BIOPHYSICAL LETTERS:

Amy Y. Shih, Stephen G. Sligar, and Klaus Schulten

Molecular Models Need to be Tested: The Case of a Solar Flares Discoidal HDL Model
Biophys. J. 2008 94: L87-L89; Published ahead of print on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.131581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Lei Zhou and Steven A. Siegelbaum

Pathway and Endpoint Free Energy Calculations for Cyclic Nucleotide Binding to HCN Channels
Biophys. J. 2008 94: L90-L92; Published ahead of print on April 11, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.130872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Haiguang Liu and Yong Duan

Effects of Posttranslational Modifications on the Structure and Dynamics of Histone H3 N-Terminal Peptide
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4579-4585; Published ahead of print on January 11, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.115824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ji Guo Su, Chun Hua Li, Rui Hao, Wei Zu Chen, and Cun Xin Wang

Protein Unfolding Behavior Studied by Elastic Network Model
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4586-4596; Published ahead of print on February 29, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hongde Liu, Jiansheng Wu, Jianming Xie, Xi'nan Yang, Zuhong Lu, and Xiao Sun

Characteristics of Nucleosome Core DNA and Their Applications in Predicting Nucleosome Positions
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4597-4604; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.117028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maryna Kapustina, Gabriel E. Weinreb, Nancy Costigliola, Zenon Rajfur, Ken Jacobson, and Timothy C. Elston

Mechanical and Biochemical Modeling of Cortical Oscillations in Spreading Cells
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4605-4620; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Marcos Sotomayor and Klaus Schulten

The Allosteric Role of the Ca²⁺ Switch in Adhesion and Elasticity of C-Cadherin
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4621-4633; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125591. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Johan H. Bredenberg, Cristina Russo, and Marcia O. Fenley

Salt-Mediated Electrostatics in the Association of TATA Binding Proteins to DNA: A Combined Molecular Mechanics/Poisson-Boltzmann Study
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4634-4645; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ariel Lubelski and Joseph Klafter

Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching: The Case of Anomalous Diffusion
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4646-4653; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.119081. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Camilloni, A. Guerini Rocco, I. Eberini, E. Gianazza, R. A. Broglia, and G. Tiana

Urea and Guanidinium Chloride Denature Protein L in Different Ways in Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4654-4661; Published ahead of print on March 13, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125799. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND ELECTRICAL SIGNALING:

Joshua A. Maurer, Donald E. Elmore, Daniel Clayton, Li Xiong, Henry A. Lester, and Dennis A. Dougherty

Confirming the Revised C-Terminal Domain of the MscL Crystal Structure
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4662-4667; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Huanghe Yang, Guohui Zhang, Jingyi Shi, Urvi S. Lee, Kelli Delaloye, and Jianmin Cui

Subunit-Specific Effect of the Voltage Sensor Domain on Ca²⁺ Sensitivity of BK Channels
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4678-4687; Published ahead of print on March 13, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

E. Sevcsik, G. Pabst, W. Richter, S. Danner, H. Amenitsch, and K. Lohner

Interaction of LL-37 with Model Membrane Systems of Different Complexity: Influence of the Lipid Matrix
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4688-4699; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.123620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Don Armstrong and Raphael Zidovetzki

Amplification of Diacylglycerol Activation of Protein Kinase C by Cholesterol
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4700-4710; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars J. C. Jeuken

AFM Study on the Electric-Field Effects on Supported Bilayer Lipid Membranes
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4711-4717; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.122887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher W. Harland, David Rabuka, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, and Raghuveer Parthasarathy

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Virulence Factor Trehalose Dimycolate Imparts Desiccation Resistance to Model Mycobacterial Membranes
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4718-4724; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

W. Rawicz, B. A. Smith, T. J. McIntosh, S. A. Simon, and E. Evans

Elasticity, Strength, and Water Permeability of Bilayers that Contain Raft Microdomain-Forming Lipids
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4725-4736; Published ahead of print on March 13, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121731. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana J. Pérez-Berná, Jaime Guillén, Miguel R. Moreno, Ana I. Gómez-Sánchez, George Pabst, Peter Laggner, and José Villalaín

Interaction of the Most Membranotropic Region of the HCV E2 Envelope Glycoprotein with Membranes. Biophysical Characterization
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4737-4750; Published ahead of print on March 13, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.126896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

O. Friedrich, C. Weber, F. v. Wegner, J. S. Chamberlain, and R. H. A. Fink

Unloaded Speed of Shortening in Voltage-Clamped Intact Skeletal Muscle Fibers from wt, mdx, and Transgenic Minidystrophin Mice Using a Novel High-Speed Acquisition System
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4751-4765; Published ahead of print on April 18, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.126557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NUCLEIC ACIDS:

Christian H. Albrecht, Gregor Neuert, Robert A. Lugmaier, and Hermann E. Gaub

Molecular Force Balance Measurements Reveal that Double-Stranded DNA Unbinds Under Force in Rate-Dependent Pathways
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4766-4774; Published ahead of print on March 13, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Brian A. Todd, V. Adrian Parsegian, Akira Shirahata, T. J. Thomas, and Donald C. Rau

Attractive Forces between Cation Condensed DNA Double Helices
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4775-4782; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

Mariangela Di Donato, Rachel O. Cohen, Bruce A. Diner, Jacques Breton, Rienk van Grondelle, and Marie Louise Groot

Primary Charge Separation in the Photosystem II Core from Synechocystis: A Comparison of Femtosecond Visible/Midinfrared Pump-Probe Spectra of Wild-Type and Two P₆₈₀ Mutants
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4783-4795; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.122242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Karsten Neumann, Mirka-Kristin Verhoefen, Ingrid Weber, Clemens Glaubitz, and Josef Wachtveitl

Initial Reaction Dynamics of Proteorhodopsin Observed by Femtosecond Infrared and Visible Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4796-4807; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christoph Theiss, Dieter Leupold, Andrei A. Moskalenko, Andrei P. Razjivin, Hans J. Eichler, and Heiko Lokstein

Femtosecond Spectroscopy of Native and Carotenoidless Purple-Bacterial LH2 Clarifies Functions of Carotenoids
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4808-4811; Published ahead of print on March 13, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121681. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Lars Meinhold, David Clement, Moeava Tehei, Roy Daniel, John L. Finney, and Jeremy C. Smith

Protein Dynamics and Stability: The Distribution of Atomic Fluctuations in Thermophilic and Mesophilic Dihydrofolate Reductase Derived Using Elastic Incoherent Neutron Scattering
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4812-4818; Published ahead of print on February 29, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eilon Sherman, Anna Itkin, Yosef Yehuda Kuttner, Elizabeth Rhoades, Dan Amir, Elisha Haas, and Gilad Haran

Using Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy to Study Conformational Changes in Denatured Proteins
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4819-4827; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.120220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ying-Jen Shiu, U-Ser Jeng, Yu-Shan Huang, Ying-Huang Lai, Hsiu-Feng Lu, Chia-Tsen Liang, I-Jui Hsu, Chiu-Hun Su, Charlene Su, Ito Chao, An-Chung Su, and Sheng-Hsien Lin

Global and Local Structural Changes of Cytochrome c and Lysozyme Characterized by a Multigroup Unfolding Process
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4828-4836; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.124214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jed W. Pitera, William C. Swope, and Farid F. Abraham

Observation of Noncooperative Folding Thermodynamics in Simulations of 1BBL
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4837-4846; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.123265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

David S. Libich and George Harauz

Backbone Dynamics of the 18.5 kDa Isoform of Myelin Basic Protein Reveals Transient -Helices and a Calmodulin-Binding Site
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4847-4866; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

M. Soledad Celej, Elizabeth A. Jares-Erijman, and Thomas M. Jovin

Fluorescent N-Arylaminonaphthalene Sulfonate Probes for Amyloid Aggregation of -Synuclein
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4867-4879; Published ahead of print on March 13, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoru Fujiwara, Marie Plazanet, Fumiko Matsumoto, and Toshiro Oda

Differences in Internal Dynamics of Actin under Different Structural States Detected by Neutron Scattering
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4880-4889; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES:

Vincent Delatour, Emmanuèle Helfer, Dominique Didry, Kim Hô Diêp Lê, Jean-François Gaucher, Marie-France Carlier, and Guillaume Romet-Lemonne

Arp2/3 Controls the Motile Behavior of N-WASP-Functionalized GUVs and Modulates N-WASP Surface Distribution by Mediating Transient Links with Actin Filaments
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4890-4905; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.118653. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Tim E. Williamson, Bruce A. Craig, Elena Kondrashkina, Chris Bailey-Kellogg, and Alan M. Friedman

Analysis of Self-Associating Proteins by Singular Value Decomposition of Solution Scattering Data
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4906-4923; Published ahead of print on January 22, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.113167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seung Joong Kim, Charles Dumont, and Martin Gruebele

Simulation-Based Fitting of Protein-Protein Interaction Potentials to SAXS Experiments
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4924-4931; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.123240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ji Won Yoon, Andreas Bruckbauer, William J. Fitzgerald, and David Klenerman

Bayesian Inference for Improved Single Molecule Fluorescence Tracking
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4932-4947; Published ahead of print on March 13, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.116285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Kevin J. Chalut, Sulin Chen, John D. Finan, Michael G. Giacomelli, Farshid Guilak, Kam W. Leong, and Adam Wax

Label-Free, High-Throughput Measurements of Dynamic Changes in Cell Nuclei Using Angle-Resolved Low Coherence Interferometry
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4948-4956; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.124107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mats G. L. Gustafsson, Lin Shao, Peter M. Carlton, C. J. Rachel Wang, Inna N. Golubovskaya, W. Zacheus Cande, David A. Agard, and John W. Sedat

Three-Dimensional Resolution Doubling in Wide-Field Fluorescence Microscopy by Structured Illumination
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4957-4970; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.120345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Lin Shao, Berith Isaac, Satoru Uzawa, David A. Agard, John W. Sedat, and Mats G. L. Gustafsson

I⁵S: Wide-Field Light Microscopy with 100-nm-Scale Resolution in Three Dimensions
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4971-4983; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.120352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Pere Roca-Cusachs, Jordi Alcaraz, Raimon Sunyer, Josep Samitier, Ramon Farré, and Daniel Navajas

Micropatterning of Single Endothelial Cell Shape Reveals a Tight Coupling between Nuclear Volume in G1 and Proliferation
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4984-4995; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.116863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Raibatak Das, Stephanie Hammond, David Holowka, and Barbara Baird

Real-Time Cross-Correlation Image Analysis of Early Events in IgE Receptor Signaling
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4996-5008; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.105502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Otger Campàs, Cécile Leduc, Patricia Bassereau, Jaume Casademunt, Jean-François Joanny, and Jacques Prost

Coordination of Kinesin Motors Pulling on Fluid Membranes
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 5009-5017; Published ahead of print on February 29, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.118554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

S. M. Kennedy, Z. Ji, J. C. Hedstrom, J. H. Booske, and S. C. Hagness

Quantification of Electroporative Uptake Kinetics and Electric Field Heterogeneity Effects in Cells
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 5018-5027; Published ahead of print on March 13, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.106.103218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

Ildikó Vajda, Jaap van Pelt, Pieter Wolters, Michela Chiappalone, Sergio Martinoia, Eus van Someren, and Arjen van Ooyen

Low-Frequency Stimulation Induces Stable Transitions in Stereotypical Activity in Cortical Networks
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 5028-5039; Published ahead of print on March 13, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.112730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

OTHER:

John G. Wise and Pia D. Vogel

Subunit b-Dimer of the Escherichia coli ATP Synthase Can Form Left-Handed Coiled-Coils
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 5040-5052; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tassilo Hornung, Oleg A. Volkov, Tarek M. A. Zaida, Sabine Delannoy, John G. Wise, and Pia D. Vogel

Structure of the Cytosolic Part of the Subunit b-Dimer of Escherichia coli F₀F₁-ATP Synthase
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 5053-5064; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Assaf Rotem and Elisha Moses

Magnetic Stimulation of One-Dimensional Neuronal Cultures
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 5065-5078; Published ahead of print on March 7, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

COMMENTS TO THE EDITOR:

Frank Diederichs

Metabolic Fluxes and Stoichiometry of Glucose Metabolism
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 5079(12) [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard Bertram, Leslie S. Satin, and Arthur Sherman

Response to the Comment by F. Diederichs
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 5080(12) [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

Corrections:
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 5081(12) [Full Text] [PDF]  

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