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Selected articles
Review & comment
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Aleksandra Kornienko, Philipp Guenzl, Denise Barlow, Florian PaulerHow non-coding RNAs can matter without meaning
Florian Pauler, Denise Barlow and colleagues review the evidence on long non-protein-coding RNAs for which the process of transcription itself functions in the regulation of nearby genes, but the RNA product may be irrelevant.
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Laurence HurstIdentifying function in the genome
Laurence Hurst reflects on the range of genome biological factors determining whether mutations have a selective effect, and how knowing more might help us to predict which will cause disease.
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Andrew McMichaelOvercoming the obstacles to HIV immunity
Can the immune system be induced to protect itself against HIV infection? Andrew McMichael gives his perspective in an interview, explaining the challenges faced in making a vaccine and why he remains optimistic about the potential of eliciting strong T cell responses for controlling the virus.
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Robin WeissHIV receptor gymnastics
Robin Weiss, in an article to mark the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), reviews the complex interactions of the virus with the specialized surface molecules by which it gains entry into cells, and how this has led to drugs that block it.
Research
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Stephan Fischer, Nils Klüver, Kathleen Burkhardt-Medicke, Mirko Pietsch, Anne-Marie Schmidt, Peggy Wellner, Kristin Schirmer, Till LuckenbachAbcb4 acts as multixenobiotic transporter and active barrier against chemical uptake in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos
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James MacRae, Matthew Dixon, Megan Dearnley, Hwa Chua, Jennifer Chambers, Shannon Kenny, Iveta Bottova, Leann Tilley, Malcolm McConvilleMitochondrial metabolism of sexual and asexual blood stages of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
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Joachim Haug, Jean-Bernard Caron, Carolin HaugDemecology in the Cambrian -- synchronized molting in arthropods from the Burgess Shale
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Verena Hoerr, Lorena Tuchscherr, Jana Hüve, Nadine Nippe, Karin Loser, Nataliya Glyvuk, Yaroslav Tsytsyura, Michael Holtkamp, Cord Sunderkötter, Uwe Karst, Jürgen Klingauf, Georg Peters, Bettina Löffler, Cornelius FaberBacteria tracking by in vivo magnetic resonance imaging
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Lei Shi, Ming Li, Qiang Lin, Xuebin Qi, Bing SuFunctional divergence of the brain-size regulating gene
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Laura Wrzosek, Sylvie Miquel, Marie-Louise Noordine, Stephan Bouet, Marie Chevalier-Curt, Véronique Robert, Catherine Philippe, Chantal Bridonneau, Claire Cherbuy, Catherine Robbe-Masselot, Philippe Langella, Muriel ThomasBacteroides thetaiotaomicron andFaecalibacterium prausnitzii influence the production of mucus glycans and the development of goblet cells in the colonic epithelium of a gnotobiotic model rodent
Latest articles from BMC Biology
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Demecology in the Cambrian -- synchronized
molting in arthropods from the Burgess Shale
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Article collections
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HIV thirty years on
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Open questions in biology
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