Selected Papers 012108

molecular biology
Quality Control by the Ribosome Following Peptide Bond Formation

biochemistry
Folding Energy Landscape and Network Dynamics of Small Globular Proteins

eukaryotic cytoskeleton
Filament Rigidity Causes F-Actin Depletion from Nonbinding Surfaces
Force Amplification Response of Actin Filaments under Confined Compression

prokaryotic cytoskeleton, biophysics
Force Generation by a Dynamic Z-Ring in Escherichia coli Cell Division
Condensation of FtsZ Filaments can Drive Bacterial Cell Division

neuroscience
Molecular Mechanism for the Umami Taste Synergism
Emergence of Complex Cell Properties by Learning to Generalize in Natural Scenes

developmental biology
Temporal and Spatial Control of Germ-Plasm RNAs

ecology
Simple Prediction of Interaction Strengths in Complex Food Webs
Origin of Pareto-like Spatial Distributions in Ecosystems

evolution
Darwin's Originality [review]
Simpson's Paradox in a Synthetic Microbial System

computational biology
Shape, Size, and Robustness: Feasible Regions in the Parameter Space of Biochemical Networks

dynamical systems
From Networks of Unstable Attractors to Heteroclinic Switching
Coherence versus Reliability of Stochastic Oscillators with Delayed Feedback
Partition of Networks into Basins of Attraction

astronomy
18 Years of Science with the Hubble Space Telescope [review]