NEW AND NOTABLE:

Michael Häusser

Revealing the Properties of Dendritic Voltage-Gated Channels: A New Approach to the Space Clamp Problem
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3497-3498. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas A. Lauffenburger and Alan Wells

Quantitative Parsing of Cell Multi-tasking in Wound Repair and Tissue Morphogenesis
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3499-3500. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Jürg Hulliger

Connective Tissue Polarity Unraveled by a Markov-Chain Mechanism of Collagen Fibril Segment Self-Assembly
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3501-3507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andreas T. Schaefer, Moritz Helmstaedter, Bert Sakmann, and Alon Korngreen

Correction of Conductance Measurements in Non-Space-Clamped Structures: 1. Voltage-Gated K⁺ Channels
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3508-3528. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian L. Sprague, Chad G. Pearson, Paul S. Maddox, Kerry S. Bloom, E. D. Salmon, and David. J. Odde

Mechanisms of Microtubule-Based Kinetochore Positioning in the Yeast Metaphase Spindle
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3529-3546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lingling Shen, Jianhua Shen, Xiaomin Luo, Feng Cheng, Yechun Xu, Kaixian Chen, Edward Arnold, Jianping Ding, and Hualiang Jiang

Steered Molecular Dynamics Simulation on the Binding of NNRTI to HIV-1 RT
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3547-3563. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kamila Réblová, Nad'a Spacková, Richard Stefl, Kristina Csaszar, Jaroslav Koca, Neocles B. Leontis, and Jirí Sponer

Non-Watson-Crick Basepairing and Hydration in RNA Motifs: Molecular Dynamics of 5S rRNA Loop E
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3564-3582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Files]  

Zhiyong Zhang, Yunyu Shi, and Haiyan Liu

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Peptides and Proteins with Amplified Collective Motions
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3583-3593. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ben Corry, Serdar Kuyucak, and Shin-Ho Chung

Dielectric Self-Energy in Poisson-Boltzmann and Poisson-Nernst-Planck Models of Ion Channels
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3594-3606. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. M. Harreis, C. N. Likos, and H. Löwen

Azimuthal Frustration and Bundling in Columnar DNA Aggregates
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3607-3623. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michal Pribyl, Cyrill B. Muratov, and Stanislav Y. Shvartsman

Discrete Models of Autocrine Cell Communication in Epithelial Layers
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3624-3635. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Patra, M. Karttunen, M. T. Hyvönen, E. Falck, P. Lindqvist, and I. Vattulainen

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Lipid Bilayers: Major Artifacts Due to Truncating Electrostatic Interactions
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3636-3645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Artem B. Mamonov, Rob D. Coalson, Abraham Nitzan, and Maria G. Kurnikova

The Role of the Dielectric Barrier in Narrow Biological Channels: A Novel Composite Approach to Modeling Single-Channel Currents
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3646-3661. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND TRANSPORTERS:

Gonzalo Ferreira, Eduardo Ríos, and Nicolás Reyes

Two Components of Voltage-Dependent Inactivation in Ca_v1.2 Channels Revealed by Its Gating Currents
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3662-3678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Haijun Chen, Federico Sesti, and Steve A. N. Goldstein

Pore- and State-Dependent Cadmium Block of I_Ks Channels Formed with MinK-55C and Wild-Type KCNQ1 Subunits
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3679-3689. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Krofchick and Mel Silverman

Investigating the Conformational States of the Rabbit Na⁺/Glucose Cotransporter
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3690-3702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Sigg and Francisco Bezanilla

A Physical Model of Potassium Channel Activation: From Energy Landscape to Gating Kinetics
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3703-3716. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Garneau, H. Klein, L. Parent, and R. Sauvé

Contribution of Cytosolic Cysteine Residues to the Gating Properties of the Kir2.1 Inward Rectifier
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3717-3729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

C. Russ, T. Heimburg, and H. H. von Grünberg

The Effect of Lipid Demixing on the Electrostatic Interaction of Planar Membranes across a Salt Solution
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3730-3742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sagar A. Pandit, David Bostick, and Max L. Berkowitz

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of a Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine Bilayer with NaCl
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3743-3750. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fang-Yu Chen, Ming-Tao Lee, and Huey W. Huang

Evidence for Membrane Thinning Effect as the Mechanism for Peptide-Induced Pore Formation
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3751-3758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ingrid J. Vereyken, Vladimir Chupin, Folkert A. Hoekstra, Sjef C. M. Smeekens, and Ben de Kruijff

The Effect of Fructan on Membrane Lipid Organization and Dynamics in the Dry State
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3759-3766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas M. Weiss, Poe-Jou Chen, Harald Sinn, Ercan E. Alp, Sow-Hsin Chen, and Huey W. Huang

Collective Chain Dynamics in Lipid Bilayers by Inelastic X-Ray Scattering
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3767-3776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian Cannon, Garrett Heath, Juyang Huang, Pentti Somerharju, Jorma A. Virtanen, and Kwan Hon Cheng

Time-Resolved Fluorescence and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Investigations of Lateral Packing Defects and Superlattice Domains in Compositionally Uniform Cholesterol/Phosphatidylcholine Bilayers
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3777-3791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William R. Schief, Meher Antia, Bohdana M. Discher, Stephen B. Hall, and Viola Vogel

Liquid-Crystalline Collapse of Pulmonary Surfactant Monolayers
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3792-3806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

Kenneth S. Campbell, Jitandrakumar R. Patel, and Richard L. Moss

Cycling Cross-Bridges Increase Myocardial Stiffness at Submaximal Levels of Ca²⁺ Activation
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3807-3815. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicole Kasielke, Gerald J. Obermair, Gerlinde Kugler, Manfred Grabner, and Bernhard E. Flucher

Cardiac-type EC-Coupling in Dysgenic Myotubes Restored with Ca²⁺ Channel Subunit Isoforms _1C and _1D Does not Correlate with Current Density
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3816-3828. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NUCLEIC ACIDS:

Phiset Sa-Ardyen, Alexander V. Vologodskii, and Nadrian C. Seeman

The Flexibility of DNA Double Crossover Molecules
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3829-3837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thérèse E. Malliavin, Jocelyne Gau, Karim Snoussi, and Jean-Louis Leroy

Stability of the I-motif Structure Is Related to the Interactions between Phosphodiester Backbones
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3838-3847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

R. Tóth-Boconádi, L. Keszthelyi, and W. Stoeckenius

Late Events in the Photocycle of Bacteriorhodopsin Mutant L93A
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3848-3856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Tóth-Boconádi, L. Keszthelyi, and W. Stoeckenius

Photoexcitation of the O-Intermediate in Bacteriorhodopsin Mutant L93A
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3857-3863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura Rivas, Silke Hippler-Mreyen, Martin Engelhard, and Peter Hildebrandt

Electric-Field Dependent Decays of Two Spectroscopically Different M-States of Photosensory Rhodopsin II from Natronobacterium pharaonis
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3864-3873. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Shelia J. Maness, Stefan Franzen, Alan C. Gibbs, Timothy P. Causgrove, and R. Brian Dyer

Nanosecond Temperature Jump Relaxation Dynamics of Cyclic ß-Hairpin Peptides
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3874-3882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Francesca Gerini, Danilo Roccatano, Enrico Baciocchi, and Alfredo Di Nola

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Lignin Peroxidase in Solution
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3883-3893. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. D. Anobom, S. C. Albuquerque, F. P. Albernaz, A. C. Oliveira, J. L. Silva, D. S. Peabody, A. P. Valente, and F. C. L. Almeida

Structural Studies of MS2 Bacteriophage Virus Particle Disassembly by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxation Measurements
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3894-3903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Lairez, E. Pauthe, and J. Pelta

Refolding of a High Molecular Weight Protein: Salt Effect on Collapse
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3904-3916. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Assfalg, Ivano Bertini, Paola Turano, A. Grant Mauk, Jay R. Winkler, and Harry B. Gray

¹⁵N-¹H Residual Dipolar Coupling Analysis of Native and Alkaline-K79A Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cytochrome c
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3917-3923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jörg Fitter

A Measure of Conformational Entropy Change during Thermal Protein Unfolding Using Neutron Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3924-3930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Suman Kundu, Scott A. Premer, Julie A. Hoy, James T. Trent, III, and Mark S. Hargrove

Direct Measurement of Equilibrium Constants for High-Affinity Hemoglobins
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3931-3940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Gottschalk, Kandadai Venu, and Bertil Halle

Protein Self-Association in Solution: The Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor Decamer
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3941-3958. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES:

Jennifer L. Ross and D. Kuchnir Fygenson

Mobility of Taxol in Microtubule Bundles
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3959-3967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

N. Uzunbajakava, A. Lenferink, Y. Kraan, E. Volokhina, G. Vrensen, J. Greve, and C. Otto

Nonresonant Confocal Raman Imaging of DNA and Protein Distribution in Apoptotic Cells
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3968-3981. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian A. Todd, Jayan Rammohan, and Steven J. Eppell

Connecting Nanoscale Images of Proteins with Their Genetic Sequences
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3982-3991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claude Berney and Gaudenz Danuser

FRET or No FRET: A Quantitative Comparison
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 3992-4010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jonathan V. Rocheleau, Paul W. Wiseman, and Nils O. Petersen

Isolation of Bright Aggregate Fluctuations in a Multipopulation Image Correlation Spectroscopy System Using Intensity Subtraction
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4011-4022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Costas M. Pitsillides, Edwin K. Joe, Xunbin Wei, R. Rox Anderson, and Charles P. Lin

Selective Cell Targeting with Light-Absorbing Microparticles and Nanoparticles
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4023-4032. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Zhu, S. Chappuis-Flament, E. Wong, I. E. Jensen, B. M. Gumbiner, and D. Leckband

Functional Analysis of the Structural Basis of Homophilic Cadherin Adhesion
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4033-4042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthias Weiss, Hitoshi Hashimoto, and Tommy Nilsson

Anomalous Protein Diffusion in Living Cells as Seen by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4043-4052. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zivile Katiliene, Evaldas Katilius, and Neal W. Woodbury

Single Molecule Detection of DNA Looping by NgoMIV Restriction Endonuclease
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4053-4061. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juraj Svitel, Andrea Balbo, Roy A. Mariuzza, Noreen R. Gonzales, and Peter Schuck

Combined Affinity and Rate Constant Distributions of Ligand Populations from Experimental Surface Binding Kinetics and Equilibria
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4062-4077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Jonathan V. Rocheleau, Michael Edidin, and David W. Piston

Intrasequence GFP in Class I MHC Molecules, a Rigid Probe for Fluorescence Anisotropy Measurements of the Membrane Environment
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4078-4086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bori M. Mazzag, John S. Tamaresis, and Abdul I. Barakat

A Model for Shear Stress Sensing and Transmission in Vascular Endothelial Cells
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4087-4101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David I. Shreiber, Victor H. Barocas, and Robert T. Tranquillo

Temporal Variations in Cell Migration and Traction during Fibroblast-Mediated Gel Compaction
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4102-4114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles B. Lindemann

Structural-Functional Relationships of the Dynein, Spokes, and Central-Pair Projections Predicted from an Analysis of the Forces Acting within a Flagellum
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4115-4126. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuen-Keng Ng, Xinghua Lu, Alexandra Gulacsi, Weiping Han, Michael J. Saxton, and Edwin S. Levitan

Unexpected Mobility Variation among Individual Secretory Vesicles Produces an Apparent Refractory Neuropeptide Pool
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4127-4134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOENERGETICS:

John C. Croney, Michael K. Helms, David M. Jameson, and Randy W. Larsen

Conformational Dynamics and Temperature Dependence of Photoinduced Electron Transfer within Self-Assembled Coproporphyrin:Cytochrome c Complexes
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4135-4143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

Chang Xu and Leslie M. Loew

Activation of Phospholipase C Increases Intramembrane Electric Fields in N1E-115 Neuroblastoma Cells
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4144-4156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sanda Despa and Donald M. Bers

Na/K Pump Current and [Na]_i in Rabbit Ventricular Myocytes: Local [Na]_i Depletion and Na Buffering
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4157-4166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rodolfo Madrid, Magdalena Sanhueza, Osvaldo Alvarez, and Juan Bacigalupo

Tonic and Phasic Receptor Neurons in the Vertebrate Olfactory Epithelium
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4167-4181. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Michael R. King and Daniel A. Hammer

Hydrodynamic Recruitment of Rolling Leukocytes In Vitro
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4182(6) [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yi Zhang and Sriram Neelamegham

Response to the Letter by King and Hammer
Biophys. J. 2003 84: 4183(6) [Full Text] [PDF]  

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