 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402089101.
PMCID: PMC454196
Chemistry
Labeling of fusion proteins with synthetic fluorophores in live cells
Antje Keppler, Horst Pick, Claudio Arrivoli, Horst Vogel, and Kai Johnsson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 9955–9959. Published online 2004 June 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0401923101.
PMCID: PMC454197
Activity-based probes for the proteomic profiling of metalloproteases
Alan Saghatelian, Nadim Jessani, Arul Joseph, Mark Humphrey, and Benjamin F. Cravatt
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10000–10005. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402784101.
PMCID: PMC454150
Computer Sciences
Stochastic computing with biomolecular automata
Rivka Adar, Yaakov Benenson, Gregory Linshiz, Amit Rosner, Naftali Tishby, and Ehud Shapiro
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 9960–9965. Published online 2004 June 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0400731101.
PMCID: PMC454388
Engineering
A large-area, flexible pressure sensor matrix with organic field-effect transistors for artificial skin applications
Takao Someya, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Shingo Iba, Yusaku Kato, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, and Takayasu Sakurai
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 9966–9970. Published online 2004 June 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0401918101.
PMCID: PMC454198
Biological Sciences
Agricultural Sciences
Rice yields decline with higher night temperature from global warming
Shaobing Peng, Jianliang Huang, John E. Sheehy, Rebecca C. Laza, Romeo M. Visperas, Xuhua Zhong, Grace S. Centeno, Gurdev S. Khush, and Kenneth G. Cassman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 9971–9975. Published online 2004 June 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403720101.
PMCID: PMC454199
Anthropology
Auditory capacities in Middle Pleistocene humans from the Sierra de Atapuerca in Spain
I. Martínez, M. Rosa, J.-L. Arsuaga, P. Jarabo, R. Quam, C. Lorenzo, A. Gracia, J.-M. Carretero, J.-M. Bermúdez de Castro, and E. Carbonell
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 9976–9981. Published online 2004 June 22. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403595101.
PMCID: PMC454200
Applied Biological Sciences
A general approach for chemical labeling and rapid, spatially controlled protein inactivation
Kevin M. Marks, Patrick D. Braun, and Garry P. Nolan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 9982–9987. Published online 2004 June 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0401609101.
PMCID: PMC454201
Biochemistry
Stochastic computing with biomolecular automata
Rivka Adar, Yaakov Benenson, Gregory Linshiz, Amit Rosner, Naftali Tishby, and Ehud Shapiro
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 9960–9965. Published online 2004 June 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0400731101.
PMCID: PMC454388
Ca2+ activates human homologous recombination protein Rad51 by modulating its ATPase activity
Dmitry V. Bugreev and Alexander V. Mazin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 9988–9993. Published online 2004 June 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402105101.
PMCID: PMC454202
Structure of the periplasmic component of a bacterial drug efflux pump
Matthew K. Higgins, Evert Bokma, Eva Koronakis, Colin Hughes, and Vassilis Koronakis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 9994–9999. Published online 2004 June 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0400375101.
PMCID: PMC454203
Activity-based probes for the proteomic profiling of metalloproteases
Alan Saghatelian, Nadim Jessani, Arul Joseph, Mark Humphrey, and Benjamin F. Cravatt
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10000–10005. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402784101.
PMCID: PMC454150
The bioactive Taxol conformation on β-tubulin: Experimental evidence from highly active constrained analogs
Thota Ganesh, Rebecca C. Guza, Susan Bane, Rudravajhala Ravindra, Natasha Shanker, Ami S. Lakdawala, James P. Snyder, and David G. I. Kingston
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10006–10011. Published online 2004 June 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403459101.
PMCID: PMC454156
Small molecules targeting severe acute respiratory syndrome human coronavirus
Chung-Yi Wu, Jia-Tsrong Jan, Shiou-Hwa Ma, Chih-Jung Kuo, Hsueh-Fen Juan, Yih-Shyun E. Cheng, Hsien-Hua Hsu, Hsuan-Cheng Huang, Douglass Wu, Ashraf Brik, Fu-Sen Liang, Rai-Shung Liu, Jim-Min Fang, Shui-Tein Chen, Po-Huang Liang, and Chi-Huey Wong
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10012–10017. Published online 2004 June 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403596101.
PMCID: PMC454157
Engineered DsbC chimeras catalyze both protein oxidation and disulfide-bond isomerization in Escherichia coli: Reconciling two competing pathways
Laura Segatori, Paul J. Paukstelis, Hiram F. Gilbert, and George Georgiou
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10018–10023. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403003101.
PMCID: PMC454158
From the Cover:
Yeast telomerase RNA: A flexible scaffold for protein subunits
David C. Zappulla and Thomas R. Cech
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10024–10029. Published online 2004 June 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403641101.
PMCID: PMC454382
The specific binding of retinoic acid to RPE65 and approaches to the treatment of macular degeneration
Deviprasad R. Gollapalli and Robert R. Rando
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10030–10035. Published online 2004 June 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0401936101.
PMCID: PMC454159
Mass spectrometric characterization of a three-enzyme tandem reaction for assembly and modification of the novobiocin skeleton
Na Pi, Caren L. Freel Meyers, Michelle Pacholec, Christopher T. Walsh, and Julie A. Leary
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10036–10041. Published online 2004 June 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403526101.
PMCID: PMC454160
Silent information regulator 2 potentiates Foxo1-mediated transcription through its deacetylase activity
Hiroaki Daitoku, Mitsutoki Hatta, Hitomi Matsuzaki, Satoko Aratani, Takayuki Ohshima, Makoto Miyagishi, Toshihiro Nakajima, and Akiyoshi Fukamizu
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10042–10047. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0400593101.
PMCID: PMC454161
Biophysics
Coupling of retinal isomerization to the activation of rhodopsin
Ashish B. Patel, Evan Crocker, Markus Eilers, Amiram Hirshfeld, Mordechai Sheves, and Steven O. Smith
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10048–10053. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402848101.
PMCID: PMC454162
Preferred peptide backbone conformations in the unfolded state revealed by the structure analysis of alanine-based (AXA) tripeptides in aqueous solution
Fatma Eker, Kai Griebenow, Xiaolin Cao, Laurence A. Nafie, and Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10054–10059. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402623101.
PMCID: PMC454163
Microviscometry reveals reduced blood viscosity and altered shear rate and shear stress profiles in microvessels after hemodilution
David S. Long, Michael L. Smith, Axel R. Pries, Klaus Ley, and Edward R. Damiano
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10060–10065. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402937101.
PMCID: PMC454164
Single-molecule enzymology of RNA: Essential functional groups impact catalysis from a distance
David Rueda, Gregory Bokinsky, Maria M. Rhodes, Michael J. Rust, Xiaowei Zhuang, and Nils G. Walter
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10066–10071. Published online 2004 June 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403575101.
PMCID: PMC454165
Cell Biology
An endoplasmic reticulum trafficking signal prevents surface expression of a voltage- and Ca2+-activated K+ channel splice variant
M. M. Zarei, M. Eghbali, A. Alioua, M. Song, H.-G. Knaus, E. Stefani, and L. Toro
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10072–10077. Published online 2004 June 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0302919101.
PMCID: PMC454166
From the Cover:
Minichromosome maintenance proteins are direct targets of the ATM and ATR checkpoint kinases
David Cortez, Gloria Glick, and Stephen J. Elledge
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10078–10083. Published online 2004 June 21. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403410101.
PMCID: PMC454167
Expression of butyrophilin (Btn1a1) in lactating mammary gland is essential for the regulated secretion of milk–lipid droplets
Sherry L. Ogg, Anne K. Weldon, Lorraine Dobbie, Andrew J. H. Smith, and Ian H. Mather
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10084–10089. Published online 2004 June 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402930101.
PMCID: PMC454168
Apolipoprotein CIII promotes Ca2+-dependent β cell death in type 1 diabetes
Lisa Juntti-Berggren, Essam Refai, Ioulia Appelskog, Mats Andersson, Gabriela Imreh, Nancy Dekki, Sabine Uhles, Lina Yu, William J. Griffiths, Sergei Zaitsev, Ingo Leibiger, Shao-Nian Yang, Gunilla Olivecrona, Hans Jörnvall, and Per-Olof Berggren
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10090–10094. Published online 2004 June 21. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403551101.
PMCID: PMC454169
Developmental Biology
Caste determination in a polyembryonic wasp involves inheritance of germ cells
David M. Donnell, Laura S. Corley, Gang Chen, and Michael R. Strand
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10095–10100. Published online 2004 June 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403625101.
PMCID: PMC454170
Ecology
Species and functional group diversity independently influence biomass accumulation and its response to CO2 and N
Peter B. Reich, David Tilman, Shahid Naeem, David S. Ellsworth, Johannes Knops, Joseph Craine, David Wedin, and Jared Trost
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10101–10106. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0306602101.
PMCID: PMC454171
A community of unknown, endophytic fungi in western white pine
Rebecca J. Ganley, Steven J. Brunsfeld, and George Newcombe
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10107–10112. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0401513101.
PMCID: PMC454172
Evolution
From the Cover:
Binocularity and brain evolution in primates
R. A. Barton
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10113–10115. Published online 2004 June 15. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0401955101.
PMCID: PMC454173
Immunology
CpG and double-stranded RNA trigger human NK cells by Toll-like receptors: Induction of cytokine release and cytotoxicity against tumors and dendritic cells
Simona Sivori, Michela Falco, Mariella Della Chiesa, Simona Carlomagno, Massimo Vitale, Lorenzo Moretta, and Alessandro Moretta
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10116–10121. Published online 2004 June 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403744101.
PMCID: PMC454174
Donor-specific transplantation tolerance: The paradoxical behavior of CD4+CD25+ T cells
Luis Graca, Alain Le Moine, Chun-Yen Lin, Paul J. Fairchild, Stephen P. Cobbold, and Herman Waldmann
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10122–10126. Published online 2004 June 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0400084101.
PMCID: PMC454175
Origin of the classical complement pathway: Lamprey orthologue of mammalian C1q acts as a lectin
Misao Matsushita, Akiko Matsushita, Yuichi Endo, Munehiro Nakata, Naoya Kojima, Tsuguo Mizuochi, and Teizo Fujita
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10127–10131. Published online 2004 June 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402180101.
PMCID: PMC454176
Medical Sciences
Desmin-related cardiomyopathy in transgenic mice: A cardiac amyloidosis
Atsushi Sanbe, Hanna Osinska, Jeffrey E. Saffitz, Charles G. Glabe, Rakez Kayed, Alina Maloyan, and Jeffrey Robbins
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10132–10136. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0401900101.
PMCID: PMC454177
NF-κB activation in human breast cancer specimens and its role in cell proliferation and apoptosis
Debajit K. Biswas, Qian Shi, Shanon Baily, Ian Strickland, Sankar Ghosh, Arthur B. Pardee, and J. Dirk Iglehart
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10137–10142. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403621101.
PMCID: PMC454178
Effects of cigarette smoke on the human airway epithelial cell transcriptome
Avrum Spira, Jennifer Beane, Vishal Shah, Gang Liu, Frank Schembri, Xuemei Yang, John Palma, and Jerome S. Brody
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10143–10148. Published online 2004 June 21. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0401422101.
PMCID: PMC454179
Neutralizing antibody response during acute and chronic hepatitis C virus infection
C. Logvinoff, M. E. Major, D. Oldach, S. Heyward, A. Talal, P. Balfe, S. M. Feinstone, H. Alter, C. M. Rice, and J. A. McKeating
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10149–10154. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403519101.
PMCID: PMC454180
Loss of chondroitin 6-O-sulfotransferase-1 function results in severe human chondrodysplasia with progressive spinal involvement
Holger Thiele, Masahiro Sakano, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Kazuyuki Sugahara, Anna Rajab, Wolfgang Höhne, Heide Ritter, Gundula Leschik, Peter Nürnberg, and Stefan Mundlos
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10155–10160. Published online 2004 June 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0400334101.
PMCID: PMC454181
Microbiology
An in vivo assay identifies changes in residue accessibility on mechanosensitive channel gating
Jessica L. Bartlett, Gal Levin, and Paul Blount
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10161–10165. Published online 2004 June 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402040101.
PMCID: PMC454182
From the Cover:
A chlamydial type III translocated protein is tyrosine-phosphorylated at the site of entry and associated with recruitment of actin
D. R. Clifton, K. A. Fields, S. S. Grieshaber, C. A. Dooley, E. R. Fischer, D. J. Mead, R. A. Carabeo, and T. Hackstadt
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10166–10171. Published online 2004 June 15. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402829101.
PMCID: PMC454183
Neuroscience
Localized chemical release from an artificial synapse chip
Mark C. Peterman, Jaan Noolandi, Mark S. Blumenkranz, and Harvey A. Fishman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 9951–9954. Published online 2004 June 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402089101.
PMCID: PMC454196
Notch signaling in Drosophila long-term memory formation
Xuecai Ge, Frances Hannan, Zuolei Xie, Chunhua Feng, Tim Tully, Haimeng Zhou, Zuoping Xie, and Yi Zhong
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10172–10176. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403497101.
PMCID: PMC454384
No evidence for new dopaminergic neurons in the adult mammalian substantia nigra
Helena Frielingsdorf, Katherine Schwarz, Patrik Brundin, and Paul Mohapel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10177–10182. Published online 2004 June 21. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0401229101.
PMCID: PMC454184
Phosphatase inhibitors remove the run-down of γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors in the human epileptic brain
E. Palma, D. A. Ragozzino, S. Di Angelantonio, G. Spinelli, F. Trettel, A. Martinez-Torres, G. Torchia, A. Arcella, G. Di Gennaro, P. P. Quarato, V. Esposito, G. Cantore, R. Miledi, and F. Eusebi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10183–10188. Published online 2004 June 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403683101.
PMCID: PMC454185
Altered dopamine signaling and MPTP resistance in mice lacking the Parkinson's disease-associated GPR37/parkin-associated endothelin-like receptor
Daniela Marazziti, Elisabetta Golini, Silvia Mandillo, Armando Magrelli, Walter Witke, Rafaele Matteoni, and Glauco P. Tocchini-Valentini
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10189–10194. Published online 2004 June 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403661101.
PMCID: PMC454186
A fluorophore attached to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor βM2 detects productive binding of agonist to the αδ site
David S. Dahan, Mohammed I. Dibas, E. James Petersson, Vincent C. Auyeung, Baron Chanda, Francisco Bezanilla, Dennis A. Dougherty, and Henry A. Lester
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10195–10200. Published online 2004 June 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0301885101.
PMCID: PMC454187
Pharmacology
Selective facilitation of sexual solicitation in the female rat by a melanocortin receptor agonist
James G. Pfaus, Annette Shadiack, Tanya Van Soest, Maric Tse, and Perry Molinoff
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10201–10204. Published online 2004 June 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0400491101.
PMCID: PMC454387
Plant Biology
From the Cover:
Integration of transcriptomics and metabolomics for understanding of global responses to nutritional stresses in Arabidopsis thaliana
Masami Yokota Hirai, Mitsuru Yano, Dayan B. Goodenowe, Shigehiko Kanaya, Tomoko Kimura, Motoko Awazuhara, Masanori Arita, Toru Fujiwara, and Kazuki Saito
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10205–10210. Published online 2004 June 15. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403218101.
PMCID: PMC454188
A probable Na+(K+)/H+ exchanger on the chloroplast envelope functions in pH homeostasis and chloroplast development in Arabidopsis thaliana
Chun-Peng Song, Yan Guo, Quansheng Qiu, Georgina Lambert, David W. Galbraith, André Jagendorf, and Jian-Kang Zhu
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10211–10216. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0403709101.
PMCID: PMC454189
Six nonnodulating plant mutants defective for Nod factor-induced transcriptional changes associated with the legume-rhizobia symbiosis
Raka M. Mitra, Sidney L. Shaw, and Sharon R. Long
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10217–10222. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0402186101.
PMCID: PMC454190
Population Biology
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals and the community: Stealth dynamics and control catastrophes
B. S. Cooper, G. F. Medley, S. P. Stone, C. C. Kibbler, B. D. Cookson, J. A. Roberts, G. Duckworth, R. Lai, and S. Ebrahim
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10223–10228. Published online 2004 June 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0401324101.
PMCID: PMC454191
Diversity in pathogenicity can cause outbreaks of meningococcal disease
Nico Stollenwerk, Martin C. J. Maiden, and Vincent A. A. Jansen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10229–10234. Published online 2004 June 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0400695101.
PMCID: PMC454192
Social Sciences
Social Sciences
The evolution of culture: From primate social learning to human culture
Laureano Castro and Miguel A. Toro
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 July 6; 101(27): 10235–10240. Published online 2004 June 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0400156101.
PMCID: PMC454193
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