NEW AND NOTABLE:

Mark B. Cannell and Christian Soeller

A Mode of Thought in Excitation-Contraction Coupling
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 1-2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter C. Jordan

Unclogging a Pipe: Potassium Channel Pinball
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2-4. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Pablo d'Alcantara, Luz M. Cardenas, Stéphane Swillens, and Reese S. Scroggs

Reduced Transition between Open and Inactivated Channel States Underlies 5HT Increased I_Na+ in Rat Nociceptors
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 5-21. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Atsushi Matsumoto and Wilma K. Olson

Sequence-Dependent Motions of DNA: A Normal Mode Analysis at the Base-Pair Level
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 22-41. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ajit P. Joglekar and Alan J. Hunt

A Simple, Mechanistic Model for Directional Instability during Mitotic Chromosome Movements
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 42-58. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric A. Sobie, Keith W. Dilly, Jader dos Santos Cruz, W. Jonathan Lederer, and M. Saleet Jafri

Termination of Cardiac Ca²⁺ Sparks: An Investigative Mathematical Model of Calcium-Induced Calcium Release
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 59-78. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel A. Beard, Shou-dan Liang, and Hong Qian

Energy Balance for Analysis of Complex Metabolic Networks
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 79-86. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jian-Wei Shuai and Peter Jung

Stochastic Properties of Ca²⁺ Release of Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Clusters
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 87-97. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Morten Ø. Jensen, Torben R. Jensen, Kristian Kjaer, Thomas Bjørnholm, Ole G. Mouritsen, and Günther H. Peters

Orientation and Conformation of a Lipase at an Interface Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 98-111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ronen Zangi, Marcel L. de Vocht, George T. Robillard, and Alan E. Mark

Molecular Dynamics Study of the Folding of Hydrophobin SC3 at a Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Interface
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 112-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Knut Petter Lehre and Dmitri A. Rusakov

Asymmetry of Glia near Central Synapses Favors Presynaptically Directed Glutamate Escape
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 125-134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shantaram Kamath and Tuck C. Wong

Membrane Structure of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus gp41 Fusion Domain by Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 135-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roman G. Efremov, Pavel E. Volynsky, Dmitry E. Nolde, Peter V. Dubovskii, and Alexander S. Arseniev

Interaction of Cardiotoxins with Membranes: A Molecular Modeling Study
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 144-153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fangqiang Zhu, Emad Tajkhorshid, and Klaus Schulten

Pressure-Induced Water Transport in Membrane Channels Studied by Molecular Dynamics
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 154-160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David G. Regan and Philip W. Kuchel

Simulations of Molecular Diffusion in Lattices of Cells: Insights for NMR of Red Blood Cells
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 161-171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND TRANSPORTERS:

Ming Li and Henry A. Lester

Early Fluorescence Signals Detect Transitions at Mammalian Serotonin Transporters
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 206-218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Koji Asami, Takashi Okazaki, Yasuaki Nagai, and Yasuo Nagaoka

Modifications of Alamethicin Ion Channels by Substitution of Glu-7 for Gln-7
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 219-228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juan Carlos Gomora, Janet Murbartián, Juan Manuel Arias, Jung-Ha Lee, and Edward Perez-Reyes

Cloning and Expression of the Human T-Type Channel Ca_v3.3: Insights into Prepulse Facilitation
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 229-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shi-Qiang Wang, Long-Sheng Song, Le Xu, Gerhard Meissner, Edward G. Lakatta, Eduardo Ríos, Michael D. Stern, and Heping Cheng

Thermodynamically Irreversible Gating of Ryanodine Receptors in Situ Revealed by Stereotyped Duration of Release in Ca²⁺ Sparks
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 242-251. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pei Tang, Pravat K. Mandal, and Yan Xu

NMR Structures of the Second Transmembrane Domain of the Human Glycine Receptor ₁ Subunit: Model of Pore Architecture and Channel Gating
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 252-262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shin-Ho Chung, Toby W. Allen, and Serdar Kuyucak

Modeling Diverse Range of Potassium Channels with Brownian Dynamics
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 263-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roger J. Thompson, Mark H. Nordeen, Kathryn E. Howell, and John H. Caldwell

A Large-Conductance Anion Channel of the Golgi Complex
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 278-289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sergei Sukharev

Purification of the Small Mechanosensitive Channel of Escherichia coli (MscS): the Subunit Structure, Conduction, and Gating Characteristics in Liposomes
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 290-298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

Hiroshi Noguchi and Masako Takasu

Adhesion of Nanoparticles to Vesicles: A Brownian Dynamics Simulation
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 299-308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank Orlik, Christian Andersen, and Roland Benz

Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Tyrosine 118 within the Central Constriction Site of the LamB (Maltoporin) Channel of Escherichia coli. II. Effect on Maltose and Maltooligosaccharide Binding Kinetics
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 309-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Klaus Brandenburg, Motohiro Matsuura, Holger Heine, Mareike Müller, Makato Kiso, Hideharu Ishida, Michel H. J. Koch, and Ulrich Seydel

Biophysical Characterization of Triacyl Monosaccharide Lipid A Partial Structures in Relation to Bioactivity
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 322-333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Fahsel, E.-M. Pospiech, M. Zein, T. L. Hazlet, E. Gratton, and Roland Winter

Modulation of Concentration Fluctuations in Phase-Separated Lipid Membranes by Polypeptide Insertion
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 334-344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simon Sharpe, Kathryn R. Barber, Chris W. M. Grant, David Goodyear, and Michael R. Morrow

Organization of Model Helical Peptides in Lipid Bilayers: Insight into the Behavior of Single-Span Protein Transmembrane Domains
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 345-358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

Julien S. Davis, Colleen L. Satorius, and Neal D. Epstein

Kinetic Effects of Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Phosphorylation on Skeletal Muscle Contraction
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 359-370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NUCLEIC ACIDS:

Soomin Lee, Young-Ae Lee, Hyun Mee Lee, Jae Yang Lee, Dong Ho Kim, and Seog K. Kim

Rotation of Periphery Methylpyridine of meso-Tetrakis(n-N-methylpyridiniumyl)porphyrin (n = 2, 3, 4) and Its Selective Binding to Native and Synthetic DNAs
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 371-381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lihua Wang, Brian E. Hingerty, A. R. Srinivasan, Wilma K. Olson, and Suse Broyde

Accurate Representation of B-DNA Double Helical Structure with Implicit Solvent and Counterions
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 382-406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

P. Zehetmayer, Th. Hellerer, A. Parbel, H. Scheer, and A. Zumbusch

Spectroscopy of Single Phycoerythrocyanin Monomers: Dark State Identification and Observation of Energy Transfer Heterogeneities
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 407-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Esther Nachliel, Menachem Gutman, Jörg Tittor, and Dieter Oesterhelt

Proton Transfer Dynamics on the Surface of the Late M State of Bacteriorhodopsin
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 416-426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuki Sudo, Masayuki Iwamoto, Kazumi Shimono, and Naoki Kamo

Tyr-199 and Charged Residues of pharaonis Phoborhodopsin Are Important for the Interaction with its Transducer
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 427-432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Byrdin, Patrick Jordan, Norbert Krauss, Petra Fromme, Dietmar Stehlik, and Eberhard Schlodder

Light Harvesting in Photosystem I: Modeling Based on the 2.5-Å Structure of Photosystem I from Synechococcus elongatus
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 433-457. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

David J. Brockwell, Godfrey S. Beddard, John Clarkson, Rebecca C. Zinober, Anthony W. Blake, John Trinick, Peter D. Olmsted, D. Alastair Smith, and Sheena E. Radford

The Effect of Core Destabilization on the Mechanical Resistance of I27
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 458-472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Ervin, Edgar Larios, Szabolcs Osváth, Klaus Schulten, and Martin Gruebele

What Causes Hyperfluorescence: Folding Intermediates or Conformationally Flexible Native States?
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 473-483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Piero Pollesello and Arto Annila

Structure of the 1-36 N-Terminal Fragment of Human Phospholamban Phosphorylated at Ser-16 and Thr-17
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 484-490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES:

Edwin Pozharski and Robert C. MacDonald

Thermodynamics of Cationic Lipid-DNA Complex Formation as Studied by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 556-565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jay X. Tang, Paul A. Janmey, Alexander Lyubartsev, and Lars Nordenskiöld

Metal Ion-Induced Lateral Aggregation of Filamentous Viruses fd and M13
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 566-581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Matthew J. Lang, Charles L. Asbury, Joshua W. Shaevitz, and Steven M. Block

An Automated Two-Dimensional Optical Force Clamp for Single Molecule Studies
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 491-501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ji-Xin Cheng, Y. Kevin Jia, Gengfeng Zheng, and X. Sunney Xie

Laser-Scanning Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Microscopy and Applications to Cell Biology
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 502-509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arne Gennerich and Detlev Schild

Anisotropic Diffusion in Mitral Cell Dendrites Revealed by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 510-522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner

Dihedral Angles of Tripeptides in Solution Directly Determined by Polarized Raman and FTIR Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 523-532. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erik F. Y. Hom and A. S. Verkman

Analysis of Coupled Bimolecular Reaction Kinetics and Diffusion by Two-Color Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy: Enhanced Resolution of Kinetics by Resonance Energy Transfer
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 533-546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Knebel, M. Sieber, R. Reichelt, H.-J. Galla, and M. Amrein

Fluorescence Light Microscopy of Pulmonary Surfactant at the Air-Water Interface of an Air Bubble of Adjustable Size
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 547-555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Takashi Tsuboi, Toshiteru Kikuta, Takashi Sakurai, and Susumu Terakawa

Water Secretion Associated with Exocytosis in Endocrine Cells Revealed by Micro Forcemetry and Evanescent Wave Microscopy
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 172-183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alapakkam P. Sampath and Denis A. Baylor

Molecular Mechanism of Spontaneous Pigment Activation in Retinal Cones
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 184-193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Teresa A. Doggett, Gaurav Girdhar, Avril Lawshé, David W. Schmidtke, Ian J. Laurenzi, Scott L. Diamond, and Thomas G. Diacovo

Selectin-Like Kinetics and Biomechanics Promote Rapid Platelet Adhesion in Flow: The GPIb-vWF Tether Bond
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 194-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

Correction for vol. 81, p. 1220
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 582(1) [Full Text] [PDF]  

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