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Volume 96(24);  November 23, 1999
Commentaries
Cognition, schizophrenia, and the atypical antipsychotic drugs
Herbert Y. Meltzer, Sohee Park, and Robert Kessler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13591–13593.
PMCID: PMC33933
How does the cortex construct color?
Vincent Walsh
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13594–13596.
PMCID: PMC33934
Recuperation from mass extinctions
Hermann W. Pfefferkorn
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13597–13599.
PMCID: PMC33935
Subplate neurons: A missing link among neurotrophins, activity, and ocular dominance plasticity?
A. Kimberley McAllister
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13600–13602.
PMCID: PMC33936
Review
The protein kinases of Caenorhabditis elegans: A model for signal transduction in multicellular organisms
Gregory D. Plowman, Sucha Sudarsanam, Jonathan Bingham, David Whyte, and Tony Hunter
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13603–13610.
PMCID: PMC24111
Physical Sciences
Applied Physical Sciences
Silver-based crystalline nanoparticles, microbially fabricated
Tanja Klaus, Ralph Joerger, Eva Olsson, and Claes-Göran Granqvist
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13611–13614.
PMCID: PMC24112
Astronomy
Is redshift-dependent evolution of galaxies a theoretical artifact?
I. E. Segal
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13615–13619.
PMCID: PMC24113
Chemistry
Miriamin, a defensive diterpene from the eggs of a land slug (Arion sp.)
Frank C. Schroeder, Andrés Gonzàlez, Thomas Eisner, and Jerrold Meinwald
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13620–13625.
PMCID: PMC24114
Geophysics
Case study of the effects of atmospheric aerosols and regional haze on agriculture: An opportunity to enhance crop yields in China through emission controls?
W. L. Chameides, H. Yu, S. C. Liu, M. Bergin, X. Zhou, L. Mearns, G. Wang, C. S. Kiang, R. D. Saylor, C. Luo, Y. Huang, A. Steiner, and F. Giorgi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13626–13633.
PMCID: PMC24115
Biological Sciences
Agricultural Sciences
Case study of the effects of atmospheric aerosols and regional haze on agriculture: An opportunity to enhance crop yields in China through emission controls?
W. L. Chameides, H. Yu, S. C. Liu, M. Bergin, X. Zhou, L. Mearns, G. Wang, C. S. Kiang, R. D. Saylor, C. Luo, Y. Huang, A. Steiner, and F. Giorgi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13626–13633.
PMCID: PMC24115
Applied Biological Sciences
Chromatin modification by DNA tracking
Andrew Travers
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13634–13637.
PMCID: PMC24116
Production of cyclic peptides and proteins in vivo
Charles P. Scott, Ernesto Abel-Santos, Mark Wall, Daphne C. Wahnon, and Stephen J. Benkovic
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13638–13643.
PMCID: PMC24117
Biochemistry
Domain–domain communication in a miniature archaebacterial tRNA synthetase
Brian A. Steer and Paul Schimmel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13644–13649.
PMCID: PMC24118
RNA-controlled polymorphism in the in vivo assembly of 180-subunit and 120-subunit virions from a single capsid protein
Michael A. Krol, Norman H. Olson, John Tate, John E. Johnson, Timothy S. Baker, and Paul Ahlquist
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13650–13655.
PMCID: PMC24119
Insulin selectively increases SREBP-1c mRNA in the livers of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes
Iichiro Shimomura, Yuriy Bashmakov, Shinji Ikemoto, Jay D. Horton, Michael S. Brown, and Joseph L. Goldstein
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13656–13661.
PMCID: PMC24120
Orientation of the transcription preinitiation complex in Archaea
Stephen D. Bell, Peter L. Kosa, Paul B. Sigler, and Stephen P. Jackson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13662–13667.
PMCID: PMC24121
The structural basis for the oriented assembly of a TBP/TFB/promoter complex
Otis Littlefield, Yakov Korkhin, and Paul B. Sigler
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13668–13673.
PMCID: PMC24122
Structural distribution of stability in a thermophilic enzyme
Julie Hollien and Susan Marqusee
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13674–13678.
PMCID: PMC24123
Antibody C219 recognizes an α-helical epitope on P-glycoprotein
Jean M. H. van den Elsen, Douglas A. Kuntz, Flip J. Hoedemaeker, and David R. Rose
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13679–13684.
PMCID: PMC24124
Topoisomerase II drives DNA transport by hydrolyzing one ATP
Cheryl L. Baird, Timothy T. Harkins, Shayne K. Morris, and Janet E. Lindsley
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13685–13690.
PMCID: PMC24125
Neural restrictive silencer factor recruits mSin3 and histone deacetylase complex to repress neuron-specific target genes
Yoshihisa Naruse, Tsutomu Aoki, Takuya Kojima, and Nozomu Mori
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13691–13696.
PMCID: PMC24126
Structural features of the γ subunit of the Escherichia coli F1 ATPase revealed by a 4.4-Å resolution map obtained by x-ray crystallography
Andrew C. Hausrath, Gerhard Grüber, Brian W. Matthews, and Roderick A. Capaldi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13697–13702.
PMCID: PMC24127
Efficient folding of proteins with multiple disulfide bonds in the Escherichia coli cytoplasm
Paul H. Bessette, Fredrik Åslund, Jon Beckwith, and George Georgiou
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13703–13708.
PMCID: PMC24128
Calcium isotope fractionation between soft and mineralized tissues as a monitor of calcium use in vertebrates
Joseph Skulan and Donald J. DePaolo
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13709–13713.
PMCID: PMC24129
Isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthesis via a mevalonate-independent pathway: Isopentenyl monophosphate kinase catalyzes the terminal enzymatic step
B. Markus Lange and Rodney Croteau
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13714–13719.
PMCID: PMC24130
Human TATA-binding protein-related factor-2 (hTRF2) stably associates with hTFIIA in HeLa cells
Martin Teichmann, Zhengxin Wang, Ernest Martinez, Agneta Tjernberg, Di Zhang, Frank Vollmer, Brian T. Chait, and Robert G. Roeder
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13720–13725.
PMCID: PMC24131
The kinetic mechanism of myosin V
Enrique M. De La Cruz, Amber L. Wells, Steven S. Rosenfeld, E. Michael Ostap, and H. Lee Sweeney
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13726–13731.
PMCID: PMC24132
Sequential mechanism of solubilization and refolding of stable protein aggregates by a bichaperone network
Pierre Goloubinoff, Axel Mogk, Anat Peres Ben Zvi, Toshifumi Tomoyasu, and Bernd Bukau
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13732–13737.
PMCID: PMC24133
Ubiquitin-mediated degradation of active Src tyrosine kinase
Kimya F. Harris, Ikuo Shoji, Eric M. Cooper, Sushant Kumar, Hideaki Oda, and Peter M. Howley
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13738–13743.
PMCID: PMC24134
Biophysics
NMR spectroscopy in studies of light-induced structural changes in mammalian rhodopsin: Applicability of solution 19F NMR
Judith Klein-Seetharaman, Elena V. Getmanova, Michèle C. Loewen, Philip J. Reeves, and H. Gobind Khorana
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13744–13749.
PMCID: PMC24135
From calcium blips to calcium puffs: Theoretical analysis of the requirements for interchannel communication
Stéphane Swillens, Geneviève Dupont, Laurent Combettes, and Philippe Champeil
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13750–13755.
PMCID: PMC24136
Fluorescence-intensity distribution analysis and its application in biomolecular detection technology
Peet Kask, Kaupo Palo, Dirk Ullmann, and Karsten Gall
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13756–13761.
PMCID: PMC24137
Sorting by diffusion: An asymmetric obstacle course for continuous molecular separation
Chia-Fu Chou, Olgica Bakajin, Stephen W. P. Turner, Thomas A. J. Duke, Shirley S. Chan, Edward C. Cox, Harold G. Craighead, and Robert H. Austin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13762–13765.
PMCID: PMC24138
Cell Biology
Genetic dissection of dome formation in a mammary cell line: Identification of two genes with opposing action
Ileana Zucchi, Cristina Montagna, Lucia Susani, Roberto Montesano, Maurizio Affer, Simona Zanotti, Elena Redolfi, Paolo Vezzoni, and Renato Dulbecco
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13766–13770.
PMCID: PMC24139
Tyrosine replacement in P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 affects distinct kinetic and mechanical properties of bonds with P- and L-selectin
Vishwanath Ramachandran, Matthias U. Nollert, Haiying Qiu, Wen-Jun Liu, Richard D. Cummings, Cheng Zhu, and Rodger P. McEver
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13771–13776.
PMCID: PMC24140
Phosphorylation of Ser-20 mediates stabilization of human p53 in response to DNA damage
Nabil H. Chehab, Asra Malikzay, Elena S. Stavridi, and Thanos D. Halazonetis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13777–13782.
PMCID: PMC24141
Defects in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor expression, Ca2+ signaling, and insulin secretion in the anx7(+/−) knockout mouse
Meera Srivastava, Illani Atwater, Mirta Glasman, Ximena Leighton, Gertrude Goping, Hung Caohuy, Georgina Miller, José Pichel, Heiner Westphal, David Mears, Eduardo Rojas, and Harvey B. Pollard
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13783–13788.
PMCID: PMC24142
Evidence that Myb-related CDC5 proteins are required for pre-mRNA splicing
C. Geoffrey Burns, Ryoma Ohi, Adrian R. Krainer, and Kathleen L. Gould
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13789–13794.
PMCID: PMC24143
Stimulation of CD95 (Fas) blocks T lymphocyte calcium channels through sphingomyelinase and sphingolipids
Albrecht Lepple-Wienhues, Claus Belka, Tilmann Laun, Andreas Jekle, Birgit Walter, Ulrich Wieland, Martina Welz, Luzia Heil, Jutta Kun, Gillian Busch, Michael Weller, Michael Bamberg, Erich Gulbins, and Florian Lang
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13795–13800.
PMCID: PMC24144
Involvement of unique leucine-zipper motif of PSD-Zip45 (Homer 1c/vesl-1L) in group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptor clustering
Satoko Tadokoro, Taro Tachibana, Takanobu Imanaka, Wataru Nishida, and Kenji Sobue
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13801–13806.
PMCID: PMC24145
Regulation of mitochondrial ATP synthesis by calcium: Evidence for a long-term metabolic priming
Laurence S. Jouaville, Paolo Pinton, Carlo Bastianutto, Guy A. Rutter, and Rosario Rizzuto
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13807–13812.
PMCID: PMC24146
An Eph receptor regulates integrin activity through R-Ras
June X. Zou, Bingcheng Wang, Matthew S. Kalo, Andreas H. Zisch, Elena B. Pasquale, and Erkki Ruoslahti
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13813–13818.
PMCID: PMC24147
c-Abl-induced apoptosis, but not cell cycle arrest, requires mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 6 activation
Feng Cong and Stephen P. Goff
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13819–13824.
PMCID: PMC24148
Promoter-specific hypoacetylation of X-inactivated genes
Sandra L. Gilbert and Phillip A. Sharp
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13825–13830.
PMCID: PMC24149
Developmental Biology
Transcriptional regulation of the rat Müllerian inhibiting substance type II receptor in rodent Leydig cells
Jose Teixeira, David J. Kehas, Reem Antun, and Patricia K. Donahoe
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13831–13838.
PMCID: PMC24150
PICKLE is a CHD3 chromatin-remodeling factor that regulates the transition from embryonic to vegetative development in Arabidopsis
Joe Ogas, Scott Kaufmann, Jim Henderson, and Chris Somerville
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13839–13844.
PMCID: PMC24151
Ecology
Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.) use a magnetic compass for navigation
Jason A. Etheredge, Sandra M. Perez, Orley R. Taylor, and Rudolf Jander
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13845–13846.
PMCID: PMC24152
Late Quaternary extinction of a tree species in eastern North America
Stephen T. Jackson and Chengyu Weng
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13847–13852.
PMCID: PMC24153
Possible ecological risks of transgenic organism release when transgenes affect mating success: Sexual selection and the Trojan gene hypothesis
William M. Muir and Richard D. Howard
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13853–13856.
PMCID: PMC24154
The delayed resurgence of equatorial forests after the Permian–Triassic ecologic crisis
C. V. Looy, W. A. Brugman, D. L. Dilcher, and H. Visscher
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13857–13862.
PMCID: PMC24155
Evolution
Intracellular gene transfer in action: Dual transcription and multiple silencings of nuclear and mitochondrial cox2 genes in legumes
Keith L. Adams, Keming Song, Philip G. Roessler, Jacqueline M. Nugent, Jane L. Doyle, Jeff J. Doyle, and Jeffrey D. Palmer
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13863–13868.
PMCID: PMC24156
A test of alternative models of diversification in tropical rainforests: Ecological gradients vs. rainforest refugia
Christopher J. Schneider, Thomas B. Smith, Brenda Larison, and Craig Moritz
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13869–13873.
PMCID: PMC24157
Soldier caste-specific gene expression in the mandibular glands of Hodotermopsis japonica (Isoptera: Termopsidae)
Toru Miura, Azusa Kamikouchi, Miyuki Sawata, Hideaki Takeuchi, Syunji Natori, Takeo Kubo, and Tadao Matsumoto
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13874–13879.
PMCID: PMC24158
Recurrent invasion and extinction of a selfish gene
Matthew R. Goddard and Austin Burt
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13880–13885.
PMCID: PMC24159
Molecular evidence for multiple origins of woodiness and a New World biogeographic connection of the Macaronesian Island endemic Pericallis (Asteraceae: Senecioneae)
Jose L. Panero, Javier Francisco-Ortega, Robert K. Jansen, and Arnoldo Santos-Guerra
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13886–13891.
PMCID: PMC24160
Phylogenetic analysis of “Volvocacae” for comparative genetic studies
Annette W. Coleman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13892–13897.
PMCID: PMC24161
Genetics
A general strategy to enhance the potency of chimeric transcriptional activators
Sridaran Natesan, Elizabeth Molinari, Victor M. Rivera, Richard J. Rickles, and Michael Gilman
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13898–13903.
PMCID: PMC24162
Identification of genes controlled by quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Marvin Whiteley, Kimberly M. Lee, and E. P. Greenberg
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13904–13909.
PMCID: PMC24163
Mutation rates among RNA viruses
John W. Drake and John J. Holland
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13910–13913.
PMCID: PMC24164
Functional specificity of MutL homologs in yeast: Evidence for three Mlh1-based heterocomplexes with distinct roles during meiosis in recombination and mismatch correction
Ting-Fang Wang, Nancy Kleckner, and Neil Hunter
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13914–13919.
PMCID: PMC24165
Truncated BRCA2 is cytoplasmic: Implications for cancer-linked mutations
Brian H. Spain, Christopher J. Larson, Lamya S. Shihabuddin, Fred H. Gage, and Inder M. Verma
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13920–13925.
PMCID: PMC24166
Immunology
Association of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase with Ku
Kiran N. Mahajan, Lisa Gangi-Peterson, David H. Sorscher, Jingsong Wang, Karen N. Gathy, Nupam P. Mahajan, Westley H. Reeves, and Beverly S. Mitchell
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13926–13931.
PMCID: PMC24167
A transgenic mouse model to analyze CD8+ effector T cell differentiation in vivo
N. Manjunath, P. Shankar, B. Stockton, P. D. Dubey, J. Lieberman, and U. H. von Andrian
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13932–13937.
PMCID: PMC24168
Ligation of intestinal epithelial CD1d induces bioactive IL-10: Critical role of the cytoplasmic tail in autocrine signaling
Sean P. Colgan, Robert M. Hershberg, Glenn T. Furuta, and Richard S. Blumberg
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13938–13943.
PMCID: PMC24169
Trafficking of spontaneously endocytosed MHC proteins
Isaac Chiu, Daniel M. Davis, and Jack L. Strominger
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13944–13949.
PMCID: PMC24170
Granzymes are the essential downstream effector molecules for the control of primary virus infections by cytolytic leukocytes
Arno Müllbacher, Paul Waring, Ron Tha Hla, Thao Tran, Seow Chin, Thomas Stehle, Crisan Museteanu, and Markus M. Simon
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13950–13955.
PMCID: PMC24171
Stress-induced phosphorylation of STAT1 at Ser727 requires p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase whereas IFN-γ uses a different signaling pathway
Pavel Kovarik, Dagmar Stoiber, Patrick A. Eyers, Rossella Menghini, Armin Neininger, Matthias Gaestel, Philip Cohen, and Thomas Decker
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13956–13961.
PMCID: PMC24172
IL-18, although antiallergic when administered with IL-12, stimulates IL-4 and histamine release by basophils
Tomohiro Yoshimoto, Hiroko Tsutsui, Kouji Tominaga, Katsuaki Hoshino, Haruki Okamura, Shizuo Akira, William E. Paul, and Kenji Nakanishi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13962–13966.
PMCID: PMC24173
Medical Sciences
Deregulated expression of c-Myc in a translocation-negative plasmacytoma on extrachromosomal elements that carry IgH and myc genes
Francis Wiener, Theodore I. Kuschak, Shinsuke Ohno, and Sabine Mai
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13967–13972.
PMCID: PMC24174
Emergence of FY*Anull in a Plasmodium vivax-endemic region of Papua New Guinea
Peter A. Zimmerman, Ian Woolley, Godfred L. Masinde, Stephanie M. Miller, David T. McNamara, Fred Hazlett, Charles S. Mgone, Michael P. Alpers, Blaise Genton, B. A. Boatin, and James W. Kazura
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13973–13977.
PMCID: PMC24175
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase is a mediator of necrotic cell death by ATP depletion
Hyo Chol Ha and Solomon H. Snyder
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13978–13982.
PMCID: PMC24176
Localization of a putative transcriptional regulator (ATRX) at pericentromeric heterochromatin and the short arms of acrocentric chromosomes
T. L. McDowell, R. J. Gibbons, H. Sutherland, D. M. O’Rourke, W. A. Bickmore, A. Pombo, H. Turley, K. Gatter, D. J. Picketts, V. J. Buckle, L. Chapman, D. Rhodes, and D. R. Higgs
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13983–13988.
PMCID: PMC24177
Antitumor activity and pharmacokinetics of a mixed-backbone antisense oligonucleotide targeted to the RIα subunit of protein kinase A after oral administration
Hui Wang, Qiuyin Cai, Xiaofei Zeng, Dong Yu, Sudhir Agrawal, and Ruiwen Zhang
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13989–13994.
PMCID: PMC24178
A membrane lipid imbalance plays a role in the phenotypic expression of cystic fibrosis in cftr−/− mice
Steven D. Freedman, Mark H. Katz, Eliza M. Parker, Michael Laposata, Mark Y. Urman, and Juan G. Alvarez
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13995–14000.
PMCID: PMC24179
Variable efficacy of repeated annual influenza vaccination
Derek J. Smith, Stephanie Forrest, David H. Ackley, and Alan S. Perelson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14001–14006.
PMCID: PMC24180
Inhibition of DNA methyltransferase stimulates the expression of signal transducer and activator of transcription 1, 2, and 3 genes in colon tumor cells
Adam R. Karpf, Peter W. Peterson, Joseph T. Rawlins, Brian K. Dalley, Qian Yang, Hans Albertsen, and David A. Jones
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14007–14012.
PMCID: PMC24181
Nerve growth factor is an autocrine factor essential for the survival of macrophages infected with HIV
Enrico Garaci, Maria Cristina Caroleo, Luigi Aloe, Stefano Aquaro, Mauro Piacentini, Nicola Costa, Alessandra Amendola, Alessandra Micera, Raffaele Caliò, Carlo-Federico Perno, and Rita Levi-Montalcini
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14013–14018.
PMCID: PMC24182
Novel Ras antagonist blocks human melanoma growth
B. Jansen, H. Schlagbauer-Wadl, H. Kahr, E. Heere-Ress, B. X. Mayer, H.-G. Eichler, H. Pehamberger, M. Gana-Weisz, E. Ben-David, Y. Kloog, and K. Wolff
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14019–14024.
PMCID: PMC24183
A second promoter provides an alternative target for therapeutic up-regulation of utrophin in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Edward A. Burton, Jonathon M. Tinsley, Paul J. Holzfeind, Nanda R. Rodrigues, and Kay E. Davies
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14025–14030.
PMCID: PMC24184
Immunization with live attenuated simian immunodeficiency virus induces strong type 1 T helper responses and β-chemokine production
Marie-Claire Gauduin, Rhona L. Glickman, Shabbir Ahmad, Tilahun Yilma, and R. Paul Johnson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14031–14036.
PMCID: PMC24185
Differentially expressed protein Pdcd4 inhibits tumor promoter-induced neoplastic transformation
Joan L. Cmarik, Hongzhong Min, Glenn Hegamyer, Shuning Zhan, Molly Kulesz-Martin, Hidetoshi Yoshinaga, Sachiko Matsuhashi, and Nancy H. Colburn
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14037–14042.
PMCID: PMC24186
Microbiology
Silver-based crystalline nanoparticles, microbially fabricated
Tanja Klaus, Ralph Joerger, Eva Olsson, and Claes-Göran Granqvist
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 13611–13614.
PMCID: PMC24112
Yersinia pestis, the cause of plague, is a recently emerged clone of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Mark Achtman, Kerstin Zurth, Giovanna Morelli, Gabriela Torrea, Annie Guiyoule, and Elisabeth Carniel
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14043–14048.
PMCID: PMC24187
Emergence of a highly pathogenic simian/human immunodeficiency virus in a rhesus macaque treated with anti-CD8 mAb during a primary infection with a nonpathogenic virus
Tatsuhiko Igarashi, Yasuyuki Endo, George Englund, Reza Sadjadpour, Tetsuro Matano, Charles Buckler, Alicia Buckler-White, Ron Plishka, Ted Theodore, Riri Shibata, and Malcolm Martin
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14049–14054.
PMCID: PMC24188
In silico detection of control signals: mRNA 3′-end-processing sequences in diverse species
Joel H. Graber, Charles R. Cantor, Scott C. Mohr, and Temple F. Smith
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14055–14060.
PMCID: PMC24189
The chitinase PfCHT1 from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum lacks proenzyme and chitin-binding domains and displays unique substrate preferences
Joseph M. Vinetz, Sanat K. Dave, Charles A. Specht, Kenneth A. Brameld, Bo Xu, Rhian Hayward, and David A. Fidock
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14061–14066.
PMCID: PMC24190
Mapping regions containing binding residues within functional domains of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium knowlesi erythrocyte-binding proteins
Akash Ranjan and Chetan E. Chitnis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14067–14072.
PMCID: PMC24191
Global GacA-steered control of cyanide and exoprotease production in Pseudomonas fluorescens involves specific ribosome binding sites
Caroline Blumer, Stephan Heeb, Gabriella Pessi, and Dieter Haas
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14073–14078.
PMCID: PMC24192
Neurobiology
Detection of neuritic plaques in Alzheimer’s disease by magnetic resonance microscopy
Helene Benveniste, Gillian Einstein, Katie R. Kim, Christine Hulette, and G. Allan Johnson
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14079–14084.
PMCID: PMC24193
Perceptual learning in motion discrimination that generalizes across motion directions
Zili Liu
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14085–14087.
PMCID: PMC24194
Neuronal overexpression of mutant amyloid precursor protein results in prominent deposition of cerebrovascular amyloid
Michael E. Calhoun, Patrick Burgermeister, Amie L. Phinney, Martina Stalder, Markus Tolnay, Karl-Heinz Wiederhold, Dorothee Abramowski, Christine Sturchler-Pierrat, Bernd Sommer, Matthias Staufenbiel, and Mathias Jucker
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14088–14093.
PMCID: PMC24195
Altered emotional and locomotor responses in mice deficient in the transcription factor CREM
Rafael Maldonado, Claire Smadja, Cristina Mazucchelli, and Paolo Sassone-Corsi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14094–14099.
PMCID: PMC24196
Visualization of α9 acetylcholine receptor expression in hair cells of transgenic mice containing a modified bacterial artificial chromosome
Jian Zuo, Jason Treadaway, Tyler W. Buckner, and Bernd Fritzsch
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14100–14105.
PMCID: PMC24197
Go protein-dependent survival of primary accessory olfactory neurons
Masaki Tanaka, Helen Treloar, Robert G. Kalb, Charles A. Greer, and Stephen M. Strittmatter
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14106–14111.
PMCID: PMC24198
Dynamin-dependent endocytosis of ionotropic glutamate receptors
Reed C. Carroll, Eric C. Beattie, Houhui Xia, Christian Lüscher, Yoram Altschuler, Roger A. Nicoll, Robert C. Malenka, and Mark von Zastrow
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14112–14117.
PMCID: PMC24199
Neuronal migration is retarded in mice lacking the tissue plasminogen activator gene
Nicholas W. Seeds, Mark E. Basham, and Susan P. Haffke
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14118–14123.
PMCID: PMC24200
The neurological basis of conscious color perception in a blind patient
S. Zeki, S. Aglioti, D. McKeefry, and G. Berlucchi
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14124–14129.
PMCID: PMC24201
An alternative pathway for rod signals in the rodent retina: Rod photoreceptors, cone bipolar cells, and the localization of glutamate receptors
Iris Hack, Leo Peichl, and Johann Helmut Brandstätter
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14130–14135.
PMCID: PMC24202
Physiology
Cannabinoid-induced mesenteric vasodilation through an endothelial site distinct from CB1 or CB2 receptors
Zoltán Járai, Jens A. Wagner, Károly Varga, Kristy D. Lake, David R. Compton, Billy R. Martin, Anne M. Zimmer, Tom I. Bonner, Nancy E. Buckley, Eva Mezey, Raj K. Razdan, Andreas Zimmer, and George Kunos
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14136–14141.
PMCID: PMC24203
Plant Biology
Sequential and coordinated action of phytochromes A and B during Arabidopsis stem growth revealed by kinetic analysis
Brian M. Parks and Edgar P. Spalding
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14142–14146.
PMCID: PMC24204
Suppression of gene silencing: A general strategy used by diverse DNA and RNA viruses of plants
Olivier Voinnet, Yvonne M. Pinto, and David C. Baulcombe
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14147–14152.
PMCID: PMC24205
Expression of the Bs2 pepper gene confers resistance to bacterial spot disease in tomato
Thomas H. Tai, Douglas Dahlbeck, Eszter T. Clark, Paresh Gajiwala, Romela Pasion, Maureen C. Whalen, Robert E. Stall, and Brian J. Staskawicz
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14153–14158.
PMCID: PMC24206
Programmed cell death in castor bean endosperm is associated with the accumulation and release of a cysteine endopeptidase from ricinosomes
Markus Schmid, David Simpson, and Christine Gietl
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14159–14164.
PMCID: PMC24207
Transgenic tobacco plants with reduced capability to detoxify reactive oxygen intermediates are hyperresponsive to pathogen infection
Ron Mittler, Elza Hallak Herr, Bjorn Larus Orvar, Wim van Camp, Hilde Willekens, Dirk Inzé, and Brian E. Ellis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14165–14170.
PMCID: PMC24208
Population Biology
Social status regulates growth rate: Consequences for life-history strategies
Hans A. Hofmann, Mark E. Benson, and Russell D. Fernald
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 November 23; 96(24): 14171–14176.
PMCID: PMC24209
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