NEW AND NOTABLE:

Olaf Sparre Andersen

Sequencing and the Single Channel
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 2899-2901. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Beatriz Carrasco, Jose Garcia de la Torre, Olwyn Byron, David King, Chris Walters, Susan Jones, and Stephen E. Harding

Novel Size-Independent Modeling of the Dilute Solution Conformation of the Immunoglobulin IgG Fab' Domain Using SOLPRO and ELLIPS
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 2902-2910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Sept, Jingyuan Xu, Thomas D. Pollard, and J. Andrew McCammon

Annealing Accounts for the Length of Actin Filaments Formed by Spontaneous Polymerization
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 2911-2919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wilson Radding, Tod Romo, and George N. Phillips, Jr.

Protein-Assisted Pericyclic Reactions: An Alternate Hypothesis for the Action of Quantal Receptors
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 2920-2929. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Chudin, J. Goldhaber, A. Garfinkel, J. Weiss, and B. Kogan

Intracellular Ca²⁺ Dynamics and the Stability of Ventricular Tachycardia
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 2930-2941. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrzej Kolinski, Bartosz Ilkowski, and Jeffrey Skolnick

Dynamics and Thermodynamics of -Hairpin Assembly: Insights from Various Simulation Techniques
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 2942-2952. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND TRANSPORTERS:

Maryline Beurg, Chris A. Ahern, Paola Vallejo, Matthew W. Conklin, Patricia A. Powers, Ronald G. Gregg, and Roberto Coronado

Involvement of the Carboxy-Terminus Region of the Dihydropyridine Receptor 1a Subunit in Excitation-Contraction Coupling of Skeletal Muscle
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 2953-2967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas M. Suchyna, Johannes M. Nitsche, Mark Chilton, Andrew L. Harris, Richard D. Veenstra, and Bruce J. Nicholson

Different Ionic Selectivities for Connexins 26 and 32 Produce Rectifying Gap Junction Channels
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 2968-2987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Froylán Gómez-Lagunas

Barium Inhibition of the Collapse of the Shaker K⁺ Conductance in Zero K⁺
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 2988-2998. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric S. Bennett

Effects of Channel Cytoplasmic Regions on the Activation Mechanisms of Cardiac versus Skeletal Muscle Na⁺ Channels
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 2999-3009. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudia S. Haarmann, Rainer H. A. Fink, and Angela F. Dulhunty

Oxidation and Reduction of Pig Skeletal Muscle Ryanodine Receptors
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3010-3022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Petr G. Merzlyak, Liliya N. Yuldasheva, Cláudio G. Rodrigues, Carlos M. M. Carneiro, Oleg V. Krasilnikov, and Sergey M. Bezrukov

Polymeric Nonelectrolytes to Probe Pore Geometry: Application to the -Toxin Transmembrane Channel
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3023-3033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung-Ha Lee, Juan Carlos Gomora, Leanne L. Cribbs, and Edward Perez-Reyes

Nickel Block of Three Cloned T-Type Calcium Channels: Low Concentrations Selectively Block 1H
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3034-3042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ping Zhang, Gregor K. Fyfe, Irina I. Grichtchenko, and Cecilia M. Canessa

Inhibition of Epithelial Sodium Channels by External Protons Indicates That the Second Hydrophobic Domain Contains Structural Elements for Closing the Pore
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3043-3051. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cyril Goudet, Jean-Pierre Benitah, Marie-Louise Milat, Hervé Sentenac, and Jean-Baptiste Thibaud

Cluster Organization and Pore Structure of Ion Channels Formed by Beticolin 3, a Nonpeptidic Fungal Toxin
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3052-3059. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

Béatrice de Foresta, Jacques Gallay, Jana Sopkova, Philippe Champeil, and Michel Vincent

Tryptophan Octyl Ester in Detergent Micelles of Dodecylmaltoside: Fluorescence Properties and Quenching by Brominated Detergent Analogs
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3071-3084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Sleep, David Wilson, Robert Simmons, and Walter Gratzer

Elasticity of the Red Cell Membrane and Its Relation to Hemolytic Disorders: An Optical Tweezers Study
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3085-3095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. H. Parker and C. P. Winlove

The Deformation of Spherical Vesicles with Permeable, Constant-Area Membranes: Application to the Red Blood Cell
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3096-3107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kwan Hon Cheng, Jorma Virtanen, and Pentti Somerharju

Fluorescence Studies of Dehydroergosterol in Phosphatidylethanolamine/Phosphatidylcholine Bilayers
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3108-3119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shao-Ching Hung, Wei Wang, Sunney I. Chan, and Hueih Min Chen

Membrane Lysis by the Antibacterial Peptides Cecropins B1 and B3: A Spin-Label Electron Spin Resonance Study on Phospholipid Bilayers
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3120-3133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jonathan M. Crane, Günther Putz, and Stephen B. Hall

Persistence of Phase Coexistence in Disaturated Phosphatidylcholine Monolayers at High Surface Pressures
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3134-3143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vladimir I. Razinkov, Grigory B. Melikyan, and Fredric S. Cohen

Hemifusion between Cells Expressing Hemagglutinin of Influenza Virus and Planar Membranes Can Precede the Formation of Fusion Pores that Subsequently Fully Enlarge
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3144-3151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francesca M. Marassi, Stanley J. Opella, Padmaja Juvvadi, and R. B. Merrifield

Orientation of Cecropin A Helices in Phospholipid Bilayers Determined by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3152-3155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul W. J. van den Wijngaard, Carole Dabney-Smith, Barry D. Bruce, and Wim J. Vredenberg

The Mechanism of Inactivation of a 50-pS Envelope Anion Channel during Chloroplast Protein Import
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3156-3162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Levi A. Gheber and Michael Edidin

A Model for Membrane Patchiness: Lateral Diffusion in the Presence of Barriers and Vesicle Traffic
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3163-3175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diana Murray, Anna Arbuzova, Gyöngyi Hangyás-Mihályné, Alok Gambhir, Nir Ben-Tal, Barry Honig, and Stuart McLaughlin

Electrostatic Properties of Membranes Containing Acidic Lipids and Adsorbed Basic Peptides: Theory and Experiment
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3176-3188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

Karoly Trombitás, Alexandra Freiburg, Thomas Centner, Siegfried Labeit, and Henk Granzier

Molecular Dissection of N2B Cardiac Titin's Extensibility
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3189-3196. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Bordas, A. Svensson, M. Rothery, J. Lowy, G. P. Diakun, and P. Boesecke

Extensibility and Symmetry of Actin Filaments in Contracting Muscles
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3197-3207. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara Leinweber, Jay X. Tang, Walter F. Stafford, and Joseph M. Chalovich

Calponin Interaction with -Actinin-Actin: Evidence for a Structural Role for Calponin
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3208-3217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NUCLEIC ACIDS:

Leila Ayadi, Christian Coulombeau, and Richard Lavery

Abasic Sites in Duplex DNA: Molecular Modeling of Sequence-Dependent Effects on Conformation
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3218-3226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Akeson, Daniel Branton, John J. Kasianowicz, Eric Brandin, and David W. Deamer

Microsecond Time-Scale Discrimination Among Polycytidylic Acid, Polyadenylic Acid, and Polyuridylic Acid as Homopolymers or as Segments Within Single RNA Molecules
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3227-3233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jay R. Wenner and Victor A. Bloomfield

Crowding Effects on EcoRV Kinetics and Binding
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3234-3241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ioulia Rouzina and Victor A. Bloomfield

Heat Capacity Effects on the Melting of DNA. 1. General Aspects
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3242-3251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ioulia Rouzina and Victor A. Bloomfield

Heat Capacity Effects on the Melting of DNA. 2. Analysis of Nearest-Neighbor Base Pair Effects
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3252-3255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. M. Okonogi, A. W. Reese, S. C. Alley, P. B. Hopkins, and B. H. Robinson

Flexibility of Duplex DNA on the Submicrosecond Timescale
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3256-3276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

Aba Losi, Ansgar A. Wegener, Martin Engelhard, Wolfgang Gärtner, and Silvia E. Braslavsky

Time-Resolved Absorption and Photothermal Measurements with Recombinant Sensory Rhodopsin II from Natronobacterium pharaonis
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3277-3286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Noriyuki Futatsugi, Masayuki Hata, Tyuji Hoshino, and Minoru Tsuda

Ab Initio Study of the Role of Lysine 16 for the Molecular Switching Mechanism of Ras Protein p21
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3287-3292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Monique Laberge, Martin Köhler, Jane M. Vanderkooi, and Josef Friedrich

Sampling Field Heterogeneity at the Heme of c-Type Cytochromes by Spectral Hole Burning Spectroscopy and Electrostatic Calculations
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3293-3304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudia Schladitz, Euridice P. Vieira, Horst Hermel, and Helmuth Möhwald

Amyloid--Sheet Formation at the Air-Water Interface
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3305-3310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Wilse Robinson and C. H. Cho

Role of Hydration Water in Protein Unfolding
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3311-3318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Paul J. Campagnola, Mei-de Wei, Aaron Lewis, and Leslie M. Loew

High-Resolution Nonlinear Optical Imaging of Live Cells by Second Harmonic Generation
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3341-3349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Rinuy, P. F. Brevet, and H. H. Girault

Second Harmonic Generation of Glucose Oxidase at the Air/Water Interface
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3350-3355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Malgorzata Bobrowska-Hägerstrand, Katarzyna Bialkowska, Boris Isomaa, and Henry Hägerstrand

Torocyte Membrane Endovesicles Induced by Octaethyleneglycol Dodecylether in Human Erythrocytes
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3356-3362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jianwu Dai and Michael P. Sheetz

Membrane Tether Formation from Blebbing Cells
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3363-3370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

McRae J. Smith, Ellen L. Berg, and Michael B. Lawrence

A Direct Comparison of Selectin-Mediated Transient, Adhesive Events Using High Temporal Resolution
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3371-3383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard K. Ayer, Jr. and Robert S. Zucker

Magnesium Binding to DM-Nitrophen and Its Effect on the Photorelease of Calcium
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3384-3393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ping Li, Periasamy Selvaraj, and Cheng Zhu

Analysis of Competition Binding between Soluble and Membrane-Bound Ligands for Cell Surface Receptors
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3394-3406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donald J. Olbris and Judith Herzfeld

An Analysis of Actin Delivery in the Acrosomal Process of Thyone
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3407-3423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOENERGETICS:

J. E. Ponce-Hornos, K. D. Philipson, P. Bonazzola, and G. A. Langer

Energetics of Na⁺-Ca²⁺ Exchange in Resting Cardiac Muscle
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3319-3327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie-Louise Groot, Raoul N. Frese, Frank L. de Weerd, Krystyna Bromek, Åsa Pettersson, Erwin J. G. Peterman, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, Rienk van Grondelle, and Jan P. Dekker

Spectroscopic Properties of the CP43 Core Antenna Protein of Photosystem II
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3328-3340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

Stephen H. Loukin and Yoshiro Saimi

K⁺-Dependent Composite Gating of the Yeast K⁺ Channel, Tok1
Biophys. J. 1999 77: 3060-3070. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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