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BMC Biology - the flagship biology journal of the BMC series - publishes research and methodology articles of special importance and broad interest in any area of biology and biomedical sciences. BMC Biology (ISSN 1741-7007) is covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Zoological Record, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Biology 2009, 7 :22
Bacterial killing by an antimicrobial peptide has been monitored at the single-molecule level revealing four successive steps of the bactericidal process: binding, peptide association, membrane disruption and lysis of the cell.
BMC Biology 2009, 7 :20
Ros and Hurst comment on the recent study showing that laterally acquired genes are highly expressed in their recipient host, and discuss the evolutionary importance of lateral gene transfer.
BMC Biology 2009, 7 :19
Premature release of sperm from the Drosophila testis is prevented by F-actin and other cytoskeleton components, which together maintain developing spermatids in tight bundles within the head cyst cells in a mechanism resembling mammalian spermiation.
BMC Biology 2009, 7 :18
When two cotton genomes are merged, gene expression levels are not additive as they appear, instead allelic analysis shows expression is determined by parental dominance such that the prevailing parent differs gene by gene.
BMC Biology 2009, 7 :17
A heterologous cell system recapitulates the regulation of parathyroid hormone mRNA by the calcium-sensing receptor, an aspect of calcium homestasis mediated by the parathyroid gland in vivo, but not previously replicated in a cell culture model.
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Single molecule resolution of the antimicrobial action of quantum dot-labeled sushi peptide on live bacteria Sebastian Leptihn, Jia Yi Har, Jianzhu Chen, Bow Ho, Thorsten Wohland, Jeak Ling Ding BMC Biology 2009, 7 :22 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Specific retention of the protostome-specific PsGEF may parallel with the evolution of mushroom bodies in insect and lophotrochozoan brains Nozomu Higuchi, Keigo Kohno, Tatsuhiko Kadowaki BMC Biology 2009, 7 :21 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Lateral gene transfer between prokaryotes and multicellular eukaryotes: ongoing and significant? Vera ID Ros, Gregory DD Hurst BMC Biology 2009, 7 :20 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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F-actin-based extensions of the head cyst cell adhere to the maturing spermatids to maintain them in a tight bundle and prevent their premature release in Drosophila testis Bela S Desai, Seema Shirolikar, Krishanu Ray BMC Biology 2009, 7 :19 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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