This is a selection of articles from the March 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Biochemistry headlines.
Detection of cross-links between FtsH, YidC, HflK/C suggests a linked role for these proteins in quality control upon insertion of bacterial inner membrane proteins.
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Source: FEBS Letters - March 31, 2008 Authors: van Bloois E, Dekker HL, Fröderberg L, Houben EN, Urbanus ML, de Koster CG, de Gier JW, Luirink J Tags: FEBS Lett Source Type: news
The mammalian Nek1 kinase is involved in primary cilium formation.
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Source: FEBS Letters - March 31, 2008 Authors: Shalom O, Shalva N, Altschuler Y, Motro B Tags: FEBS Lett Source Type: news
Type 1 diabetes: can exercise impair the autoimmune event? The L-arginine/glutamine coupling hypothesis
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Source: Cell Biochemistry and Function - March 31, 2008 Authors: Maurício da Silva Krause, Paulo Ivo Homem de Bittencourt Jr. Source Type: news
Small heat shock protein Hsp27 protects myosin S1 from heat-induced aggregation, but not from thermal denaturation and ATPase inactivation.
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Source: FEBS Letters - March 31, 2008 Authors: Markov DI, Pivovarova AV, Chernik IS, Gusev NB, Levitsky DI Tags: FEBS Lett Source Type: news
Fully Acid-Degradable Biocompatible Polyacetal Microparticles for Drug Delivery
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Source: Bioconjugate Chemistry - March 29, 2008 Source Type: news
UH Chemist Earns Top Honor For Simplifying Manufacture Of Drugs, Plastics
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Source: Biology / Biochemistry News From Medical News Today - March 29, 2008 Source Type: news
Adenosine triphosphate-linked concentration of calcium ions in a particulate fraction of rabbit muscle.
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Source: Biochemical and Biophysical Research communications - March 28, 2008 Authors: Ebashi S, Lipmann F Tags: Biochem Biophys Res Commun Source Type: news
Background to the discovery of troponin and Setsuro Ebashi's contribution to our knowledge of the mechanism of relaxation in striated muscle.
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Source: Biochemical and Biophysical Research communications - March 28, 2008 Authors: Perry SV Tags: Biochem Biophys Res Commun Source Type: news
Sweet Results For Diabetes From A Ton Of Bitter Melon
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Source: Biology / Biochemistry News From Medical News Today - March 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Bioactive peptides derived from the Limulus anti-lipopolysaccharide factor: structure-activity relationships and formation of mixed peptide/lipid complexes
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Source: Journal of Peptide Science - March 28, 2008 Authors: Puig Mora, Manuela López De La Paz, Enrique Pérez-Payá Source Type: news
Identification of estrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphisms by SSCP and its effect on reproductive traits in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus).
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Source: Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry and molecular biology. - March 28, 2008 Authors: He F, Wen HS, Dong SL, Wang LS, Chen CF, Shi B, Mu XJ, Yao J, Zhou YG Tags: Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol Source Type: news
TAFI antigen level variability in young healthy Asian Indians; First report from Asia.
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Source: Clinical Biochemistry - March 28, 2008 Authors: Biswas A, Ranjan R, Meena A, Akhter S, Saut N, Frere C, Vague IJ, Shukla DK, Behari M, Saxena R Tags: Clin Biochem Source Type: news
Late expression of FosB transcription factor in 4-aminopyridine-induced seizures in the rat cerebral cortex.
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Source: Acta Histochemica - March 28, 2008 Authors: Bagosi A, Bakos M, Krisztin-Péva B, Mihály A Tags: Acta Histochem Source Type: news
Efficient regioselective synthesis of 3'-O-crotonyl-floxuridine catalyzed by Pseudomonas cepacia lipase
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Source: Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry - March 28, 2008 Authors: Zhi Lei Zhao, Min Hua Zong, Ning Li Source Type: news
Signs And Symptoms Of Alzheimer's Disease May Be Reduced By Umbilical Cord Blood Cell Therapy
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Source: Biology / Biochemistry News From Medical News Today - March 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Invitrogen Offers New Animal Origin Free Foam Reduction Agent
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Source: Biology / Biochemistry News From Medical News Today - March 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Sphingomyelin synthases regulate production of diacylglycerol at the golgi
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Source: BJ Cell - March 27, 2008 Authors: M Villani, M Subathra, Y Im, Y Choi, P Signorelli, M Del Poeta, C Luberto Tags: BJ Cell Source Type: news
O-Mannosylation is Required for Degradation of the Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated Degradation Substrate Gas1*p via the Ubiquitin/Proteasome Pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Source: Journal of Biochemistry - March 27, 2008 Authors: Hirayama, H., Fujita, M., Yoko-o, T., Jigami, Y. Tags: Regular Papers Source Type: news
[ARTICLES] N15 Cro and {lambda} Cro: Orthologous DNA-binding domains with completely different but equally effective homodimer interfaces
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Source: Protein Science - March 27, 2008 Authors: Dubrava, M. S., Ingram, W. M., Roberts, S. A., Weichsel, A., Montfort, W. R., Cordes, M. H.J. Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: news
Anti-androgenic effects of sewage treatment plant effluents in the prosobranch gastropod Nucella lapillus.
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Source: Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Toxicology and pharmacology : CBP - March 27, 2008 Authors: Santos MM, Reis-Henriques MA, Guillot R, Lima D, Franco-Duarte R, Mendes I, Queirós S, Castro LF Tags: Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol Source Type: news
[ARTICLES] Correspondences between low-energy modes in enzymes: Dynamics-based alignment of enzymatic functional families
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Source: Protein Science - March 27, 2008 Authors: Zen, A., Carnevale, V., Lesk, A. M., Micheletti, C. Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: news
Immunoreactivity of Phage Library-derived Human Single-Chain Antibodies to Amyloid Beta Conformers In Vitro
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Source: Journal of Biochemistry - March 27, 2008 Authors: Yoshihara, T., Takiguchi, S., Kyuno, A., Tanaka, K., Kuba, S., Hashiguchi, S., Ito, Y., Hashimoto, T., Iwatsubo, T., Tsuyama, S., Nakashima, T., Sugimura, K. Tags: Regular Papers Source Type: news
Annexin A3 Expression Increases in Hepatocytes and is Regulated by Hepatocyte Growth Factor in Rat Liver Regeneration
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Source: Journal of Biochemistry - March 27, 2008 Authors: Harashima, M., Harada, K., Ito, Y., Hyuga, M., Seki, T., Ariga, T., Yamaguchi, T., Niimi, S. Tags: Regular Papers Source Type: news
Heat stress induces Cdc2 protein decrease prior to mouse spermatogenic cell apoptosis.
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Source: Acta Histochemica - March 27, 2008 Authors: Zhang Y, Yang X, Cao H, Chen Z, Du Y, Kong W Tags: Acta Histochem Source Type: news
Want To Join The Debate Over Body Worlds 4?
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Source: Biology / Biochemistry News From Medical News Today - March 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Proteomic Analysis of Amniotic Fluid in Pregnancies with Turner Syndrome Fetuses
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Source: Journal of Proteome Research - March 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Perennisosides I−VII, Acylated Triterpene Saponins with Antihyperlipidemic Activities from the Flowers of Bellis perennis
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Source: Journal of Natural Products - March 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Extreme Resistance To Radiation Shown By Common Aquatic Animals
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Source: Biology / Biochemistry News From Medical News Today - March 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Toxic Substances Make Males Less Attractive To The Opposite Sex
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Source: Biology / Biochemistry News From Medical News Today - March 26, 2008 Source Type: news
The Wistar Institute Collaborates With The Coriell Institute To Distribute Cell Lines
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Source: Biology / Biochemistry News From Medical News Today - March 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Stage Set For Understanding How Color Vision Is Processed
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Source: Biology / Biochemistry News From Medical News Today - March 26, 2008 Source Type: news
A Novel Probe Au(III) for Chemiluminescent Image Detection of Protein Blots on Nitrocellulose Membranes
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Source: Journal of Proteome Research - March 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Maturation of Iron-Sulfur Proteins in Eukaryotes: Mechanisms, Connected Processes, and Diseases.
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Source: Annual Review of Biochemistry - March 26, 2008 Authors: Lill R, Mühlenhoff U Tags: Annu Rev Biochem Source Type: news
Enzymatic in-capillary derivatization for glucose determination by electrophoresis with spectrophotometric detection
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Source: Electrophoresis - March 26, 2008 Authors: Ignacy Rzygalinski, Ewa Pobozy, Renata Drewnowska, Marek Trojanowicz Source Type: news
Use of quasi-isoelectric buffers as anolyte and catholyte to improve capillary isoelectric focusing performances
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Source: Electrophoresis - March 26, 2008 Authors: Martine Poitevin, Gabriel Peltre, Stephanie Descroix Source Type: news
Bridging the regeneration gap: Stem cells, biomaterials and clinical translation in bone tissue engineering.
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Source: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics - March 26, 2008 Authors: Dawson JI, Oreffo RO Tags: Arch Biochem Biophys Source Type: news
Electron Transfer Dissociation of Peptides Generated by Microwave D-Cleavage Digestion of Proteins
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Source: Journal of Proteome Research - March 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Electrochromatography in microchips packed with conventional reversed-phase silica particles
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Source: Electrophoresis - March 26, 2008 Authors: Attila Gaspar, Lilia Hernandez, Schetema Stevens, Frank A. Gomez Source Type: news
Direct injection of organic solvent extracts for capillary electrophoresis
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Source: Electrophoresis - March 26, 2008 Authors: Zak K. Shihabi Source Type: news
Two-dimensional strong cation exchange/porous layer open tubular/mass spectrometry for ultratrace proteomic analysis using a 10 [mu]m id poly(styrene- divinylbenzene) porous layer open tubular column with an on-line triphasic trapping column
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Source: Electrophoresis - March 26, 2008 Authors: Quanzhou Luo, Ye Gu, Shiaw-Lin Wu, Tomas Rejtar, Barry L. Karger Source Type: news
The Proteomes of Human Parotid and Submandibular/Sublingual Gland Salivas Collected as the Ductal Secretions
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Source: Journal of Proteome Research - March 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Isolation and Structure Determination of Malevamide E, a Dolastatin 14 Analogue, from the Marine Cyanobacterium Symploca laete-viridis
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Source: Journal of Natural Products - March 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Institute For Translational Medicine Created Through Temple And Fox Chase Partnership
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Source: Biology / Biochemistry News From Medical News Today - March 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Spectral resolution of a second binding site for Nile Red on cytochrome P4503A4.
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Source: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics - March 25, 2008 Authors: Nath A, Fernández C, Lampe JN, Atkins WM Tags: Arch Biochem Biophys Source Type: news
Proteomics of the Nucleus Ovoidalis and Field L Brain Regions of Zebra Finch
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Source: Journal of Proteome Research - March 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Genetic variants at the resistin locus are associated with the plasma resistin concentration and cardiovascular risk factors.
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Source: Regulatory Peptides - March 25, 2008 Authors: Ukkola O, Kunnari A, Kesäniemi YA Tags: Regul Pept Source Type: news
Amyloidogenic properties of the prion protein fragment PrP(185-208): comparison with Alzheimer's peptide Abeta(1-28), influence of heparin and cell toxicity.
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Source: Biochemical and Biophysical Research communications - March 22, 2008 Authors: Cortijo-Arellano M, Ponce J, Durany N, Cladera J Tags: Biochem Biophys Res Commun Source Type: news
Correlation between proliferative activity and cellular thickness of human mesenchymal stem cells.
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Source: Biochemical and Biophysical Research communications - March 22, 2008 Authors: Katsube Y, Hirose M, Nakamura C, Ohgushi H Tags: Biochem Biophys Res Commun Source Type: news
A novel site-specific recombination system derived from bacteriophage phiMR11.
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Source: Biochemical and Biophysical Research communications - March 22, 2008 Authors: Rashel M, Uchiyama J, Ujihara T, Takemura I, Hoshiba H, Matsuzaki S Tags: Biochem Biophys Res Commun Source Type: news
ent-Labdane Diterpenoid Lactone Stereoisomers from Andrographis paniculata
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Source: Journal of Natural Products - March 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Complex Sesquiterpenoids with Tyrosinase Inhibitory Activity from the Leaves of Chloranthus tianmushanensis
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Source: Journal of Natural Products - March 22, 2008 Source Type: news
[ARTICLES] Nonspecific base recognition mediated by water bridges and hydrophobic stacking in ribonuclease I from Escherichia coli
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Source: Protein Science - March 21, 2008 Authors: Rodriguez, S. M., Panjikar, S., Van Belle, K., Wyns, L., Messens, J., Loris, R. Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: news
Self-structure induction in single stranded poly(A) by small molecules: Studies on DNA intercalators, partial intercalators and groove binding molecules.
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Source: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics - March 21, 2008 Authors: Giri P, Kumar GS Tags: Arch Biochem Biophys Source Type: news
[ARTICLES] Structure dissection of human progranulin identifies well-folded granulin/epithelin modules with unique functional activities
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Source: Protein Science - March 21, 2008 Authors: Tolkatchev, D., Malik, S., Vinogradova, A., Wang, P., Chen, Z., Xu, P., Bennett, H. P.J., Bateman, A., Ni, F. Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: news
[ARTICLES] The epitope space of the human proteome
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Source: Protein Science - March 21, 2008 Authors: Berglund, L., Andrade, J., Odeberg, J., Uhlen, M. Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: news
[ARTICLES] Structural dependencies of protein backbone 2JNC' couplings
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Source: Protein Science - March 21, 2008 Authors: Juranic, N., Dannenberg, J.J., Cornilescu, G., Salvador, P., Atanasova, E., Ahn, H.-C., Macura, S., Markley, J. L., Prendergast, F. G. Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: news
[ARTICLES] Structural and thermodynamic effects of ANS binding to human interleukin-1 receptor antagonist
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Source: Protein Science - March 21, 2008 Authors: Latypov, R. F., Liu, D., Gunasekaran, K., Harvey, T. S., Razinkov, V. I., Raibekas, A. A. Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: news
Autoantibody Profiling of Chinese Patients with Autoimmune Hepatitis Using Immunoproteomic Analysis
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Source: Journal of Proteome Research - March 21, 2008 Source Type: news
[ARTICLES] Quantitative analysis of multi-protein interactions using FRET: Application to the SUMO pathway
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Source: Protein Science - March 21, 2008 Authors: Martin, S. F., Tatham, M. H., Hay, R. T., Samuel, I. D.W. Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: news
Murine platelets are not regulated by O-linked beta-N-acetylglucosamine.
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Source: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics - March 21, 2008 Authors: Crawford GL, Hart GW, Whiteheart SW Tags: Arch Biochem Biophys Source Type: news
[ARTICLES] Engineering membrane protein overproduction in Escherichia coli
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Source: Protein Science - March 21, 2008 Authors: Molina, D. M., Cornvik, T., Eshaghi, S., Haeggstrom, J. Z., Nordlund, P., Sabet, M. I. Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: news
Acylated Triterpenoid Saponins from Schima noronhae and Their Cell Growth Inhibitory Activity
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Source: Journal of Natural Products - March 20, 2008 Source Type: news
Rab10 in insulin-stimulated GLUT4 translocation
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Source: BJ Cell - March 20, 2008 Authors: H Sano, W G Roach, G R Peck, M Fukuda, G E Lienhard Tags: BJ Cell Source Type: news
Renal cells activate the platelet receptor CLEC-2 through podoplanin.
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Source: BJ Signal - March 20, 2008 Authors: C M Christou, A C Pearce, A A Watson, A R Mistry, A Y Pollitt, A E Fenton-May, L A Johnson, D G Jackson, S P Watson, C A O'Callaghan Tags: BJ Signal Source Type: news
Effect of ethyl acetate extract from Marchantia convoluta on inhibition of human liver carcinoma HepG2 cells.
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Source: Natural Product Research - March 20, 2008 Authors: Cao H, Chen JW, Tang B, Xu M Tags: Nat Prod Res Source Type: news
Hepcidin expression in mouse retina and its regulation via lipopolysaccharide/Toll-like receptor-4 pathway independent of Hfe
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Source: BJ Cell - March 20, 2008 Authors: J P. Gnana-Prakasam, P M. Martin, B A. Mysona, P Roon, S B. Smith, V Ganapathy Tags: BJ Cell Source Type: news
Amino acid requirement for the high affinity binding of a selected arginine-rich peptide with the HIV Rev-response element RNA
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Source: Journal of Peptide Science - March 20, 2008 Authors: Maki Sugaya, Norikazu Nishino, Akira Katoh, Kazuo Harada Source Type: news
Sequential regulation of ferroportin expression after erythrophagocytosis in murine macrophages: early mRNA induction by heme followed by iron-dependent protein expression
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Source: BJ Cell - March 20, 2008 Authors: C Delaby, N Pilard, H Puy, F Canonne-Hergaux Tags: BJ Cell Source Type: news
n-propyl gallate activates hypoxia-inducible factor 1 by modulating intracellular oxygen-sensing systems
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Source: BJ Cell - March 20, 2008 Authors: M Kimura, S Takabuchi, T Tanaka, M Murata, K Nishi, S Oda, T Oda, M Kanai, K Fukuda, S Kizaka-Kondo, T Adachi, A Takabayashi, G L. Semenza, K Hirota Tags: BJ Cell Source Type: news
Synthesis and structure-activity relationship study of monotesone-A, an antifungal component of Monotes engleri.
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Source: Natural Product Research - March 20, 2008 Authors: Kenéz A, Lestár Z, Lenkey B, Antus S Tags: Nat Prod Res Source Type: news
Characterization of Nanogap Chemical Reactivity Using Peptide-Capped Gold Nanoparticles and Electrical Detection
