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Volume 99(23);  November 12, 2002
Commentaries
Varitint-waddler: A double whammy for hearing
Karen P. Steel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14613–14615. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232585699.
PMCID: PMC133623
Shedding light on an underground problem
Jeanne Harris
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14616–14618. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.242594599.
PMCID: PMC137465
New insights and new approaches toward the study of age-related macular degeneration
Dean Bok
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14619–14621. Published online 2002 November 5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.242607899.
PMCID: PMC137466
Head to head with Boas: Did he err on the plasticity of head form?
Ralph L. Holloway
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14622–14623. Published online 2002 November 5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.242622399.
PMCID: PMC137467
Perspective
Explaining the Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions: Models, chronologies, and assumptions
Barry W. Brook and David M. J. S. Bowman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14624–14627. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232126899.
PMCID: PMC137468
Physical Sciences
Applied Mathematics
Finding important sites in protein sequences
Peter J. Bickel, Katherina J. Kechris, Philip C. Spector, Gary J. Wedemayer, and Alexander N. Glazer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14764–14771. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222508899.
PMCID: PMC137493
Chemistry
Prebiotic synthesis from CO atmospheres: Implications for the origins of life
Shin Miyakawa, Hiroto Yamanashi, Kensei Kobayashi, H. James Cleaves, and Stanley L. Miller
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14628–14631. Published online 2002 October 30. doi: 10.1073/pnas.192568299.
PMCID: PMC137469
Enhancing polyethylenimine's delivery of plasmid DNA into mammalian cells
Mini Thomas and Alexander M. Klibanov
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14640–14645. Published online 2002 October 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.192581499.
PMCID: PMC137472
Physics
No time loophole in Bell's theorem: The Hess–Philipp model is nonlocal
R. D. Gill, G. Weihs, A. Zeilinger, and M. Żukowski
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14632–14635. Published online 2002 October 31. doi: 10.1073/pnas.182536499.
PMCID: PMC137470
Biological Sciences
Anthropology-BS
A reassessment of human cranial plasticity: Boas revisited
Corey S. Sparks and Richard L. Jantz
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14636–14639. Published online 2002 October 8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222389599.
PMCID: PMC137471
Applied Biological Sciences
Enhancing polyethylenimine's delivery of plasmid DNA into mammalian cells
Mini Thomas and Alexander M. Klibanov
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14640–14645. Published online 2002 October 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.192581499.
PMCID: PMC137472
S-layer-streptavidin fusion proteins as template for nanopatterned molecular arrays
Dieter Moll, Carina Huber, Birgit Schlegel, Dietmar Pum, Uwe B. Sleytr, and Margit Sára
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14646–14651. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232299399.
PMCID: PMC137473
A cell-free protein synthesis system for high-throughput proteomics
Tatsuya Sawasaki, Tomio Ogasawara, Ryo Morishita, and Yaeta Endo
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14652–14657. Published online 2002 October 30. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232580399.
PMCID: PMC137474
Biochemistry
Resistance to the macrolide antibiotic tylosin is conferred by single methylations at 23S rRNA nucleotides G748 and A2058 acting in synergy
Mingfu Liu and Stephen Douthwaite
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14658–14663. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232580599.
PMCID: PMC137475
Short constrained peptides that inhibit HIV-1 entry
Samuel K. Sia, Peter A. Carr, Andrea G. Cochran, Vladimir N. Malashkevich, and Peter S. Kim
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14664–14669. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232566599.
PMCID: PMC137476
The A14–A43 heterodimer subunit in yeast RNA pol I and their relationship to Rpb4–Rpb7 pol II subunits
Gérald Peyroche, Erwann Levillain, Magali Siaut, Isabelle Callebaut, Patrick Schultz, André Sentenac, Michel Riva, and Christophe Carles
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14670–14675. Published online 2002 October 29. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232580799.
PMCID: PMC137477
Posttranslational modifications in the CP43 subunit of photosystem II
Lorraine B. Anderson, Melissa Maderia, Anthony J. A. Ouellette, Cindy Putnam-Evans, LeeAnn Higgins, Thomas Krick, Michael J. MacCoss, Hanjo Lim, John R. Yates, III, and Bridgette A. Barry
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14676–14681. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232591599.
PMCID: PMC137478
From the Cover:
Drusen proteome analysis: An approach to the etiology of age-related macular degeneration
John W. Crabb, Masaru Miyagi, Xiaorong Gu, Karen Shadrach, Karen A. West, Hirokazu Sakaguchi, Motohiro Kamei, Azeem Hasan, Lin Yan, Mary E. Rayborn, Robert G. Salomon, and Joe G. Hollyfield
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14682–14687. Published online 2002 October 21. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222551899.
PMCID: PMC137479
Catalysis of amide synthesis by RNA phosphodiester and hydroxyl groups
Stacy I. Chamberlin, Edward J. Merino, and Kevin M. Weeks
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14688–14693. Published online 2002 October 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.212527799.
PMCID: PMC137480
A ligand for the aryl hydrocarbon receptor isolated from lung
Jiasheng Song, Margaret Clagett-Dame, Richard E. Peterson, Mark E. Hahn, William M. Westler, Rafal R. Sicinski, and Hector F. DeLuca
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14694–14699. Published online 2002 October 30. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232562899.
PMCID: PMC137481
Conformational energetics of stable and metastable states formed by DNA triplet repeat oligonucleotides: Implications for triplet expansion diseases
J. Völker, N. Makube, G. E. Plum, H. H. Klump, and K. J. Breslauer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14700–14705. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222519799.
PMCID: PMC137482
Transcriptional activating regions target a cyclin-dependent kinase
Aseem Z. Ansari, Sang Seok Koh, Zafar Zaman, Christine Bongards, Norbert Lehming, Richard A. Young, and Mark Ptashne
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14706–14709. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232573899.
PMCID: PMC137483
A single point mutation in ecdysone receptor leads to increased ligand specificity: Implications for gene switch applications
M. B. Kumar, T. Fujimoto, D. W. Potter, Q. Deng, and S. R. Palli
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14710–14715. Published online 2002 October 31. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222278999.
PMCID: PMC137484
Confirmation by FRET in individual living cells of the absence of significant amyloid β-mediated caspase 8 activation
Reiko Onuki, Akira Nagasaki, Hiroaki Kawasaki, Tadashi Baba, Taro Q. P. Uyeda, and Kazunari Taira
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14716–14721. Published online 2002 October 30. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232177599.
PMCID: PMC137485
Pre-steady-state DNA unwinding by bacteriophage T4 Dda helicase reveals a monomeric molecular motor
Bindu Nanduri, Alicia K. Byrd, Robert L. Eoff, Alan J. Tackett, and Kevin D. Raney
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14722–14727. Published online 2002 October 31. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232401899.
PMCID: PMC137486
Suppression of bone resorption by madindoline A, a novel nonpeptide antagonist to gp130
Masahiko Hayashi, Mun-Chual Rho, Akiko Enomoto, Akiko Fukami, Yong-Pil Kim, Yuji Kikuchi, Toshiaki Sunazuka, Tomoyasu Hirose, Kanki Komiyama, and Satoshi Omura
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14728–14733. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232562799.
PMCID: PMC137487
Differentiation of Hdm2-mediated p53 ubiquitination and Hdm2 autoubiquitination activity by small molecular weight inhibitors
Zhihong Lai, Tao Yang, Young B. Kim, Thais M. Sielecki, Melody A. Diamond, Peter Strack, Mark Rolfe, Maureen Caligiuri, Pamela A. Benfield, Kurt R. Auger, and Robert A. Copeland
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14734–14739. Published online 2002 October 29. doi: 10.1073/pnas.212428599.
PMCID: PMC137488
Orphan G protein-coupled receptors MrgA1 and MrgC11 are distinctively activated by RF-amide-related peptides through the Gαq/11 pathway
Sang-Kyou Han, Xinzhong Dong, Jong-Ik Hwang, Mark J. Zylka, David J. Anderson, and Melvin I. Simon
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14740–14745. Published online 2002 October 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.192565799.
PMCID: PMC137489
The catalytic domain of RNase E shows inherent 3′ to 5′ directionality in cleavage site selection
Yanan Feng, Timothy A. Vickers, and Stanley N. Cohen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14746–14751. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.202590899.
PMCID: PMC137490
The catalytic cycle of β-lactam synthetase observed by x-ray crystallographic snapshots
Matthew T. Miller, Brian O. Bachmann, Craig A. Townsend, and Amy C. Rosenzweig
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14752–14757. Published online 2002 October 30. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232361199.
PMCID: PMC137491
Biophysics
The structure and evolution of the major capsid protein of a large, lipid-containing DNA virus
Narayanasamy Nandhagopal, Alan A. Simpson, James R. Gurnon, Xiadong Yan, Timothy S. Baker, Michael V. Graves, James L. Van Etten, and Michael G. Rossmann
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14758–14763. Published online 2002 October 31. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232580699.
PMCID: PMC137492
Finding important sites in protein sequences
Peter J. Bickel, Katherina J. Kechris, Philip C. Spector, Gary J. Wedemayer, and Alexander N. Glazer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14764–14771. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222508899.
PMCID: PMC137493
Cytoskeletal-assisted dynamics of the mitochondrial reticulum in living cells
Michelle K. Knowles, Marina G. Guenza, Roderick A. Capaldi, and Andrew H. Marcus
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14772–14777. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232346999.
PMCID: PMC137494
Structural features of cytochrome c′ folding intermediates revealed by fluorescence energy-transfer kinetics
Jennifer C. Lee, K. Cecilia Engman, F. Akif Tezcan, Harry B. Gray, and Jay R. Winkler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14778–14782. Published online 2002 October 29. doi: 10.1073/pnas.192574099.
PMCID: PMC137495
Cell Biology
Estrogen receptor-interacting protein that modulates its nongenomic activity-crosstalk with Src/Erk phosphorylation cascade
Chi-Wai Wong, Christopher McNally, Elliot Nickbarg, Barry S. Komm, and Boris J. Cheskis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14783–14788. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.192569699.
PMCID: PMC137496
Distinct roles for CREB-binding protein and p300 in hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal
Vivienne I. Rebel, Andrew L. Kung, Elizabeth A. Tanner, Hong Yang, Roderick T. Bronson, and David M. Livingston
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14789–14794. Published online 2002 October 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232568499.
PMCID: PMC137497
Disruption of the checkpoint kinase 1/cell division cycle 25A pathway abrogates ionizing radiation-induced S and G2 checkpoints
Hui Zhao, Janis L. Watkins, and Helen Piwnica-Worms
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14795–14800. Published online 2002 October 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.182557299.
PMCID: PMC137498
Coordination of the two heads of myosin during muscle contraction
Diane S. Lidke and David D. Thomas
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14801–14806. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232161999.
PMCID: PMC137499
Heme deficiency may be a factor in the mitochondrial and neuronal decay of aging
Hani Atamna, David W. Killilea, Alison Nisbet Killilea, and Bruce N. Ames
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14807–14812. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.192585799.
PMCID: PMC137500
From the Cover:
DE-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion is essential for maintaining somatic stem cells in the Drosophila ovary
Xiaoqing Song and Ting Xie
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14813–14818. Published online 2002 October 22. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232389399.
PMCID: PMC137501
Molecular characterization of mouse gastric epithelial progenitor cells
Jason C. Mills, Niklas Andersson, Chieu V. Hong, Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck, and Jeffrey I. Gordon
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14819–14824. Published online 2002 October 30. doi: 10.1073/pnas.192574799.
PMCID: PMC137502
Transcriptome analysis during cell division in plants
Peter Breyne, Rozemarijn Dreesen, Klaas Vandepoele, Lieven De Veylder, Frank Van Breusegem, Lindy Callewaert, Stephane Rombauts, Jeroen Raes, Bernard Cannoot, Gilbert Engler, Dirk Inzé, and Marc Zabeau
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14825–14830. Published online 2002 October 22. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222561199.
PMCID: PMC137503
A chemoattractant for ascidian spermatozoa is a sulfated steroid
Manabu Yoshida, Michio Murata, Kazuo Inaba, and Masaaki Morisawa
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14831–14836. Published online 2002 October 31. doi: 10.1073/pnas.242470599.
PMCID: PMC137504
Amino acids regulate the intracellular trafficking of the general amino acid permease of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Esther J. Chen and Chris A. Kaiser
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14837–14842. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232591899.
PMCID: PMC137505
Nrdp1/FLRF is a ubiquitin ligase promoting ubiquitination and degradation of the epidermal growth factor receptor family member, ErbB3
Xiao-Bo Qiu and Alfred L. Goldberg
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14843–14848. Published online 2002 October 31. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232580999.
PMCID: PMC137506
Synthetic small inhibiting RNAs: Efficient tools to inactivate oncogenic mutations and restore p53 pathways
Luis Alfonso Martinez, Irina Naguibneva, Heike Lehrmann, Arlette Vervisch, Thierry Tchénio, Guillermina Lozano, and Annick Harel-Bellan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14849–14854. Published online 2002 October 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222406899.
PMCID: PMC137507
Developmental Biology
Potentiation of serum response factor activity by a family of myocardin-related transcription factors
Da-Zhi Wang, Shijie Li, Dirk Hockemeyer, Lillian Sutherland, Zhigao Wang, Gerhard Schratt, James A. Richardson, Alfred Nordheim, and Eric N. Olson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14855–14860. Published online 2002 October 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222561499.
PMCID: PMC137508
In vivo stabilization of the Dnmt1 (cytosine-5)- methyltransferase protein
Feng Ding and J. Richard Chaillet
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14861–14866. Published online 2002 October 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232565599.
PMCID: PMC137509
Ecology
Evidence of hybridity in invasive watermilfoil (Myriophyllum) populations
Michael L. Moody and Donald H. Les
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14867–14871. Published online 2002 October 29. doi: 10.1073/pnas.172391499.
PMCID: PMC137510
The inflationary effects of environmental fluctuations in source–sink systems
Andrew Gonzalez and Robert D. Holt
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14872–14877. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232589299.
PMCID: PMC137511
Evolution
Dobzhansky–Muller incompatibilities in protein evolution
Alexey S. Kondrashov, Shamil Sunyaev, and Fyodor A. Kondrashov
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14878–14883. Published online 2002 October 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232565499.
PMCID: PMC137512
Female investment is retarded pending reception of allosperm in a hermaphroditic colonial invertebrate
Roger N. Hughes, Patricio H. Manríquez, and John D. D. Bishop
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14884–14886. Published online 2002 October 29. doi: 10.1073/pnas.162339699.
PMCID: PMC137513
The evolution of fungus-growing termites and their mutualistic fungal symbionts
Duur K. Aanen, Paul Eggleton, Corinne Rouland-Lefèvre, Tobias Guldberg-Frøslev, Søren Rosendahl, and Jacobus J. Boomsma
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14887–14892. Published online 2002 October 17. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222313099.
PMCID: PMC137514
Origin of plant glycerol transporters by horizontal gene transfer and functional recruitment
Rafael Zardoya, Xiaodong Ding, Yoshichika Kitagawa, and Maarten J. Chrispeels
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14893–14896. Published online 2002 October 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.192573799.
PMCID: PMC137515
Uncoupling direct and indirect components of female choice in the wild
Ryan Calsbeek and Barry Sinervo
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14897–14902. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.242645199.
PMCID: PMC137516
Genetics
Combining mapping and arraying: An approach to candidate gene identification
M. L. Wayne and L. M. McIntyre
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14903–14906. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222549199.
PMCID: PMC137517
Metabolic specialization associated with phenotypic switching in Candida albicans
Chung-Yu Lan, George Newport, Luis A. Murillo, Ted Jones, Stewart Scherer, Ronald W. Davis, and Nina Agabian
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14907–14912. Published online 2002 October 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232566499.
PMCID: PMC137518
Coordinate regulation of energy transduction modules in Halobacterium sp. analyzed by a global systems approach
Nitin S. Baliga, Min Pan, Young Ah Goo, Eugene C. Yi, David R. Goodlett, Krassen Dimitrov, Paul Shannon, Ruedi Aebersold, Wailap Victor Ng, and Leroy Hood
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14913–14918. Published online 2002 October 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.192558999.
PMCID: PMC137519
Production of maternal-zygotic mutant zebrafish by germ-line replacement
Brian Ciruna, Gilbert Weidinger, Holger Knaut, Bernard Thisse, Christine Thisse, Erez Raz, and Alexander F. Schier
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14919–14924. Published online 2002 October 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222459999.
PMCID: PMC137520
Expression profiling of CD34+ hematopoietic stem/ progenitor cells reveals distinct subtypes of therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia
Zhijian Qian, Anthony A. Fernald, Lucy A. Godley, Richard A. Larson, and Michelle M. Le Beau
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14925–14930. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222491799.
PMCID: PMC137521
Production of transgenic rats by lentiviral transduction of male germ-line stem cells
F. Kent Hamra, Joel Gatlin, Karen M. Chapman, Dana M. Grellhesl, J. Victor Garcia, Robert E. Hammer, and David L. Garbers
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14931–14936. Published online 2002 October 21. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222561399.
PMCID: PMC137522
Mbd4 inactivation increases C→T transition mutations and promotes gastrointestinal tumor formation
Edmund Wong, Kan Yang, Mari Kuraguchi, Uwe Werling, Elena Avdievich, Kunhua Fan, Melissa Fazzari, Bo Jin, Anthony M. C. Brown, Martin Lipkin, and Winfried Edelmann
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14937–14942. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232579299.
PMCID: PMC137523
Retroviral delivery of small interfering RNA into primary cells
Gregory M. Barton and Ruslan Medzhitov
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14943–14945. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.242594499.
PMCID: PMC137524
The Usher syndrome proteins cadherin 23 and harmonin form a complex by means of PDZ-domain interactions
Jan Siemens, Piotr Kazmierczak, Anna Reynolds, Melanie Sticker, Amanda Littlewood-Evans, and Ulrich Müller
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14946–14951. Published online 2002 October 29. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232579599.
PMCID: PMC137525
The observed human sperm mutation frequency cannot explain the achondroplasia paternal age effect
Irene Tiemann-Boege, William Navidi, Raji Grewal, Dan Cohn, Brenda Eskenazi, Andrew J. Wyrobek, and Norman Arnheim
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14952–14957. Published online 2002 October 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232568699.
PMCID: PMC137526
The Coprinus cinereus adherin Rad9 functions in Mre11-dependent DNA repair, meiotic sister-chromatid cohesion, and meiotic homolog pairing
W. Jason Cummings, Sandra T. Merino, Kevin G. Young, Libo Li, Christopher W. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Sierra, and Miriam E. Zolan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14958–14963. Published online 2002 October 29. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232316999.
PMCID: PMC137527
The phage λ CII transcriptional activator carries a C-terminal domain signaling for rapid proteolysis
Oren Kobiler, Simi Koby, Dinah Teff, Donald Court, and Amos B. Oppenheim
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14964–14969. Published online 2002 October 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222172499.
PMCID: PMC137528
Repair of topoisomerase I covalent complexes in the absence of the tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase Tdp1
Chunyan Liu, Jeffrey J. Pouliot, and Howard A. Nash
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14970–14975. Published online 2002 October 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.182557199.
PMCID: PMC137529
Biological models and genes of tumor reversion: Cellular reprogramming through tpt1/TCTP and SIAH-1
Marcel Tuynder, Laurent Susini, Sylvie Prieur, Stéphanie Besse, Giusy Fiucci, Robert Amson, and Adam Telerman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14976–14981. Published online 2002 October 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222470799.
PMCID: PMC137530
Missense models [Gustm(E536A)Sly, Gustm(E536Q)Sly, and Gustm(L175F)Sly] of murine mucopolysaccharidosis type VII produced by targeted mutagenesis
Shunji Tomatsu, Koji O. Orii, Carole Vogler, Jeffrey H. Grubb, Elizabeth M. Snella, Monica A. Gutierrez, Tatiana Dieter, Kazuko Sukegawa, Tadao Orii, Naomi Kondo, and William S. Sly
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14982–14987. Published online 2002 October 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232570999.
PMCID: PMC137531
Transcriptional profiles associated with aging and middle age-onset caloric restriction in mouse hearts
Cheol-Koo Lee, David B. Allison, Jaap Brand, Richard Weindruch, and Tomas A. Prolla
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14988–14993. Published online 2002 November 5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232308999.
PMCID: PMC137532
From the Cover:
Mutations in Mcoln3 associated with deafness and pigmentation defects in varitint-waddler (Va) mice
Federica Di Palma, Inna A. Belyantseva, Hung J. Kim, Thomas F. Vogt, Bechara Kachar, and Konrad Noben-Trauth
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 14994–14999. Published online 2002 October 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222425399.
PMCID: PMC137533
Gene expression comparison of biopsies from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and normal skeletal muscle
Judith N. Haslett, Despina Sanoudou, Alvin T. Kho, Richard R. Bennett, Steven A. Greenberg, Isaac S. Kohane, Alan H. Beggs, and Louis M. Kunkel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15000–15005. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.192571199.
PMCID: PMC137534
Immunology
Human CD8+ T cells do not require the polarization of lipid rafts for activation and proliferation
Birgit Kovacs, Marcela V. Maus, James L. Riley, Geo S. Derimanov, Gary A. Koretzky, Carl H. June, and Terri H. Finkel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15006–15011. Published online 2002 November 5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232058599.
PMCID: PMC137535
Presentation of antagonist peptides to naive CD4+ T cells abrogates spatial reorganization of class II MHC peptide complexes on the surface of dendritic cells
Bartosz Chmielowski, Rafal Pacholczyk, Piotr Kraj, Pawel Kisielow, and Leszek Ignatowicz
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15012–15017. Published online 2002 October 31. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222463499.
PMCID: PMC137536
Negative autoregulation of BCL-6 is bypassed by genetic alterations in diffuse large B cell lymphomas
Xing Wang, Zhiping Li, Akira Naganuma, and B. Hilda Ye
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15018–15023. Published online 2002 October 29. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232581199.
PMCID: PMC137537
Quantifying signaling-induced reorientation of T cell receptors during immunological synapse formation
William C. Moss, Darrell J. Irvine, Mark M. Davis, and Matthew F. Krummel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15024–15029. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.192573999.
PMCID: PMC137538
Identification of E2A target genes in B lymphocyte development by using a gene tagging-based chromatin immunoprecipitation system
Stephen Greenbaum and Yuan Zhuang
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15030–15035. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232299999.
PMCID: PMC137539
Medical Sciences
Glycoprotein gp110 of Epstein–Barr virus determines viral tropism and efficiency of infection
B. Neuhierl, R. Feederle, W. Hammerschmidt, and H. J. Delecluse
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15036–15041. Published online 2002 October 30. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232381299.
PMCID: PMC137540
Down-regulation of parkin protein in transient focal cerebral ischemia: A link between stroke and degenerative disease?
Thorsten Mengesdorf, Poul H. Jensen, Günter Mies, Christoph Aufenberg, and Wulf Paschen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15042–15047. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232588799.
PMCID: PMC137541
Effects of long-term treatment with the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist Decapeptyl and the LHRH antagonist Cetrorelix on the levels of pituitary LHRH receptors and their mRNA expression in rats
Judit E. Horvath, Ana M. Bajo, Andrew V. Schally, Magdolna Kovacs, Francine Herbert, and Kate Groot
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15048–15053. Published online 2002 October 30. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232579499.
PMCID: PMC137542
Finding genetic contributions to sporadic disease: A recessive locus at 12q24 commonly contributes to patent ductus arteriosus
Arya Mani, Seyed-Mahmoud Meraji, Roozbeh Houshyar, Jayaram Radhakrishnan, Alaleh Mani, Mehrabeh Ahangar, Tayebeh M. Rezaie, Mohammad-Ali Taghavinejad, Behrooz Broumand, Hongyu Zhao, Carol Nelson-Williams, and Richard P. Lifton
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15054–15059. Published online 2002 October 30. doi: 10.1073/pnas.192582999.
PMCID: PMC137543
The lipid phosphatase myotubularin is essential for skeletal muscle maintenance but not for myogenesis in mice
Anna Buj-Bello, Vincent Laugel, Nadia Messaddeq, Hala Zahreddine, Jocelyn Laporte, Jean-François Pellissier, and Jean-Louis Mandel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15060–15065. Published online 2002 October 21. doi: 10.1073/pnas.212498399.
PMCID: PMC524320
Increased mitochondrial mass in mitochondrial myopathy mice
Anna Wredenberg, Rolf Wibom, Hans Wilhelmsson, Caroline Graff, Heidi H. Wiener, Steven J. Burden, Anders Oldfors, Håkan Westerblad, and Nils-Göran Larsson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15066–15071. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232591499.
PMCID: PMC137544
Proliferative action of mast-cell tryptase is mediated by PAR2, COX2, prostaglandins, and PPARγ: Possible relevance to human fibrotic disorders
Mónica B. Frungieri, Stephan Weidinger, Viktor Meineke, Frank M. Köhn, and Artur Mayerhofer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15072–15077. Published online 2002 October 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232422999.
PMCID: PMC137545
Expression of human epileptic temporal lobe neurotransmitter receptors in Xenopus oocytes: An innovative approach to study epilepsy
Eleonora Palma, Vincenzo Esposito, Anna Maria Mileo, Giancarlo Di Gennaro, Pierpaolo Quarato, Felice Giangaspero, Ciriaco Scoppetta, Paolo Onorati, Flavia Trettel, Ricardo Miledi, and Fabrizio Eusebi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15078–15083. Published online 2002 October 30. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232574499.
PMCID: PMC137546
A previously undescribed chemical link between smoking and metabolic disease
Tobin J. Dickerson and Kim D. Janda
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15084–15088. Published online 2002 October 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222561699.
PMCID: PMC137547
Antiepileptic drugs and apoptotic neurodegeneration in the developing brain
Petra Bittigau, Marco Sifringer, Kerstin Genz, Ellen Reith, Dana Pospischil, Suresh Govindarajalu, Mark Dzietko, Stefanie Pesditschek, Ingrid Mai, Krikor Dikranian, John W. Olney, and Chrysanthy Ikonomidou
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15089–15094. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222550499.
PMCID: PMC137548
Multistage carcinogenesis and the incidence of colorectal cancer
E. Georg Luebeck and Suresh H. Moolgavkar
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15095–15100. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222118199.
PMCID: PMC137549
Site-specific translocation and evidence of postnatal origin of the t(1;19) E2A-PBX1 fusion in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Joseph L. Wiemels, Brian C. Leonard, Yunxia Wang, Mark R. Segal, Stephen P. Hunger, Martyn T. Smith, Vonda Crouse, Xiaomei Ma, Patricia A. Buffler, and Sharon R. Pine
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15101–15106. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222481199.
PMCID: PMC137550
Microbiology
East Asian genotypes of Helicobacter pylori strains in Amerindians provide evidence for its ancient human carriage
Chandrabali Ghose, Guillermo I. Perez-Perez, Maria-Gloria Dominguez-Bello, David T. Pride, Claudio M. Bravi, and Martin J. Blaser
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15107–15111. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.242574599.
PMCID: PMC137551
Analysis of optimality in natural and perturbed metabolic networks
Daniel Segrè, Dennis Vitkup, and George M. Church
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15112–15117. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232349399.
PMCID: PMC137552
Replicating hepatitis delta virus RNA is edited in the nucleus by the small form of ADAR1
Swee Kee Wong and David W. Lazinski
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15118–15123. Published online 2002 October 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232416799.
PMCID: PMC137553
Engineered herpes simplex virus 1 is dependent on IL13Rα2 receptor for cell entry and independent of glycoprotein D receptor interaction
Guoying Zhou, Guo-Jie Ye, Waldemar Debinski, and Bernard Roizman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15124–15129. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232588699.
PMCID: PMC137554
Reactivation of a complex retrovirus is controlled by a molecular switch and is inhibited by a viral protein
Christopher D. Meiering and Maxine L. Linial
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15130–15135. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.242491999.
PMCID: PMC137555
Cag pathogenicity island-specific responses of gastric epithelial cells to Helicobacter pylori infection
Karen Guillemin, Nina R. Salama, Lucy S. Tompkins, and Stanley Falkow
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15136–15141. Published online 2002 October 31. doi: 10.1073/pnas.182558799.
PMCID: PMC137556
Neuroscience
Time-lapse imaging of a dynamic phosphorylation-dependent protein–protein interaction in mammalian cells
James M. Spotts, Ricardo E. Dolmetsch, and Michael E. Greenberg
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15142–15147. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232565699.
PMCID: PMC137557
Transneuronal tracing of diverse CNS circuits by Cre-mediated induction of wheat germ agglutinin in transgenic mice
Joao M. Braz, Beatriz Rico, and Allan I. Basbaum
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15148–15153. Published online 2002 October 21. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222546999.
PMCID: PMC137558
Neuroendocrine control of a sexually dimorphic behavior by a few neurons of the pars intercerebralis in Drosophila
Yesser Hadj Belgacem and Jean-René Martin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15154–15158. Published online 2002 October 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232244199.
PMCID: PMC137559
Motion perception of saccade-induced retinal translation
Eric Castet, Sébastien Jeanjean, and Guillaume S. Masson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15159–15163. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232377199.
PMCID: PMC137560
Shape perception reduces activity in human primary visual cortex
Scott O. Murray, Daniel Kersten, Bruno A. Olshausen, Paul Schrater, and David L. Woods
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15164–15169. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.192579399.
PMCID: PMC137561
Altered kinetics and benzodiazepine sensitivity of a GABAA receptor subunit mutation [γ2(R43Q)] found in human epilepsy
David N. Bowser, David A. Wagner, Cynthia Czajkowski, Brett A. Cromer, Michael W. Parker, Robyn H. Wallace, Louise A. Harkin, John C. Mulley, Carla Marini, Samuel F. Berkovic, David A. Williams, Mathew V. Jones, and Steven Petrou
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15170–15175. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.212320199.
PMCID: PMC137562
Spectral mixing of rhythmic neuronal signals in sensory cortex
Kurt F. Ahrens, Herbert Levine, Harry Suhl, and David Kleinfeld
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15176–15181. Published online 2002 October 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222547199.
PMCID: PMC137563
Laminar specificity of functional MRI onset times during somatosensory stimulation in rat
Afonso C. Silva and Alan P. Koretsky
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15182–15187. Published online 2002 October 29. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222561899.
PMCID: PMC137564
Caspase activation and neuroprotection in caspase-3- deficient mice after in vivo cerebral ischemia and in vitro oxygen glucose deprivation
Dean A. Le, Yongqin Wu, Zhihong Huang, Kohji Matsushita, Nikolaus Plesnila, Jean C. Augustinack, Bradley T. Hyman, Junying Yuan, Keisuke Kuida, Richard A. Flavell, and Michael A. Moskowitz
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15188–15193. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232473399.
PMCID: PMC137565
RNA-binding protein Musashi family: Roles for CNS stem cells and a subpopulation of ependymal cells revealed by targeted disruption and antisense ablation
Shin-ichi Sakakibara, Yuki Nakamura, Tetsu Yoshida, Shinsuke Shibata, Masato Koike, Hiroshi Takano, Shuichi Ueda, Yasuo Uchiyama, Tetsuo Noda, and Hideyuki Okano
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15194–15199. Published online 2002 October 29. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232087499.
PMCID: PMC137566
Viable hypomorphic signaling mutant of the Met receptor reveals a role for hepatocyte growth factor in postnatal cerebellar development
Alessandro Ieraci, Paolo E. Forni, and Carola Ponzetto
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15200–15205. Published online 2002 October 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222362099.
PMCID: PMC137567
Plant Biology
From the Cover:
A Lotus basic leucine zipper protein with a RING-finger motif negatively regulates the developmental program of nodulation
Rieko Nishimura, Masayuki Ohmori, Hironori Fujita, and Masayoshi Kawaguchi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15206–15210. Published online 2002 October 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222302699.
PMCID: PMC137568
Control of photoperiod-regulated tuberization in potato by the Arabidopsis flowering-time gene CONSTANS
Jaime F. Martínez-García, Ariadna Virgós-Soler, and Salomé Prat
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15211–15216. Published online 2002 October 22. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222390599.
PMCID: PMC137569
Expression of the antiapoptotic baculovirus p35 gene in tomato blocks programmed cell death and provides broad-spectrum resistance to disease
James E. Lincoln, Craig Richael, Bert Overduin, Kathy Smith, Richard Bostock, and David G. Gilchrist
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15217–15221. Published online 2002 October 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232579799.
PMCID: PMC137570
PsbS-dependent enhancement of feedback de-excitation protects photosystem II from photoinhibition
Xiao-Ping Li, Patricia Müller-Moulé, Adam M. Gilmore, and Krishna K. Niyogi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15222–15227. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232447699.
PMCID: PMC137571
From the Cover:
A viral suppressor of RNA silencing differentially regulates the accumulation of short interfering RNAs and micro-RNAs in tobacco
Allison C. Mallory, Brenda J. Reinhart, David Bartel, Vicki B. Vance, and Lewis H. Bowman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15228–15233. Published online 2002 October 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232434999.
PMCID: PMC137572
Population Biology
Herpes viruses hedge their bets
Michael P. H. Stumpf, Zoë Laidlaw, and Vincent A. A. Jansen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15234–15237. Published online 2002 October 30. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232546899.
PMCID: PMC137573
Psychology (Biological Sciences)
Distinct neural systems subserve person and object knowledge
Jason P. Mitchell, Todd F. Heatherton, and C. Neil Macrae
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15238–15243. Published online 2002 November 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.232395699.
PMCID: PMC137574
Corrections
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15244. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.242607799.
PMCID: PMC133618
Corrects: Michael Q. Zhang. Extracting functional information from microarrays: A challenge for functional genomics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 October 1; 99(20): 12509–12511.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15244. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222533199.
PMCID: PMC133619
Corrects: Bing Gong, et al. Creating nanocavities of tunable sizes: Hollow helices. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 September 3; 99(18): 11583–11588.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15244. Published online 2002 October 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.242581399.
PMCID: PMC133620
Corrects: Boris N. Kholodenko, et al. Untangling the wires: A strategy to trace functional interactions in signaling and gene networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 October 1; 99(20): 12841–12846.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15244. Published online 2002 November 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.242617899.
PMCID: PMC133621
Corrects: Shuyuan Yeh, et al. Generation and characterization of androgen receptor knockout (ARKO) mice: An in vivo model for the study of androgen functions in selective tissues. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 October 15; 99(21): 13498–13503.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 November 12; 99(23): 15244. Published online 2002 October 25. doi: 10.1073/pnas.222520199.
PMCID: PMC133622
Corrects: Maximilian Diehn, et al. Genomic expression programs and the integration of the CD28 costimulatory signal in T cell activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 September 3; 99(18): 11796–11801.
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