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Biology Direct 
ISSN: 17456150
Subject: Biology
Publisher: BioMed Central
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Keywords: biology
Start Year: 2006
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Year: 2008 - Volume: 3 - Issue: 1

Mathematical Biology in Biology Direct
Author: Yakovlev Andrei Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 1
   
The prokaryotic V4R domain is the likely ancestor of a key component of the eukaryotic vesicle transport system
Author: Podar Mircea --- Wall Mark --- Makarova Kira --- Koonin Eugene Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 2
   
Predicting the conformations of peptides and proteins in early evolution. A review article submitted to Biology Direct
Author: Milner-White E James --- Russell Michael Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 3
   
Orphan SelD proteins and selenium-dependent molybdenum hydroxylases
Author: Haft Daniel --- Self William Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 4
   
Molecular chaperones and selection against mutations
Author: Tomala Katarzyna --- Korona Ryszard Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 5
   
The control of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cell survival
Author: Pandiyan Pushpa --- Lenardo Michael Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 6
   
Homoplasy in genome-wide analysis of rare amino acid replacements: the molecular-evolutionary basis for Vavilov's law of homologous series
Author: Rogozin Igor --- Thomson Karen --- Csürös Miklós --- Carmel Liran --- Koonin Eugene Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 7
   
MutL homologs in restriction-modification systems and the origin of eukaryotic MORC ATPases
Author: Iyer Lakshminarayan --- Abhiman Saraswathi --- Aravind L Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 8
   
Endogenous retroviruses of the chicken genome
Author: Huda Ahsan --- Polavarapu Nalini --- Jordan I King --- McDonald John Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 9
   
Dr. Andrei Yakovlev: Visionary, Leader, Iconoclast
Author: Gusev Yuriy --- Hanin Leonid --- Klebanov Lev --- Tsodikov Alex --- Yanev Nikolay --- Zorin Alexander Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 10
   
Evolution of complexity in RNA-like replicator systems
Author: Takeuchi Nobuto --- Hogeweg Paulien Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 11
   
Evolutionary primacy of sodium bioenergetics
Author: Mulkidjanian Armen --- Galperin Michael --- Makarova Kira --- Wolf Yuri --- Koonin Eugene Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 13
   
Occurrence of cancer at multiple sites: Towards distinguishing multigenesis from metastasis
Author: Zhang Wei-Kang --- Zhang Chun --- Zhang Jing --- Liu Shi Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 14
   
Erwin Schroedinger, Francis Crick and epigenetic stability
Author: Ogryzko Vasily Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 15
   
The origin and evolution of the ribosome
Author: Smith Temple --- Lee Jung --- Gutell Robin --- Hartman Hyman Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 16
   
14-3-3 theta binding to cell cycle regulatory factors is enhanced by HIV-1 Vpr
Author: Bolton Diane --- Barnitz Robert --- Sakai Keiko --- Lenardo Michael Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 17
   
The look-ahead effect of phenotypic mutations
Author: Whitehead Dion --- Wilke Claus --- Vernazobres David --- Bornberg-Bauer Erich Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 18
   
U12 intron positions are more strongly conserved between animals and plants than U2 intron positions
Author: Basu Malay --- Makalowski Wojciech --- Rogozin Igor --- Koonin Eugene Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 19
   
Splign: algorithms for computing spliced alignments with identification of paralogs
Author: Kapustin Yuri --- Souvorov Alexander --- Tatusova Tatiana --- Lipman David Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 20
   
cpRAS: a novel circularly permuted RAS-like GTPase domain with a highly scattered phylogenetic distribution
Author: Elias Marek --- Novotny Marian Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 21
   
Classifying transcription factor targets and discovering relevant biological features
Author: Holloway Dustin --- Kon Mark --- DeLisi Charles Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 22
   
On the necessity of different statistical treatment for Illumina BeadChip and Affymetrix GeneChip data and its significance for biological interpretation
Author: Wong Wing-Cheong --- Loh Marie --- Eisenhaber Frank Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 23
   
In silico regulatory analysis for exploring human disease progression
Author: Holloway Dustin --- Kon Mark --- DeLisi Charles Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 24
   
Genetic characterization of Hawaiian isolates of Plasmodium relictum reveals mixed-genotype infections
Author: Jarvi Susan --- Farias Margaret --- Atkinson Carter Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 25
   
Complete genome sequence of the extremely acidophilic methanotroph isolate V4, Methylacidiphilum infernorum, a representative of the bacterial phylum Verrucomicrobia
Author: Hou Shaobin --- Makarova Kira --- Saw Jimmy --- Senin Pavel --- Ly Benjamin --- Zhou Zhemin --- Ren Yan --- Wang Jianmei --- Galperin Michael --- Omelchenko Marina --- Wolf Yuri --- Yutin Natalya --- Koonin Eugene --- Stott Matthew --- Mountain Bruce --- Crowe Michelle --- Smirnova Angela --- Dunfield Peter --- Feng Lu --- Wang Lei --- Alam Maqsudul Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 26
   
Detection of co-eluted peptides using database search methods
Author: Alves Gelio --- Ogurtsov Aleksey --- Kwok Siwei --- Wu Wells --- Wang Guanghui --- Shen Rong-Fong --- Yu Yi-Kuo Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 27
   
A family of GFP-like proteins with different spectral properties in lancelet Branchiostoma floridae
Author: Baumann Diana --- Cook Malcolm --- Ma Limei --- Mushegian Arcady --- Sanders Erik --- Schwartz Joel --- Yu C Ron Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 28
   
The Last Universal Common Ancestor: emergence, constitution and genetic legacy of an elusive forerunner
Author: Glansdorff Nicolas --- Xu Ying --- Labedan Bernard Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 29
   
Accumulation of GC donor splice signals in mammals
Author: Churbanov Alexander --- Winters-Hilt Stephen --- Koonin Eugene --- Rogozin Igor Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 30
   
Origin of the nucleus and Ran-dependent transport to safeguard ribosome biogenesis in a chimeric cell
Author: Jékely Gáspár Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 31
   
A highly conserved family of inactivated archaeal B family DNA polymerases
Author: Rogozin Igor --- Makarova Kira --- Pavlov Youri --- Koonin Eugene Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 32
   
The evolution of strand preference in simulated RNA replicators with strand displacement: Implications for the origin of transcription
Author: Takeuchi Nobuto --- Salazar Laura --- Poole Anthony --- Hogeweg Paulien Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 33
   
Critical role for BIM in T cell receptor restimulation-induced death
Author: Snow Andrew --- Oliveira João --- Zheng Lixin --- Dale Janet --- Fleisher Thomas --- Lenardo Michael Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 34
   
A nitty-gritty aspect of correlation and network inference from gene expression data
Author: Klebanov Lev --- Yakovlev Andrei Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 35
   
Same-strand overlapping genes in bacteria: compositional determinants of phase bias
Author: Sabath Niv --- Graur Dan --- Landan Giddy Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 36
   
An extension of the coevolution theory of the origin of the genetic code
Author: Di Giulio Massimo Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 37
   
A new family of polymerases related to superfamily A DNA polymerases and T7-like DNA-dependent RNA polymerases
Author: Iyer Lakshminarayan --- Abhiman Saraswathi --- Aravind L Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 39
   
Comparable contributions of structural-functional constraints and expression level to the rate of protein sequence evolution
Author: Wolf Maxim --- Wolf Yuri --- Koonin Eugene Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 40
   
Transduplication resulted in the incorporation of two protein-coding sequences into the Turmoil-1 transposable element of C. elegans
Author: Sela Noa --- Stern Adi --- Makalowski Wojciech --- Pupko Tal --- Ast Gil Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 41
   
A new model defines the minimal set of polymorphism in HLA-DQ and -DR that determines susceptibility and resistance to autoimmune diabetes
Author: Parry Christian --- Brooks Bernard Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 42
   
Did RNA editing in plant organellar genomes originate under natural selection or through genetic drift?
Author: Jobson Richard --- Qiu Yin-Long Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 43
   
Synaptic enrichment of microRNAs in adult mouse forebrain is related to structural features of their precursors
Author: Smalheiser Neil Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 44
   
Unraveling the biochemistry and provenance of pupylation: a prokaryotic analog of ubiquitination
Author: Iyer Lakshminarayan --- Burroughs AM --- Aravind L Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 45
   
Exon definition as a potential negative force against intron losses in evolution
Author: Niu Deng-Ke Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 46
   
On the brink between extinction and persistence
Author: Pertoldi Cino --- Bach Lars --- Loeschcke Volker Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 47
   
Functional insight into Maelstrom in the germline piRNA pathway: a unique domain homologous to the DnaQ-H 3'–5' exonuclease, its lineage-specific expansion/loss and evolutionarily active site switch
Author: Zhang Dapeng --- Xiong Huiling --- Shan Jufang --- Xia Xuhua --- Trudeau Vance Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 48
   
Activating and inhibiting connections in biological network dynamics
Author: McDonald Daniel --- Waterbury Laura --- Knight Rob --- Betterton M Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 49
   
Are we degenerate tetraploids? More genomes, new facts
Author: Abbasi Amir Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 50
   
The evolution of domain-content in bacterial genomes
Author: Molina Nacho --- van Nimwegen Erik Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 51
   
Pitfalls of the most commonly used models of context dependent substitution
Author: Lindsay Helen --- Yap Von --- Ying Hua --- Huttley Gavin Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 52
   
Evidence from glycine transfer RNA of a frozen accident at the dawn of the genetic code
Author: Bernhardt Harold --- Tate Warren Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 53
   
A DNA topoisomerase IB in Thaumarchaeota testifies for the presence of this enzyme in the last common ancestor of Archaea and Eucarya
Author: Brochier-Armanet Céline --- Gribaldo Simonetta --- Forterre Patrick Journal: Biology Direct Year: 2008 Vol: 3 Issue: 1 Pages/record No.: 54
   
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