BIOPHYSICAL LETTERS:

Minchul Kang and Anne K. Kenworthy

A Closed-Form Analytic Expression for FRAP Formula for the Binding Diffusion Model
Biophys. J. 2008 95: L13-L15; Published ahead of print on May 16, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.135913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung-Ho Lee, Ghibom Bhak, Sang-Gil Lee, and Seung R. Paik

Instantaneous Amyloid Fibril Formation of -Synuclein from the Oligomeric Granular Structures in the Presence of Hexane
Biophys. J. 2008 95: L16-L18; Published ahead of print on May 9, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.135186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Harden McConnell and Arun Radhakrishnan

Molecular Motion at the Critical Point in Lipid Membranes
Biophys. J. 2008 95: L22-L24; Published ahead of print on May 16, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.134858. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL REVIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES:

Anton S. Petrov and Stephen C. Harvey

Packaging Double-Helical DNA into Viral Capsids: Structures, Forces, and Energetics
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 497-502; Published ahead of print on May 16, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.131797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW AND NOTABLE:

Thomas Renger

A New Spectroscopic Tool for Analyzing Excitonic Structure and Dynamics in Pigment-Protein Complexes
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 495-496; Published ahead of print on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.131755. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Gregory Beaucage

Toward Resolution of Ambiguity for the Unfolded State
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 503-509; Published ahead of print on May 9, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chungwen Liang, Philippe Derreumaux, Normand Mousseau, and Guanghong Wei

The β-Strand-Loop-β-Strand Conformation Is Marginally Populated in β₂-Microglobulin (20–41) Peptide in Solution as Revealed by Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 510-517; Published ahead of print on April 11, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Eduardo Sontag, Alan Veliz-Cuba, Reinhard Laubenbacher, and Abdul Salam Jarrah

The Effect of Negative Feedback Loops on the Dynamics of Boolean Networks
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 518-526; Published ahead of print on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Alice Nicolas, Achim Besser, and Samuel A. Safran

Dynamics of Cellular Focal Adhesions on Deformable Substrates: Consequences for Cell Force Microscopy
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 527-539; Published ahead of print on April 11, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul D. W. Kirk, Tina Toni, and Michael P. H. Stumpf

Parameter Inference for Biochemical Systems that Undergo a Hopf Bifurcation
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 540-549; Published ahead of print on May 2, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.126086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gennady Verkhivker, Guido Tiana, Carlo Camilloni, Davide Provasi, and Ricardo A. Broglia

Atomistic Simulations of the HIV-1 Protease Folding Inhibition
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 550-562; Published ahead of print on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xi Chen, Qiang Cui, Yuye Tang, Jejoong Yoo, and Arun Yethiraj

Gating Mechanisms of Mechanosensitive Channels of Large Conductance, I: A Continuum Mechanics-Based Hierarchical Framework
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 563-580; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.128488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuye Tang, Jejoong Yoo, Arun Yethiraj, Qiang Cui, and Xi Chen

Gating Mechanisms of Mechanosensitive Channels of Large Conductance, II: Systematic Study of Conformational Transitions
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 581-596; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.128496. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chu H. Choi, Zoi Rapti, Vladimir Gelev, Michele R. Hacker, Boian Alexandrov, Evelyn J. Park, Jae Suk Park, Nobuo Horikoshi, Augusto Smerzi, Kim Ø. Rasmussen, Alan R. Bishop, and Anny Usheva

Profiling the Thermodynamic Softness of Adenoviral Promoters
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 597-608; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.123471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dirk Gillespie, Dezso Boda, Yan He, Pavel Apel, and Zuzanna S. Siwy

Synthetic Nanopores as a Test Case for Ion Channel Theories: The Anomalous Mole Fraction Effect without Single Filing
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 609-619; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

Dennis H. Kim and John A. Frangos

Effects of Amyloid β-Peptides on the Lysis Tension of Lipid Bilayer Vesicles Containing Oxysterols
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 620-628; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.114983. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. E. Miller, J. Majewski, E. B. Watkins, and T. L. Kuhl

Part I: An X-Ray Scattering Study of Cholera Toxin Penetration and Induced Phase Transformations in Lipid Membranes
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 629-640; Published ahead of print on March 21, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.120725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. E. Miller, J. Majewski, E. B. Watkins, M. Weygand, and T. L. Kuhl

Part II: Diffraction from Two-Dimensional Cholera Toxin Crystals Bound to Their Receptors in a Lipid Monolayer
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 641-647; Published ahead of print on March 21, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.120808. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kristin J. Mattern, Chalida Nakornchai, and William M. Deen

Darcy Permeability of Agarose-Glycosaminoglycan Gels Analyzed Using Fiber-Mixture and Donnan Models
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 648-656; Published ahead of print on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Reich, Margaret R. Horton, Bärbel Krause, Alice P. Gast, Joachim O. Rädler, and Bert Nickel

Asymmetric Structural Features in Single Supported Lipid Bilayers Containing Cholesterol and G_M1 Resolved with Synchrotron X-Ray Reflectivity
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 657-668; Published ahead of print on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.113068. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Thalia T. Mills, Gilman E. S. Toombes, Stephanie Tristram-Nagle, Detlef-M. Smilgies, Gerald W. Feigenson, and John F. Nagle

Order Parameters and Areas in Fluid-Phase Oriented Lipid Membranes Using Wide Angle X-Ray Scattering
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 669-681; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127845. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Thalia T. Mills, Stephanie Tristram-Nagle, Frederick A. Heberle, Nelson F. Morales, Jiang Zhao, Jing Wu, Gilman E. S. Toombes, John F. Nagle, and Gerald W. Feigenson

Liquid-Liquid Domains in Bilayers Detected by Wide Angle X-Ray Scattering
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 682-690; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Peter Schön, Ana J. García-Sáez, Petra Malovrh, Kirsten Bacia, Gregor Anderluh, and Petra Schwille

Equinatoxin II Permeabilizing Activity Depends on the Presence of Sphingomyelin and Lipid Phase Coexistence
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 691-698; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.129981. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

U. Klenz, M. Saleem, M. C. Meyer, and H.-J. Galla

Influence of Lipid Saturation Grade and Headgroup Charge: A Refined Lung Surfactant Adsorption Model
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 699-709; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.131102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

Shiho Minakata, Kayo Maeda, Naoko Oda, Katsuzo Wakabayashi, Yasushi Nitanai, and Yuichiro Maéda

Two-Crystal Structures of Tropomyosin C-Terminal Fragment 176–273: Exposure of the Hydrophobic Core to the Solvent Destabilizes the Tropomyosin Molecule
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 710-719; Published ahead of print on March 13, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.126144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yves Lecarpentier, Nicolas Vignier, Patricia Oliviero, Aziz Guellich, Lucie Carrier, and Catherine Coirault

Cardiac Myosin-Binding Protein C Modulates the Tuning of the Molecular Motor in the Heart
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 720-728; Published ahead of print on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NUCLEIC ACIDS:

Hsin-Chih Yeh, Christopher M. Puleo, Yi-Ping Ho, Vasudev J. Bailey, Teck Chuan Lim, Kelvin Liu, and Tza-Huei Wang

Tunable Blinking Kinetics of Cy5 for Precise DNA Quantification and Single-Nucleotide Difference Detection
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 729-737; Published ahead of print on April 18, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Zhi-Jie Tan and Shi-Jie Chen

Salt Dependence of Nucleic Acid Hairpin Stability
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 738-752; Published ahead of print on April 18, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.131524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

Yuki Sudo, Tatsuya Nishihori, Masayuki Iwamoto, Kazumi Shimono, Chojiro Kojima, and Naoki Kamo

A Long-Lived M-Like State of Phoborhodopsin that Mimics the Active State
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 753-760; Published ahead of print on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Edi Gabellieri, Ettore Balestreri, Alvaro Galli, and Patrizia Cioni

Cavity-Creating Mutations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Azurin: Effects on Protein Dynamics and Stability
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 771-781; Published ahead of print on April 18, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.128009. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi Cao, Rachel Kuske, and Hongbin Li

Direct Observation of Markovian Behavior of the Mechanical Unfolding of Individual Proteins
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 782-788; Published ahead of print on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.128298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Basak Isin, Klaus Schulten, Emad Tajkhorshid, and Ivet Bahar

Mechanism of Signal Propagation upon Retinal Isomerization: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Rhodopsin Restrained by Normal Modes
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 789-803; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.120691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Hua Deng, Scott Brewer, Dung M. Vu, Keith Clinch, Robert Callender, and R. Brian Dyer

On the Pathway of Forming Enzymatically Productive Ligand-Protein Complexes in Lactate Dehydrogenase
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 804-813; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.128884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Giulia Veronesi, Lisa Giachini, Francesco Francia, Antonia Mallardi, Gerardo Palazzo, Federico Boscherini, and Giovanni Venturoli

The Fe²⁺ Site of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers Probed by Multiple Scattering X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy: Improving Structure Resolution in Dry Matrices
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 814-822; Published ahead of print on May 2, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.132654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES:

Jayna B. Jones and Cyrus R. Safinya

Interplay between Liquid Crystalline and Isotropic Gels in Self-Assembled Neurofilament Networks
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 823-835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oded Farago, Kai Ewert, Ayesha Ahmad, Heather M. Evans, Niels Grønbech-Jensen, and Cyrus R. Safinya

Transitions between Distinct Compaction Regimes in Complexes of Multivalent Cationic Lipids and DNA
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 836-846; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.124669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Elizabeth L. Read, Gabriela S. Schlau-Cohen, Gregory S. Engel, Jianzhong Wen, Robert E. Blankenship, and Graham R. Fleming

Visualization of Excitonic Structure in the Fenna-Matthews-Olson Photosynthetic Complex by Polarization-Dependent Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 847-856; Published ahead of print on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.128199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

M. Jasnin, M. Moulin, M. Haertlein, G. Zaccai, and M. Tehei

In Vivo Measurement of Internal and Global Macromolecular Motions in Escherichia coli
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 857-864; Published ahead of print on March 21, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.124420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jody L. Swift and David T. Cramb

Nanoparticles as Fluorescence Labels: Is Size All that Matters?
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 865-876; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Jana Hüve, Ramona Wesselmann, Martin Kahms, and Reiner Peters

4Pi Microscopy of the Nuclear Pore Complex
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 877-885; Published ahead of print on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fernando Terán Arce, Jenny L. Whitlock, Anna A. Birukova, Konstantin G. Birukov, Morton F. Arnsdorf, Ratnesh Lal, Joe G. N. Garcia, and Steven M. Dudek

Regulation of the Micromechanical Properties of Pulmonary Endothelium by S1P and Thrombin: Role of Cortactin
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 886-894; Published ahead of print on April 11, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maxine Jonas, Hayden Huang, Roger D. Kamm, and Peter T. C. So

Fast Fluorescence Laser Tracking Microrheometry, II: Quantitative Studies of Cytoskeletal Mechanotransduction
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 895-909; Published ahead of print on April 18, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.120303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jianhua Wu, Ying Fang, Veronika I. Zarnitsyna, Timothy P. Tolentino, Michael L. Dustin, and Cheng Zhu

A Coupled Diffusion-Kinetics Model for Analysis of Contact-Area FRAP Experiment
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 910-919; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.114439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy P. Tolentino, Jianhua Wu, Veronika I. Zarnitsyna, Ying Fang, Michael L. Dustin, and Cheng Zhu

Measuring Diffusion and Binding Kinetics by Contact Area FRAP
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 920-930; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.114447. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

Katie C. Bittner and Dorothy A. Hanck

The Relationship between Single-Channel and Whole-Cell Conductance in the T-type Ca²⁺ Channel Ca_V3.1
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 931-941; Published ahead of print on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.128124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian W. Zemlin, Olivier Bernus, Arvydas Matiukas, Christopher J. Hyatt, and Arkady M. Pertsov

Extracting Intramural Wavefront Orientation from Optical Upstroke Shapes in Whole Hearts
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 942-950; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.117887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasutaka Kurata, Hiroyuki Matsuda, Ichiro Hisatome, and Toshishige Shibamoto

Regional Difference in Dynamical Property of Sinoatrial Node Pacemaking: Role of Na⁺ Channel Current
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 951-977; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.112854. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

OTHER:

Michael Kücken, Jordi Soriano, Pramod A. Pullarkat, Albrecht Ott, and Ernesto M. Nicola

An Osmoregulatory Basis for Shape Oscillations in Regenerating Hydra
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 978-985; Published ahead of print on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.117655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hirotaka Sasaki and Stephen H. White

Aggregation Behavior of an Ultra-Pure Lipopolysaccharide that Stimulates TLR-4 Receptors
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 986-993; Published ahead of print on March 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.129197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dave M. Newman, John Heptinstall, Raphael J. Matelon, Luke Savage, M. Lesley Wears, Jamie Beddow, Martin Cox, Henk D. F. H. Schallig, and Petra F. Mens

A Magneto-Optic Route toward the In Vivo Diagnosis of Malaria: Preliminary Results and Preclinical Trial Data
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 994-1000; Published ahead of print on April 4, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.128140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

COMMENTS TO THE EDITOR:

Douglas B. Staple, Felix Hanke, and Hans Jürgen Kreuzer

Comment on "Sub-Angstrom Conformational Changes of a Single Molecule Captured by AFM Variance Analysis"
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1001-1002; Published ahead of print on May 16, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.129320. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

Corrections:
Biophys. J. 2008 95: 1003(2) [Full Text] [PDF]  

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