NEW AND NOTABLE:

Erwin Neher

Calcium Buffers in Flash-Light
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2783-2784. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Sergy V. Lemeshko and Victor V. Lemeshko

Metabolically Derived Potential on the Outer Membrane of Mitochondria: A Computational Model
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2785-2800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter B. Detwiler, Sharad Ramanathan, Anirvan Sengupta, and Boris I. Shraiman

Engineering Aspects of Enzymatic Signal Transduction: Photoreceptors in the Retina
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2801-2817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. B. Rosen, A. T. Phillips, S. Y. Oh, and K. A. Dill

A Method for Parameter Optimization in Computational Biology
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2818-2824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vladimir V. Uteshev, Joseph B. Patlak, and Peter S. Pennefather

Analysis and Implications of Equivalent Uniform Approximations of Nonuniform Unitary Synaptic Systems
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2825-2839. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark F. Schumaker,, Régis Pomès,, and Benoît Roux

A Combined Molecular Dynamics and Diffusion Model of Single Proton Conduction through Gramicidin
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2840-2857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kaupo Palo, Ülo Mets, Stefan Jäger, Peet Kask, and Karsten Gall

Fluorescence Intensity Multiple Distributions Analysis: Concurrent Determination of Diffusion Times and Molecular Brightness
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2858-2866. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick Lagüe, Martin J. Zuckermann, and Benoît Roux

Lipid-Mediated Interactions between Intrinsic Membrane Proteins: A Theoretical Study Based on Integral Equations
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2867-2879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard Bertram, Joseph Previte, Arthur Sherman, Tracie A. Kinard, and Leslie S. Satin

The Phantom Burster Model for Pancreatic -Cells
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2880-2892. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. B. Muratov

A Quantitative Approximation Scheme for the Traveling Wave Solutions in the Hodgkin-Huxley Model
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2893-2901. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yaoqi Zhou, Michael Cook, and Martin Karplus

Protein Motions at Zero-Total Angular Momentum: The Importance of Long-Range Correlations
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2902-2908. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna Gorokhov, Lalith Perera, Thomas A. Darden, Masahiko Negishi, Lars C. Pedersen, and Lee G. Pedersen

Heparan Sulfate Biosynthesis: A Theoretical Study of the Initial Sulfation Step by N-Deacetylase/N-Sulfotransferase
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2909-2917. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mirko Wagner and Jens Timmer

The Effects of Non-Identifiability on Testing for Detailed Balance in Aggregated Markov Models for Ion-Channel Gating
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2918-2924. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lalith Perera, Charles Foley, Thomas A. Darden, Darrel Stafford, Timothy Mather, Charles T. Esmon, and Lee G. Pedersen

Modeling Zymogen Protein C
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2925-2943. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Otto G. Berg, Johan Paulsson, and Måns Ehrenberg

Fluctuations in Repressor Control: Thermodynamic Constraints on Stochastic Focusing
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2944-2953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gioia Altobelli and Shankar Subramaniam

Kinetics of Association of Anti-lysozyme Monoclonal Antibody D44.1 and Hen-Egg Lysozyme
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2954-2965. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vladimir A. Makarov, B. Kim Andrews, Paul E. Smith, and B. Montgomery Pettitt

Residence Times of Water Molecules in the Hydration Sites of Myoglobin
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2966-2974. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND TRANSPORTERS:

Augustus O. Grant, Rashmi Chandra, Christopher Keller, Michael Carboni, and C. Frank Starmer

Block of Wild-Type and Inactivation-Deficient Cardiac Sodium Channels IFM/QQQ Stably Expressed in Mammalian Cells
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3019-3035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. Brady Trexler, Feliksas F. Bukauskas, Jack Kronengold, Thaddeus A. Bargiello, and Vytas K. Verselis

The First Extracellular Loop Domain Is a Major Determinant of Charge Selectivity in Connexin46 Channels
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3036-3051. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jose R. Serrano, Shervin R. Dashti, Edward Perez-Reyes, and Stephen W. Jones

Mg²⁺ Block Unmasks Ca²⁺/Ba²⁺ Selectivity of 1G T-Type Calcium Channels
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3052-3062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jürgen Isele, Thomas P. Sakmar, and Friedrich Siebert

Rhodopsin Activation Affects the Environment of Specific Neighboring Phospholipids: An FTIR Spectroscopic Study
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3063-3071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Afshin Farokhi, Maike Keunecke, and Ulf-Peter Hansen

The Anomalous Mole Fraction Effect in Chara: Gating at the Edge of Temporal Resolution
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3072-3082. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. J. W. Orry and B. A. Wallace

Modeling and Docking the Endothelin G-Protein-Coupled Receptor
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3083-3094. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

Ann M. Edwards, Ke Zhang, C. Erik Nordgren, and J. Kent Blasie

Heme Structure and Orientation in Single Monolayers of Cytochrome c on Polar and Nonpolar Soft Surfaces
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3105-3117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuji Takaoka, Marta Pasenkiewicz-Gierula, Hiroh Miyagawa, Kunihiro Kitamura, Yoshiyasu Tamura, and Akihiro Kusumi

Molecular Dynamics Generation of Nonarbitrary Membrane Models Reveals Lipid Orientational Correlations
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3118-3138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jaume Torres, Andreas Kukol, and Isaiah T. Arkin

Use of a Single Glycine Residue to Determine the Tilt and Orientation of a Transmembrane Helix. A New Structural Label for Infrared Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3139-3143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulf Rädler, Jürgen Mack, Norbert Persike, Günther Jung, and Robert Tampé

Design of Supported Membranes Tethered via Metal-Affinity Ligand-Receptor Pairs
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3144-3152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jana Jass, Torbjörn Tjärnhage, and Gertrud Puu

From Liposomes to Supported, Planar Bilayer Structures on Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Surfaces: An Atomic Force Microscopy Study
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3153-3163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edwin J. A. Veldhuizen, Joseph J. Batenburg, Lambert M. G. van Golde, and Henk P. Haagsman

The Role of Surfactant Proteins in DPPC Enrichment of Surface Films
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3164-3171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Horia I. Petrache, Steven W. Dodd, and Michael F. Brown

Area per Lipid and Acyl Length Distributions in Fluid Phosphatidylcholines Determined by ²H NMR Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3172-3192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yury S. Tarahovsky, A. Larry Arsenault, Robert C. MacDonald, Thomas J. McIntosh, and Richard M. Epand

Electrostatic Control of Phospholipid Polymorphism
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3193-3200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katarina Belohorcová, Jin Qian, and James H. Davis

Molecular Dynamics and ²H-NMR Study of the Influence of an Amphiphilic Peptide on Membrane Order and Dynamics
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3201-3216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

Joanna Moraczewska, Norma J. Greenfield, Yidong Liu, and Sarah E. Hitchcock-DeGregori

Alteration of Tropomyosin Function and Folding by a Nemaline Myopathy-Causing Mutation
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3217-3225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karoly Trombitás, Alka Redkar, Thomas Centner, Yiming Wu, Siegfried Labeit, and Henk Granzier

Extensibility of Isoforms of Cardiac Titin: Variation in Contour Length of Molecular Subsegments Provides a Basis for Cellular Passive Stiffness Diversity
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3226-3234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

Alessandro Cometta, Giuseppe Zucchelli, Navassard V. Karapetyan, Enrico Engelmann, Flavio M. Garlaschi, and Robert C. Jennings

Thermal Behavior of Long Wavelength Absorption Transitions in Spirulina platensis Photosystem I Trimers
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3235-3243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Mounir Tarek and Douglas J. Tobias

The Dynamics of Protein Hydration Water: A Quantitative Comparison of Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Neutron-scattering Experiments
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3244-3257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James L. McGrath, John H. Hartwig, and Scot C. Kuo

The Mechanics of F-Actin Microenvironments Depend on the Chemistry of Probing Surfaces
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3258-3266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Oscar H. Willemsen, Margot M. E. Snel, Alessandra Cambi, Jan Greve, Bart G. De Grooth, and Carl G. Figdor

Biomolecular Interactions Measured by Atomic Force Microscopy
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3267-3281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aaron K. Chamberlain, ,* Cait E. MacPhee, Jesús Zurdo, Ludmilla A. Morozova-Roche, H. Allen O. Hill, Christopher M. Dobson, and Jason J. Davis

Ultrastructural Organization of Amyloid Fibrils by Atomic Force Microscopy
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3282-3293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arne Gennerich and Detlev Schild

Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy in Small Cytosolic Compartments Depends Critically on the Diffusion Model Used
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3294-3306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James B. Thompson, George T. Paloczi, Johannes H. Kindt, Martina Michenfelder, Bettye L. Smith, Galen Stucky, Daniel E. Morse, and Paul K. Hansma

Direct Observation of the Transition from Calcite to Aragonite Growth as Induced by Abalone Shell Proteins
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3307-3312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric W. Sayers and James H. Prestegard

Solution Conformations of a Trimannoside from Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3313-3329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. F. Majkrzak, N. F. Berk, S. Krueger, J. A. Dura, M. Tarek, D. Tobias, V. Silin, C. W. Meuse, J. Woodward, and A. L. Plant

First-Principles Determination of Hybrid Bilayer Membrane Structure by Phase-Sensitive Neutron Reflectometry
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3330-3340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ken-ichiro Matsumoto and Hideo Utsumi

Development of Separable Electron Spin Resonance-Computed Tomography Imaging for Multiple Radical Species: An Application to ·OH and ·NO
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3341-3349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

E. Rumpel, U. Pilatus, A. Mayer, and I. Pecht

Na⁺-Dependent Ca²⁺ Transport Modulates the Secretory Response to the Fc Receptor Stimulus of Mast Cells
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2975-2986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine Picart, Paul Dalhaimer, and Dennis E. Discher

Actin Protofilament Orientation in Deformation of the Erythrocyte Membrane Skeleton
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 2987-3000. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Allen J. Rosenspire, Andrei L. Kindzelskii, and Howard R. Petty

Interferon- and Sinusoidal Electric Fields Signal by Modulating NAD(P)H Oscillations in Polarized Neutrophils
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3001-3008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

U. Valentin Nägerl, David Novo, Istvan Mody, and Julio L. Vergara

Binding Kinetics of Calbindin-D_28k Determined by Flash Photolysis of Caged Ca²⁺
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3009-3018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

Thomas J. Hund and Yoram Rudy

Determinants of Excitability in Cardiac Myocytes: Mechanistic Investigation of Memory Effect
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3095-3104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Ronald J. Phillips

A Hydrodynamic Model for Hindered Diffusion of Proteins and Micelles in Hydrogels
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3350-3353. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael D. Stern

The Model of Snyder et al. Does Not Simulate Graded Ca²⁺ Release from the Cardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Intact Cells
Biophys. J. 2000 79: 3353-3354. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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