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1. Accesses 2445	Research article     Comparative genomic analysis of the gut bacterium Bifidobacterium longum reveals loci susceptible to deletion during pure culture growth Lee JH, Karamychev VN, Kozyavkin SA, Mills D, Pavlov AR, Pavlova NV, Polouchine NN, Richardson PM, Shakhova VV, Slesarev AI, Weimer B, O'Sullivan DJ BMC Genomics 2008, 9:247 (27 May 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
2. Accesses 844	Research     A whey-protein supplement increases fat loss and spares lean muscle in obese subjects: a randomized human clinical study Frestedt JL, Zenk JL, Kuskowski MA, Ward LS, Bastian ED Nutrition & Metabolism 2008, 5:8 (27 March 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
3. Accesses 606	Research article     Whole genome transcription profiling of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in human and tick host cells by tiling array analysis Nelson CM, Herron MJ, Felsheim RF, Schloeder BR, Grindle SM, Chavez AO, Kurtti TJ, Munderloh UG BMC Genomics 2008, 9:364 (31 July 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
4. Accesses 521	Research article     Comparative mortality of hemodialysis patients at for-profit and not-for-profit dialysis facilities in the United States, 1998 to 2003: A retrospective analysis Foley RN, Fan Q, Liu J, Gilbertson DT, Weinhandl ED, Chen SC, Collins AJ BMC Nephrology 2008, 9:6 (26 June 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
5. Accesses 350	Software     Internet Image Viewer (iiV) Lee JT, Munch KR, Carlis JV, Pardo JV BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8:10 (29 May 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
6. Accesses 325	Research     A natural mineral supplement provides relief from knee osteoarthritis symptoms: a randomized controlled pilot trial Frestedt JL, Walsh M, Kuskowski MA, Zenk JL Nutrition Journal 2008, 7:9 (17 February 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
7. Accesses 233	Software     Parallel and serial computing tools for testing single-locus and epistatic SNP effects of quantitative traits in genome-wide association studies Ma L, Runesha HB, Dvorkin D, Garbe JR, Da Y BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9:315 (21 July 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
8. Accesses 224	Research article     Gene expression patterns of sulfur starvation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Zhang Z, Pendse ND, Phillips KN, Cotner JB, Khodursky A BMC Genomics 2008, 9:344 (21 July 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
9. Accesses 174	Research     Modeling human papillomavirus and cervical cancer in the United States for analyses of screening and vaccination Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Stout NK, Ortendahl J, Kuntz KM, Goldie SJ, Salomon JA Population Health Metrics 2007, 5:11 (29 October 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
10. Accesses 167	Methodology article     A copula method for modeling directional dependence of genes Kim JM, Jung YS, Sungur EA, Han KH, Park C, Sohn I BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9:225 (1 May 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
11. Accesses 161	Methodology     The effects of neighborhood density and street connectivity on walking behavior: the Twin Cities walking study Oakes JM, Forsyth A, Schmitz KH Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 2007, 4:16 (13 December 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
12. Accesses 161	Commentary     Models for synthetic biology Kaznessis YN BMC Systems Biology 2007, 1:47 (6 November 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
13. Accesses 140	Research article     Moraxella osloensis Gene Expression in the Slug Host Deroceras reticulatum An R, Sreevatsan S, Grewal PS BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:19 (28 January 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
14. Accesses 136	Research article     Gene expression analyses in maize inbreds and hybrids with varying levels of heterosis Stupar RM, Gardiner JM, Oldre AG, Haun WJ, Chandler VL, Springer NM BMC Plant Biology 2008, 8:33 (10 April 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
15. Accesses 134	Research     Histoplasma capsulatum yeast phase-specific protein Yps3p induces Toll-like receptor 2 signaling Aravalli RN, Hu S, Woods JP, Lokensgard JR Journal of Neuroinflammation 2008, 5:30 (7 July 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
16. Accesses 129	Review     Pigs taking wing with transposons and recombinases Clark KJ, Carlson DF, Fahrenkrug SC Genome Biology 2007, 8(Suppl 1):S13 (31 October 2007) [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
17. Accesses 127	Research     Oral keratinocytes support non-replicative infection and transfer of harbored HIV-1 to permissive cells Vacharaksa A, Asrani AC, Gebhard KH, Fasching CE, Giacaman RA, Janoff EN, Ross KF, Herzberg MC Retrovirology 2008, 5:66 (17 July 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
18. Accesses 125	Research article     Components of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway compete for surfaces on Rad23 family proteins Goh AM, Walters KJ, Elsasser S, Verma R, Deshaies RJ, Finley D, Howley PM BMC Biochemistry 2008, 9:4 (30 January 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
19. Accesses 124	Research     Longitudinal association of body mass index with lung function: The CARDIA Study Thyagarajan B, Jacobs DR, Apostol GG, Smith LJ, Jensen RL, Crapo RO, Barr RG, Lewis CE, Williams OD Respiratory Research 2008, 9:31 (4 April 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
20. Accesses 114	Research     Vascularization of the dorsal root ganglia and peripheral nerve of the mouse: Implications for chemical-induced peripheral sensory neuropathies Jimenez-Andrade JM, Herrera MB, Ghilardi JR, Vardanyan M, Melemedjian OK, Mantyh PW Molecular Pain 2008, 4:10 (19 March 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
21. Accesses 108	Research article     Genetic determinants of hyaloid and retinal vasculature in zebrafish Alvarez Y, Cederlund ML, Cottell DC, Bill BR, Ekker SC, Torres-Vazquez J, Weinstein BM, Hyde DR, Vihtelic TS, Kennedy BN BMC Developmental Biology 2007, 7:114 (15 October 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
22. Accesses 106	Research     The Reflux Disease Questionnaire: a measure for assessment of treatment response in clinical trials Shaw M, Dent J, Beebe T, Junghard O, Wiklund I, Lind T, Johnsson F Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008, 6:31 (30 April 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
23. Accesses 101	Research article     Comparative genomic analysis of Mycobacterium avium subspecies obtained from multiple host species Paustian ML, Zhu X, Sreevatsan S, Robbe-Austerman S, Kapur V, Bannantine JP BMC Genomics 2008, 9:135 (20 March 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
24. Accesses 96	Methodology     The development of an automated sentence generator for the assessment of reading speed Crossland MD, Legge GE, Dakin SC Behavioral and Brain Functions 2008, 4:14 (28 March 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
25. Accesses 92	Review     Insertional mutagenesis strategies in zebrafish Sivasubbu S, Balciunas D, Amsterdam A, Ekker SC Genome Biology 2007, 8(Suppl 1):S9 (31 October 2007) [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
26. Accesses 89	Research article     Dominant negative Bmp5 mutation reveals key role of BMPs in skeletal response to mechanical stimulation Ho AM, Marker PC, Peng H, Quintero AJ, Kingsley DM, Huard J BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:35 (1 April 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
27. Accesses 86	Research article     Functional improvement after Total Knee Arthroplasty Revision: New observations on the dimensional nature of outcome Mulhall KJ, Ghomrawi HM, Bershadsky B, Saleh KJ Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2007, 2:25 (7 December 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
28. Accesses 84	Research article     Limited functional conservation of a global regulator among related bacterial genera: Lrp in Escherichia, Proteus and Vibrio Lintner RE, Mishra PK, Srivastava P, Martinez-Vaz BM, Khodursky AB, Blumenthal RM BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:60 (11 April 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
29. Accesses 84	Research     Transcriptional analysis of highly syntenic regions between Medicago truncatula and Glycine max using tiling microarrays Li L, He H, Zhang J, Wang X, Bai S, Stolc V, Tongprasit W, Young ND, Yu O, Deng XW Genome Biology 2008, 9:R57 (19 March 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
30. Accesses 83	Research     Identification of heterogeneity among soft tissue sarcomas by gene expression profiles from different tumors Skubitz KM, Pambuccian S, Manivel JC, Skubitz APN Journal of Translational Medicine 2008, 6:23 (6 May 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
31. Accesses 82	Research     Physiological models of body composition and human obesity Levitt DG, Heymsfield SB, Pierson RN, Shapses SA, Kral JG Nutrition & Metabolism 2007, 4:19 (20 September 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
32. Accesses 81	Research     Parental influences on adolescents' physical activity and sedentary behavior: longitudinal findings from Project EAT-II Bauer KW, Nelson MC, Boutelle KN, Neumark-Sztainer D International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2008, 5:12 (26 February 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
33. Accesses 80	Research     Regulation of the cd38 promoter in human airway smooth muscle cells by TNF- and dexamethasone Tirumurugaan KG, Kang BN, Panettieri RA, Foster DN, Walseth TF, Kannan MS Respiratory Research 2008, 9:26 (14 March 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
34. Accesses 80	Review     Predicting preferential DNA vector insertion sites: implications for functional genomics and gene therapy Hackett CS, Geurts AM, Hackett PB Genome Biology 2007, 8(Suppl 1):S12 (31 October 2007) [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
35. Accesses 75	Database     A PATO-compliant zebrafish screening database (MODB): management of morpholino knockdown screen information Knowlton MN, Li T, Ren Y, Bill BR, Ellis LBM, Ekker SC BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9:7 (7 January 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
36. Accesses 75	Research article     Decursin and decursinol angelate inhibit estrogen-stimulated and estrogen-independent growth and survival of breast cancer cells Jiang C, Guo J, Wang Z, Xiao B, Lee HJ, Lee EO, Kim SH, Lu J Breast Cancer Research 2007, 9:R77 (6 November 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
37. Accesses 73	Research     Do inflammation and procoagulation biomarkers contribute to the metabolic syndrome cluster? Kraja AT, Province MA, Arnett D, Wagenknecht L, Tang W, Hopkins PN, Djoussé L, Borecki IB Nutrition & Metabolism 2007, 4:28 (21 December 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
38. Accesses 69	Research     Validity and reliability of a home environment inventory for physical activity and media equipment Sirard JR, Nelson MC, Pereira MA, Lytle LA International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2008, 5:24 (29 April 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
39. Accesses 66	Research article     Gene profile analysis of osteoblast genes differentially regulated by histone deacetylase inhibitors Schroeder TM, Nair AK, Staggs R, Lamblin AF, Westendorf JJ BMC Genomics 2007, 8:362 (9 October 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
40. Accesses 66	Research article     Effects of high-fat diet and/or body weight on mammary tumor leptin and apoptosis signaling pathways in MMTV-TGF- mice Dogan S, Hu X, Zhang Y, Maihle NJ, Grande JP, Cleary MP Breast Cancer Research 2007, 9:R91 (27 December 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
41. Accesses 64	Review     Transposable elements and the dynamic somatic genome Collier LS, Largaespada DA Genome Biology 2007, 8(Suppl 1):S5 (31 October 2007) [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
42. Accesses 61	Research article     Cross-species EST alignments reveal novel and conserved alternative splicing events in legumes Wang BB, O'Toole M, Brendel V, Young ND BMC Plant Biology 2008, 8:17 (19 February 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
43. Accesses 60	Research article     Parental and infant characteristics and childhood leukemia in Minnesota Johnson KJ, Soler JT, Puumala SE, Ross JA, Spector LG BMC Pediatrics 2008, 8:7 (25 February 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
44. Accesses 58	Research     Topography-derived wetness indices are associated with household-level malaria risk in two communities in the western Kenyan highlands Cohen JM, Ernst KC, Lindblade KA, Vulule JM, John CC, Wilson ML Malaria Journal 2008, 7:40 (29 February 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
45. Accesses 56	Research article     Association of sICAM-1 and MCP-1 with coronary artery calcification in families enriched for coronary heart disease or hypertension: the NHLBI Family Heart Study Tang W, Pankow JS, Carr JJ, Tracy RP, Bielinski SJ, North KE, Hopkins PN, Kraja AT, Arnett DK BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2007, 7:30 (26 October 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
46. Accesses 56	Research     Association between body weight, physical activity and food choices among metropolitan transit workers French SA, Harnack LJ, Toomey TL, Hannan PJ International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2007, 4:52 (2 November 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
47. Accesses 55	Research     Porphyromonas gingivalis induces CCR5-dependent transfer of infectious HIV-1 from oral keratinocytes to permissive cells Giacaman RA, Asrani AC, Gebhard KH, Dietrich EA, Vacharaksa A, Ross KF, Herzberg MC Retrovirology 2008, 5:29 (27 March 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
48. Accesses 53	Research article     The importance of comparative phylogeography in diagnosing introduced species: a lesson from the seal salamander, Desmognathus monticola Bonett RM, Kozak KH, Vieites DR, Bare A, Wooten JA, Trauth SE BMC Ecology 2007, 7:7 (7 September 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
49. Accesses 53	Review     Transposons for cancer gene discovery: Sleeping Beauty and beyond Collier LS, Largaespada DA Genome Biology 2007, 8(Suppl 1):S15 (31 October 2007) [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
50. Accesses 52	Research article     Genome-wide transcriptome analysis reveals that a pleiotropic antibiotic regulator, AfsS, modulates nutritional stress response in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Lian W, Jayapal KP, Charaniya S, Mehra S, Glod F, Kyung YS, Sherman DH, Hu WS BMC Genomics 2008, 9:56 (29 January 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
51. Accesses 50	Research article     The environmental toxicant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin disrupts morphogenesis of the rat pre-implantation embryo Hutt KJ, Shi Z, Albertini DF, Petroff BK BMC Developmental Biology 2008, 8:1 (2 January 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
52. Accesses 46	Research article     Human glycolipid transfer protein (GLTP) genes: organization, transcriptional status and evolution Zou X, Chung T, Lin X, Malakhova ML, Pike HM, Brown RE BMC Genomics 2008, 9:72 (8 February 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
53. Accesses 46	Research     Gene expression profiles in primary pancreatic tumors and metastatic lesions of Ela-c-myc transgenic mice Thakur A, Bollig A, Wu J, Liao DJ Molecular Cancer 2008, 7:11 (24 January 2008) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
54. Accesses 42	Review     Germline mutagenesis mediated by Sleeping Beauty transposon system in mice Takeda J, Keng VW, Horie K Genome Biology 2007, 8(Suppl 1):S14 (31 October 2007) [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
55. Accesses 39	Research article     An investigation of the effects of lipid-lowering medications: genome-wide linkage analysis of lipids in the HyperGEN study Wu J, Province MA, Coon H, Hunt SC, Eckfeldt JH, Arnett DK, Heiss G, Lewis CE, Ellison RC, Rao DC, Rice T, Kraja AT BMC Genetics 2007, 8:60 (10 September 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
56. Accesses 39	Research     Associations between the built environment and physical activity in public housing residents Heinrich KM, Lee RE, Suminski RR, Regan GR, Reese-Smith JY, Howard HH, Haddock CK, Poston WSC, Ahluwalia JS International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2007, 4:56 (12 November 2007) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
57. Accesses 37	Proceedings     Genetic Analysis Workshop 15: simulation of a complex genetic model for rheumatoid arthritis in nuclear families including a dense SNP map with linkage disequilibrium between marker loci and trait loci Miller MB, Lind GR, Li N, Jang SY BMC Proceedings 2007, 1(Suppl 1):S4 (18 December 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
58. Accesses 31	Poster presentation     Addition of a spontaneous awakening trial improves outcome in mechanically ventilated medical ICU patients Mann H, Lupei M, Weinert C Critical Care 2008, 12(Suppl 2):P330 (13 March 2008) [Full text] [PDF]
59. Accesses 29	Research article     Profiling expression changes caused by a segmental aneuploid in maize Makarevitch I, Phillips RL, Springer NM BMC Genomics 2008, 9:7 (10 January 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
60. Accesses 28	Proceedings     Genome-wide analysis of single-locus and epistasis single-nucleotide polymorphism effects on anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide as a measure of rheumatoid arthritis Ma L, Dvorkin D, Garbe JR, Da Y BMC Proceedings 2007, 1(Suppl 1):S127 (18 December 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
61. Accesses 24	Research article     Mutational and transcriptional analyses of an avian pathogenic Escherichia coli ColV plasmid Skyberg JA, Johnson TJ, Nolan LK BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:24 (29 January 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
62. Accesses 15	Poster presentation     Capturing correlation structure within a simplified population density framework Liu CY, Nykamp DQ BMC Neuroscience 2008, 9(Suppl 1):P7 (11 July 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
63. Accesses 7	Proceedings     Functional group-based linkage analysis of gene expression trait loci Li N, Wu B, Wei P, Xie B, Xie Y, Xiao G, Pan W BMC Proceedings 2007, 1(Suppl 1):S117 (18 December 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]
64. Accesses 2	Poster presentation     Computing linear approximations to nonlinear neuronal responses Koelling ME, Nykamp DQ BMC Neuroscience 2008, 9(Suppl 1):P118 (11 July 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]