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BMC Biotechnology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in the manipulation of biological macromolecules or organisms for use in experimental procedures or in the pharmaceutical, agrobiological and allied industries.
BMC Biotechnology (ISSN 1472-6750) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Scientific (ISI) and Google Scholar.
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BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :13
Stable cell lines can be generated independent of antibiotic selection by immortalizing human amniocytes, collected during amniocentesis, via the introduction of adenoviral E1 functions, offering a promising new method for use in the pharmaceutical industry.
BMC Biotechnology 2007, 7 :84
Non-fucosylated antibodies with enhanced cellular cytotoxicity can be produced by using small interfering RNA knockdown on just two of three key oligosaccharide fucose modification genes (FUT8 and GMD) in antibody-producing Chinese hamster ovary cells.
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A kinetic-based sigmoidal model for the polymerase chain reaction and its application to high-capacity absolute quantitative real-time PCR Robert G Rutledge, Donald Stewart BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :47 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Hydroxycamptothecin-loaded nanoparticles enhance target drug delivery and anticancer effect Anxun Wang, Su Li BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :46 (4 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Flow cytometric monitoring of influenza A virus infection in MDCK cells during vaccine production Josef Schulze-Horsel, Yvonne Genzel, Udo Reichl BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :45 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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PCR-based gene synthesis to produce recombinant proteins for crystallization Damien Marsic, Ronny C Hughes, Miranda L Byrne-Steele, Joseph D Ng BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :44 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Characterization of a novel non-specific nuclease from thermophilic bacteriophage GBSV1 Qing Song, Xiaobo Zhang BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :43 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Differential Protein Expression Following Low Temperature Culture of Suspension CHO-K1 Cells. Niraj Kumar, Patrick Gammell, Paula Meleady, Michael Henry, Martin Clynes BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :42 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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In vivo site-specific biotinylation of proteins within the secretory pathway using a single vector systemAndrea Predonzani, Francesca Arnoldi, Alejandro L BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :41 (18 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Simultaneous monitoring of independent gene expression patterns in two types of cocultured fibroblasts with different color-emitting luciferases Takako Noguchi, Masaaki Ikeda, Yoshihiro Ohmiya, Yoshihiro Nakajima BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :40 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Electrospun micro- and nanofiber tubes for functional nervous regeneration in sciatic nerve transections Silvia Panseri, Carla Cunha, Joseph Lowery, Ubaldo Del Carro, Francesca Taraballi, Stefano Amadio, Angelo Vescovi, Fabrizio Gelain BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :39 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparison of the developmental potential of 2-week-old preantral follicles derived from vitrified ovarian tissue slices, vitrified whole ovaries and vitrified/transplanted newborn mouse ovaries using the metal surface method Ta-Chin Lin, Jui-Mei Yen, Tsung-Cheng Kuo, Kun-Bing Gong, Kung-Hao Hsu, Teng-Tsao Hsu BMC Biotechnology 2008, 8 :38 (4 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Cationic nanoparticles for delivery of amphotericin B: preparation, characterization and activity in vitro Debora B Vieira, Ana M Carmona-Ribeiro Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2008, 6 :6 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Extraction of elementary rate constants from global network analysis of E. coli central metabolism Jiao Zhao, Douglas Ridgway, Gordon Broderick, Andriy Kovalenko, Michael Ellison BMC Systems Biology 2008, 2 :41 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Genomics of an extreme psychrophile, Psychromonas ingrahamii Monica Riley, James T. Staley, Antoine Danchin, TingZhang Wang, Thomas S. Brettin, Loren J. Hauser, Miriam L. Land, Linda S. Thompson BMC Genomics 2008, 9 :210 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Exploring Allosteric Coupling in the alpha-Subunit of Heterotrimeric G Proteins Using Evolutionary and Ensemble-Based Approaches Kemal Sayar, Ozlem Ugur, Tong Liu, Vincent J Hilser, Ongun Onaran BMC Structural Biology 2008, 8 :23 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Implications of cellobiohydrolase glycosylation for Use in Biomass Conversion Tina Jeoh, William Michener, Micheal E Himmel, Stephen R Decker, William S Adney Biotechnology for Biofuels 2008, 1 :10 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Are biofuels sustainable? The EU perspective Sam Cockerill, Chris Martin Biotechnology for Biofuels 2008, 1 :9 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Metabolic regulation analysis of an ethanologenic Escherichia coli strain based on RT-PCR and enzymatic activities Montserrat Orencio-Trejo, Noemi Flores, Adelfo Escalante, Georgina Hernandez-Chavez, Francisco Bolivar, Guillermo Gosset, Alfredo Martinez Biotechnology for Biofuels 2008, 1 :8 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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A short review on SSF - an interesting process option for ethanol production from lignocellulosic feedstocks Kim Olofsson, Magnus Bertilsson, Gunnar Liden Biotechnology for Biofuels 2008, 1 :7 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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The Brazilian biofuels industry
Jose Goldemberg Biotechnology for Biofuels 2008, 1 :6 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Methodology article
A copula method for modeling directional dependence of genes
Jong-Min Kim, Yoon-Sung Jung, Engin A Sungur, Kap-Hoon Han, Changyi Park, Insuk Sohn BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 :225 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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