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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.
BMC Biochemistry (ISSN 1471-2091) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Zoological Record and Google Scholar.
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BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :2
The unwinding of double-stranded DNA in humans as mediated by hRad51, the RecA homolog, is stimulated by the protein hRad52, which possibly acts as a scaffold to bring DNA and hRad51 together.
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 ] [Full text ] [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 Garg, Md Suhail Alam, Richa Bajpai, KV Radha Kishan, Pushpa Agrawal BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :1 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [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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Evaluation of intracellular signalling pathways in response to insulin-like growth factor I in apoptotic-resistant activated human hepatic stellate cells Alessandra Gentilini, Benedetta Lottini, Marco Brogi, Alessandra Caligiuri, Lorenzo Cosmi, Fabio Marra, Massimo Pinzani Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair 2009, 2 :1 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Effects of Fructus Piperis Longi extract on fibrotic liver of gamma-irradiated rats Somaya Zakaria Mansour, Hanan El-Kabany Chinese Medicine 2009, 4 :2 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Analysing the origin of long-range interactions in proteins using lattice models Orly Noivirt-Brik, Ron Unger, Amnon Horovitz BMC Structural Biology 2009, 9 :4 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Mechanism of protonophores-mediated induction of heat-shock response in Escherichia coli Bimal Jana, Subrata Panja, Swati Saha, Tarakdas Basu BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :20 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Zyxin is a novel interacting partner for SIRT1 Yuki Fujita, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Katsuhiko Hata, Mitsuharu Endo, Naoto Yamaguchi, Toshihide Yamashita BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :6 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Facile promoter deletion in Escherichia coli in response to leaky expression of very robust and benign proteins from common expression vectors Martin Kawe, Uwe Horn, Andreas Pluckthun Microbial Cell Factories 2009, 8 :8 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Fingerprinting antioxidative activities in plants Livia Saleh, Christoph Plieth Plant Methods 2009, 5 :2 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Alteration of renal respiratory complex-III during experimental type-1 diabetes Shankar Munusamy, Hamida Saba, Tanecia Mitchell, Judit K Megyesi, Robert W Brock, Lee Ann MacMillan-Crow BMC Endocrine Disorders 2009, 9 :2 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Identification in milk of a serum amyloid A peptide chemoattractant for B lymphoblasts Berardo de Jesus Rodriguez, Claire Chevaleyre, Gwenaele Henry, Daniel Molle, Isabelle Virlogeux-Payant, Mustapha Berri, Francois Boulay, Joelle Leonil, Francois Meurens, Henri Salmon BMC Immunology 2009, 10 :4 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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RhoGDIbeta-induced hypertrophic growth in H9c2 cells is negatively regulated by ZAK Chih-Yang Huang, Li-Chiu Yang, Kuan-Yu Liu, Pao-Hsin Liao, Janet Ing-Yuh Chou, Ming-Yung Chou, Wei-Wen Lin, Jaw-Ji Yang Journal of Biomedical Science 2009, 16 :11 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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