Submissions from 2015
The Linkages Between Photosynthesis, Productivity, Growth and Biomass in Lowland Amazonian Forests, Yadvinder Malhi, Christopher E. Doughty, Gregory R. Goldsmith, Daniel B. Metcalfe, Cécile A.J. Girardin, Toby R. Marthews, Jhon del Aguila-Pasquel, Luiz E.O.C. Aragão, Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Paulo Brando, Antonino C.L. da Costa, Javier E. Silva-Espejo, Filio Farfán Amézquita, David R. Galbraith, Carlos A. Quesada, Wanderley Rocha, Norma Salinas-Revilla, Divino Silvério, Patrick Meir, and Oliver L. Phillips
Optical Laser-Induced CO Desorption from Ru(0001) Monitored with a Free-Electron X-ray Laser: DFT Prediction and X-ray Confirmation of a Precursor State, H. Öberg, J. Gladh, M. Dell'Angela, T. Anniyev, M. Beye, R. Coffee, A. Föhlisch, T. Katayama, S. Kaya, Jerry L. LaRue, A. Møgelhøj, D. Nordlund, H. Ogasawara, W. F. Schlotter, J. A. Sellberg, F. Sorgenfrei, J. J. Turner, M. Wolf, W. Wurth, H. Öström, A. Nilsson, J. K. Nørskov, and L. G. M. Pettersson
Probing the Transition State Region in Catalytic CO Oxidation on Ru, H. Öström, H. Öberg, H. Xin, Jerry L. LaRue, M. Beye, M. Dell'Angela, J. Gladh, M. L. Ng, J. A. Sellberg, S. Kaya, G. Mercurio, D. Nordlund, M. Hantschmann, F. Hieke, D. Kühn, W. F. Schlotter, G. L. Dakovski, J. J. Turner, M. P. Minitti, A. Mitra, S. P. Moeller, A. Föhlisch, M. Wolf, W. Wurth, M. Persson, J. K. Nørskov, F. Abild-Pedersen, H. Ogasawara, L. G. M. Pettersson, and A. Nilsson
Studying Air Pollutants Origin and Associated Meteorological Parameters over Seoul from 2000 to 2009, Sunmin Park, Hesham el-Askary, Ismail Sabbah, Hanbin Kwak, Anup K. Prasad, Woo-Kyun Lee, and Menas Kafatos
Cyclic Rhamnosylated Elongation Factor P Establishes Antibiotic Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Andrei Rajkovic, Sarah Erickson, Anne Witzky, Owen E. Branson, Jin Seo, Philip R. Gafken, Michael A. Frietas, Julian P. Whitelegge, Kym F. Faull, William Wiley Navarre, Andrew J. Darwin, and Michael Ibba
Elongation Factor-P at the Crossroads of the Host-Endosymbiont Interface, Andrei Rajkovic, Anne Witzky, William Navarre, Andrew J. Darwin, and Michael Ibba
Influence of Microgel Packing on Raspberry-Like Heteroaggregate Assembly, Shalini Saxena and L. Andrew Lyon
Bacterial Transfer RNAs, Jennifer Shepherd and Michael Ibba
Large Amplitude, Short Wave Peristalsis and Its Implications for Transport, Lindsay D. Waldrop and Laura A. Miller
The Role of the Pericardium in the Valveless, Tubular Heart of the Tunicate, Ciona savignyi, Lindsay D. Waldrop and Laura A. Miller
Flexibility of Crab Chemosensory Hairs Enables Flicking Antennules to Sniff, Lindsay D. Waldrop, Matthew A. Reidenbach, and M. A. R. Koehl
Aerosol Optical Properties Over Mount Song, a Rural Site in Central China, Lunche Wang, Wei Gong, Ramesh P. Singh, Xiangao Xia, Huizheng Che, Ming Zhang, and Hong Lin
The Bacillus subtilis tyrZ Gene Encodes a Highly Selective Tyrosyl-tRNA Synthetase and is Regulated by a MarR Regulator and T Box Riboswitch, Rebecca N. Williams-Wagner, Frank J. Grundy, Medha Raina, Michael Ibba, and Tina M. Henkin
The Effects of Actomyosin Disruptors on the Mechanical Integrity of the Avian Crystalline Lens, Gah-Jone Won, Douglas S. Fudge, and Vivian Choh
Strong Influence of Coadsorbate Interaction on CO Desorption Dynamics on Ru(0001) Probed by Ultrafast X-Ray Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Simulations, H. Xin, Jerry L. LaRue, H. Öberg, M. Beye, M. Dell'Angela, J. J. Turner, J. Gladh, M. L. Ng, J. A. Sellberg, S. Kaya, G. Mercurio, F. Hieke, D. Nordlund, W. F. Schlotter, G. L. Dakovski, M. P. Minitti, A. Föhlisch, M. Wolf, W. Wurth, H. Ogasawara, J. K. Nørskov, H. Öström, L. G. M. Pettersson, A. Nilsson, and F. Abild-Pedersen
Submissions from 2014
Effects of Endogenous Cannabinoid Anandamide on Voltage-Dependent Sodium and Calcium Channels in Rat Ventricular Myocytes, Lina T. Al Kury, Oleg I. Voitychuk, Keun-Hang Susan Yang, Faisal T. Thayyullathil, Petro Doroshenkp, Ali M. Ramez, Yaroslav M. Shuba, Sehamuddin Galadari, Frank Christopher Howarth, and Murat Oz
Public Interest in Climate Change Over the Past Decade and the Effects of the ‘Climategate’ Media Event, William R. L. Anderegg and Gregory R. Goldsmith
Spontaneous Unraveling of Hagfish Slime Thread Skeins is Mediated by a Seawater-soluble Protein Adhesive, Mark A. Bernards Jr., Isdin Oke, Andreas Heyland, Douglas S. Fudge, and Douglas S. Fudge
Weekly Gridded Aquarius L-Band Radiometer/Scatterometer Observations and Salinity Retrievals Over the Polar Regions - Part 1: Product Description, L. Brucker, Emmanuel P. Dinnat, and L. S. Koenig
Weekly Gridded Aquarius L-Band Radiometer/Scatterometer Observations and Salinity Retrievals Over the Polar Regions - Part 2: Initial Product Analysis, L. Brucker, Emmanuel P. Dinnat, and L. S. Koenig
Oxidation of Cellular Amino Acid Pools Leads to Cytotoxic Mistranslation of the Genetic Code, Tammy J. Bullwinkle, Noah M. Reynolds, Medha Raina, Adil Moghal, Eleftheria Matsa, Andrei Rajkovic, Huseyin Kayadibi, Farbod Fazlollahi, Christopher Ryan, Nathaniel Howitz, Kym F. Faull, Beth A. Lazazzera, and Michael Ibba
Zn(Ii) and Cu(Ii) Adsorption and Retention Onto Iron Oxyhydroxide Nanoparticles: Effects Of Particle Aggregation and Salinity, Rebecca B. Chesne and Christopher S. Kim
Optical Characterization and Distribution of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) in Soil Porewater from a Salt Marsh Ecosystem, Catherine D. Clark, Paige Aiona, Jason K. Keller, and Warren J. De Bruyn
LysPGS Formation in Listeria monocytogenes Has Broad Roles in Maintaining Membrane Integrity Beyond Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance, Kiley Dare, Jennifer Shepherd, Hervé Roy, Stephanie Seveau, and Michael Ibba
Analysis of Ligand Bias in Functional Studies Involving the Allosteric Modulation of G Protein- Coupled Receptors, Frederick J. Ehlert and Michael T. Griffin
EF-P Dependent Pauses Integrate Proximal and Distal Signals During Translation, Sara Elgamal, Assaf Katz, Steven J. Hersch, David Newsom, Peter White, William Wiley Navarre, and Michael Ibba
Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide on the Biosynthesis of Heme and Proteins: Potential Implications for the Partitioning of Glu-tRNAGlu Between These Pathways, Carolina Farah, Gloria Levicán, Michael Ibba, and Omar Orellana
The ABCs of the Ribosome, Kurt Fredrick and Michael Ibba
Fifty Years of JR Platt’s “Strong Inference”, Douglas S. Fudge
Protection of Ecosystem Services: A Way Forward After Weed Management Area Cuts, Jennifer L. Funk, Virginia Matzek, and Doug Johnson
Form Factor of pNIPAM Microgels in Overpacked States, U. Gasser, J. S. Hyatt, J.- J. Lietor-Santos, E. S. Herman, L. Andrew Lyon, and A. Fernandez-Nieves
Eco-mechanics of Lamellar Autotomy in Larval Damselflies, Jennifer E. Gleason, Douglas S. Fudge, and Beren W. Robinson
Improving the Efficacy of Web-Based Educational Outreach in Ecology, Gregory R. Goldsmith, Andrew D. Fulton, Colin D. Witherill, and Javier F. Espeleta
Defensive Slime Formation in Pacific Hagfish Requires Ca2+ and Aquaporin Mediated Swelling of Released Vesicles, Julie E. Herr, Alexander M. Clifford, Greg G. Goss, Douglas S. Fudge, and Douglas S. Fudge
Translation Initiation Rate Determines the Impact of Ribosome Stalling on Bacterial Protein Synthesis, Steven J. Hersch, Sara Elgamal, Assaf Katz, Michael Ibba, and William Wiley Navarre
Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) Microgel-Based Optical Devices for Sensing and Biosensing, Molla R. Islam, Andrews Ahiabu, Xue Li, and Michael J. Serpe
Responsive Polymers for Biosensing and Protein Delivery, Molla R. Islam, Yongfeng Gao, Xue Li, and Michael J. Serpe
A Novel Label-Free Colorimetric Assay for DNA Concentration in Solution, Molla R. Islam and Michael J. Serpe
Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) Microgel-Based Thin Film Actuators for Humidity Sensing, Molla R. Islam and Michael J. Serpe
Effects of Crop Residue Burning on Aerosol Properties, Plume Characteristics, and Long-Range Transport over Northern India, D. G. Kaskaoutis, S. Kumar, D. Sharma, Ramesh P. Singh, S. K. Kharol, M. Sharma, A. K. Singh, Atinderpal Singh, and D. Singh
Application of the Savitzky-Golay Filter to Land Cover Classification Using Temporal MODIS Vegetation Indices, So-Ra Kim, Anup K. Prasad, Hesham el-Askary, Woo- Kyun Lee, Doo- Ahn Kwak, Seung- Ho Lee, and Menas Kafatos
The Non-Canonical Hydroxylase Structure of YfcM Reveals a Metal Ion-Coordination Motif Required for EF-P Hydroxylation, Kan Kobayashi, Assaf Katz, Andrei Rajkovic, Ryohei Ishii, Owen E. Branson, Michael A. Freitas, Ryuichiro Ishitani, Michael Ibba, and Osamu Nureki
Connecting Model Species to Nature: Predator-Induced Long-Term Sensitization in Aplysia californica, Maria J. Mason, Amanda J. Watkins, Jordann Wakabayashi, Jennifer Buechler, Christine Pepino, Michelle Brown, and William G. Wright
Closing the Knowing-Doing Gap in Invasive Plant Management: Accessibility and Interdisciplinarity of Scientific Research, Virginia Matzek, Justin Covino, Jennifer L. Funk, and Martin Saunders
Mistranslation of the Genetic Code, Adil Moghal, Kyle Mohler, and Michael Ibba
SMA-Causing Missense Mutations in Survival motor neuron (Smn) Display a Wide Range of Phenotypes When Modeled in Drosophila, Kavita Praveen, Ying Wen, Kelsey M. Gray, John J. Noto, Akash R. Patlolla, Gregory D. Van Duyne, and A. Gregory Matera
tRNAs as Regulators of Biological Processes, Medha Raina and Michael Ibba
Reduced Amino Acid Specificity of Mammalian Tyrosyl-tRNA Synthetase is Associated with Elevated Mistranslation of Tyr Codons, Medha Raina, Adil Moghal, Amanda Kano, Mathew Jerums, Paul D. Schnier, Shun Luo, Rohini Deshpande, Pavel D. Bondarenko, Henry Lin, and Michael Ibba
Microgel Mechanics in Biomaterial Design, Shalini Saxena, Caroline E. Hansen, and L. Andrew Lyon
Seasonal Variability of Atmospheric Aerosol Parameters over Greater Noida Using Ground Sunphotometer Observations, Manish Sharma, D. G. Kaskaoutis, Ramesh P. Singh, and Sachchidanand Singh
Relaxed Substrate Specificity Leads to Extensive tRNA Mischarging by Streptococcus pneumoniae Class I and Class II Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases, Jennifer Shepherd and Michael Ibba
Crop Residue Burning: A Threat to South Asian Air Quality, Ramesh Singh and Dimitris G. Kaskaoutis
Regional Dust Storm Modeling for Health Services: The Case of Valley Fever, William A. Sprigg, Slobodan Nickovic, John N. Galgiani, Goran Pejanovic, Slavo Petkovic, Mirjam Vujadinovic, Ana Vukovic, Milan Dacic, Scott DiBiase, Anup K. Prasad, and Hesham el-Askary
Disposable Platform Provides Visual and Color-Based Point-of-Care Anemia Self-Testing, Erika A. Tyburski, Scott E. Gillespie, William A. Stoy, Robert G. Mannino, Alexander J. Weiss, Alexa F. Siu, Rayford H. Bulloch, Karthik Thota, Anyela Cardenas, Wilena Session, Hanna J. Khoury, Siobhán O'Connor, Silvia T. Bunting, Jeanne Boudreaux, Craig R. Forest, Manila Gaddh, Traci Leong, L. Andrew Lyon, and Wilbur A. Lam
Beta-Alanine Suppresses Malignant Breast Epithelial Cell Aggressiveness Through Alterations In Metabolism and Cellular Acidity In Vitro, Roger A. Vaughan, Nicholas P. Gannon, Randi Garcia-Smith, Yamhilette Licon-Munoz, Miguel A. Barberena, Marco Bisoffi, and Kristina A. Trujillo
Numerical Simulation of “An American Haboob”, A. Vukovic, M. Vujadinovic, G. Pejanovic, J. Andric, M. J. Kumjian, V. Djurdjevic, M. Dacic, Anup K. Prasad, Hesham el-Askary, B. C. Paris, S. Petkovic, W. Sprigg, and S. Nickovic
Scaling of Olfactory Antennae of the Terrestrial Hermit Crabs Coenobita rugosus and Coenobita perlatus During Ontogeny, Lindsay D. Waldrop, Roxanne M. Bantay, and Quang V. Nguyen
Coiling and Maturation of a High-Performance Fibre in Hagfish Slime Gland Thread Cells, Timothy Winegard
Light Switchable Optical Materials from Azobenzene Crosslinked Poly (N-Isopropylacrylamide)-Based Microgels, Qiang Matthew Zhang, Xue Li, Molla R. Islam, Menglian Wei, and Michael J. Serpe
Submissions from 2013
Menthol Binding and Inhibition of a7-Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors, Abrar Ashoor, Jacob C. Nordman, Daniel Veltri, Keun-Hang Susan Yang, Lina T. Al Kury, Yaroslav M. Shuba, Mohamed Magoub, Frank Christopher Howarth, Bassem Sadek, Amarda Shehu, Nadine Kabbani, and Murat Oz
Air-Sea Dimethylsulfide (Dms) Gas Transfer In the North Atlantic: Evidence For Limited Interfacial Gas Exchange At High Wind Speed, T. G. Bell, Warren J. De Bruyn, S. D. Miller, B. Ward, K. Christensen, and E. S. Saltzman
Annual Patterns of Atmospheric Pollutions and Episodes over Cairo Egypt, Y. Aboel Fetouh, Hesham el-Askary, Mohamed El Raey, Mohamed Allali, W. A. Sprigg, and Menas Kafatos
The Physiology of Invasive Plants in Low-Resource Environments, Jennifer L. Funk
Leaf Traits Within Communities: Context May Affect the Mapping of Traits to Function, Jennifer L. Funk and William K. Cornwell
Differential Allocation to Photosynthetic and Non-Photosynthetic Nitrogen Fractions among Native and Invasive Species, Jennifer L. Funk, Lori A. Glenwinkle, and Lawren Sack
Plastic Deformation, Wrinkling, and Recovery in Microgel Multilayers, Jeffrey C. Gaulding, Mark W. Spears Jr., and L. Andrew Lyon
Resolution by Unassisted Top3 Points to Template Switch Recombination Intermediates during DNA Replication, M. Rebecca Glineburg, Alejandro Chavez, Vishesh Agrawal, Steven J. Brill, and F. Brad Johnson
Divergent Protein Motifs Direct EF-P Mediated Translational Regulation in Salmonella and Escherichia coli, Steven J. Hersch, Mengchi Wang, S. Betty Zou, Kyung-Mee Moon, Leonard J. Foster, Michael Ibba, and William Wiley Navarre
Label-free Detection of Low Protein Concentration in Solution Using a Novel Colorimetric Assay, Molla R. Islam and Michael J. Serpe
Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) Microgel-based Etalons and Etalon Arrays for Determining the Molecular Weight of Polymers in Solution, Molla R. Islam and Michael J. Serpe
Molecular Evolution of Protein-RNA Mimicry as a Mechanism for Translational Control, Assaf Katz, Lindsey Solden, S. Betty Zou, William Wiley Navarre, and Michael Ibba
Anaerobic Metabolism In Tidal Freshwater Wetlands: I. Plant Removal Effects on Iron Reduction and Methanogenesis, Jason K. Keller, Ariana E. Sutton-Grier, Allyson L. Bullock, and J. Patrick Megonigal
Solid-Phase Organic Matter Reduction Regulates Anaerobic Decomposition in Bog Soil, Jason K. Keller and Kimberly K. Takagi
Long-Term (1951-2007) Rainfall Trends around Six Indian Cities: Current State, Meteorological, and Urban Dynamics, Shailesh Kumar Kharol, D. G. Kaskaoutis, Anu Rani Sharma, and Ramesh P. Singh
Direction of Aminoacylated Transfer RNAs into Antibiotic Synthesis and Peptidoglycan-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance, Jennifer Shepherd and Michael Ibba
Lipid II-Independent Trans Editing of Mischarged tRNAs by the Penicillin Resistance Factor MurM, Jennifer Shepherd and Michael Ibba
Multi Geophysical Parameters for Earthquake Forecasting, Ramesh P. Singh
Development of Self-Assembling Mixed Protein Micelles with Temperature-Modulated Avidities, Allyson S.C. Soon, Michael H. Smith, Emily S. Herman, L. Andrew Lyon, and Thomas H. Barker
USC Dornsife Scientific Diving: An Analysis of Sargassum horneri Ecosystem Impact, Richelle Tanner and Jim Haw
Ontogenetic Scaling of the Olfactory Antennae and Flicking Behavior of the Shore Crab, Hemigrapsus oregonensis, Lindsay D. Waldrop
Gamete Donor Selection Based on Genetic Calculations. U.S. Patent 8,543,339, Anne Wojcicki, Linda Avey, Joanna Mountain, J. Michael Macpherson, and Joyce Y. Tung
Submissions from 2012
Assessing Satellite-Based Rainfall Estimates In Semiarid Watersheds Using the Usda-Ars Walnut Gulch Gauge Network and Trmm Pr, Eyal Amitai, Carl L. Unkrich, David C. Goodrich, Emad Habib, and Bryson Thill
The Mechanical Behavior of Mutant K14-R125P Keratin Bundles and Networks in NEB-1 Keratinocytes, Daniel R. Beriault, Oualid Haddad, John V. McCuaig, Zachary J. Robinson, David Russell, E. Birgitte Lane, and Douglas S. Fudge
(R)-β-lysine Modified Elongation Factor P Functions in Translation Elongation, Tammy J. Bullwinkle, S. Betty Zou, Andrei Rajkovic, Steven J. Hersch, Sara Elgamal, Nathaniel Robinson, David Smil, Yuri Bolshan, William Wiley Navarre, and Michael Ibba
Structural Properties of Thermoresponsive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-poly(ethyleneglycol) Microgels, J. Clara-Rahola, A. Fernandez-Nieves, B. Sierra-Martin, A. B. South, L. Andrew Lyon, J. Kohlbrecher, and A. F. Barbero
Roles of tRNA in Cell Wall Biosynthesis, Kiley Dare and Michael Ibba
A Functional Trait Perspective on Plant Invasion, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Brenda J. Grewell, Carla M. D'Antonio, Jennifer L. Funk, Jeremy J. James, Nicole Molinari, Ingrid M. Parker, and Christina L. Richards
Fog- and Cloud-Induced Aerosol Modification Observed by the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET), T. F. Eck, B. N. Holben, J. S. Reid, D. M. Giles, M. A. Rivas, Ramesh P. Singh, S. N. Tripathi, C. J. Bruegge, S. Platnick, G. T. Arnold, N. A. Krotkov, S. A. Carn, A. Sinyuk, O. Dubovik, A. Arola, J. S. Schafer, P. Artaxo, A. Smirnov, H. Chen, and P. Goloub
Cryo-EM Structure of the Archaeal 50S Ribosomal Subunit in Complex with Initiation Factor 6 and Implications for Ribosome Evolution, Basil J. Greber, Daniel Boehringer, Vlatka Godinic-Mikulcic, Ana Crnkovic, Michael Ibba, Ivana Weygand-Durasevic, and Nenad Ban
Regulation of Hard α-keratin Mechanics via Control of Intermediate Filament Hydration: Matrix Squeeze Revisited, Daniel A. Greenberg and Douglas S. Fudge
Cryptic Distant Relatives Are Common in Both Isolated and Cosmopolitan Genetic Samples, Brenna M. Henn, Lawrence S. Hon, J. Michael Macpherson, Nicholas Eriksson, Serge Saxonov, Itsik Pe'er, and Joanna Mountain
Synergistic Use of Remote Sensing and Modeling for Tracing Dust Storms in the Mediterranean, D. G. Kaskaoutis, Anup K. Prasad, P. G. Kosmopoulos, P. R. Sinha, S. K. Kharol, P. Gupta, Hesham el-Askary, and Menas Kafatos
Influence of anomalous dry conditions on aerosols over India: Transport, distribution and properties, Dimitris G. Kaskaoutis, Ritesh Gautam, Ramesh P. Singh, E. E. Housos, D. Goto, S. Singh, A. Bartzokas, P. G. Kosmopoulos, Manish Sharma, N. C. Hsu, B. N. Holben, and T. Takemura
Variability and Trends of Aerosol Properties over Kanpur, Northern India Using AERONET Data (2001–10), Dimitris G. Kaskaoutis, Ramesh P. Singh, Ritesh Gautam, Manish Sharma, P. G. Kosmopoulos, and S. N. Tripathi
Soil Organic Carbon Storage in Restored Salt Marshes in Huntington Beach, California, Jason K. Keller, Kimberly K. Takagi, Morgan E. Brown, Kellie N. Stump, and Chelsea G. Takahashi
Toward a Framework For Systematic Error Modeling Of Spaceborne Precipitation Radar With Noaa/Nssl Ground Radar Based National Mosaic Qpe, Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, Y. Hong, J. J. Gourley, S. Chen, Z. Flamig, J. Zhang, M. Schwaller, W. Peterson, and Eyal Amitai
Association of a Multi-Synthetase Complex with Translating Ribosomes in the Archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis, Medha Raina, Sara Elgamal, Thomas J. Santangelo, and Michael Ibba
Taking AIM at the Start of Translation, Medha Raina and Michael Ibba
A Pseudo-tRNA Modulates Antibiotic Resistance in Bacillus cereus, Theresa E. Rogers, Sandro F. Ataide, Kiley Dare, Assaf Katz, Stephanie Seveau, Hervé Roy, and Michael Ibba
Insight: How Do Aerosols Vary Over Northern India?, Ramesh P. Singh