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BMC Biotechnology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in the manipulation of biological macromolecules or organisms for use in experimental procedures or in the pharmaceutical, agrobiological and allied industries.
BMC Biotechnology (ISSN 1472-6750) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :93
The dynamics of gene expression in fruitflies can be accurately tracked during fly movement by recording green fluorescent protein with multiple cameras, making it possible to correlate complex behavior and gene activity.
BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :89
Providing chitosan microparticles with a coating of alginate improves their potential ability to deliver mucosal vaccines orally by both reducing the degradation of attached antigens by gastric juices and by delaying antigen release.
BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :57
Assessment of HPV16 load in cervical cancer using SYBR green PCR produces unavoidable inaccuracies, but calibration using a HPV16 E6 gene construct gives a useful indication of viral load.
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Gene therapy by electroporation for the treatment of chronic renal failure in companion animals Patricia A Brown, Angela M Bodles-Brakhop, Melissa A Pope, Ruxandra Draghia-Akli BMC Biotechnology 2009, 9 :4 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Methodology article
Bacterial artificial chromosomes improve recombinant protein production in mammalian cells
Leander Blaas, Monica Musteanu, Robert Eferl, Anton Bauer, Emilio Casanova BMC Biotechnology 2009, 9 :3 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Albumin fibrillization induces apoptosis via integrin/FAK/Akt pathway Chun-Yung Huang, Chi-Ming Liang, Chiao-Li Chu, Shu-Mei Liang BMC Biotechnology 2009, 9 :2 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Reporter gene-expressing bone marrow-derived stromal cells are immune-tolerated following implantation in the central nervous system of syngeneic immunocompetent mice. Irene Bergwerf, Nathalie De Vocht, Bart Tambuyzer, Jacob Verschueren, Kristien Reekmans, Jasmijn Daans, Abdelilah Ibrahimi, Viggo Van Tendeloo, Shyama Chatterjee, Herman Goossens, Philippe Jorens, Veerle Baekelandt, Dirk Ysebaert, Eric Van Marck, Zwi Berneman, Annemie Van der Linden, Peter Ponsaerts BMC Biotechnology 2009, 9 :1 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Single-chain Fv phage display propensity exhibits strong positive correlation with overall expression levels Nathan Scott, Catherine B Reynolds, Michael J Wright, Omar Qazi, Neil Fairweather, Mahendra P Deonarain BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :97 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A modeling study by response surface methodology and artificial neural network on culture parameters optimization for thermostable lipase production from a newly isolated thermophilic Geobacillus sp. strain ARM Afshin Ebrahimpour, Raja Noor Zaliha Raja Abd. Rahman, Diana Hooi Ean Ch'ng, Mahiran Basri, Abu Bakar Salleh BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :96 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Hairy-root organ cultures for the production of human acetylcholinesterase Ryan R Woods, Brian C Geyer, Tsafrir S Mor BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :95 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Better estimation of protein-DNA interaction parameters improve prediction of functional sites Vijayalakshmi H Nagaraj, Ruadhan A O'Flanagan, Anirvan M Sengupta BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :94 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Simultaneous tracking of fly movement and gene expression using GFP Dhruv Grover, Junsheng Yang, Simon Tavar BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :93 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Large-scale preparation of active caspase-3 in E. coli by designing its thrombin-activatable precursors Hyo Jin Kang, Young-mi Lee, Yu-Jin Jeong, Kyoungsook Park, Mi Jang, Sung Goo Park, Kwang-Hee Bae, Moonil Kim, Sang J Chung BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :92 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Genetic evaluation of relationship between mutations in rpoB and resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to rifampin. Anna Zaczek, Anna Brzostek, Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopec, Zofia Zwolska, Jaroslaw Dziadek BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :10 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Microbial nar-GFP cell sensors reveal oxygen limitations in highly agitated and aerated laboratory-scale fermentors Jose R. Garcia, Hyung J. Cha, Govind G. Rao, Mark R. Marten, William E. Bentley Microbial Cell Factories 2009, 8 :6 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The relationship between magnetic and electrophysiological responses
to complex tactile stimuli
Zhao Zhu, Johanna M. Zumer, Marianne E. Lowenthal, Jeff Padberg, Gregg H. Recanzone, Leah A. Krubitzer, Srikantan S. Nagarajan, Elizabeth A. Disbrow BMC Neuroscience 2009, 10 :4 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Modeling metabolic networks in C. glutamicum: a comparison
of rate laws in combination with various parameter optimization
strategies Andreas Draeger, Marcel Kronfeld, Michael J Ziller, Jochen Supper, Hannes Planatscher, Jorgen B Magnus, Marco Oldiges, Oliver Kohlbacher, Andreas Zell BMC Systems Biology 2009, 3 :5 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Enzymatic transesterification of Jatropha oil Annapurna Kumari, Paramita Mahapatra, Vijay Kumar Garlapati, Rintu Banerjee Biotechnology for Biofuels 2009, 2 :1 (14 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Microarray and cDNA sequence analysis of transcription during nerve-dependent limb regeneration James R Monaghan, Leonard G Epp, Srikrishna Putta, Robert B Page, John A Walker, Chris K Beachy, Wei Zhu, Gerald M Pao, Inder M Verma, Tony Hunter, Susan V Bryant, David M Gardiner, Timothy T Harkins, Stephen R Voss BMC Biology 2009, 7 :1 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Isolation and characterisation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) degrading fungi from a historically contaminated soil Valeria Tigini, Valeria Prigione, Sara Di Toro, Fabio Fava, Giovanna C Varese Microbial Cell Factories 2009, 8 :5 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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RPS2: a novel therapeutic target in prostate cancer. Min Wang, Youji Hu, Mark E Stearns Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research 2009, 28 :6 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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MBA: a literature mining system for extracting biomedical
abbreviations Yun Xu, ZhiHao Wang, YiMing Lei, YuZhong Zhao, Yu Xue BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10 :14 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Filtering for Increased Power for Microarray Data Analysis Amber J Hackstadt, Ann M Hess BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10 :11 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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