This is a selection of articles from the December 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Chemistry headlines.
Silver(I) perchlorate complexes of iN/i,iN/iaa-bis(itrans/i-cinnamaldehyde)ethylenediimine (casub2/suben)
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Source: Journal of Coordination Chemistry - December 31, 2006 Authors: Khalaji, Aliakbar DehnoAoki, KatsuyukiAmirnasr, Mehdi Source Type: news
Synthesis, spectroscopic and thermal studies on platinum(II) complexes of 5-nitrosouracil derivatives
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Source: Journal of Coordination Chemistry - December 31, 2006 Authors: Gaballa, Akmal S.Teleb, Said M.Abbas, Shaker Source Type: news
Development of Practical Rhodium Phosphine Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of -Dehydroamino Acid Derivatives
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Source: Organic Process Research - December 31, 2006 Source Type: news
Sensitized Luminescent Terbium Nanoparticles: Preparation and Time-Resolved Fluorescence Assay for DNA
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Source: Analytical Chemistry - December 30, 2006 Source Type: news
Electrokinetic Chromatography: Theory, Instrumentation and Applications Edited by Ute Pyell (University of Marburg, Germany). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester. 2006. xii + 540 pp. $235.00. ISBN 0-470-87102-4.
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Source: Journal of the American Chemical Society - December 30, 2006 Source Type: news
Traceless Solid-Phase Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Purine Analogs as Inhibitors of Multidrug Resistance Protein 4
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Source: Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Source Type: news
[Lipids and Lipoproteins] Phospholipase Action of Platelet-activating Factor Acetylhydrolase, but Not Paraoxonase-1, on Long Fatty Acyl Chain Phospholipid Hydroperoxides
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Kriska, T., Marathe, G. K., Schmidt, J. C., McIntyre, T. M., Girotti, A. W. Source Type: news
[Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics] Metabolic Diapause in Pancreatic beta-Cells Expressing a Gain-of-function Mutant of the Forkhead Protein Foxo1
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Buteau, J., Shlien, A., Foisy, S., Accili, D. Source Type: news
[DNA: Replication, Repair, and Recombination] The T4 Phage UvsW Protein Contains Both DNA Unwinding and Strand Annealing Activities
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Nelson, S. W., Benkovic, S. J. Source Type: news
[Membrane Transport, Structure, Function, and Biogenesis] A Bacterial Arginine-Agmatine Exchange Transporter Involved in Extreme Acid Resistance
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Fang, Y., Kolmakova-Partensky, L., Miller, C. Source Type: news
[Mechanisms Of Signal Transduction] Contacts between Extracellular Loop Two and Transmembrane Helix Six Determine Basal Activity of the Thyroid-stimulating Hormone Receptor
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Kleinau, G., Claus, M., Jaeschke, H., Mueller, S., Neumann, S., Paschke, R., Krause, G. Source Type: news
[Glycobiology and Extracellular Matrices] Streptococcus pneumoniae Sheds Syndecan-1 Ectodomains through ZmpC, a Metalloproteinase Virulence Factor
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Chen, Y., Hayashida, A., Bennett, A. E., Hollingshead, S. K., Park, P. W. Source Type: news
[Metabolism and Bioenergetics] Exercise-induced Mitochondrial Biogenesis Begins before the Increase in Muscle PGC-1{alpha} Expression
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Wright, D. C., Han, D.-H., Garcia-Roves, P. M., Geiger, P. C., Jones, T. E., Holloszy, J. O. Source Type: news
[Protein Synthesis, Post-Translation Modification, and Degradation] Feeding and Insulin Increase Leptin Translation: IMPORTANCE OF THE LEPTIN mRNA UNTRANSLATED REGIONS
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Lee, M.-J., Yang, R.-Z., Gong, D.-W., Fried, S. K. Source Type: news
[Glycobiology and Extracellular Matrices] Acceptor Specificity of the Pasteurella Hyaluronan and Chondroitin Synthases and Production of Chimeric Glycosaminoglycans
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Tracy, B. S., Avci, F. Y., Linhardt, R. J., DeAngelis, P. L. Source Type: news
[Protein Structure and Folding] Structural Basis for the Interaction of the Myosin Light Chain Mlc1p with the Myosin V Myo2p IQ Motifs
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Pennestri, M., Melino, S., Contessa, G. M., Casavola, E. C., Paci, M., Ragnini-Wilson, A., Cicero, D. O. Source Type: news
[Mechanisms Of Signal Transduction] R-Ras Controls Axon Specification Upstream of Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3beta through Integrin-linked Kinase
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Oinuma, I., Katoh, H., Negishi, M. Source Type: news
[Molecular Basis Of Cell and Developmental Biology] {alpha}-Actinin-4 Is Required for Normal Podocyte Adhesion
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Dandapani, S. V., Sugimoto, H., Matthews, B. D., Kolb, R. J., Sinha, S., Gerszten, R. E., Zhou, J., Ingber, D. E., Kalluri, R., Pollak, M. R. Source Type: news
[Metabolism and Bioenergetics] Localization of the Small CAB-like Proteins in Photosystem II
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Yao, D., Kieselbach, T., Komenda, J., Promnares, K., Prieto, M. A. H., Tichy, M., Vermaas, W., Funk, C. Source Type: news
[Protein Synthesis, Post-Translation Modification, and Degradation] Sordarin Derivatives Induce a Novel Conformation of the Yeast Ribosome Translocation Factor eEF2
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Soe, R., Mosley, R. T., Justice, M., Nielsen-Kahn, J., Shastry, M., Merrill, A. R., Andersen, G. R. Source Type: news
[Molecular Basis Of Cell and Developmental Biology] {alpha}CP1 Mediates Stabilization of hTERT mRNA by Autocrine Human Growth Hormone
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Emerald, B. S., Chen, Y., Zhu, T., Zhu, Z., Lee, K.-O., Gluckman, P. D., Lobie, P. E. Source Type: news
[Enzyme Catalysis and Regulation] Conserved {alpha}-Helix Acts as Autoinhibitory Sequence in AMP-activated Protein Kinase {alpha} Subunits
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Pang, T., Xiong, B., Li, J.-Y., Qiu, B.-Y., Jin, G.-Z., Shen, J.-K., Li, J. Source Type: news
[Molecular Basis Of Cell and Developmental Biology] Wnt2 Coordinates the Commitment of Mesoderm to Hematopoietic, Endothelial, and Cardiac Lineages in Embryoid Bodies
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Wang, H., Gilner, J. B., Bautch, V. L., Wang, D.-Z., Wainwright, B. J., Kirby, S. L., Patterson, C. Source Type: news
[Molecular Basis Of Cell and Developmental Biology] BCL2 Is a Downstream Effector of MIZ-1 Essential for Blocking c-MYC-induced Apoptosis
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Patel, J. H., McMahon, S. B. Source Type: news
[Mechanisms Of Signal Transduction] Hyperactive Variants of p38{alpha} Induce, whereas Hyperactive Variants of p38{gamma} Suppress, Activating Protein 1-mediated Transcription
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Askari, N., Diskin, R., Avitzour, M., Capone, R., Livnah, O., Engelberg, D. Source Type: news
[Protein Structure and Folding] Structural and Spectroscopic Characterization of P450 BM3 Mutants with Unprecedented P450 Heme Iron Ligand Sets: NEW HEME LIGATION STATES INFLUENCE CONFORMATIONAL EQUILIBRIA IN P450 BM3
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Girvan, H. M., Seward, H. E., Toogood, H. S., Cheesman, M. R., Leys, D., Munro, A. W. Source Type: news
[Lipids and Lipoproteins] The Liver X Receptor (LXR) and Hepatic Lipogenesis: THE CARBOHYDRATE-RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN IS A TARGET GENE OF LXR
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Cha, J.-Y., Repa, J. J. Source Type: news
[Mechanisms Of Signal Transduction] Repetitive Deformation Activates Focal Adhesion Kinase and ERK Mitogenic Signals in Human Caco-2 Intestinal Epithelial Cells through Src and Rac1
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Chaturvedi, L. S., Marsh, H. M., Shang, X., Zheng, Y., Basson, M. D. Source Type: news
[Protein Structure and Folding] Structure of Human Spindlin1: TANDEM TUDOR-LIKE DOMAINS FOR CELL CYCLE REGULATION
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Authors: Zhao, Q., Qin, L., Jiang, F., Wu, B., Yue, W., Xu, F., Rong, Z., Yuan, H., Xie, X., Gao, Y., Bai, C., Bartlam, M., Pei, X., Rao, Z. Source Type: news
Mechanism and Chemoselectivity of the Pd(II)-Catalyzed Allylation of Aldehydes: A Density Functional Theory Study
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Source: The Journal of Organic Chemistry - December 29, 2006 Source Type: news
Asymmetric Synthesis of -Hydroxy Sulfides Controlled by Remote Sulfoxides
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Source: The Journal of Organic Chemistry - December 24, 2006 Source Type: news
Representative Benchmark Suites for Barrier Heights of Diverse Reaction Types and Assessment of Electronic Structure Methods for Thermochemical Kinetics
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Source: Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation - December 24, 2006 Source Type: news
Quantitative Method for Specific Nucleic Acid Sequences Using Competitive Polymerase Chain Reaction with an Alternately Binding Probe
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Source: Analytical Chemistry - December 24, 2006 Source Type: news
The Potential of Carbon Dioxide in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
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Source: Organic Process Research - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
Highly Flexible Fibre-Optic ATR-IR Probe for Inline Reaction Monitoring
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Source: Organic Process Research - December 23, 2006 Source Type: news
[Membrane Transport, Structure, Function, and Biogenesis] Cysteine-scanning Analysis of the Nucleobase-Ascorbate Transporter Signature Motif in YgfO Permease of Escherichia coli: Gln-324 AND Asn-325 ARE ESSENTIAL, AND Ile-329-Val-339 FORM AN {alpha}-HELIX
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 22, 2006 Authors: Karatza, P., Panos, P., Georgopoulou, E., Frillingos, S. Source Type: news
[Molecular Basis Of Cell and Developmental Biology] Depletion of cAMP-response Element-binding Protein/ATF1 Inhibits Adipogenic Conversion of 3T3-L1 Cells Ectopically Expressing CCAAT/Enhancer-binding Protein (C/EBP) {alpha}, C/EBP beta, or PPAR{gamma}2
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 22, 2006 Authors: Fox, K. E., Fankell, D. M., Erickson, P. F., Majka, S. M., Crossno, J. T., Klemm, D. J. Source Type: news
[Genes: Structure and Regulation] Farnesoid X Receptor Agonist Reduces Serum Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Levels through Hepatic Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminohydrolase-1 Gene Regulation
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 22, 2006 Authors: Hu, T., Chouinard, M., Cox, A. L., Sipes, P., Marcelo, M., Ficorilli, J., Li, S., Gao, H., Ryan, T. P., Michael, M. D., Michael, L. F. Source Type: news
[Protein Structure and Folding] Specificity of DNA Binding and Dimerization by CspE from Escherichia coli
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 22, 2006 Authors: Johnston, D., Tavano, C., Wickner, S., Trun, N. Source Type: news
Syntheses of monodispersed SnO2 and CeO2 nanoparticles through the self-capping role of 2-ethylhexanoate ligands
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Source: RSC - New J. Chem. latest articles - December 22, 2006 Authors: The Royal Society of ChemistryYong Joo KimYoung Seok Kim Seung Yong Chai Dong Hyun Cha Young Sik Choi Wan In Lee Source Type: news
[Mechanisms Of Signal Transduction] The Role of MAPKs in B Cell Receptor-induced Down-regulation of Egr-1 in Immature B Lymphoma Cells
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 22, 2006 Authors: Ke, J., Gururajan, M., Kumar, A., Simmons, A., Turcios, L., Chelvarajan, R. L., Cohen, D. M., Wiest, D. L., Monroe, J. G., Bondada, S. Source Type: news
Transparent semiconductor-polymer hybrid films with tunable optical properties
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Source: RSC - J. Mater. Chem. latest articles - December 22, 2006 Authors: Y. MartinezJ. Retuert M. Yazdani-Pedram H. Colfen Source Type: news
Arranging up to six ferrocene carboxamides around metal centres
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Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles - December 22, 2006 Authors: The Royal Society of ChemistryDomingo Salazar-MendozaStephane A. Baudron Mir Wais Hosseini Nathalie Kyritsakas Andre De Cian Source Type: news
Evidence for a C-H[small pi] type weak interaction: 1:1 complex of styrene with acetylene studied by mass selective high-resolution UV spectroscopy and ab initio calculations
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Source: RSC - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. latest articles - December 22, 2006 Authors: Sotir ChervenkovPengqian Wang Julian E. Braun Tapas Chakraborty Hans J. Neusser Source Type: news
The first cyclopentadienyl complex of uranyl
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Source: RSC - Chem. Commun. latest articles - December 22, 2006 Authors: Jerome MaynadieJean-Claude Berthet Pierre Thuery Michel Ephritikhine Source Type: news
[Molecular Basis Of Cell and Developmental Biology] Deficiency of the Zinc Finger Protein ZPR1 Causes Defects in Transcription and Cell Cycle Progression
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 22, 2006 Authors: Gangwani, L. Source Type: news
[Papers Of The Week] Telomerase Subunit Strikes Out on Its Own
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 22, 2006 Source Type: news
[Enzyme Catalysis and Regulation] Arg-158 Is Critical in Both Binding the Substrate and Stabilizing the Transition-state Oxyanion for the Enzymatic Reaction of Malonamidase E2
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - December 22, 2006 Authors: Yun, Y. S., Lee, W., Shin, S., Oh, B.-H., Choi, K. Y. Source Type: news
Combinatorial Solution-Phase Synthesis of (2S,4S)-4-Acylamino-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxamides
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Source: Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry - December 22, 2006 Source Type: news
Method of Measuring Bacillus anthracis Spores in the Presence of Copious Amounts of Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus cereus
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Source: Analytical Chemistry - December 22, 2006 Source Type: news
A breath of fresh water
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Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
Interview: The magic of chemistry
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Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
Spectroscopically and simultaneously studying microwave reactions
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Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
Free Science Journal Debuts
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Source: Chemical and Engineering News - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
Engineering porosity in a chiral heteropolyoxometalate-based framework: the supramolecular effect of benzenetricarboxylic acid
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Source: RSC - Chem. Commun. latest articles - December 21, 2006 Authors: Carsten StrebDe-Liang Long Leroy Cronin Source Type: news
Trichlorophenol (TCP) sulfonate esters: A selective alternative to pentafluorophenol (PFP) esters and sulfonyl chlorides for the preparation of sulfonamides
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Source: RSC - Chem. Commun. latest articles - December 21, 2006 Authors: The Royal Society of ChemistryJonathan D. WildenLynsey Geldeard Chieh C. Lee Duncan B. Judd Stephen Caddick Source Type: news
Characterization and optimization of liquid electrodes for lateral dielectrophoresis
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Source: RSC - Lab Chip latest articles - December 21, 2006 Authors: Nicolas DemierreThomas Braschler Pontus Linderholm Urban Seger Harald van Lintel Philippe Renaud Source Type: news
Electrochemistry and Contact Angles of an Ionic Liquid Sessile Droplet on Films of Monolayer-Protected Au Nanoparticles
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Source: Analytical Chemistry - December 21, 2006 Source Type: news
Polymorphisms and Patent, Market, and Legal Battles: Cefdinir Case Study
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Source: Organic Process Research - December 20, 2006 Source Type: news
Visible-light induced hydrogen production using a polypeptide-chlorophyll complex with [small alpha]-helix conformation
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Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - December 20, 2006 Authors: Pascaline NgweniformYoshihumi Kusumoto Takeo Teshima Miyuki Ikeda Shouichi Somekawa Bashir Ahmmad Source Type: news
Hydrophilic Interaction Chromatography Using Methacrylate-Based Monolithic Capillary Column for the Separation of Polar Analytes
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Source: Analytical Chemistry - December 20, 2006 Source Type: news
Molecular Formula Analysis by an MS/MS/MS Technique To Expedite Dereplication of Natural Products
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Source: Analytical Chemistry - December 20, 2006 Source Type: news
Linking Databases of Chemical Reactions to NMR Data: an Exploration of 1H NMR-Based Reaction Classification
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Source: Analytical Chemistry - December 20, 2006 Source Type: news
Anion-recognition studies of a Re(i)-based square containing the dipyridyl-amide ligand
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Source: RSC - New J. Chem. latest articles - December 19, 2006 Authors: Biing-Chiau TzengYen-Fei Chen Chia-Chin Wu Cho-Chun Hu Ya-Ting Chang Chang-Kai Chen Source Type: news
Inorganic materials from ionic liquids
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Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles - December 19, 2006 Authors: The Royal Society of ChemistryAndreas TaubertZhonghao Li Source Type: news
Through-space communication in a TTF-C60-TTF triad
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Source: RSC - New J. Chem. latest articles - December 19, 2006 Authors: Frederic OswaldStephanie Chopin Pilar de la Cruz Jesus Orduna Javier Garin Atula S. D. Sandanayaka Yasuyuki Araki Osamu Ito Juan Luis Delgado Jack Cousseau Fernando Langa Source Type: news
Supramolecular [60]fullerene chemistry on surfaces
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Source: RSC - Chem. Soc. Rev. latest articles - December 19, 2006 Authors: The Royal Society of ChemistryDavide BonifaziOlivier Enger Francois Diederich Source Type: news
Molecular level dispersed Pd clusters in the carbon walls of ordered mesoporous carbon as a highly selective alcohol oxidation catalyst
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Source: RSC - Chem. Commun. latest articles - December 19, 2006 Authors: The Royal Society of ChemistryAn-Hui LuWen-Cui Li Zhenshan Hou Ferdi Schuth Source Type: news
Mid-infrared vibrational spectra of discrete acetone-ligated cerium hydroxide cations
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Source: RSC - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. latest articles - December 19, 2006 Authors: G. S. GroenewoldA. K. Gianotto K. C. Cossel M. J. Van Stipdonk J. Oomens N. Polfer D. T. Moore W. A. de Jong M. E. McIlwain Source Type: news
Molecular dynamics simulation of thermal unfolding of Thermatoga maritima DHFR
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Source: RSC - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. latest articles - December 18, 2006 Authors: Jiayun PangRudolf K. Allemann Source Type: news
Synthesis and characterization of difluoromethylene-homo[60]fullerene, C60(CF2)
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Source: RSC - Chem. Commun. latest articles - December 18, 2006 Authors: The Royal Society of ChemistryAnna S. PimenovaAndrey A. Kozlov Alexey A. Goryunkov Vitaliy Yu. Markov Pavel A. Khavrel Stanislav M. Avdoshenko Ilya N. Ioffe Sergey G. Sakharov Sergey I. Troyanov Lev N. Sidorov Source Type: news