Recently Featured PNAS Classics

Anniversary Perspective

Arnold J. Berk
Discovery of RNA splicing and genes in pieces
PNAS 2016 113:801–805

January 26, 2016; 113 (4)

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Anniversary Commentary

Partha Sarathi Dasgupta, and Eric S. Maskin
Debreu’s social equilibrium existence theorem
PNAS 2015 112:15769–15770

December 29, 2015; 112 (52)

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Anniversary Perspective

John M. Coffin
The discovery of HTLV-1, the first pathogenic human retrovirus
PNAS 2015 112:15525–15529

December 22, 2015; 112 (51)

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Anniversary Commentary

Klaus Bister
Discovery of oncogenes: The advent of molecular cancer research
PNAS 2015 112:15259–15260

December 15, 2015; 112 (50)

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Anniversary Perspective

Manu S. Goyal, Siddarth Venkatesh, Jeffrey Milbrandt, Jeffrey I. Gordon, and Marcus E. Raichle
Feeding the brain and nurturing the mind: Linking nutrition and the gut microbiota to brain development
PNAS 2015 112:14105–14112

November 17, 2015; 112 (46)

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Commentaries and Perspectives

Discovery of RNA splicing and genes in pieces
January 19, 2016
Debreu’s social equilibrium existence theorem
December 23, 2015
The discovery of HTLV-1, the first pathogenic human retrovirus
December 22, 2015
Discovery of oncogenes: The advent of molecular cancer research
December 07, 2015
Feeding the brain and nurturing the mind: Linking nutrition and the gut microbiota to brain development
November 17, 2015
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Front Matter

Core Concept: Resting-state connectivity
November 17, 2015
Alfred J. Lotka and the origins of theoretical population ecology
August 04, 2015
Inner Workings: Tyrosine kinases, their discovery and impact
June 30, 2015
Core Concept: Ecosystem services
June 16, 2015
Inner Workings: Hubble’s quarter century in orbit has opened a universe of possibilities
March 17, 2015
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Classic PNAS Papers

Spliced segments at the 5′ terminus of adenovirus 2 late mRNA
August 15, 1977
A Social Equilibrium Existence Theorem
October 15, 1952
Detection and isolation of type C retrovirus particles from fresh and cultured lymphocytes of a patient with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
December 15, 1980
Differences between the Ribonucleic Acids of Transforming and Nontransforming Avian Tumor Viruses
December 15, 1970
A default mode of brain function
January 16, 2001
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Profiles and Retrospectives

Alfred J. Lotka and the origins of theoretical population ecology
August 04, 2015
Brown and Goldstein: The Cholesterol Chronicles
August 26, 2013
Rita Levi-Montalcini: Neuroscientist par excellence
March 20, 2013
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