NEW AND NOTABLE:

Sek Wen Hui

Low Voltage Electroporation of the Skin, or Is It Iontophoresis?
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 679-680. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Thomas B. Woolf

Simulations of Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins Suggest Sites Important for Function. I. Stearic Acid
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 681-693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas B. Woolf and Michael Tychko

Simulations of Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins. II. Sites for Discrimination of Monounsaturated Ligands
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 694-707. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aimo Kannt, C. Roy D. Lancaster, and Hartmut Michel

The Coupling of Electron Transfer and Proton Translocation: Electrostatic Calculations on Paracoccus denitrificans Cytochrome c Oxidase
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 708-721. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Holger Merlitz, Karsten Rippe, Konstantin V. Klenin, and Jörg Langowski

Looping Dynamics of Linear DNA Molecules and the Effect of DNA Curvature: A Study by Brownian Dynamics Simulation
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 773-779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Konstantin Klenin, Holger Merlitz, and Jörg Langowski

A Brownian Dynamics Program for the Simulation of Linear and Circular DNA and Other Wormlike Chain Polyelectrolytes
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 780-788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jaroslaw Meller and Ron Elber

Computer Simulations of Carbon Monoxide Photodissociation in Myoglobin: Structural Interpretation of the B States
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 789-802. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

U. Laitko and K. P. Hofmann

A Model for the Recovery Kinetics of Rod Phototransduction, Based on the Enzymatic Deactivation of Rhodopsin
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 803-815. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND TRANSPORTERS:

Thomas M. Weiger, Thierry Langer, and Anton Hermann

External Action of Di- and Polyamines on Maxi Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: An Electrophysiological and Molecular Modeling Study
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 722-730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Saïd Falk, Alexandre Guay, Catherine Chenu, Shivakumar D. Patil, and Alfred Berteloot

Reduction of an Eight-State Mechanism of Cotransport to a Six-State Model Using a New Computer Program
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 816-830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

G. Denisov, S. Wanaski, P. Luan, M. Glaser, and S. McLaughlin

Binding of Basic Peptides to Membranes Produces Lateral Domains Enriched in the Acidic Lipids Phosphatidylserine and Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate: An Electrostatic Model and Experimental Results
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 731-744. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mads C. Sabra and Ole G. Mouritsen

Steady-State Compartmentalization of Lipid Membranes by Active Proteins
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 745-752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuri A. Chizmadzhev, Andrey V. Indenbom, Peter I. Kuzmin, Sergey V. Galichenko, James C. Weaver, and Russell O. Potts

Electrical Properties of Skin at Moderate Voltages:. Contribution of Appendageal Macropores
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 843-856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frédéric Picard, Marie-Josée Paquet, Érick J. Dufourc, and Michèle Auger

Measurement of the Lateral Diffusion of Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine Adsorbed on Silica Beads in the Absence and Presence of Melittin: A ³¹P Two-Dimensional Exchange Solid-State NMR Study
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 857-868. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John B. Massey and Henry J. Pownall

Surface Properties of Native Human Plasma Lipoproteins and Lipoprotein Models
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 869-878. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Drake C. Mitchell and Burton J. Litman

Molecular Order and Dynamics in Bilayers Consisting of Highly Polyunsaturated Phospholipids
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 879-891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eri Hayakawa, Mutsuo Naganuma, Kôichi Mukasa, Tateo Shimozawa, and Tsunehisa Araiso

Change of Motion and Localization of Cholesterol Molecule during L-H_II Transition
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 892-898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chantal Paré and Michel Lafleur

Polymorphism of POPE/Cholesterol System: A ²H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Infrared Spectroscopic Investigation
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 899-909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mingtao Ge and Jack H. Freed

Polarity Profiles in Oriented and Dispersed Phosphatidylcholine Bilayers Are Different: An Electron Spin Resonance Study
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 910-917. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olivier Lambert, Daniel Levy, Jean-Luc Ranck, Gerard Leblanc, and Jean-Louis Rigaud

A New "Gel-like" Phase in Dodecyl Maltoside-Lipid Mixtures: Implications in Solubilization and Reconstitution Studies
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 918-930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Siewert-Jan Marrink, Oliver Berger, Peter Tieleman, and Fritz Jähnig

Adhesion Forces of Lipids in a Phospholipid Membrane Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 931-943. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Z. Chen and R. P. Rand

Comparative Study of the Effects of Several n-Alkanes on Phospholipid Hexagonal Phases
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 944-952. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

Luba Eligula, Li Chuang, Martin L. Phillips, Masao Motoki, Katsuya Seguro, and Andras Muhlrad

Transglutaminase-Induced Cross-Linking between Subdomain 2 of G-Actin and the 636-642 Lysine-Rich Loop of Myosin Subfragment 1
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 953-963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NUCLEIC ACIDS:

Anzhi Z. Li, Haiyan Huang, Xiaodan Re, Lai J. Qi, and Kenneth A. Marx

A Gel Electrophoresis Study of the Competitive Effects of Monovalent Counterion on the Extent of Divalent Counterions Binding to DNA
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 964-973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Walter Jentzen, Jian-Guo Ma, and John A. Shelnutt

Conservation of the Conformation of the Porphyrin Macrocycle in Hemoproteins
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 753-763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria M. Lopez and Danuta Kosk-Kosicka

Spectroscopic Analysis of Halothane Binding to the Plasma Membrane Ca²⁺-ATPase
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 974-980. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Bechinger, M. Zasloff, and S. J. Opella

Structure and Dynamics of the Antibiotic Peptide PGLa in Membranes by Solution and Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 981-987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James Sturgis, Bruno Robert, and Erik Goormaghtigh

Transmembrane Helix Stability: The Effect of Helix-Helix Interactions Studied by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 988-994. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew J. Quantock, Shigeru Kinoshita, Malcolm S. Capel, and David J. Schanzlin

A Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction Study of Developing Chick Corneas
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 995-998. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES:

Amy McGough, Wah Chiu, and Michael Way

Determination of the Gelsolin Binding Site on F-actin: Implications for Severing and Capping
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 764-772. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul L. Edmiston and S. Scott Saavedra

Molecular Orientation Distributions in Protein Films: III. Yeast Cytochrome c Immobilized on Pyridyl Disulfide-Capped Phospholipid Bilayers
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 999-1006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Hartmut Schäfer, Burkhard Mädler, and Edward Sternin

Determination of Orientational Order Parameters from ²H NMR Spectra of Magnetically Partially Oriented Lipid Bilayers
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 1007-1014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dimitry I. Cherny, Alain Fourcade, Fedor Svinarchuk, Peter E. Nielsen, Claude Malvy, and Etienne Delain

Analysis of Various Sequence-Specific Triplexes by Electron and Atomic Force Microscopies
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 1015-1023. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles L. Asbury and Ger van den Engh

Trapping of DNA in Nonuniform Oscillating Electric Fields
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 1024-1030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rudo Grimm, Hapreet Singh, Reinhard Rachel, Dieter Typke, Wolfram Zillig, and Wolfgang Baumeister

Electron Tomography of Ice-Embedded Prokaryotic Cells
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 1031-1042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Chris H. Wiggins, D. Riveline, A. Ott, and Raymond E. Goldstein

Trapping and Wiggling: Elastohydrodynamics of Driven Microfilaments
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 1043-1060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carles Solsona, Barbara Innocenti, and Julio M. Fernández

Regulation of Exocytotic Fusion by Cell Inflation
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 1061-1073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miriam W. Allersma, Frederick Gittes, Michael J. deCastro, Russell J. Stewart, and Christoph F. Schmidt

Two-Dimensional Tracking of ncd Motility by Back Focal Plane Interferometry
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 1074-1085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

Jacopo Magistretti, Massimo Mantegazza, Marco de Curtis, and Enzo Wanke

Modalities of Distortion of Physiological Voltage Signals by Patch-Clamp Amplifiers: A Modeling Study
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 831-842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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