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		Research article Self-consistent field theory for the interactions between keratin intermediate filaments Anna Akinshina, Etienne Jambon-Puillet, Patrick B Warren, Massimo G Noro BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:12 (5 September 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Kinetic effects of TiO₂ fine particles and nanoparticles aggregates on the nanomechanical properties of human neutrophils assessed by force spectroscopy Everton Luis da Rosa BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:11 (19 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Molecular basis of HHQ biosynthesis: molecular dynamics simulations, enzyme kinetic and surface plasmon resonance studies Anke Steinbach, Christine K Maurer, Elisabeth Weidel, Claudia Henn, Christian Brengel, Rolf W Hartmann, Matthias Negri BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:10 (1 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Interactions of the amphiphiles arbutin and tryptophan with phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine bilayers in the dry state Antoaneta V Popova, Dirk K Hincha BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:9 (24 July 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Drop drying on surfaces determines chemical reactivity - the specific case of immobilization of oligonucleotides on microarrays Jens Sobek, Catharine Aquino, Wilfried Weigel, Ralph Schlapbach BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:8 (12 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Commentary Activation of signaling receptors: do ligands bind to receptor monomer, dimer, or both? Xiaodong Pang, Huan-Xiang Zhou BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:7 (3 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Xiaodong Pang and Huan-Xiang Zhou discuss a recent study in BMC Biophysics that sheds new light on mechanisms of receptor activation, and argue that coexistence of monomers and dimers may be common for cell surface receptors.
		Research article Single-molecule photobleaching reveals increased MET receptor dimerization upon ligand binding in intact cells Marina S Dietz, Daniel Haße, Davide M Ferraris, Antonia Göhler, Hartmut H Niemann, Mike Heilemann BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:6 (3 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Single-molecule photobleaching reveals that the MET receptor exists as both dimers and monomers on cell membranes in the absence of a ligand, with the proportion of dimers increasing significantly upon ligand binding.
		Methodology article Time-resolved force distribution analysis Bogdan I Costescu, Frauke Gräter BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:5 (1 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| Editor’s summary Time-resolved force distribution analysis is a new method to monitor the fluctuations of internal forces in complex macromolecular structures, and is an alternative approach to coordinate-based methods for analyzing structural transitions.
		Methodology article Improving accuracy of cell and chromophore concentration measurements using optical density John A Myers, Brandon S Curtis, Wayne R Curtis BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:4 (22 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF
		Research article Wavelet-based protocols for ion channel electrophysiology Armin Kargol BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:3 (14 March 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article A biophysical model for transcription factories Ana Z Canals-Hamann, Ricardo das Neves, Joyce E Reittie, Carlos Iñiguez, Shamit Soneji, Tariq Enver, Veronica J Buckle, Francisco J Iborra BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:2 (9 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Chromatin can act as a multi-block copolymer with active-inactive monomers that spontaneously self-organize to form microdomains, demonstrating that geometrical constraints alone can potentially yield an organized transcription factory.
		Research article Effects of spermine NONOate and ATP on protein aggregation: light scattering evidences Rasha Bassam, Ilya Digel, Juergen Hescheler, Ayseguel Temiz Artmann, Gerhard M Artmann BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:1 (4 January 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Stochastic dynamics of virus capsid formation: direct versus hierarchical self-assembly Johanna E Baschek, Heinrich C R Klein, Ulrich S Schwarz BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:22 (17 December 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Computational modeling of the way that viruses are able to self-assemble their protein capsid coats suggests that for complex viruses with more stable bonds, a piecemeal hierarchical assembly process is most likely.
		Research article Pulling chromatin apart: Unstacking or Unwrapping? Jean Marc Victor, Jordanka Zlatanova, Maria Barbi, Julien Mozziconacci BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:21 (27 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A zig-zag model of chromatin fiber morphology is able to quantitatively explain the mechanical properties of chromatin under external stress, and provides an alternative explanation to the widespread solenoid model interpretation.
		Research article Two-photon time-lapse microscopy of BODIPY-cholesterol reveals anomalous sterol diffusion in chinese hamster ovary cells Frederik W Lund, Michael A Lomholt, Lukasz M Solanko, Robert Bittman, Daniel Wüstner BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:20 (18 October 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Hierarchical super-structure identified by polarized light microscopy, electron microscopy and nanoindentation: Implications for the limits of biological control over the growth mode of abalone sea shells Andreas S Schneider, Birgit Heiland, Nicolas J Peter, Christina Guth, Eduard Arzt, Ingrid M Weiss BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:19 (12 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The hierarchical super-structure of abalone mollusc shells can be revealed by conventional light microscopy methods, opening the potential to study shell growth mechanisms in vivo at high resolution.
		Commentary Intracellular chemical gradients: morphing principle in bacteria Robert G Endres BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:18 (7 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Robert Endres discusses a new study in BMC Biophysics that supports the emerging view that intracellular chemical gradients can exist in bacterial cells, and how these may limit in vitro analyses.
		Research article Physical constraints on the establishment of intracellular spatial gradients in bacteria Carolina Tropini, Naveed Rabbani, Kerwyn Huang BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:17 (29 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
		Research article Effects of spermine NONOate and ATP on the thermal stability of hemoglobin Rasha Bassam, Juergen Hescheler, Ayseguel Temiz-Artmann, Gerhard M Artmann, Ilya Digel BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:16 (28 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Flexibility of EF-hand motifs: structural and thermodynamic studies of Calcium Binding Protein-1 from Entamoeba histolytica with Pb²⁺, Ba²⁺, and Sr²⁺ Shivesh Kumar, Ejaz Ahmad, Sanjeev Kumar, Rizwan Khan, Samudrala Gourinath BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:15 (20 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Molecular dynamics simulations on aqueous two-phase systems - Single PEG-molecules in solution Stefan A Oelmeier, Florian Dismer, Jürgen Hubbuch BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:14 (8 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article A minimal ligand binding pocket within a network of correlated mutations identified by multiple sequence and structural analysis of G protein coupled receptors Subhodeep Moitra, Kalyan C Tirupula, Judith Klein-Seetharaman, Christopher Langmead BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:13 (29 June 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Intrinsic thermodynamics of ethoxzolamide inhibitor binding to human carbonic anhydrase XIII Lina Baranauskienė, Daumantas Matulis BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:12 (7 June 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Molecular dynamics and mutational analysis of the catalytic and translocation cycle of RNA polymerase Maria L Kireeva, Kristopher Opron, Steve A Seibold, Céline Domecq, Robert I Cukier, Benoit Coulombe, Mikhail Kashlev, Zachary F Burton BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:11 (7 June 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The catalytic confirmation of the RNA polymerase ternary elongation complex (TEC) has a closed trigger loop with a relatively dehydrated active site, in contrast to the inactive open confirmation of the trigger loop which supports translocation.
		Correspondence Can dietary fibre help provide safer food products for sufferers of gluten intolerance? A well-established biophysical probe may help towards providing an answer M Kök, Richard Gillis, Shirley Ang, David Lafond, Arthur S Tatham, Gary Adams, Stephen E Harding BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:10 (17 May 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| 1 comment \| Editor’s summary Stephen Harding and colleagues speculate on the role that the ultracentrifuge assay procedure could play in detecting non-toxic biopolymers capable of sequestering ingested gluten peptides, with the eventual aim of reducing gluten intolerance symptoms.

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		Research article Self-consistent field theory for the interactions between keratin intermediate filaments Anna Akinshina, Etienne Jambon-Puillet, Patrick B Warren, Massimo G Noro BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:12 (5 September 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Kinetic effects of TiO₂ fine particles and nanoparticles aggregates on the nanomechanical properties of human neutrophils assessed by force spectroscopy Everton Luis da Rosa BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:11 (19 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Molecular basis of HHQ biosynthesis: molecular dynamics simulations, enzyme kinetic and surface plasmon resonance studies Anke Steinbach, Christine K Maurer, Elisabeth Weidel, Claudia Henn, Christian Brengel, Rolf W Hartmann, Matthias Negri BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:10 (1 August 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Interactions of the amphiphiles arbutin and tryptophan with phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine bilayers in the dry state Antoaneta V Popova, Dirk K Hincha BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:9 (24 July 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article Drop drying on surfaces determines chemical reactivity - the specific case of immobilization of oligonucleotides on microarrays Jens Sobek, Catharine Aquino, Wilfried Weigel, Ralph Schlapbach BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:8 (12 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Commentary Activation of signaling receptors: do ligands bind to receptor monomer, dimer, or both? Xiaodong Pang, Huan-Xiang Zhou BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:7 (3 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Xiaodong Pang and Huan-Xiang Zhou discuss a recent study in BMC Biophysics that sheds new light on mechanisms of receptor activation, and argue that coexistence of monomers and dimers may be common for cell surface receptors.
		Research article Single-molecule photobleaching reveals increased MET receptor dimerization upon ligand binding in intact cells Marina S Dietz, Daniel Haße, Davide M Ferraris, Antonia Göhler, Hartmut H Niemann, Mike Heilemann BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:6 (3 June 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Single-molecule photobleaching reveals that the MET receptor exists as both dimers and monomers on cell membranes in the absence of a ligand, with the proportion of dimers increasing significantly upon ligand binding.
		Methodology article Time-resolved force distribution analysis Bogdan I Costescu, Frauke Gräter BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:5 (1 May 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| Editor’s summary Time-resolved force distribution analysis is a new method to monitor the fluctuations of internal forces in complex macromolecular structures, and is an alternative approach to coordinate-based methods for analyzing structural transitions.
		Methodology article Improving accuracy of cell and chromophore concentration measurements using optical density John A Myers, Brandon S Curtis, Wayne R Curtis BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:4 (22 April 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF
		Research article Wavelet-based protocols for ion channel electrophysiology Armin Kargol BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:3 (14 March 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| ePUB \| PubMed
		Research article A biophysical model for transcription factories Ana Z Canals-Hamann, Ricardo das Neves, Joyce E Reittie, Carlos Iñiguez, Shamit Soneji, Tariq Enver, Veronica J Buckle, Francisco J Iborra BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:2 (9 February 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Chromatin can act as a multi-block copolymer with active-inactive monomers that spontaneously self-organize to form microdomains, demonstrating that geometrical constraints alone can potentially yield an organized transcription factory.
		Research article Effects of spermine NONOate and ATP on protein aggregation: light scattering evidences Rasha Bassam, Ilya Digel, Juergen Hescheler, Ayseguel Temiz Artmann, Gerhard M Artmann BMC Biophysics 2013, 6:1 (4 January 2013) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Stochastic dynamics of virus capsid formation: direct versus hierarchical self-assembly Johanna E Baschek, Heinrich C R Klein, Ulrich S Schwarz BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:22 (17 December 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Computational modeling of the way that viruses are able to self-assemble their protein capsid coats suggests that for complex viruses with more stable bonds, a piecemeal hierarchical assembly process is most likely.
		Research article Pulling chromatin apart: Unstacking or Unwrapping? Jean Marc Victor, Jordanka Zlatanova, Maria Barbi, Julien Mozziconacci BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:21 (27 November 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A zig-zag model of chromatin fiber morphology is able to quantitatively explain the mechanical properties of chromatin under external stress, and provides an alternative explanation to the widespread solenoid model interpretation.
		Research article Two-photon time-lapse microscopy of BODIPY-cholesterol reveals anomalous sterol diffusion in chinese hamster ovary cells Frederik W Lund, Michael A Lomholt, Lukasz M Solanko, Robert Bittman, Daniel Wüstner BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:20 (18 October 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Hierarchical super-structure identified by polarized light microscopy, electron microscopy and nanoindentation: Implications for the limits of biological control over the growth mode of abalone sea shells Andreas S Schneider, Birgit Heiland, Nicolas J Peter, Christina Guth, Eduard Arzt, Ingrid M Weiss BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:19 (12 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The hierarchical super-structure of abalone mollusc shells can be revealed by conventional light microscopy methods, opening the potential to study shell growth mechanisms in vivo at high resolution.
		Commentary Intracellular chemical gradients: morphing principle in bacteria Robert G Endres BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:18 (7 September 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Robert Endres discusses a new study in BMC Biophysics that supports the emerging view that intracellular chemical gradients can exist in bacterial cells, and how these may limit in vitro analyses.
		Research article Physical constraints on the establishment of intracellular spatial gradients in bacteria Carolina Tropini, Naveed Rabbani, Kerwyn Huang BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:17 (29 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
		Research article Effects of spermine NONOate and ATP on the thermal stability of hemoglobin Rasha Bassam, Juergen Hescheler, Ayseguel Temiz-Artmann, Gerhard M Artmann, Ilya Digel BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:16 (28 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Flexibility of EF-hand motifs: structural and thermodynamic studies of Calcium Binding Protein-1 from Entamoeba histolytica with Pb²⁺, Ba²⁺, and Sr²⁺ Shivesh Kumar, Ejaz Ahmad, Sanjeev Kumar, Rizwan Khan, Samudrala Gourinath BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:15 (20 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Molecular dynamics simulations on aqueous two-phase systems - Single PEG-molecules in solution Stefan A Oelmeier, Florian Dismer, Jürgen Hubbuch BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:14 (8 August 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article A minimal ligand binding pocket within a network of correlated mutations identified by multiple sequence and structural analysis of G protein coupled receptors Subhodeep Moitra, Kalyan C Tirupula, Judith Klein-Seetharaman, Christopher Langmead BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:13 (29 June 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Intrinsic thermodynamics of ethoxzolamide inhibitor binding to human carbonic anhydrase XIII Lina Baranauskienė, Daumantas Matulis BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:12 (7 June 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Research article Molecular dynamics and mutational analysis of the catalytic and translocation cycle of RNA polymerase Maria L Kireeva, Kristopher Opron, Steve A Seibold, Céline Domecq, Robert I Cukier, Benoit Coulombe, Mikhail Kashlev, Zachary F Burton BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:11 (7 June 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The catalytic confirmation of the RNA polymerase ternary elongation complex (TEC) has a closed trigger loop with a relatively dehydrated active site, in contrast to the inactive open confirmation of the trigger loop which supports translocation.
		Correspondence Can dietary fibre help provide safer food products for sufferers of gluten intolerance? A well-established biophysical probe may help towards providing an answer M Kök, Richard Gillis, Shirley Ang, David Lafond, Arthur S Tatham, Gary Adams, Stephen E Harding BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:10 (17 May 2012) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| 1 comment \| Editor’s summary Stephen Harding and colleagues speculate on the role that the ultracentrifuge assay procedure could play in detecting non-toxic biopolymers capable of sequestering ingested gluten peptides, with the eventual aim of reducing gluten intolerance symptoms.