| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Commentaries Tet B or not tet B: Advances in tetracycline-inducible gene expression Helen M. Blau and Fabio M. V. Rossi Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 797–799. PMCID: PMC33520 Disease transmission dynamics and the evolution of antibiotic
resistance in hospitals and communal settings Simon A. Levin and Viggo Andreasen Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 800–801. PMCID: PMC33521 Xenotropism: The elusive viral receptor finally uncovered Jay A. Levy Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 802–804. PMCID: PMC33522 Biological Sciences Biochemistry Niemann-Pick C1 protein: Obligatory roles for N-terminal domains and lysosomal targeting in cholesterol mobilization Hidemichi Watari, E. Joan Blanchette-Mackie, Nancy K. Dwyer, Jane M. Glick, Shutish Patel, Edward B. Neufeld, Roscoe O. Brady, Peter G. Pentchev, and Jerome F. Strauss, III Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 805–810. PMCID: PMC15306 INAUGURAL ARTICLE by a Recently Elected Academy Member: Origins of DNA-binding specificity: Role of protein contacts with the DNA backbone Joel F. Schildbach, A. Wali Karzai, Brigitte E. Raumann, and Robert T. Sauer Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 811–817. PMCID: PMC15307 Trimeric domain-swapped barnase Ingrid Zegers, Joeri Deswarte, and Lode Wyns Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 818–822. PMCID: PMC15308 Three-dimensional structure of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase: A proposed mechanism for allosteric inhibition Yasushi Kai, Hiroyoshi Matsumura, Tsuyoshi Inoue, Kazutoyo Terada, Yoshitaka Nagara, Takeo Yoshinaga, Akio Kihara, Kennji Tsumura, and Katsura Izui Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 823–828. PMCID: PMC15309 Xenopus laevis sperm receptor gp69/64 glycoprotein is a homolog of the mammalian sperm receptor ZP2 Jingdong Tian, Hui Gong, and William J. Lennarz Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 829–834. PMCID: PMC15310 Levels of major selenoproteins in T cells decrease during HIV infection and low molecular mass selenium compounds increase Vadim N. Gladyshev, Thressa C. Stadtman, Dolph L. Hatfield, and Kuan-Teh Jeang Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 835–839. PMCID: PMC15311 Structure of the ternary complex of human 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 with 3-hydroxyestra-1,3,5,7-tetraen-17-one (equilin) and NADP+ Mark W. Sawicki, Mary Erman, Terhi Puranen, Pirkko Vihko, and Debashis Ghosh Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 840–845. PMCID: PMC15312 Mitochondrial disease in superoxide dismutase 2 mutant mice Simon Melov, Pinar Coskun, Manisha Patel, Robbyn Tuinstra, Barbara Cottrell, Albert S. Jun, Tomsz H. Zastawny, Miral Dizdaroglu, Stephen I. Goodman, Ting-Ting Huang, Henry Miziorko, Charles J. Epstein, and Douglas C. Wallace Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 846–851. PMCID: PMC15313 U1 small nuclear RNA and spliceosomal introns in Euglena gracilis David G. Breckenridge, Yoh-ichi Watanabe, Spencer J. Greenwood, Michael W. Gray, and Murray N. Schnare Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 852–856. PMCID: PMC15314 The specificity of interaction of archaeal transducers with their cognate sensory rhodopsins is determined by their transmembrane helices Xue-Nong Zhang, Jingya Zhu, and John L. Spudich Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 857–862. PMCID: PMC15315 TOXCAT: A measure of transmembrane helix association in a biological membrane William P. Russ and Donald M. Engelman Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 863–868. PMCID: PMC15316 The C-terminal domain of the regulatory protein NOVH is sufficient to promote interaction with fibulin 1C: A clue for a role of NOVH in cell-adhesion signaling Bernard Perbal, Cécile Martinerie, Richard Sainson, Michel Werner, Bin He, and Bernard Roizman Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 869–874. PMCID: PMC15317 Induced fit of a peptide loop of methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase triggered by the initiator tRNA substrate Vaidyanathan Ramesh, Christine Mayer, Michael R. Dyson, Sadanand Gite, and Uttam L. RajBhandary Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 875–880. PMCID: PMC15318 Similarity in the catalysis of DNA breakage and rejoining by type IA and IIA DNA topoisomerases Qiyong Liu and James C. Wang Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 881–886. PMCID: PMC15319 The minimal gene set member msrA, encoding peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase, is a virulence determinant of the plant pathogen Erwinia chrysanthemi Mohammed El Hassouni, Jean Pierre Chambost, Dominique Expert, Frederique Van Gijsegem, and Frederic Barras Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 887–892. PMCID: PMC15320 Biophysics Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy of enzyme conformational dynamics and cleavage mechanism Taekjip Ha, Alice Y. Ting, Joy Liang, W. Brett Caldwell, Ashok A. Deniz, Daniel S. Chemla, Peter G. Schultz, and Shimon Weiss Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 893–898. PMCID: PMC15321 Enhanced rate of intramolecular electron transfer in an engineered purple CuA azurin Ole Farver, Yi Lu, Majorie C. Ang, and Israel Pecht Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 899–902. PMCID: PMC15322 α-Helix nucleation by a calcium-binding peptide loop Monika Siedlecka, Grażyna Goch, Andrzej Ejchart, Heinrich Sticht, and Andrzej Bierzy ski Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 903–908. PMCID: PMC15323 Cell Biology SEM1, a homologue of the split hand/split foot malformation candidate gene Dss1, regulates exocytosis and pseudohyphal differentiation in yeast Jussi Jäntti, Johanna Lahdenranta, Vesa M. Olkkonen, Hans Söderlund, and Sirkka Keränen Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 909–914. PMCID: PMC15324 Expression cloning of LDLB, a gene essential for normal Golgi function and assembly of the ldlCp complex Jon E. Chatterton, David Hirsch, John J. Schwartz, Perry E. Bickel, Robert D. Rosenberg, Harvey F. Lodish, and Monty Krieger Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 915–920. PMCID: PMC15325 Dimensional and mechanical dynamics of active and stable edges in motile fibroblasts investigated by using atomic force microscopy Christian Rotsch, Ken Jacobson, and Manfred Radmacher Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 921–926. PMCID: PMC15326 Cloning and characterization of a cell surface receptor for xenotropic and polytropic murine leukemia viruses Chetankumar S. Tailor, Ali Nouri, Chun G. Lee, Christine Kozak, and David Kabat Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 927–932. PMCID: PMC15327 The nuclear matrix prepared by amine modification Katherine M. Wan, Jeffrey A. Nickerson, Gabriela Krockmalnic, and Sheldon Penman Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 933–938. PMCID: PMC15328 Model of maltose-binding protein/chemoreceptor complex supports intrasubunit signaling mechanism Yinghua Zhang, Paul J. Gardina, Ann S. Kuebler, Hui S. Kang, Jon A. Christopher, and Michael D. Manson Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 939–944. PMCID: PMC15329 Multiple and diverse forms of regulated exocytosis in wild-type and defective PC12 cells Haruo Kasai, Takuya Kishimoto, Ting-Ting Liu, Yasushi Miyashita, Paola Podini, Fabio Grohovaz, and Jacopo Meldolesi Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 945–949. PMCID: PMC15330 Developmental Biology FOG-2: A novel GATA-family cofactor related to multitype zinc-finger proteins Friend of GATA-1 and U-shaped Sergei G. Tevosian, Anne E. Deconinck, Alan B. Cantor, Heather I. Rieff, Yuko Fujiwara, Gabriel Corfas, and Stuart H. Orkin Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 950–955. PMCID: PMC15331 Molecular cloning of FOG-2: A modulator of transcription factor GATA-4 in cardiomyocytes Eric C. Svensson, Rachel L. Tufts, Christine E. Polk, and Jeffrey M. Leiden Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 956–961. PMCID: PMC15332 Metamorphosis is inhibited in transgenic Xenopus laevis tadpoles that overexpress type III deiodinase Haochu Huang, Nicholas Marsh-Armstrong, and Donald D. Brown Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 962–967. PMCID: PMC15333 sqv mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans are defective in vulval epithelial invagination Tory Herman, Erika Hartwieg, and H. Robert Horvitz Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 968–973. PMCID: PMC15334 Three proteins involved in Caenorhabditis elegans vulval invagination are similar to components of a glycosylation pathway Tory Herman and H. Robert Horvitz Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 974–979. PMCID: PMC15335 Ecology Perception of solar UVB radiation by phytophagous insects: Behavioral responses and ecosystem implications Carlos A. Mazza, Jorge Zavala, Ana L. Scopel, and Carlos L. Ballaré Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 980–985. PMCID: PMC15336 Interspecific and intraspecific competition as causes of direct and delayed density dependence in a fluctuating vole population Thomas F. Hansen, Nils C. Stenseth, Heikki Henttonen, and Johan Tast Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 986–991. PMCID: PMC15337 Evolution Species realities and numbers in sexual vertebrates: Perspectives from an asexually transmitted genome John C. Avise and DeEtte Walker Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 992–995. PMCID: PMC15338 Genetics Ectopic expression of E47 or E12 promotes the death of E2A-deficient lymphomas Isaac Engel and Cornelis Murre Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 996–1001. PMCID: PMC15339 Inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 by p21 is necessary for retinoblastoma protein-mediated G1 arrest after γ-irradiation James Brugarolas, Ken Moberg, Scott D. Boyd, Yoichi Taya, Tyler Jacks, and Jacqueline A. Lees Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1002–1007. PMCID: PMC15340 Progressive juvenile-onset punctate cataracts caused by mutation of the γD-crystallin gene Dietrich A. Stephan, Elizabeth Gillanders, Deborah Vanderveen, Diana Freas-Lutz, Graeme Wistow, Andreas D. Baxevanis, Christiane M. Robbins, Ann Van Auken, Matthew I. Quesenberry, Joan Bailey-Wilson, Suh-Hang Hank Juo, Jeffrey M. Trent, Lois Smith, and Michael J. Brownstein Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1008–1012. PMCID: PMC15341 Generation of conditional mutants in higher eukaryotes by switching between the expression of two genes Udo Baron, Dirk Schnappinger, Vera Helbl, Manfred Gossen, Wolfgang Hillen, and Hermann Bujard Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1013–1018. PMCID: PMC15342 Immunology CD48-deficient mice have a pronounced defect in CD4+ T cell activation Jesús González-Cabrero, Catherine J. Wise, Yvette Latchman, Gordon J. Freeman, Arlene H. Sharpe, and Hans Reiser Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1019–1023. PMCID: PMC15343 T cell antigen receptor-mediated activation of the Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway controls interleukin 4 receptor function and type-2 helper T cell differentiation Masakatsu Yamashita, Motoko Kimura, Masato Kubo, Chiori Shimizu, Tomio Tada, Roger M. Perlmutter, and Toshinori Nakayama Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1024–1029. PMCID: PMC15344 Lack of infection in HIV-exposed individuals is associated with a strong CD8+ cell noncytotoxic anti-HIV response Sharon A. Stranford, Joan Skurnick, Donald Louria, Dennis Osmond, Sheng-Yung Chang, John Sninsky, Guido Ferrari, Kent Weinhold, Craig Lindquist, and Jay A. Levy Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1030–1035. PMCID: PMC15345 Distinct dendritic cell subsets differentially regulate the class of immune response in vivo B. Pulendran, J. L. Smith, G. Caspary, K. Brasel, D. Pettit, E. Maraskovsky, and C. R. Maliszewski Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1036–1041. PMCID: PMC15346 Identification of a cell protein (FIP-3) as a modulator of NF-κB activity and as a target of an adenovirus inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor α-induced apoptosis Yongan Li, Jian Kang, Joshua Friedman, Leonid Tarassishin, Jianjiang Ye, Andrei Kovalenko, David Wallach, and Marshall S. Horwitz Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1042–1047. PMCID: PMC15347 Medical Sciences The stretch-activation response may be critical to the proper functioning of the mammalian heart Ramesh Vemuri, Edward B. Lankford, Karl Poetter, Shahin Hassanzadeh, Kazuyo Takeda, Zu-Xi Yu, Victor J. Ferrans, and Neal D. Epstein Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1048–1053. PMCID: PMC15348 Defective collagen crosslinking in bone, but not in ligament or cartilage, in Bruck syndrome: Indications for a bone-specific telopeptide lysyl hydroxylase on chromosome 17 Ruud A. Bank, Simon P. Robins, Cisca Wijmenga, Liesbeth J. Breslau-Siderius, Alfons F. J. Bardoel, Hans A. Van der Sluijs, Hans E. H. Pruijs, and Johan M. TeKoppele Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1054–1058. PMCID: PMC15349 Enhancing versus suppressive effects of stress hormones on skin immune function Firdaus S. Dhabhar and Bruce S. McEwen Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1059–1064. PMCID: PMC15350 Gene therapy to promote thromboresistance: Local overexpression of tissue plasminogen activator to prevent arterial thrombosis in an in vivo rabbit model J. M. Waugh, M. Kattash, J. Li, E. Yuksel, M. D. Kuo, M. Lussier, A. B. Weinfeld, R. Saxena, E. D. Rabinovsky, S. Thung, S. L. C. Woo, and S. M. Shenaq Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1065–1070. PMCID: PMC15351 The relationship between the volume of antimicrobial consumption in human communities and the frequency of resistance D. J. Austin, K. G. Kristinsson, and R. M. Anderson Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1152–1156. PMCID: PMC15366 Microbiology Identification of a Vibrio cholerae RTX toxin gene cluster that is tightly linked to the cholera toxin prophage Wei Lin, Karla Jean Fullner, Rebecca Clayton, Jessica A. Sexton, Marc B. Rogers, Kerstin E. Calia, Stephen B. Calderwood, Claire Fraser, and John J. Mekalanos Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1071–1076. PMCID: PMC15352 Variation in expression of the Haemophilus influenzae HMW adhesins: A prokaryotic system reminiscent of eukaryotes Suzanne Dawid, Stephen J. Barenkamp, and Joseph W. St. Geme, III Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1077–1082. PMCID: PMC15353 Neurobiology The role of presynaptic activity in monocular deprivation: Comparison of homosynaptic and heterosynaptic mechanisms Brian S. Blais, Harel Z. Shouval, and Leon N. Cooper Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1083–1087. PMCID: PMC15354 Molecular and functional remodeling of electrogenic membrane of hypothalamic neurons in response to changes in their input M. Tanaka, T. R. Cummins, K. Ishikawa, J. A. Black, Y. Ibata, and S. G. Waxman Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1088–1093. PMCID: PMC15355 A presynaptic role for the ADP ribosylation factor (ARF)-specific GDP/GTP exchange factor msec7-1 Uri Ashery, Henriette Koch, Volker Scheuss, Nils Brose, and Jens Rettig Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1094–1099. PMCID: PMC15356 Neuroligin 1 is a postsynaptic cell-adhesion molecule of excitatory synapses Ji-Ying Song, Konstantin Ichtchenko, Thomas C. Südhof, and Nils Brose Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1100–1105. PMCID: PMC15357 Spatiotemporal activity patterns of rat cortical neurons predict responses in a conditioned task Alessandro E. P. Villa, Igor V. Tetko, Brian Hyland, and Abdellatif Najem Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1106–1111. PMCID: PMC15358 Neurotrophins regulate agrin-induced postsynaptic differentiation David G. Wells, Beth A. McKechnie, Samir Kelkar, and Justin R. Fallon Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1112–1117. PMCID: PMC15359 Glutamate and γ-aminobutyric acid mediate a heterosynaptic depression at mossy fiber synapses in the hippocampus Kaspar E. Vogt and Roger A. Nicoll Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1118–1122. PMCID: PMC15360 Pharmacology Isometric contraction induces the Ca2+-independent activation of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase Ingrid Fleming, Johann Bauersachs, Andreas Schäfer, Dimitri Scholz, Jan Aldershvile, and Rudi Busse Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1123–1128. PMCID: PMC15361 Physiology Role of mitochondrial lactate dehydrogenase and lactate oxidation in the intracellular lactate shuttle George A. Brooks, Hervé Dubouchaud, Marcia Brown, James P. Sicurello, and C. Eric Butz Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1129–1134. PMCID: PMC15362 Plant Biology Unusual carotenoid composition and a new type of xanthophyll cycle in plants Ralph A. Bungard, Alexander V. Ruban, Julian M. Hibberd, Malcolm C. Press, Peter Horton, and Julie D. Scholes Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1135–1139. PMCID: PMC15363 ARG1 (Altered Response to Gravity) encodes a DnaJ-like protein that potentially interacts with the cytoskeleton John C. Sedbrook, Rujin Chen, and Patrick H. Masson Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1140–1145. PMCID: PMC15364 Antisense-mediated depletion of a potato lipoxygenase reduces wound induction of proteinase inhibitors and increases weight gain of insect pests Joaquín Royo, José León, Guy Vancanneyt, Juan Pablo Albar, Sabine Rosahl, Félix Ortego, Pedro Castañera, and José J. Sánchez-Serrano Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1146–1151. PMCID: PMC15365 Population Biology The relationship between the volume of antimicrobial consumption in human communities and the frequency of resistance D. J. Austin, K. G. Kristinsson, and R. M. Anderson Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1152–1156. PMCID: PMC15366 Social Sciences Anthropology Skeletal and dental morphology supports diphyletic origin of baboons and mandrills John G. Fleagle and W. Scott McGraw Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1157–1161. PMCID: PMC15367 Corrections Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 February 2; 96(3): 1162. PMCID: PMC56003 Corrects: Edward A. Berger, et al. Reconsidering targeted toxins to eliminate HIV infection: You gotta
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