| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveBiophysical 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 |