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BMC Structural Biology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in investigations into the structure and function of biological macromolecules.
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BMC Structural Biology 2008, 8 :43
A new method which uses information theory to map information exchange on protein domain structures shows how binding may trigger conformational changes and specifically how signal transduction in Fyn tyrosine kinase resembles
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BMC Structural Biology 2008, 8 :42
The first crystal structure of a eukaryotic guanylate cyclase - from the green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii - confirms the expected close structural similarity with adenylate cyclases and provides clues as to how activation of the enzyme could occur.
BMC Structural Biology 2008, 8 :39
Systematically classifying pi-turns in protein structures by measuring the presence of hydrogen bonds, the distance between terminal Calpha atoms and backbone torsion angles indicates that at least 20% occur independent of the Schellman motif.
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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 ]
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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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Molecular models of human P-glycoprotein in two different catalytic states Jean-Paul Becker, Gregoire Depret, Francoise Van Bambeke, Paul M Tulkens, Martine Prevost BMC Structural Biology 2009, 9 :3 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Atomic structures and functional implications of the archaeal RecQ-like helicase Hjm Takuji Oyama, Hayato Oka, Kouta Mayanagi, Tsuyoshi Shirai, Kyoko Matoba, Ryosuke Fujikane, Yoshizumi Ishino, Kosuke Morikawa BMC Structural Biology 2009, 9 :2 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Mesothelin, Stereocilin, and Otoancorin are predicted to have superhelical structures with ARM-type repeats Bangalore K Sathyanarayana, Yoonsoo Hahn, Manish S Patankar, Ira Pastan, Byungkook Lee BMC Structural Biology 2009, 9 :1 (7 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Analysis on conservation of disulphide bonds and their structural features in homologous protein domain families Ratna R Thangudu, Malini Manoharan, N Srinivasan, Fr BMC Structural Biology 2008, 8 :55 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Knottin cyclization: Impact on Structure and Dynamics Annie Heitz, Olga Avrutina, Dung Le-Nguyen, Ulf Diederichsen, Jean-Francois Hernandez, Jerome Gracy, Harald Kolmar, Laurent Chiche BMC Structural Biology 2008, 8 :54 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Residue contact-count potentials are as effective as residue-residue contact-type potentials for ranking protein decoys Dan M Bolser, Ioannis Filippis, Henning Stehr, Jose Duarte, Michael Lappe BMC Structural Biology 2008, 8 :53 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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SELECTpro: effective protein model selection using a structure-based energy function resistant to BLUNDERs Arlo Randall, Pierre Baldi BMC Structural Biology 2008, 8 :52 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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PDBalert: automatic, recurrent remote homology tracking and protein structure prediction Vatsal Agarwal, Michael Remmert, Andreas Biegert, Johannes S BMC Structural Biology 2008, 8 :51 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Prediction of protein-protein interaction types using association rule based classification Sung Hee Park, Jose A Reyes, David R Gilbert, Ji Woong Kim, Sangsoo Kim BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10 :36 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Technical Notes
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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VASCo: computation and visualization of annotated protein surface contacts Georg Steinkellner, Robert Rader, Gerhard G Thallinger, Christoph Kratky, Karl Gruber BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10 :32 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Using least median of squares for structural superposition of flexible proteins Yu-Shen Liu, Yi Fang, Karthik Ramani BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10 :29 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The human Ago2 MC region does not contain an eIF4E-like mRNA Cap Binding motif Lisa N Kinch, Nick V Grishin Biology Direct 2009, 4 :2 (21 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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CD24 regulated gene expression and distribution of tight junction proteins is associated with altered barrier function in oral epithelial monolayers Ping Ye, Mangala A Nadkarni, Mary Simonian, Neil Hunter BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :2 (13 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Chromatid recommensuration after segmental duplication Mark N Jabbour Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 2009, 6 :1 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Automated alphabet reduction for protein datasets Jaume Bacardit, Michael Stout, Jonathan D Hirst, Alfonso Valencia, Robert E Smith, Natalio Krasnogor BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10 :6 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Is a purpose of REM sleep atonia to help regenerate intervertebral disc volumetric loss? Jerome CJ Fryer Journal of Circadian Rhythms 2009, 7 :1 (5 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A forensic aspect of age characteristics of dentine using transversal microradiography: a case report Leonidas Vasiliadis, Christos Stavrianos, Panagiotis Kafas Cases Journal 2009, 2 :4 (2 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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