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BMC Biochemistry is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of biochemical processes, including the structure, function and dynamics of metabolic pathways, supramolecular complexes, enzymes, proteins, nucleic acids and small molecular components of organelles, cells and tissues.
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BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :17
Two response regulators of antibacterial peptide production in Lactobacillus plantarum are highly homologous, co-expressed, and bind to the same promoters but differ in their binding affinity and cooperativity, explaining their opposite functions in gene regulation.
BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :14
The lipid signaling molecule N-arachidonyl glycine (NAGly) is produced from the endogenous cannabinoid anandamide (AEA) by two pathways - oxidative metabolism of AEA's ethanolamine moiety, and glycine conjugation to arachidonic acid released during AEA hydrolysis by fatty acid amide hydrolase.
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Biochemical characterization of malate synthase G of P. aeruginosa Bart Roucourt, Nikki Minnebo, Patrick Augustijns, Kirsten Hertveldt, Guido Volckaert, Rob Lavigne BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :20 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Insights into the role of Val45 and Gln182 of Escherichia coli MutY in DNA substrate binding and specificity Po-Wen Chang, Amrita Madabushi, A-Lien Lu BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :19 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Analysis of DNA relaxation and cleavage activities of recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA topoisomerase I from a new expression and purification protocol Thirunavukkarasu Annamalai, Neil Dani, Bokun Cheng, Yuk-Ching Tse-Dinh BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :18 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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DNA binding kinetics of two response regulators, PlnC and PlnD, from the bacteriocin regulon of Lactobacillus plantarum C11 Daniel Straume, Rune F Johansen, Magnar Bjoras, Ingolf F Nes, Dzung B Diep BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :17 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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TIPT2 and geminin interact with basal transcription factors to synergize in transcriptional regulation Mara E Pitulescu, Martin Teichmann, Lingfei Luo, Michael Kessel BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :16 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A novel human NatA Thomas Arnesen, Darina Gromyko, Diane Kagabo, Matthew J Betts, Kristian K Starheim, Jan Erik Varhaug, Dave Anderson, Johan R Lillehaug BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :15 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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The endocannabinoid anandamide is a precursor for the signaling lipid N -arachidonoyl glycine by two distinct pathways Heather B Bradshaw, Neta Rimmerman, Sherry Shu-Jung Hu, Valery M Benton, Jordyn M Stuart, Kim Masuda, Benjamin F Cravatt, David K O'Dell, J Michael Walker BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :14 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Biochemical characterization of bovine plasma thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) Zuzana Valnickova, Morten Thaysen-Andersen, Peter H BMC Biochemistry 2009, 10 :13 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [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 ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Large-scale evaluation of dynamically important residues in proteins predicted by the perturbation analysis of a coarse-grained elastic model Wenjun Zheng, Mustafa Tekpinar BMC Structural Biology 2009, 9 :45 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Expression of the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma gene is repressed by DNA methylation in visceral adipose tissue of mouse models of diabetes Katsunori Fujiki, Fumi Kano, Kunio Shiota, Masayuki Murata BMC Biology 2009, 7 :38 (10 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Hmrbase: a database of hormones and their receptors Mamoon Rashid, Deepak Singla, Arun Sharma, Manish Kumar, Gajendra PS Raghava BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :307 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Domain swapping reveals that the N-terminal domain of the sensor kinase KdpD in Escherichia coli is important for signaling Ralf Heermann, Marie-Luise Lippert, Kirsten Jung BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :133 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Production of N-acetyl-D-neuraminic Acid Using Two Sequential Enzymes Overexpressed as Double-Tagged Fusion Proteins Tzu-Hsien Wang, Ying-Yin Chen, Hsin-Hung Pan, Feng-Pao Wang, Chung-Hsien Cheng, Wen-Chien Lee BMC Biotechnology 2009, 9 :63 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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10% Hydroxyethylstarch impairs renal function and induces interstitial proliferation, macrophage infiltration and tubular damage Martin Siegemund Critical Care 2009, 13 :413 (8 [PDF ]
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Limitation of using synthetic human odours to test mosquito repellents Fredros O Okumu, Emmanuel Titus, Edgar Mbeyela, Gerry F Killeen, Sarah J Moore Malaria Journal 2009, 8 :150 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Ultraviolet-ozone treatment reduces levels of disease-associated prion protein and prion infectivity Christopher J Johnson, P.u.p.a Gilbert, Debbie McKenzie, Joel A Pedersen, Judd M Aiken BMC Research Notes 2009, 2 :121 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Identification, functional characterization and developmental regulation of sesquiterpene synthases from sunflower capitate glandular trichomes Jens C Gopfert, Gilian MacNevin, Dae-Kyun Ro, Otmar Spring BMC Plant Biology 2009, 9 :86 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A further insight into the biosorption mechanism of Pt() by infrared spectrometry
Zhongyu Lin, Ru Xue, Yiwen Ye, Jianhong Zheng, Zhenling Xu BMC Biotechnology 2009, 9 :62 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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