NEW AND NOTABLE:

Paul R. Selvin

Lighting Up Single Ion Channels
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 1-2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Peter J. Woolf and Jennifer J. Linderman

Untangling Ligand Induced Activation and Desensitization of G-Protein–Coupled Receptors
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3-13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. J. Law, D. P. Tieleman, and M. S. P. Sansom

Pores Formed by the Nicotinic Receptor M2 Peptide: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 14-27. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Falcke

Buffers and Oscillations in Intracellular Ca²⁺ Dynamics
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 28-41. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Falcke

On the Role of Stochastic Channel Behavior in Intracellular Ca²⁺ Dynamics
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 42-56. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna Gorokhov, Masahiko Negishi, Eric F. Johnson, Lars C. Pedersen, Lalith Perera, Tom A. Darden, and Lee G. Pedersen

Explicit Water Near the Catalytic I Helix Thr in the Predicted Solution Structure of CYP2A4
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 57-68. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars F. Olsen, Ursula Kummer, Andrei L. Kindzelskii, and Howard R. Petty

A Model of the Oscillatory Metabolism of Activated Neutrophils
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 69-81. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Felicia Pitici

Structural Preference for Changes in the Direction of the Ca²⁺-Induced Transition: A Study of the Regulatory Domain of Skeletal Troponin-C
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 82-101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ken Åman, Erik Lindahl, Olle Edholm, Pär Håkansson, and Per-Olof Westlund

Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water in an L Phase Lipid Bilayer from Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 102-115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marissa A. Wagner, Biree Andemariam, and Sanjay A. Desai

A Two-Compartment Model of Osmotic Lysis in Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 116-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gyan Bhanot, Yoram Louzoun, Jianhua Zhu, and Charles DeLisi

The Importance of Thermodynamic Equilibrium for High Throughput Gene Expression Arrays
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 124-135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yongli Zhang and Donald M. Crothers

Statistical Mechanics of Sequence-Dependent Circular DNA and Its Application For DNA Cyclization
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 136-153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johan Elf, Johan Paulsson, Otto G. Berg, and Måns Ehrenberg

Near-Critical Phenomena in Intracellular Metabolite Pools
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 154-170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaoqin Huang, Jianhua Shen, Meng Cui, Lingling Shen, Xiaomin Luo, Kun Ling, Gang Pei, Hualiang Jiang, and Kaixian Chen

Molecular Dynamics Simulations on SDF-1: Binding with CXCR4 Receptor
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 171-184. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND TRANSPORTERS:

T. P. Galbraith, R. Harris, P. C. Driscoll, and B. A. Wallace

Solution NMR Studies of Antiamoebin, a Membrane Channel-Forming Polypeptide
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 185-194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Josef G. Trapani and Stephen J. Korn

Effect of External pH on Activation of the Kv1.5 Potassium Channel
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 195-204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hassan Musa and Richard D. Veenstra

Voltage-Dependent Blockade of Connexin40 Gap Junctions by Spermine
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 205-219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David C. Sheridan, Weijun Cheng, Chris A. Ahern, Lindsay Mortenson, Dania Alsammarae, Paola Vallejo, and Roberto Coronado

Truncation of the Carboxyl Terminus of the DihydropyridineReceptor ß1a Subunit Promotes Ca²⁺ Dependent Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Myotubes
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 220-237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anatoly Chernyshev, Kathryn M. Armstrong, and Samuel Cukierman

Proton Transfer in Gramicidin Channels is Modulated by the Thickness of Monoglyceride Bilayers
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 238-250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Collet, L. Csernoch, and V. Jacquemond

Intramembrane Charge Movement and L-Type Calcium Current in Skeletal Muscle Fibers Isolated from Control and mdx Mice
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 251-265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bernard Ribalet, Scott A. John, and James N. Weiss

Molecular Basis for Kir6.2 Channel Inhibition by Adenine Nucleotides
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 266-276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa Ebihara, Xiaoqin Liu, and Jay D. Pal

Effect of External Magnesium and Calcium on Human Connexin46 Hemichannels
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 277-286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gaurav Choudhary, Mari Yotsu-Yamashita, Lisa Shang, Takeshi Yasumoto, and Samuel C. Dudley, Jr.

Interactions of the C-11 Hydroxyl of Tetrodotoxin with the Sodium Channel Outer Vestibule
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 287-294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shinghua Ding and Richard Horn

Effect of S6 Tail Mutations on Charge Movement in Shaker Potassium Channels
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 295-305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

Matthias F. Schneider, Roman Zantl, Christian Gege, Richard R. Schmidt, Michael Rappolt, and Motomu Tanaka

Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Balance Determines Morphology of Glycolipids with Oligolactose Headgroups
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 306-313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Katzer and William Stillwell

Partitioning of ABA into Bilayers of Di-Saturated Phosphatidylcholines as Measured by DSC
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 314-325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer M. Brockman, Zhengdong Wang, Robert H. Notter, and Richard A. Dluhy

Effect of Hydrophobic Surfactant Proteins SP-B and SP-C on Binary Phospholipid Monolayers: II. Infrared External Reflectance-Absorption Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 326-340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Westh

Unilamellar DMPC Vesicles in Aqueous Glycerol: Preferential Interactions and Thermochemistry
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 341-349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Per Lyngs Hansen, Joel A. Cohen, Rudi Podgornik, and V. Adrian Parsegian

Osmotic Properties of Poly(Ethylene Glycols): Quantitative Features of Brush and Bulk Scaling Laws
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 350-355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frédéric Daumas, Nicolas Destainville, Claire Millot, André Lopez, David Dean, and Laurence Salomé

Confined Diffusion Without Fences of a G-Protein-Coupled Receptor as Revealed by Single Particle Tracking
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 356-366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tian-Yun Wang and John R. Silvius

Sphingolipid Partitioning into Ordered Domains in Cholesterol-Free and Cholesterol-Containing Lipid Bilayers
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 367-378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas M. Weiss, Patrick C. A. van der Wel, J. Antoinette Killian, Roger E. Koeppe, II, and Huey W. Huang

Hydrophobic Mismatch between Helices and Lipid Bilayers
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 379-385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Magda S. C. Abreu, Luís M. B. B. Estronca, Maria João Moreno, and Winchil L. C. Vaz

Binding of a Fluorescent Lipid Amphiphile to Albumin and its Transfer to Lipid Bilayer Membranes
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 386-399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qing Tang and Michael Edidin

Lowering the Barriers to Random Walks on the Cell Surface
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 400-407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Volker Kiessling and Lukas K. Tamm

Measuring Distances in Supported Bilayers by Fluorescence Interference-Contrast Microscopy: Polymer Supports and SNARE Proteins
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 408-418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NUCLEIC ACIDS:

J. C. Sitko, E. M. Mateescu, and H. G. Hansma

Sequence-Dependent DNA Condensation and the Electrostatic Zipper
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 419-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fu-Ming Chen, Feng Sha, Ko-Hsin Chin, and Shan-Ho Chou

Binding of Actinomycin D to Single-Stranded DNA of Sequence Motifs d(TGTCT_nG) and d(TGT_nGTCT)
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 432-439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

Markus Wendling, Frank van Mourik, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, Jante M. Salverda, Hartmut Michel, and Rienk van Grondelle

Low-Intensity Pump-Probe Measurements on the B800 Band of Rhodospirillum molischianum
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 440-449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jante M. Salverda, Mikas Vengris, Brent P. Krueger, Gregory D. Scholes, Adam R. Czarnoleski, Vladimir Novoderezhkin, Herbert van Amerongen, and Rienk van Grondelle

Energy Transfer in Light-Harvesting Complexes LHCII and CP29 of Spinach Studied with Three Pulse Echo Peak Shift and Transient Grating
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 450-465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Ataka, P. Hegemann, and J. Heberle

Vibrational Spectroscopy of an Algal Phot-LOV1 Domain Probes the Molecular Changes Associated with Blue-Light Reception
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 466-474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Marek Cieplak and Trinh Xuan Hoang

Universality Classes in Folding Times of Proteins
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 475-488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claire J. Ackerman, Margaret M. Harnett, William Harnett, Sharon M. Kelly, Dmitri I. Svergun, and Olwyn Byron

19 Å Solution Structure of the Filarial Nematode Immunomodulatory Protein, ES-62
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 489-500. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kristine V. Simon-Lukasik, Anton V. Persikov, Barbara Brodsky, John A. M. Ramshaw, William R. Laws, J. B. Alexander Ross, and Richard D. Ludescher

Fluorescence Determination of Tryptophan Side-Chain Accessibility and Dynamics in Triple-Helical Collagen-Like Peptides
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 501-508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Yang, M. E. Biswas, and P. Chen

Study of Binding between Protein A and Immunoglobulin G Using a Surface Tension Probe
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 509-522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janaky Narayanan and X. Y. Liu

Protein Interactions in Undersaturated and Supersaturated Solutions: A Study Using Light and X-Ray Scattering
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 523-532. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard Law, Philippe Carl, Sandy Harper, Paul Dalhaimer, David W. Speicher, and Dennis E. Discher

Cooperativity in Forced Unfolding of Tandem Spectrin Repeats
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 533-544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ivano Bertini, Claudio Luchinat, Kirill Nerinovski, Giacomo Parigi, Maddalena Cross, Zhiguang Xiao, and Anthony G. Wedd

Application of NMRD to Hydration of Rubredoxin and a Variant Containing a (Cys-S)₃Fe^III(OH) Site
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 545-551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steffen P. Graether, Carolyn M. Slupsky, and Brian D. Sykes

Freezing of a Fish Antifreeze Protein Results in Amyloid Fibril Formation
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 552-557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexandra Van-Quynh, Steven Willson, and Robert G. Bryant

Protein Reorientation and Bound Water Molecules Measured by ¹H Magnetic Spin-Lattice Relaxation
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 558-563. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrés G. Salvay, J. Raúl Grigera, and Marcio F. Colombo

The Role of Hydration on the Mechanism of Allosteric Regulation: In Situ Measurements of the Oxygen-Linked Kinetics of Water Binding to Hemoglobin
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 564-570. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES:

Howard S. Young, Hongyue Dang, Yimin Lai, David J. DeRosier, and Shahid Khan

Variable Symmetry in Salmonella typhimurium Flagellar Motors
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 571-577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samppa J. Ryhänen, Matti J. Säily, Tommi Paukku, Stefano Borocci, Giovanna Mancini, Juha M. Holopainen, and Paavo K. J. Kinnunen

Surface Charge Density Determines the Efficiency of Cationic Gemini Surfactant Based Lipofection
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 578-587. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Giuseppe Chirico, Fabio Cannone, Giancarlo Baldini, and Alberto Diaspro

Two-Photon Thermal Bleaching of Single Fluorescent Molecules
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 588-598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Efraim Feinstein, Gintaras Deikus, Elena Rusinova, Edward L. Rachofsky, J. B. Alexander Ross, and William R. Laws

Constrained Analysis of Fluorescence Anisotropy Decay:Application to Experimental Protein Dynamics
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 599-611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

V. Borisenko, T. Lougheed, J. Hesse, E. Füreder-Kitzmüller, N. Fertig, J. C. Behrends, G. A. Woolley, and G. J. Schütz

Simultaneous Optical and Electrical Recording of Single Gramicidin Channels
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 612-622. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sean C. Gifford, Michael G. Frank, Jure Derganc, Christopher Gabel, Robert H. Austin, Tatsuro Yoshida, and Mark W. Bitensky

Parallel Microchannel-Based Measurements of Individual Erythrocyte Areas and Volumes
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 623-633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazuhiro Oiwa, David M. Jameson, John C. Croney, Colin T. Davis, John F. Eccleston, and Michael Anson

The 2'-O- and 3'-O-Cy3-EDA-ATP(ADP) Complexes with Myosin Subfragment-1 are Spectroscopically Distinct
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 634-642. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serena Bernacchi, Etienne Piémont, Noelle Potier, Alain van Dorsselaer, and Yves Mély

Excitonic Heterodimer Formation in an HIV-1 Oligonucleotide Labeled with a Donor-Acceptor Pair Used for Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 643-654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Christy Rani Grace, Indu R. Chandrashekar, and Sudha M. Cowsik

Solution Structure of the Tachykinin Peptide Eledoisin
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 655-664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Rainer D. Jäggi, Alfredo Franco-Obregón, Petra Mühlhäusser, Franziska Thomas, Ulrike Kutay, and Klaus Ensslin

Modulation of Nuclear Pore Topology by Transport Modifiers
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 665-670. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOENERGETICS:

Bettina Schätzler, Norbert A. Dencher, Joerg Tittor, Dieter Oesterhelt, Sharon Yaniv-Checover, Esther Nachliel, and Menachem Gutman

Subsecond Proton-Hole Propagation in Bacteriorhodopsin
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 671-686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

Houman Khosravani, Peter L. Carlen, and Jose L. Perez Velazquez

The Control of Seizure-Like Activity in the Rat Hippocampal Slice
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 687-695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuji Hirano and Masayasu Hiraoka

Ca²⁺ Entry-Dependent Inactivation of L-Type Ca Current: A Novel Formulation for Cardiac Action Potential Models
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 696-708. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masahiro Aoyama, Manabu Murakami, Toshihide Iwashita, Yasushi Ito, Kenichi Yamaki, and Shinsuke Nakayama

Slow Deactivation and U-Shaped Inactivation Properties in Cloned Ca_v1.2b Channels in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 709-724. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Sarah L. Veatch and Sarah L. Keller

A Closer Look at the Canonical ‘Raft Mixture’ in Model Membrane Studies
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 725-726. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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