BIOPHYSICAL LETTERS:

Peter L. Freddolino, Feng Liu, Martin Gruebele, and Klaus Schulten

Ten-Microsecond Molecular Dynamics Simulation of a Fast-Folding WW Domain
Biophys. J. 2008 94: L75-L77; Published ahead of print on March 13, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.108.131565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Vesna Vuksanovic, Lawrence William Sheppard, and Aneta Stefanovska

Nonlinear Relationship between Level of Blood Flow and Skin Temperature for Different Dynamics of Temperature Change
Biophys. J. 2008 94: L78-L80; Published ahead of print on March 13, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.127860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW AND NOTABLE:

Adam Curtis

"Shimmying Like My Sister" Cell
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3741(10) [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

M. G. Wolf and S. W. de Leeuw

Fast In Silico Protein Folding by Introduction of Alternating Hydrogen Bond Potentials
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3742-3747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas Ridgway, Gordon Broderick, Ana Lopez-Campistrous, Melania Ru'aini, Philip Winter, Matthew Hamilton, Pierre Boulanger, Andriy Kovalenko, and Michael J. Ellison

Coarse-Grained Molecular Simulation of Diffusion and Reaction Kinetics in a Crowded Virtual Cytoplasm
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3748-3759; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.116053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rita S. Dias and Per Linse

Colloid Adsorption onto Responsive Membranes
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3760-3768; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.118877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guanglei Cui and Kenneth M. Merz, Jr.

The Intrinsic Dynamics and Function of Nickel-Binding Regulatory Protein: Insights from Elastic Network Analysis
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3769-3778; Published ahead of print on January 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.115576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ivana Adamovic, Srboljub M. Mijailovich, and Martin Karplus

The Elastic Properties of the Structurally Characterized Myosin II S2 Subdomain: A Molecular Dynamics and Normal Mode Analysis
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3779-3789; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.122028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

P. Decuzzi and M. Ferrari

The Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis of Nonspherical Particles
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3790-3797; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.120238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan C. DeSensi, David P. Rangel, Albert H. Beth, Terry P. Lybrand, and Eric J. Hustedt

Simulation of Nitroxide Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectra from Brownian Trajectories and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3798-3809; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Zajac, Brian Dacanay, William A. Mohler, and Charles W. Wolgemuth

Depolymerization-Driven Flow in Nematode Spermatozoa Relates Crawling Speed to Size and Shape
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3810-3823; Published ahead of print on January 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.120980. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Karina Kubiak and Wieslaw Nowak

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Photoactive Protein Nitrile Hydratase
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3824-3838; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.116665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Yueheng Lan and Garegin A. Papoian

The Stochastic Dynamics of Filopodial Growth
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3839-3852; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.123778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wenjun Zheng

A Unification of the Elastic Network Model and the Gaussian Network Model for Optimal Description of Protein Conformational Motions and Fluctuations
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3853-3857; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125831. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatiana Domratcheva, Bella L. Grigorenko, Ilme Schlichting, and Alexander V. Nemukhin

Molecular Models Predict Light-Induced Glutamine Tautomerization in BLUF Photoreceptors
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3872-3879; Published ahead of print on February 8, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.124172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Taesung Kim, Ming-Tse Kao, Ernest F. Hasselbrink, and Edgar Meyhöfer

Nanomechanical Model of Microtubule Translocation in the Presence of Electric Fields
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3880-3892; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.112755. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND ELECTRICAL SIGNALING:

Carlos Alonso-Ron, Pilar de la Peña, Pablo Miranda, Pedro Domínguez, and Francisco Barros

Thermodynamic and Kinetic Properties of Amino-Terminal and S4-S5 Loop HERG Channel Mutants under Steady-State Conditions
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3893-3911; Published ahead of print on January 25, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.116731. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

Marcel Vrânceanu, Karin Winkler, Hermann Nirschl, and Gero Leneweit

Surface Rheology and Phase Transitions of Monolayers of Phospholipid/Cholesterol Mixtures
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3924-3934; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.104851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aden Hodzic, Michael Rappolt, Heinz Amenitsch, Peter Laggner, and Georg Pabst

Differential Modulation of Membrane Structure and Fluctuations by Plant Sterols and Cholesterol
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3935-3944; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.123224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rob B. M. Koehorst, Ruud B. Spruijt, and Marcus A. Hemminga

Site-Directed Fluorescence Labeling of a Membrane Protein with BADAN: Probing Protein Topology and Local Environment
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3945-3955; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark K. Doeven, Geert van den Bogaart, Victor Krasnikov, and Bert Poolman

Probing Receptor-Translocator Interactions in the Oligopeptide ABC Transporter by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3956-3965; Published ahead of print on January 22, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.120964. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adam Cohen Simonsen

Activation of Phospholipase A₂ by Ternary Model Membranes
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3966-3975; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.114363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew A. Churchward, Tatiana Rogasevskaia, David M. Brandman, Houman Khosravani, Phillip Nava, Jeffrey K. Atkinson, and Jens R. Coorssen

Specific Lipids Supply Critical Negative Spontaneous Curvature—An Essential Component of Native Ca²⁺-Triggered Membrane Fusion
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3976-3986; Published ahead of print on January 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.123984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

D. P. Siegel and B. G. Tenchov

Influence of the Lamellar Phase Unbinding Energy on the Relative Stability of Lamellar and Inverted Cubic Phases
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3987-3995; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.118034. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Derek Marsh

Energetics of Hydrophobic Matching in Lipid-Protein Interactions
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 3996-4013; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

Kenji Kikushima and Ritsu Kamiya

Clockwise Translocation of Microtubules by Flagellar Inner-Arm Dyneins In Vitro
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4014-4019; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.123083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

Alisa Rupenyan, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, Jos C. Arents, Rienk van Grondelle, Klaas Hellingwerf, and Marie Louise Groot

Characterization of the Primary Photochemistry of Proteorhodopsin with Femtosecond Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4020-4030; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

PROTEINS:

Luciana Esposito, Antonella Paladino, Carlo Pedone, and Luigi Vitagliano

Insights into Structure, Stability, and Toxicity of Monomeric and Aggregated Polyglutamine Models from Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4031-4040; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.118935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Joan Torrent, Stéphane Marchal, Marc Ribó, Maria Vilanova, Cédric Georges, Yves Dupont, and Reinhard Lange

Distinct Unfolding and Refolding Pathways of Ribonuclease A Revealed by Heating and Cooling Temperature Jumps
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4056-4065; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.123893. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katia C. U. Mugnol, Rômulo A. Ando, Rafael Y. Nagayasu, Adelaide Faljoni-Alario, Sergio Brochsztain, Paulo S. Santos, Otaciro R. Nascimento, and Iseli L. Nantes

Spectroscopic, Structural, and Functional Characterization of the Alternative Low-Spin State of Horse Heart Cytochrome c
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4066-4077; Published ahead of print on January 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.116483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Suwipa Saen-Oon, Mahmoud Ghanem, Vern L. Schramm, and Steven D. Schwartz

Remote Mutations and Active Site Dynamics Correlate with Catalytic Properties of Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4078-4088; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Andrew I. Shevchuk, Phil Hobson, Max J. Lab, David Klenerman, Nina Krauzewicz, and Yuri E. Korchev

Imaging Single Virus Particles on the Surface of Cell Membranes by High-Resolution Scanning Surface Confocal Microscopy
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4089-4094; Published ahead of print on January 16, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.112524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jin Hyoung Kim, Jeong Hun Kim, Bum Ju Ahn, Jae-Hwan Park, Hyun Kyong Shon, Young Suk Yu, Dae Won Moon, Tae Geol Lee, and Kyu-Won Kim

Label-Free Calcium Imaging in Ischemic Retinal Tissue by TOF-SIMS
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4095-4102; Published ahead of print on January 28, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.119800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jelle Hendrix, Cristina Flors, Peter Dedecker, Johan Hofkens, and Yves Engelborghs

Dark States in Monomeric Red Fluorescent Proteins Studied by Fluorescence Correlation and Single Molecule Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4103-4113; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.123596. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Anne Pierres, Anne-Marie Benoliel, Dominique Touchard, and Pierre Bongrand

How Cells Tiptoe on Adhesive Surfaces before Sticking
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4114-4122; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Somen Saha, Lin Ji, Juan J. de Pablo, and Sean P. Palecek

TGFβ/Activin/Nodal Pathway in Inhibition of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation by Mechanical Strain
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4123-4133; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.119891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James Evans, Walter Gratzer, Narla Mohandas, Kim Parker, and John Sleep

Fluctuations of the Red Blood Cell Membrane: Relation to Mechanical Properties and Lack of ATP Dependence
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4134-4144; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.117952. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

OTHER:

Suman Nag, J. Balaji, P. K. Madhu, and S. Maiti

Intermolecular Association Provides Specific Optical and NMR Signatures for Serotonin at Intravesicular Concentrations
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4145-4153; Published ahead of print on January 30, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORRECTION:

Correction:
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 4154(10) [Full Text] [PDF]  

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