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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 2008, 6 :29
tmRNA rescues stalled ribosomes but lacks an anticodon and so probably uses a separate ligand to establish the reading frame on tmRNA, rather than the three nucleotides upstream of the first codon as previously thought.
BMC Biology 2008, 6 :28
Woodlands have become fragmented into 'sky islands' as a result of global warming in the last 10,000 years, a hypothesis supported by the genetics of two Mexican jay populations that diverged after the last glaciation.
BMC Biology 2008, 6 :27
One-third of arthropod species are infected with maternally inherited bacteria that are likely to strongly influence their host's biology and although Wolbachia dominates, the diverse range of inherited bacteria also includes Cardinium, Arsenophonus and Spiroplasma.
BMC Biology 2008, 6 :26
Plant aquaporins that act as bi-directional arsenite channels provide the first molecular clues to plant arsenite transport systems and pave the way for reducing the toxin content of crops like rice grown in arsenic-laden environments.
BMC Biology 2008, 6 :25
The toxic effects of chemical contaminants like copper on a key indicator organism, the earthworm, can be monitored by combining metabolomics and transcriptomics, a systems ecotoxicology approach that provides detailed molecular information about adaptation to soil pollutants.
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The role of upstream sequences in selecting the reading frame on tmRNA Mickey R Miller, David W Healey, Stephen G Robison, Jonathan D Dewey, Allen R Buskirk BMC Biology 2008, 6 :29 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Integrating paleoecology and genetics of bird populations in two sky island archipelagos John E McCormack, Bonnie S Bowen, Thomas B Smith BMC Biology 2008, 6 :28 (27 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The diversity of reproductive parasites among arthropods: Wolbachia do not walk alone Olivier Duron, Didier Bouchon, Sebastien Boutin, Lawrence Bellamy, Liqin Zhou, Jan Engelstadter, Gregory D Hurst BMC Biology 2008, 6 :27 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A subgroup of plant aquaporins facilitate the bi-directional diffusion of As(OH)3 and Sb(OH)3 across membranes Gerd P Bienert, Michael Thorsen, Manuela D Sch BMC Biology 2008, 6 :26 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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'Systems toxicology' approach identifies coordinated metabolic responses to copper in a terrestrial non-model invertebrate, the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus Jacob G Bundy, Jasmin K Sidhu, Faisal Rana, David J Spurgeon, Claus Svendsen, Jodie F Wren, Stephen R St BMC Biology 2008, 6 :25 (3 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Interactions of biotic and abiotic environmental factors in an ectomycorrhizal symbiosis, and the potential for selection mosaics Bridget J Piculell, Jason D Hoeksema, John N Thompson BMC Biology 2008, 6 :23 (28 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Visual sensitivities tuned by heterochronic shifts in opsin gene expression Karen L Carleton, Tyrone C Spady, J Todd Streelman, Michael R Kidd, William N McFarland, Ellis R Loew BMC Biology 2008, 6 :22 (23 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Resource supply and the evolution of public-goods cooperation in bacteria Michael A Brockhurst, Angus Buckling, Dan Racey, Andy Gardner BMC Biology 2008, 6 :20 (14 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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