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Biology Editor Penelope Webb, PhD
In-house Editor J. Ann Le Good PhD
Welcome to BMC Cell Biology published by BioMed Central
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.
BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :36
Activation of classical protein kinase C isoenzymes by tumor promoter agents in pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell monolayers disrupts cell-cell junctions, via a mechanism dependent on ROCK-II activation of non-muscle myosin II, leading to the contraction of peri-junctional actin filaments.
BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :28
At the onset of muscle cell differentiation, before the fusion of myoblasts into myotubes, centrosome proteins migrate to surround the nucleus where they form an insoluble fibrillar matrix thought to function in cytoskeletal reorganisation.
BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :27
The dioxin 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (TCDD) activates the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in gastric cancer cells, inducing matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression by a pathway dependent on c-jun, and enhancing invasive behavior.
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Role of ERK/MAPK in endothelin receptor signaling in human aortic smooth muscle cells Qing-Wen Chen, Lars Edvinsson, Cang-Bao Xu BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :52 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Distinctive interactions of the Arabidopsis homolog of the 30 kD subunit of the cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor (AtCPSF30) with other polyadenylation factor subunits Suryadevara Rao, Randy D Dinkins, Arthur G Hunt BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :51 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evidence for a mitochondrial localization of the retinoblastoma protein Ioana Ferecatu, Nathalie Le Floch, Marie Bergeaud, Aida Rodriguez-Enfedaque, Vincent Rincheval, Lisa Oliver, Francois M. Vallette, Bernard Mignotte, Jean-Luc Vayssiere BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :50 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Generation and characterization of human insulin-releasing cell lines Leticia Labriola, Maria G Peters, Karin Krogh, Iv BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :49 (19 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Hydrophobic profiles of the tail anchors in SLMAP dictate subcellular targeting. Joseph T Byers, Rosa M Guzzo, Maysoon Salih, Balwant S Tuana BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :48 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Characterization of sequences in Human TWIST required for nuclear localization Shalini Singh, Anthony O Gramolini BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :47 (17 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Nuclear accumulation and activation of p53 in embryonic stem cells after DNA damage Valeriya Solozobova, Alexandra Rolletschek, Christine Blattner BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :46 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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High-content live cell imaging with RNA probes: advancements in high-throughput antimalarial drug discovery Serena Cervantes, Jacques Prudhomme, David Carter, Krishna G Gopi, Qian Li, Young-Tae Chang, Karine G Le Roch BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :45 (10 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Self-renewal and differentiation capabilities are variable between human embryonic stem cell lines I3, I6 and BG01V Tahereh Tavakoli, Xiangru Xu, Eric Derby, Yevgeniya Serebryakova, Yvonne Reid, Mahendra S Rao, Mark P Mattson, Wu Ma BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :44 (5 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Bub2 regulation of cytokinesis and septation in budding yeast Su Young Park, Addie E Cable, Jessica Blair, Katherine E Stockstill, Katie B Shannnon BMC Cell Biology 2009, 10 :43 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Integrin alpha6B beta4 inhibits colon cancer cell proliferation and c-Myc activity Anders BONDO Dydensborg, Inga C Teller, Jean-Francois Groulx, Nuria Basora, Frederic Pare, Elizabeth Herring, Remy Gauthier, Dominique Jean, Jean-Francois Beaulieu BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :223 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Non-SMC condensin I complex proteins control chromosome segregation and survival of proliferating cells in the zebrafish neural retina Sabine Seipold, Florian C Priller, Paul Goldsmith, William A Harris, Herwig Baier, Salim Abdelilah-Seyfried BMC Developmental Biology 2009, 9 :40 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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CD133 antigen expression in ovarian cancer Gabriella Ferrandina, Enrica Martinelli, Marco Petrillo, Maria Grazia Prisco, Gianfranco Zannoni, Stefano Sioletic, Giovanni Scambia BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :221 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A systematic investigation of the protein kinases involved in NMDA receptor-dependent LTD: evidence for a role of GSK-3 but not other serine/threonine kinases Stephane Peineau, Celine S Nicolas, Zuner A Bortolotto, Ratan V Bhat, W. JONATHAN Ryves, Adrian J Harwood, Pascal Dournaud, Stephen M Fitzjohn, Graham L Collingridge Molecular Brain 2009, 2 :22 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
Smurf2 as a novel mitotic regulator: From the spindle assembly checkpoint to tumorigenesis Evan C Osmundson, Dipankar Ray, Finola E Moore, Hiroaki Kiyokawa Cell Division 2009, 4 :14 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Prediction of localization and interactions of apoptotic proteins Miroslav Varecha, Michal Zimmermann, Jana Amrichova, Vladimir Ulman, Pavel Matula, Michal Kozubek Journal of Biomedical Science 2009, 16 :59 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Whole genome expression analysis within the angiotensin II-apolipoprotein E deficient mouse model of abdominal aortic aneurysm Catherine Rush, Moses Nyara, Joseph V Moxon, Alexandra Trollope, Bradford Cullen, Jonathan Golledge BMC Genomics 2009, 10 :298 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Inhibition of p70S6K2 down-regulates Hedgehog/GLI pathway in non-small cell lung cancer cell lines Shinji Mizuarai, Aki Kawagishi, Hidehito Kotani Molecular Cancer 2009, 8 :44 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Arginine deficiency augments inflammatory mediator production by airway epithelial cells in vitro Xiao-Yun Fan, Arjen van den Berg, Mieke Snoek, Laurens van der Flier, Barbara Smids, Henk M Jansen, Rong-Yu Liu, Rene Lutter Respiratory Research 2009, 10 :62 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Regulation of DNA replication by the S-Phase DNA damage checkpoint Nicholas Willis, Nicholas Rhind Cell Division 2009, 4 :13 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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