BBA Special Issues

Regulatory RNA elements Structure and Function of Regulatory RNA Elements

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Regulatory RNA elements play pivotal roles in many key processes of the cell such as metabolite sensing, viral and cellular gene expression, development and differentiation, and pathogen-host antagonism.

Announcing new issue of BBA Biomembranes Includes Special Section: Cardiolipin

Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A student today will find cardiolipin interesting beyond the dull textbook structure of 20 years ago. We have yet to recognize its role in ATP synthesis, why and how its chains have length requirements (no other phospholipids do), .....

BBA Special Issue: Current Topics in Proteins and Proteomics

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This special issue of BBA - Proteins & Proteomics review articles and original contributions from experts in the fields of proteins and proteomics. Taken as a whole this collection offers a comprehensive and up-to-date viewpoint of the current topics

Autophagy: Evolutionary and pathophysiological insights

Fri, 4 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In this special issue of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, several world-leading experts contribute 15 up-to-date reviews on evolutionary and pathophysiological aspects of autophagy.

BBA - Bioenergetics has now published a Special Issue on Mitochondrial Calcium in Health and Disease

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The 13 articles in this issue review the key developments in this expanding area of research.

BBA's Special Issue on Phospholipase D

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The major focus of this issue will be PLD�s physiological significance in endocytosis, exocytosis, EGFR signalling, neurite outgrowth, Golgi function, signalling events downstream of phosphatidic acid generation, metabolism of PA ...

BBA's Special Issue: Bone marrow-derived cells in tumor growth and metastasis

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Read the preface of ths Special Issue: Bone marrow derived cells in tumor angiogenesis and growth: are they the good, the bad or the evil?

Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In contrast to the DNA primary sequence, the epigenomes of our cells have a life cycle encompassing changes starting from the gametes, to the fertilized egg, to the different cell types of the embryo, and to the adult individual.

BBA - Molecular Basis of Disease Special Issue - Parkinson's Disease

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The last decade witnessed tremendous advances in understanding the causes of Parkinson�s disease (PD). The identification of mutations in the α-synuclein gene that cause autosomal-dominant PD by Nussbaum and colleagues helped usher in the genomic

BBA Special Issue on Lipid Droplets as dynamic organelles connecting influx, efflux and storage of lipids

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In developed countries, metabolic and vascular diseases are the leading cause of disability and death, with a major impact on health care costs. This is in part due to metabolic overload (i.e., caloric intake exceeding dietary needs) and the associated ri

BBA - Biomembranes Special Issue on Amphibian Antimicrobial Peptides

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Amphibians are ancient creatures that have evolved effective mechanisms to cope with a variety of microbes that they encounter in those ecological niches where they often live, such as ponds, soil, or mud.

BBA - General Subjects - Recent Advances in Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

As editors of BBA, we attempt to assemble Special Issues of the Journal featuring reviews (and sometime original research articles) of developing fields of research in biochemistry, biophysics and cell biology.

Radical species, mitochondria and cardiac function

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Mounting evidence is emerging that reactive oxygen species (ROS), rather than being just unwanted by-products of the aerobic biome, are also essential components of signal cascades important in sensing change in the extracellular environment and orchestra

Cellular lipid transport processes and their role in human disease

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Intracellular lipid transport is one of the most fundamental processes in biology and is required for cellular replication, growth, and differentiation.

BBA - Bioenergetics - Structures and Mechanisms in Molecular Bioenergetics

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Presented in this Special Issue is a series of mostly review-type papers in BBA-Bioenergetics to give a comprehensive account of more than a decade of active and successful research in our field.

BBA - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids - Lipid Droplets as dynamic organelles connecting influx, efflux and storage of lipids

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In this special issue on lipid droplets as dynamic organelles, 18 expert scientists contributed reviews on lipid droplets as dynamic organelles in the regulation of lipid storage and release and their contribution in lipid storage and other diseases.

Special Issue on the 10th European Symposium on Calcium, Edited by J. Haiech, C. Heizmann and J. Krebs.

Mon, 8 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The scientific program was divided into 7 different symposia and 4 poster sessions with more than 150 posters with the consequence that the poster prizes were doubled! Read more on the Special Issue.

BBA - Molecular Cell Research - Includes Special Section on Context-dependent signaling in development & disease

Mon, 8 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The papers in this special issue have been divided into 14 regular papers and 6 Special section papers.

BBA - Bioenergetics - Special Issue on Mitochondrial Physiology and Pathology

Mon, 8 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This Special Issue is published on the occasion of the Bari International Symposium on �Mitochondrial Physiology and Pathology,�Bari, Italy, June 2008, IUBMB Symposium S1/2008.

Special Issue on System biology�Genetic networks, now published

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The reports that make up this special edition provide a route to navigate through the complex structures of gene networks and their evolution, and offer the possibility that generalities will emerge to organize this complexity.

Scientifically, we have come a long way in our understanding that what we ingest promotes both short-term and long-term changes in our metabolism and modulates our overall health; Read more in the Special Issue just published: Diabetes and the Nervous Sy

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The collection of articles in this special issue is intended to bring readers up to speed on the latest with regard to some of the important aspects by which diet, metabolism, and the nervous system intersect in both physiological and pathological sett

Key presentations on new findings in cellular self-renewal and cell immortalization with a view to intervention strategies

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

1. What mechanisms regulate self-renewal and differentiation in normal stem cells and cancer stem cells? 2. How can we develop therapeutics that target cancer stem cells without affecting normal stem cells? 3. What can we learn from telomerase as a tar

Apical Junctional Complexes Part II now published

Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In multicellular organisms, epithelial barriers, which promote organ homeostasis by restricting the flow of ions and solutes between cells, are fundamental to the physiology of organ systems. ...

Advances in lysosomal research

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

About 20-30 years ago, lysosomal storage diseases have been considered as untreatable. This has changed considerably in particular in the last decade. For some diseases, treatment is now clinically established.

Special issue on Lipid Interactions, Domain Formation, and Lateral Structure of Membranes

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The contributions of this special issue should give a comprehensive and state-of-the-art view on recent development in membrane structure and function, but should also project where the field is heading.

A review of recent advances in the field of epigenetic control and histone modifications.

Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Special issue on Epigenetics Volume 1789, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 1-2 Song Tan and Joseph Reese

Published: BBA - Molecular Basis of Disease: Special Issue - Ubiquitin, Proteasomes, and Disease, Edited by R. Layfield and R.J. Mayer

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The award of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry to Avram Hershko, Aaron Ciechanover and Irwin Rose in 2004 for the discovery of �ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation� was an appropriate accolade for a major discovery in biochemistry in the second half of th

Published: BBA - Molecular Cell Research: Special Issue - Assembly of the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain, Edited by Dennis Winge and Alexander Tzagoloff

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The dynamic nature of mitochondria is likely to be modulated by a myriad of regulatory circuits that are now being defined. Another important area of current mitochondrial research, with important medical implications, has focused on how dysfunctional mit

Published: BBA - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms: Special Issue - MicroRNA, Edited by G. Tang

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In this special issue on miRNAs, 17 corresponding authors, both established and initial investigators, contributed 19 reviews, minireviews, and original research papers on plant and animal miRNAs or their related technologies. These papers were selected a

Announcing: BBA - Biomembranes: Special Issue - Structural Proteomics of the cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The contributions in this special issue provide a timely review of major aspects of the envelope components with known structures and their environment.

Announcing: BBA - Molecular Cell Research: Special Issue: Functional architecture of the cell nucleus, Edited by M.L. Schmitz and H. Herrmann

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The investigation of the dynamics and organisation of the genome is sparked by new methods and concepts that are discussed in the first section of this special issue.

BBA Special Issues

Regulatory RNA elements Structure and Function of Regulatory RNA Elements

TOP 25 Hottest Articles from BBA Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Announcing new issue of BBA Biomembranes Includes Special Section: Cardiolipin

BBA Special Issue: Current Topics in Proteins and Proteomics

Autophagy: Evolutionary and pathophysiological insights

BBA - Bioenergetics has now published a Special Issue on Mitochondrial Calcium in Health and Disease

BBA's Special Issue on Phospholipase D

BBA's Special Issue: Bone marrow-derived cells in tumor growth and metastasis

Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression

BBA - Molecular Basis of Disease Special Issue - Parkinson's Disease

BBA Special Issue on Lipid Droplets as dynamic organelles connecting influx, efflux and storage of lipids

BBA - Biomembranes Special Issue on Amphibian Antimicrobial Peptides

BBA - General Subjects - Recent Advances in Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Radical species, mitochondria and cardiac function

Cellular lipid transport processes and their role in human disease

BBA - Bioenergetics - Structures and Mechanisms in Molecular Bioenergetics

BBA - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids - Lipid Droplets as dynamic organelles connecting influx, efflux and storage of lipids

Special Issue on the 10th European Symposium on Calcium, Edited by J. Haiech, C. Heizmann and J. Krebs.

BBA - Molecular Cell Research - Includes Special Section on Context-dependent signaling in development & disease

BBA - Bioenergetics - Special Issue on Mitochondrial Physiology and Pathology

Special Issue on System biology�Genetic networks, now published

Scientifically, we have come a long way in our understanding that what we ingest promotes both short-term and long-term changes in our metabolism and modulates our overall health; Read more in the Special Issue just published: Diabetes and the Nervous Sy

Key presentations on new findings in cellular self-renewal and cell immortalization with a view to intervention strategies

Apical Junctional Complexes Part II now published

Advances in lysosomal research

Special issue on Lipid Interactions, Domain Formation, and Lateral Structure of Membranes

A review of recent advances in the field of epigenetic control and histone modifications.

Published: BBA - Molecular Basis of Disease: Special Issue - Ubiquitin, Proteasomes, and Disease, Edited by R. Layfield and R.J. Mayer

Published: BBA - Molecular Cell Research: Special Issue - Assembly of the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain, Edited by Dennis Winge and Alexander Tzagoloff

Published: BBA - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms: Special Issue - MicroRNA, Edited by G. Tang

Announcing: BBA - Biomembranes: Special Issue - Structural Proteomics of the cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria

Announcing: BBA - Molecular Cell Research: Special Issue: Functional architecture of the cell nucleus, Edited by M.L. Schmitz and H. Herrmann