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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.
BMC Molecular Biology (ISSN 1471-2199) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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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 :104
The APOBEC3 gene family, which blocks retrovirus replication, expanded in primates relative to artiodactyls via a series of dynamic recombination events, displaying this family's impressive functional modularity.
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Research article
Activation of mRNA translation by phage protein and low temperature: the case of Lactococcus lactis abortive infection system AbiD1. Elena Bidnenko, Alain Chopin, S. DUSKO Ehrlich, Marie-Christine Chopin BMC Molecular Biology 2009, 10 :4 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Identification of two proteins that interact with the Erp virulence factor from Mycobacterium tuberculosis by using the bacterial two-hybrid system Laura I Klepp, Marcelo Soria, Federico C Blanco, Maria V Bianco, Maria P Santangelo, Angel A Cataldi, Fabiana Bigi BMC Molecular Biology 2009, 10 :3 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Identification of novel Bach2 transcripts and protein isoforms through tagging analysis of retroviral integrations in B-cell lymphomas Jinghua Liu, Annette Balle Sorensen, Bruce Wang, Matthias Wabl, Anders Lade Nielsen, Finn Skou Pedersen BMC Molecular Biology 2009, 10 :2 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Identification of suitable internal control genes for expression studies in Coffea arabica under different experimental conditions Carla F Barsalobres-Cavallari, F BMC Molecular Biology 2009, 10 :1 (6 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Transcriptional regulation of BRD7 expression by Sp1 and c-Myc Huaying Liu, Ming Zhou, Xiaomin Luo, Liming Zhang, Zhaoxia Niu, Cong Peng, Jian Ma, Shuping Peng, Houde Zhou, Bo Xiang, Xiayu Li, Shufang Li, Jiajin He, Xiaoling Li, Guiyuan Li BMC Molecular Biology 2008, 9 :111 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Upstream stimulatory factors are involved in the P1 promoter directed transcription of the AbetaH-J-J locus Alessia Finotti, Susan Treves, Francesco Zorzato, Roberto Gambari, Giordana Feriotto BMC Molecular Biology 2008, 9 :110 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Analysis of chromatin boundary activity in Drosophila cells Mo Li, Vladimir E Belozerov, Haini N Cai BMC Molecular Biology 2008, 9 :109 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Two evolutionarily conserved sequence elements for Peg3/Usp29 transcription Jeong Do Kim, Sungryul Yu, Jung Ha Choo, Joomyeong Kim BMC Molecular Biology 2008, 9 :108 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Functionally related transcripts have common RNA motifs for specific RNA-binding proteins in trypanosomes
Griselda Noe, Javier G De Gaudenzi, Alberto C Frasch BMC Molecular Biology 2008, 9 :107 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Factors acting on Mos1 transposition efficiency
Ludivine Sinzelle, Gwenhael Jegot, Benjamin Brillet, Florence Rouleux-Bonnin, Yves Bigot, Corinne Auge-Gouillou BMC Molecular Biology 2008, 9 :106 (26 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Influence of brain-derived neurotrophic factor on pathfinding of dentate granule cell axons, the hippocampal mossy fibers Makoto Tamura, Naohiro Tamura, Takamitsu Ikeda, Ryuta Koyama, Yuji Ikegaya, Norio Matsuki, Maki K Yamada Molecular Brain 2009, 2 :2 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Ab initio and template-based prediction of multi-class distance maps by two-dimensional recursive neural networks Ian Walsh, Davide Bau, Alberto JM Martin, Catherine Mooney, Alessandro Vullo, Gianluca Pollastri BMC Structural Biology 2009, 9 :5 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Technical Note
Sequence Searcher: A Java tool to perform regular expression and fuzzy searches of multiple DNA and protein sequences Francesco Marass, Chris Upton BMC Research Notes 2009, 2 :14 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Human antimicrobial protein hCAP18/LL-37 promotes a metastatic phenotype in breast cancer Gunther Weber, Clara I Chamorro, Fredrik Granath, Annelie Liljegren, Sami Zreika, Zuzana Saidak, Bengt Sandstedt, Samuel Rotstein, Romuald Mentaverri, Fabio Sanchez, Andor Pivarcsi, Mona Stahle Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11 :R6 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Software
STAMP: Extensions to the STADEN sequence analysis package for high throughput interactive microsatellite marker design Lars Kraemer, Bank Beszteri, Steffi Gabler-Schwarz, Christoph Held, Florian Leese, Christoph Mayer, Kevin Pohlmann, Stephan Frickenhaus BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10 :41 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Short report
Linkage of cDNA expression profiles of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons to a genome-wide in situ hybridization database Kambiz N Alavian, Horst H Simon Molecular Neurodegeneration 2009, 4 :6 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
High-resolution mapping of heterochromatin redistribution in a Drosophila position-effect variegation model Maartje J Vogel, Ludo Pagie, Wendy Talhout, Marja Nieuwland, Ron M Kerkhoven, Bas van Steensel Epigenetics & Chromatin 2009, 2 :1 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Methodology article
An Entry/Gateway cloning system for general expression of genes with molecular tags in Drosophila melanogaster. Omar S Akbari, Daniel Oliver, Katie Eyer, Chi-Yun Pai BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :8 (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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Enterococcal surface protein Esp is not essential for cell adhesion and intestinal colonization of Enterococcus faecium in mice Esther Heikens, Masja Leendertse, Lucas M Wijnands, Miranda van Luit-Asbroek, Marc JM Bonten, Tom van der Poll, Rob JL Willems BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :19 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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