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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, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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 :32
Acetaldehyde, a metabolite of ethanol, forms a Schiff base with one of the amino groups of carbonic anhydrase II, and its inhibition of this enzyme by covalent modification may help explain the toxicity of ethanol in human tissues.
BMC Biochemistry 2008, 9 :31
The activity of two bacterial multidrug transporters increases in membrane bilayers containing phosphatidylethanolamine, with EmrE from Escherichia coli and TBsmr from Mycobacterium tuberculosis also becoming more active in the presence of phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylinositol, respectively.
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Biochemical characterization of bovine plasma thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI). Zuzana Valnickova, Morten Thaysen-Andersen, Peter Hojrup, Trine Christensen, Kristian W Sanggaard, Torsten Kristensen, Jan J Enghild BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :13 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Exploring the functional interaction between POSH and ALIX and the relevance to HIV-1 release J BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :12 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Both Ca2+ and Zn2+ are essential for S100A12 protein -oligomerization and function Olga V Moroz, Will Burkitt, Helmut Wittkowski, Wei He, Anatoli Ianoul, Vera Novitskaya, Jingjing Xie, Oxana Polyakova, Igor K Lednev, Alexander Shekhtman, Peter J Derrick, Per Bjoerk, Dirk Foell, Igor B Bronstein BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :11 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Identification of distinct SET/TAF-I Zoe Karetsou, Anastasia Emmanouilidou, Ioannis Sanidas, Stamatis Liokatis, Eleni Nikolakaki, Anastasia S Politou, Thomais Papamarcaki BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :10 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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alpha-Sarcin catalytic activity is not required for cytotoxicity Spencer C Alford, Joel D Pearson, Amanda Carette, Robert J Ingham, Perry L Howard BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :9 (3 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Characterisation of the paralytic shellfish toxin biosynthesis gene clusters in Anabaena circinalis AWQC131C and Aphanizomenon sp . NH-5 Troco K Mihali, Ralf Kellmann, Brett A Neilan BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :8 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The roles of aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDHs) in the PDH bypass of Arabidopsis Yanling Wei, Ming Lin, David J Oliver, Patrick S Schnable BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :7 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A novel method for screening the glutathione transferase inhibitors Zhijun Wang, Li Jin, Grzegorz W BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :6 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Transmembrane voltage regulates binding of annexin V and lactadherin to cells with exposed phosphatidylserine Christina Smith, Donald F Gibson, Jonathan F Tait BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :5 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Dictyostelium cells bind a secreted autocrine factor that represses cell proliferationJonathan M Choe, Deenadayalan Bakthavatsalam, Jonathan E Phillips, Richard H Gomer BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :4 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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PfeIK1, a eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha kinase of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, regulates stress-response to amino-acid starvation Clare Fennell, Shalon Babbitt, Ilaria Russo, Jonathan Wilkes, Lisa Ranford-Cartwright, Daniel E Goldberg, Christian Doerig Malaria Journal 2009, 8 :99 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Emodin targets the beta-hydroxyacyl-acyl carrier protein dehydratase from Helicobacter pylori: enzymatic inhibition assay with crystal structural and thermodynamic characterization Jing Chen, Liang Zhang, Yu Zhang, Haitao Zhang, Jiamu Du, Jianping Ding, Yuewei Guo, Hualiang Jiang, Xu Shen BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :91 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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beta-catenin and transforming growth factor beta have distinct roles regulating fibroblast cell motility and the induction of collagen lattice contraction. Raymond Poon, Saeid Amini Nik, Jessica Ahn, Laura Slade, Benjamin A Alman BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :38 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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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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Serpin genes AtSRP2 and AtSRP3 are required for normal growth sensitivity to a DNA alkylating agent in Arabidopsis Joon-Woo Ahn, Brian J Atwell, Thomas H Roberts BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :52 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Proteomic analysis of the response of the plant growth-promoting bacterium Pseudomonas putida UW4 to nickel stress Zhenyu Cheng, Yi-Yun C Wei, Wilson WL Sung, Bernard R Glick, Brendan J McConkey Proteome Science 2009, 7 :18 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Characterization of the TRBP domain required for Dicer interaction and function in RNA interference Sylvanne M Daniels, Carlos E Melendez-Pena, Robert J Scarborough, Aicha Daher, Helen S Christensen, Mohamed El Far, Damian F Purcell, Sebastien Laine, Anne Gatignol BMC Molecular Biology 2009, 10 :38 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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On validation and invalidation of biological models James Anderson, Antonis Papachristodoulou BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10 :132 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Incomplete posttranslational prohormone modifications in hyperactive neuroendocrine cells Jeroen RPM Strating, Gerard JM Martens BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :35 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Regulation of dopamine transporter activity by carboxypeptidase E Heping Zhang, Shupeng Li, Min Wang, Brian Vukusic, Zdenek B Pristupa, Fang Liu Molecular Brain 2009, 2 :10 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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