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Volume 95(25);  December 8, 1998
Commentaries
Membrane protein biogenesis: The exception explains the rules
Harris D. Bernstein
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14587–14589.
PMCID: PMC33923
Bringing biological solutions to chemical problems
Peter G. Schultz
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14590–14591.
PMCID: PMC33924
NO skeletal muscle derived relaxing factor in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
David S. Bredt
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14592–14593.
PMCID: PMC33925
Physical Sciences
Applied Mathematics
Compression, gain, and nonlinear distortion in an active cochlear model with subpartitions
R. S. Chadwick
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14594–14599.
PMCID: PMC24494
Matchings and phylogenetic trees
Persi W. Diaconis and Susan P. Holmes
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14600–14602.
PMCID: PMC24495
Chemistry
The antibody catalysis route to the total synthesis of epothilones
Subhash C. Sinha, Carlos F. Barbas, III, and Richard A. Lerner
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14603–14608.
PMCID: PMC24496
Biological Sciences
Biochemistry
Isolation and one-step preparation of A2E and iso-A2E, fluorophores from human retinal pigment epithelium
Craig A. Parish, Masaru Hashimoto, Koji Nakanishi, James Dillon, and Janet Sparrow
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14609–14613.
PMCID: PMC24497
Comparative analyses of the secondary structures of synthetic and intracellular yeast MFA2 mRNAs
Mitchel J. Doktycz, Frank W. Larimer, Miro Pastrnak, and Audrey Stevens
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14614–14621.
PMCID: PMC24498
Localization of the N terminus of hepatitis B virus capsid protein by peptide-based difference mapping from cryoelectron microscopy
J. F. Conway, N. Cheng, A. Zlotnick, S. J. Stahl, P. T. Wingfield, and A. C. Steven
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14622–14627.
PMCID: PMC24499
Toward controlling gene expression at will: Specific regulation of the erbB-2/HER-2 promoter by using polydactyl zinc finger proteins constructed from modular building blocks
Roger R. Beerli, David J. Segal, Birgit Dreier, and Carlos F. Barbas, III
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14628–14633.
PMCID: PMC24500
Identification and characterization of a single-stranded DNA-binding protein from the archaeon Methanococcus jannaschii
Thomas J. Kelly, Pamela Simancek, and George S. Brush
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14634–14639.
PMCID: PMC24501
Yeast chorismate mutase in the R state: Simulations of the active site
Jianpeng Ma, Xiaofeng Zheng, Georg Schnappauf, Gerhard Braus, Martin Karplus, and William N. Lipscomb
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14640–14645.
PMCID: PMC24502
Differential use of the signal recognition particle translocase targeting pathway for inner membrane protein assembly in Escherichia coli
Jan-Willem L. de Gier, Pier A. Scotti, Annika Sääf, Quido A. Valent, Andreas Kuhn, Joen Luirink, and Gunnar von Heijne
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14646–14651.
PMCID: PMC24503
Upstream A-tracts increase bacterial promoter activity through interactions with the RNA polymerase α subunit
Sarah E. Aiyar, Richard L. Gourse, and Wilma Ross
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14652–14657.
PMCID: PMC24504
Structural assignments to the Mycoplasma genitalium proteins show extensive gene duplications and domain rearrangements
Sarah A. Teichmann, Jong Park, and Cyrus Chothia
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14658–14663.
PMCID: PMC24505
Fractionation factors and activation energies for exchange of the low barrier hydrogen bonding proton in peptidyl trifluoromethyl ketone complexes of chymotrypsin
Jing Lin, William M. Westler, W. Wallace Cleland, John L. Markley, and Perry A. Frey
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14664–14668.
PMCID: PMC24506
Derepression of human embryonic ζ-globin promoter by a locus-control region sequence
B.-L. Huang, I. R. Fan-Chiang, S. C. Wen, H.-C. Koo, W. Y. Kao, N. R. Gavva, and C.-K. James Shen
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14669–14674.
PMCID: PMC24507
Semirational design of active tumor suppressor p53 DNA binding domain with enhanced stability
Penka V. Nikolova, Julia Henckel, David P. Lane, and Alan R. Fersht
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14675–14680.
PMCID: PMC24508
Bax interacts with the permeability transition pore to induce permeability transition and cytochrome c release in isolated mitochondria
Masashi Narita, Shigeomi Shimizu, Toshinori Ito, Thomas Chittenden, Robert J. Lutz, Hikaru Matsuda, and Yoshihide Tsujimoto
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14681–14686.
PMCID: PMC24509
Double-stranded RNA induces mRNA degradation in Trypanosoma brucei
Huân Ngô, Christian Tschudi, Keith Gull, and Elisabetta Ullu
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14687–14692.
PMCID: PMC24510
Protein phosphatase 2A is required for the initiation of chromosomal DNA replication
Xiao-Hong Lin, Johannes Walter, Karl Scheidtmann, Kim Ohst, John Newport, and Gernot Walter
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14693–14698.
PMCID: PMC24511
Functional topography of nascent RNA in elongation intermediates of RNA polymerase
Natalia Komissarova and Mikhail Kashlev
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14699–14704.
PMCID: PMC24512
Biophysics
Compression, gain, and nonlinear distortion in an active cochlear model with subpartitions
R. S. Chadwick
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14594–14599.
PMCID: PMC24494
Identification of protein–protein interfaces by decreased amide proton solvent accessibility
Jeffrey G. Mandell, Arnold M. Falick, and Elizabeth A. Komives
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14705–14710.
PMCID: PMC24513
Cell Biology
Tissue phenotype depends on reciprocal interactions between the extracellular matrix and the structural organization of the nucleus
Sophie A. Lelièvre, Valerie M. Weaver, Jeffrey A. Nickerson, Carolyn A. Larabell, Ankan Bhaumik, Ole W. Petersen, and Mina J. Bissell
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14711–14716.
PMCID: PMC24514
WISP genes are members of the connective tissue growth factor family that are up-regulated in Wnt-1-transformed cells and aberrantly expressed in human colon tumors
Diane Pennica, Todd A. Swanson, James W. Welsh, Margaret A. Roy, David A. Lawrence, James Lee, Jennifer Brush, Lisa A. Taneyhill, Bethanne Deuel, Michael Lew, Colin Watanabe, Robert L. Cohen, Mona F. Melhem, Gene G. Finley, Phil Quirke, Audrey D. Goddard, Kenneth J. Hillan, Austin L. Gurney, David Botstein, and Arnold J. Levine
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14717–14722.
PMCID: PMC24515
Dissociation among in vitro telomerase activity, telomere maintenance, and cellular immortalization
Christopher M. Counter, William C. Hahn, Wenyi Wei, Stephanie Dickinson Caddle, Roderick L. Beijersbergen, Peter M. Lansdorp, John M. Sedivy, and Robert A. Weinberg
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14723–14728.
PMCID: PMC24516
Cleavage planes in frog eggs are altered by strong magnetic fields
James M. Denegre, James M. Valles, Jr., Kevin Lin, W. B. Jordan, and Kimberly L. Mowry
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14729–14732.
PMCID: PMC24517
Apoprotein B100 has a prolonged interaction with the translocon during which its lipidation and translocation change from dependence on the microsomal triglyceride transfer protein to independence
Deborah M. Mitchell, Mingyue Zhou, Rajalakshmi Pariyarath, Hongxing Wang, John D. Aitchison, Henry N. Ginsberg, and Edward A. Fisher
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14733–14738.
PMCID: PMC24518
A cytosolic activity distinct from Crm1 mediates nuclear export of protein kinase inhibitor in permeabilized cells
James M. Holaska and Bryce M. Paschal
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14739–14744.
PMCID: PMC24519
PAT1, a microtubule-interacting protein, recognizes the basolateral sorting signal of amyloid precursor protein
Peizhong Zheng, Jean Eastman, Scott Vande Pol, and Sanjay W. Pimplikar
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14745–14750.
PMCID: PMC24520
Thiazolidinediones and insulin resistance: Peroxisome proliferatoractivated receptor γ activation stimulates expression of the CAP gene
Vered Ribon, John H. Johnson, Heidi S. Camp, and Alan R. Saltiel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14751–14756.
PMCID: PMC24521
Attachment to the nuclear matrix mediates specific alterations in chromatin structure
Alexander Pemov, Sergei Bavykin, and Joyce L. Hamlin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14757–14762.
PMCID: PMC24522
Telomerase expression in chickens: Constitutive activity in somatic tissues and down-regulation in culture
Ranga N. Venkatesan and Carolyn Price
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14763–14768.
PMCID: PMC24523
SMAD3/4-dependent transcriptional activation of the human type VII collagen gene (COL7A1) promoter by transforming growth factor β
Laurence Vindevoghel, Robert J. Lechleider, Atsushi Kon, Mark P. de Caestecker, Jouni Uitto, Anita B. Roberts, and Alain Mauviel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14769–14774.
PMCID: PMC24524
A p53-dependent S-phase checkpoint helps to protect cells from DNA damage in response to starvation for pyrimidine nucleotides
Munna L. Agarwal, Archana Agarwal, William R. Taylor, Olga Chernova, Yogesh Sharma, and George R. Stark
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14775–14780.
PMCID: PMC24525
Negative regulation of mitosis in fission yeast by the Shk1interacting protein Skb1 and its human homolog, Skb1Hs
Mary Gilbreth, Peirong Yang, Geoffrey Bartholomeusz, Ruth A. Pimental, Sanjay Kansra, Ramesh Gadiraju, and Stevan Marcus
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14781–14786.
PMCID: PMC24526
Pontin52, an interaction partner of β-catenin, binds to the TATA box binding protein
Andreas Bauer, Otmar Huber, and Rolf Kemler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14787–14792.
PMCID: PMC24527
Mobility of cytochrome P450 in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane
Elzbieta Szczesna-Skorupa, Ci-Di Chen, Steven Rogers, and Byron Kemper
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14793–14798.
PMCID: PMC24528
The terminal tail region of a yeast myosin-V mediates its attachment to vacuole membranes and sites of polarized growth
Natalie L. Catlett and Lois S. Weisman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14799–14804.
PMCID: PMC24529
The increased level of β1,4-galactosyltransferase required for lactose biosynthesis is achieved in part by translational control
Martin Charron, Joel H. Shaper, and Nancy L. Shaper
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14805–14810.
PMCID: PMC24530
Identification and characterization of a retinoid-induced class II tumor suppressor/growth regulatory gene
Daniel DiSepio, Corine Ghosn, Richard L. Eckert, Anne Deucher, Nancy Robinson, Madeleine Duvic, Roshantha A. S. Chandraratna, and Sunil Nagpal
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14811–14815.
PMCID: PMC24531
Phosphorylation of the rRNA transcription factor upstream binding factor promotes its association with TATA binding protein
Anthony J. Kihm, James C. Hershey, Timothy A. J. Haystead, Cort S. Madsen, and Gary K. Owens
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14816–14820.
PMCID: PMC24532
Reciprocal interactions between β1-integrin and epidermal growth factor receptor in three-dimensional basement membrane breast cultures: A different perspective in epithelial biology
Fei Wang, Valerie M. Weaver, Ole W. Petersen, Carolyn A. Larabell, Shoukat Dedhar, Per Briand, Ruth Lupu, and Mina J. Bissell
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14821–14826.
PMCID: PMC24533
Developmental Biology
Interference with gene regulation in living sea urchin embryos: Transcription factor Knock Out (TKO), a genetically controlled vector for blockade of specific transcription factors
Leonard D. Bogarad, Maria I. Arnone, Chieh Chang, and Eric H. Davidson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14827–14832.
PMCID: PMC24534
Mitogen-activated protein kinase and neural specification in Xenopus
Aarti R. Uzgare, J. Akif Uzman, Heithem M. El-Hodiri, and Amy K. Sater
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14833–14838.
PMCID: PMC24535
Ecology
Drought-induced shift of a forest–woodland ecotone: Rapid landscape response to climate variation
Craig D. Allen and David D. Breshears
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14839–14842.
PMCID: PMC24536
Stream biodiversity: The ghost of land use past
J. S. Harding, E. F. Benfield, P. V. Bolstad, G. S. Helfman, and E. B. D. Jones, III
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14843–14847.
PMCID: PMC24537
Evolution
Matchings and phylogenetic trees
Persi W. Diaconis and Susan P. Holmes
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14600–14602.
PMCID: PMC24495
Tarsier-like locomotor specializations in the Oligocene primate Afrotarsius
D. Tab Rasmussen, Glenn C. Conroy, and Elwyn L. Simons
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14848–14850.
PMCID: PMC24538
Tracking molecular evolution of photosynthesis by characterization of a major photosynthesis gene cluster from Heliobacillus mobilis
Jin Xiong, Kazuhito Inoue, and Carl E. Bauer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14851–14856.
PMCID: PMC24539
Social transmission of reproductive behavior increases frequency of inherited disorders in a young-expanding population
Frédéric Austerlitz and Evelyne Heyer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15140–15144.
PMCID: PMC24589
Genetics
A model system to study genomic imprinting of human genes
J. M. Gabriel, M. J. Higgins, T. C. Gebuhr, T. B. Shows, S. Saitoh, and R. D. Nicholls
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14857–14862.
PMCID: PMC24540
Cluster analysis and display of genome-wide expression patterns
Michael B. Eisen, Paul T. Spellman, Patrick O. Brown, and David Botstein
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14863–14868.
PMCID: PMC24541
Genome scan of human systemic lupus erythematosus: Evidence for linkage on chromosome 1q in African-American pedigrees
Kathy L. Moser, Barbara R. Neas, Jane E. Salmon, Hua Yu, Courtney Gray-McGuire, Neeraj Asundi, Gail R. Bruner, Jerome Fox, Jennifer Kelly, Stephanie Henshall, Debra Bacino, Myron Dietz, Robert Hogue, Gerald Koelsch, Lydia Nightingale, Tim Shaver, Nabih I. Abdou, Daniel A. Albert, Craig Carson, Michelle Petri, Edward L. Treadwell, Judith A. James, and John B. Harley
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14869–14874.
PMCID: PMC24542
A genome-wide search for susceptibility genes in human systemic lupus erythematosus sib-pair families
Patrick M. Gaffney, Grainne M. Kearns, Katherine B. Shark, Ward A. Ortmann, Scott A. Selby, Michelle L. Malmgren, Kristine E. Rohlf, Theresa C. Ockenden, Ronald P. Messner, Richard A. King, Stephen S. Rich, and Timothy W. Behrens
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14875–14879.
PMCID: PMC24543
Correction of murine galactosialidosis by bone marrow-derived macrophages overexpressing human protective protein/cathepsin A under control of the colony-stimulating factor-1 receptor promoter
Christopher N. Hahn, Maria del Pilar Martin, Xiao-Yan Zhou, Linda W. Mann, and Alessandra d’Azzo
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14880–14885.
PMCID: PMC24544
Transgenic knockout mice exclusively expressing human hemoglobin S after transfer of a 240-kb βs-globin yeast artificial chromosome: A mouse model of sickle cell anemia
Judy C. Chang, Ronghua Lu, Chin Lin, Shan-Mei Xu, Yuet Wai Kan, Susanna Porcu, Elaine Carlson, Michael Kitamura, Suya Yang, Linda Flebbe-Rehwaldt, and Karin M. L. Gaensler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14886–14890.
PMCID: PMC24545
Gene dosage and stochastic effects determine the severity and direction of uniparental ribosomal RNA gene silencing (nucleolar dominance) in Arabidopsis allopolyploids
Z. Jeffrey Chen, Luca Comai, and Craig S. Pikaard
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14891–14896.
PMCID: PMC24546
Immunology
Identification of a proline-binding motif regulating CD2-triggered T lymphocyte activation
Kazuhisa Nishizawa, Christian Freund, Jing Li, Gerhard Wagner, and Ellis L. Reinherz
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14897–14902.
PMCID: PMC24547
In vivo priming of T cells against cryptic determinants by dendritic cells exposed to interleukin 6 and native antigen
Hal Drakesmith, Deborah O’Neil, Susanne C. Schneider, Mike Binks, Patrick Medd, Eli Sercarz, Peter Beverley, and Benjamin Chain
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14903–14908.
PMCID: PMC24548
Specific requirement for CD3[var epsilon] in T cell development
Jan B. DeJarnette, Connie L. Sommers, Kun Huang, Kenneth J. Woodside, Rebecca Emmons, Kenneth Katz, Elizabeth W. Shores, and Paul E. Love
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14909–14914.
PMCID: PMC24549
Susceptibility to the biological effects of polyaromatic hydrocarbons is influenced by genes of the major histocompatibility complex
Craig A. Elmets, Mohammad Athar, Karen A. Tubesing, Dinah Rothaupt, Hui Xu, and Hasan Mukhtar
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14915–14919.
PMCID: PMC24550
Tumor cells expressing a retroviral envelope escape immune rejection in vivo
Marianne Mangeney and Thierry Heidmann
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14920–14925.
PMCID: PMC24551
Models of immune memory: On the role of cross-reactive stimulation, competition, and homeostasis in maintaining immune memory
Rustom Antia, Sergei S. Pilyugin, and Rafi Ahmed
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14926–14931.
PMCID: PMC24552
Medical Sciences
WISP genes are members of the connective tissue growth factor family that are up-regulated in Wnt-1-transformed cells and aberrantly expressed in human colon tumors
Diane Pennica, Todd A. Swanson, James W. Welsh, Margaret A. Roy, David A. Lawrence, James Lee, Jennifer Brush, Lisa A. Taneyhill, Bethanne Deuel, Michael Lew, Colin Watanabe, Robert L. Cohen, Mona F. Melhem, Gene G. Finley, Phil Quirke, Audrey D. Goddard, Kenneth J. Hillan, Austin L. Gurney, David Botstein, and Arnold J. Levine
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14717–14722.
PMCID: PMC24515
Improved cervical smear assessment using antibodies against proteins that regulate DNA replication
Gareth H. Williams, Piotr Romanowski, Lesley Morris, Mark Madine, Anthony D. Mills, Kai Stoeber, Jackie Marr, Ronald A. Laskey, and Nicholas Coleman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14932–14937.
PMCID: PMC24553
Organization of the human myostatin gene and expression in healthy men and HIV-infected men with muscle wasting
Nestor F. Gonzalez-Cadavid, Wayne E. Taylor, Kevin Yarasheski, Indrani Sinha-Hikim, Kun Ma, Shereen Ezzat, Ruoqing Shen, Rukhsana Lalani, Sylvia Asa, Mohamad Mamita, Gouri Nair, Stefan Arver, and Shalender Bhasin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14938–14943.
PMCID: PMC24554
Mature monocytic cells enter tissues and engraft
David W. Kennedy and Janis L. Abkowitz
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14944–14949.
PMCID: PMC24555
The Akt kinase: Molecular determinants of oncogenicity
Masahiro Aoki, Osvaldo Batista, Alfonso Bellacosa, Philip Tsichlis, and Peter K. Vogt
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14950–14955.
PMCID: PMC24556
Evidence for a genetic basis for hyperandrogenemia in polycystic ovary syndrome
Richard S. Legro, Deborah Driscoll, Jerome F. Strauss, III, Janis Fox, and Andrea Dunaif
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14956–14960.
PMCID: PMC24557
Production of β-defensins by human airway epithelia
Pradeep K. Singh, Hong Peng Jia, Kerry Wiles, Jay Hesselberth, Lide Liu, Barbara-Ann D. Conway, Everett P. Greenberg, Erika V. Valore, Michael J. Welsh, Tomas Ganz, Brian F. Tack, and Paul B. McCray, Jr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14961–14966.
PMCID: PMC24558
Microbiology
Phenotypic switching in the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is associated with changes in virulence and pulmonary inflammatory response in rodents
David L. Goldman, Bettina C. Fries, Sarah P. Franzot, Lya Montella, and Arturo Casadevall
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14967–14972.
PMCID: PMC24559
Suppression of an absolute defect in Type IV pilus biogenesis by loss-of-function mutations in pilT, a twitching motility gene in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Matthew Wolfgang, Hae-Sun Park, Stanley F. Hayes, Jos P. M. van Putten, and Michael Koomey
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14973–14978.
PMCID: PMC24560
Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin cleaves the zonula adherens protein, E-cadherin
Shaoguang Wu, Kuei-Cheng Lim, Julie Huang, Roxan F. Saidi, and Cynthia L. Sears
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14979–14984.
PMCID: PMC24561
Isolation and characterization of iron-independent positive dominant mutants of the diphtheria toxin repressor DtxR
Li Sun, Johanna vanderSpek, and John R. Murphy
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14985–14990.
PMCID: PMC24562
Neurobiology
Human γ-aminobutyric acid type B receptors are differentially expressed and regulate inwardly rectifying K+ channels
Klemens Kaupmann, Valerie Schuler, Johannes Mosbacher, Serge Bischoff, Helmut Bittiger, Jakob Heid, Wolfgang Froestl, Sabine Leonhard, Torsten Pfaff, Andreas Karschin, and Bernhard Bettler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14991–14996.
PMCID: PMC24563
Nerve growth factor acutely reduces chemical transmission by means of postsynaptic TrkA-like receptors in squid giant synapse
Herman Moreno, Marcela Nadal, Elena Leznik, Mutsuyuki Sugimori, Irit Lax, Joseph Schlessinger, and Rodolfo Llinás
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 14997–15002.
PMCID: PMC24564
Basolateral amygdala is not critical for cognitive memory of contextual fear conditioning
Almira Vazdarjanova and James L. McGaugh
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15003–15007.
PMCID: PMC24565
Memory fields of neurons in the primate prefrontal cortex
Gregor Rainer, Wael F. Asaad, and Earl K. Miller
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15008–15013.
PMCID: PMC24566
Phosphorylation of photolyzed rhodopsin is calcium-insensitive in retina permeabilized by α-toxin
Annie E. Otto-Bruc, Robert N. Fariss, J. Preston Van Hooser, and Krzysztof Palczewski
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15014–15019.
PMCID: PMC24567
Rolipram, a type IV-specific phosphodiesterase inhibitor, facilitates the establishment of long-lasting long-term potentiation and improves memory
Mark Barad, Roussoudan Bourtchouladze, Danny G. Winder, Hava Golan, and Eric Kandel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15020–15025.
PMCID: PMC24568
Perturbed dentate gyrus function in serotonin 5-HT2C receptor mutant mice
Laurence H. Tecott, Sheree F. Logue, Jeanne M. Wehner, and Julie A. Kauer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15026–15031.
PMCID: PMC24569
Patches of synchronized activity in the cerebellar cortex evoked by mossy-fiber stimulation: Questioning the role of parallel fibers
Dana Cohen and Yosef Yarom
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15032–15036.
PMCID: PMC24570
Memory and long-term potentiation (LTP) dissociated: Normal spatial memory despite CA1 LTP elimination with Kv1.4 antisense
Noam Meiri, Miao-Kun Sun, Zachary Segal, and Daniel L. Alkon
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15037–15042.
PMCID: PMC24571
The neuropeptide Y/agouti gene-related protein (AGRP) brain circuitry in normal, anorectic, and monosodium glutamate-treated mice
Christian Broberger, Jeanette Johansen, Carolina Johansson, Martin Schalling, and Tomas Hökfelt
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15043–15048.
PMCID: PMC24572
Elevated anxiety and antidepressant-like responses in serotonin 5-HT1A receptor mutant mice
Lora K. Heisler, Hung-Ming Chu, Thomas J. Brennan, Jean A. Danao, Preetpaul Bajwa, Loren H. Parsons, and Laurence H. Tecott
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15049–15054.
PMCID: PMC24573
Specific intercellular binding of the β-amyloid precursor protein to the presenilins induces intercellular signaling: Its significance for Alzheimer’s disease
Nazneen N. Dewji and S. J. Singer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15055–15060.
PMCID: PMC24574
Activation of human primary motor cortex during action observation: A neuromagnetic study
R. Hari, N. Forss, S. Avikainen, E. Kirveskari, S. Salenius, and G. Rizzolatti
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15061–15065.
PMCID: PMC24575
Altered ratios of alternatively spliced long and short γ2 subunit mRNAs of the γ-amino butyrate type A receptor in prefrontal cortex of schizophrenics
Molly M. Huntsman, Bich-Van Tran, Stephen G. Potkin, William E. Bunney, Jr., and Edward G. Jones
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15066–15071.
PMCID: PMC24576
Early physiological abnormalities after simian immunodeficiency virus infection
Thomas F. W. Horn, Salvador Huitron-Resendiz, Michael R. Weed, Steven J. Henriksen, and Howard S. Fox
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15072–15077.
PMCID: PMC24577
Metabotropic glutamate receptor-initiated translocation of protein kinase p90rsk to polyribosomes: A possible factor regulating synaptic protein synthesis
Frank Angenstein, William T. Greenough, and Ivan Jeanne Weiler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15078–15083.
PMCID: PMC24578
Pharmacology
Identity of adenylyl cyclase isoform determines the rate of cell cycle progression in NIH 3T3 cells
Martine J. Smit, Dennis Verzijl, and Ravi Iyengar
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15084–15089.
PMCID: PMC24579
Physiology
Impaired metabolic modulation of α-adrenergic vasoconstriction in dystrophin-deficient skeletal muscle
Gail D. Thomas, Mikael Sander, Kim S. Lau, Paul L. Huang, James T. Stull, and Ronald G. Victor
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15090–15095.
PMCID: PMC24580
Termination of Ca2+ release by a local inactivation of ryanodine receptors in cardiac myocytes
James S. K. Sham, Long-Sheng Song, Ye Chen, Li-Hua Deng, Michael D. Stern, Edward G. Lakatta, and Heping Cheng
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15096–15101.
PMCID: PMC24581
Plant Biology
In situ synthesis of β-glucan microfibrils on tobacco plasma membrane sheets
Noriko Hirai, Seiji Sonobe, and Takahisa Hayashi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15102–15106.
PMCID: PMC24582
Separate jasmonate-dependent and salicylate-dependent defense-response pathways in Arabidopsis are essential for resistance to distinct microbial pathogens
Bart P. H. J. Thomma, Kristel Eggermont, Iris A. M. A. Penninckx, Brigitte Mauch-Mani, Ralph Vogelsang, Bruno P. A. Cammue, and Willem F. Broekaert
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15107–15111.
PMCID: PMC24583
The Arabidopsis thaliana AGRAVITROPIC 1 gene encodes a component of the polar-auxin-transport efflux carrier
Rujin Chen, Pierre Hilson, John Sedbrook, Elizabeth Rosen, Timothy Caspar, and Patrick H. Masson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15112–15117.
PMCID: PMC24584
A homeobox gene with potential developmental control function in the meristem of the conifer Picea abies
A. Sundås-Larsson, M. Svenson, H. Liao, and P. Engström
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15118–15122.
PMCID: PMC24585
Carbohydrate binding and resistance to proteolysis control insecticidal activity of Griffonia simplicifolia lectin II
Keyan Zhu-Salzman, Richard E. Shade, Hisashi Koiwa, Ron A. Salzman, Meena Narasimhan, Ray A. Bressan, Paul M. Hasegawa, and Larry L. Murdock
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15123–15128.
PMCID: PMC24586
Roles for mannitol and mannitol dehydrogenase in active oxygen-mediated plant defense
Dianne B. Jennings, Marilyn Ehrenshaft, D. Mason Pharr, and John D. Williamson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15129–15133.
PMCID: PMC24587
The Arabidopsis CHL1 protein plays a major role in high-affinity nitrate uptake
Rongchen Wang, Dong Liu, and Nigel M. Crawford
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15134–15139.
PMCID: PMC24588
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Social transmission of reproductive behavior increases frequency of inherited disorders in a young-expanding population
Frédéric Austerlitz and Evelyne Heyer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15140–15144.
PMCID: PMC24589
Patterns of prehistoric human mobility in Polynesia indicated by mtDNA from the Pacific rat
E. Matisoo-Smith, R. M. Roberts, G. J. Irwin, J. S. Allen, D. Penny, and D. M. Lambert
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15145–15150.
PMCID: PMC24590
Psychology
Memory fields of neurons in the primate prefrontal cortex
Gregor Rainer, Wael F. Asaad, and Earl K. Miller
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15008–15013.
PMCID: PMC24566
Correction
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 December 8; 95(25): 15151.
PMCID: PMC56102
Corrects: Robert G. Gourdie, et al. Endothelin-induced conversion of embryonic heart muscle cells into impulse-conducting Purkinje fibers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 June 9; 95(12): 6815–6818.
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