Volume 5, Issue 6

Global reach, higher impact

Volume 5 (6); 2009

Review

Fungal Bioconversion of Lignocellulosic Residues; Opportunities & Perspectives
Mehdi Dashtban, Heidi Schraft, Wensheng Qin
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2009, 5: 578-595
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Krüppel-like family of transcription factors: an emerging new frontier in fat biology
Christopher W. Brey, Mark P. Nelder, Tiruneh Hailemariam, Randy Gaugler, Sarwar Hashmi
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2009, 5: 622-636
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Research Paper

Gene expression profiling of chromophobe renal cell carcinomas and renal oncocytomas by Affymetrix GeneChip using pooled and individual tumours
Maria V. Yusenko, Dmitry Zubakov, Gyula Kovacs
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2009, 5: 517-527
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Discovery of novel genetic networks associated with 19 economically important traits in beef cattle
Zhihua Jiang, Jennifer J. Michal, Jie Chen, Tyler F. Daniels, Tanja Kunej, Matthew D. Garcia, Charles T. Gaskins, Jan R. Busboom, Leeson J. Alexander, Raymond W. Wright Jr., Michael D. MacNeil
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2009, 5: 528-542
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Protective Effects of Garlic and Silymarin on NDEA-Induced Rats Hepatotoxicity
Sabry M Shaarawy, Amany A Tohamy, Saad M. Elgendy, Zakaria Y Abd Elmageed, Abeer Bahnasy, Maha S Mohamed, Emad Kandil, Khalid Matrougui
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2009, 5: 549-557
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Comparative characterization of a temperature responsive gene (lactate dehydrogenase-B, ldh-b) in two congeneric tropical fish, Lates calcarifer and Lates niloticus
Richard C. Edmunds, Lynne van Herwerden, Carolyn Smith-Keune, Dean R. Jerry
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2009, 5: 558-569
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Disruption of the BMEI0066 gene attenuates the virulence of Brucella melitensis and decreases its stress tolerance
Xinglin Zhang, Jie Ren, Na Li, Wenjuan Liu, Qingmin Wu
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2009, 5: 570-577
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Bioinformatics Analysis the Complete Sequences of Cytochrome b of Takydromus sylvaticus and Modeling the Tertiary Structure of Encoded Protein
Qi-Long CHEN, Xin-Sheng TANG, Wen-Juan YAO, Shun-Qing LU
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2009, 5: 596-602
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Failure to detect active virus replication in mast cells at various tissue sites of HIV patients by immunohistochemistry
Ann Marie Nelson, Aaron Auerbach, Yan-gao Man
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2009, 5: 603-610
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Nucleotide excision repair and recombination are engaged in repair of trans-4-hydroxy-2-nonenal adducts to DNA bases in Escherichia coli
Beata Janowska, Marek Komisarski, Paulina Prorok, Beata Sokołowska, Jarosław Kuśmierek, Celina Janion, Barbara Tudek
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2009, 5: 611-620
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Short Research Communication

A novel peptide inhibits the influenza virus replication by preventing the viral attachment to the host cells
Mohamed Rajik, Abdul Rahman Omar, Aini Ideris, Sharifah Syed Hassan, Khatijah Yusoff
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2009, 5: 543-548
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Erratum

Erratum
Zhihua Jiang, Daniel S. Rokhsar, Richard M. Harland
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2009, 5: 621
[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [PMC] (This corrects the article Int J Biol Sci 2009; 5:298-303.)