| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. New and Notable Mechanisms of the Frank-Starling Law of the Heart: The Beat Goes On R. John Solaro Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4095–4096. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117200.PMCID: PMC2098723 The Regulation of Muscle Contraction: As in Life, It Keeps Getting More Complex C. G. dos Remedios Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4097–4098. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117762.PMCID: PMC2098728 The Great Hunt For Extra Compliance Jan Liphardt Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4099. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117572.PMCID: PMC2098707 Biophysical Theory and Modeling The Role of Cavitation in Liposome Formation Eric S. Richardson, William G. Pitt, and Dixon J. Woodbury Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4100–4107. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.104042.PMCID: PMC2098738 Folding and Misfolding of the Collagen Triple Helix: Markov Analysis of Molecular Dynamics Simulations Sanghyun Park, Teri E. Klein, and Vijay S. Pande Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4108–4115. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.108100.PMCID: PMC2098736 A Water-Explicit Lattice Model of Heat-, Cold-, and Pressure-Induced Protein Unfolding Bryan A. Patel, Pablo G. Debenedetti, Frank H. Stillinger, and Peter J. Rossky Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4116–4127. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.108530.PMCID: PMC2098741 A Theory of Protein Dynamics to Predict NMR Relaxation Esther Caballero-Manrique, Jenelle K. Bray, William A. Deutschman, Frederick W. Dahlquist, and Marina G. Guenza Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4128–4140. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111849.PMCID: PMC2098714 A Mining Minima Approach to Exploring the Docking Pathways of p-Nitrocatechol Sulfate to YopH Zunnan Huang and Chung F. Wong Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4141–4150. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113860.PMCID: PMC2098719 Dynamics of Learning in Cultured Neuronal Networks with Antagonists of Glutamate Receptors Yanling Li, Wei Zhou, Xiangning Li, Shaoqun Zeng, and Qingming Luo Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4151–4158. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111153.PMCID: PMC2098743 Channels, Receptors, and Electrical Signaling An Inactivation Gate in the Selectivity Filter of KCNQ1 Potassium Channels Gilad Gibor, Daniel Yakubovich, Avia Rosenhouse-Dantsker, Asher Peretz, Hella Schottelndreier, Guiscard Seebohm, Nathan Dascal, Diomedes E. Logothetis, Yoav Paas, and Bernard Attali Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4159–4172. Published online 2007 August 17. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.107987.PMCID: PMC2098732 An Activation Gating Switch in Kv1.2 Is Localized to a Threonine Residue in the S2-S3 Linker Saman Rezazadeh, Harley T. Kurata, Thomas W. Claydon, Steven J. Kehl, and David Fedida Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4173–4186. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116160.PMCID: PMC2098734 Two Gears of Pumping by the Sodium Pump Ronald J. Clarke and David J. Kane Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4187–4196. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111591.PMCID: PMC2098724 Stability of the Shab K+ Channel Conductance in 0 K+ Solutions: The Role of the Membrane Potential Froylán Gómez-Lagunas Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4197–4208. Published online 2007 August 17. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.095794.PMCID: PMC2098742 Speeding the Recovery from Ultraslow Inactivation of Voltage-Gated Na+ Channels by Metal Ion Binding to the Selectivity Filter: A Foot-on-the-Door? Julia Szendroedi, Walter Sandtner, Touran Zarrabi, Eva Zebedin, Karlheinz Hilber, Samuel C. Dudley, Jr., Harry A. Fozzard, and Hannes Todt Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4209–4224. Published online 2007 August 24. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.104794.PMCID: PMC2098733 Membranes Effect of Lipid Peroxidation on the Properties of Lipid Bilayers: A Molecular Dynamics Study Jirasak Wong-ekkabut, Zhitao Xu, Wannapong Triampo, I-Ming Tang, D. Peter Tieleman, and Luca Monticelli Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4225–4236. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.112565.PMCID: PMC2098729 Effects of Hydrophobic Surfactant Proteins on Collapse of Pulmonary Surfactant Monolayers Florence Lhert, Wenfei Yan, Samares C. Biswas, and Stephen B. Hall Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4237–4243. Published online 2007 August 24. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111823.PMCID: PMC2098737 Kinetics and Thermodynamics of the Association of Dehydroergosterol with Lipid Bilayer Membranes Luís M. B. B. Estronca, Maria João Moreno, and Winchil L. C. Vaz Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4244–4253. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.112847.PMCID: PMC2098731 Protein-Induced Surface Structuring in Myelin Membrane Monolayers Carla M. Rosetti and Bruno Maggio Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4254–4267. Published online 2007 September 28. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.112441.PMCID: PMC2098705 Influence of Monolayer-Monolayer Coupling on the Phase Behavior of a Fluid Lipid Bilayer Alexander J. Wagner, Stephan Loew, and Sylvio May Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4268–4277. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115675.PMCID: PMC2098730 The Dynamic Orientation of Membrane-Bound Peptides: Bridging Simulations and Experiments Santi Esteban-Martín and Jesús Salgado Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4278–4288. Published online 2007 August 24. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113043.PMCID: PMC2098706 Zwitterionic Phospholipids and Sterols Modulate Antimicrobial Peptide-Induced Membrane Destabilization A. James Mason, Arnaud Marquette, and Burkhard Bechinger Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4289–4299. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116681.PMCID: PMC2098721 Investigation of the Adsorption of PEG1500-12-Acyloxystearate Surfactants onto Phospholipid Bilayers: An Ellipsometry and Cryo-TEM Study Mauro Vaccaro, Christian von Corswant, and Olle Söderman Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4300–4306. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.109900.PMCID: PMC2098744 Effect of the Structure of Lipids Favoring Disordered Domain Formation on the Stability of Cholesterol-Containing Ordered Domains (Lipid Rafts): Identification of Multiple Raft-Stabilization Mechanisms Omar Bakht, Priyadarshini Pathak, and Erwin London Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4307–4318. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114967.PMCID: PMC2098711 Muscle and Contractility Effects of Sustained Length-Dependent Activation on In Situ Cross-Bridge Dynamics in Rat Hearts James T. Pearson, Mikiyasu Shirai, Hirotsugu Tsuchimochi, Daryl O. Schwenke, Takayuki Ishida, Kenji Kangawa, Hiroyuki Suga, and Naoto Yagi Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4319–4329. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111740.PMCID: PMC2098739 Nonlinear Force-Length Relationship in the ADP-Induced Contraction of Skeletal Myofibrils Yuta Shimamoto, Fumiaki Kono, Madoka Suzuki, and Shin'ichi Ishiwata Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4330–4341. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.110650.PMCID: PMC2098727 Nucleic Acids Intrinsic Curvature of DNA Influences LacR-Mediated Looping Sachin Goyal, Todd Lillian, Seth Blumberg, Jens-Christian Meiners, Edgar Meyhöfer, and N. C. Perkins Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4342–4359. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.112268.PMCID: PMC2098735 Elasticity of Short DNA Molecules: Theory and Experiment for Contour Lengths of 0.6–7 μm Yeonee Seol, Jinyu Li, Philip C. Nelson, Thomas T. Perkins, and M. D. Betterton Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4360–4373. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.112995.PMCID: PMC2098713 Photobiophysics On the Effects of PufX on the Absorption Properties of the Light-Harvesting Complexes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides Tihamér Geyer Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4374–4381. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.106377.PMCID: PMC2098715 Proteins The Distribution of Residues in a Polypeptide Sequence Is a Determinant of Aggregation Optimized by Evolution Elodie Monsellier, Matteo Ramazzotti, Patrizia Polverino de Laureto, Gian-Gaetano Tartaglia, Niccolò Taddei, Angelo Fontana, Michele Vendruscolo, and Fabrizio Chiti Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4382–4391. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111336.PMCID: PMC2098718 Nonnative Protein Polymers: Structure, Morphology, and Relation to Nucleation and Growth William F. Weiss, IV, Travis K. Hodgdon, Eric W. Kaler, Abraham M. Lenhoff, and Christopher J. Roberts Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4392–4403. Published online 2007 August 17. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.112102.PMCID: PMC2098717 Low Frequency Spectral Density of Ferrous Heme: Perturbations Induced by Axial Ligation and Protein Insertion Flaviu Gruia, Xiong Ye, Dan Ionascu, Minoru Kubo, and Paul M. Champion Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4404–4413. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114736.PMCID: PMC2098722 Supramolecular Assemblies Lipoplexes Formed by DNA and Ferrocenyl Lipids: Effect of Lipid Oxidation State on Size, Internal Dynamics, and ζ-Potential Melissa E. Hays, Christopher M. Jewell, Yukishige Kondo, David M. Lynn, and Nicholas L. Abbott Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4414–4424. Published online 2007 August 24. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.107094.PMCID: PMC2098709 Mechanical Properties of Spider Dragline Silk: Humidity, Hysteresis, and Relaxation T. Vehoff, A. Glišović, H. Schollmeyer, A. Zippelius, and T. Salditt Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4425–4432. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.099309.PMCID: PMC2098708 Spectroscopy, Imaging, Other Techniques Sum Frequency Vibrational Spectroscopy: The Molecular Origins of the Optical Second-Order Nonlinearity of Collagen Israel Rocha-Mendoza, Diego R. Yankelevich, Mingshi Wang, Karen M. Reiser, Curt W. Frank, and André Knoesen Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4433–4444. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111047.PMCID: PMC2098726 Cell Biophysics Molecular Motor-Induced Instabilities and Cross Linkers Determine Biopolymer Organization D. Smith, F. Ziebert, D. Humphrey, C. Duggan, M. Steinbeck, W. Zimmermann, and J. Käs Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4445–4452. Published online 2007 June 29. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.095919.PMCID: PMC2098725 Fibroblast Adaptation and Stiffness Matching to Soft Elastic Substrates Jérôme Solon, Ilya Levental, Kheya Sengupta, Penelope C. Georges, and Paul A. Janmey Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4453–4461. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.101386.PMCID: PMC2098710 Changes of the Membrane Lipid Organization Characterized by Means of a New Cholesterol-Pyrene Probe Laurent Le Guyader, Christophe Le Roux, Serge Mazères, Hafida Gaspard-Iloughmane, Heinz Gornitzka, Claire Millot, Christophe Mingotaud, and André Lopez Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4462–4473. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.112821.PMCID: PMC2098716 Noise Propagation and Scaling in Regulation of Gonadotrope Biosynthesis Frederique Ruf, Fernand Hayot, Myung-June Park, Yongchao Ge, Gang Lin, Badrinath Roysam, and Stuart C. Sealfon Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4474–4480. Published online 2007 August 24. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115170.PMCID: PMC2098712 Other Mechanisms of Laser-Induced Dissection and Transport of Histologic Specimens Alfred Vogel, Kathrin Lorenz, Verena Horneffer, Gereon Hüttmann, Dorthe von Smolinski, and Andreas Gebert Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): 4481–4500. Published online 2007 August 31. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.102277.PMCID: PMC2098740 Biophysical Letters Multifractality in the Peripheral Cardiovascular System from Pointwise Hölder Exponents of Laser Doppler Flowmetry Signals Anne Humeau, François Chapeau-Blondeau, David Rousseau, Maylis Tartas, Bérengère Fromy, and Pierre Abraham Biophys J. 2007 December 15; 93(12): L59–L61. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.119057.PMCID: PMC2098720 |