Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
27 June 2018
The antimicrobial action of polyaniline involves production of oxidative stress while functionalisation of polyaniline introduces additional mechanisms
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Monika Mortimer –– Advances knowledge on antimicrobial mechanisms of novel compounds.
14 June 2018
Crucial biological functions of CCL7 in cancer
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Howard Young –– This is a valuable review on an important topic that is not often reviewed. Thus it will provide a better understanding of the state of the literature on this important chemokine pathway.
11 June 2018
How well do force fields capture the strength of salt bridges in proteins?
Editor rating: 8 / 10
Emanuele Paci –– The paper provides a test case for testing polarizable force fields for the simulations of proteins.
11 June 2018
Pretreating mesenchymal stem cells with electrical stimulation causes sustained long-lasting pro-osteogenic effects
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Eva Mezey –– MSCs have a central role in regenerative medicine as well as in immune-regulation. Thus any manipulation that affects the function of these cells is significant since it might alter their character and affect their use.
1 June 2018
Comparing the biomechanical characteristics between squat and standing serves in female table tennis athletes
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Silvia Comani –– The information provided on the table tennis serve technique can be relevent to athletes and coaches.
23 May 2018
An improved primer set and amplification protocol with increased specificity and sensitivity targeting the Symbiodinium ITS2 region
Editor rating: 8 / 10
Tomas Hrbek –– Optimized protocol for amplification of Symbiodinium ITS2 region, that makes great strides towards generating reproducible and comparable data across a diversity of studies.
15 May 2018
Breast fibroblasts in both cancer and normal tissues induce phenotypic transformation of breast cancer stem cells: a preliminary study
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Leticia Costa-Lotufo –– The research field is quite important and up to date in cancer biology studies.
15 May 2018
Unfolding of α-helical 20-residue poly-glutamic acid analyzed by multiple runs of canonical molecular dynamics simulations
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Freddie Salsbury Jr –– important model system that is well-characterized in this study
9 April 2018
Characterization of antimicrobial resistance genes in Haemophilus parasuis isolated from pigs in China
Editor rating: 8 / 10
Sheng Chen –– A detail characterization of antibiotic resistance in Haemophilus parasuis, which is a very important animal pathogen. No much research work has been done in this organism in particular in the area of antimicrobial resistance.
3 April 2018
Interaction of a dinoflagellate neurotoxin with voltage-activated ion channels in a marine diatom
Editor rating: 7 / 10
Susanne Menden-Deuer –– The work investigates the physiological basis of toxin targets that are widespread in animals and even phytoplankton. 
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Behav Ecol Papers @BehavEcolPapers
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Pretreating mesenchymal stem cells with electrical stimulation causes sustained long-lasting pro-osteogenic effects https://t.co/QcuMNQiYYy @thePeerJ https://t.co/AKFOPol5Dq
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Comparing the biomechanical characteristics between squat and standing serves in female table tennis athletes https://t.co/m1Ke4ir1zZ @thePeerJ https://t.co/P5MjvRMdbF
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to all peeps doing #Symbiodinium ITS2 typing: check out the new & improved primer pair and robust PCR protocol .. works well in particular for non-host environments https://t.co/zz8DZyLON3 .. ground truthing & future proofing ITS2 @TaraExpeditions @thePeerJ @KAUST_News