NEW AND NOTABLE:

H.-G. Döbereiner

Quantifying Membrane Asymmetry
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1723-1724. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Joseph Rudnick and Robijn Bruinsma

DNA-Protein Cooperative Binding through Variable-Range Elastic Coupling
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1725-1733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuen-Kit Cheng, Wen-Shyan Sheu, and Peter J. Rossky

Hydrophobic Hydration of Amphipathic Peptides
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1734-1743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anders C. Greenwood, Elliot M. Landaw, and Thomas H. Brown

Testing the Fit of a Quantal Model of Neurotransmission
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1847-1855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David M. Egelman and P. Read Montague

Calcium Dynamics in the Extracellular Space of Mammalian Neural Tissue
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1856-1867. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa A. Irvine, M. Saleet Jafri, and Raimond L. Winslow

Cardiac Sodium Channel Markov Model with Temperature Dependence and Recovery from Inactivation
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1868-1885. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lucy R. Forrest, D. Peter Tieleman, and Mark S. P. Sansom

Defining the Transmembrane Helix of M2 Protein from Influenza A by Molecular Dynamics Simulations in a Lipid Bilayer
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1886-1896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea E. Dorigo, Dean G. Anderson, and David D. Busath

Noncontact Dipole Effects on Channel Permeation. II. Trp Conformations and Dipole Potentials in Gramicidin A
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1897-1908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jérôme Baudry, Serge Crouzy, Benoît Roux, and Jeremy C. Smith

Simulation Analysis of the Retinal Conformational Equilibrium in Dark-Adapted Bacteriorhodopsin
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1909-1917. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. P. Endresen and J. S. Høye

A Possible Resolution of the Gating Paradox
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1918-1921. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paulo F. F. Almeida

Lipid Transfer Between Vesicles: Effect of High Vesicle Concentration
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1922-1928. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND TRANSPORTERS:

Maryline Beurg, Manana Sukhareva, Chris A. Ahern, Matthew W. Conklin, Edward Perez-Reyes, Patricia A. Powers, Ronald G. Gregg, and Roberto Coronado

Differential Regulation of Skeletal Muscle L-Type Ca²⁺ Current and Excitation-Contraction Coupling by the Dihydropyridine Receptor  Subunit
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1744-1756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

See-Wing Chiu, Shankar Subramaniam, and Eric Jakobsson

Simulation Study of a Gramicidin/Lipid Bilayer System in Excess Water and Lipid. I. Structure of the Molecular Complex
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1929-1938. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

See-Wing Chiu, Shankar Subramaniam, and Eric Jakobsson

Simulation Study of a Gramicidin/Lipid Bilayer System in Excess Water and Lipid. II. Rates and Mechanisms of Water Transport
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1939-1950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lóránd Kelemen, Péter Galajda, Sándor Száraz, and Pál Ormos

Chloride Ion Binding to Bacteriorhodopsin at Low pH: An Infrared Spectroscopic Study
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1951-1958. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Won-Kyung Ho, Injune Kim, Chin O. Lee, Jae Boum Youm, Suk Ho Lee, and Yung E. Earm

Blockade of HERG Channels Expressed in Xenopus laevis Oocytes by External Divalent Cations
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1959-1971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jun Yamazaki, Fiona Britton, Mei Lin Collier, Burton Horowitz, and Joseph R. Hume

Regulation of Recombinant Cardiac Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Chloride Channels by Protein Kinase C
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1972-1987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Han Choe, Lawrence G. Palmer, and Henry Sackin

Structural Determinants of Gating in Inward-Rectifier K⁺ Channels
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1988-2003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LiWei Tu and Carol Deutsch

Evidence for Dimerization of Dimers in K⁺ Channel Assembly
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2004-2017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

D. Peter Tieleman, Herman J. C. Berendsen, and Mark S. P. Sansom

An Alamethicin Channel in a Lipid Bilayer: Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1757-1769. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew M. Taylor, Jonathan Boulter, Stephen E. Harding, Helmut Cölfen, and Anthony Watts

Hydrodynamic Properties of Human Erythrocyte Band 3 Solubilized in Reduced Triton X-100
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2043-2055. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Volkmar Heinrich

Vesicle Deformation by an Axial Load: From Elongated Shapes to Tethered Vesicles
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2056-2071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sophie Raffy and Justin Teissié

Control of Lipid Membrane Stability by Cholesterol Content
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2072-2080. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulrich Essmann and Max L. Berkowitz

Dynamical Properties of Phospholipid Bilayers from Computer Simulation
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2081-2089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas J. McIntosh, Ketan G. Kulkarni, and Sidney A. Simon

Membrane Fusion Promoters and Inhibitors Have Contrasting Effects on Lipid Bilayer Structure and Undulations
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2090-2098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

István P. Sugár, Thomas E. Thompson, and Rodney L. Biltonen

Monte Carlo Simulation of Two-Component Bilayers: DMPC/DSPC Mixtures
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2099-2110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juha M. Holopainen, Jukka Y. A. Lehtonen, and Paavo K. J. Kinnunen

Evidence for the Extended Phospholipid Conformation in Membrane Fusion and Hemifusion
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2111-2120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

François Nicol, Shlomo Nir, and Francis C. Szoka, Jr.

Orientation of the Pore-Forming Peptide GALA in POPC Vesicles Determined by a BODIPY-Avidin/Biotin Binding Assay
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2121-2141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juyang Huang and Gerald W. Feigenson

A Microscopic Interaction Model of Maximum Solubility of Cholesterol in Lipid Bilayers
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2142-2157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruno Gabriel and Justin Teissié

Time Courses of Mammalian Cell Electropermeabilization Observed by Millisecond Imaging of Membrane Property Changes during the Pulse
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2158-2165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

Yasunori Takezawa, Duck-Sool Kim, Masaki Ogino, Yasunobu Sugimoto, Takakazu Kobayashi, Toshiaki Arata, and Katsuzo Wakabayashi

Backward Movements of Cross-Bridges by Application of Stretch and by Binding of MgADP to Skeletal Muscle Fibers in the Rigor State as Studied by X-Ray Diffraction
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1770-1783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip A. Wahr and Joseph M. Metzger

Role of Ca²⁺ and Cross-Bridges in Skeletal Muscle Thin Filament Activation Probed with Ca²⁺ Sensitizers
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2166-2176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NUCLEIC ACIDS:

J. F. Neault and H. A. Tajmir-Riahi

Structural Analysis of DNA-Chlorophyll Complexes by Fourier Transform Infrared Difference Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2177-2182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

Aba Losi, Silvia E. Braslavsky, Wolfgang Gärtner, and John L. Spudich

Time-Resolved Absorption and Photothermal Measurements with Sensory Rhodopsin I from Halobacterium salinarum
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2183-2191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Piero Pollesello, Arto Annila, and Martti Ovaska

Structure of the 1-36 Amino-Terminal Fragment of Human Phospholamban by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Modeling of the Phospholamban Pentamer
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1784-1795. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nirmala Ramadas and Joseph M. Rifkind

Molecular Dynamics of Human Methemoglobin: The Transmission of Conformational Information between Subunits in an Dimer
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1796-1811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shigeki Arai and Mitsuhiro Hirai

Reversibility and Hierarchy of Thermal Transition of Hen Egg-White Lysozyme Studied by Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2192-2197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neil Chadborn, Jason Bryant, Angus J. Bain, and Paul O'Shea

Ligand-Dependent Conformational Equilibria of Serum Albumin Revealed by Tryptophan Fluorescence Quenching
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2198-2207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jay X. Tang, Paul A. Janmey, Thomas P. Stossel, and Tadanao Ito

Thiol Oxidation of Actin Produces Dimers That Enhance the Elasticity of the F-Actin Network
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2208-2215. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph G. Louderback, Samir K. Ballas, and Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro

Sickle Hemoglobin Polymer Melting in High Concentration Phosphate Buffer
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2216-2222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Sarah A. Vickery and Robert C. Dunn

Scanning Near-Field Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Microscopy
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1812-1818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hua Yuan, Mary Lynne Perille Collins, and William E. Antholine

Type 2 Cu²⁺ in pMMO from Methylomicrobium album BG8
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2223-2229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mia K. Markey, Michael V. Boland, and Robert F. Murphy

Toward Objective Selection of Representative Microscope Images
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2230-2237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

René Schödel, Klaus-D. Irrgang, Joachim Voigt, and Gernot Renger

Quenching of Chlorophyll Fluorescence by Triplets in Solubilized Light-Harvesting Complex II (LHCII)
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2238-2248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pamela A. Thuman-Commike, Hiro Tsuruta, Barrie Greene, Peter E. Prevelige, Jr., Jonathan King, and Wah Chiu

Solution X-Ray Scattering-Based Estimation of Electron Cryomicroscopy Imaging Parameters for Reconstruction of Virus Particles
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2249-2261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. A. Steyer and W. Almers

Tracking Single Secretory Granules in Live Chromaffin Cells by Evanescent-Field Fluorescence Microscopy
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2262-2271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Bullen and P. Saggau

High-Speed, Random-Access Fluorescence Microscopy: II. Fast Quantitative Measurements With Voltage-Sensitive Dyes
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2272-2287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Schuck and Borries Demeler

Direct Sedimentation Analysis of Interference Optical Data in Analytical Ultracentrifugation
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2288-2296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Kiyoshi Ohnuma, Tomoki Kazawa, Shunichi Ogawa, Naoya Suzuki, Akiko Miwa, and Hiromasa Kijima

Cooperative Ca²⁺ Removal from Presynaptic Terminals of the Spiny Lobster Neuromuscular Junction
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1819-1834. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebecca M. Williams, Jason B. Shear, Warren R. Zipfel, Sudipta Maiti, and Watt W. Webb

Mucosal Mast Cell Secretion Processes Imaged Using Three-Photon Microscopy of 5-Hydroxytryptamine Autofluorescence
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 1835-1846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sherwin C. Lee and Pamela A. Pappone

ATP Can Stimulate Exocytosis in Rat Brown Adipocytes without Apparent Increases in Cytosolic Ca²⁺ or G Protein Activation
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2297-2306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Micah Dembo and Yu-Li Wang

Stresses at the Cell-to-Substrate Interface during Locomotion of Fibroblasts
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2307-2316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

David Gall, Jesper Gromada, Isabella Susa, Patrik Rorsman, André Herchuelz, and Krister Bokvist

Significance of Na/Ca Exchange for Ca²⁺ Buffering and Electrical Activity in Mouse Pancreatic -Cells
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2018-2028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew A. Xu-Friedman and Wade G. Regehr

Presynaptic Strontium Dynamics and Synaptic Transmission
Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2029-2042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2317(4) [Full Text] [PDF]  

Biophys. J. 1999 76: 2317(4) [Full Text] [PDF]  

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