BIOPHYSICAL LETTERS:

Gernot Guigas and Matthias Weiss

Influence of Hydrophobic Mismatching on Membrane Protein Diffusion
Biophys. J. 2008 95: L25-L27; Published ahead of print on May 23, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.136069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW AND NOTABLE:

Godfrey Smith and Niall MacQuaide

Cytoplasmic versus Intra-SR: the Battle of the Ca²⁺ Diffusion Coefficients in Cardiac Muscle
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1005-1006; Published ahead of print on May 9, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.133926. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Thomas C. Bishop

Geometry of the Nucleosomal DNA Superhelix
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1007-1017; Published ahead of print on April 18, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.122853. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hermioni Zouridis and Vassily Hatzimanikatis

Effects of Codon Distributions and tRNA Competition on Protein Translation
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1018-1033; Published ahead of print on March 21, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.126128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Kerwyn Casey Huang, and Ned S. Wingreen

Lipid Localization in Bacterial Cells through Curvature-Mediated Microphase Separation
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1034-1049; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.126920. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. J. Brooks and A. E. Carlsson

Actin Polymerization Overshoots and ATP Hydrolysis as Assayed by Pyrene Fluorescence
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1050-1062; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.123125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroyuki Okano, Tetsuya J. Kobayashi, Hirokazu Tozaki, and Hidenori Kimura

Estimation of the Source-by-Source Effect of Autorepression on Genetic Noise
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1063-1074; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.124677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

K. A. Montgomery

Multifrequency Forcing of a Hopf Oscillator Model of the Inner Ear
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1075-1079; Published ahead of print on April 18, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.118604. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Changge Ji, Ye Mei, and John Z. H. Zhang

Developing Polarized Protein-Specific Charges for Protein Dynamics: MD Free Energy Calculation of pK_a Shifts for Asp²⁶/Asp²⁰ in Thioredoxin
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1080-1088. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nikolai Smolin, Bin Li, David A. C. Beck, and Valerie Daggett

Side-Chain Dynamics Are Critical for Water Permeation through Aquaporin-1
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1089-1098; Published ahead of print on April 25, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jianping Lin, Nadrian C. Seeman, and Nagarajan Vaidehi

Molecular-Dynamics Simulations of Insertion of Chemically Modified DNA Nanostructures into a Water-Chloroform Interface
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1099-1107; Published ahead of print on May 2, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.119230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Falconi, F. Oteri, T. Eliseo, D. O. Cicero, and A. Desideri

MD Simulations of Papillomavirus DNA-E2 Protein Complexes Hints at a Protein Structural Code for DNA Deformation
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1108-1117; Published ahead of print on May 16, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.130849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippos K. Tsourkas, Marjorie L. Longo, and Subhadip Raychaudhuri

Monte Carlo Study of Single Molecule Diffusion Can Elucidate the Mechanism of B Cell Synapse Formation
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1118-1125; Published ahead of print on May 2, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.122564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eun-Hyoung Park, Zhouyan Feng, and Dominique M. Durand

Diffusive Coupling and Network Periodicity: A Computational Study
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1126-1137; Published ahead of print on April 25, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.129239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seth Weinberg, Shahriar Iravanian, and Leslie Tung

Representation of Collective Electrical Behavior of Cardiac Cell Sheets
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1138-1150; Published ahead of print on May 9, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.128207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Longhua Hu, Alexander Y. Grosberg, and Robijn Bruinsma

Are DNA Transcription Factor Proteins Maxwellian Demons?
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1151-1156; Published ahead of print on May 2, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.129825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND ELECTRICAL SIGNALING:

Brian J. Nablo, Kelly M. Halverson, Joseph W. F. Robertson, Tam L. Nguyen, Rekha G. Panchal, Rick Gussio, Sina Bavari, Oleg V. Krasilnikov, and John J. Kasianowicz

Sizing the Bacillus anthracis PA₆₃ Channel with Nonelectrolyte Poly(Ethylene Glycols)
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1157-1164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tamer M. Gamal El-Din, Dominik Grögler, Claudia Lehmann, Hansjakob Heldstab, and Nikolaus G. Greeff

More Gating Charges are Needed to Open a Shaker K⁺ Channel than are Needed to Open an rBIIA Na⁺ Channel
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1165-1175; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.130765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

Andreas H. Kunding, Michael W. Mortensen, Sune M. Christensen, and Dimitrios Stamou

A Fluorescence-Based Technique to Construct Size Distributions from Single-Object Measurements: Application to the Extrusion of Lipid Vesicles
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1176-1188; Published ahead of print on April 18, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.128819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Gregory P. Holland and Todd M. Alam

Unique Backbone-Water Interaction Detected in Sphingomyelin Bilayers with ¹H/³¹P and ¹H/¹³C HETCOR MAS NMR Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1189-1198; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.130724. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

I. Levental, P. A. Janmey, and A. Cebers

Electrostatic Contribution to the Surface Pressure of Charged Monolayers Containing Polyphosphoinositides
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1199-1205; Published ahead of print on April 25, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.126615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael P. Bennett and Drake C. Mitchell

Regulation of Membrane Proteins by Dietary Lipids: Effects of Cholesterol and Docosahexaenoic Acid Acyl Chain-Containing Phospholipids on Rhodopsin Stability and Function
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1206-1216; Published ahead of print on April 18, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.122788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gora M'Baye, Yves Mély, Guy Duportail, and Andrey S. Klymchenko

Liquid Ordered and Gel Phases of Lipid Bilayers: Fluorescent Probes Reveal Close Fluidity but Different Hydration
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1217-1225; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kaoru Nomura, Takehiko Inaba, Kenichi Morigaki, Klaus Brandenburg, Ulrich Seydel, and Shoichi Kusumoto

Interaction of Lipopolysaccharide and Phospholipid in Mixed Membranes: Solid-State ³¹P-NMR Spectroscopic and Microscopic Investigations
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1226-1238; Published ahead of print on May 2, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.131706. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NUCLEIC ACIDS:

Mikhail A. Karymov, Alexey Bogdanov, and Yuri L. Lyubchenko

Single Molecule Fluorescence Analysis of Branch Migration of Holliday Junctions: Effect of DNA Sequence
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1239-1247; Published ahead of print on April 18, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Leila Shokri, Micah J. McCauley, Ioulia Rouzina, and Mark C. Williams

DNA Overstretching in the Presence of Glyoxal: Structural Evidence of Force-Induced DNA Melting
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1248-1255; Published ahead of print on April 18, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.132688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

Pascale Schwinté, Harald Foerstendorf, Zakir Hussain, Wolfgang Gärtner, Maria-Andrea Mroginski, Peter Hildebrandt, and Friedrich Siebert

FTIR Study of the Photoinduced Processes of Plant Phytochrome Phya using Isotope-Labeled Bilins and Density Functional Theory Calculations
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1256-1267; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.131441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Natalia P. Pawlowicz, Rienk van Grondelle, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, Jacques Breton, Michael R. Jones, and Marie Louise Groot

Identification of the First Steps in Charge Separation in Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers of Rhodobacter sphaeroides by Ultrafast Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy: Electron Transfer and Protein Dynamics
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1268-1284; Published ahead of print on April 18, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.130880. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

PROTEINS:

Matjaz Boncina, Jurij Rescic, and Vojko Vlachy

Solubility of Lysozyme in Polyethylene Glycol-Electrolyte Mixtures: The Depletion Interaction and Ion-Specific Effects
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1285-1294; Published ahead of print on April 25, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.128694. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olga Vites, Ernst-Ludwig Florin, and Reinhard Jahn

Docking of Liposomes to Planar Surfaces Mediated by trans-SNARE Complexes
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1295-1302; Published ahead of print on April 18, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.129510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhongzhou Chen, Jizhong Lou, Cheng Zhu, and Klaus Schulten

Flow-Induced Structural Transition in the β-Switch Region of Glycoprotein Ib
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1303-1313; Published ahead of print on April 25, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.132324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Ron M. Finn, Kristen Browne, Kim C. Hodgson, and Juan Ausió

sNASP, a Histone H1-Specific Eukaryotic Chaperone Dimer that Facilitates Chromatin Assembly
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1314-1325; Published ahead of print on May 2, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.130021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Walter Stelzer, Bernhard C. Poschner, Holger Stalz, Albert J. Heck, and Dieter Langosch

Sequence-Specific Conformational Flexibility of SNARE Transmembrane Helices Probed by Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1326-1335; Published ahead of print on May 2, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.132928. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Estefanía Hurtado-Gómez, Olga Abián, F. Javier Muñoz, María José Hernáiz, Adrián Velázquez-Campoy, and José L. Neira

Defining the Epitope Region of a Peptide from the Streptomyces coelicolor Phosphoenolpyruvate:Sugar Phosphotransferase System Able to Bind to the Enzyme I
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1336-1348; Published ahead of print on May 2, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.126664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Max Anikovsky, Lianne Dale, Stephen Ferguson, and Nils Petersen

Resonance Energy Transfer in Cells: A New Look at Fixation Effect and Receptor Aggregation on Cell Membrane
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1349-1359; Published ahead of print on March 21, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.124313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dina N. Greene, Tzintzuni Garcia, R. Bryan Sutton, Kim M. Gernert, Guy M. Benian, and Andres F. Oberhauser

Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy Reveals a Stepwise Unfolding of Caenorhabditis elegans Giant Protein Kinase Domains
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1360-1370; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.130237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Andrey Zavalin, David L. Hachey, Munirathinam Sundaramoorthy, Surajit Banerjee, Steven Morgan, Leonard Feldman, Norman Tolk, and David W. Piston

Kinetics of a Collagen-Like Polypeptide Fragmentation after Mid-IR Free-Electron Laser Ablation
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1371-1381; Published ahead of print on April 25, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.122002. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fanrong Xiao, Charles Nicholson, Jan Hrabe, and Sabina Hrabetová

Diffusion of Flexible Random-Coil Dextran Polymers Measured in Anisotropic Brain Extracellular Space by Integrative Optical Imaging
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1382-1392; Published ahead of print on May 2, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.124743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Thomas E. Schaus and Gary G. Borisy

Performance of a Population of Independent Filaments in Lamellipodial Protrusion
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1393-1411; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pawel Swietach, Kenneth W. Spitzer, and Richard D. Vaughan-Jones

Ca²⁺-Mobility in the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum of Ventricular Myocytes Is Low
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1412-1427; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.130385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Aleksandr Rabodzey, Pilar Alcaide, Francis W. Luscinskas, and Benoit Ladoux

Mechanical Forces Induced by the Transendothelial Migration of Human Neutrophils
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1428-1438; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.119156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Michele D. Savery and Edward R. Damiano

The Endothelial Glycocalyx is Hydrodynamically Relevant in Arterioles throughout the Cardiac Cycle
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1439-1447; Published ahead of print on April 25, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.128975. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Julia Schmitz, Martin Benoit, and Kay-Eberhard Gottschalk

The Viscoelasticity of Membrane Tethers and Its Importance for Cell Adhesion
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1448-1459; Published ahead of print on May 2, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.124289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marco Marenchino, Philip T. F. Williamson, Samuel Murri, Giorgia Zandomeneghi, Heidi Wunderli-Allenspach, Beat H. Meier, and Stefanie D. Krämer

Dynamics and Cleavability at the -Cleavage Site of APP(684–726) in Different Lipid Environments
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1460-1473; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.129726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philipp J. Keller, Francesco Pampaloni, Gianluca Lattanzi, and Ernst H. K. Stelzer

Three-Dimensional Microtubule Behavior in Xenopus Egg Extracts Reveals Four Dynamic States and State-Dependent Elastic Properties
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1474-1486; Published ahead of print on April 25, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.128223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

BIOENERGETICS:

Matthew D. Jankowski, Christopher S. Henry, Linda J. Broadbelt, and Vassily Hatzimanikatis

Group Contribution Method for Thermodynamic Analysis of Complex Metabolic Networks
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1487-1499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcel G. Friedrich, Markus A. Plum, M. Gabriella Santonicola, Vinzenz U. Kirste, Wolfgang Knoll, Bernd Ludwig, and Renate L. C. Naumann

In Situ Monitoring of the Catalytic Activity of Cytochrome c Oxidase in a Biomimetic Architecture
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1500-1510; Published ahead of print on April 25, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.122747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

Melissa Poynor, Reiner Eckert, and Stephan Nussberger

Dynamics of the Preprotein Translocation Channel of the Outer Membrane of Mitochondria
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1511-1522; Published ahead of print on May 2, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.131003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

OTHER:

Sandra Fok, Peter Domachuk, Gary Rosengarten, Norbert Krause, Filip Braet, Benjamin J. Eggleton, and Lilian L. Soon

Planar Microfluidic Chamber for Generation of Stable and Steep Chemoattractant Gradients
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1523-1530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebecca R. Pompano, Hung-Wing Li, and Rustem F. Ismagilov

Rate of Mixing Controls Rate and Outcome of Autocatalytic Processes: Theory and Microfluidic Experiments with Chemical Reactions and Blood Coagulation
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1531-1543; Published ahead of print on April 18, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.129486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

CORRECTIONS:

Correction:
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1544(3) [Full Text] [PDF]  

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