NEW AND NOTABLE:

Roberto Dominguez and Philip Graceffa

Solution Properties of TMR-Actin: When Biochemical and Crystal Data Agree
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2073-2074. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Jean-Francois Mercier, Gary W. Slater, and Pascal Mayer

Solid Phase DNA Amplification: A Simple Monte Carlo Lattice Model
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2075-2086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Justin Gullingsrud and Klaus Schulten

Gating of MscL Studied by Steered Molecular Dynamics
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2087-2099. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoram Burak, Gil Ariel, and David Andelman

Onset of DNA Aggregation in Presence of Monovalent and Multivalent Counterions
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2100-2110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Veena Pata and Nily Dan

The Effect of Chain Length on Protein Solubilization in Polymer-Based Vesicles (Polymersomes)
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2111-2118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. L. Klepeis and C. A. Floudas

ASTRO-FOLD: A Combinatorial and Global Optimization Framework for Ab Initio Prediction of Three-Dimensional Structures of Proteins from the Amino Acid Sequence
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2119-2146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gang Zou and Robert D. Skeel

Robust Biased Brownian Dynamics for Rate Constant Calculation
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2147-2157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael A. Steffen, Christina A. Seay, Behrang Amini, Yidao Cai, Andreas Feigenspan, Douglas A. Baxter, and David W. Marshak

Spontaneous Activity of Dopaminergic Retinal Neurons
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2158-2169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Aristizabal and M. I. Glavinovic

Wavelet Analysis of Nonstationary Fluctuations of Monte Carlo-Simulated Excitatory Postsynaptic Currents
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2170-2185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nathalie Reuter, Konrad Hinsen, and Jean-Jacques Lacapère

Transconformations of the SERCA1 Ca-ATPase: A Normal Mode Study
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2186-2197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Collin M. Stultz and Elazer R. Edelman

A Structural Model that Explains the Effects of Hyperglycemia on Collagenolysis
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2198-2204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keith M. Meek, Sally Dennis, and Shukria Khan

Changes in the Refractive Index of the Stroma and Its Extrafibrillar Matrix When the Cornea Swells
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2205-2212. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David L. Mobley, Daniel L. Cox, Rajiv R. P. Singh, Rahul V. Kulkarni, and Alexander Slepoy

Simulations of Oligomeric Intermediates in Prion Diseases
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2213-2223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aaron L. Lucius, Nasib K. Maluf, Christopher J. Fischer, and Timothy M. Lohman

General Methods for Analysis of Sequential "n-step" Kinetic Mechanisms: Application to Single Turnover Kinetics of Helicase-Catalyzed DNA Unwinding
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2224-2239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin Braeckmans, Liesbeth Peeters, Niek N. Sanders, Stefaan C. De Smedt, and Joseph Demeester

Three-Dimensional Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching with the Confocal Scanning Laser Microscope
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2240-2252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Markus Dittrich, Shigehiko Hayashi, and Klaus Schulten

On the Mechanism of ATP Hydrolysis in F₁-ATPase
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2253-2266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer M. Bui, Richard H. Henchman, and J. Andrew McCammon

The Dynamics of Ligand Barrier Crossing inside the Acetylcholinesterase Gorge
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2267-2272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. A. N'Dri, W. Shyy, and R. Tran-Son-Tay

Computational Modeling of Cell Adhesion and Movement Using a Continuum-Kinetics Approach
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2273-2286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND TRANSPORTERS:

Mounir Tarek, Bernard Maigret, and Christophe Chipot

Molecular Dynamics Investigation of an Oriented Cyclic Peptide Nanotube in DMPC Bilayers
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2287-2298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tian Xue, Irene L. Ennis, Kazuki Sato, Robert J. French, and Ronald A. Li

Novel Interactions Identified between µ-Conotoxin and the Na⁺ Channel Domain I P-loop: Implications for Toxin-Pore Binding Geometry
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2299-2310. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nikolai I. Kiskin, Jan P. Siebrasse, and Reiner Peters

Optical Microwell Assay of Membrane Transport Kinetics
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2311-2322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Berenice Venegas, Javier González-Damián, Heliodoro Celis, and Iván Ortega-Blake

Amphotericin B Channels in the Bacterial Membrane: Role of Sterol and Temperature
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2323-2332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

Tim Söderlund, Juha-Matti I. Alakoskela, Antti L. Pakkanen, and Paavo K. J. Kinnunen

Comparison of the Effects of Surface Tension and Osmotic Pressure on the Interfacial Hydration of a Fluid Phospholipid Bilayer
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2333-2341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evan Evans, Volkmar Heinrich, Florian Ludwig, and Wieslawa Rawicz

Dynamic Tension Spectroscopy and Strength of Biomembranes
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2342-2350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karin A. Riske and Hans-Günther Döbereiner

Diacylglycerol-Rich Domain Formation in Giant Stearoyl-Oleoyl Phosphatidylcholine Vesicles Driven by Phospholipase C Activity
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2351-2362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jarrod J. Buffy, Teresa Hong, Satoru Yamaguchi, Alan J. Waring, Robert I. Lehrer, and Mei Hong

Solid-State NMR Investigation of the Depth of Insertion of Protegrin-1 in Lipid Bilayers Using Paramagnetic Mn²⁺
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2363-2373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhi Huang, Leigh Hearne, Cynthia E. Irby, S. Bruce King, Samir K. Ballas, and Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro

Kinetics of Increased Deformability of Deoxygenated Sickle Cells upon Oxygenation
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2374-2383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Howard L. Brockman, Kenneth R. Applegate, Maureen M. Momsen, Weiling C. King, and John A. Glomset

Packing and Electrostatic Behavior of sn-2-Docosahexaenoyl and -Arachidonoyl Phosphoglycerides
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2384-2396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael R. Morrow, Nidal Abu-Libdeh, June Stewart, and Kevin M. W. Keough

Interaction of Pulmonary Surfactant Protein SP-A with DPPC/Egg-PG Bilayers
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2397-2405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rodrigo F. M. de Almeida, Aleksandre Fedorov, and Manuel Prieto

Sphingomyelin/Phosphatidylcholine/Cholesterol Phase Diagram: Boundaries and Composition of Lipid Rafts
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2406-2416. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard A. Dluhy, Saratchandra Shanmukh, J. Brian Leapard, Peter Krüger, and John E. Baatz

Deacylated Pulmonary Surfactant Protein SP-C Transforms From -Helical to Amyloid Fibril Structure via a pH-Dependent Mechanism: An Infrared Structural Investigation
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2417-2429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fábio Fernandes, Luís M. S. Loura, Manuel Prieto, Rob Koehorst, Ruud B. Spruijt, and Marcus A. Hemminga

Dependence of M13 Major Coat Protein Oligomerization and Lateral Segregation on Bilayer Composition
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2430-2441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey F. Ellena, M. Christine Burnitz, and David S. Cafiso

Location of the Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C-Kinase Substrate (MARCKS) Effector Domain in Negatively Charged Phospholipid Bicelles
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2442-2448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rumiana Koynova and Robert C. MacDonald

Mixtures of Cationic Lipid O-Ethylphosphatidylcholine with Membrane Lipids and DNA: Phase Diagrams
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2449-2465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

Dmitry S. Kudryashov and Emil Reisler

Solution Properties of Tetramethylrhodamine-Modified G-Actin
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2466-2475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eyal Arbely, Itamar Kass, and Isaiah T. Arkin

Site-Specific Dichroism Analysis Utilizing Transmission FTIR
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2476-2483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph A. Gorga, David E. Fishbaugher, and Peter VanBuren

Activation of the Calcium-Regulated Thin Filament by Myosin Strong Binding
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2484-2491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroyuki Iwamoto, Jun'ichi Wakayama, Tetsuro Fujisawa, and Naoto Yagi

Static and Dynamic X-Ray Diffraction Recordings from Living Mammalian and Amphibian Skeletal Muscles
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2492-2506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Movies]  

NUCLEIC ACIDS:

David Pastré, Olivier Piétrement, Stéphane Fusil, Fabrice Landousy, Josette Jeusset, Marie-Odile David, Loïc Hamon, Eric Le Cam, and Alain Zozime

Adsorption of DNA to Mica Mediated by Divalent Counterions: A Theoretical and Experimental Study
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2507-2518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurence R. Brewer, Raymond Friddle, Aleksandr Noy, Enoch Baldwin, Shelley S. Martin, Michele Corzett, Rod Balhorn, and Ronald J. Baskin

Packaging of Single DNA Molecules by the Yeast Mitochondrial Protein Abf2p
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2519-2524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marco Tonelli, Nikolai B. Ulyanov, Todd M. Billeci, Boleslaw Karwowski, Piotr Guga, Wojciech J. Stec, and Thomas L. James

Dynamic NMR Structures of [Rp]- and [Sp]-Phosphorothioated DNA-RNA Hybrids: Is Flexibility Required for RNase H Recognition?
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2525-2538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sean Ferree and Harvey W. Blanch

Electrokinetic Stretching of Tethered DNA
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2539-2546. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

Krzysztof Gibasiewicz, V. M. Ramesh, Su Lin, Kevin Redding, Neal W. Woodbury, and Andrew N. Webber

Excitonic Interactions in Wild-Type and Mutant PSI Reaction Centers
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2547-2559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gabriel A. Montaño, Benjamin P. Bowen, Jeffrey T. LaBelle, Neal W. Woodbury, Vincent B. Pizziconi, and Robert E. Blankenship

Characterization of Chlorobium tepidum Chlorosomes: A Calculation of Bacteriochlorophyll c per Chlorosome and Oligomer Modeling
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2560-2565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samuel T. Hess, Erin D. Sheets, Alice Wagenknecht-Wiesner, and Ahmed A. Heikal

Quantitative Analysis of the Fluorescence Properties of Intrinsically Fluorescent Proteins in Living Cells
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2566-2580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kelly M. Halverson and Bridgette A. Barry

Evidence for Spontaneous Structural Changes in a Dark-Adapted State of Photosystem II
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2581-2588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Jamillah Zamoon, Alessandro Mascioni, David D. Thomas, and Gianluigi Veglia

NMR Solution Structure and Topological Orientation of Monomeric Phospholamban in Dodecylphosphocholine Micelles
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2589-2598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zuoyin Yang, Yanxia Zhou, Kai Liu, Yuhua Cheng, Ruozhuang Liu, Guangju Chen, and Zongchao Jia

Computational Study on the Function of Water within a ß-Helix Antifreeze Protein Dimer and in the Process of Ice-Protein Binding
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2599-2605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Said A. Ali, Noriyuki Iwabuchi, Takuro Matsui, Ken Hirota, Shun-ichi Kidokoro, Munehito Arai, Kunihiro Kuwajima, Peter Schuck, and Fumio Arisaka

Reversible and Fast Association Equilibria of a Molecular Chaperone, gp57A, of Bacteriophage T4
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2606-2618. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Bloustine, V. Berejnov, and S. Fraden

Measurements of Protein-Protein Interactions by Size Exclusion Chromatography
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2619-2623. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wilfred K. Fullagar, Karen A. Aberdeen, David G. Bucknall, Paulus A. Kroon, and Ian R. Gentle

Conformational Changes in SP-B as a Function of Surface Pressure
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2624-2632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simona Cotesta, Ivano Tavernelli, and Ernesto E. Di Iorio

Dynamics of RNase-A and S-Protein: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Transition Toward a Folding Intermediate
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2633-2640. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ivano Tavernelli, Simona Cotesta, and Ernesto E. Di Iorio

Protein Dynamics, Thermal Stability, and Free-Energy Landscapes: A Molecular Dynamics Investigation
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2641-2649. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Dubreil, V. Vié, S. Beaufils, D. Marion, and A. Renault

Aggregation of Puroindoline in Phospholipid Monolayers Spread at the Air-Liquid Interface
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2650-2660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francesco Spinozzi, Elisabetta Maccioni, Cilâine Verônica Teixeira, Heinz Amenitsch, Roberto Favilla, Matteo Goldoni, Paolo Di Muro, Benedetto Salvato, Paolo Mariani, and Mariano Beltramini

Synchrotron SAXS Studies on the Structural Stability of Carcinus aestuarii Hemocyanin in Solution
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2661-2672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Christopher J. Hyatt, Sergey F. Mironov, Marcel Wellner, Omer Berenfeld, Alois K. Popp, David A. Weitz, José Jalife, and Arkady M. Pertsov

Synthesis of Voltage-Sensitive Fluorescence Signals from Three-Dimensional Myocardial Activation Patterns
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2673-2683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Mayer, Jennah K. Kriebel, Magdalena T. Tosteson, and George M. Whitesides

Microfabricated Teflon Membranes for Low-Noise Recordings of Ion Channels in Planar Lipid Bilayers
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2684-2695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Piotr E. Marszalek, Andres F. Oberhauser, Hongbin Li, and Julio M. Fernandez

The Force-Driven Conformations of Heparin Studied with Single Molecule Force Microscopy
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2696-2704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio Cricenti, Renato Generosi, Marco Luce, Paolo Perfetti, Giorgio Margaritondo, David Talley, Jas S. Sanghera, Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Norman H. Tolk, Agostina Congiu-Castellano, Mark A. Rizzo, and David W. Piston

Chemically Resolved Imaging of Biological Cells and Thin Films by Infrared Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2705-2710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joachim D. Müller and Enrico Gratton

High-Pressure Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2711-2719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

A. Omolola Eniola, P. Jeanene Willcox, and Daniel A. Hammer

Interplay between Rolling and Firm Adhesion Elucidated with a Cell-Free System Engineered with Two Distinct Receptor-Ligand Pairs
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2720-2731. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bart S. Hendriks, H. Steven Wiley, and Douglas Lauffenburger

HER2-Mediated Effects on EGFR Endosomal Sorting: Analysis of Biophysical Mechanisms
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2732-2745. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alina Hategan, Richard Law, Samuel Kahn, and Dennis E. Discher

Adhesively-Tensed Cell Membranes: Lysis Kinetics and Atomic Force Microscopy Probing
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2746-2759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOENERGETICS:

Francesco Francia, Gerardo Palazzo, Antonia Mallardi, Lorenzo Cordone, and Giovanni Venturoli

Residual Water Modulates Q_A^--to-Q_B Electron Transfer in Bacterial Reaction Centers Embedded in Trehalose Amorphous Matrices
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2760-2775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Ralf Metzler and Joseph Klafter

When Translocation Dynamics Becomes Anomalous
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2776-2779. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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