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BMC Molecular Biology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of DNA and RNA in a cellular context, encompassing investigations of transcription, mRNA processing, translation, replication, recombination, mutation, and repair.
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BMC Molecular Biology 2008, 9 :109
Chromatin boundary proteins protect genes from transcriptional interactions and this insulator activity can be screened for in the Drosophila S2 cell line, using a new assay that complements existing in vivo methods.
BMC Molecular Biology 2008, 9 :105
A new conserved sequence motif found upstream of several microRNAs in two species of nematode worm, and also upstream of two microRNAs in mice and humans, may play a role in microRNA sequence recognition or regulation.
BMC Molecular Biology 2008, 9 :96
Measurement of template quantity in real-time qPCR using standard curves is prone to error, and the novel linear regression of efficiency method that calculates the amplification efficiency at the onset of each reaction is more accurate.
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Identification of suitable internal control genes for expression studies in Coffea arabica under different experimental conditions Carla F Barsalobres-Cavallari, Fabio E Severino, Mirian P Maluf, Ivan G Maia BMC Molecular Biology 2009, 10 :1 (6 January 2009) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Functionally related transcripts have common RNA motifs for specific RNA-binding proteins in trypanosomes
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