RETRACTION:

Laura Zonia and José Feijó

State and Spectral Properties of Chloride Oscillations in Pollen
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3425(6) [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW AND NOTABLE:

Bob Eisenberg

Why Can't Protons Move through Water Channels?
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3427-3428. [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. M. Fung

New Angles for NMR Studies of Biological Molecules
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3429-3430. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Amit Kessel, Dalit Shental-Bechor, Turkan Haliloglu, and Nir Ben-Tal

Interactions of Hydrophobic Peptides with Lipid Bilayers: Monte Carlo Simulations with M2
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3431-3444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanna Sarzynska, Lennart Nilsson, and Tadeusz Kulinski

Effects of Base Substitutions in an RNA Hairpin from Molecular Dynamics and Free Energy Simulations
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3445-3459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thorsten Pöschel, Nikolai V. Brilliantov, and Cornelius Frömmel

Kinetics of Prion Growth
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3460-3474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johan Ulander and A. D. J. Haymet

Permeation Across Hydrated DPPC Lipid Bilayers: Simulation of the Titrable Amphiphilic Drug Valproic Acid
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3475-3484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Rinaldo and Martin J. Field

A Computational Study of the Open and Closed Forms of the N-Lobe Human Serum Transferrin Apoprotein
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3485-3501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]  

Ahmet Tezel and Samir Mitragotri

Interactions of Inertial Cavitation Bubbles with Stratum Corneum Lipid Bilayers during Low-Frequency Sonophoresis
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3502-3512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hongxing Lei and Paul E. Smith

The Role of the Unfolded State in Hairpin Stability
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3513-3520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akira R. Kinjo and Shoji Takada

Competition between Protein Folding and Aggregation with Molecular Chaperones in Crowded Solutions: Insight from Mesoscopic Simulations
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3521-3531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xueping Yu and A. E. Carlsson

Multiscale Study of Counterion-Induced Attraction and Bundle Formation of F-Actin Using an Ising-like Mean-Field Model
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3532-3543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph P. Zbilut, Alfredo Colosimo, Filippo Conti, Mauro Colafranceschi, Cesare Manetti, MariaCristina Valerio, Charles L. Webber, Jr., and Alessandro Giuliani

Protein Aggregation/Folding: The Role of Deterministic Singularities of Sequence Hydrophobicity as Determined by Nonlinear Signal Analysis of Acylphosphatase and Aß(1–40)
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3544-3557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. C. Mazzag, I. B. Zhulin, and A. Mogilner

Model of Bacterial Band Formation in Aerotaxis
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3558-3574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Damián E. Strier, Alejandra C. Ventura, and Silvina Ponce Dawson

Saltatory and Continuous Calcium Waves and the Rapid Buffering Approximation
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3575-3586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evan T. Powers and David L. Powers

A Perspective on Mechanisms of Protein Tetramer Formation
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3587-3599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhilin Qu, W. Robb MacLellan, and James N. Weiss

Dynamics of the Cell Cycle: Checkpoints, Sizers, and Timers
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3600-3611. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David R. Nutt and Markus Meuwly

Theoretical Investigation of Infrared Spectra and Pocket Dynamics of Photodissociated Carbonmonoxy Myoglobin
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3612-3623. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. W. Chiu, S. Vasudevan, Eric Jakobsson, R. Jay Mashl, and H. Larry Scott

Structure of Sphingomyelin Bilayers: A Simulation Study
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3624-3636. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amadeu K. Sum and Juan J. de Pablo

Molecular Simulation Study on the Influence of Dimethylsulfoxide on the Structure of Phospholipid Bilayers
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3636-3645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana Caballero-Herrera and Lennart Nilsson

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the E1/E2 Transmembrane Domain of the Semliki Forest Virus
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3646-3658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lazaros Batsilas, Alexander M. Berezhkovskii, and Stanislav Y. Shvartsman

Stochastic Model of Autocrine and Paracrine Signals in Cell Culture Assays
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3659-3665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. Shiferaw, M. A. Watanabe, A. Garfinkel, J. N. Weiss, and A. Karma

Model of Intracellular Calcium Cycling in Ventricular Myocytes
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3666-3686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amit Kessel, Turkan Haliloglu, and Nir Ben-Tal

Interactions of the M2 Segment of the Acetylcholine Receptor with Lipid Bilayers: A Continuum-Solvent Model Study
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3687-3695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anton Burykin and Arieh Warshel

What Really Prevents Proton Transport through Aquaporin? Charge Self-Energy versus Proton Wire Proposals
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3696-3706. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND TRANSPORTERS:

Promod R. Pratap, Oana Dediu, and G. Ulrich Nienhaus

FTIR Study of ATP-Induced Changes in Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase from Duck Supraorbital Glands
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3707-3717. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ekaterina M. Nestorovich, Tatiana K. Rostovtseva, and Sergey M. Bezrukov

Residue Ionization and Ion Transport through OmpF Channels
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3718-3729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carsten Kettner, Adam Bertl, Gerhard Obermeyer, Clifford Slayman, and Hermann Bihler

Electrophysiological Analysis of the Yeast V-Type Proton Pump: Variable Coupling Ratio and Proton Shunt
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3730-3738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David C. Sheridan, Leah Carbonneau, Chris A. Ahern, Priya Nataraj, and Roberto Coronado

Ca²⁺-Dependent Excitation-Contraction Coupling Triggered by the Heterologous Cardiac/Brain DHPR ß2a-Subunit in Skeletal Myotubes
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3739-3757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

Dag Scherfeld, Nicoletta Kahya, and Petra Schwille

Lipid Dynamics and Domain Formation in Model Membranes Composed of Ternary Mixtures of Unsaturated and Saturated Phosphatidylcholines and Cholesterol
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3758-3768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Asier Sáez-Cirión, José L. R. Arrondo, María J. Gómara, Maier Lorizate, Ibón Iloro, Grigory Melikyan, and José L. Nieva

Structural and Functional Roles of HIV-1 gp41 Pretransmembrane Sequence Segmentation
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3769-3780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julie Saccani, S. Castano, B. Desbat, and D. Blaudez

A Phospholipid Bilayer Supported under a Polymerized Langmuir Film
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3781-3787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xin-Min Li, Maureen M. Momsen, Howard L. Brockman, and Rhoderick E. Brown

Sterol Structure and Sphingomyelin Acyl Chain Length Modulate Lateral Packing Elasticity and Detergent Solubility in Model Membranes
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3788-3801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charlotte L. Hanson, Leopold L. Ilag, Jonathan Malo, Danny M. Hatters, Geoffrey J. Howlett, and Carol V. Robinson

Phospholipid Complexation and Association with Apolipoprotein C-II: Insights from Mass Spectrometry
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3802-3812. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tom Shemesh, Alberto Luini, Vivek Malhotra, Koert N. J. Burger, and Michael M. Kozlov

Prefission Constriction of Golgi Tubular Carriers Driven by Local Lipid Metabolism: A Theoretical Model
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3813-3827. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simon J. Alvis, Ian M. Williamson, J. Malcolm East, and Anthony G. Lee

Interactions of Anionic Phospholipids and Phosphatidylethanolamine with the Potassium Channel KcsA
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3828-3838. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Markus Johnsson and Katarina Edwards

Liposomes, Disks, and Spherical Micelles: Aggregate Structure in Mixtures of Gel Phase Phosphatidylcholines and Poly(Ethylene Glycol)-Phospholipids
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3839-3847. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anita I. Kishore and James H. Prestegard

Molecular Orientation and Conformation of Phosphatidylinositides in Membrane Mimetics Using Variable Angle Sample Spinning (VASS) NMR
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3848-3857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NUCLEIC ACIDS:

Ulrich Rant, Kenji Arinaga, Tsuyoshi Fujiwara, Shozo Fujita, Marc Tornow, Naoki Yokoyama, and Gerhard Abstreiter

Excessive Counterion Condensation on Immobilized ssDNA in Solutions of High Ionic Strength
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3858-3864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bae Wook Lee, Seok Joon Moon, Mi Ryung Youn, Jae Hyung Kim, Ho G. Jang, and Seog K. Kim

DNA Mediated Resonance Energy Transfer from 4',6-Diamidino-2-Phenylindole to [Ru(1,10-Phenanthroline)₂L]²⁺
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3865-3871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

Bas Gobets, Leonas Valkunas, and Rienk van Grondelle

Bridging the Gap between Structural and Lattice Models: A Parameterization of Energy Transfer and Trapping in Photosystem I
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3872-3882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bas Gobets, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, Frank van Mourik, Jan P. Dekker, and Rienk van Grondelle

Excitation Wavelength Dependence of the Fluorescence Kinetics in Photosystem I Particles from Synechocystis PCC 6803 and Synechococcus elongatus
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3883-3898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]  

Marc G. Müller, Jens Niklas, Wolfgang Lubitz, and Alfred R. Holzwarth

Ultrafast Transient Absorption Studies on Photosystem I Reaction Centers from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. 1. A New Interpretation of the Energy Trapping and Early Electron Transfer Steps in Photosystem I
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3899-3922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert C. Jennings, Flavio M. Garlaschi, and Giuseppe Zucchelli

Excited State Trapping and the Stepanov Relation with Reference to Photosystem I
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3923-3927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

S. Kanjilal, N. Taulier, J.-Y. Le Huérou, M. Gindre, W. Urbach, and M. Waks

Ultrasonic Studies of Alcohol-Induced Transconformation in ß-Lactoglobulin: The Intermediate State
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3928-3934. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa Bergeron, Luis F. Filobelo, Oleg Galkin, and Peter G. Vekilov

Thermodynamics of the Hydrophobicity in Crystallization of Insulin
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3935-3942. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geoffrey J. Brownsey, Timothy R. Noel, Roger Parker, and Stephen G. Ring

The Glass Transition Behavior of the Globular Protein Bovine Serum Albumin
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3943-3950. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexandre Chigaev, Tione Buranda, Denise C. Dwyer, Eric R. Prossnitz, and Larry A. Sklar

FRET Detection of Cellular ₄-Integrin Conformational Activation
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3951-3962. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nitin Rathore, Thomas A. Knotts, IV, and Juan J. de Pablo

Configurational Temperature Density of States Simulations of Proteins
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3963-3968. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SUPERMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES:

Edwin Pozharski and Robert C. MacDonald

Lipoplex Thermodynamics: Determination of DNA-Cationic Lipoid Interaction Energies
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3969-3978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Danny M. Hatters, Christopher A. MacRaild, Rob Daniels, Walraj S. Gosal, Neil H. Thomson, Jonathan A. Jones, Jason J. Davis, Cait E. MacPhee, Christopher M. Dobson, and Geoffrey J. Howlett

The Circularization of Amyloid Fibrils Formed by Apolipoprotein C-II
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3979-3990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Jacques Boutet de Monvel, Eric Scarfone, Sophie Le Calvez, and Mats Ulfendahl

Image-Adaptive Deconvolution for Three-Dimensional Deep Biological Imaging
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 3991-4001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Indu R. Chandrashekar and Sudha M. Cowsik

Three-Dimensional Structure of the Mammalian Tachykinin Peptide Neurokinin A Bound to Lipid Micelles
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 4002-4011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]  

Jochen Felix Kepert, Katalin Fejes Tóth, Maïwen Caudron, Norbert Mücke, Jörg Langowski, and Karsten Rippe

Conformation of Reconstituted Mononucleosomes and Effect of Linker Histone H1 Binding Studied by Scanning Force Microscopy
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 4012-4022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mingtao Ge and Jack H. Freed

Hydration, Structure, and Molecular Interactions in the Headgroup Region of Dioleoylphosphatidylcholine Bilayers: An Electron Spin Resonance Study
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 4023-4040. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jing Z. Liu, Lu D. Zhang, and Guang H. Yue

Fractal Dimension in Human Cerebellum Measured by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 4041-4046. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Fittipaldi, Roberto A. Steiner, Michio Matsushita, Bauke W. Dijkstra, Edgar J. J. Groenen, and Martina Huber

Single-Crystal EPR Study at 95 GHz of the Type 2 Copper Site of the Inhibitor-Bound Quercetin 2,3-Dioxygenase
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 4047-4054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Zawisza, A. Lachenwitzer, V. Zamlynny, S. L. Horswell, J. D. Goddard, and J. Lipkowski

Electrochemical and Photon Polarization Modulation Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy Study of the Electric Field Driven Transformations of a Phospholipid Bilayer Supported at a Gold Electrode Surface
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 4055-4075. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Prisca Schär-Zammaretti and Job Ubbink

The Cell Wall of Lactic Acid Bacteria: Surface Constituents and Macromolecular Conformations
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 4076-4092. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rainer D. Jäggi, Alfredo Franco-Obregón, and Klaus Ensslin

Quantitative Topographical Analysis of Nuclear Pore Complex Function Using Scanning Force Microscopy
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 4093-4098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Anand Kumar, Jing-fei Dong, Jenny A. Thaggard, Miguel A. Cruz, José A. López, and Larry V. McIntire

Kinetics of GPIb-vWF-A1 Tether Bond under Flow: Effect of GPIb Mutations on the Association and Dissociation Rates
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 4099-4109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian E. G. Morrison, Ioannis Karakikes, Rosamund E. Barber, Nelson Fernández, and Richard J. Cherry

Detecting and Quantifying Colocalization of Cell Surface Molecules by Single Particle Fluorescence Imaging
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 4110-4121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Na Ni, Christopher G. Kevil, Daniel C. Bullard, and Dennis F. Kucik

Avidity Modulation Activates Adhesion under Flow and Requires Cooperativity among Adhesion Receptors
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 4122-4133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

Mark-Anthony Bray and John P. Wikswo

Examination of Optical Depth Effects on Fluorescence Imaging of Cardiac Propagation
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 4134-4145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Remus Thei Dame and Gijs J. L. Wuite

On the Role of H-NS in the Organization of Bacterial Chromatin: From Bulk to Single Molecules and Back...
Biophys. J. 2003 85: 4146-4148. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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