| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveNew and Notable Remarkable Results in Study by Riethmüller et al. Andreas Engel Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 333. Published online 2007 November 2. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117549.PMCID: PMC2157254 Biophysical Theory and Modeling Fluctuations, Pauses, and Backtracking in DNA Transcription Margaritis Voliotis, Netta Cohen, Carmen Molina-París, and Tanniemola B. Liverpool Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 334–348. Published online 2007 August 24. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.105767.PMCID: PMC2157217 Approximate Analytical Time-Dependent Solutions to Describe Large-Amplitude Local Calcium Transients in the Presence of Buffers Lidia A. Mironova and Sergej L. Mironov Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 349–358. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113340.PMCID: PMC2157246 Coupled Feedback Loops Form Dynamic Motifs of Cellular Networks Jeong-Rae Kim, Yeoin Yoon, and Kwang-Hyun Cho Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 359–365. Published online 2007 October 19. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.105106.PMCID: PMC2157222 Brownian Dynamics Theory for Predicting Internal and External Blockages of Tetraethylammonium in the KcsA Potassium Channel Matthew Hoyles, Vikram Krishnamurthy, May Siksik, and Shin-Ho Chung Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 366–378. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115139.PMCID: PMC2157224 Mechanisms of Protein Fibril Formation: Nucleated Polymerization with Competing Off-Pathway Aggregation Evan T. Powers and David L. Powers Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 379–391. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117168.PMCID: PMC2157252 A Rabbit Ventricular Action Potential Model Replicating Cardiac Dynamics at Rapid Heart Rates Aman Mahajan, Yohannes Shiferaw, Daisuke Sato, Ali Baher, Riccardo Olcese, Lai-Hua Xie, Ming-Jim Yang, Peng-Sheng Chen, Juan G. Restrepo, Alain Karma, Alan Garfinkel, Zhilin Qu, and James N. Weiss Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 392–410. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.98160.PMCID: PMC2157228 Modifying L-Type Calcium Current Kinetics: Consequences for Cardiac Excitation and Arrhythmia Dynamics Aman Mahajan, Daisuke Sato, Yohannes Shiferaw, Ali Baher, Lai-Hua Xie, Robert Peralta, Riccardo Olcese, Alan Garfinkel, Zhilin Qu, and James N. Weiss Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 411–423. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.98590.PMCID: PMC2157257 Channels, Receptors, and Electrical Signaling The Zinc Binding Site of the Shaker Channel KDC1 from Daucus carota Cristiana Picco, Alessia Naso, Paolo Soliani, and Franco Gambale Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 424–433. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114009.PMCID: PMC2157247 Proton Transport through Influenza A Virus M2 Protein Reconstituted in Vesicles J. Craig Moffat, Viksita Vijayvergiya, Philip F. Gao, Timothy A. Cross, Dixon J. Woodbury, and David D. Busath Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 434–445. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.109082.PMCID: PMC2157240 Modulation of the Conductance-Voltage Relationship of the BKCa Channel by Mutations at the Putative Flexible Interface between Two RCK Domains Hyun-Ju Kim, Hyun-Ho Lim, Seong-Hwan Rho, Lin Bao, Ju-Ho Lee, Daniel H. Cox, Do Han Kim, and Chul-Seung Park Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 446–456. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.108738.PMCID: PMC2157237 Two-Step Folding of Recombinant Mitochondrial Porin in Detergent Denice C. Bay, Joe D. O'Neil, and Deborah A. Court Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 457–468. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115196.PMCID: PMC2157244 In Situ Bipolar Electroporation for Localized Cell Loading with Reporter Dyes and Investigating Gap Junctional Coupling Elke De Vuyst, Marijke De Bock, Elke Decrock, Marijke Van Moorhem, Christian Naus, Cyriel Mabilde, and Luc Leybaert Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 469–479. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.109470.PMCID: PMC2157259 Membranes Helical Distortion in Tryptophan- and Lysine-Anchored Membrane-Spanning α-Helices as a Function of Hydrophobic Mismatch: A Solid-State Deuterium NMR Investigation Using the Geometric Analysis of Labeled Alanines Method Anna E. Daily, Denise V. Greathouse, Patrick C. A. van der Wel, and Roger E. Koeppe, 2nd Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 480–491. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.097543.PMCID: PMC2157221 Protein Folding in Membranes: Insights from Neutron Diffraction Studies of a Membrane β-Sheet Oligomer Xue Han, Kalina Hristova, and William C. Wimley Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 492–505. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113183.PMCID: PMC2157250 Interaction of Spin-Labeled Inhibitors of the Vacuolar H+-ATPase with the Transmembrane Vo-Sector Neil Dixon, Tibor Páli, Terence P. Kee, Stephen Ball, Michael A. Harrison, John B. C. Findlay, Jonas Nyman, Kalervo Väänänen, Malcolm E. Finbow, and Derek Marsh Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 506–514. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111781.PMCID: PMC2157245 Lipid Interaction Networks of Peripheral Membrane Proteins Revealed by Data-Driven Micelle Docking Felician Dancea, Keiichiro Kami, and Michael Overduin Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 515–524. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115923.PMCID: PMC2157223 Effect of Local Anesthetic Lidocaine on Electrostatic Properties of a Lipid Bilayer Carl-Johan Högberg and Alexander P. Lyubartsev Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 525–531. Published online 2007 August 24. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.104208.PMCID: PMC2157248 Muscle and Contractility Transport of Beads by Several Kinesin Motors Janina Beeg, Stefan Klumpp, Rumiana Dimova, Rubèn Serral Gracià, Eberhard Unger, and Reinhard Lipowsky Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 532–541. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.097881.PMCID: PMC2157241 Negative Charges at Protein Kinase C Sites of Troponin I Stabilize the Inactive State of Actin Mohit C. Mathur, Tomoyoshi Kobayashi, and Joseph M. Chalovich Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 542–549. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113944.PMCID: PMC2157249 Nucleic Acids Sliding of Alkylating Anticancer Drugs along the Minor Groove of DNA: New Insights on Sequence Selectivity Attilio V. Vargiu, Paolo Ruggerone, Alessandra Magistrato, and Paolo Carloni Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 550–561. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113308.PMCID: PMC2157243 Stability and Binding Properties of a Modified Thrombin Binding Aptamer Bruno Pagano, Luigi Martino, Antonio Randazzo, and Concetta Giancola Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 562–569. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117382.PMCID: PMC2157226 Proteins Protein Phase Behavior in Aqueous Solutions: Crystallization, Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation, Gels, and Aggregates André C. Dumetz, Aaron M. Chockla, Eric W. Kaler, and Abraham M. Lenhoff Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 570–583. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116152.PMCID: PMC2157236 Toward Full-Sequence De Novo Protein Design with Flexible Templates for Human Beta-Defensin-2 Ho Ki Fung, Christodoulos A. Floudas, Martin S. Taylor, Li Zhang, and Dimitrios Morikis Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 584–599. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.110627.PMCID: PMC2157230 Protonation and Hydrogen Bonding of Ca2+ Site Residues in the E2P Phosphoenzyme Intermediate of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPase Studied by a Combination of Infrared Spectroscopy and Electrostatic Calculations Julia Andersson, Karin Hauser, Eeva-Liisa Karjalainen, and Andreas Barth Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 600–611. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114033.PMCID: PMC2157260 The Conformational Coupling and Translocation Mechanism of Vitamin B12 ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter BtuCD Jingwei Weng, Jianpeng Ma, Kangnian Fan, and Wenning Wang Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 612–621. Published online 2007 October 19. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.110734.PMCID: PMC2157262 Distinguishing Specific and Nonspecific Interdomain Interactions in Multidomain Proteins Lucy G. Randles, Sarah Batey, Annette Steward, and Jane Clarke Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 622–628. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.119123.PMCID: PMC2157218 Supramolecular Assemblies The Acacia Gum Arabinogalactan Fraction Is a Thin Oblate Ellipsoid: A New Model Based on Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Ab Initio Calculation C. Sanchez, C. Schmitt, E. Kolodziejczyk, A. Lapp, C. Gaillard, and D. Renard Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 629–639. Published online 2007 May 25. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.109124.PMCID: PMC2157261 Protein Shape and Crowding Drive Domain Formation and Curvature in Biological Membranes Raoul N. Frese, Josep C. Pàmies, John D. Olsen, Svetlana Bahatyrova, Chantal D. van der Weij-de Wit, Thijs J. Aartsma, Cees Otto, C. Neil Hunter, Daan Frenkel, and Rienk van Grondelle Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 640–647. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116913.PMCID: PMC2157227 Spectroscopy, Imaging, Other Techniques Atomic Force Microscope Spectroscopy Reveals a Hemifusion Intermediate during Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor-Attachment Protein Receptors-Mediated Membrane Fusion Midhat H. Abdulreda, Akhil Bhalla, Edwin R. Chapman, and Vincent T. Moy Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 648–655. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114298.PMCID: PMC2157233 High-Resolution Cell Surface Dynamics of Germinating Aspergillus fumigatus Conidia Etienne Dague, David Alsteens, Jean-Paul Latgé, and Yves F. Dufrêne Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 656–660. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116491.PMCID: PMC2157220 Cell Biophysics Mechano-Coupling and Regulation of Contractility by the Vinculin Tail Domain Claudia Tanja Mierke, Philip Kollmannsberger, Daniel Paranhos Zitterbart, James Smith, Ben Fabry, and Wolfgang Heinrich Goldmann Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 661–670. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.108472.PMCID: PMC2481521 Translocation of Aquaporin-Containing Vesicles to the Plasma Membrane Is Facilitated by Actomyosin Relaxation Christoph Riethmüller, Hans Oberleithner, Marianne Wilhelmi, Jonas Franz, Eberhard Schlatter, Jens Klokkers, and Bayram Edemir Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 671–678. Published online 2007 November 2. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.104893.PMCID: PMC2157238 Inferring the Lifetime of Endosomal Protein Complexes by Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching Veronika Gousseva, May Simaan, Stéphane A. Laporte, and Peter S. Swain Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 679–687. Published online 2007 September 7. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115188.PMCID: PMC2157253 Micro- and Macrorheological Properties of Isotropically Cross-Linked Actin Networks Yuxia Luan, Oliver Lieleg, Bernd Wagner, and Andreas R. Bausch Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 688–693. Published online 2007 September 14. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.112417.PMCID: PMC2157232 Monitoring Receptor-Ligand Interactions between Surfaces by Thermal Fluctuations Wei Chen, Evan A. Evans, Rodger P. McEver, and Cheng Zhu Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 694–701. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117895.PMCID: PMC2157231 Long-Range Nonanomalous Diffusion of Quantum Dot-Labeled Aquaporin-1 Water Channels in the Cell Plasma Membrane Jonathan M. Crane and A. S. Verkman Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 702–713. Published online 2007 September 21. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115121.PMCID: PMC2157255 Biophysical Letters Human Deafness Mutation E385D Disrupts the Mechanochemical Coupling and Subcellular Targeting of Myosin-1a Christopher M. Yengo, Shobana K. Ananthanarayanan, Chris A. Brosey, Suli Mao, and Matthew J. Tyska Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): L5–L7. Published online 2007 November 2. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.122689.PMCID: PMC2157235 Envelope Lipids Regulate the In Vitro Assembly of the HIV-1 Capsid Francisco N. Barrera, Marta del Álamo, Mauricio G. Mateu, and José L. Neira Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): L8–L10. Published online 2007 November 2. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.118083.PMCID: PMC2157234 Is Arginine Charged in a Membrane? Libo Li, Igor Vorobyov, Alexander D. MacKerell, Jr., and Toby W. Allen Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): L11–L13. Published online 2007 November 2. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.121566.PMCID: PMC2157258 The Phasor Approach to Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Analysis Michelle A. Digman, Valeria R. Caiolfa, Moreno Zamai, and Enrico Gratton Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): L14–L16. Published online 2007 November 2. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.120154.PMCID: PMC2157251 Corrections Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 714. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.108.0900165.PMCID: PMC2157219 Corrects:Yufang Hu, et al. Thermodynamic Equilibrium of Domains in a Two-Component Langmuir Monolayer. Biophys J. 2006 July 15; 91(2): 444–453. Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 714. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.108.0900166.PMCID: PMC2157256 Corrects:Radu V. Iancu, et al. Compartmentation of cAMP Signaling in Cardiac Myocytes: A Computational Study. Biophys J. 2007 May 1; 92(9): 3317–3331. Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 714. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.108.0900167.PMCID: PMC2157239 Corrects:Andrew Resnick, et al. Force-Response Considerations in Ciliary Mechanosensation. Biophys J. 2007 August 15; 93(4): 1380–1390. Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 715. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.108.0900168.PMCID: PMC2157225 Corrects:Michel Roux, et al. Lipid Lateral Segregation Driven by Diacyl Cyclodextrin Interactions at the Membrane Surface. Biophys J. 2007 September 1; 93(5): 1620–1629. Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 715. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.108.0900169.PMCID: PMC2157229 Corrects:Rajamani Lakshminarayanan, et al. The Role of Secondary Structure in the Entropically Driven Amelogenin Self-Assembly. Biophys J. 2007 November 15; 93(10): 3664–3674. Biophys J. 2008 January 15; 94(2): 715. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.108.0900170.PMCID: PMC2157242 Corrects:Anca Margineanu, et al. Visualization of Membrane Rafts Using a Perylene Monoimide Derivative and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging. Biophys J. 2007 October 15; 93(8): 2877–2891. |