BIOPHYSICAL LETTERS:

Tatiana K. Rostovtseva, Horia I. Petrache, Namdar Kazemi, Elnaz Hassanzadeh, and Sergey M. Bezrukov

Interfacial Polar Interactions Affect Gramicidin Channel Kinetics
Biophys. J. 2008 94: L23-L25; Published ahead of print on November 30, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.120261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Jonathan M. Bélisle, Santiago Costantino, Mara L. Leimanis, Marie-Josée Bellemare, D. Scott Bohle, Elias Georges, and Paul W. Wiseman

Sensitive Detection of Malaria Infection by Third Harmonic Generation Imaging
Biophys. J. 2008 94: L26-L28; Published ahead of print on December 7, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.125443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Claude Bédard and Alain Destexhe

A Modified Cable Formalism for Modeling Neuronal Membranes at High Frequencies
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1133-1143; Published ahead of print on October 5, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.113571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roie Shlomovitz and Nir S. Gov

Physical Model of Contractile Ring Initiation in Dividing Cells
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1155-1168; Published ahead of print on November 2, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.111351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dirk Gillespie

Energetics of Divalent Selectivity in a Calcium Channel: The Ryanodine Receptor Case Study
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1169-1184; Published ahead of print on October 19, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.116798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Hugh Nymeyer and Huan-Xiang Zhou

A Method to Determine Dielectric Constants in Nonhomogeneous Systems: Application to Biological Membranes
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1185-1193; Published ahead of print on October 19, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.117770. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Javier Cervera, Alexander G. Komarov, and Vicente M. Aguilella

Rectification Properties and pH-Dependent Selectivity of Meningococcal Class 1 Porin
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1194-1202; Published ahead of print on October 26, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.116186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos Salazar, Antonio Zaccaria Politi, and Thomas Höfer

Decoding of Calcium Oscillations by Phosphorylation Cycles: Analytic Results
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1203-1215; Published ahead of print on October 5, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.113084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Mahadevan and D. R. Lovley

The Degree of Redundancy in Metabolic Genes Is Linked to Mode of Metabolism
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1216-1220; Published ahead of print on November 2, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.118414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian I. Hong, Ingunn W. Jolma, Jennifer J. Loros, Jay C. Dunlap, and Peter Ruoff

Simulating Dark Expressions and Interactions of frq and wc-1 in the Neurospora Circadian Clock
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1221-1232; Published ahead of print on October 26, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.115154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Shahid Qamar, Phil M. Williams, and S. M. Lindsay

Can an Atomic Force Microscope Sequence DNA Using a Nanopore?
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1233-1240; Published ahead of print on October 26, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.108670. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND ELECTRICAL SIGNALING:

Yu. A. Kaulin, J. A. De Santiago-Castillo, C. A. Rocha, and M. Covarrubias

Mechanism of the Modulation of Kv4:KChIP-1 Channels by External K⁺
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1241-1251; Published ahead of print on October 19, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.117796. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Andriy Anishkin, Bradley Akitake, and Sergei Sukharev

Characterization of the Resting MscS: Modeling and Analysis of the Closed Bacterial Mechanosensitive Channel of Small Conductance
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1252-1266; Published ahead of print on November 2, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.110171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Jan Barghaan, Magdalini Tozakidou, Heimo Ehmke, and Robert Bähring

Role of N-Terminal Domain and Accessory Subunits in Controlling Deactivation-Inactivation Coupling of Kv4.2 Channels
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1276-1294; Published ahead of print on November 2, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.111344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

MEMBRANES:

Conggang Li, Myunggi Yi, Jun Hu, Huan-Xiang Zhou, and Timothy A. Cross

Solid-State NMR and MD Simulations of the Antiviral Drug Amantadine Solubilized in DMPC Bilayers
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1295-1302; Published ahead of print on September 21, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.112482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tingting Liu, Tingting Wang, Edwin R. Chapman, and James C. Weisshaar

Productive Hemifusion Intermediates in Fast Vesicle Fusion Driven by Neuronal SNAREs
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1303-1314; Published ahead of print on October 19, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.107896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Suat Özdirekcan, Thomas K. M. Nyholm, Mobeen Raja, Dirk T. S. Rijkers, Rob M. J. Liskamp, and J. Antoinette Killian

Influence of Trifluoroethanol on Membrane Interfacial Anchoring Interactions of Transmembrane -Helical Peptides
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1315-1325; Published ahead of print on September 28, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.106.101782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ashley E. Garner, D. Alastair Smith, and Nigel M. Hooper

Visualization of Detergent Solubilization of Membranes: Implications for the Isolation of Rafts
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1326-1340; Published ahead of print on October 12, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.114108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

PHOTOBIOPHYSICS:

Julius Janusonis, Leonas Valkunas, Danielis Rutkauskas, and Rienk van Grondelle

Spectral Dynamics of Individual Bacterial Light-Harvesting Complexes: Alternative Disorder Model
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1348-1358; Published ahead of print on October 5, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.108431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yaowu Xiao, Mingsheng Guo, Peng Zhang, Ganesh Shanmugam, Prasad L. Polavarapu, and M. Shane Hutson

Wavelength-Dependent Conformational Changes in Collagen after Mid-Infrared Laser Ablation of Cornea
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1359-1366; Published ahead of print on October 12, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.114389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Lavanya Krishnan, Gaurav Sahni, Kanwal J. Kaur, and Dinakar M. Salunke

Role of Antibody Paratope Conformational Flexibility in the Manifestation of Molecular Mimicry
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1367-1376; Published ahead of print on November 21, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.108654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Nichola C. Garbett, James J. Miller, Alfred B. Jenson, and Jonathan B. Chaires

Calorimetry Outside the Box: A New Window into the Plasma Proteome
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1377-1383; Published ahead of print on October 19, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.119453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Erik Sedlák, Gabriel Zoldák, and Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede

Role of Copper in Thermal Stability of Human Ceruloplasmin
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1384-1391; Published ahead of print on October 26, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.113696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Tomonao Inobe, Kazunobu Takahashi, Kosuke Maki, Sawako Enoki, Kiyoto Kamagata, Akio Kadooka, Munehito Arai, and Kunihiro Kuwajima

Asymmetry of the GroEL-GroES Complex under Physiological Conditions as Revealed by Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1392-1402; Published ahead of print on November 2, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.114710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlo Guardiani, Fabio Cecconi, and Roberto Livi

Stability and Kinetic Properties of C5-Domain from Myosin Binding Protein C and its Mutants
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1403-1411; Published ahead of print on October 26, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.106625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Osman A. B. S. M. Gani, Olayiwola A. Adekoya, Laura Giurato, Francesca Spyrakis, Pietro Cozzini, Salvatore Guccione, Jan-Olof Winberg, and Ingebrigt Sylte

Theoretical Calculations of the Catalytic Triad in Short-Chain Alcohol Dehydrogenases/Reductases
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1412-1427; Published ahead of print on November 2, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.111096. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES:

Yufang Hu, Roya Zandi, Adriana Anavitarte, Charles M. Knobler, and William M. Gelbart

Packaging of a Polymer by a Viral Capsid: The Interplay between Polymer Length and Capsid Size
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1428-1436; Published ahead of print on November 2, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.117473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Zdenek Petrásek and Petra Schwille

Precise Measurement of Diffusion Coefficients using Scanning Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1437-1448; Published ahead of print on October 12, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.108811. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

A. Leray, K. Lillis, and J. Mertz

Enhanced Background Rejection in Thick Tissue with Differential-Aberration Two-Photon Microscopy
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1449-1458; Published ahead of print on October 19, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.111476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Maxine Jonas, Hayden Huang, Roger D. Kamm, and Peter T. C. So

Fast Fluorescence Laser Tracking Microrheometry, I: Instrument Development
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1459-1469; Published ahead of print on October 26, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.106.098111. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raja Paul, Patrick Heil, Joachim P. Spatz, and Ulrich S. Schwarz

Propagation of Mechanical Stress through the Actin Cytoskeleton toward Focal Adhesions: Model and Experiment
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1470-1482; Published ahead of print on October 12, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.108688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Mini Jose, Deepak K. Nair, Wilko D. Altrock, Thomas Dresbach, Eckart D. Gundelfinger, and Werner Zuschratter

Investigating Interactions Mediated by the Presynaptic Protein Bassoon in Living Cells by Foerster's Resonance Energy Transfer and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1483-1496; Published ahead of print on October 12, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.111674. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Bo Liu, Ming-Juan Qu, Kai-Rong Qin, He Li, Zhen-Kun Li, Bao-Rong Shen, and Zong-Lai Jiang

Role of Cyclic Strain Frequency in Regulating the Alignment of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells In Vitro
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1497-1507; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.106.098574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hongtao Chen, Jun Yang, Philip S. Low, and Ji-Xin Cheng

Cholesterol Level Regulates Endosome Motility via Rab Proteins
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1508-1520; Published ahead of print on November 2, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.106.099366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Charles Roduit, F. Gisou van der Goot, Paolo De Los Rios, Alexandre Yersin, Pascal Steiner, Giovanni Dietler, Stefan Catsicas, Frank Lafont, and Sandor Kasas

Elastic Membrane Heterogeneity of Living Cells Revealed by Stiff Nanoscale Membrane Domains
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1521-1532; Published ahead of print on November 2, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.112862. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

Joshua Cysyk and Leslie Tung

Electric Field Perturbations of Spiral Waves Attached to Millimeter-Size Obstacles
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1533-1541; Published ahead of print on October 5, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.116244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

COMMENTS TO THE EDITOR:

Jesús Pérez-Gil

Properly Interpreting Lipid-Protein Specificities in Pulmonary Surfactant
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1542-1543; Published ahead of print on November 30, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.113829. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hans-Joachim Galla

Interpretation of Spectroscopic Results
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1544(4) [Full Text] [PDF]  

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