Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, Volume 29, Issue 4 (2012)

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A Conversation on Definition of Life
Ramaswamy H. Sarma
Pages: 597-598
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Attempts to Define Life Do Not Help to Understand the Origin of Life
Jack W. Szostak
Pages: 599-600
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Trifonov's Meta-Definition of Life
Ernesto Di Mauro
Pages: 601-602
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Defining Life: An Exercise in Semantics or A Route to Biological Insights?
Eugene V. Koonin
Pages: 603-605
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Merits and Caveats of Using A Vocabulary Approach to Define Life
Radu Popa
Pages: 607-608
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Self-Generated and Reproducible Dynamics in “Gene Years” Represent Life
Aditya Mittal
Pages: 609-611
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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A Minimal or Concise Set of Definition of Life is Not Useful
Bor Luen Tang
Pages: 613-614
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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On the Misgivings of Anthropomorphic Consensus Polling in Defining the Complexity of Life
Richard Egel
Pages: 615-616
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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The Complexity of Life: Can Life be Simply Defined?
Foong May Yeong
Pages: 617-618
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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The Role of Logic and Insight in the Search for a Definition of Life
Gerard A. J. M. Jagers op Akkerhuis
Pages: 619-620
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Life = Self-Reproduction with Variations?
Helen Greenwood Hansma
Pages: 621-622
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Life: Self-Directing with Unlimited Variability on Self-Speeding
Wentao Ma
Pages: 623-625
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Classifying the Properties of Life
Fabrizio Macagno
Pages: 627-629
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Defining Life: Products or Processes?
Robert Root-Bernstein
Pages: 631-632
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Life?
Seema Mishra
Pages: 633-634
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Is A n+1 Definition of Life Useful?
Marc Tessera
Pages: 635-636
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Thermodynamic Inversion and Self-Reproduction with Variations: Integrated View on the Life-Nonlife Border
V. N. Kompanichenko
Pages: 637-639
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Life in Its Uniqueness Remains Difficult to Define in Scientific Terms
Uwe J. Meierhenrich
Pages: 641-642
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Definition by Means of Indefiniteness
Yuri N. Zhuravlev
Pages: 643-644
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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The Definition of Life and the Life of a Definition
Yair Neuman
Pages: 643-646
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Author Response

Definition of Life: Navigation through Uncertainties
Edward N. Trifonov
Pages: 647-650
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Computational Evidence to Inhibition of Human Acetyl Cholinesterase by Withanolide A for Alzheimer Treatment
Abhinav Grover, Ashutosh Shandilya, Vibhuti Agrawal, Virendra S. Bisaria & Durai Sundar
Pages: 651-662
Published online: 15 May 2012
AbstractforComputational Evidence to Inhibition of Human Acetyl Cholinesterase by Withanolide A for Alzheimer Treatment | References | PDF (3.2 MB)
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Modelling and Bioinformatics Analysis of the Dimeric Structure of House Dust Mite Allergens from Families 5 and 21: Der f 5 Could Dimerize as Der p 5
Souad Khemili, Jean Marc Kwasigroch, Tarik Hamadouche & Dimitri Gilis
Pages: 663-675
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
AbstractforModelling and Bioinformatics Analysis of the Dimeric Structure of House Dust Mite Allergens from Families 5 and 21: Der f 5 Could Dimerize as Der p 5 | References | PDF (2.1 MB)
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study Explaining Inhibitor Selectivity in Different Class of Histone Deacetylases
Sundarapandian Thangapandian, Shalini John & Keun Woo Lee
Pages: 677-698
Published online: 15 May 2012
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Unveiling the Unfolding Pathway of F5F8D Disorder-Associated D81H/V100D Mutant of MCFD2 via Multiple Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Adel Hamza, Ning-Ning Wei, Trudy Johnson-Scalise, Frederick Naftolin, Hoon Cho & Chang-Guo Zhan
Pages: 699-714
Published online: 15 May 2012
AbstractforUnveiling the Unfolding Pathway of F5F8D Disorder-Associated D81H/V100D Mutant of MCFD2 via Multiple Molecular Dynamics Simulations | References | PDF (2.3 MB)
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Recognition Rules for Binding of Homeodomains to Operator DNA
Yu. N. Chirgadze, V. S. Sivozhelezov, R. V. Polozov, V. A. Stepanenko & V. V. Ivanov
Pages: 715-731
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
AbstractforRecognition Rules for Binding of Homeodomains to Operator DNA | References | PDF (1.9 MB)
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Evolutionary Patterning of Hemagglutinin Gene Sequence of 2009 H1N1 Pandemic
Rachana Banerjee, Ayan Roy, Fayaz Ahmad, Santasabuj Das & Surajit Basak
Pages: 733-742
Published online: 15 May 2012
AbstractforEvolutionary Patterning of Hemagglutinin Gene Sequence of 2009 H1N1 Pandemic | References | PDF (1.6 MB)
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Dynamic and Structural Changes in the Minimally Restructuring EcoRI Bound to a Minimally Mutated DNA Chain
Vigneshwar Ramakrishnan, Srivatsan Jagannathan, Abdul Rajjak Shaikh & Raj Rajagopalan
Pages: 743-756
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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Insights into Protein—DNA Interactions, Stability and Allosteric Communications: A Computational Study of Mutsα-DNA Recognition Complexes
Lacramioara Negureanu & Freddie R. Salsbury
Pages: 757-776
Published online: 15 May 2012
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Identification of the Structural Features that Mediate Binding Specificity in the Recognition of STAT Proteins by Dual-Specificity Phosphatases
Christophe Jardin & Heinrich Sticht
Pages: 777-792
Published online: 15 May 2012
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Fast Mapping of Biomolecular Interfaces by Random Spin Labeling (RSL)
Maximilian J. Hartl, Björn M. Burmann, Stefan J. Prasch, Clemens Schwarzinger, Kristian Schweimer, Birgitta M. Wöhrl, Paul Rösch & Stephan Schwarzinger
Pages: 793-798
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
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SPINE-D: Accurate Prediction of Short and Long Disordered Regions by a Single Neural-Network Based Method
Tuo Zhang, Eshel Faraggi, Bin Xue, A. Keith Dunker, Vladimir N. Uversky & Yaoqi Zhou
Pages: 799-813
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
AbstractforSPINE-D: Accurate Prediction of Short and Long Disordered Regions by a Single Neural-Network Based Method | References | PDF (942.6 KB)
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SS-Stabilizing Proteins Rationally: Intrinsic Disorder-Based Design of Stabilizing Disulphide Bridges in GFP
Bogdan S. Melnik, Tatiana V. Povarnitsyna, Anatoly S. Glukhov, Tatyana N. Melnik & Vladimir N. Uversky
Pages: 815-824
Published online: 15 May 2012
AbstractforSS-Stabilizing Proteins Rationally: Intrinsic Disorder-Based Design of Stabilizing Disulphide Bridges in GFP | References | PDF (1.7 MB)
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Peculiarities of Copper Binding to α-Synuclein
Atta Ahmad, Colin S. Burns, Anthony L. Fink & Vladimir N. Uversky
Pages: 825-842
Published online: 11 Jul 2012
AbstractforPeculiarities of Copper Binding to α-Synuclein | Full Text | References | PDF (2.2 MB)
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