NEW AND NOTABLE:

Fred J. Sigworth and Kathryn G. Klemic

Patch Clamp on a Chip
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2831-2832. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Gero Wedemann and Jörg Langowski

Computer Simulation of the 30-Nanometer Chromatin Fiber
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2847-2859. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nikolay Korolev, Alexander P. Lyubartsev, Aatto Laaksonen, and Lars Nordenskiöld

On the Competition between Water, Sodium Ions, and Spermine in Binding to DNA: A Molecular Dynamics Computer Simulation Study
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2860-2875. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen E. S. Tang and Victor A. Bloomfield

Assessing Accumulated Solvent Near a Macromolecular Solute by Preferential Interaction Coefficients
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2876-2891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dat H. Nguyen, Michael E. Colvin, Yin Yeh, Robert E. Feeney, and William H. Fink

The Dynamics, Structure, and Conformational Free Energy of Proline-Containing Antifreeze Glycoprotein
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2892-2905. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Igor Z. Zubrzycki

Homology Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Study of NAD-Dependent Glycerol-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase from Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, a Potential Target Enzyme for Anti-Sleeping Sickness Drug Development
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2906-2915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liza J. Davis, David J. Odde, Steven M. Block, and Steven P. Gross

The Importance of Lattice Defects in Katanin-Mediated Microtubule Severing in Vitro
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2916-2927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter S. Swain and Eric D. Siggia

The Role of Proofreading in Signal Transduction Specificity
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2928-2933. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bert L. de Groot, D. Peter Tieleman, Peter Pohl, and Helmut Grubmüller

Water Permeation through Gramicidin A: Desformylation and the Double Helix: A Molecular Dynamics Study
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2934-2942. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mukund Thattai and Alexander van Oudenaarden

Attenuation of Noise in Ultrasensitive Signaling Cascades
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2943-2950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brajesh K. Rai, Stephen M. Durbin, Earl W. Prohofsky, J. Timothy Sage, Graeme R. A. Wyllie, W. Robert Scheidt, Wolfgang Sturhahn, and E. Ercan Alp

Iron Normal Mode Dynamics in (Nitrosyl)iron(II)tetraphenylporphyrin from X-ray Nuclear Resonance Data
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2951-2963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND TRANSPORTERS:

Iustin V. Tabarean and Catherine E. Morris

Membrane Stretch Accelerates Activation and Slow Inactivation in Shaker Channels with S3-S4 Linker Deletions
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2982-2994. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oliver Ohlenschläger, Hironobu Hojo, Ramadurai Ramachandran, Matthias Görlach, and Parvez I. Haris

Three-Dimensional Structure of the S4-S5 Segment of the Shaker Potassium Channel
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2995-3002. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Naranjo

Inhibition of Single Shaker K Channels by Conotoxin-PVIIA
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3003-3011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nora Mallouk and Bruno Allard

Ca²⁺ Influx and Opening of Ca²⁺-Activated K⁺ Channels in Muscle Fibers from Control and mdx Mice
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3012-3021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henry H. Jerng and William F. Gilly

Inactivation and Pharmacological Properties of sqKv1A Homotetramers in Xenopus Oocytes Cannot Account for Behavior of the Squid "Delayed Rectifier" K⁺ Conductance
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3022-3036. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adam Parker Hill and Rebecca Sitsapesan

DIDS Modifies the Conductance, Gating, and Inactivation Mechanisms of the Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3037-3047. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael F. Sheets and Dorothy A. Hanck

The Outermost Lysine in the S4 of Domain III Contributes Little to the Gating Charge in Sodium Channels
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3048-3055. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

Jaume Torres, John A. G. Briggs, and Isaiah T. Arkin

Contribution of Energy Values to the Analysis of Global Searching Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Transmembrane Helical Bundles
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3063-3071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexandr Chanturiya, Puthurapamil Scaria, Oleksandr Kuksenok, and Martin C. Woodle

Probing the Mechanism of Fusion in a Two-Dimensional Computer Simulation
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3072-3080. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jens Schamberger and Ronald J. Clarke

Hydrophobic Ion Hydration and the Magnitude of the Dipole Potential
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3081-3088. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ya-Wei Hsueh, Ralph Giles, Neil Kitson, and Jenifer Thewalt

The Effect of Ceramide on Phosphatidylcholine Membranes: A Deuterium NMR Study
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3089-3095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Madalina Rujoi, Douglas Borchman, Donald B. DuPré, and M. Cecilia Yappert

Interactions of Ca²⁺ with Sphingomyelin and Dihydrosphingomyelin
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3096-3104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vadim Cherezov, Hong Qiu, Veronique Pector, Michel Vandenbranden, Jean-Marie Ruysschaert, and Martin Caffrey

Biophysical and Transfection Studies of the diC₁₄-Amidine/DNA Complex
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3105-3117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

Maria A. Bagni, Giovanni Cecchi, Barbara Colombini, and Francesco Colomo

A Non-Cross-Bridge Stiffness in Activated Frog Muscle Fibers
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3118-3127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dwayne Dunaway, Mark Fauver, and Gerald Pollack

Direct Measurement of Single Synthetic Vertebrate Thick Filament Elasticity Using Nanofabricated Cantilevers
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3128-3133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irina V. Dedova, Vadim N. Dedov, Neil J. Nosworthy, Brett D. Hambly, and Cris G. dos Remedios

Cofilin and DNase I Affect the Conformation of the Small Domain of Actin
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3134-3143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward Felder, Feliciano Protasi, Ronit Hirsch, Clara Franzini-Armstrong, and Paul D. Allen

Morphology and Molecular Composition of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Surface Junctions in the Absence of DHPR and RyR in Mouse Skeletal Muscle
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3144-3149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julian Borejdo, Dmitry S. Ushakov, and Irina Akopova

Regulatory and Essential Light Chains of Myosin Rotate Equally during Contraction of Skeletal Muscle
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3150-3159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NUCLEIC ACIDS:

Jay R. Wenner, Mark C. Williams, Ioulia Rouzina, and Victor A. Bloomfield

Salt Dependence of the Elasticity and Overstretching Transition of Single DNA Molecules
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3160-3169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura B. Pasternack, Shwu-Bin Lin, Tsung-Mei Chin, Wei-Chen Lin, Dee-Hua Huang, and Lou-Sing Kan

Proton NMR Studies of 5'-d-(TC)₃ (CT)₃ (AG)₃-3'A Paperclip Triplex: The Structural Relevance of Turns
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3170-3180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lihong Jiang and Irina M. Russu

Internal Dynamics in a DNA Triple Helix Probed by ¹H-¹⁵N-NMR Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3181-3185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

P. Huppman, T. Arlt, H. Penzkofer, S. Schmidt, M. Bibikova, B. Dohse, D. Oesterhelt, J. Wachtveit, and W. Zinth

Kinetics, Energetics, and Electronic Coupling of the Primary Electron Transfer Reactions in Mutated Reaction Centers of Blastochloris viridis
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3186-3197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Marco Diociaiuti, Federico Bordi, Annelisa Motta, Alessandra Carosi, Agnese Molinari, Giuseppe Arancia, and Carlo Coluzza

Aggregation of Gramicidin A in Phospholipid Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayers
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3198-3206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mireia Olivella, Xavier Deupi, Cedric Govaerts, and Leonardo Pardo

Influence of the Environment in the Conformation of -Helices Studied by Protein Database Search and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3207-3213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne Pierres, Dominique Touchard, Anne-Marie Benoliel, and Pierre Bongrand

Dissecting Streptavidin-Biotin Interaction with a Laminar Flow Chamber
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3214-3223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liliane Mouawad, David Perahia, Charles H. Robert, and Christophe Guilbert

New Insights into the Allosteric Mechanism of Human Hemoglobin from Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3224-3245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrizia Cioni and Giovanni B. Strambini

Effect of Heavy Water on Protein Flexibility
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3246-3253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elena Borghi, Pier Lorenzo Solari, Mariano Beltramini, Luigi Bubacco, Paolo Di Muro, and Benedetto Salvato

Oxidized Derivatives of Octopus vulgaris and Carcinus aestuarii Hemocyanins at pH 7.5 and Related Models by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3254-3268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yong Peng and Ulrich H. E. Hansmann

Solvation Model Dependency of Helix-Coil Transition in Polyalanine
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3269-3276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kusai A. Merchant, David E. Thompson, Qing-Hua Xu, Ryan B. Williams, Roger F. Loring, and Michael D. Fayer

Myoglobin-CO Conformational Substate Dynamics: 2D Vibrational Echoes and MD Simulations
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3277-3288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carolyn A. Fitch, Daniel A. Karp, Kelly K. Lee, Wesley E. Stites, Eaton E. Lattman, and Bertrand García-Moreno E.

Experimental pK_a Values of Buried Residues: Analysis with Continuum Methods and Role of Water Penetration
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3289-3304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eugene Myshkin, Neocles B. Leontis, and George S. Bullerjahn

Computational Simulation of the Docking of Prochlorothrix hollandica Plastocyanin to Photosystem I: Modeling the Electron Transfer Complex
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3305-3313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Charlie Gosse and Vincent Croquette

Magnetic Tweezers: Micromanipulation and Force Measurement at the Molecular Level
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3314-3329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick Stoller, Karen M. Reiser, Peter M. Celliers, and Alexander M. Rubenchik

Polarization-Modulated Second Harmonic Generation in Collagen
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3330-3342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippe Desmeules, Michel Grandbois, Vladimir A. Bondarenko, Akio Yamazaki, and Christian Salesse

Measurement of Membrane Binding between Recoverin, a Calcium-Myristoyl Switch Protein, and Lipid Bilayers by AFM-Based Force Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3343-3350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Robert M. Hochmuth and Warren D. Marcus

Membrane Tethers Formed from Blood Cells with Available Area and Determination of Their Adhesion Energy
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2964-2969. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guillaume T. Charras and Mike A. Horton

Single Cell Mechanotransduction and Its Modulation Analyzed by Atomic Force Microscope Indentation
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2970-2981. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOENERGETICS:

Yuri Georgievskii, Emile S. Medvedev, and Alexei A. Stuchebrukhov

Proton Transport via the Membrane Surface
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 2833-2846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

Niels Fertig, Robert H. Blick, and Jan C. Behrends

Whole Cell Patch Clamp Recording Performed on a Planar Glass Chip
Biophys. J. 2002 82: 3056-3062. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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