NEW AND NOTABLE:

Joseph M. Beechem

Expanding Time Scales Usher in a New Era for Kinetic Studies
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2141(5) [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Daniel S. C. Yang, Wai-Ching Hon, Steve Bubanko, Yiqi Xue, J. Seetharaman, Choy L. Hew, and Frank Sicheri

Identification of the Ice-Binding Surface on a Type III Antifreeze Protein with a "Flatness Function" Algorithm
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2142-2151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katarina Beravs

The Importance of Electric Field Distribution for Effective in Vivo Electroporation of Tissues
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2152-2158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gabor Forgacs, Ramsey A. Foty, Yinon Shafrir, and Malcolm S. Steinberg

Viscoelastic Properties of Living Embryonic Tissues: a Quantitative Study
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2227-2234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark F. Schumaker and C. J. Kentler

Far-Field Analysis of Coupled Bulk and Boundary Layer Diffusion Toward an Ion Channel Entrance
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2235-2248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barry D. Self and Dexter S. Moore

Nucleic Acid Vibrational Circular Dichroism, Absorption, and Linear Dichroism Spectra. II. A DeVoe Theory Approach
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2249-2258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William S. Price, Alexander V. Barzykin, Kikuko Hayamizu, and M. Tachiya

A Model for Diffusive Transport through a Spherical Interface Probed by Pulsed-Field Gradient NMR
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2259-2271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David B. Dusenbery

Spatial Sensing of Stimulus Gradients Can Be Superior to Temporal Sensing for Free-Swimming Bacteria
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2272-2277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND TRANSPORTERS:

A. N. Lopatin, E. N. Makhina, and C. G. Nichols

A Novel Crystallization Method for Visualizing the Membrane Localization of Potassium Channels
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2159-2170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian M. Block, William C. Stacey, and Stephen W. Jones

Surface Charge and Lanthanum Block of Calcium Current in Bullfrog Sympathetic Neurons
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2278-2284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valerij S. Sokolov, Hans-Jürgen Apell, John E. T. Corrie, and David R. Trentham

Fast Transient Currents in Na,K-ATPase Induced by ATP Concentration Jumps from the P³-[1-(3',5'-Dimethoxyphenyl)-2-Phenyl-2-Oxo]ethyl Ester of ATP
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2285-2298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thanos Tzounopoulos, James Maylie, and John P. Adelman

Gating of I_sK Channels Expressed in Xenopus Oocytes
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2299-2305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael M. Francis, Kyung Il Choi, Benjamin A. Horenstein, and Roger L. Papke

Sensitivity to Voltage-Independent Inhibition Determined by Pore-Lining Region of the Acetylcholine Receptor
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2306-2317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Oliver, H. Hahn, C. Antz, J. P. Ruppersberg, and B. Fakler

Interaction of Permeant and Blocking Ions in Cloned Inward-Rectifier K⁺ Channels
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2318-2326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wolfgang Nonner, Duan P. Chen, and Bob Eisenberg

Anomalous Mole Fraction Effect, Electrostatics, and Binding in Ionic Channels
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2327-2334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerard P. Ahern and Derek R. Laver

ATP Inhibition and Rectification of a Ca²⁺-Activated Anion Channel in Sarcoplasmic Reticulum of Skeletal Muscle
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2335-2351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. R. Laver and G. D. Lamb

Inactivation of Ca²⁺ Release Channels (Ryanodine Receptors RyR1 and RyR2) with Rapid Steps in [Ca²⁺] and Voltage
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2352-2364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatiana K. Rostovtseva and Sergey M. Bezrukov

ATP Transport Through a Single Mitochondrial Channel, VDAC, Studied by Current Fluctuation Analysis
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2365-2373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

Minoru Takeuchi, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Yasushi Sako, Hideo Komizu, and Akihiro Kusumi

Structure of the Erythrocyte Membrane Skeleton as Observed by Atomic Force Microscopy
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2171-2183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeeseong Hwang, Levi A. Gheber, Leonid Margolis, and Michael Edidin

Domains in Cell Plasma Membranes Investigated by Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2184-2190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Rosa Moncelli, Lucia Becucci, Francesco Tadini Buoninsegni, and Rolando Guidelli

Surface Dipole Potential at the Interface between Water and Self-Assembled Monolayers of Phosphatidylserine and Phosphatidic Acid
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2388-2397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michel Grandbois, Hauke Clausen-Schaumann, and Hermann Gaub

Atomic Force Microscope Imaging of Phospholipid Bilayer Degradation by Phospholipase A₂
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2398-2404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Scott Prosser, Jimmy S. Hwang, and Regitze R. Vold

Magnetically Aligned Phospholipid Bilayers with Positive Ordering: A New Model Membrane System
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2405-2418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kalina Hristova and Stephen H. White

Determination of the Hydrocarbon Core Structure of Fluid Dioleoylphosphocholine (DOPC) Bilayers by X-Ray Diffraction Using Specific Bromination of the Double-Bonds: Effect of Hydration
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2419-2433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Josep Cladera and Paul O'Shea

Intramembrane Molecular Dipoles Affect the Membrane Insertion and Folding of a Model Amphiphilic Peptide
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2434-2442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Gliss, H. Clausen-Schaumann, R. Günther, S. Odenbach, O. Randl, and T.M. Bayerl

Direct Detection of Domains in Phospholipid Bilayers by Grazing Incidence Diffraction of Neutrons and Atomic Force Microscopy
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2443-2450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

Elise Burmeister Getz, Roger Cooke, and Paul R. Selvin

Luminescence Resonance Energy Transfer Measurements in Myosin
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2451-2458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marco Linari, Ian Dobbie, Massimo Reconditi, Natalia Koubassova, Malcolm Irving, Gabriella Piazzesi, and Vincenzo Lombardi

The Stiffness of Skeletal Muscle in Isometric Contraction and Rigor: The Fraction of Myosin Heads Bound to Actin
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2459-2473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Nyitrai, G. Hild, Zs. Lakos, and B. Somogyi

Effect of Ca²⁺-Mg²⁺ Exchange on the Flexibility and/or Conformation of the Small Domain in Monomeric Actin
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2474-2481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NUCLEIC ACIDS:

Leonardo Pardo, Nina Pastor, and Harel Weinstein

Progressive DNA Bending Is Made Possible by Gradual Changes in the Torsion Angle of the Glycosyl Bond
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2191-2198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lucy Malinina, Valya Tereshko, Eugeniya Ivanova, Juan A. Subirana, Valya Zarytova, and Yurii Nekrasov

Structural Variability and New Intermolecular Interactions of Z-DNA in Crystals of d(pCpGpCpGpCpG)
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2482-2490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer A. Martino and Wilma K. Olson

Modeling Chain Folding in Protein-Constrained Circular DNA
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2491-2500. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip Nelson

New Measurements of DNA Twist Elasticity
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2501-2503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Klapper and H. Qian

Remarks on Discrete and Continuous Large-Scale Models of DNA Dynamics
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2504-2514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Swigon, Bernard D. Coleman, and Irwin Tobias

The Elastic Rod Model for DNA and Its Application to the Tertiary Structure of DNA Minicircles in Mononucleosomes
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2515-2530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ariel Prunell

A Topological Approach to Nucleosome Structure and Dynamics: The Linking Number Paradox and Other Issues
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2531-2544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irwin Tobias

A Theory of Thermal Fluctuations in DNA Miniplasmids
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2545-2553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jordanka Zlatanova, Sanford H. Leuba, and Kensal van Holde

Chromatin Fiber Structure: Morphology, Molecular Determinants, Structural Transitions
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2554-2566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

Benjamin H. McMahon, Joachim D. Müller, Colin A. Wraight, and G. Ulrich Nienhaus

Electron Transfer and Protein Dynamics in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2567-2587. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sunyoung Kim and Bridgette A. Barry

The Protein Environment Surrounding Tyrosyl Radicals D^· and Z^· in Photosystem II: A Difference Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Study
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2588-2600. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicola Angelini, Barbara Corrias, Adriano Fissi, Osvaldo Pieroni, and Francesco Lenci

Photochromic Polypeptides as Synthetic Models of Biological Photoreceptors: A Spectroscopic Study
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2601-2610. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars-Olof Pålsson, Cornelia Flemming, Bas Gobets, Rienk van Grondelle, Jan P. Dekker, and Eberhard Schlodder

Energy Transfer and Charge Separation in Photosystem I: P700 Oxidation Upon Selective Excitation of the Long-Wavelength Antenna Chlorophylls of Synechococcus elongatus
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2611-2622. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip D. Laible, Veeradej Chynwat, Marion C. Thurnauer, Marianne Schiffer, Deborah K. Hanson, and Harry A. Frank

Protein Modifications Affecting Triplet Energy Transfer in Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2623-2637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Christopher M. Yip, Mark L. Brader, Michael R. DeFelippis, and Michael D. Ward

Atomic Force Microscopy of Crystalline Insulins: The Influence of Sequence Variation on Crystallization and Interfacial Structure
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2199-2209. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Enrico Bucci, Zygmunt Gryczynski, Anna Razynska, and Herman Kwansa

Entropy-Driven Intermediate Steps of Oxygenation May Regulate the Allosteric Behavior of Hemoglobin
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2638-2648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine Vénien-Bryan, Pierre-François Lenne, Cécile Zakri, Anne Renault, Alain Brisson, Jean-François Legrand, and Bruno Berge

Characterization of the Growth of 2D Protein Crystals on a Lipid Monolayer by Ellipsometry and Rigidity Measurements Coupled to Electron Microscopy
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2649-2657. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ilia Baskakov and D. W. Bolen

Time-Dependent Effects of Trimethylamine-N-Oxide/Urea on Lactate Dehydrogenase Activity: An Unexplored Dimension of the Adaptation Paradigm
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2658-2665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ilia Baskakov, Aijun Wang, and D. W. Bolen

Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Counteracts Urea Effects on Rabbit Muscle Lactate Dehydrogenase Function: A Test of the Counteraction Hypothesis
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2666-2673. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES:

Wolfgang Frey, Jacob Brink, William R. Schief, Jr., Wah Chiu, and Viola Vogel

Electron Crystallographic Analysis of Two-Dimensional Streptavidin Crystals Coordinated to Metal-Chelated Lipid Monolayers
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2674-2679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

György Vereb, Elizabeth Jares-Erijman, Paul R. Selvin, and Thomas M. Jovin

Temporally and Spectrally Resolved Imaging Microscopy of Lanthanide Chelates
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2210-2222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. J. Schütz, W. Trabesinger, and T. Schmidt

Direct Observation of Ligand Colocalization on Individual Receptor Molecules
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2223-2226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nebojsa Milanovich, Tonu Reinot, John M. Hayes, and Gerald J. Small

Aluminum Phthalocyanine Tetrasulfonate in MCF-10F, Human Breast Epithelial Cells: A Hole Burning Study
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2680-2688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiao-Bo Wang, Jody Vykoukal, Frederick F. Becker, and Peter R. C. Gascoyne

Separation of Polystyrene Microbeads Using Dielectrophoretic/Gravitational Field-Flow-Fractionation
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2689-2701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerald W. Gordon, Gail Berry, Xiao Huan Liang, Beth Levine, and Brian Herman

Quantitative Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Measurements Using Fluorescence Microscopy
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2702-2713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. C. Ramachandra Shastry, Stanley D. Luck, and Heinrich Roder

A Continuous-Flow Capillary Mixing Method to Monitor Reactions on the Microsecond Time Scale
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2714-2721. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Bence P. Ölveczky and A. S. Verkman

Monte Carlo Analysis of Obstructed Diffusion in Three Dimensions: Application to Molecular Diffusion in Organelles
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2722-2730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jingyuan Xu, William H. Schwarz, Josef A. Käs, Thomas P. Stossel, Paul A. Janmey, and Thomas D. Pollard

Mechanical Properties of Actin Filament Networks Depend on Preparation, Polymerization Conditions, and Storage of Actin Monomers
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2731-2740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

Vladimir Ratinov, Ilya Plonsky, and Joshua Zimmerberg

Fusion Pore Conductance: Experimental Approaches and Theoretical Algorithms
Biophys. J. 1998 74: 2374-2387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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