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BMC Biology - the flagship biology journal of the BMC series - publishes research and methodology articles of special importance and broad interest in any area of biology and biomedical sciences. BMC Biology (ISSN 1741-7007) is covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Zoological Record, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Biology 2008, 6 :39
Cholesterol depletion will not help combat prion diseases because although inhibitors of cholesterol synthesis reduce the formation of disease-associated prion protein isoforms (PrPSc), polyunsaturated fatty acids that reduce cholesterol levels actually significantly increase PrPSc formation.
BMC Biology 2008, 6 :37
Erythropoietin (EPO), the blood-boosting hormone used for medical treatment and athletic doping, enhances hippocampus-dependent memory in mice by directly influencing neurons rather than as a side-effect of increased red blood cell production.
BMC Biology 2008, 6 :35
New insights into the evolution and development of organs in chordates stem from a study of developmental expression patterns of the Pax gene family that underwent multiple duplication and expansion among chordate groups.
BMC Biology 2008, 6 :34
The beta-globin gene clusters in platypus, mammals and birds are flanked by the same genes, indicating that this arrangement of genes originated before the divergence of birds and mammals.
BMC Biology 2008, 6 :33
Three-dimensional reconstructions of the internal anatomy of sea urchins using high-field magnetic resonance images provides rapid non-destructive insights into the morphology of museum specimens.
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Use of the viral 2A peptide for bicistronic expression in transgenic mice Georgios Trichas, Jo Begbie, Shankar Srinivas BMC Biology 2008, 6 :40 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Docosahexaenoic and eicosapentaenoic acids increase prion formation in neuronal cells Clive Bate, Mourad Tayebi, Luisa Diomede, Mario Salmona, Alun Williams BMC Biology 2008, 6 :39 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Viral cystatin evolution and three-dimensional structure modelling: a case of directional selection acting on a viral protein involved in a host-parasitoid interaction Celine Serbielle, Shafinaz Chowdhury, Samuel Pichon, Stephane Dupas, Jerome Lesobre, Enrico O Purisima, Jean-Michel Drezen, Elisabeth Huguet BMC Biology 2008, 6 :38 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Erythropoietin enhances hippocampal long-term potentiation and memory
Bartosz Adamcio, Derya Sargin, Alicja Stradomska, Lucian Medrihan, Christoph Gertler, Fabian Theis, Mingyue Zhang, Michael Muller, Imam Hassouna, Kathrin Hannke, Swetlana Sperling, Konstantin Radyushkin, Ahmed El-Kordi, Lizzy Schulze, Anja Ronnenberg, Fred Wolf, Nils Brose, Jeong-Seop Rhee, Weiqi Zhang, Hannelore Ehrenreich BMC Biology 2008, 6 :37 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Complex chloroplast RNA metabolism: just debugging the genetic programme?
Uwe G Maier, Andrew Bozarth, Helena T Funk, Stefan Zauner, Stefan A Rensing, Christian Schmitz-Linneweber, Thomas Borner, Michael Tillich BMC Biology 2008, 6 :36 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evolution of developmental roles of Pax2/5/8 paralogs after independent duplication in urochordate and vertebrate lineages Susan Bassham, Cristian Ca BMC Biology 2008, 6 :35 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Platypus globin genes and flanking loci suggest a new insertional model for beta-globin evolution in birds and mammals Vidushi S Patel, Steven JB Cooper, Janine E Deakin, Bob Fulton, Tina Graves, Wesley C Warren, Richard K Wilson, Jennifer AM Graves BMC Biology 2008, 6 :34 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Systematic comparison and reconstruction of sea urchin (Echinoidea) internal anatomy: a novel approach using magnetic resonance imaging Alexander Ziegler, Cornelius Faber, Susanne Mueller, Thomas Bartolomaeus BMC Biology 2008, 6 :33 (23 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A periodic pattern generator for dental diversity Gareth J Fraser, Ryan F Bloomquist, J Todd Streelman BMC Biology 2008, 6 :32 (14 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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A cryptic promoter in the first exon of the SPG4 gene directs the synthesis of the 60-kDa spastin isoform Giuseppe Mancuso, Elena I Rugarli BMC Biology 2008, 6 :31 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Increased deposition of C3b on red cells with low CR1 and CD55 in a malaria-endemic region of western Kenya: implications for the development of severe anemia Collins O Odhiambo, Walter Otieno, Christine Adhiambo, Michael M Odera, Jose A Stoute BMC Medicine 2008, 6 :23 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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