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Volume 94(9);  May 1, 2008
Biophysical Theory and Modeling
Diffusion of the Second Messengers in the Cytoplasm Acts as a Variability Suppressor of the Single Photon Response in Vertebrate Phototransduction
Paolo Bisegna, Giovanni Caruso, Daniele Andreucci, Lixin Shen, Vsevolod V. Gurevich, Heidi E. Hamm, and Emmanuele DiBenedetto
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3363–3383. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114058.
PMCID: PMC2292384
Binding Cooperativity in Phage λ is Not Sufficient to Produce an Effective Switch
Tomáš Gedeon, Konstantin Mischaikow, Kathryn Patterson, and Eliane Traldi
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3384–3392. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.121756.
PMCID: PMC2292370
Distribution of Amino Acids in a Lipid Bilayer from Computer Simulations
Justin L. MacCallum, W. F. Drew Bennett, and D. Peter Tieleman
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3393–3404. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.112805.
PMCID: PMC2292383
Myosin V Passing over Arp2/3 Junctions: Branching Ratio Calculated from the Elastic Lever Arm Model
Andrej Vilfan
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3405–3412. Published online 2008 January 25. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.120568.
PMCID: PMC2292376
Reaction Coordinates for the Flipping of Genetic Switches
Marco J. Morelli, Sorin Tănase-Nicola, Rosalind J. Allen, and Pieter Rein ten Wolde
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3413–3423. Published online 2008 January 25. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116699.
PMCID: PMC2292366
Toward a Molecular Understanding of the Anisotropic Response of Proteins to External Forces: Insights from Elastic Network Models
Eran Eyal and Ivet Bahar
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3424–3435. Published online 2008 January 25. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.120733.
PMCID: PMC2292382
Interactions between Neuronal Fusion Proteins Explored by Molecular Dynamics
Marie-Pierre Durrieu, Richard Lavery, and Marc Baaden
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3436–3446. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.123117.
PMCID: PMC2292394
Analysis of Serial Engagement and Peptide-MHC Transport in T Cell Receptor Microclusters
Omer Dushek and Daniel Coombs
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3447–3460. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116897.
PMCID: PMC2292378
Effects of Surface Water on Protein Dynamics Studied by a Novel Coarse-Grained Normal Mode Approach
Lei Zhou and Steven A. Siegelbaum
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3461–3474. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115956.
PMCID: PMC2292380
Restricted Mobility of Conserved Residues in Protein-Protein Interfaces in Molecular Simulations
Osman N. Yogurtcu, S. Bora Erdemli, Ruth Nussinov, Metin Turkay, and Ozlem Keskin
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3475–3485. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.114835.
PMCID: PMC2292389
Channels, Receptors, and Electrical Signaling
Volume Exclusion in Calcium Selective Channels
Dezső Boda, Wolfgang Nonner, Douglas Henderson, Bob Eisenberg, and Dirk Gillespie
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3486–3496. Published online 2008 January 16. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.122796.
PMCID: PMC2292364
Gating of the Mechanosensitive Channel Protein MscL: The Interplay of Membrane and Protein
Jonggu Jeon and Gregory A. Voth
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3497–3511. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.109850.
PMCID: PMC2292381
Membranes
Structure of the Alamethicin Pore Reconstructed by X-Ray Diffraction Analysis
Shuo Qian, Wangchen Wang, Lin Yang, and Huey W. Huang
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3512–3522. Published online 2008 January 16. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.126474.
PMCID: PMC2292392
Bacteriorhodopsin/Amphipol Complexes: Structural and Functional Properties
Yann Gohon, Tassadite Dahmane, Rob W. H. Ruigrok, Peter Schuck, Delphine Charvolin, Fabrice Rappaport, Peter Timmins, Donald M. Engelman, Christophe Tribet, Jean-Luc Popot, and Christine Ebel
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3523–3537. Published online 2008 January 11. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.121848.
PMCID: PMC2292372
Effect of Cholesterol and Ergosterol on the Compressibility and Volume Fluctuations of Phospholipid-Sterol Bilayers in the Critical Point Region: A Molecular Acoustic and Calorimetric Study
Roland Krivanek, Linus Okoro, and Roland Winter
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3538–3548. Published online 2008 January 16. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.122549.
PMCID: PMC2292365
Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Functional and Dysfunctional Pulmonary Surfactant Films. I. Micro- and Nanostructures of Functional Pulmonary Surfactant Films and the Effect of SP-A
Yi Y. Zuo, Eleonora Keating, Lin Zhao, Seyed M. Tadayyon, Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, Nils O. Petersen, and Fred Possmayer
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3549–3564. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.122648.
PMCID: PMC2292375
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Asymmetric NaCl and KCl Solutions Separated by Phosphatidylcholine Bilayers: Potential Drops and Structural Changes Induced by Strong Na+-Lipid Interactions and Finite Size Effects
Sun-Joo Lee, Yuhua Song, and Nathan A. Baker
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3565–3576. Published online 2008 January 25. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116335.
PMCID: PMC2292386
Muscle and Contractility
A Novel Mutant Cardiac Troponin C Disrupts Molecular Motions Critical for Calcium Binding Affinity and Cardiomyocyte Contractility
Chee Chew Lim, Haijun Yang, Mingfeng Yang, Chien-Kao Wang, Jianru Shi, Eric A. Berg, David R. Pimentel, Judith K. Gwathmey, Roger J. Hajjar, Michiel Helmes, Catherine E. Costello, Shuanghong Huo, and Ronglih Liao
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3577–3589. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.112896.
PMCID: PMC2292379
Nucleic Acids
Predicting Thymine Dimerization Yields from Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Yu Kay Law, Javad Azadi, Carlos E. Crespo-Hernández, Eric Olmon, and Bern Kohler
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3590–3600. Published online 2008 January 11. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.118612.
PMCID: PMC2292369
Photobiophysics
Trap-Limited Charge Separation Kinetics in Higher Plant Photosystem I Complexes
Chavdar Slavov, Matteo Ballottari, Tomas Morosinotto, Roberto Bassi, and Alfred R. Holzwarth
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3601–3612. Published online 2008 January 25. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117101.
PMCID: PMC2292393
Unravelling Coherent Dynamics and Energy Dissipation in Photosynthetic Complexes by 2D Spectroscopy
Darius Abramavicius, Dmitri V. Voronine, and Shaul Mukamel
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3613–3619. Published online 2008 January 11. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.123455.
PMCID: PMC2292377
Diverse Roles of Glycine Residues Conserved in Photoactive Yellow Proteins
Yasushi Imamoto, Sanae Tatsumi, Miki Harigai, Yoichi Yamazaki, Hironari Kamikubo, and Mikio Kataoka
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3620–3628. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.123414.
PMCID: PMC2292373
Proteins
Free Energy of Sickle Hemoglobin Polymerization: A Scaled-Particle Treatment for Use with Dextran as a Crowding Agent
Zenghui Liu, Weijun Weng, Robert M. Bookchin, Virgilio L. Lew, and Frank A. Ferrone
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3629–3634. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117465.
PMCID: PMC2292385
The (1–63) Region of the p53 Transactivation Domain Aggregates In Vitro into Cytotoxic Amyloid Assemblies
Stefania Rigacci, Monica Bucciantini, Annalisa Relini, Alessandra Pesce, Alessandra Gliozzi, Andrea Berti, and Massimo Stefani
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3635–3646. Published online 2008 January 16. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.122283.
PMCID: PMC2292390
Binding of Alkyl Polyglucoside Surfactants to Bacteriorhodopsin and its Relation to Protein Stability
M. Gabriella Santonicola, Abraham M. Lenhoff, and Eric W. Kaler
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3647–3658. Published online 2008 January 30. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.113258.
PMCID: PMC2292374
Spectroscopy, Imaging, Other Techniques
FTIR Spectroscopy of Secondary-Structure Reorientation of Melibiose Permease Modulated by Substrate Binding
Natàlia Dave, Víctor A. Lórenz-Fonfría, Gérard Leblanc, and Esteve Padrós
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3659–3670. Published online 2007 November 16. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115550.
PMCID: PMC2292388
Cell Biophysics
Exploring the Control Circuit of Cell Migration by Mathematical Modeling
Javier Satulovsky, Roger Lui, and Yu-li Wang
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3671–3683. Published online 2008 January 16. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117002.
PMCID: PMC2292371
Wave-Pinning and Cell Polarity from a Bistable Reaction-Diffusion System
Yoichiro Mori, Alexandra Jilkine, and Leah Edelstein-Keshet
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3684–3697. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.120824.
PMCID: PMC2292363
Bioenergetics
Electronic Wiring of a Multi-Redox Site Membrane Protein in a Biomimetic Surface Architecture
Marcel G. Friedrich, Joseph W. F. Robertson, Dieter Walz, Wolfgang Knoll, and Renate L. C. Naumann
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3698–3705. Published online 2008 January 25. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117846.
PMCID: PMC2292391
Electrophysiology
Inhibition of Martentoxin on Neuronal BK Channel Subtype (α+β4): Implications for a Novel Interaction Model
Jian Shi, Hui Qiong He, Rong Zhao, Yan-Hong Duan, Jin Chen, Ying Chen, Juan Yang, Jian Wei Zhang, Xue Qin Shu, Ping Zheng, and Yong Hua Ji
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3706–3713. Published online 2008 January 16. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.122150.
PMCID: PMC2292387
A Residue at the Cytoplasmic Entrance of BK-Type Channels Regulating Single-Channel Opening by Its Hydrophobicity
Zhaohua Guo, Caixia Lv, Hong Yi, Yu Xiong, Yingliang Wu, Wenxin Li, Tao Xu, and Jiuping Ding
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3714–3725. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.120022.
PMCID: PMC2292367
Other
Generation and Escape of Local Waves from the Boundary of Uncoupled Cardiac Tissue
Vadim N. Biktashev, Ara Arutunyan, and Narine A. Sarvazyan
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): 3726–3738. Published online 2008 January 22. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117630.
PMCID: PMC2292395
Biophysical Letters
A Light Scattering Study of the Interaction of Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) with its Receptor
Pallavi Sharma, Dakshinamurthy Rajalingam, Thallapuranam Krishnaswamy Suresh Kumar, and Surendra Singh
Biophys J. 2008 May 1; 94(9): L71–L73. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.108.129569.
PMCID: PMC2292368
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