TRIBUTE:

Richard A. Tuft and Leslie M. Loew

A Tribute to Fredric Stewart Fay: June 5, 1943  March 18, 1997
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1599-1602. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Jason L. Smart and J. Andrew McCammon

Analysis of Synaptic Transmission in the Neuromuscular Junction Using a Continuum Finite Element Model
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1679-1688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William Humphrey, Hui Lu, Ilya Logunov, Hans-J. Werner, and Klaus Schulten

Three Electronic State Model of the Primary Phototransformation of Bacteriorhodopsin
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1689-1699. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshiki Kashimori, Hirofumi Funakubo, and Takeshi Kambara

Effect of Syncytium Structure of Receptor Systems on Stochastic Resonance Induced by Chaotic Potential Fluctuation
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1700-1711. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jianwei Shuai, Yoshiki Kashimori, and Takeshi Kambara

Electroreceptor Model of the Weakly Electric Fish Gnathonemus petersii.. I. The Model and the Origin of Differences between A- and B-Receptors
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1712-1726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND TRANSPORTERS:

G. Bernatchez, D. Talwar, and L. Parent

Mutations in the EF-Hand Motif Impair the Inactivation of Barium Currents of the Cardiac _1C Channel
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1727-1739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas Böhle, Matthias Steinbis, Christoph Biskup, Rolf Koopmann, and Klaus Benndorf

Inactivation of Single Cardiac Na⁺ Channels in Three Different Gating Modes
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1740-1748. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. S. Prabhananda and Mamata H. Kombrabail

Evidence for Dimer Participation and Evidence Against Channel Mechanism in A23187-Mediated Monovalent Metal Ion Transport Across Phospholipid Vesicular Membrane
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1749-1758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. S. Pollock, M. E. Kargacin, and G. J. Kargacin

Chloride Channel Blockers Inhibit Ca²⁺ Uptake by the Smooth Muscle Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1759-1766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomoko Kamishima and John G. McCarron

Ca²⁺ Removal Mechanisms in Rat Cerebral Resistance Size Arteries
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1767-1773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alvaro Muñoz, Lucía García, and Agustín Guerrero-Hernández

In Situ Characterization of the Ca²⁺ Sensitivity of Large Conductance Ca²⁺-Activated K⁺ Channels: Implications for Their Use as Near-Membrane Ca²⁺ Indicators in Smooth Muscle Cells
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1774-1782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatiana K. Rostovtseva, Vicente M. Aguilella, Igor Vodyanoy, Sergey M. Bezrukov, and V. Adrian Parsegian

Membrane Surface-Charge Titration Probed by Gramicidin A Channel Conductance
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1783-1792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. D. Koh, K. K. Bradley, M. G. Rae, K. D. Keef, B. Horowitz, and K. M. Sanders

Basal Activation of ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels in Murine Colonic Smooth Muscle Cell
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1793-1800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. G. Dilmore and J. W. Johnson

Open Channel Block and Alteration of N-Methyl-D-Aspartic Acid Receptor Gating by an Analog of Phencyclidine
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1801-1816. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard J. Prince and Steven M. Sine

Epibatidine Activates Muscle Acetylcholine Receptors with Unique Site Selectivity
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1817-1827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexey Melishchuk, Andrey Loboda, and Clay M. Armstrong

Loss of Shaker K Channel Conductance in 0 K⁺ Solutions: Role of the Voltage Sensor
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1828-1835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

Simon Bernèche, Mafalda Nina, and Benoît Roux

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Melittin in a Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine Bilayer Membrane
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1603-1618. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donald J. Hirsh, Nancy Lazaro, Lee R. Wright, Joan M. Boggs, Thomas J. McIntosh, Jacob Schaefer, and Jack Blazyk

A New Monofluorinated Phosphatidylcholine Forms Interdigitated Bilayers
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1858-1868. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nuno C. Santos, Evgeny Ter-Ovanesyan, Joseph A. Zasadzinski, Manuel Prieto, and Miguel A. R. B. Castanho

Filipin-Induced Lesions in Planar Phospholipid Bilayers Imaged by Atomic Force Microscopy
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1869-1873. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Z. Salamon, D. Huang, W. A. Cramer, and G. Tollin

Coupled Plasmon-Waveguide Resonance Spectroscopy Studies of the Cytochrome b₆f/Plastocyanin System in Supported Lipid Bilayer Membranes
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1874-1885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

Hiroto Tanaka, Akihiko Ishijima, Makoto Honda, Kiwamu Saito, and Toshio Yanagida

Orientation Dependence of Displacements by a Single One-Headed Myosin Relative to the Actin Filament
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1886-1894. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anders Arner, Ulf Malmqvist, and Rudolf Rigler

Calcium Transients and the Effect of a Photolytically Released Calcium Chelator during Electrically Induced Contractions in Rabbit Rectococcygeus Smooth Muscle
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1895-1903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas M. Butler, Susan U. Mooers, Chenqing Li, Srinivasa Narayan, and Marion J. Siegman

Regulation of Catch Muscle by Twitchin Phosphorylation: Effects on Force, ATPase, and Shortening
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1904-1914. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sushmita Mukherjee, Xiaohui Zha, Ira Tabas, and Frederick R. Maxfield

Cholesterol Distribution in Living Cells: Fluorescence Imaging Using Dehydroergosterol as a Fluorescent Cholesterol Analog
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1915-1925. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander Khromov, Avril V. Somlyo, and Andrew P. Somlyo

MgADP Promotes a Catch-Like State Developed through Force-Calcium Hysteresis in Tonic Smooth Muscle
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1926-1934. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

Jack R. Tallent, Jeffrey A. Stuart, Q. Wang Song, Edward J. Schmidt, Charles H. Martin, and Robert R. Birge

Photochemistry in Dried Polymer Films Incorporating the Deionized Blue Membrane Form of Bacteriorhodopsin
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1619-1634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Sandeep Kumar and Manju Bansal

Geometrical and Sequence Characteristics of -Helices in Globular Proteins
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1935-1944. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ursula Lehnert, Valérie Réat, Martin Weik, Giuseppe Zaccaï, and Claude Pfister

Thermal Motions in Bacteriorhodopsin at Different Hydration Levels Studied by Neutron Scattering: Correlation with Kinetics and Light-Induced Conformational Changes
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1945-1952. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Meneghini and S. Morante

The Active Site Structure of Tetanus Neurotoxin Resolved by Multiple Scattering Analysis in X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1953-1963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Timkovich, D. Bergmann, D. M. Arciero, and A. B. Hooper

Primary Sequence and Solution Conformation of Ferrocytochrome c-552 from Nitrosomonas europaea
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1964-1972. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES:

Enrico Di Stasio, Chandrasekaran Nagaswami, John W. Weisel, and Enrico Di Cera

Cl Regulates the Structure of the Fibrin Clot
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1973-1979. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Mohammad Naraghi, Thomas H. Müller, and Erwin Neher

Two-Dimensional Determination of the Cellular Ca²⁺ Binding in Bovine Chromaffin Cells
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1635-1647. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles Fink, Frank Morgan, and Leslie M. Loew

Intracellular Fluorescent Probe Concentrations by Confocal Microscopy
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1648-1658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Schrader, Karsten Bahlmann, Günter Giese, and Stefan W. Hell

4Pi-Confocal Imaging in Fixed Biological Specimens
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1659-1668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cynthia Bamdad

The Use of Variable Density Self-Assembled Monolayers to Probe the Structure of a Target Molecule
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1989-1996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cynthia Bamdad

A DNA Self-Assembled Monolayer for the Specific Attachment of Unmodified Double- or Single-Stranded DNA
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1997-2003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David N. Bowser, Tetsuhiro Minamikawa, Phillip Nagley, and David A. Williams

Role of Mitochondria in Calcium Regulation of Spontaneously Contracting Cardiac Muscle Cells
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 2004-2014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victoria E. Centonze and John G. White

Multiphoton Excitation Provides Optical Sections from Deeper within Scattering Specimens than Confocal Imaging
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 2015-2024. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luc Leybaert, James Sneyd, and Michael J. Sanderson

A Simple Method for High Temporal Resolution Calcium Imaging with Dual Excitation Dyes
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 2025-2029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mary K. Cowman, Min Li, and Endre A. Balazs

Tapping Mode Atomic Force Microscopy of Hyaluronan: Extended and Intramolecularly Interacting Chains
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 2030-2037. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Ingrid Brust-Mascher and Watt W. Webb

Calcium Waves Induced by Large Voltage Pulses in Fish Keratocytes
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1669-1678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andreas R. Bausch, Florian Ziemann, Alexei A. Boulbitch, Ken Jacobson, and Erich Sackmann

Local Measurements of Viscoelastic Parameters of Adherent Cell Surfaces by Magnetic Bead Microrheometry
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 2038-2049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

My G. Mahoney, Linda L. Slakey, Christopher D. Benham, and David J. Gross

Time Course of the Initial [Ca²⁺]_i Response to Extracellular ATP in Smooth Muscle Depends on [Ca²⁺]_e and ATP Concentration
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 2050-2058. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clare M. Waterman-Storer and E. D. Salmon

How Microtubules Get Fluorescent Speckles
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 2059-2069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. L. McGrath, Y. Tardy, C. F. Dewey, Jr., J. J. Meister, and J. H. Hartwig

Simultaneous Measurements of Actin Filament Turnover, Filament Fraction, and Monomer Diffusion in Endothelial Cells
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 2070-2078. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ray A. Fontanilla and Richard Nuccitelli

Characterization of the Sperm-Induced Calcium Wave in Xenopus Eggs Using Confocal Microscopy
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 2079-2087. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Wagner, Yue-Xian Li, John Pearson, and Joel Keizer

Simulation of the Fertilization Ca²⁺ Wave in Xenopus laevis Eggs
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 2088-2097. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Albert M. Kim and Julio L. Vergara

Supercharging Accelerates T-Tubule Membrane Potential Changes in Voltage Clamped Frog Skeletal Muscle Fibers
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 2098-2116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOENERGETICS:

Joaquim Villaverde, Josep Cladera, Aloysius Hartog, Jan Berden, Esteve Padrós, and Mireia Duñach

Nucleotide and Mg²⁺ Dependency of the Thermal Denaturation of Mitochondrial F₁-ATPase
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1980-1988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

F. Rieke and D. A. Baylor

Origin of Reproducibility in the Responses of Retinal Rods to Single Photons
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 1836-1857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Donatella Petracchi and Giovanni Cercignani

A Comment on the Sensitivity of Fish to Low Electric Fields
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 2117-2118. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nuno C. Santos, Evgeny Ter-Ovanesyan, Joseph A. Zasadzinski, and Miguel A. R. B. Castanho

Reconstitution of Phospholipid Bilayer by an Atomic Force Microscope Tip
Biophys. J. 1998 75: 2119-2120. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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