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		Minireview Endothelial adherens junctions and the actin cytoskeleton: an 'infinity net'? Maria Grazia Lampugnani Journal of Biology 2010, 9:16 (8 April 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Minireview Robust and specific inhibition of microRNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans Samrat T Kundu, Frank J Slack Journal of Biology 2010, 9:20 (1 April 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Frank Slack and Samrat Kundu highlight a refinement of the antisense strategy used to inhibit miRNAs in C.elegans, published in Silence, with an adaptation that supports transmission through the germline, and combinatorial use to target several different miRNAs in developing tissues.
		Minireview Genome of a songbird unveiled Raphael Pinaud Journal of Biology 2010, 9:19 (1 April 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Pinaud heralds the publication of the zebra finch genome, reviewing some of the most exciting findings of this pioneering effort and explaining how this songbird model offers unique insights into auditory learning, singing behaviour and other biological phenomena.
		Minireview The mathematics of sexual attraction José A Feijó Journal of Biology 2010, 9:18 (29 March 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Minireview Evolution underground: shedding light on the diversification of subterranean insects Carlos Juan, Brent C Emerson Journal of Biology 2010, 9:17 (11 March 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Juan and Emerson discuss the reconstruction of the molecular phylogeny of a large Mediterranean cave-dwelling beetle clade recently presented in BMC Evolutionary Biology, and the implications for the evolutionary origin of the beetle ancestor.
		Minireview Scale-eating cichlids: from hand(ed) to mouth A Richard Palmer Journal of Biology 2010, 9:11 (24 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Palmer discusses recent studies, including one in BMC Biology, suggesting that mouth bending in scale-eating cichlids cannot be explained by frequency dependent selection alone, but that the behavior of the fish may amplify mouth asymmetry during growth.
		Opinion Top dogs: wolf domestication and wealth Carlos A Driscoll, David W Macdonald Journal of Biology 2010, 9:10 (24 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Commenting on a phylogeographic analysis in BMC Biology that supports a Middle Eastern origin of small dogs, Driscoll and Macdonald speculate on the implications of wolf domestication and size reduction occurring at a time of transition between hunter-gatherer and sedentary societies.
		Minireview No better time to FRET: shedding light on host pathogen interactions Richard D Hayward, Jon D Goguen, John M Leong Journal of Biology 2010, 9:12 (18 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Hayward and colleagues discuss the promise of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based techniques to study the spatio-temporal subversion of host cell signaling by pathogens, reviewing the few existing examples of this, which include a recent paper in BMC Biology, to illustrate the power of an approach that has been surprisingly under-exploited to date.
		Minireview Making progress in genetic kin recognition among vertebrates Jane L Hurst, Robert J Beynon Journal of Biology 2010, 9:13 (17 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Highlighting recent research in BMC Evolutionary Biology that analyzes the scent profiles of ring-tailed lemurs in relation to their genetic distance, Hurst and Benyon discuss recent progress and remaining challenges in deciphering how vertebrates recognise kin by their smell.
		Minireview Regeneration review reprise Jessica L Whited, Clifford J Tabin Journal of Biology 2010, 9:15 (16 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Stem cell biology and new high throughput techniques are inspiring new advances in research on regeneration. Whited and Tabin discuss recent developments, including two recent reports in BMC Biology that may mean a reevaluation of the regenerative prospects for humans.
		Minireview Acoel and platyhelminth models for stem-cell research Alexandra E Bely, James M Sikes Journal of Biology 2010, 9:14 (16 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary The bodies of platyhelminth and acoel worms are continually renewed from large pools of somatic stem cells. Bely and Sikes discuss their consequent attractiveness for stem cell research, and how recent studies, including one in BMC Developmental Biology, reveal aspects of the cellular dynamics and molecular basis of stem-cell function in these animals.
		Research article Madm (Mlf1 adapter molecule) cooperates with Bunched A to promote growth in Drosophila Silvia Gluderer, Erich Brunner, Markus Germann, Virginija Jovaisaite, Changqing Li, Cyrill A Rentsch, Ernst Hafen, Hugo Stocker Journal of Biology 2010, 9:9 (11 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Stocker and colleagues identify and analyze a growth-promoting complex in Drosophila, formed between the putative transcription factor BunA, for which human homologs can functionally substitute, and the adaptor protein Madm.
		Minireview Bunched and Madm: a novel growth-regulatory complex? Kieran F Harvey Journal of Biology 2010, 9:8 (11 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Reviewing how studies in Drosophila have contributed to understanding signaling pathways involved in cancer, Harvey discusses the implications of a Journal of Biology article reporting a BunA/Madm complex that regulates growth in flies.
		Question & Answer Q&A: What can microfluidics do for stem-cell research? Marie Csete Journal of Biology 2010, 9:1 (11 February 2010) Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Minireview Regulation of metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans longevity Marco Gallo, Donald L Riddle Journal of Biology 2010, 9:7 (10 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A metabolomic quest for universals in the control of lifespan recently reported in BMC Biology implicates branched-chain amino acid pools. Gallo and Riddle review the lessons from C.elegans in research on longevity, and discuss the implications of the metabolomic research.
		Minireview Reprogramming of the non-coding transcriptome during brain development Saba Valadkhan, Timothy W Nilsen Journal of Biology 2010, 9:5 (5 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Valadkhan and Nilsen discuss the mystery of long noncoding RNAs and a recent global expression study in BMC Neuroscience that provides a platform for answering fundamental questions about their role in the development of the brain.
		Minireview The THO complex as a key mRNP biogenesis factor in development and cell differentiation Sonia Jimeno, Andrés Aguilera Journal of Biology 2010, 9:6 (28 January 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The THO complex is implicated in RNA export from the nucleus, but exactly how is not clear. Jimeno and Aguilera discuss a new report on the THOC5 subunit in BMC Biology that suggests a role in differentiation.
		Minireview SnoPatrol: how many snoRNA genes are there? Paul P Gardner, Alex Bateman, Anthony M Poole Journal of Biology 2010, 9:4 (25 January 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Gardner, Bateman and Poole review the current knowledge of small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) and discuss two BMC Genomic papers reporting the identification of novel snoRNAs and the likelihood that there are many more out there.
		Minireview Sometimes one just isn't enough: do vertebrates contain an H2A.Z hyper-variant? Monika Mehta, Hyun-Soo Kim, Michael-Christopher Keogh Journal of Biology 2010, 9:3 (21 January 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Nucleosomes present a variable platform for recruitment of transcriptional and repair machineries because of variant histones and post-translational modifications. Keogh and colleagues discuss reports in BMC Biology and BMC Evolutionary Biology that suggest further complexity, in conserved variants of the variants.
		Minireview Apical polarity in three-dimensional culture systems: where to now? Jamie L Inman, Mina J Bissell Journal of Biology 2010, 9:2 (21 January 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
		Minireview The water flea Daphnia - a 'new' model system for ecology and evolution? Angelika Stollewerk Journal of Biology 2010, 9:21 (13 January 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Editorial Top ten in Journal of Biology in 2009: stem cells, influenza, pit bulls, Darwin, and more Miranda Robertson Journal of Biology 2009, 8:102 (31 December 2009) Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Minireview The bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes: an emerging model in prokaryotic transcriptomics Pascale Cossart, Cristel Archambaud Journal of Biology 2009, 8:107 (30 December 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Cossart and Archambaud discuss the implications of the outcome of deep RNA sequencing used to probe the virulence toolkit of Listeria monocytogenes, reported in a recent paper in BMC Genomics.
		Minireview Forward genetics in Tribolium castaneum: opening new avenues of research in arthropod biology Andrew D Peel Journal of Biology 2009, 8:106 (30 December 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Peel discusses the merits of the flour beetle over the fruit fly as a new arthropod model organism and describes how a new mutagenesis screen published in BMC Biology increases the usefulness of this creature.
		Minireview Mapping the protistan 'rare biosphere' Scott C Dawson, Kari D Hagen Journal of Biology 2009, 8:105 (29 December 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Dawson and Hagen discuss our current underestimation of the ecological complexity of protist communities in the light of a recent paper in BMC Biology that reports an expanded map of microbial diversity using high throughput sequencing strategy.

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		Minireview Endothelial adherens junctions and the actin cytoskeleton: an 'infinity net'? Maria Grazia Lampugnani Journal of Biology 2010, 9:16 (8 April 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Minireview Robust and specific inhibition of microRNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans Samrat T Kundu, Frank J Slack Journal of Biology 2010, 9:20 (1 April 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Frank Slack and Samrat Kundu highlight a refinement of the antisense strategy used to inhibit miRNAs in C.elegans, published in Silence, with an adaptation that supports transmission through the germline, and combinatorial use to target several different miRNAs in developing tissues.
		Minireview Genome of a songbird unveiled Raphael Pinaud Journal of Biology 2010, 9:19 (1 April 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Pinaud heralds the publication of the zebra finch genome, reviewing some of the most exciting findings of this pioneering effort and explaining how this songbird model offers unique insights into auditory learning, singing behaviour and other biological phenomena.
		Minireview The mathematics of sexual attraction José A Feijó Journal of Biology 2010, 9:18 (29 March 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Minireview Evolution underground: shedding light on the diversification of subterranean insects Carlos Juan, Brent C Emerson Journal of Biology 2010, 9:17 (11 March 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Juan and Emerson discuss the reconstruction of the molecular phylogeny of a large Mediterranean cave-dwelling beetle clade recently presented in BMC Evolutionary Biology, and the implications for the evolutionary origin of the beetle ancestor.
		Minireview Scale-eating cichlids: from hand(ed) to mouth A Richard Palmer Journal of Biology 2010, 9:11 (24 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Palmer discusses recent studies, including one in BMC Biology, suggesting that mouth bending in scale-eating cichlids cannot be explained by frequency dependent selection alone, but that the behavior of the fish may amplify mouth asymmetry during growth.
		Opinion Top dogs: wolf domestication and wealth Carlos A Driscoll, David W Macdonald Journal of Biology 2010, 9:10 (24 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Commenting on a phylogeographic analysis in BMC Biology that supports a Middle Eastern origin of small dogs, Driscoll and Macdonald speculate on the implications of wolf domestication and size reduction occurring at a time of transition between hunter-gatherer and sedentary societies.
		Minireview No better time to FRET: shedding light on host pathogen interactions Richard D Hayward, Jon D Goguen, John M Leong Journal of Biology 2010, 9:12 (18 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Hayward and colleagues discuss the promise of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based techniques to study the spatio-temporal subversion of host cell signaling by pathogens, reviewing the few existing examples of this, which include a recent paper in BMC Biology, to illustrate the power of an approach that has been surprisingly under-exploited to date.
		Minireview Making progress in genetic kin recognition among vertebrates Jane L Hurst, Robert J Beynon Journal of Biology 2010, 9:13 (17 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Highlighting recent research in BMC Evolutionary Biology that analyzes the scent profiles of ring-tailed lemurs in relation to their genetic distance, Hurst and Benyon discuss recent progress and remaining challenges in deciphering how vertebrates recognise kin by their smell.
		Minireview Regeneration review reprise Jessica L Whited, Clifford J Tabin Journal of Biology 2010, 9:15 (16 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Stem cell biology and new high throughput techniques are inspiring new advances in research on regeneration. Whited and Tabin discuss recent developments, including two recent reports in BMC Biology that may mean a reevaluation of the regenerative prospects for humans.
		Minireview Acoel and platyhelminth models for stem-cell research Alexandra E Bely, James M Sikes Journal of Biology 2010, 9:14 (16 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary The bodies of platyhelminth and acoel worms are continually renewed from large pools of somatic stem cells. Bely and Sikes discuss their consequent attractiveness for stem cell research, and how recent studies, including one in BMC Developmental Biology, reveal aspects of the cellular dynamics and molecular basis of stem-cell function in these animals.
		Research article Madm (Mlf1 adapter molecule) cooperates with Bunched A to promote growth in Drosophila Silvia Gluderer, Erich Brunner, Markus Germann, Virginija Jovaisaite, Changqing Li, Cyrill A Rentsch, Ernst Hafen, Hugo Stocker Journal of Biology 2010, 9:9 (11 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Stocker and colleagues identify and analyze a growth-promoting complex in Drosophila, formed between the putative transcription factor BunA, for which human homologs can functionally substitute, and the adaptor protein Madm.
		Minireview Bunched and Madm: a novel growth-regulatory complex? Kieran F Harvey Journal of Biology 2010, 9:8 (11 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Reviewing how studies in Drosophila have contributed to understanding signaling pathways involved in cancer, Harvey discusses the implications of a Journal of Biology article reporting a BunA/Madm complex that regulates growth in flies.
		Question & Answer Q&A: What can microfluidics do for stem-cell research? Marie Csete Journal of Biology 2010, 9:1 (11 February 2010) Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Minireview Regulation of metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans longevity Marco Gallo, Donald L Riddle Journal of Biology 2010, 9:7 (10 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary A metabolomic quest for universals in the control of lifespan recently reported in BMC Biology implicates branched-chain amino acid pools. Gallo and Riddle review the lessons from C.elegans in research on longevity, and discuss the implications of the metabolomic research.
		Minireview Reprogramming of the non-coding transcriptome during brain development Saba Valadkhan, Timothy W Nilsen Journal of Biology 2010, 9:5 (5 February 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Valadkhan and Nilsen discuss the mystery of long noncoding RNAs and a recent global expression study in BMC Neuroscience that provides a platform for answering fundamental questions about their role in the development of the brain.
		Minireview The THO complex as a key mRNP biogenesis factor in development and cell differentiation Sonia Jimeno, Andrés Aguilera Journal of Biology 2010, 9:6 (28 January 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary The THO complex is implicated in RNA export from the nucleus, but exactly how is not clear. Jimeno and Aguilera discuss a new report on the THOC5 subunit in BMC Biology that suggests a role in differentiation.
		Minireview SnoPatrol: how many snoRNA genes are there? Paul P Gardner, Alex Bateman, Anthony M Poole Journal of Biology 2010, 9:4 (25 January 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central \| Editor’s summary Gardner, Bateman and Poole review the current knowledge of small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) and discuss two BMC Genomic papers reporting the identification of novel snoRNAs and the likelihood that there are many more out there.
		Minireview Sometimes one just isn't enough: do vertebrates contain an H2A.Z hyper-variant? Monika Mehta, Hyun-Soo Kim, Michael-Christopher Keogh Journal of Biology 2010, 9:3 (21 January 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Nucleosomes present a variable platform for recruitment of transcriptional and repair machineries because of variant histones and post-translational modifications. Keogh and colleagues discuss reports in BMC Biology and BMC Evolutionary Biology that suggest further complexity, in conserved variants of the variants.
		Minireview Apical polarity in three-dimensional culture systems: where to now? Jamie L Inman, Mina J Bissell Journal of Biology 2010, 9:2 (21 January 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Cited on BioMed Central
		Minireview The water flea Daphnia - a 'new' model system for ecology and evolution? Angelika Stollewerk Journal of Biology 2010, 9:21 (13 January 2010) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Editorial Top ten in Journal of Biology in 2009: stem cells, influenza, pit bulls, Darwin, and more Miranda Robertson Journal of Biology 2009, 8:102 (31 December 2009) Full text \| PDF \| PubMed
		Minireview The bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes: an emerging model in prokaryotic transcriptomics Pascale Cossart, Cristel Archambaud Journal of Biology 2009, 8:107 (30 December 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Cossart and Archambaud discuss the implications of the outcome of deep RNA sequencing used to probe the virulence toolkit of Listeria monocytogenes, reported in a recent paper in BMC Genomics.
		Minireview Forward genetics in Tribolium castaneum: opening new avenues of research in arthropod biology Andrew D Peel Journal of Biology 2009, 8:106 (30 December 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Peel discusses the merits of the flour beetle over the fruit fly as a new arthropod model organism and describes how a new mutagenesis screen published in BMC Biology increases the usefulness of this creature.
		Minireview Mapping the protistan 'rare biosphere' Scott C Dawson, Kari D Hagen Journal of Biology 2009, 8:105 (29 December 2009) Abstract \| Full text \| PDF \| PubMed \| Editor’s summary Dawson and Hagen discuss our current underestimation of the ecological complexity of protist communities in the light of a recent paper in BMC Biology that reports an expanded map of microbial diversity using high throughput sequencing strategy.