NEW AND NOTABLE:

Petra Schwille

TIR-FCS: Staying on the Surface Can Sometimes Be Better
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2783-2784. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin Keough

How Thin Can Glass Be? New Ideas, New Approaches
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2785-2786. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Carmen Domene and Mark S. P. Sansom

Potassium Channel, Ions, and Water: Simulation Studies Based on the High Resolution X-Ray Structure of KcsA
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2787-2800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Russell DeVane, Christina Ridley, Randy W. Larsen, Brian Space, Preston B. Moore, and Sunney I. Chan

A Molecular Dynamics Method for Calculating Molecular Volume Changes Appropriate for Biomolecular Simulation
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2801-2807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. C. Fadda, D. Lairez, B. Arrio, J.-P. Carton, and V. Larreta-Garde

Enzyme-Catalyzed Gel Proteolysis: An Anomalous Diffusion-Controlled Mechanism
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2808-2817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Can E. Ergenekan, Dustin Thomas, Justin T. Fischer, Ming-Liang Tan, Marly K. Eidsness, ChulHee Kang, and Toshiko Ichiye

Prediction of Reduction Potential Changes in Rubredoxin: A Molecular Mechanics Approach
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2818-2829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amadeu K. Sum, Roland Faller, and Juan J. de Pablo

Molecular Simulation Study of Phospholipid Bilayers and Insights of the Interactions with Disaccharides
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2830-2844. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Torrez, Michael Schultehenrich, and Dennis R. Livesay

Conferring Thermostability to Mesophilic Proteins through Optimized Electrostatic Surfaces
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2845-2853. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]  

Harold Lecar, H. Peter Larsson, and Michael Grabe

Electrostatic Model of S4 Motion in Voltage-Gated Ion Channels
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2854-2864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabella Daidone, Andrea Amadei, Danilo Roccatano, and Alfredo Di Nola

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Protein Folding by Essential Dynamics Sampling: Folding Landscape of Horse Heart Cytochrome c
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2865-2871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Filip Lankas, Jirí Sponer, Jörg Langowski, and Thomas E. Cheatham, III

DNA Basepair Step Deformability Inferred from Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2872-2883. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]  

Morten Ø. Jensen, Emad Tajkhorshid, and Klaus Schulten

Electrostatic Tuning of Permeation and Selectivity in Aquaporin Water Channels
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2884-2899. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wonpil Im, Michael Feig, and Charles L. Brooks, III

An Implicit Membrane Generalized Born Theory for the Study of Structure, Stability, and Interactions of Membrane Proteins
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2900-2918. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alfredo E. Cárdenas and Ron Elber

Atomically Detailed Simulations of Helix Formation with the Stochastic Difference Equation
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2919-2939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mikael Lund and Bo Jönsson

A Mesoscopic Model for Protein-Protein Interactions in Solution
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2940-2947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio Brú, Sonia Albertos, José Luis Subiza, José López García-Asenjo, and Isabel Brú

The Universal Dynamics of Tumor Growth
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2948-2961. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric J. Deeds, Nikolay V. Dokholyan, and Eugene I. Shakhnovich

Protein Evolution within a Structural Space
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2962-2972. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel A. Beard and Tamar Schlick

Unbiased Rotational Moves for Rigid-Body Dynamics
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2973-2976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND TRANSPORTERS:

Deyu Lu, Paul Grayson, and Klaus Schulten

Glycerol Conductance and Physical Asymmetry of the Escherichia coli Glycerol Facilitator GlpF
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2977-2987. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beiying Liu, Kwokyin Hui, and Feng Qin

Thermodynamics of Heat Activation of Single Capsaicin Ion Channels VR1
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 2988-3006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard H. Henchman, Hai-Long Wang, Steven M. Sine, Palmer Taylor, and J. Andrew McCammon

Asymmetric Structural Motions of the Homomeric 7 Nicotinic Receptor Ligand Binding Domain Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3007-3018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacopo Magistretti, David S. Ragsdale, and Angel Alonso

Kinetic Diversity of Single-Channel Burst Openings Underlying Persistent Na⁺ Current in Entorhinal Cortex Neurons
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3019-3034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

Ralf Richter, Anneke Mukhopadhyay, and Alain Brisson

Pathways of Lipid Vesicle Deposition on Solid Surfaces: A Combined QCM-D and AFM Study
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3035-3047. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ethan C. Smith, Jonathan M. Crane, Ted G. Laderas, and Stephen B. Hall

Metastability of a Supercompressed Fluid Monolayer
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3048-3057. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ingrid J. Vereyken, Vladimir Chupin, Akhmed Islamov, Alexander Kuklin, Dirk K. Hincha, and Ben de Kruijff

The Effect of Fructan on the Phospholipid Organization in the Dry State
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3058-3065. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. N. Orth, J. Kameoka, W. R. Zipfel, B. Ilic, W. W. Webb, T. G. Clark, and H. G. Craighead

Creating Biological Membranes on the Micron Scale: Forming Patterned Lipid Bilayers Using a Polymer Lift-Off Technique
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3066-3073. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sarah L. Veatch and Sarah L. Keller

Separation of Liquid Phases in Giant Vesicles of Ternary Mixtures of Phospholipids and Cholesterol
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3074-3083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. Misquitta and M. Caffrey

Detergents Destabilize the Cubic Phase of Monoolein: Implications for Membrane Protein Crystallization
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3084-3096. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]  

Lillian E. Fisher, Donald M. Engelman, and James N. Sturgis

Effect of Detergents on the Association of the Glycophorin A Transmembrane Helix
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3097-3105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catarina Madeira, Luís M. S. Loura, M. Raquel Aires-Barros, Aleksander Fedorov, and Manuel Prieto

Characterization of DNA/Lipid Complexes by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3106-3119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Mixed Bilayer Containing Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine and Dipalmitoylphosphatidylserine: Lipid Complexation, Ion Binding, and Electrostatics
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3120-3131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

R. Candau, B. Iorga, F. Travers, T. Barman, and C. Lionne

At Physiological Temperatures the ATPase Rates of Shortening Soleus and Psoas Myofibrils Are Similar
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3132-3141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Trombitás, Y. Wu, M. McNabb, M. Greaser, M. S. Z. Kellermayer, S. Labeit, and H. Granzier

Molecular Basis of Passive Stress Relaxation in Human Soleus Fibers: Assessment of the Role of Immunoglobulin-Like Domain Unfolding
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3142-3153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Syed Rashel Kabir, Keiichi Yokoyama, Koshin Mihashi, Takao Kodama, and Makoto Suzuki

Hyper-Mobile Water Is Induced around Actin Filaments
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3154-3161. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

Velautham Sivakumar, Ruili Wang, and Gary Hastings

Photo-Oxidation of P740, the Primary Electron Donor in Photosystem I from Acaryochloris marina
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3162-3172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

V. I. Prokhorenko, D. B. Steensgaard, and A. R. Holzwarth

Exciton Theory for Supramolecular Chlorosomal Aggregates: 1. Aggregate Size Dependence of the Linear Spectra
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3173-3186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Tuhin Ghosh, Shekhar Garde, and Angel E. García

Role of Backbone Hydration and Salt-Bridge Formation in Stability of -Helix in Solution
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3187-3193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fei Sun, Pengyun Li, Yi Ding, Liwei Wang, Mark Bartlam, Cuilin Shu, Beifen Shen, Hualiang Jiang, Song Li, and Zihe Rao

Design and Structure-Based Study of New Potential FKBP12 Inhibitors
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3194-3201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Speziale, F. Jiang, C. L. Caylor, S. Kriminski, C.-S. Zha, R. E. Thorne, and T. S. Duffy

Sound Velocity and Elasticity of Tetragonal Lysozyme Crystals by Brillouin Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3202-3213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edi Gabellieri and Giovanni B. Strambini

Perturbation of Protein Tertiary Structure in Frozen Solutions Revealed by 1-Anilino-8-Naphthalene Sulfonate Fluorescence
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3214-3220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Mohan, Neeti Sinha, and Sandra J. Smith-Gill

Modeling the Binding Sites of Anti-Hen Egg White Lysozyme Antibodies HyHEL-8 and HyHEL-26: An Insight into the Molecular Basis of Antibody Cross-Reactivity and Specificity
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3221-3236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brenda L. Danek and Anne Skaja Robinson

Nonnative Interactions between Cysteines Direct Productive Assembly of P22 Tailspike Protein
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3237-3247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hong Yan and Xiubei Liao

Amino Acid Substitutions in a Long Flexible Sequence Influence Thermodynamics and Internal Dynamic Properties of Winged Helix Protein Genesis and Its DNA Complex
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3248-3254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paulo Roberto Louzada, Adriano Sebollela, Marcelo E. Scaramello, and Sérgio T. Ferreira

Predissociated Dimers and Molten Globule Monomers in the Equilibrium Unfolding of Yeast Glutathione Reductase
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3255-3261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Man Liu and Andreas Barth

TNP-AMP Binding to the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca²⁺-ATPase Studied by Infrared Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3262-3270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrzej Kolinski, Piotr Klein, Piotr Romiszowski, and Jeffrey Skolnick

Unfolding of Globular Proteins: Monte Carlo Dynamics of a Realistic Reduced Model
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3271-3278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tao Zhang and Jonas S. Johansson

An Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Study on the Binding of Four Volatile General Anesthetics to the Hydrophobic Core of a Four--Helix Bundle Protein
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3279-3285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard Law, George Liao, Sandy Harper, Guoliang Yang, David W. Speicher, and Dennis E. Discher

Pathway Shifts and Thermal Softening in Temperature-Coupled Forced Unfolding of Spectrin Domains
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3286-3293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Alena M. Lieto, Randall C. Cush, and Nancy L. Thompson

Ligand-Receptor Kinetics Measured by Total Internal Reflection with Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3294-3302. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stéphane Marchal, Hazel Mary Girvan, Antonius C. F. Gorren, Bernd Mayer, Andrew William Munro, Claude Balny, and Reinhard Lange

Formation of Transient Oxygen Complexes of Cytochrome P450 BM3 and Nitric Oxide Synthase under High Pressure
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3303-3309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexey N. Bashkatov, Elina A. Genina, Yuri P. Sinichkin, Vyacheslav I. Kochubey, Nina A. Lakodina, and Valery V. Tuchin

Glucose and Mannitol Diffusion in Human Dura Mater
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3310-3318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Feng-Song Wang, Can-Wen Liu, Thomas J. Diefenbach, and Daniel G. Jay

Modeling the Role of Myosin 1c in Neuronal Growth Cone Turning
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3319-3328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christianne Gaudet, William A. Marganski, Sooyoung Kim, Christopher T. Brown, Vaibhavi Gunderia, Micah Dembo, and Joyce Y. Wong

Influence of Type I Collagen Surface Density on Fibroblast Spreading, Motility, and Contractility
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3329-3335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hélène Karcher, Jan Lammerding, Hayden Huang, Richard T. Lee, Roger D. Kamm, and Mohammad R. Kaazempur-Mofrad

A Three-Dimensional Viscoelastic Model for Cell Deformation with Experimental Verification
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3336-3349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine M. O'Reilly, Kevin E. Fogarty, Robert M. Drummond, Richard A. Tuft, and John V. Walsh, Jr.

Quantitative Analysis of Spontaneous Mitochondrial Depolarizations
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3350-3357. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOENERGETICS:

Olga Vergun, Tatyana V. Votyakova, and Ian J. Reynolds

Spontaneous Changes in Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in Single Isolated Brain Mitochondria
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3358-3366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kiyoshi Ozawa, Yuki Takayama, Fumiko Yasukawa, Tomoaki Ohmura, Michael A. Cusanovich, Yusuke Tomimoto, Hideaki Ogata, Yoshiki Higuchi, and Hideo Akutsu

Role of the Aromatic Ring of Tyr43 in Tetraheme Cytochrome c₃ from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Miyazaki F
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3367-3374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

Yuri V. Pankratov and Oleg A. Krishtal

Distinct Quantal Features of AMPA and NMDA Synaptic Currents in Hippocampal Neurons: Implication of Glutamate Spillover and Receptor Saturation
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3375-3387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]  

S. Despa, F. Brette, C. H. Orchard, and D. M. Bers

Na/Ca Exchange and Na/K-ATPase Function Are Equally Concentrated in Transverse Tubules of Rat Ventricular Myocytes
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3388-3396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

OTHER:

Fernando D. Marengo and Jonathan R. Monck

Spatial Distribution of Ca²⁺ Signals during Repetitive Depolarizing Stimuli in Adrenal Chromaffin Cells
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3397-3417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Richard M. Neumann

On the Precise Meaning of Extension in the Interpretation of Polymer-Chain Stretching Experiments
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3418-3420. [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTIONS:

Correction
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3421(5) [Full Text] [PDF]  

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