Editorial Board
Publication date: October 2018Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Volume 138Author(s): (Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology)
Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - December 3, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish*: Zebrafish as a model for cardiac research
Publication date: October 2018Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Volume 138Author(s): Matthew R. Stoyek, T.Alexander Quinn (Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology)
Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - December 3, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

Long-distance electrical signals as a link between the local action of stressors and the systemic physiological responses in higher plants
Publication date: Available online 30 November 2018Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular BiologyAuthor(s): Vladimir Sukhov, Ekaterina Sukhova, Vladimir VodeneevAbstractOur review is devoted to the analysis of the role of long-distance electrical signals in the development of the fast systemic physiological responses in higher plants. The characteristics and mechanisms of basic electrical signals (variation potential, action potential and system potential) are analyzed, and a potential schema of the generation and propagation of the system potential is proposed. The review summarizes the physiological changes induced...
Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - December 1, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

Low level laser therapy (LLLT) modulates ovarian function in mature female mice
In conclusion, these data indicate that LLLT might become a novel and useful tool in the treatment of several pathologies, including female reproductive disorders. (Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology)
Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - November 28, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

Quantitative Systems Pharmacology: Modelling and simulating drug action in health and disease
Publication date: November 2018Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Volume 139Author(s): Steven Niederer, Anna Sher (Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology)
Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - November 24, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

Editorial Board
Publication date: November 2018Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Volume 139Author(s): (Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology)
Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - November 24, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

Mature Extraterrestrial Biology in Astrophysical Phenomena - Reply to critical numerical analysis of R Duggleby (2018) on Steele et al (2018) "Cause of Cambrian Explosion: Terrestrial or Cosmic?"
Publication date: Available online 9 November 2018Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular BiologyAuthor(s): Edward J. Steele, Shirwan Al-Mufti, Kenneth A. Augustyn, Rohana Chandrajith, John P. Coghlan, S.G. Coulson, Sudipto Ghosh, Mark Gillman, Reginald M. Gorczynski, Brig Klyce, Godfrey Louis, Kithsiri Mahanama, Keith R. Oliver, Julio Padron, Jiangwen Qu, John A. Schuster, W.E. Smith, Duane P. Snyder, Julian A. Steele, Brent J. Stewart (Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology)
Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - November 21, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

The guard cell ionome: Understanding the role of ions in guard cell functions
Publication date: Available online 17 November 2018Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular BiologyAuthor(s): Biswapriya B. Misra, Suzie M. Reichman, Sixue ChenAbstractThe plant ionome is critical for growth, productivity, defense, and it eventually affects food quantity and quality. Located on the leaf surface, stomatal guard cells are critical gatekeepers for water, gas, and pathogens. Insights form ionomics (metallomics) is imperative as we enter an omics-driven systems biology era where an understanding of guard cell function and physiology is advanced through efforts in genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and m...
Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - November 18, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

Corrigendum to “Limitations in electrophysiological model development and validation caused by differences between simulations and experimental protocols” [Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol. 129 (2017) 53–64]
Publication date: Available online 15 November 2018Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular BiologyAuthor(s): Jesús Carro, José F. Rodríguez-Matas, Violeta Monasterio, Esther Pueyo (Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology)
Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - November 16, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

Insights into ABA-mediated regulation of guard cell primary metabolism revealed by systems biology approaches
Publication date: Available online 14 November 2018Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular BiologyAuthor(s): Takuya Yoshida, Letícia dos Anjos, David B. Medeiros, Wagner L. Araújo, Alisdair R. Fernie, Danilo M. DalosoAbstractDespite the fact that guard cell abscisic acid (ABA) signalling pathway is well documented, our understanding concerning how and to which extent ABA regulates guard cell metabolism remains fragmentary. Here we have adopted different systems approaches to investigate how ABA modulates guard cell central metabolism by providing genes that are possibly ABA-regulated. By using previous published Ara...
Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - November 15, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

Thermodynamic buffering, stable non-equilibrium and establishment of the computable structure of plant metabolism
Publication date: Available online 13 November 2018Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular BiologyAuthor(s): Abir U. Igamberdiev, Leszek A. KleczkowskiAbstractThe equilibria of coenzyme nucleotides and substrates established in plant cells generate simple rules that govern the plant metabolome and provide optimal conditions for the non-equilibrium fluxes of major metabolic processes such as ATP synthesis, CO2 fixation, and mitochondrial respiration. Fast and abundant enzymes, such as adenylate kinase, carbonic anhydrase or malate dehydrogenase, provide constant substrate flux for these processes. These “buffering”...
Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - November 14, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

Reply to Correspondence by R Duggleby "Numerical analysis of on Steele, Al-Mufti, Augustyn, Chandrajith, Coghlan, Coulson et al. (2018) "Cause of Cambrian explosion - Terrestrial or Cosmic?"
Publication date: Available online 9 November 2018Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular BiologyAuthor(s): Edward J. Steele, Shirwan Al-Mufti, Kenneth A. Augustyn, Rohana Chandrajith, John P. Coghlan, S.G. Coulson, Sudipto Ghosh, Mark Gillman, Reginald M. Gorczynski, Brig Klyce, Godfrey Louis, Kithsiri Mahanama, Keith R. Oliver, Julio Padron, Jiangwen Qu, John A. Schuster, W.E. Smith, Duane P. Snyder, Julian A. Steele, Brent J. Stewart (Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology)
Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - November 11, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

Predicting critical drug concentrations and torsadogenic risk using a multiscale exposure-response simulator
Publication date: Available online 26 October 2018Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular BiologyAuthor(s): Francisco Sahli Costabal, Jiang Yao, Anna Sher, Ellen KuhlAbstractTorsades de pointes is a serious side effect of many drugs that can trigger sudden cardiac death, even in patients with structurally normal hearts. Torsadogenic risk has traditionally been correlated with the blockage of a specific potassium channel and a prolonged recovery period in the electrocardiogram. However, the precise mechanisms by which single channel block translates into heart rhythm disorders remain incompletely understood. Here we es...
Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - October 26, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

An extremely low frequency-weak magnetic field can induce alterations in a biological system: A case study in chick embryo development
Publication date: Available online 23 October 2018Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular BiologyAuthor(s): Ahmed El-Hussein, M.A. Kasem, Abd El Hakim Saad, Michael R. Hamblin, M. HarithAbstractThe aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of a weak magnetic field at extremely low frequency on a biological system. Our case study was on chick embryo development. Freshly fertilized chicken eggs were subjected to magnetic field (1.0 μT peak-to-peak amplitude) for 48 hours immediately after laying. Following exposure, eggs were incubated for more 9 days without any magnetic stimuli. The exposed embryos show...
Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - October 25, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

Higher peptide nonplanarity (ω) close to protein carboxy-terminal and its positive correlation with ψ dihedral-angle is evolved conferring protein thermostability
ConclusionsIn the current study, irrespective to the protein homology, nonplanarity has been demonstrated as a significant determinant of protein-thermostability (Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology)
Source: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - October 23, 2018 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research