| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Inaugural Article Structure, dynamics, and evolution of centromeric nucleosomes Yamini Dalal, Takehito Furuyama, Danielle Vermaak, and Steven Henikoff Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 15974–15981. Published online 2007 September 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707648104.PMCID: PMC1993840 This Week in PNAS Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 15967–15968. doi: 10.1073/iti4107104.PMCID: PMC2042143 Editorial Sustainable health: A new dimension of sustainability science Barry R. Bloom Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 15969. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0704701104.PMCID: PMC2042144 Commentaries Collective cell migration patterns: Follow the leader Nir S. Gov Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 15970–15971. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708037104.PMCID: PMC2042145 Locust plagues, climate variation, and the rhythms of nature Mauricio Lima Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 15972–15973. Published online 2007 October 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708152104.PMCID: PMC2042146 Physical Sciences Applied Mathematics The narrow escape problem for diffusion in cellular microdomains Z. Schuss, A. Singer, and D. Holcman Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16098–16103. Published online 2007 September 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706599104.PMCID: PMC1994903 Applied Physical Sciences An interpretation of fluctuations in enzyme catalysis rate, spectral diffusion, and radiative component of lifetimes in terms of electric field fluctuations Meher K. Prakash and R. A. Marcus Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 15982–15987. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707859104.PMCID: PMC2042148 From the Cover: Collective migration of an epithelial monolayer in response to a model wound M. Poujade, E. Grasland-Mongrain, A. Hertzog, J. Jouanneau, P. Chavrier, B. Ladoux, A. Buguin, and P. Silberzan Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 15988–15993. Published online 2007 September 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705062104.PMCID: PMC2042149 Control of electrostatic interactions between F-actin and genetically modified lysozyme in aqueous media Lori K. Sanders, Wujing Xian, Camilo Guáqueta, Michael J. Strohman, Chuck R. Vrasich, Erik Luijten, and Gerard C. L. Wong Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 15994–15999. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705898104.PMCID: PMC2042150 Chemistry Adaptations of guest and host in expanded self-assembled capsules Dariush Ajami and Julius Rebek, Jr. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16000–16003. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707759104.PMCID: PMC2042151 Environmental Sciences Weak response of oceanic dimethylsulfide to upper mixing shoaling induced by global warming S. M. Vallina, R. Simó, and M. Manizza Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16004–16009. Published online 2007 September 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0700843104.PMCID: PMC2042152 Geology Supermodeled sabercat, predatory behavior in Smilodon fatalis revealed by high-resolution 3D computer simulation Colin R. McHenry, Stephen Wroe, Philip D. Clausen, Karen Moreno, and Eleanor Cunningham Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16010–16015. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706086104.PMCID: PMC2042153 Geophysics Evidence for an extraterrestrial impact 12,900 years ago that contributed to the megafaunal extinctions and the Younger Dryas cooling R. B. Firestone, A. West, J. P. Kennett, L. Becker, T. E. Bunch, Z. S. Revay, P. H. Schultz, T. Belgya, D. J. Kennett, J. M. Erlandson, O. J. Dickenson, A. C. Goodyear, R. S. Harris, G. A. Howard, J. B. Kloosterman, P. Lechler, P. A. Mayewski, J. Montgomery, R. Poreda, T. Darrah, S. S. Que Hee, A. R. Smith, A. Stich, W. Topping, J. H. Wittke, and W. S. Wolbach Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16016–16021. Published online 2007 September 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706977104.PMCID: PMC1994902 Physics A mechanobiochemical mechanism for monooriented chromosome oscillation in mitosis Jian Liu, Arshad Desai, José N. Onuchic, and Terence Hwa Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16104–16109. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707689104.PMCID: PMC2042169 Biological Sciences Applied Biological Sciences Sticky overhangs enhance siRNA-mediated gene silencing Anne-Laure Bolcato-Bellemin, Marie-Elise Bonnet, Gaëlle Creusat, Patrick Erbacher, and Jean-Paul Behr Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16050–16055. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707831104.PMCID: PMC2042160 Deletion mutations in N-terminal α1 helix render heat labile enterotoxin B subunit susceptible to degradation Pankaj V. Alone, Gunjan Malik, Anuja Krishnan, and Lalit C. Garg Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16056–16061. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707897104.PMCID: PMC2042161 Biochemistry Structure, dynamics, and evolution of centromeric nucleosomes Yamini Dalal, Takehito Furuyama, Danielle Vermaak, and Steven Henikoff Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 15974–15981. Published online 2007 September 24. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707648104.PMCID: PMC1993840 TFIIS elongation factor and Mediator act in conjunction during transcription initiation in vivo Benjamin Guglielmi, Julie Soutourina, Cyril Esnault, and Michel Werner Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16062–16067. Published online 2007 September 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0704534104.PMCID: PMC2042162 The transcription elongation factor TFIIS is a component of RNA polymerase II preinitiation complexes Bong Kim, Alexey I. Nesvizhskii, P. Geetha Rani, Steven Hahn, Ruedi Aebersold, and Jeffrey A. Ranish Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16068–16073. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0704573104.PMCID: PMC2042163 A surface on the androgen receptor that allosterically regulates coactivator binding Eva Estébanez-Perpiñá, Alexander A. Arnold, Phuong Nguyen, Edson Delgado Rodrigues, Ellena Mar, Raynard Bateman, Peter Pallai, Kevan M. Shokat, John D. Baxter, R. Kiplin Guy, Paul Webb, and Robert J. Fletterick Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16074–16079. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708036104.PMCID: PMC1999396 Disease-associated mutant α-actinin-4 reveals a mechanism for regulating its F-actin-binding affinity Astrid Weins, Johannes S. Schlondorff, Fumihiko Nakamura, Bradley M. Denker, John H. Hartwig, Thomas P. Stossel, and Martin R. Pollak Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16080–16085. Published online 2007 September 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0702451104.PMCID: PMC2042165 Chymotryptic specificity determinants in the 1.0 Å structure of the zinc-inhibited human tissue kallikrein 7 Mekdes Debela, Petra Hess, Viktor Magdolen, Norman M. Schechter, Thomas Steiner, Robert Huber, Wolfram Bode, and Peter Goettig Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16086–16091. Published online 2007 October 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707811104.PMCID: PMC2042166 Guanine riboswitch variants from Mesoplasma florum selectively recognize 2′-deoxyguanosine Jane N. Kim, Adam Roth, and Ronald R. Breaker Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16092–16097. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705884104.PMCID: PMC1999398 Biophysics An interpretation of fluctuations in enzyme catalysis rate, spectral diffusion, and radiative component of lifetimes in terms of electric field fluctuations Meher K. Prakash and R. A. Marcus Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 15982–15987. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707859104.PMCID: PMC2042148 The narrow escape problem for diffusion in cellular microdomains Z. Schuss, A. Singer, and D. Holcman Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16098–16103. Published online 2007 September 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706599104.PMCID: PMC1994903 A mechanobiochemical mechanism for monooriented chromosome oscillation in mitosis Jian Liu, Arshad Desai, José N. Onuchic, and Terence Hwa Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16104–16109. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707689104.PMCID: PMC2042169 Z-ring force and cell shape during division in rod-like bacteria Ganhui Lan, Charles W. Wolgemuth, and Sean X. Sun Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16110–16115. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0702925104.PMCID: PMC2042170 Neuroglobin dynamics observed with ultrafast 2D-IR vibrational echo spectroscopy Haruto Ishikawa, Ilya J. Finkelstein, Seongheun Kim, Kyungwon Kwak, Jean K. Chung, Keisuke Wakasugi, Aaron M. Massari, and Michael D. Fayer Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16116–16121. Published online 2007 October 4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707718104.PMCID: PMC2042171 Toxofilin from Toxoplasma gondii forms a ternary complex with an antiparallel actin dimer Sung Haeng Lee, David B. Hayes, Grzegorz Rebowski, Isabelle Tardieux, and Roberto Dominguez Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16122–16127. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705794104.PMCID: PMC2042172 Force fluctuations and polymerization dynamics of intracellular microtubules Clifford P. Brangwynne, F. C. MacKintosh, and David A. Weitz Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16128–16133. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0703094104.PMCID: PMC2042173 The coordination of cyclic microtubule association/dissociation and tail swing of cytoplasmic dynein Kenji Imamula, Takahide Kon, Reiko Ohkura, and Kazuo Sutoh Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16134–16139. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0702370104.PMCID: PMC1999400 Structure of outer membrane protein G by solution NMR spectroscopy Binyong Liang and Lukas K. Tamm Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16140–16145. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705466104.PMCID: PMC2042175 From the Cover: Kinetic insulation as an effective mechanism for achieving pathway specificity in intracellular signaling networks Marcelo Behar, Henrik G. Dohlman, and Timothy C. Elston Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16146–16151. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0703894104.PMCID: PMC2042176 Protein stability imposes limits on organism complexity and speed of molecular evolution Konstantin B. Zeldovich, Peiqiu Chen, and Eugene I. Shakhnovich Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16152–16157. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705366104.PMCID: PMC2042177 Cell Biology From the Cover: Collective migration of an epithelial monolayer in response to a model wound M. Poujade, E. Grasland-Mongrain, A. Hertzog, J. Jouanneau, P. Chavrier, B. Ladoux, A. Buguin, and P. Silberzan Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 15988–15993. Published online 2007 September 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705062104.PMCID: PMC2042149 Activation of the PTEN/mTOR/STAT3 pathway in breast cancer stem-like cells is required for viability and maintenance Jiangbing Zhou, Julia Wulfkuhle, Hao Zhang, Peihua Gu, Yanqin Yang, Jianghong Deng, Joseph B. Margolick, Lance A. Liotta, Emanuel Petricoin, III, and Ying Zhang Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16158–16163. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0702596104.PMCID: PMC2042178 Modulation of LMP1 protein expression by EBV-encoded microRNAs Angela Kwok Fung Lo, Ka Fai To, Kwok Wai Lo, Raymond Wai Ming Lung, Jan Wai Ying Hui, Gangling Liao, and S. Diane Hayward Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16164–16169. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0702896104.PMCID: PMC2042179 Tumor protein 53-induced nuclear protein 1 expression is repressed by miR-155, and its restoration inhibits pancreatic tumor development Meritxell Gironella, Mylène Seux, Min-Jue Xie, Carla Cano, Richard Tomasini, Julien Gommeaux, Stephane Garcia, Jonathan Nowak, Man Lung Yeung, Kuan-Teh Jeang, Amandine Chaix, Ladan Fazli, Yoshiharu Motoo, Qing Wang, Palma Rocchi, Antonio Russo, Martin Gleave, Jean-Charles Dagorn, Juan L. Iovanna, Alice Carrier, Marie-Josèphe Pébusque, and Nelson J. Dusetti Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16170–16175. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0703942104.PMCID: PMC2042180 Ca2+ influx is an essential component of the positive-feedback loop that maintains leading-edge structure and activity in macrophages John H. Evans and Joseph J. Falke Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16176–16181. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707719104.PMCID: PMC2042181 Developmental Biology Microtubule-based nuclear movement occurs independently of centrosome positioning in migrating neurons Hiroki Umeshima, Tomoo Hirano, and Mineko Kengaku Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16182–16187. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0708047104.PMCID: PMC2000450 Ecology From the Cover: Thousand-year-long Chinese time series reveals climatic forcing of decadal locust dynamics Leif Christian Stige, Kung-Sik Chan, Zhibin Zhang, David Frank, and Nils C. Stenseth Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16188–16193. Published online 2007 September 18. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706813104.PMCID: PMC2042183 Sustainable vector control and management of Chagas disease in the Gran Chaco, Argentina Ricardo E. Gürtler, Uriel Kitron, M. Carla Cecere, Elsa L. Segura, and Joel E. Cohen Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16194–16199. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0700863104.PMCID: PMC2042184 Environmental Sciences Tracing the effects of the Little Ice Age in the tropical lowlands of eastern Mesoamerica Ma. del Socorro Lozano-García, Margarita Caballero, Beatriz Ortega, Alejandro Rodríguez, and Susana Sosa Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16200–16203. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707896104.PMCID: PMC2000453 Toxins in transgenic crop byproducts may affect headwater stream ecosystems E. J. Rosi-Marshall, J. L. Tank, T. V. Royer, M. R. Whiles, M. Evans-White, C. Chambers, N. A. Griffiths, J. Pokelsek, and M. L. Stephen Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16204–16208. Published online 2007 October 8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707177104.PMCID: PMC2042185 Evolution Gel-forming mucins appeared early in metazoan evolution Tiange Lang, Gunnar C. Hansson, and Tore Samuelsson Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16209–16214. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705984104.PMCID: PMC2042186 Genetics A genome-wide analysis in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes reveals 46 male accessory gland genes, possible modulators of female behavior Tania Dottorini, Lietta Nicolaides, Hilary Ranson, David W. Rogers, Andrea Crisanti, and Flaminia Catteruccia Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16215–16220. Published online 2007 September 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0703904104.PMCID: PMC2042187 From the Cover: Transmission of a fatal clonal tumor by biting occurs due to depleted MHC diversity in a threatened carnivorous marsupial Hannah V. Siddle, Alexandre Kreiss, Mark D. B. Eldridge, Erin Noonan, Candice J. Clarke, Stephen Pyecroft, Gregory M. Woods, and Katherine Belov Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16221–16226. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0704580104.PMCID: PMC1999395 A variant of mitochondrial protein LOC387715/ARMS2, not HTRA1, is strongly associated with age-related macular degeneration Atsuhiro Kanda, Wei Chen, Mohammad Othman, Kari E. H. Branham, Matthew Brooks, Ritu Khanna, Shirley He, Robert Lyons, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, and Anand Swaroop Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16227–16232. Published online 2007 September 20. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0703933104.PMCID: PMC1987388 Immunology Skewed association of polyfunctional antigen-specific CD8 T cell populations with HLA-B genotype Alexandre Harari, Cristina Cellerai, Felicitas Bellutti Enders, Josef Köstler, Laura Codarri, Gonzalo Tapia, Onur Boyman, Erika Castro, Silvana Gaudieri, Ian James, Mina John, Ralf Wagner, Simon Mallal, and Giuseppe Pantaleo Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16233–16238. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707570104.PMCID: PMC1999394 Activin A is a critical component of the inflammatory response, and its binding protein, follistatin, reduces mortality in endotoxemia Kristian L. Jones, Ashley Mansell, Shane Patella, Bernadette J. Scott, Mark P. Hedger, David M. de Kretser, and David J. Phillips Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16239–16244. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705971104.PMCID: PMC2042191 Transcription factor expression in lipopolysaccharide-activated peripheral-blood-derived mononuclear cells Jared C. Roach, Kelly D. Smith, Katie L. Strobe, Stephanie M. Nissen, Christian D. Haudenschild, Daixing Zhou, Thomas J. Vasicek, G. A. Held, Gustavo A. Stolovitzky, Leroy E. Hood, and Alan Aderem Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16245–16250. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707757104.PMCID: PMC2042192 Protein kinase C δ is essential for optimal macrophage-mediated phagosomal containment of Listeria monocytogenes Anita Schwegmann, Reto Guler, Antony J. Cutler, Berenice Arendse, William G. C. Horsnell, Alexandra Flemming, Andreas H. Kottmann, Gregory Ryan, Winston Hide, Michael Leitges, Cathal Seoighe, and Frank Brombacher Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16251–16256. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0703496104.PMCID: PMC2000452 MAP kinase phosphatase activity sets the threshold for thymocyte positive selection Matthew L. Bettini and Gilbert J. Kersh Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16257–16262. Published online 2007 September 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705321104.PMCID: PMC2042194 Medical Sciences Educational status and cardiovascular risk profile in Indians K. Srinath Reddy, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Panniyammakal Jeemon, K. R. Thankappan, Prashant Joshi, Vivek Chaturvedi, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, and Farooque Ahmed Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16263–16268. Published online 2007 October 8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0700933104.PMCID: PMC2042195 Human combinatorial libraries yield rare antibodies that broadly neutralize hepatitis C virus Daniel X. Johansson, Cécile Voisset, Alexander W. Tarr, Mie Aung, Jonathan K. Ball, Jean Dubuisson, and Mats A. A. Persson Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16269–16274. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705522104.PMCID: PMC2042196 Notch signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells is required to pattern the cerebral vasculature Aaron Proweller, Alex C. Wright, Debra Horng, Lan Cheng, Min Min Lu, John J. Lepore, Warren S. Pear, and Michael S. Parmacek Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16275–16280. Published online 2007 October 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707950104.PMCID: PMC2042197 Plasma sodium stiffens vascular endothelium and reduces nitric oxide release Hans Oberleithner, Christoph Riethmüller, Hermann Schillers, Graham A. MacGregor, Hugh E. de Wardener, and Martin Hausberg Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16281–16286. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707791104.PMCID: PMC1999397 Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus-encoded latency-associated nuclear antigen stabilizes intracellular activated Notch by targeting the Sel10 protein Ke Lan, Subhash C. Verma, Masanao Murakami, Bharat Bajaj, Rajeev Kaul, and Erle S. Robertson Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16287–16292. Published online 2007 October 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0703508104.PMCID: PMC1997218 Microbiology Crystal structure of the Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin p55 domain Kelly A. Gangwer, Darren J. Mushrush, Devin L. Stauff, Ben Spiller, Mark S. McClain, Timothy L. Cover, and D. Borden Lacy Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16293–16298. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707447104.PMCID: PMC2042200 Space flight alters bacterial gene expression and virulence and reveals a role for global regulator Hfq J. W. Wilson, C. M. Ott, K. Höner zu Bentrup, R. Ramamurthy, L. Quick, S. Porwollik, P. Cheng, M. McClelland, G. Tsaprailis, T. Radabaugh, A. Hunt, D. Fernandez, E. Richter, M. Shah, M. Kilcoyne, L. Joshi, M. Nelman-Gonzalez, S. Hing, M. Parra, P. Dumars, K. Norwood, R. Bober, J. Devich, A. Ruggles, C. Goulart, M. Rupert, L. Stodieck, P. Stafford, L. Catella, M. J. Schurr, K. Buchanan, L. Morici, J. McCracken, P. Allen, C. Baker-Coleman, T. Hammond, J. Vogel, R. Nelson, D. L. Pierson, H. M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, and C. A. Nickerson Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16299–16304. Published online 2007 September 27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707155104.PMCID: PMC2042201 Stimulus-dependent differential regulation in the Escherichia coli PhoQ–PhoP system Tim Miyashiro and Mark Goulian Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16305–16310. Published online 2007 October 1. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0700025104.PMCID: PMC2042202 Neuroscience Dissociating speech perception and comprehension at reduced levels of awareness Matthew H. Davis, Martin R. Coleman, Anthony R. Absalom, Jennifer M. Rodd, Ingrid S. Johnsrude, Basil F. Matta, Adrian M. Owen, and David K. Menon Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16032–16037. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0701309104.PMCID: PMC2042157 Genetic triple dissociation reveals multiple roles for dopamine in reinforcement learning Michael J. Frank, Ahmed A. Moustafa, Heather M. Haughey, Tim Curran, and Kent E. Hutchison Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16311–16316. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706111104.PMCID: PMC2042203 Dentate gyrus-specific manipulation of β-Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II disrupts memory consolidation Min H. Cho, Xiaohua Cao, Deheng Wang, and Joe Z. Tsien Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16317–16322. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0703344104.PMCID: PMC2042204 TRPM7 channels in hippocampal neurons detect levels of extracellular divalent cations Wen-Li Wei, Hong-Shuo Sun, Michelle E. Olah, Xiujun Sun, Elzbieta Czerwinska, Waldemar Czerwinski, Yasuo Mori, Beverley A. Orser, Zhi-Gang Xiong, Michael F. Jackson, Michael Tymianski, and John F. MacDonald Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16323–16328. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0701149104.PMCID: PMC2042205 Gambogic amide, a selective agonist for TrkA receptor that possesses robust neurotrophic activity, prevents neuronal cell death Sung-Wuk Jang, Masashi Okada, Iqbal Sayeed, Ge Xiao, Donald Stein, Peng Jin, and Keqiang Ye Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16329–16334. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706662104.PMCID: PMC2042206 Anorexia induced by activation of serotonin 5-HT4 receptors is mediated by increases in CART in the nucleus accumbens Alexandra Jean, Grégory Conductier, Christine Manrique, Constantin Bouras, Philippe Berta, René Hen, Yves Charnay, Joël Bockaert, and Valérie Compan Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16335–16340. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0701471104.PMCID: PMC2042207 Time course and calcium dependence of transmitter release at a single ribbon synapse Juan D. Goutman and Elisabeth Glowatzki Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16341–16346. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705756104.PMCID: PMC2042208 α2-Chimaerin interacts with EphA4 and regulates EphA4-dependent growth cone collapse Lei Shi, Wing-Yu Fu, Kwok-Wang Hung, Cassandra Porchetta, Christine Hall, Amy K. Y. Fu, and Nancy Y. Ip Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16347–16352. Published online 2007 October 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706626104.PMCID: PMC2042209 Modeling a layer 4-to-layer 2/3 module of a single column in rat neocortex: Interweaving in vitro and in vivo experimental observations Leora Sarid, Randy Bruno, Bert Sakmann, Idan Segev, and Dirk Feldmeyer Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16353–16358. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0707853104.PMCID: PMC2000451 β-Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide is an inhibitory neurotransmitter in visceral smooth muscle Violeta N. Mutafova-Yambolieva, Sung Jin Hwang, Xuemei Hao, Hui Chen, Michael X. Zhu, Jackie D. Wood, Sean M. Ward, and Kenton M. Sanders Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16359–16364. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705510104.PMCID: PMC2042211 Physiology Chimeric constructs endow the human CFTR Cl− channel with the gating behavior of murine CFTR Toby S. Scott-Ward, Zhiwei Cai, Elizabeth S. Dawson, Ann Doherty, Ana Carina Da Paula, Heather Davidson, David J. Porteous, Brandon J. Wainwright, Margarida D. Amaral, David N. Sheppard, and A. Christopher Boyd Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 October 9; 104(41): 16365–16370. Published online 2007 October 3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0701562104.PMCID: PMC2042212 Plant Biology From the Cover: Genetic analysis reveals functional redundancy and the major target genes of the Arabidopsis miR159 family Robert S. Allen, Junyan Li, Melissa I. Stahle, Aurélie Dubroué, Frank Gubler, and Anthony A. 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