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Volume 13;  2015

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Open questions: seeking a holistic approach for mitochondrial research
Heidi M McBride
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 8. Published online 2015 Feb 5. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0120-x
PMCID:
PMC4318159
Abstract Article PDF–278K
Beyond bar charts
Emma Saxon
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 60. Published online 2015 Aug 6. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0169-6
PMCID:
PMC4526301
Abstract Article PDF–431K
Quality controls
Emma Saxon
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 61. Published online 2015 Aug 6. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0170-0
PMCID:
PMC4526205
Abstract Article PDF–509K
Over the rainbow
Emma Saxon
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 62. Published online 2015 Aug 6. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0171-z
PMCID:
PMC4527347
Abstract Article PDF–1.4M
Defining the null hypothesis
Emma Saxon
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 68. Published online 2015 Aug 29. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0181-x
PMCID:
PMC4552992
Abstract Article PDF–384K
Drawing the line
Emma Saxon
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 83. Published online 2015 Oct 2. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0190-9
PMCID:
PMC4595285
Abstract Article PDF–372K
Multiple comparisons
Emma Saxon
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 86. Published online 2015 Oct 23. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0199-0
PMCID:
PMC4619385
Abstract Article PDF–399K
Replicating research in ecology and evolution: feasibility, incentives, and the cost-benefit conundrum
Shinichi Nakagawa, Timothy H. Parker
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 88. Published online 2015 Oct 28. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0196-3
PMCID:
PMC4624660
Abstract Article PDF–379K
Statistical or biological significance?
Emma Saxon
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 91. Published online 2015 Nov 5. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0198-1
PMCID:
PMC4635595
Abstract Article PDF–398K
Double take
Emma Saxon
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 109. Published online 2015 Dec 22. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0217-2
PMCID:
PMC4687323
Abstract Article PDF–332K

Commentaries

Keeping up with the ′omics: non-equilibrium models of gene regulation
David Pincus
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 9. Published online 2015 Feb 10. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0117-5
PMCID:
PMC4321706
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Control of organ size: development, regeneration, and the role of theory in biology
Charles F Stevens
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 14. Published online 2015 Feb 19. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0123-7
PMCID:
PMC4334576
Abstract Article PDF–266K
Big or fast: two strategies in the developmental control of body size
H. Frederik Nijhout
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 57. Published online 2015 Aug 4. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0173-x
PMCID:
PMC4524427
Abstract Article PDF–564K
Was Cajal right about sleep?
Matthew C F Tso, Erik D. Herzog
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 67. Published online 2015 Aug 25. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0178-5
PMCID:
PMC4548903
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In vivo studies of the Drosophila insulator factor CTCF reach a Catch 22
François Karch
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 71. Published online 2015 Sep 2. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0182-9
PMCID:
PMC4557222
Abstract Article PDF–725K
Teaching old drugs new tricks to stop malaria invasion in its tracks
Vasant Muralidharan, Boris Striepen
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 72. Published online 2015 Sep 8. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0185-6
PMCID:
PMC4563855
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Editorial

Transparency, reproducibility, credibility: announcing a pilot
Penelope Austin, Miranda Robertson
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 59. Published online 2015 Aug 6. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0175-8
PMCID:
PMC4527209
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Forum

Mechanotransduction: use the force(s)
Ewa K. Paluch, Celeste M. Nelson, Nicolas Biais, Ben Fabry, Jens Moeller, Beth L. Pruitt, Carina Wollnik, Galina Kudryasheva, Florian Rehfeldt, Walter Federle
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 47. Published online 2015 Jul 4. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0150-4
PMCID:
PMC4491211
Abstract Article PDF–1.6M

Interviews

Morphogens, modeling and patterning the neural tube: an interview with James Briscoe
James Briscoe
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 5. Published online 2015 Jan 20. doi: 10.1186/s12915-014-0105-1
PMCID:
PMC4299813
Abstract Article PDF–616K
Pursuing the impossible: an interview with Tim Hunt
Tim Hunt
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 64. Published online 2015 Aug 8. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0164-y
PMCID:
PMC4528683
Abstract Article PDF–1.5M

Methodology Articles

Induction of rapid and selective cell necrosis in Drosophila using Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxin and its silkworm receptor
Fumiaki Obata, Shiho Tanaka, Soshiro Kashio, Hidenobu Tsujimura, Ryoichi Sato, Masayuki Miura
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 48. Published online 2015 Jul 8. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0160-2
PMCID:
PMC4495774
Abstract Article PDF–2.8M
Quantification of gait parameters in freely walking rodents
César S. Mendes, Imre Bartos, Zsuzsanna Márka, Turgay Akay, Szabolcs Márka, Richard S. Mann
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 50. Published online 2015 Jul 22. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0154-0
PMCID:
PMC4511453
Abstract Article PDF–3.2M
Dynamic single cell measurements of kinase activity by synthetic kinase activity relocation sensors
Eric Durandau, Delphine Aymoz, Serge Pelet
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 55. Published online 2015 Aug 1. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0163-z
PMCID:
PMC4521377
Abstract Article PDF–1.8M
Molecular insights into the surface-specific arrangement of complement C5 convertase enzymes
Evelien T. M. Berends, Ronald D. Gorham, Jr, Maartje Ruyken, Jasper A. Soppe, Hatice Orhan, Piet C. Aerts, Carla J. C. de Haas, Piet Gros, Suzan H. M. Rooijakkers
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 93. Published online 2015 Nov 9. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0203-8
PMCID:
PMC4638095
Abstract Article PDF–3.3M
A rapid and affordable screening platform for membrane protein trafficking
Joshua C. Snyder, Thomas F. Pack, Lauren K. Rochelle, Subhasish K. Chakraborty, Ming Zhang, Andrew W. Eaton, Yushi Bai, Lauren A. Ernst, Larry S. Barak, Alan S. Waggoner, Marc G. Caron
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 107. Published online 2015 Dec 17. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0216-3
PMCID:
PMC4683952
Abstract Article PDF–2.4M

Opinion

Aging and DNA methylation
Marc Jung, Gerd P Pfeifer
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 7. Published online 2015 Jan 31. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0118-4
PMCID:
PMC4311512
Abstract Article PDF–478K
Using mathematical models to understand metabolism, genes, and disease
H. Frederik Nijhout, Janet A. Best, Michael C. Reed
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 79. Published online 2015 Sep 23. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0189-2
PMCID:
PMC4580265
Abstract Article PDF–2.6M
Archaeal ancestors of eukaryotes: not so elusive any more
Eugene V. Koonin
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 84. Published online 2015 Oct 5. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0194-5
PMCID:
PMC4594999
Abstract Article PDF–513K

Question and Answer

Q&A: insulin secretion and type 2 diabetes: why do β-cells fail?
James Cantley, Frances M. Ashcroft
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 33. Published online 2015 May 16. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0140-6
Correction in:
BMC Biol. 2019; 17: 32.
PMCID:
PMC4435650
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Q&A: How do plants sense and respond to UV-B radiation?
Roman Ulm, Gareth I Jenkins
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 45. Published online 2015 Jun 30. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0156-y
PMCID:
PMC4484705
Abstract Article PDF–987K
Q&A: Mesenchymal stem cells — where do they come from and is it important?
Iain R. Murray, Bruno Péault
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 99. Published online 2015 Nov 23. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0212-7
PMCID:
PMC4656175
Abstract Article PDF–994K
Q&A: How do plants respond to cytokinins and what is their importance?
Asami Osugi, Hitoshi Sakakibara
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 102. Published online 2015 Nov 27. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0214-5
PMCID:
PMC4662812
Abstract Article PDF–2.5M
What are karrikins and how were they ‘discovered’ by plants?
Gavin R. Flematti, Kingsley W Dixon, Steven M. Smith
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 108. Published online 2015 Dec 21. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0219-0
PMCID:
PMC4687367
Abstract Article PDF–1.8M

Research Articles

Dynamic response of RNA editing to temperature in Drosophila
Leila E Rieder, Yiannis A Savva, Matthew A Reyna, Yao-Jen Chang, Jacquelyn S Dorsky, Ali Rezaei, Robert A Reenan
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 1. Published online 2015 Jan 3. doi: 10.1186/s12915-014-0111-3
PMCID:
PMC4299485
Abstract Article PDF–2.5M
Retarded PDI diffusion and a reductive shift in poise of the calcium depleted endoplasmic reticulum
Edward Avezov, Tasuku Konno, Alisa Zyryanova, Weiyue Chen, Romain Laine, Ana Crespillo-Casado, Eduardo Pinho Melo, Ryo Ushioda, Kazuhiro Nagata, Clemens F Kaminski, Heather P Harding, David Ron
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 2. Published online 2015 Jan 10. doi: 10.1186/s12915-014-0112-2
PMCID:
PMC4316587
Abstract Article PDF–2.4M
A fast recoiling silk-like elastomer facilitates nanosecond nematocyst discharge
Anna Beckmann, Senbo Xiao, Jochen P Müller, Davide Mercadante, Timm Nüchter, Niels Kröger, Florian Langhojer, Wolfgang Petrich, Thomas W Holstein, Martin Benoit, Frauke Gräter, Suat Özbek
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 3. Published online 2015 Jan 16. doi: 10.1186/s12915-014-0113-1
PMCID:
PMC4321713
Abstract Article PDF–2.7M
Comparative RNA-Seq analysis reveals pervasive tissue-specific alternative polyadenylation in Caenorhabditis elegans intestine and muscles
Stephen M Blazie, Cody Babb, Henry Wilky, Alan Rawls, Jin G Park, Marco Mangone
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 4. Published online 2015 Jan 20. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0116-6
PMCID:
PMC4343181
Abstract Article PDF–2.7M
A role for Ras in inhibiting circular foraging behavior as revealed by a new method for time and cell-specific RNAi
Masayuki Hamakawa, Takayuki Uozumi, Naoko Ueda, Yuichi Iino, Takaaki Hirotsu
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 6. Published online 2015 Jan 21. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0114-8
PMCID:
PMC4321700
Abstract Article PDF–1.4M
The dynamics of growth cone morphology
Geoffrey J Goodhill, Richard A Faville, Daniel J Sutherland, Brendan A Bicknell, Andrew W Thompson, Zac Pujic, Biao Sun, Elizabeth M Kita, Ethan K Scott
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 10. Published online 2015 Feb 11. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0115-7
PMCID:
PMC4353455
Abstract Article PDF–2.8M
A stable JAZ protein from peach mediates the transition from outcrossing to self-pollination
Sherif Sherif, Islam El-Sharkawy, Jaideep Mathur, Pratibha Ravindran, Prakash Kumar, Gopinadhan Paliyath, Subramanian Jayasankar
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 11. Published online 2015 Feb 13. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0124-6
PMCID:
PMC4364584
Abstract Article PDF–3.0M
The development and maintenance of the mononuclear phagocyte system of the chick is controlled by signals from the macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor
Valerie Garceau, Adam Balic, Carla Garcia-Morales, Kristin A Sauter, Mike J McGrew, Jacqueline Smith, Lonneke Vervelde, Adrian Sherman, Troy E Fuller, Theodore Oliphant, John A Shelley, Raksha Tiwari, Thomas L Wilson, Cosmin Chintoan-Uta, Dave W Burt, Mark P Stevens, Helen M Sang, David A Hume
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 12. Published online 2015 Feb 19. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0121-9
PMCID:
PMC4369834
Abstract Article PDF–3.7M
Cell lineage branching as a strategy for proliferative control
Gentian Buzi, Arthur D Lander, Mustafa Khammash
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 13. Published online 2015 Feb 19. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0122-8
PMCID:
PMC4378012
Abstract Article PDF–2.7M
Distinct genetic architecture underlies the emergence of sleep loss and prey-seeking behavior in the Mexican cavefish
Masato Yoshizawa, Beatriz G Robinson, Erik R Duboué, Pavel Masek, James B Jaggard, Kelly E O’Quin, Richard L Borowsky, William R Jeffery, Alex C Keene
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 15. Published online 2015 Feb 20. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0119-3
PMCID:
PMC4364459
Abstract Article PDF–940K
Testing ecological theories with sequence similarity networks: marine ciliates exhibit similar geographic dispersal patterns as multicellular organisms
Dominik Forster, Lucie Bittner, Slim Karkar, Micah Dunthorn, Sarah Romac, Stéphane Audic, Philippe Lopez, Thorsten Stoeck, Eric Bapteste
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 16. Published online 2015 Feb 24. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0125-5
PMCID:
PMC4381497
Abstract Article PDF–1.1M
Dawn- and dusk-phased circadian transcription rhythms coordinate anabolic and catabolic functions in Neurospora
Cigdem Sancar, Gencer Sancar, Nati Ha, François Cesbron, Michael Brunner
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 17. Published online 2015 Feb 24. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0126-4
PMCID:
PMC4381671
Abstract Article PDF–1.9M
Distribution and impact of yeast thermal tolerance permissive for mammalian infection
Vincent Robert, Gianluigi Cardinali, Arturo Casadevall
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 18. Published online 2015 Feb 26. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0127-3
PMCID:
PMC4381509
Abstract Article PDF–2.6M
Population genomic evidence for adaptive differentiation in Baltic Sea three-spined sticklebacks
Baocheng Guo, Jacquelin DeFaveri, Graciela Sotelo, Abhilash Nair, Juha Merilä
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 19. Published online 2015 Mar 24. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0130-8
PMCID:
PMC4410466
Abstract Article PDF–3.0M
Gene-specific selective sweeps in bacteria and archaea caused by negative frequency-dependent selection
Nobuto Takeuchi, Otto X Cordero, Eugene V Koonin, Kunihiko Kaneko
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 20. Published online 2015 Apr 16. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0131-7
PMCID:
PMC4410459
Abstract Article PDF–709K
The recently identified modifier of murine metastable epialleles, Rearranged L-Myc Fusion, is involved in maintaining epigenetic marks at CpG island shores and enhancers
Sarah K Harten, Harald Oey, Lauren M Bourke, Vandhana Bharti, Luke Isbel, Lucia Daxinger, Pierre Faou, Neil Robertson, Jacqueline M Matthews, Emma Whitelaw
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 21. Published online 2015 Mar 26. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0128-2
PMCID:
PMC4381397
Abstract Article PDF–3.7M
Hox genes pattern the anterior-posterior axis of the juvenile but not the larva in a maximally indirect developing invertebrate, Micrura alaskensis (Nemertea)
Laurel S Hiebert, Svetlana A Maslakova
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 23. Published online 2015 Apr 11. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0133-5
PMCID:
PMC4426647
Abstract Article PDF–2.3M
Distinct adhesion-independent functions of β-catenin control stage-specific sensory neurogenesis and proliferation
Max Hans-Peter Gay, Tomas Valenta, Patrick Herr, Lisette Paratore-Hari, Konrad Basler, Lukas Sommer
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 24. Published online 2015 Apr 11. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0134-4
PMCID:
PMC4416270
Abstract Article PDF–4.0M
snoRNAs are a novel class of biologically relevant Myc targets
Eva K Herter, Maria Stauch, Maria Gallant, Elmar Wolf, Thomas Raabe, Peter Gallant
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 25. Published online 2015 Apr 16. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0132-6
PMCID:
PMC4430873
Abstract Article PDF–2.7M
Long-range regulatory interactions at the 4q25 atrial fibrillation risk locus involve PITX2c and ENPEP
Luis A Aguirre, M Eva Alonso, Claudio Badía-Careaga, Isabel Rollán, Cristina Arias, Ana Fernández-Miñán, Elena López-Jiménez, Amelia Aránega, José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta, Diego Franco, Miguel Manzanares
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 26. Published online 2015 Apr 17. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0138-0
PMCID:
PMC4416339
Abstract Article PDF–2.3M
Molecular basis of sugar recognition by collectin-K1 and the effects of mutations associated with 3MC syndrome
Umakhanth Venkatraman Girija, Christopher M Furze, Alexandre R Gingras, Takayuki Yoshizaki, Katsuki Ohtani, Jamie E Marshall, A Katrine Wallis, Wilhelm J Schwaeble, Mohammed El-Mezgueldi, Daniel A Mitchell, Peter CE Moody, Nobutaka Wakamiya, Russell Wallis
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 27. Published online 2015 Apr 17. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0136-2
PMCID:
PMC4431178
Abstract Article PDF–2.9M
Dissection of jasmonate functions in tomato stamen development by transcriptome and metabolome analyses
Susanne Dobritzsch, Martin Weyhe, Ramona Schubert, Julian Dindas, Gerd Hause, Joachim Kopka, Bettina Hause
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 28. Published online 2015 Apr 21. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0135-3
PMCID:
PMC4443647
Abstract Article PDF–2.3M
The study of Priapulus caudatus reveals conserved molecular patterning underlying different gut morphogenesis in the Ecdysozoa
José M Martín-Durán, Andreas Hejnol
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 29. Published online 2015 Apr 21. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0139-z
PMCID:
PMC4434581
Abstract Article PDF–2.6M
Expression of leukemia inhibitory factor in Müller glia cells is regulated by a redox-dependent mRNA stability mechanism
Cavit Agca, Karsten Boldt, Andrea Gubler, Isabelle Meneau, Armelle Corpet, Marijana Samardzija, Manuel Stucki, Marius Ueffing, Christian Grimm
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 30. Published online 2015 Apr 25. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0137-1
PMCID:
PMC4462110
Abstract Article PDF–1.9M
A chromatin code for alternative splicing involving a putative association between CTCF and HP1α proteins
Eneritz Agirre, Nicolás Bellora, Mariano Alló, Amadís Pagès, Paola Bertucci, Alberto R Kornblihtt, Eduardo Eyras
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 31. Published online 2015 May 2. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0141-5
PMCID:
PMC4446157
Abstract Article PDF–2.6M
A dynamic evolutionary and functional landscape of plant phased small interfering RNAs
Yi Zheng, Ying Wang, Jian Wu, Biao Ding, Zhangjun Fei
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 32. Published online 2015 May 16. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0142-4
PMCID:
PMC4457045
Abstract Article PDF–2.3M
Sexual conflict maintains variation at an insecticide resistance locus
Wayne G Rostant, Caroline Kay, Nina Wedell, David J Hosken
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 34. Published online 2015 Jun 29. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0143-3
PMCID:
PMC4484701
Abstract Article PDF–1.0M
Nuclear myosin 1 contributes to a chromatin landscape compatible with RNA polymerase II transcription activation
Bader Almuzzaini, Aishe A. Sarshad, Ann-Kristin Östlund Farrants, Piergiorgio Percipalle
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 35. Published online 2015 Jun 5. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0147-z
PMCID:
PMC4486089
Abstract Article PDF–2.6M
The initiation of nocturnal dormancy in Synechococcus as an active process
Sotaro Takano, Jun Tomita, Kintake Sonoike, Hideo Iwasaki
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 36. Published online 2015 Jun 10. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0144-2
PMCID:
PMC4494158
Abstract Article PDF–935K
Telomere protein Rap1 is a charge resistant scaffolding protein in chromosomal bouquet formation
Hanna Amelina, Shaan Subramaniam, Vera Moiseeva, Christine Anne Armstrong, Siân Rosanna Pearson, Kazunori Tomita
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 37. Published online 2015 Jun 10. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0149-x
PMCID:
PMC4660835
Abstract Article PDF–3.1M
DNA transposons have colonized the genome of the giant virus Pandoravirus salinus
Cheng Sun, Cédric Feschotte, Zhiqiang Wu, Rachel Lockridge Mueller
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 38. Published online 2015 Jun 12. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0145-1
PMCID:
PMC4495683
Abstract Article PDF–2.0M
Lhx8 regulates primordial follicle activation and postnatal folliculogenesis
Yu Ren, Hitomi Suzuki, Krishna Jagarlamudi, Kayla Golnoski, Megan McGuire, Rita Lopes, Vassilis Pachnis, Aleksandar Rajkovic
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 39. Published online 2015 Jun 16. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0151-3
PMCID:
PMC4487509
Abstract Article PDF–3.7M
Layering genetic circuits to build a single cell, bacterial half adder
Adison Wong, Huijuan Wang, Chueh Loo Poh, Richard I. Kitney
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 40. Published online 2015 Jun 16. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0146-0
PMCID:
PMC4490610
Abstract Article PDF–2.6M
Sequencing strategies and characterization of 721 vervet monkey genomes for future genetic analyses of medically relevant traits
Yu S. Huang, Vasily Ramensky, Susan K. Service, Anna J. Jasinska, Yoon Jung, Oi-Wa Choi, Rita M. Cantor, Nikoleta Juretic, Jessica Wasserscheid, Jay R. Kaplan, Matthew J. Jorgensen, Thomas D. Dyer, Ken Dewar, John Blangero, Richard K. Wilson, Wesley Warren, George M. Weinstock, Nelson B. Freimer
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 41. Published online 2015 Jun 20. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0152-2
PMCID:
PMC4494155
Abstract Article PDF–619K
Mesenchymal adenomatous polyposis coli plays critical and diverse roles in regulating lung development
Yongfeng Luo, Elie El Agha, Gianluca Turcatel, Hui Chen, Joanne Chiu, David Warburton, Saverio Bellusci, Bang-Ping Qian, Douglas B. Menke, Wei Shi
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 42. Published online 2015 Jun 20. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0153-1
PMCID:
PMC4702410
Abstract Article PDF–7.2M
Shell neurons of the master circadian clock coordinate the phase of tissue clocks throughout the brain and body
Jennifer A. Evans, Ting-Chung Suen, Ben L. Callif, Andrew S. Mitchell, Oscar Castanon-Cervantes, Kimberly M. Baker, Ian Kloehn, Kenkichi Baba, Brett J. W. Teubner, J. Christopher Ehlen, Ketema N. Paul, Timothy J. Bartness, Gianluca Tosini, Tanya Leise, Alec J. Davidson
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 43. Published online 2015 Jun 23. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0157-x
PMCID:
PMC4489020
Abstract Article PDF–2.5M
The role of juvenile hormone and insulin/TOR signaling in the growth of Manduca sexta
Nicole E. Hatem, Zhou Wang, Keelin B. Nave, Takashi Koyama, Yuichiro Suzuki
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 44. Published online 2015 Jun 25. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0155-z
PMCID:
PMC4499214
Abstract Article PDF–1.7M
Pest control and resistance management through release of insects carrying a male-selecting transgene
Tim Harvey-Samuel, Neil I. Morrison, Adam S. Walker, Thea Marubbi, Ju Yao, Hilda L. Collins, Kevin Gorman, T. G. Emyr Davies, Nina Alphey, Simon Warner, Anthony M. Shelton, Luke Alphey
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 49. Published online 2015 Jul 16. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0161-1
PMCID:
PMC4504119
Abstract Article PDF–1.0M
Control of Caenorhabditis elegans germ-line stem-cell cycling speed meets requirements of design to minimize mutation accumulation
Michael Chiang, Amanda Cinquin, Adrian Paz, Edward Meeds, Christopher A. Price, Max Welling, Olivier Cinquin
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 51. Published online 2015 Jul 18. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0148-y
PMCID:
PMC4538916
Abstract Article PDF–2.1M
Macrolides rapidly inhibit red blood cell invasion by the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum
Danny W Wilson, Christopher D Goodman, Brad E Sleebs, Greta E Weiss, Nienke WM de Jong, Fiona Angrisano, Christine Langer, Jake Baum, Brendan S Crabb, Paul R Gilson, Geoffrey I McFadden, James G Beeson
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 52. Published online 2015 Jul 18. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0162-0
PMCID:
PMC4506589
Abstract Article PDF–2.8M
Poised chromatin and bivalent domains facilitate the mitosis-to-meiosis transition in the male germline
Ho-Su Sin, Andrey V. Kartashov, Kazuteru Hasegawa, Artem Barski, Satoshi H. Namekawa
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 53. Published online 2015 Jul 22. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0159-8
PMCID:
PMC4508805
Abstract Article PDF–3.0M
Kinetic discrimination of self/non-self RNA by the ATPase activity of RIG-I and MDA5
Jade Louber, Joanna Brunel, Emiko Uchikawa, Stephen Cusack, Denis Gerlier
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 54. Published online 2015 Jul 28. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0166-9
PMCID:
PMC4517655
Abstract Article PDF–2.5M
Cdx ParaHox genes acquired distinct developmental roles after gene duplication in vertebrate evolution
Ferdinand Marlétaz, Ignacio Maeso, Laura Faas, Harry V. Isaacs, Peter W. H. Holland
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 56. Published online 2015 Aug 1. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0165-x
PMCID:
PMC4522105
Abstract Article PDF–3.2M
Role of electrostatic interactions for ligand recognition and specificity of peptide transporters
Rajendra Boggavarapu, Jean-Marc Jeckelmann, Daniel Harder, Zöhre Ucurum, Dimitrios Fotiadis
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 58. Published online 2015 Aug 6. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0167-8
PMCID:
PMC4527243
Abstract Article PDF–1.8M
Functional role of dimerization and CP190 interacting domains of CTCF protein in Drosophila melanogaster
Artem Bonchuk, Oksana Maksimenko, Olga Kyrchanova, Tatyana Ivlieva, Vladic Mogila, Girish Deshpande, Daniel Wolle, Paul Schedl, Pavel Georgiev
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 63. Published online 2015 Aug 7. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0168-7
PMCID:
PMC4528719
Abstract Article PDF–3.7M
Accurate chromosome segregation by probabilistic self-organisation
Yasushi Saka, Claudiu V. Giuraniuc, Hiroyuki Ohkura
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 65. Published online 2015 Aug 12. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0172-y
PMCID:
PMC4533937
Abstract Article PDF–1.0M
Effects of sleep and wake on astrocytes: clues from molecular and ultrastructural studies
Michele Bellesi, Luisa de Vivo, Giulio Tononi, Chiara Cirelli
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 66. Published online 2015 Aug 25. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0176-7
PMCID:
PMC4548305
Abstract Article PDF–3.1M
Genome-wide replication landscape of Candida glabrata
Stéphane Descorps-Declère, Cyril Saguez, Axel Cournac, Martial Marbouty, Thomas Rolland, Laurence Ma, Christiane Bouchier, Ivan Moszer, Bernard Dujon, Romain Koszul, Guy-Franck Richard
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 69. Published online 2015 Sep 2. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0177-6
PMCID:
PMC4556013
Abstract Article PDF–2.9M
Progenitor potential of nkx6.1-expressing cells throughout zebrafish life and during beta cell regeneration
Aurélie P. Ghaye, David Bergemann, Estefania Tarifeño-Saldivia, Lydie C. Flasse, Virginie Von Berg, Bernard Peers, Marianne L. Voz, Isabelle Manfroid
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 70. Published online 2015 Sep 2. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0179-4
PMCID:
PMC4556004
Abstract Article PDF–6.7M
Diversification of non-visual photopigment parapinopsin in spectral sensitivity for diverse pineal functions
Mitsumasa Koyanagi, Seiji Wada, Emi Kawano-Yamashita, Yuichiro Hara, Shigehiro Kuraku, Shigeaki Kosaka, Koichi Kawakami, Satoshi Tamotsu, Hisao Tsukamoto, Yoshinori Shichida, Akihisa Terakita
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 73. Published online 2015 Sep 15. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0174-9
PMCID:
PMC4570685
Abstract Article PDF–1.5M
ZLL/AGO10 maintains shoot meristem stem cells during Arabidopsis embryogenesis by down-regulating ARF2-mediated auxin response
Farshad Roodbarkelari, Fei Du, Elisabeth Truernit, Thomas Laux
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 74. Published online 2015 Sep 10. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0180-y
PMCID:
PMC4565019
Abstract Article PDF–2.1M
A herbivore-induced plant volatile interferes with host plant and mate location in moths through suppression of olfactory signalling pathways
Eduardo Hatano, Ahmed M. Saveer, Felipe Borrero-Echeverry, Martin Strauch, Ali Zakir, Marie Bengtsson, Rickard Ignell, Peter Anderson, Paul G. Becher, Peter Witzgall, Teun Dekker
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 75. Published online 2015 Sep 16. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0188-3
PMCID:
PMC4571119
Abstract Article PDF–1.9M
Phosphoproteome dynamics mediate revival of bacterial spores
Alex Rosenberg, Boumediene Soufi, Vaishnavi Ravikumar, Nelson C. Soares, Karsten Krug, Yoav Smith, Boris Macek, Sigal Ben-Yehuda
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 76. Published online 2015 Sep 17. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0184-7
PMCID:
PMC4574613
Abstract Article PDF–1.8M
GDF-5 can act as a context-dependent BMP-2 antagonist
Uwe Klammert, Thomas D. Mueller, Tina V. Hellmann, Kristian K. Wuerzler, Alexander Kotzsch, Anna Schliermann, Werner Schmitz, Alexander C. Kuebler, Walter Sebald, Joachim Nickel
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 77. Published online 2015 Sep 18. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0183-8
PMCID:
PMC4575486
Abstract Article PDF–2.6M
Construction of high-quality recombination maps with low-coverage genomic sequencing for joint linkage analysis in maize
Chunhui Li, Yongxiang Li, Peter J. Bradbury, Xun Wu, Yunsu Shi, Yanchun Song, Dengfeng Zhang, Eli Rodgers-Melnick, Edward S. Buckler, Zhiwu Zhang, Yu Li, Tianyu Wang
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 78. Published online 2015 Sep 21. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0187-4
PMCID:
PMC4578237
Abstract Article PDF–1.9M
Systems-level organization of yeast methylotrophic lifestyle
Hannes Rußmayer, Markus Buchetics, Clemens Gruber, Minoska Valli, Karlheinz Grillitsch, Gerda Modarres, Raffaele Guerrasio, Kristaps Klavins, Stefan Neubauer, Hedda Drexler, Matthias Steiger, Christina Troyer, Ali Al Chalabi, Guido Krebiehl, Denise Sonntag, Günther Zellnig, Günther Daum, Alexandra B. Graf, Friedrich Altmann, Gunda Koellensperger, Stephan Hann, Michael Sauer, Diethard Mattanovich, Brigitte Gasser
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 80. Published online 2015 Sep 23. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0186-5
PMCID:
PMC4580311
Abstract Article PDF–3.0M
Drosophila innate immunity: regional and functional specialization of prophenoloxidases
Jan P. Dudzic, Shu Kondo, Ryu Ueda, Casey M. Bergman, Bruno Lemaitre
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 81. Published online 2015 Oct 1. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0193-6
PMCID:
PMC4595066
Abstract Article PDF–3.0M
Sympatric ecological divergence associated with a color polymorphism
Henrik Kusche, Kathryn R. Elmer, Axel Meyer
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 82. Published online 2015 Oct 5. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0192-7
PMCID:
PMC4594650
Abstract Article PDF–3.8M
Mechanisms of blood homeostasis: lineage tracking and a neutral model of cell populations in rhesus macaques
Sidhartha Goyal, Sanggu Kim, Irvin SY Chen, Tom Chou
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 85. Published online 2015 Oct 20. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0191-8
PMCID:
PMC4615871
Abstract Article PDF–1.6M
Sperm competition risk drives plasticity in seminal fluid composition
Steven A. Ramm, Dominic A. Edward, Amy J. Claydon, Dean E. Hammond, Philip Brownridge, Jane L. Hurst, Robert J. Beynon, Paula Stockley
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 87. Published online 2015 Oct 27. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0197-2
PMCID:
PMC4624372
Abstract Article PDF–1.5M
Horizontal gene transfer in bdelloid rotifers is ancient, ongoing and more frequent in species from desiccating habitats
Isobel Eyres, Chiara Boschetti, Alastair Crisp, Thomas P. Smith, Diego Fontaneto, Alan Tunnacliffe, Timothy G. Barraclough
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 90. Published online 2015 Nov 4. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0202-9
PMCID:
PMC4632278
Abstract Article PDF–964K
Control of vein network topology by auxin transport
Carla Verna, Megan G. Sawchuk, Nguyen Manh Linh, Enrico Scarpella
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 94. Published online 2015 Nov 11. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0208-3
PMCID:
PMC4641347
Abstract Article PDF–2.1M
A novel group of diverse Polinton-like viruses discovered by metagenome analysis
Natalya Yutin, Sofiya Shevchenko, Vladimir Kapitonov, Mart Krupovic, Eugene V. Koonin
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 95. Published online 2015 Nov 11. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0207-4
PMCID:
PMC4642659
Abstract Article PDF–1.9M
Experimental evolution of recombination and crossover interference in Drosophila caused by directional selection for stress-related traits
Dau Dayal Aggarwal, Eugenia Rashkovetsky, Pawel Michalak, Irit Cohen, Yefim Ronin, Dan Zhou, Gabriel G. Haddad, Abraham B. Korol
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 101. Published online 2015 Nov 27. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0206-5
PMCID:
PMC4661966
Abstract Article PDF–1.1M
Loss of Ezh2 promotes a midbrain-to-forebrain identity switch by direct gene derepression and Wnt-dependent regulation
Martina Zemke, Kalina Draganova, Annika Klug, Anne Schöler, Luis Zurkirchen, Max Hans-Peter Gay, Phil Cheng, Haruhiko Koseki, Tomas Valenta, Dirk Schübeler, Konrad Basler, Lukas Sommer
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 103. Published online 2015 Nov 30. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0210-9
PMCID:
PMC4665911
Abstract Article PDF–2.5M
Pregnancy and estrogen enhance neural progenitor-cell proliferation in the vomeronasal sensory epithelium
Livio Oboti, Ximena Ibarra-Soria, Anabel Pérez-Gómez, Andreas Schmid, Martina Pyrski, Nicole Paschek, Sarah Kircher, Darren W. Logan, Trese Leinders-Zufall, Frank Zufall, Pablo Chamero
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 104. Published online 2015 Nov 30. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0211-8
PMCID:
PMC4665882
Abstract Article PDF–6.2M
Metazoans of redoxcline sediments in Mediterranean deep-sea hypersaline anoxic basins
Joan M. Bernhard, Colin R. Morrison, Ellen Pape, David J. Beaudoin, M. Antonio Todaro, Maria G. Pachiadaki, Konstantinos Ar. Kormas, Virginia P. Edgcomb
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 105. Published online 2015 Dec 10. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0213-6
PMCID:
PMC4676161
Abstract Article PDF–2.8M
Lack of sex chromosome specific meiotic silencing in platypus reveals origin of MSCI in therian mammals
Tasman J. Daish, Aaron E. Casey, Frank Grutzner
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 106. Published online 2015 Dec 10. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0215-4
PMCID:
PMC4676107
Abstract Article PDF–3.6M
Nitrate enhances skeletal muscle fatty acid oxidation via a nitric oxide-cGMP-PPAR-mediated mechanism
Tom Ashmore, Lee D. Roberts, Andrea J. Morash, Aleksandra O. Kotwica, John Finnerty, James A. West, Steven A. Murfitt, Bernadette O. Fernandez, Cristina Branco, Andrew S. Cowburn, Kieran Clarke, Randall S. Johnson, Martin Feelisch, Julian L. Griffin, Andrew J. Murray
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 110. Published online 2015 Dec 22. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0221-6
PMCID:
PMC4688964
Abstract Article PDF–1.2M
iCLIP identifies novel roles for SAFB1 in regulating RNA processing and neuronal function
Caroline Rivers, Jalilah Idris, Helen Scott, Mark Rogers, Youn-Bok Lee, Jessica Gaunt, Leonidas Phylactou, Tomaz Curk, Colin Campbell, Jernej Ule, Michael Norman, James B. Uney
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 111. Published online 2015 Dec 22. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0220-7
PMCID:
PMC4689037
Abstract Article PDF–2.7M
A high-resolution gene expression atlas of epistasis between gene-specific transcription factors exposes potential mechanisms for genetic interactions
Katrin Sameith, Saman Amini, Marian J. A. Groot Koerkamp, Dik van Leenen, Mariel Brok, Nathalie Brabers, Philip Lijnzaad, Sander R. van Hooff, Joris J. Benschop, Tineke L. Lenstra, Eva Apweiler, Sake van Wageningen, Berend Snel, Frank C. P. Holstege, Patrick Kemmeren
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 112. Published online 2015 Dec 23. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0222-5
PMCID:
PMC4690272
Abstract Article PDF–3.2M
High-precision morphology: bifocal 4D-microscopy enables the comparison of detailed cell lineages of two chordate species separated for more than 525 million years
Thomas Stach, Chiara Anselmi
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 113. Published online 2015 Dec 23. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0218-1
PMCID:
PMC4690324
Abstract Article PDF–2.8M

Research article

Quantitative framework for ordered degradation of APC/C substrates
Dan Lu, Juliet R. Girard, Weihan Li, Arda Mizrak, David O. Morgan
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 96. Published online 2015 Nov 16. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0205-6
PMCID:
PMC4647693
Abstract Article PDF–2.6M
Hook tool manufacture in New Caledonian crows: behavioural variation and the influence of raw materials
Barbara C. Klump, Shoko Sugasawa, James J. H. St Clair, Christian Rutz
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 97. Published online 2015 Nov 18. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0204-7
PMCID:
PMC4650250
Abstract Article PDF–2.5M
Emergent material properties of developing epithelial tissues
Pedro F. Machado, Julia Duque, Jocelyn Étienne, Alfonso Martinez-Arias, Guy B. Blanchard, Nicole Gorfinkiel
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 98. Published online 2015 Nov 23. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0200-y
PMCID:
PMC4656187
Abstract Article PDF–3.0M

Reviews

Mitophagy and the mitochondrial unfolded protein response in neurodegeneration and bacterial infection
Mark W Pellegrino, Cole M Haynes
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 22. Published online 2015 Apr 3. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0129-1
PMCID:
PMC4384303
Abstract Article PDF–662K
Models in biology: lessons from modeling regulation of the eukaryotic cell cycle
John J. Tyson, Béla Novák
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 46. Published online 2015 Jul 1. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0158-9
PMCID:
PMC4486427
Abstract Article PDF–1.5M
Structure and function of mitochondrial membrane protein complexes
Werner Kühlbrandt
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 89. Published online 2015 Oct 29. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0201-x
PMCID:
PMC4625866
Abstract Article PDF–3.0M

Software

MetAnnotate: function-specific taxonomic profiling and comparison of metagenomes
Pavel Petrenko, Briallen Lobb, Daniel A. Kurtz, Josh D. Neufeld, Andrew C. Doxey
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 92. Published online 2015 Nov 5. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0195-4
PMCID:
PMC4636000
Abstract Article PDF–2.3M

Erratum

Erratum to: Wnt6 is required for maxillary palp formation in Drosophila
Nikolaos Doumpas, Gáspár Jékely, Aurelio A. Teleman
BMC Biol. 2015; 13: 100. Published online 2015 Nov 25. doi: 10.1186/s12915-015-0209-2
Corrects:
BMC Biol. 2013; 11: 104.
PMCID:
PMC4660608
Correction PDF–311K
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