NEW AND NOTABLE:

H. Robert Guy

Computational Simulations of Peptide Binding to Proteins: How Scorpions Sting K⁺ Channels
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2325-2326. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Kevin M. Franks, Thomas M. Bartol, Jr., and Terrence J. Sejnowski

A Monte Carlo Model Reveals Independent Signaling at Central Glutamatergic Synapses
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2333-2348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul Smolen, Douglas A. Baxter, and John H. Byrne

A Reduced Model Clarifies the Role of Feedback Loops and Time Delays in the Drosophila Circadian Oscillator
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2349-2359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi-der Chen, Bo Yan, and Robert J. Rubin

Fluctuations and Randomness of Movement of the Bead Powered by a Single Kinesin Molecule in a Force-Clamped Motility Assay: Monte Carlo Simulations
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2360-2369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei Fu, Meng Cui, James M. Briggs, Xiaoqin Huang, Bing Xiong, Yingmin Zhang, Xiaomin Luo, Jianhua Shen, Ruyun Ji, Hualiang Jiang, and Kaixian Chen

Brownian Dynamics Simulations of the Recognition of the Scorpion Toxin Maurotoxin with the Voltage-Gated Potassium Ion Channels
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2370-2385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Siewert-Jan Marrink and D. Peter Tieleman

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Spontaneous Membrane Fusion during a Cubic-Hexagonal Phase Transition
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2386-2392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Peter Tieleman, Berk Hess, and Mark S. P. Sansom

Analysis and Evaluation of Channel Models: Simulations of Alamethicin
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2393-2407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anita Scipioni, Claudio Anselmi, Giampaolo Zuccheri, Bruno Samori, and Pasquale De Santis

Sequence-Dependent DNA Curvature and Flexibility from Scanning Force Microscopy Images
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2408-2418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Montse Rovira-Bru, David H. Thompson, and Igal Szleifer

Size and Structure of Spontaneously Forming Liposomes in Lipid/PEG-Lipid Mixtures
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2419-2439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rafael Calvo, Roger A. Isaacson, Edward C. Abresch, Melvin Y. Okamura, and George Feher

Spin-Lattice Relaxation of Coupled Metal-Radical Spin-Dimers in Proteins: Application to Fe²⁺-Cofactor (Q_A^-., Q_B^-., ^-.) Dimers in Reaction Centers from Photosynthetic Bacteria
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2440-2456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guohui Li and Qiang Cui

A Coarse-Grained Normal Mode Approach for Macromolecules: An Efficient Implementation and Application to Ca²⁺-ATPase
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2457-2474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ariel Fernández and R. Stephen Berry

Extent of Hydrogen-Bond Protection in Folded Proteins: A Constraint on Packing Architectures
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2475-2481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Björn Neu and Herbert J. Meiselman

Depletion-Mediated Red Blood Cell Aggregation in Polymer Solutions
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2482-2490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND TRANSPORTERS:

Heun Soh and Chul-Seung Park

Localization of Divalent Cation-Binding Site in the Pore of a Small Conductance Ca²⁺-Activated K⁺ Channel and Its Role in Determining Current-Voltage Relationship
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2528-2538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dong Wook Shin, Zui Pan, Arun Bandyopadhyay, Manjunatha B. Bhat, Do Han Kim, and Jianjie Ma

Ca²⁺-Dependent Interaction between FKBP12 and Calcineurin Regulates Activity of the Ca²⁺ Release Channel in Skeletal Muscle
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2539-2549. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiao Xian Li and Marco Colombini

Catalyzed Insertion of Proteins into Phospholipid Membranes: Specificity of the Process
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2550-2559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara Calabrese, Iustin V. Tabarean, Peter Juranka, and Catherine E. Morris

Mechanosensitivity of N-Type Calcium Channel Currents
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2560-2574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ira R. Josephson, Antonio Guia, Edward G. Lakatta, and Michael D. Stern

Modulation of the Gating of Unitary Cardiac L-Type Ca²⁺ Channels by Conditioning Voltage and Divalent Ions
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2575-2586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ira R. Josephson, Antonio Guia, Edward G. Lakatta, and Michael D. Stern

Modulation of the Conductance of Unitary Cardiac L-Type Ca²⁺ Channels by Conditioning Voltage and Divalent Ions
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2587-2594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mats A. L. Eriksson and Benoît Roux

Modeling the Structure of Agitoxin in Complex with the Shaker K⁺ Channel: A Computational Approach Based on Experimental Distance Restraints Extracted from Thermodynamic Mutant Cycles
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2595-2609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

Silvia Dante, Thomas Hauss, and Norbert A. Dencher

-Amyloid 25 to 35 Is Intercalated in Anionic and Zwitterionic Lipid Membranes to Different Extents
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2610-2616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars K. Nielsen, Konstatin Balashev, Thomas H. Callisen, and Thomas Bjørnholm

Influence of Product Phase Separation on Phospholipase A₂ Hydrolysis of Supported Phospholipid Bilayers Studied by Force Microscopy
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2617-2624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chad Leidy, Thomas Kaasgaard, John H. Crowe, Ole G. Mouritsen, and Kent Jørgensen

Ripples and the Formation of Anisotropic Lipid Domains: Imaging Two-Component Supported Double Bilayers by Atomic Force Microscopy
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2625-2633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yonathan Kozlovsky, Leonid V. Chernomordik, and Michael M. Kozlov

Lipid Intermediates in Membrane Fusion: Formation, Structure, and Decay of Hemifusion Diaphragm
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2634-2651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aditya Mittal, Tong Shangguan, and Joe Bentz

Measuring pKa of Activation and pKi of Inactivation for Influenza Hemagglutinin from Kinetics of Membrane Fusion of Virions and of HA Expressing Cells
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2652-2666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexandre Arnold, Thomas Labrot, Reiko Oda, and Erick J. Dufourc

Cation Modulation of Bicelle Size and Magnetic Alignment as Revealed by Solid-State NMR and Electron Microscopy
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2667-2680. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marija Vrljic, Stefanie Y. Nishimura, Sophie Brasselet, W. E. Moerner, and Harden M. McConnell

Translational Diffusion of Individual Class II MHC Membrane Proteins in Cells
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2681-2692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Heerklotz

Triton Promotes Domain Formation in Lipid Raft Mixtures
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2693-2701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Greger Orädd, Göran Lindblom, and Philip W. Westerman

Lateral Diffusion of Cholesterol and Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine in a Lipid Bilayer Measured by Pulsed Field Gradient NMR Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2702-2704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

Xiumei Liu and Gerald H. Pollack

Mechanics of F-Actin Characterized with Microfabricated Cantilevers
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2705-2715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inna Krieger, Alla Kostyukova, Atsuko Yamashita, Yasushi Nitanai, and Yuichiro Maéda

Crystal Structure of the C-Terminal Half of Tropomodulin and Structural Basis of Actin Filament Pointed-End Capping
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2716-2725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wenise W. Wong, Jack H. Gerson, Peter A. Rubenstein, and Emil Reisler

Thin Filament Regulation and Ionic Interactions between the N-terminal Region in Actin and Troponin
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2726-2732. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa K. Nitao, Todd O. Yeates, and Emil Reisler

Conformational Dynamics of the SH1-SH2 Helix in the Transition States of Myosin Subfragment-1
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2733-2741. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroaki Takekura and Clara Franzini-Armstrong

The Structure of Ca²⁺ Release Units in Arthropod Body Muscle Indicates an Indirect Mechanism for Excitation-Contraction Coupling
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2742-2753. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Norma J. Greenfield, Thomas Palm, and Sarah E. Hitchcock-DeGregori

Structure and Interactions of the Carboxyl Terminus of Striated Muscle -Tropomyosin: It Is Important to be Flexible
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2754-2766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Wendy S. VanScyoc, Brenda R. Sorensen, Elena Rusinova, William R. Laws, J. B. Alexander Ross, and Madeline A. Shea

Calcium Binding to Calmodulin Mutants Monitored by Domain-Specific Intrinsic Phenylalanine and Tyrosine Fluorescence
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2767-2780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hin Hark Gan, Rebecca A. Perlow, Sharmili Roy, Joy Ko, Min Wu, Jing Huang, Shixiang Yan, Angelo Nicoletta, Jonathan Vafai, Ding Sun, Lihua Wang, Joyce E. Noah, Samuela Pasquali, and Tamar Schlick

Analysis of Protein Sequence/Structure Similarity Relationships
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2781-2791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniela Russo, Javier Pérez, Jean-Marc Zanotti, Michel Desmadril, and Dominique Durand

Dynamic Transition Associated with the Thermal Denaturation of a Small Beta Protein
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2792-2800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jorge Viñals, Andrzej Kolinski, and Jeffrey Skolnick

Numerical Study of the Entropy Loss of Dimerization and the Folding Thermodynamics of the GCN4 Leucine Zipper
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2801-2811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Damberg, Jüri Jarvet, Peter Allard, Ülo Mets, Rudolf Rigler, and Astrid Gräslund

¹³C-¹H NMR Relaxation and Fluorescence Anisotropy Decay Study of Tyrosine Dynamics in Motilin
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2812-2825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Olga Tcherkasskaya, Angela M. Gronenborn, and Leonid Klushin

Excluded Volume Effect within the Continuous Model for the Fluorescence Energy Transfer
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2826-2834. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lorens van Dam, Niels Ouwerkerk, Andreas Brinkmann, Jan Raap, and Malcolm H. Levitt

Solid-State NMR Determination of Sugar Ring Pucker in ¹³C-Labeled 2'-Deoxynucleosides
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2835-2844. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dimitri A. Svistunenko, Jacqueline Dunne, Michael Fryer, Peter Nicholls, Brandon J. Reeder, Michael T. Wilson, Maria Giulia Bigotti, Francesca Cutruzzolà, and Chris E. Cooper

Comparative Study of Tyrosine Radicals in Hemoglobin and Myoglobins Treated with Hydrogen Peroxide
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2845-2855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jonathan V. Sehy, Alison A. Banks, Joseph J. H. Ackerman, and Jeffrey J. Neil

Importance of Intracellular Water Apparent Diffusion to the Measurement of Membrane Permeability
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2856-2863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andreas Barth and John E. T. Corrie

Characterization of a New Caged Proton Capable of Inducing Large pH Jumps
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2864-2871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Suzette A. Pabit and Stephen J. Hagen

Laminar-Flow Fluid Mixer for Fast Fluorescence Kinetics Studies
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2872-2878. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

T. Wagenknecht, C.-E. Hsieh, B. K. Rath, S. Fleischer, and M. Marko

Electron Tomography of Frozen-Hydrated Isolated Triad Junctions
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2491-2501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Scott Pritchard, Geoffrey R. Erickson, and Farshid Guilak

Hyperosmotically Induced Volume Change and Calcium Signaling in Intervertebral Disk Cells: The Role of the Actin Cytoskeleton
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2502-2510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juliana Rengifo, Rafael Rosales, Adom González, Heping Cheng, Michael D. Stern, and Eduardo Ríos

Intracellular Ca²⁺ Release as Irreversible Markov Process
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2511-2521. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sang-Joon Cho, Marie Kelly, Katherine T. Rognlien, Jin Ah Cho, J. K. Heinrich Hörber, and Bhanu P. Jena

SNAREs in Opposing Bilayers Interact in a Circular Array to Form Conducting Pores
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2522-2527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOENERGETICS:

Giuseppe Inesi, Zhongsen Zhang, and David Lewis

Cooperative Setting for Long-Range Linkage of Ca²⁺ Binding and ATP Synthesis in the Ca²⁺ ATPase
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2327-2332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Nathan D. Price, Iman Famili, Daniel A. Beard, and Bernhard Ø. Palsson

Extreme Pathways and Kirchhoff's Second Law
Biophys. J. 2002 83: 2879-2882. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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