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PNAS 2006 103: 10149-10150. [Full Text] [PDF]  

COMMENTARIES

David E. Levy and Giorgio Inghirami

STAT3: A multifaceted oncogene
PNAS 2006 103: 10151-10152; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604042103 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]  
See companion article on page 9964 in issue 26 of volume 103

Robert J. Lucas

Chromophore regeneration: Melanopsin does its own thing
PNAS 2006 103: 10153-10154; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0603955103 [Extract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  
See companion article on page 10426
See companion article on page 10432

PERSPECTIVES

Eric I. Knudsen, James J. Heckman, Judy L. Cameron, and Jack P. Shonkoff

Economic, neurobiological, and behavioral perspectives on building America’s future workforce
PNAS 2006 103: 10155-10162; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0600888103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Materials]  

PROFILES

Tinsley H. Davis

Profile of Susan Band Horwitz
PNAS 2006 103: 10163-10165; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604639103 [Extract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Applied Mathematics

P. S. Bernard

Turbulent flow properties of large-scale vortex systems
PNAS 2006 103: 10174-10179; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604159103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Chemistry

A. James Link, Mandy K. S. Vink, Nicholas J. Agard, Jennifer A. Prescher, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, and David A. Tirrell

Discovery of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase activity through cell-surface display of noncanonical amino acids
PNAS 2006 103: 10180-10185; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0601167103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Kyo Sung Park, Zheng Ni, Adrien P. Côté, Jae Yong Choi, Rudan Huang, Fernando J. Uribe-Romo, Hee K. Chae, Michael O’Keeffe, and Omar M. Yaghi From the Cover: Exceptional chemical and thermal stability of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks PNAS 2006 103: 10186-10191; published online before print June 23 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0602439103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Appendix]

Linda Valis, Qiang Wang, Milen Raytchev, Ivan Buchvarov, Hans-Achim Wagenknecht, and Torsten Fiebig

Base pair motions control the rates and distance dependencies of reductive and oxidative DNA charge transfer
PNAS 2006 103: 10192-10195; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0600957103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Helmut Satzger, Dave Townsend, Marek Z. Zgierski, Serguei Patchkovskii, Susanne Ullrich, and Albert Stolow

Primary processes underlying the photostability of isolated DNA bases: Adenine
PNAS 2006 103: 10196-10201; published online before print June 27 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0602663103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Ute Kolb, Karsten Büscher, Christiane A. Helm, Anne Lindner, Andreas F. Thünemann, Michael Menzel, Masayoshi Higuchi, and Dirk G. Kurth

The solid-state architecture of a metallosupramolecular polyelectrolyte
PNAS 2006 103: 10202-10206; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0601092103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kris C. Wood, Helen F. Chuang, Robert D. Batten, David M. Lynn, and Paula T. Hammond

Controlling interlayer diffusion to achieve sustained, multiagent delivery from layer-by-layer thin films
PNAS 2006 103: 10207-10212; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0602884103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures]  

Environmental Sciences

B. L. Hall, A. R. Hoelzel, C. Baroni, G. H. Denton, B. J. Le Boeuf, B. Overturf, and A. L. Töpf

Holocene elephant seal distribution implies warmer-than-present climate in the Ross Sea
PNAS 2006 103: 10213-10217; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604002103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Table]  

Physics

Francesco Pampaloni, Gianluca Lattanzi, Alexandr Jonás, Thomas Surrey, Erwin Frey, and Ernst-Ludwig Florin

Thermal fluctuations of grafted microtubules provide evidence of a length-dependent persistence length
PNAS 2006 103: 10248-10253; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0603931103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Biochemistry

Anna Nordlund and Mikael Oliveberg

Folding of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase suggests structural hotspots for gain of neurotoxic function in ALS: Parallels to precursors in amyloid disease
PNAS 2006 103: 10218-10223; published online before print June 23 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0601696103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Bjoern Schwer, Jakob Bunkenborg, Regis O. Verdin, Jens S. Andersen, and Eric Verdin From the Cover: Reversible lysine acetylation controls the activity of the mitochondrial enzyme acetyl-CoA synthetase 2 PNAS 2006 103: 10224-10229; published online before print June 20 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0603968103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]

William C. Hallows, Susan Lee, and John M. Denu Sirtuins deacetylate and activate mammalian acetyl-CoA synthetases PNAS 2006 103: 10230-10235; published online before print June 21 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604392103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Stephen E. Moyer, Peter W. Lewis, and Michael R. Botchan Isolation of the Cdc45/Mcm2–7/GINS (CMG) complex, a candidate for the eukaryotic DNA replication fork helicase PNAS 2006 103: 10236-10241; published online before print June 23 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0602400103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Biophysics

Linda Valis, Qiang Wang, Milen Raytchev, Ivan Buchvarov, Hans-Achim Wagenknecht, and Torsten Fiebig

Base pair motions control the rates and distance dependencies of reductive and oxidative DNA charge transfer
PNAS 2006 103: 10192-10195; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0600957103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Helmut Satzger, Dave Townsend, Marek Z. Zgierski, Serguei Patchkovskii, Susanne Ullrich, and Albert Stolow

Primary processes underlying the photostability of isolated DNA bases: Adenine
PNAS 2006 103: 10196-10201; published online before print June 27 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0602663103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Michael J. Plevin, Jinsong Zhang, Chun Guo, Robert G. Roeder, and Mitsuhiko Ikura

The acute myeloid leukemia fusion protein AML1-ETO targets E proteins via a paired amphipathic helix-like TBP-associated factor homology domain
PNAS 2006 103: 10242-10247; published online before print June 27 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0603463103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Francesco Pampaloni, Gianluca Lattanzi, Alexandr Jonás, Thomas Surrey, Erwin Frey, and Ernst-Ludwig Florin

Thermal fluctuations of grafted microtubules provide evidence of a length-dependent persistence length
PNAS 2006 103: 10248-10253; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0603931103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Leslie L. Chavez, Shachi Gosavi, Patricia A. Jennings, and José N. Onuchic

Multiple routes lead to the native state in the energy landscape of the -trefoil family
PNAS 2006 103: 10254-10258; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0510110103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures]  

Brenton D. Hoffman, Gladys Massiera, Kathleen M. Van Citters, and John C. Crocker

The consensus mechanics of cultured mammalian cells
PNAS 2006 103: 10259-10264; published online before print June 22 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0510348103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Cell Biology

Ramiro H. Massol, Werner Boll, April M. Griffin, and Tomas Kirchhausen

A burst of auxilin recruitment determines the onset of clathrin-coated vesicle uncoating
PNAS 2006 103: 10265-10270; published online before print June 23 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0603369103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Kris Noel Dahl, Paola Scaffidi, Mohammad F. Islam, Arjun G. Yodh, Katherine L. Wilson, and Tom Misteli

Distinct structural and mechanical properties of the nuclear lamina in Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome
PNAS 2006 103: 10271-10276; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0601058103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Jian Liu, Marko Kaksonen, David G. Drubin, and George Oster

Endocytic vesicle scission by lipid phase boundary forces
PNAS 2006 103: 10277-10282; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0601045103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Cary D. Austin, David A. Lawrence, Andrew A. Peden, Eugene E. Varfolomeev, Klara Totpal, Ann M. De Mazière, Judith Klumperman, David Arnott, Victoria Pham, Richard H. Scheller, and Avi Ashkenazi Death-receptor activation halts clathrin-dependent endocytosis PNAS 2006 103: 10283-10288; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604044103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Jaroslav Truksa, Hongfan Peng, Pauline Lee, and Ernest Beutler

Bone morphogenetic proteins 2, 4, and 9 stimulate murine hepcidin 1 expression independently of Hfe, transferrin receptor 2 (Tfr2), and IL-6
PNAS 2006 103: 10289-10293; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0603124103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Developmental Biology

Atsushi Suzuki, Ángel Raya, Yasuhiko Kawakami, Masanobu Morita, Takaaki Matsui, Kinichi Nakashima, Fred H. Gage, Concepción Rodríguez-Esteban, and Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte

Nanog binds to Smad1 and blocks bone morphogenetic protein-induced differentiation of embryonic stem cells
PNAS 2006 103: 10294-10299; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0506945103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Stephen A. Murray and Thomas Gridley

Snail family genes are required for left–right asymmetry determination, but not neural crest formation, in mice
PNAS 2006 103: 10300-10304; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0602234103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures]  

Haiyan Lei, Aster H. Juan, Moo-Sang Kim, and Frank H. Ruddle

Identification of a Hoxc8-regulated transcriptional network in mouse embryo fibroblast cells
PNAS 2006 103: 10305-10309; published online before print June 22 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0603552103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ecology

Héctor García Martín and Nigel Goldenfeld

On the origin and robustness of power-law species–area relationships in ecology
PNAS 2006 103: 10310-10315; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0510605103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Cory C. Cleveland and Alan R. Townsend

Nutrient additions to a tropical rain forest drive substantial soil carbon dioxide losses to the atmosphere
PNAS 2006 103: 10316-10321; published online before print June 22 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0600989103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Environmental Sciences

My Hang V. Huynh, Michael D. Coburn, Thomas J. Meyer, and Modi Wetzler

Green primary explosives: 5-Nitrotetrazolato-N²-ferrate hierarchies
PNAS 2006 103: 10322-10327; published online before print June 27 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604241103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Evolution

Zhenguo Lin, Hongzhi Kong, Masatoshi Nei, and Hong Ma

Origins and evolution of the recA/RAD51 gene family: Evidence for ancient gene duplication and endosymbiotic gene transfer
PNAS 2006 103: 10328-10333; published online before print June 23 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604232103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Colin Hughes and Ruth Eastwood From the Cover: Island radiation on a continental scale: Exceptional rates of plant diversification after uplift of the Andes PNAS 2006 103: 10334-10339; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0601928103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]

Genetics

Paul D. Mack, Anat Kapelnikov, Yael Heifetz, and Michael Bender

Mating-responsive genes in reproductive tissues of female Drosophila melanogaster
PNAS 2006 103: 10358-10363; published online before print June 23 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604046103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Tables]  

Kerrie Tosh, Sarah J. Campbell, Katherine Fielding, Jackson Sillah, Boubacar Bah, Per Gustafson, Kebba Manneh, Ida Lisse, Giorgio Sirugo, Steve Bennett, Peter Aaby, Keith P. W. J. McAdam, Oumou Bah-Sow, Christian Lienhardt, Igor Kramnik, and Adrian V. S. Hill

Variants in the SP110 gene are associated with genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis in West Africa
PNAS 2006 103: 10364-10368; published online before print June 27 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0603340103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Table]  

John F. Mulley, Chi-hua Chiu, and Peter W. H. Holland

Breakup of a homeobox cluster after genome duplication in teleosts
PNAS 2006 103: 10369-10372; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0600341103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures]  

Immunology

Filip K. Swirski, Mikael J. Pittet, Moritz F. Kircher, Elena Aikawa, Farouc A. Jaffer, Peter Libby, and Ralph Weissleder

Monocyte accumulation in mouse atherogenesis is progressive and proportional to extent of disease
PNAS 2006 103: 10340-10345; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604260103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Xi Chen, David S. J. Allan, Konrad Krzewski, Baoxue Ge, Hernan Kopcow, and Jack L. Strominger

CD28-stimulated ERK2 phosphorylation is required for polarization of the microtubule organizing center and granules in YTS NK cells
PNAS 2006 103: 10346-10351; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604236103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures]  

Medical Sciences

Jing-Ruey J. Yeh, Rong Ju, Cathleen M. Brdlik, Wenjun Zhang, Yi Zhang, Mary E. Matyskiela, Joseph D. Shotwell, and Craig M. Crews Targeted gene disruption of methionine aminopeptidase 2 results in an embryonic gastrulation defect and endothelial cell growth arrest PNAS 2006 103: 10379-10384; published online before print June 21 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0511313103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Horst Robenek, Oliver Hofnagel, Insa Buers, Stefan Lorkowski, Michael Schnoor, Mirko J. Robenek, Hans Heid, David Troyer, and Nicholas J. Severs

Butyrophilin controls milk fat globule secretion
PNAS 2006 103: 10385-10390; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0600795103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Amy E. Krambeck, R. Houston Thompson, Haidong Dong, Christine M. Lohse, Eugene S. Park, Susan M. Kuntz, Bradley C. Leibovich, Michael L. Blute, John C. Cheville, and Eugene D. Kwon

B7-H4 expression in renal cell carcinoma and tumor vasculature: Associations with cancer progression and survival
PNAS 2006 103: 10391-10396; published online before print June 23 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0600937103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Haining Yang, Maurizio Bocchetta, Barbara Kroczynska, Amira G. Elmishad, Yuanbin Chen, Zemin Liu, Concetta Bubici, Brooke T. Mossman, Harvey I. Pass, Joseph R. Testa, Guido Franzoso, and Michele Carbone

TNF- inhibits asbestos-induced cytotoxicity via a NF-B-dependent pathway, a possible mechanism for asbestos-induced oncogenesis
PNAS 2006 103: 10397-10402; published online before print June 23 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604008103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stefan Buchholz, Gunhild Keller, Andrew V. Schally, Gabor Halmos, Florian Hohla, Elmar Heinrich, Frank Koester, Benjamin Baker, and Jörg B. Engel

Therapy of ovarian cancers with targeted cytotoxic analogs of bombesin, somatostatin, and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone and their combinations
PNAS 2006 103: 10403-10407; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0602971103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Microbiology

Rachel M. McLoughlin, Robert M. Solinga, Jeremy Rich, Kathleen J. Zaleski, Jordan L. Cocchiaro, Allison Risley, Arthur O. Tzianabos, and Jean C. Lee

CD4⁺ T cells and CXC chemokines modulate the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus wound infections
PNAS 2006 103: 10408-10413; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0508961103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Terence I. Moy, Anthony R. Ball, Zafia Anklesaria, Gabriele Casadei, Kim Lewis, and Frederick M. Ausubel From the Cover: Identification of novel antimicrobials using a live-animal infection model PNAS 2006 103: 10414-10419; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604055103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Marcie B. Clarke, David T. Hughes, Chengru Zhu, Edgar C. Boedeker, and Vanessa Sperandio The QseC sensor kinase: A bacterial adrenergic receptor PNAS 2006 103: 10420-10425; published online before print June 27 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604343103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Neuroscience

Susan E. Doyle, Ana Maria Castrucci, Maureen McCall, Ignacio Provencio, and Michael Menaker From the Cover: Nonvisual light responses in the Rpe65 knockout mouse: Rod loss restores sensitivity to the melanopsin system PNAS 2006 103: 10432-10437; published online before print June 20 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0600934103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]   See Commentary on page 10153

Jennifer L. Fish, Yoichi Kosodo, Wolfgang Enard, Svante Pääbo, and Wieland B. Huttner

Aspm specifically maintains symmetric proliferative divisions of neuroepithelial cells
PNAS 2006 103: 10438-10443; published online before print June 23 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604066103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Yuki Miyamoto, Junji Yamauchi, Akito Tanoue, Chengbiao Wu, and William C. Mobley

TrkB binds and tyrosine-phosphorylates Tiam1, leading to activation of Rac1 and induction of changes in cellular morphology
PNAS 2006 103: 10444-10449; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0603914103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Ying Wang, Elena O. Gracheva, Janet Richmond, Taizo Kawano, Jillian M. Couto, John A. Calarco, Vijhee Vijayaratnam, Yishi Jin, and Mei Zhen

The C2H2 zinc-finger protein SYD-9 is a putative posttranscriptional regulator for synaptic transmission
PNAS 2006 103: 10450-10455; published online before print June 27 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0602073103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Sergei Musatov, Walter Chen, Donald W. Pfaff, Michael G. Kaplitt, and Sonoko Ogawa

RNAi-mediated silencing of estrogen receptor in the ventromedial nucleus of hypothalamus abolishes female sexual behaviors
PNAS 2006 103: 10456-10460; published online before print June 27 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0603045103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

James K. T. Wang, Stuart Portbury, Mary Beth Thomas, Shawn Barney, Daniel J. Ricca, Dexter L. Morris, David S. Warner, and Donald C. Lo Cardiac glycosides provide neuroprotection against ischemic stroke: Discovery by a brain slice-based compound screening platform PNAS 2006 103: 10461-10466; published online before print June 22 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0600930103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Carrie L. Partch, Katherine F. Shields, Carol L. Thompson, Christopher P. Selby, and Aziz Sancar

Posttranslational regulation of the mammalian circadian clock by cryptochrome and protein phosphatase 5
PNAS 2006 103: 10467-10472; published online before print June 21 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604138103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figures]  

Pharmacology

Gomathi Ramanoudjame, Mei Du, Kimberly A. Mankiewicz, and Vasanthi Jayaraman

Allosteric mechanism in AMPA receptors: A FRET-based investigation of conformational changes
PNAS 2006 103: 10473-10478; published online before print June 22 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0603225103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Claudio Napoli, Sharon Williams-Ignarro, Filomena de Nigris, Lilach O. Lerman, Francesco P. D’Armiento, Ettore Crimi, Russell E. Byrns, Amelia Casamassimi, Alessandro Lanza, Fernando Gombos, Vincenzo Sica, and Louis J. Ignarro

Physical training and metabolic supplementation reduce spontaneous atherosclerotic plaque rupture and prolong survival in hypercholesterolemic mice
PNAS 2006 103: 10479-10484; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0602774103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Toshio Hayashi, Teiji Esaki, Daigo Sumi, Tapan Mukherjee, Akihisa Iguchi, and Gautam Chaudhuri

Modulating role of estradiol on arginase II expression in hyperlipidemic rabbits as an atheroprotective mechanism
PNAS 2006 103: 10485-10490; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0603918103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Physiology

Chi-Hing C. Cheng, Paul A. Cziko, and Clive W. Evans

Nonhepatic origin of notothenioid antifreeze reveals pancreatic synthesis as common mechanism in polar fish freezing avoidance
PNAS 2006 103: 10491-10496; published online before print June 23 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0603796103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Cláudia Cavadas, Daniel Céfai, Joana Rosmaninho-Salgado, Maria Augusta Vieira-Coelho, Eduardo Moura, Nathalie Busso, Thierry Pedrazzini, Daniela Grand, Samuel Rotman, Bernard Waeber, Jean-François Aubert, and Eric Grouzmann

Deletion of the neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y₁ receptor gene reveals a regulatory role of NPY on catecholamine synthesis and secretion
PNAS 2006 103: 10497-10502; published online before print June 23 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0600913103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Figure]  

Plant Biology

Bing Yang, Akiko Sugio, and Frank F. White

Os8N3 is a host disease-susceptibility gene for bacterial blight of rice
PNAS 2006 103: 10503-10508; published online before print June 23 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604088103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Michael H. Beale, Michael A. Birkett, Toby J. A. Bruce, Keith Chamberlain, Linda M. Field, Alison K. Huttly, Janet L. Martin, Rachel Parker, Andrew L. Phillips, John A. Pickett, Ian M. Prosser, Peter R. Shewry, Lesley E. Smart, Lester J. Wadhams, Christine M. Woodcock, and Yuhua Zhang

Aphid alarm pheromone produced by transgenic plants affects aphid and parasitoid behavior
PNAS 2006 103: 10509-10513; published online before print June 23 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0603998103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Population Biology

B. L. Hall, A. R. Hoelzel, C. Baroni, G. H. Denton, B. J. Le Boeuf, B. Overturf, and A. L. Töpf

Holocene elephant seal distribution implies warmer-than-present climate in the Ross Sea
PNAS 2006 103: 10213-10217; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0604002103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Table]  

Jon P. Boyle, Badri Rajasekar, Jeroen P. J. Saeij, James W. Ajioka, Matthew Berriman, Ian Paulsen, David S. Roos, L. David Sibley, Michael W. White, and John C. Boothroyd

Just one cross appears capable of dramatically altering the population biology of a eukaryotic pathogen like Toxoplasma gondii
PNAS 2006 103: 10514-10519; published online before print June 26 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0510319103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

Psychology

Petroc Sumner, Pei-Chun Tsai, Kenny Yu, and Parashkev Nachev

Attentional modulation of sensorimotor processes in the absence of perceptual awareness
PNAS 2006 103: 10520-10525; published online before print June 22 2006, 10.1073/pnas.0601974103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Supporting Information]  

CORRECTIONS

Correction for Adonai et al., Ex vivo cell labeling with ⁶⁴Cu-pyruvaldehyde-bis(N⁴-methylthiosemicarbazone) for imaging cell trafficking in mice with positron-emission tomography [Full Text] [PDF]  

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