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BMC Cell Biology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the biology of cells including organelles and cellular compartments, trafficking and turnover, signaling, motility, adhesion, cell division, differentiation and programmed cell death.
BMC Cell Biology (ISSN 1471-2121) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :74
Nuclear pore complex protein Tpr is imported into the nucleus by the importin α /β pathway, while binding studies suggest a role for Tpr in the import and/or recycling of importin β complexes, and in CRM1-mediated protein export.
BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :71
The expansion of the cell surface area of oligodendrocytes to allow them to form myelin wrapped round an axon is regulated by actomyosin contractility, extracellular matrix rigidity, and endocytosis.
BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :63
The peptide GX1 inhibits angiogenesis as well as homing to human gastric cancer vasculature, and when conjugated to recombinant mutant human tumor necrosis factor alpha (rmhTNFα ) represses gastric cancer xenografts more effectively and with less systemic toxicity than rmhTNFα alone.
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Cbl-Associated Protein is tyrosine phosphorylated by c-Abl and c-Src kinases Inga Fernow, Ana Tomasovic, Ann Siehoff-Icking, Ritva Tikkanen BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :80 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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RNAi mediated acute depletion of Retinoblastoma protein (pRb) promotes aneuploidy in human primary cells via micronuclei formation Angela Amato, Laura Lentini, Tiziana Schillaci, Flora Iovino, Aldo Di Leonardo BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :79 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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HER/ErbB receptor interactions and signaling patterns in human mammary epithelial cells Yi Zhang, Lee Opresko, Harish Shankaran, William B. Chrisler, H. Steven Wiley, Haluk Resat BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :78 (31 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Ethanol exerts dual effects on calcium homeostasis in CCK-8-stimulated mouse pancreatic acinar cells Marcela Fernandez-Sanchez, Angel del Castillo-Vaquero, Gines M Salido, Antonio Gonzalez BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :77 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Functional characterization of the trans-membrane domain interactions of the Sec61 protein translocation complex beta-subunit Xueqiang Zhao, Jussi J BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :76 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Novel association of APC with intermediate filaments identified using a new versatile APC antibody Yang Wang, Yoshiaki Azuma, David B Friedman, Robert J Coffey, Kristi L Neufeld BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :75 (21 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Karyopherin binding interactions and nuclear import mechanism of nuclear pore complex protein Tpr Iris Ben-Efraim, Phyllis D Frosst, Larry Gerace BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :74 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Inhibition of extracellular matrix assembly induces the expression of osteogenic markers in skeletal muscle cells by a BMP-2 independent mechanism Nelson Osses, Juan Carlos Casar, Enrique Brandan BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :73 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Defects in cellular sorting and retroviral assembly induced by GGA overexpression Anjali Joshi, Kunio Nagashima, Eric O Freed BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :72 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Actomyosin contractility controls cell surface area of oligodendrocytes Angelika Kippert, Dirk Fitzner, Jonne Helenius, Mikael Simons BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :71 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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A Smac-mimetic sensitizes prostate cancer cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis via modulating both IAPs and NF-kappaB Yao Dai, Meilan Liu, Wenhua Tang, Yongming Li, Jiqin Lian, Theodore S Lawrence, Liang Xu BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :392 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Health effects of residential wood smoke particles: the importance of combustion conditions and physicochemical particle properties Anette Kocbach Bolling, Joakim Pagels, Karl Espen Yttri, Lars Barregard, Gerd Sallsten, Per E Schwarze, Christoffer Boman Particle and Fibre Toxicology 2009, 6 :29 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The specificity of neuroprotection by antioxidants Yuanbin Liu, David R Schubert Journal of Biomedical Science 2009, 16 :98 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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A selective eradication of human non-hereditary breast cancer cells by phenanthridine derived polyADP-ribose polymerase inhibitors
Dana Inbar-Rozensal, Asher Castiel, Leonid Visochek, David Castel, Francoise Dantzer, Shai Izraeli, Malka Cohen-Armon Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11 :R78 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Aurora-A down-regulates IkappaB alpha via Akt activation and interacts with insulin-like growth factor-1 induced phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway for cancer cell survival Jin-e Yao, Min Yan, Zhong Guan, Chao-bin Pan, Liang-ping Xia, Chuan-xing Li, Li-hui Wang, Zi-jie Long, Yan Zhao, Ming-wei Li, Fei-meng Zheng, Jie Xu, Dong-jun Lin, Quentin Liu Molecular Cancer 2009, 8 :95 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Plasmodium falciparum exposure in utero, maternal age and parity influence the innate activation of foetal antigen presenting cells Nadine Fievet, Stefania Varani, Samad Ibitokou, Valerie Briand, Stephanie Louis, Rene-Xavier Perrin, Achille Massougbodji, Anne Hosmalin, Marita Troye-Blomberg, Philippe Deloron Malaria Journal 2009, 8 :251 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Comparative proteomic analysis of malformed umbilical cords from somatic cell nuclear transfer-derived piglets: implications for early postnatal death Jong-Yi Park, Jae-Hwan Kim, Yun-Jung Choi, Kyu-Chan Hwang, Seong-Keun Cho, Ho-Hyun Park, Seung-Sam Paik, Teoan Kim, ChanKyu Park, Hoon Taek Lee, Han Geuk Seo, Soo-Bong Park, Seongsoo Hwang, Jin-Hoi Kim BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :511 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparative analysis of plant genomes allows the definition of the Phytolongins: a novel non-SNARE longin domain protein family. Marco Vedovato, Valeria Rossi, Joel B Dacks, Francesco Filippini BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :510 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The molecular basis for stability of heterochromatin-mediated silencing in mammals
Kyoko Hiragami-Hamada, Sheila Q Xie, Alexander Saveliev, Santiago Uribe-Lewis, Ana Pombo, Richard Festenstein Epigenetics & Chromatin 2009, 2 :14 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Bovine viral diarrhea virus NS4B protein is an integral membrane protein associated with Golgi markers and rearranged host membranes Erica Weiskircher, Jason Aligo, Gang Ning, Kouacou V Konan Virology Journal 2009, 6 :185 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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