BIOPHYSICAL LETTERS:

Rumi De, Assaf Zemel, and Samuel A. Safran

Do Cells Sense Stress or Strain? Measurement of Cellular Orientation Can Provide a Clue
Biophys. J. 2008 94: L29-L31; Published ahead of print on January 11, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.126060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Marcus D. Collins

Interleaflet Coupling Mechanisms in Bilayers of Lipids and Cholesterol
Biophys. J. 2008 94: L32-L34; Published ahead of print on December 20, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.124362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takahiro Iwasaki and Yu-li Wang

Cytoplasmic Force Gradient in Migrating Adhesive Cells
Biophys. J. 2008 94: L35-L37; Published ahead of print on January 11, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.124479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Geoffrey C. Rollins, Anton S. Petrov, and Stephen C. Harvey

The Role of DNA Twist in the Packaging of Viral Genomes
Biophys. J. 2008 94: L38-L40; Published ahead of print on January 11, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.126698. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Eugene P. Petrov and Petra Schwille

Translational Diffusion in Lipid Membranes beyond the Saffman-Delbrück Approximation
Biophys. J. 2008 94: L41-L43; Published ahead of print on January 11, 2008 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.126565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEW AND NOTABLE:

Anatoly B. Kolomeisky

How Polymers Translocate Through Pores: Memory is Important
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1547-1548; Published ahead of print on October 26, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.122770. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul H. Axelsen

A Chaotic Pore Model of Polypeptide Antibiotic Action
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1549-1550; Published ahead of print on December 7, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.124792. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOPHYSICAL THEORY AND MODELING:

Anne Marie S. Niehaus, Dionisios G. Vlachos, Jeremy S. Edwards, Petr Plechac, and Roger Tribe

Microscopic Simulation of Membrane Molecule Diffusion on Corralled Membrane Surfaces
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1551-1564; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.106484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olga Efimova and P. J. Hore

Role of Exchange and Dipolar Interactions in the Radical Pair Model of the Avian Magnetic Compass
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1565-1574; Published ahead of print on November 2, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.119362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lydia M. Contreras Martínez, Ernesto E. Borrero Quintana, Fernando A. Escobedo, and Matthew P. DeLisa

In Silico Protein Fragmentation Reveals the Importance of Critical Nuclei on Domain Reassembly
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1575-1588; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.119651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Christian Gorba, Osamu Miyashita, and Florence Tama

Normal-Mode Flexible Fitting of High-Resolution Structure of Biological Molecules toward One-Dimensional Low-Resolution Data
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1589-1599; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.122218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leyla Celik, Birgit Schiøtt, and Emad Tajkhorshid

Substrate Binding and Formation of an Occluded State in the Leucine Transporter
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1600-1612; Published ahead of print on November 16, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.117580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Craig C. Jolley, Stephen A. Wells, Petra Fromme, and M. F. Thorpe

Fitting Low-Resolution Cryo-EM Maps of Proteins Using Constrained Geometric Simulations
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1613-1621; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.115949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Da-wei Li, Haijun Yang, Li Han, and Shuanghong Huo

Predicting the Folding Pathway of Engrailed Homeodomain with a Probabilistic Roadmap Enhanced Reaction-Path Algorithm
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1622-1629; Published ahead of print on November 16, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.119214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Debabrata Panja and Gerard T. Barkema

Passage Times for Polymer Translocation Pulled through a Narrow Pore
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1630-1637; Published ahead of print on October 19, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.116434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND ELECTRICAL SIGNALING:

Takeshi Nomura, Masahiro Sokabe, and Kenjiro Yoshimura

Interaction between the Cytoplasmic and Transmembrane Domains of the Mechanosensitive Channel MscS
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1638-1645; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.114785. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amal K. Dutta, Yuri E. Korchev, Andrew I. Shevchuk, Seiji Hayashi, Yasunobu Okada, and Ravshan Z. Sabirov

Spatial Distribution of Maxi-Anion Channel on Cardiomyocytes Detected by Smart-Patch Technique
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1646-1655; Published ahead of print on November 16, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.117820. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chana Chantawansri, Nhi Huynh, Jun Yamanaka, Alan Garfinkel, Scott T. Lamp, Masashi Inoue, John H. B. Bridge, and Joshua I. Goldhaber

Effect of Metabolic Inhibition on Couplon Behavior in Rabbit Ventricular Myocytes
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1656-1666; Published ahead of print on November 16, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.114892. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEMBRANES:

Vasyl Bondarenko, Victor E. Yushmanov, Yan Xu, and Pei Tang

NMR Study of General Anesthetic Interaction with nAChR β₂ Subunit
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1681-1688; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.116772. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Phedra Marius, Michele Zagnoni, Mairi E. Sandison, J. Malcolm East, Hywel Morgan, and Anthony G. Lee

Binding of Anionic Lipids to at Least Three Nonannular Sites on the Potassium Channel KcsA is Required for Channel Opening
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1689-1698; Published ahead of print on November 16, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.117507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Y. Lee and M. Schick

Calculation of Free Energy Barriers to the Fusion of Small Vesicles
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1699-1706; Published ahead of print on November 16, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.119511. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MUSCLE AND CONTRACTILITY:

Robert W. Kensler and Samantha P. Harris

The Structure of Isolated Cardiac Myosin Thick Filaments from Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein-C Knockout Mice
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1707-1718; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.115899. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NUCLEIC ACIDS:

Yongjun Lu and Nancy C. Stellwagen

Monovalent Cation Binding by Curved DNA Molecules Containing Variable Numbers of A-Tracts
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1719-1725; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

J. Bishop, A. M. Chagovetz, and S. Blair

Kinetics of Multiplex Hybridization: Mechanisms and Implications
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1726-1734; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PROTEINS:

Victor Martin Bolanos-Garcia, Anne Renault, and Sylvie Beaufils

Surface Rheology and Adsorption Kinetics Reveal the Relative Amphiphilicity, Interfacial Activity, and Stability of Human Exchangeable Apolipoproteins
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1735-1745; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.115220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sheila G. Couto, M. Cristina Nonato, and Antonio J. Costa-Filho

Defects in Vesicle Core Induced by Escherichia coli Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1746-1753; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.120055. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mario de Oliveira Neto, José Ribamar Ferreira, Jr., Didier Colau, Hannes Fischer, Alessandro S. Nascimento, Aldo F. Craievich, Laure Dumoutier, Jean-Christophe Renauld, and Igor Polikarpov

Interleukin-22 Forms Dimers that are Recognized by Two Interleukin-22R1 Receptor Chains
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1754-1765; Published ahead of print on November 16, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.112664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oscar Moran, Manfred W. Roessle, Roy A. Mariuzza, and Nazzareno Dimasi

Structural Features of the Full-Length Adaptor Protein GADS in Solution Determined Using Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1766-1772; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.116590. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Nien-Jen Hu, Jeremy Bradshaw, Hans Lauter, Julia Buckingham, Egle Solito, and Andreas Hofmann

Membrane-Induced Folding and Structure of Membrane-Bound Annexin A1 N-Terminal Peptides: Implications for Annexin-Induced Membrane Aggregation
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1773-1781; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.119685. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES:

Céline Valéry, Emilie Pouget, Anjali Pandit, Jean-Marc Verbavatz, Luc Bordes, Isabelle Boisdé, Roland Cherif-Cheikh, Franck Artzner, and Maité Paternostre

Molecular Origin of the Self-Assembly of Lanreotide into Nanotubes: A Mutational Approach
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1782-1795; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.108175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sonia Huecas, Oscar Llorca, Jasminka Boskovic, Jaime Martín-Benito, José María Valpuesta, and José Manuel Andreu

Energetics and Geometry of FtsZ Polymers: Nucleated Self-Assembly of Single Protofilaments
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1796-1806; Published ahead of print on November 16, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.115493. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

Xiaoqun Mo, Yasuaki Hiromasa, Matt Warner, Ahlam N. Al-Rawi, Takeo Iwamoto, Talat S. Rahman, Xiuzhi Sun, and John M. Tomich

Design of 11-Residue Peptides with Unusual Biophysical Properties: Induced Secondary Structure in the Absence of Water
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1807-1817; Published ahead of print on November 16, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.118299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, OTHER TECHNIQUES:

Thomas la Cour Jansen and Jasper Knoester

Two-Dimensional Infrared Population Transfer Spectroscopy for Enhancing Structural Markers of Proteins
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1818-1825; Published ahead of print on November 2, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.118851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Colin Echeverría Aitken, R. Andrew Marshall, and Joseph D. Puglisi

An Oxygen Scavenging System for Improvement of Dye Stability in Single-Molecule Fluorescence Experiments
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1826-1835; Published ahead of print on October 5, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.117689. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]  

CELL BIOPHYSICS:

Guillaume T. Charras, Margaret Coughlin, Timothy J. Mitchison, and L. Mahadevan

Life and Times of a Cellular Bleb
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1836-1853; Published ahead of print on October 5, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.113605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Kajzar, C. M. Cesa, N. Kirchgeßner, B. Hoffmann, and R. Merkel

Toward Physiological Conditions for Cell Analyses: Forces of Heart Muscle Cells Suspended Between Elastic Micropillars
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1854-1866; Published ahead of print on November 2, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.115766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aleksey V. Zima, Eckard Picht, Donald M. Bers, and Lothar A. Blatter

Partial Inhibition of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca Release Evokes Long-Lasting Ca Release Events in Ventricular Myocytes: Role of Luminal Ca in Termination of Ca Release
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1867-1879; Published ahead of print on November 16, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.114694. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaoping Liu, Parthasarathy Srinivasan, Eric Collard, Paula Grajdeanu, Jay L. Zweier, and Avner Friedman

Nitric Oxide Diffusion Rate is Reduced in the Aortic Wall
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1880-1889; Published ahead of print on November 21, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.120626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOENERGETICS:

Roland Krivanek, Holger Dau, and Michael Haumann

Enthalpy Changes during Photosynthetic Water Oxidation Tracked by Time-Resolved Calorimetry Using a Photothermal Beam Deflection Technique
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1890-1903; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.117085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY:

G. Plank, A. Prassl, E. Hofer, and N. A. Trayanova

Evaluating Intramural Virtual Electrodes in the Myocardial Wedge Preparation: Simulations of Experimental Conditions
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1904-1915; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.121343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lauren D. Black, Philip G. Allen, Shirley M. Morris, Phillip J. Stone, and Béla Suki

Mechanical and Failure Properties of Extracellular Matrix Sheets as a Function of Structural Protein Composition
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1916-1929; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.107144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cyrus M. Ghajar, Xiaofang Chen, Joseph W. Harris, Vinod Suresh, Christopher C. W. Hughes, Noo Li Jeon, Andrew J. Putnam, and Steven C. George

The Effect of Matrix Density on the Regulation of 3-D Capillary Morphogenesis
Biophys. J. 2008 94: 1930-1941; Published ahead of print on November 9, 2007 as doi:10.1529/biophysj.107.120774. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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