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BMC Biochemistry is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of biochemistry, including metabolic pathways, enzyme functions, and small molecular components of cells and tissues.
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BMC Biochemistry 2008, 9 :24
Arginine allosterically inhibits N-acetylglutamate synthase in aquatic organisms but activates it in terrestrial vertebrates because of different conformational dynamics, a change that occurred gradually during the evolution of amphibians from water to land.
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Human Rad51 mediated DNA unwinding is facilitated by conditions that favour Rad51-dsDNA aggregation Kamakshi Balakrishnan, Neeraja M Krishnan, Anagha Kulkarni, Basuthkar J Rao BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :2 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Redox Biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv: protein-protein interaction between GlgB and WhiB1 involves exchange of thiol-disulfide Saurabh K. Garg, Md. Suhail Alam, Richa Bajpai, KV Radha Kishan, Pushpa Agrawal BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :1 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Phage display-derived inhibitor of the essential cell wall biosynthesis enzyme MurF Catherine Paradis-Bleau, Adrian Lloyd, Fran BMC Biochemistry 2008, 9 :33 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Modification of carbonic anhydrase II with acetaldehyde, the first metabolite of ethanol, leads to decreased enzyme activity Fatemeh Bootorabi, Janne J BMC Biochemistry 2008, 9 :32 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Lipid bilayer composition influences small multidrug transporters Kalypso Charalambous, David Miller, Paul Curnow, Paula J Booth BMC Biochemistry 2008, 9 :31 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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An earthworm protease cleaving serum fibronectin and decreasing HBeAg in HepG2.2.15 cells Xue-Qing Wang, Lan Chen, Rong Pan, Jing Zhao, Ying Liu, Rong-Qiao He BMC Biochemistry 2008, 9 :30 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The FF domains of yeast U1 snRNP protein Prp40 mediate interactions with Luc7 and Snu71 Claudia Ester, Peter Uetz BMC Biochemistry 2008, 9 :29 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Displacement affinity chromatography of protein phosphatase one (PP1) complexes Greg BG Moorhead, Laura Trinkle-Mulcahy, Mhairi Nimick, Veerle De Wever, David G Campbell, Robert Gourlay, Yun Wah Lam, Angus I Lamond BMC Biochemistry 2008, 9 :28 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Construction of rec B-rec D genetic fusion and functional analysis of RecBDC fusion enzyme in Escherichia coli Oytun Portakal, Pakize Do BMC Biochemistry 2008, 9 :27 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Immunoaffinity purification and characterization of mitochondrial membrane-bound D-3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase from Jaculus orientalis Driss Mountassif, Pierre Andreoletti, Zakaria El Kebbaj, Adnane Moutaouakkil, Mustapha Cherkaoui-Malki, Norbert Latruffe, M'hammed Sa BMC Biochemistry 2008, 9 :26 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Should digestion assays be used to estimate persistence of potential allergens in tests for safety of novel food proteins? Santiago Schnell, Rod A Herman Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2009, 7 :1 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Mutagenesis identifies the critical amino acid residues of human endonuclease G involved in catalysis, magnesium coordination, and substrate specificity Shih-Lu Wu, Chia-Cheng Li, Jaw-Chyun Chen, Yi-Jin Chen, Ching-Ting Lin, Tin-Yun Ho, Chien-Yun Hsiang Journal of Biomedical Science 2009, 16 :6 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Histopathological and biochemical effects of green tea and/or licorice aqueous extracts on thyroid functions in male albino rats intoxicated with dimethylnitrosamine
Abd El Mgeed A., Bstawi M., Mohamed U., Abdel Gabbar M. Nutrition & Metabolism 2009, 6 :2 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparative proteome analysis of psychrophilic versus mesophilic bacterial species: Insights into the molecular basis of cold adaptation of proteins Raghu Prasad Rao Metpally, Boojala Vijay B Reddy BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :11 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Learning about protein solubility from bacterial inclusion bodies Monica Martinez-Alonso, Nuria Gonzalez-Montalban, Elena Garcia-Fruitos, Antonio Villaverde Microbial Cell Factories 2009, 8 :4 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Flux balance analysis of primary metabolism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Nanette R Boyle, John A Morgan BMC Systems Biology 2009, 3 :4 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Catalytic inhibition of topoisomerase II by a novel rationally designed ATP-competitive purine analogue Patrick Chene, Joelle Rudloff, Joseph Schoepfer, Pascal Furet, Peter Meier, Zhiyan Qian, Jean-Marc Schlaeppi, Rita Schmitz, Thomas Radimerski BMC Chemical Biology 2009, 9 :1 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A study on the differential protein profiles in liver cells of heat stress rats with and without turpentine treatment Ganapathy Rajaseger, Chin Leong Lim, Lee Koon Wui, Padmanabhan Saravanan, Kai Tang, Ponnampalam Gopalakrishnakone, Yap Eric Pen-huat, Jia Lu, Moochhala M Shabbir Proteome Science 2009, 7 :1 (7 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Combined xanthorrhizol-curcumin exhibits synergistic growth inhibitory activity via apoptosis induction in human breast cancer cells MDA-MB-231 Yew Hoong Cheah, Fariza Juliana Nordin, Rozie Sarip, Thiam Tsui Tee, Azimahtol Hawariah Lope Pihie, Hasnah M Sirat, Badrul Amini Abd Rashid, Noor Rain Abdullah, Zakiah Ismail Cancer Cell International 2009, 9 :1 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel pyrethroid-hydrolyzing esterase originating from the Metagenome Gang Li, Kui Wang, Yu H Liu Microbial Cell Factories 2008, 7 :38 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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