Table of contents
February 2008, Volume 15 No 2 pp115-215
About the coverEditorial
Sequencing the microbial soup - p115
doi:10.1038/nsmb0208-115
Full Text - Sequencing the microbial soup | PDF (214 KB) - Sequencing the microbial soup
Correspondence
Bermuda Principles meet structural biology - p116
Aled Edwards
doi:10.1038/nsmb0208-116
Full Text - Bermuda Principles meet structural biology | PDF (70 KB) - Bermuda Principles meet structural biology
Meeting Report
Structures and diseases - pp117 - 120
K Ulrich Wendt, Manfred S Weiss, Patrick Cramer & Dirk W Heinz
doi:10.1038/nsmb0208-117
Full Text - Structures and diseases | PDF (467 KB) - Structures and diseases
News and Views
Stop and go: regulation of chain length in the biosynthesis of bacterial polysaccharides - pp121 - 123
Chris Whitfield & Kane Larue
doi:10.1038/nsmb0208-121
Full Text - Stop and go: regulation of chain length in the biosynthesis of bacterial polysaccharides | PDF (231 KB) - Stop and go: regulation of chain length in the biosynthesis of bacterial polysaccharides
See also: Article by Tocilj et al.
DNA torsional stress propagates through chromatin fiber and participates in transcriptional regulation - pp123 - 125
Christophe Lavelle
doi:10.1038/nsmb0208-123
Full Text - DNA torsional stress propagates through chromatin fiber and participates in transcriptional regulation | PDF (672 KB) - DNA torsional stress propagates through chromatin fiber and participates in transcriptional regulation
See also: Article by Kouzine et al.
Understanding how the replisome works - pp125 - 127
Kenneth J Marians
doi:10.1038/nsmb0208-125
Full Text - Understanding how the replisome works | PDF (1,973 KB) - Understanding how the replisome works
See also: Article by Corn et al. | Article by Tanner et al.
Energizing type III secretion machines: what is the fuel? - pp127 - 128
Jorge E. Galán
doi:10.1038/nsmb0208-127
Full Text - Energizing type III secretion machines: what is the fuel? | PDF (1,680 KB) - Energizing type III secretion machines: what is the fuel?
Research Highlights
Research Highlights - p129
doi:10.1038/nsmb0208-129
Full Text - Research Highlights | PDF (376 KB) - Research Highlights
Articles
Bacterial polysaccharide co-polymerases share a common framework for control of polymer length - pp130 - 138
Ante Tocilj, Christine Munger, Ariane Proteau, Renato Morona, Leanne Purins, Eunice Ajamian, John Wagner, Magdalene Papadopoulos, Luisa Van Den Bosch, John L Rubinstein, James Féthière, Allan Matte & Miroslaw Cygler
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1374
Abstract - | Full Text - Bacterial polysaccharide co-polymerases share a common framework for control of polymer length | PDF (1,012 KB) - Bacterial polysaccharide co-polymerases share a common framework for control of polymer length | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by Whitfield & Larue
Protein unfolding by a AAA+ protease is dependent on ATP-hydrolysis rates and substrate energy landscapes - pp139 - 145
Andreas Martin, Tania A Baker & Robert T Sauer
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1380
Abstract - | Full Text - Protein unfolding by a AAA+ protease is dependent on ATP-hydrolysis rates and substrate energy landscapes | PDF (1,069 KB) - Protein unfolding by a AAA+ protease is dependent on ATP-hydrolysis rates and substrate energy landscapes
The functional response of upstream DNA to dynamic supercoiling in vivo - pp146 - 154
Fedor Kouzine, Suzanne Sanford, Zichrini Elisha-Feil & David Levens
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1372
Abstract - | Full Text - The functional response of upstream DNA to dynamic supercoiling in vivo | PDF (574 KB) - The functional response of upstream DNA to dynamic supercoiling in vivo | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by Lavelle
Crystal structure of the multifunctional G
5–RGS9 complex - pp155 - 162
Matthew L Cheever, Jason T Snyder, Svetlana Gershburg, David P Siderovski, T Kendall Harden & John Sondek
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1377
PDB code
3D view
Abstract - | Full Text - Crystal structure of the multifunctional G
5–RGS9 complex | PDF (1,286 KB) - Crystal structure of the multifunctional G5–RGS9 complex | Supplementary information
Identification of a DNA primase template tracking site redefines the geometry of primer synthesis - pp163 - 169
Jacob E Corn, Jeffrey G Pelton & James M Berger
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1373
PDB code
3D view
Abstract - | Full Text - Identification of a DNA primase template tracking site redefines the geometry of primer synthesis | PDF (819 KB) - Identification of a DNA primase template tracking site redefines the geometry of primer synthesis | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by Marians
Single-molecule studies of fork dynamics in Escherichia coli DNA replication - pp170 - 176
Nathan A Tanner, Samir M Hamdan, Slobodan Jergic, Karin V Loscha, Patrick M Schaeffer, Nicholas E Dixon & Antoine M van Oijen
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1381
Abstract - | Full Text - Single-molecule studies of fork dynamics in Escherichia coli DNA replication | PDF (491 KB) - Single-molecule studies of fork dynamics in Escherichia coli DNA replication | Supplementary information
See also: News and Views by Marians
Structure of the SAM-II riboswitch bound to S-adenosylmethionine - pp177 - 182
Sunny D Gilbert, Robert P Rambo, Daria Van Tyne & Robert T Batey
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1371
PDB code
3D view
Abstract - | Full Text - Structure of the SAM-II riboswitch bound to S-adenosylmethionine | PDF (715 KB) - Structure of the SAM-II riboswitch bound to S-adenosylmethionine | Supplementary information
Polypyrimidine tract binding protein controls the transition from exon definition to an intron defined spliceosome - pp183 - 191
Shalini Sharma, Lori A Kohlstaedt, Andrey Damianov, Donald C Rio & Douglas L Black
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1375
Abstract - | Full Text - Polypyrimidine tract binding protein controls the transition from exon definition to an intron defined spliceosome | PDF (568 KB) - Polypyrimidine tract binding protein controls the transition from exon definition to an intron defined spliceosome | Supplementary information
Superwobbling facilitates translation with reduced tRNA sets - pp192 - 198
Marcelo Rogalski, Daniel Karcher & Ralph Bock
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1370
Abstract - | Full Text - Superwobbling facilitates translation with reduced tRNA sets | PDF (651 KB) - Superwobbling facilitates translation with reduced tRNA sets | Supplementary information
Engineered disulfide bonds support the functional rotation mechanism of multidrug efflux pump AcrB - pp199 - 205
Markus A Seeger, Christoph von Ballmoos, Thomas Eicher, Lorenz Brandstätter, François Verrey, Kay Diederichs & Klaas M Pos
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1379
Abstract - | Full Text - Engineered disulfide bonds support the functional rotation mechanism of multidrug efflux pump AcrB | PDF (670 KB) - Engineered disulfide bonds support the functional rotation mechanism of multidrug efflux pump AcrB | Supplementary information
Structural insights into the dual activity of RNase J - pp206 - 212
Inés Li de la Sierra-Gallay, Léna Zig, Ailar Jamalli & Harald Putzer
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1376
Abstract - | Full Text - Structural insights into the dual activity of RNase J | PDF (506 KB) - Structural insights into the dual activity of RNase J | Supplementary information
Technical Report
A protein-based EM label for RNA identifies the location of exons in spliceosomes - pp213 - 215
Eric A Alcid & Melissa S Jurica
doi:10.1038/nsmb.1378
Abstract - | Full Text - A protein-based EM label for RNA identifies the location of exons in spliceosomes | PDF (293 KB) - A protein-based EM label for RNA identifies the location of exons in spliceosomes
