ACS Chemical Biology (v3 i4) and Chemical Reviews (v108 i3 and4)

Allostery: DNA Does It, Too

Jonathan B. Chaires

ACS Chemical Biology (v3 i4)

Nothing too interesting in Chemical Reviews (v108 i3 and4)

JACS, vol 130, iss 13-17 (April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30)

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Site-Specific Prodrug Release Using Visible Light
Michael Y. Jiang and David Dolphin
pp 4236 - 4237 (iss 13)

On the Nature of Antimicrobial Activity: A Model for Protegrin-1 Pores
Allison A. Langham, Abdallah Sayyed Ahmad, and Yiannis N. Kaznessis
pp 4338 - 4346 (iss 13)



Screening of -Basic Naphthalene and Anthracene Amplifiers for -Acidic Synthetic Pore Sensors
Shinya Hagihara, Ludovic Gremaud, Guillaume Bollot, Jiri Mareda, and Stefan Matile
pp 4347 - 4351 (iss 13)

De Novo Design of Strand-Swapped -Hairpin Hydrogels
Radhika P. Nagarkar, Rohan A. Hule, Darrin J. Pochan, and Joel P. Schneider
pp 4466 - 4474 (iss 13)



Polycationic -Cyclodextrin "Click Clusters": Monodisperse and Versatile Scaffolds for Nucleic Acid Delivery
Sathya Srinivasachari, Katye M. Fichter, and Theresa M. Reineke
pp 4618 - 4627 (iss 14)

Cyclic Peptide Inhibitors of Staphylococcal Virulence Prepared by Fmoc-Based Thiolactone Peptide Synthesis
Elizabeth A. George, Richard P. Novick, and Tom W. Muir
pp 4914 - 4924 (iss 14)

Fluorinated Bis(phenoxyketimine)titanium Complexes for the Living, Isoselective Polymerization of Propylene: Multiblock Isotactic Polypropylene Copolymers via Sequential Monomer Addition
Joseph B. Edson, Zhigang Wang, Edward J. Kramer, and Geoffrey W. Coates
pp 4968 - 4977 (iss 14)



Robust, Efficient, and Orthogonal Synthesis of Dendrimers via Thiol-ene “Click” Chemistry
Kato L. Killops, Luis M. Campos, and Craig J. Hawker
pp 5062 - 5064 (iss 15)



Electrostatic Control of Thickness and Stiffness in a Designed Protein Fiber
David Papapostolou, Elizabeth H. C. Bromley, Christopher Bano, and Derek N. Woolfson
pp 5124 - 5130 (iss 15)

Carbon Nanotube/Polythiophene Chemiresistive Sensors for Chemical Warfare Agents
Fei Wang, Hongwei Gu, and Timothy M. Swager
pp 5392 - 5393 (iss 16)

Disassembly of Noncovalent Amphiphilic Polymers with Proteins and Utility in Pattern Sensing
Elamprakash N. Savariar, Suhrit Ghosh, Daniella C. González, and S. Thayumanavan
pp 5416 - 5417 (iss 16)



Self-Immolative Polymers
Amit Sagi, Roy Weinstain, Naama Karton, and Doron Shabat
pp 5434 - 5435 (iss 16)

A Polymeric Domain That Promotes Cellular Internalization
Erin M. Kolonko and Laura L. Kiessling
pp 5626 - 5627 (iss 17)

Damn!

Boronic Acid Converters for Reactive Hydrazide Amplifiers: Polyphenol Sensing in Green Tea with Synthetic Pores
Shinya Hagihara, Hiroyuki Tanaka, and Stefan Matile
pp 5656 - 5657 (iss 17)

Progress in Polymer Science, Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 365-478

Controlled/living radical polymerization in aqueous dispersed systems
Pages 365-398
Michael F. Cunningham

The development of microgels/nanogels for drug delivery applications
Pages 448-477
Jung Kwon Oh, Ray Drumright, Daniel J. Siegwart and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

Science, VOL 320, ISSUE 5873, 11 APRIL 2008

Policy Forum
SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT: Science and the Candidates
S. R. Kirshenbaum, C. Mooney, S. L. Otto, M. Chapman, A. Dacey, R. Holt, and L. Krauss
pg. 182

Science, VOL 320, ISSUE 5872, 4 APRIL 2008

News of the Week
MICROBIOLOGY: Germs Take a Bite Out of Antibiotics
M. Leslie
pg. 33a

Reports
Bacteria Subsisting on Antibiotics
G. Dantas, M. O. A. Sommer, R. D. Oluwasegun, and G. M. Church
pg. 100-103

Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 821 - 827

Enzyme-responsive hydrogel particles for the controlled release of proteins: designing peptide actuators to match payload

Paul D. Thornton, Robert J. Mart, Simon J. Webb and Rein V. Ulijn

Nature, Vol. 452, Number 7187.

Superinsulator and quantum synchronization

Valerii M. Vinokur, Tatyana I. Baturina, Mikhail V. Fistul, Aleksey Yu. Mironov, Mikhail R. Baklanov & Christoph Strunk, p613.

Biomaterials Volume 29, Issue 16, Pages 2433-2564

Functionalized injectable hydrogels for controlled insulin delivery


Dai P. Huynh, Minh K. Nguyen, Bong S. Pi, Min S. Kim, Su Y. Chae, Kang C. Lee, Bong S. Kim, Sung W. Kim and Doo S. Lee

Chemistry - A European Journal ASAP article

Polyelectrolyte-Induced Self-Assembly of Positively Charged Alkynylplatinum(II)-Terpyridyl Complexes in Aqueous Media
Cong Yu, Kenneth Hoi-Yiu Chan, Keith Man-Chung Wong, Vivian Wing-Wah Yam

Biomaterials Volume 29, Issue 16, Pages 2433-2564

The effect of poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) microparticles with polyelectrolyte self-assembled multilayer surfaces on the cross-presentation of exogenous antigens


Ya-Wun Yang and Paul Yueh-Jen Hsu

Chemistry - A European Journal ASAP article

Folding of Coordination Polymers into Double-Stranded Helical
Organization
Ho-Joong Kim, Eunji Lee, Min GyuKim, Min-Cheol Kim, Myongsoo Lee,*and
Eunji Sim*

Nature Chemical Biology April 2008, Volume 4 No 4 pp215-263

Lipids out of order

Sarah L Veatch

Biomaterials Volume 29, Issue 16, Pages 2433-2564 (June 2008)

Characterization and optimization of RGD-containing silk blends to support osteoblastic differentiation

Abby W. Morgan, Kristen E. Roskov, Sheng Lin-Gibson, David L. Kaplan, Matthew L. Becker ^, and Carl G. Simon Jr.

The effect of blending two silk proteins, regenerated Bombyx mori fibroin and synthetic spidroin containing RGD, on silk film material structure (β-sheet content) and properties (solubility), as well as on biological response (osteoblast adhesion, proliferation and differentiation) was investigated. Although the elasticity and strength of silks make them attractive candidates for bone, ligament, and cartilage tissue engineering applications, silk proteins generally lack bioactive peptides for enhancing cell functions. Thus, a synthetic spider silk, spidroin, containing two RGD cell adhesive sequences (RGD-spidroin) was engineered. RGD-spidroin was blended with different ratios of fibroin and spun coat into films on glass coverslips. β-Sheet formation, contact angle, surface topography and RGD surface presentation were characterized and correlated with cell behavior. We found that the amount of β-sheet formation was directly related to the RGD-spidroin content of the blends after annealing, with the pure RGD-spidroin demonstrating the highest amount of β-sheet content. The increased β-sheet content improved film stability under culture conditions. A new visualization technique demonstrated that the RGD presentation on the film surface was affected by both the RGD-spidroin content and annealing conditions. It was determined that 10 mass% RGD-spidroin was necessary to improve film stability and to achieve osteoblast attachment and differentiation.

Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 17/08-12/08

HIV TAT Forms Pores in Membranes by Inducing Saddle-Splay Curvature: Potential Role of Bidentate Hydrogen Bonding (p 2986-2989)
Abhijit Mishra, Vernita D. Gordon, Lihua Yang, Robert Coridan, Gerard C. L. Wong

Anti-MRSA Agent Discovery Using Diversity-Oriented Synthesis (p 2808-2812)
Gemma L. Thomas, Richard J. Spandl, Freija G. Glansdorp, Martin Welch, Andreas Bender, Joshua Cockfield, Jodi A. Lindsay, Clare Bryant, Derek F. J. Brown, Olivier Loiseleur, Hélène Rudyk, Mark Ladlow, David R. Spring

Sequence-Based Design of /-Peptide Foldamers That Mimic BH3 Domains (p 2853-2856)
W. Seth Horne, Melissa D. Boersma, Matthew A. Windsor, Samuel H. Gellman

Coordination Copolymerization of Polar Vinyl Monomers H₂CCHX (p 2538-2542)
Andreas Berkefeld, Stefan Mecking

Alternating Copolymerizations Using a Grubbs-Type Initiator with an Unsymmetrical, Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand (p 2615-2618)
Kati Vehlow, Dongren Wang, Michael R. Buchmeiser, Siegfried Blechert

Single Crystals with Complex Form via Amorphous Precursors (p 2351-2353)
Helmut Cölfen

A Virus-Mimetic Nanogel Vehicle (p 2418-2421)
Eun Seong Lee, Dongin Kim, Yu Seok Youn, Kyung Taek Oh, You Han Bae

A Polymeric Molecular Handle for Multiple AFM-Based Single-Molecule Force Measurements (p 2431-2434)
Francesco Valle, Giampaolo Zuccheri, Anna Bergia, Lee Ayres, Alan E. Rowan, Roeland J. M. Nolte, Bruno Samorì

Biomacromolecules, Vol 9, Iss 3 (March 08)

Polymer Nanoparticles Covered with Phosphorylcholine Groups and Immobilized with Antibody for High-Affinity Separation of Proteins
Yusuke Goto, Ryosuke Matsuno, Tomohiro Konno, Madoka Takai, and Kazuhiko Ishihara
pp 828 - 833

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol 48, Iss 7 - 8 (April 08)

Self-assembled organic nanotubes: Toward attoliter chemistry Creating microenvironments using encapsulated polymers
Muris Kobalija, Andrew R. Bogdan, Sarah L. Poe, Fernando Escobedo, D. Tyler Mcquade
Iss 7 - (p 2309-2315)

Self-assembled organic nanotubes: Toward attoliter chemistry
Toshimi Shimizu
Iss 8 - (p 2601-2611)

Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 1099–1104

Synthesis of Thin and Highly Conductive DNA-Based Palladium Nanowires

Khoa Nguyen, Miguel Monteverde, Arianna Filoramo,* Laurence Goux-Capes,
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ebastien Lyonnais, Pascale Jegou, Pascal Viel, Marcelo Goffman, and Jean-Philippe
Bourgoin

Macromolecules 2008, 41, 1929-1936

Living Anionic Polymerization of N-Methacryloyl-2-methylaziridine:
Polymerizable N,N-Dialkylmethacrylamide

Takashi Suzuki, Jun-ichi Kusakabe, and Takashi Ishizone*

Macromolecules 2008, 41, 1909-1911

Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(glyceryl glycerol) Block Copolymers

Frederik Wurm, Jorg Nieberle, and Holger Frey

ACS Chem. Biol., vol 3, iss 3, (March 20, 2008)

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Disrupting Proteins To Treat Cancer

Stewart N. Loh

Bright Ideas for Chemical Biology

Luke D. Lavis and Ronald T. Raines

Nice plot of fluorophore brightness vs. wavelength of maximum absorption for the major classes of fluorophores.

Chem. Rev., vol 108, no 2 (February 2008)

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Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors for Detection of Chemical and Biological Species
Jií Homola
pp 462 - 493

Section on SPR to study nonfouling surfaces
The whole issue is on Modern Topics in Chemical Sensing

JACS, vol 130, no 12 (March 26, 2008)

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Imparting Nanoparticle Function with Size-Controlled Amphiphilic Polymers
Yingchuan Chen, Rahul Thakar, and Preston T. Snee
pp 3744 - 3745

JACS, vol 130, no 11 (March 19, 2008)

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Hierarchical Interfacial Assembly of ABC Triblock Copolymer
Jiwen Hu, Guojun Liu, and Gabriel Nijkang
pp 3236 - 3237


Breathing Life into Polycations: Functionalization with pH-Responsive Endosomolytic Peptides and Polyethylene Glycol Enables siRNA Delivery
Martin Meyer, Alexander Philipp, Reza Oskuee, Claudia Schmidt, and Ernst Wagner
pp 3272 - 3273

JACS, vol 130, no 10 (March 12, 2008)

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Cellular Uptake of a Fluorescent Calix[4]arene Derivative
Ruth Lalor, Hugo Baillie-Johnson, Carl Redshaw, Susan E. Matthews, and Anja Mueller
pp 2892 - 2893


Minimally Cationic Cell-Permeable Miniature Proteins via -Helical Arginine Display
Betsy A. Smith, Douglas S. Daniels, Abigail E. Coplin, Gregory E. Jordan, Lynn M. McGregor, and Alanna Schepartz
pp 2948 - 2949


Neuroactive Chondroitin Sulfate Glycomimetics
Manish Rawat, Cristal I. Gama, John B. Matson, and Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson
pp 2959 - 2961

Macromol Rapid Commun 06/2008 & 07/2008

Laser Induced Marking of Polymer Chains with Radical Spin Traps
Thomas Junkers, Edgar H. H. Wong, Zachary Szablan, Thomas P. Davis,
Martina H. Stenzel, Christopher Barner-Kowollik*

Red Ionic Water-Soluble Imidazolium-Containing Polydiacetylene
Kamel Chougrani, Jérome Deschamps, Sylvain Dutremez, Arie van der Lee, Thierry Barisien, Laurent Legrand, Michel Schott, Jean-Sébastien Filhol, Bruno Boury*

A Novel Approach to Prepare Porous Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogel with Superfast Shrinking Kinetics
Jian-Tao Zhang, Klaus D. Jandt*