The 1,2,4-triazole as a scaffold for the design of ghrelin receptor ligands: development of JMV 2959, a potent antagonist Aline MoulinLuc BrunelJean-Alain Fehrentz Review Article 14 July 2012 Pages: 301 - 314
Manufacturing of peptides exhibiting biological activity Aleksandra ZambrowiczMonika TimmerTadeusz Trziszka Review Article Open access 23 August 2012 Pages: 315 - 320
Direct access to side chain N,N′-diaminoalkylated derivatives of basic amino acids suitable for solid-phase peptide synthesis Jean-Philippe PitteloudNina BiondaPredrag Cudic Original Article 20 June 2012 Pages: 321 - 333
Synthesis of new β-amidodehydroaminobutyric acid derivatives and of new tyrosine derivatives using copper catalyzed C–N and C–O coupling reactions G. PereiraH. VilaçaP. M. T. Ferreira Original Article 20 June 2012 Pages: 335 - 344
Proteomics analysis of sensitive and tolerant barley genotypes under drought stress Rehana KausarMuhammad ArshadSetsuko Komatsu Original Article 17 June 2012 Pages: 345 - 359
Formation of S-(carboxymethyl)-cysteine in rat liver mitochondrial proteins: effects of caloric and methionine restriction Alba NaudíMariona JovéReinald Pamplona Original Article 22 June 2012 Pages: 361 - 371
Transport of l-proline by the proton-coupled amino acid transporter PAT2 in differentiated 3T3-L1 cells Katja ZebischMatthias Brandsch Original Article 19 June 2012 Pages: 373 - 381
The l-α-amino acid receptor GPRC6A is expressed in the islets of Langerhans but is not involved in l-arginine-induced insulin release Sanela SmajilovicChristoffer ClemmensenHans Bräuner-Osborne Original Article 20 June 2012 Pages: 383 - 390
Mechanism of cysteine-dependent inactivation of aspartate/glutamate/cysteine sulfinic acid α-decarboxylases Pingyang LiuMichael P. Torrens-SpenceJianyong Li Original Article 21 June 2012 Pages: 391 - 404
RALDH2, the enzyme for retinoic acid synthesis, mediates meiosis initiation in germ cells of the female embryonic chickens Minli YuPing YuCaiqiao Zhang Original Article 26 June 2012 Pages: 405 - 412
The involvement of AMPA–ERK1/2–BDNF pathway in the mechanism of new antidepressant action of prokinetic meranzin hydrate Ying XieXi HuangHong-hao Zhou Original Article 11 July 2012 Pages: 413 - 422
Differential topochemistry of three cationic amino acid transporter proteins, hCAT1, hCAT2 and hCAT3, in the adult human brain K. JägerS. WolfH.-G. Bernstein Original Article 03 July 2012 Pages: 423 - 433
A practical route to long-chain non-natural α,ω-diamino acids Giuseppina BrasileLaura MauriFiamma Ronchetti Original Article 10 July 2012 Pages: 435 - 441
Novel thiol- and thioether-containing amino acids: cystathionine and homocysteine families Luigi LongobardoNunzia CecereIvan de Paola Original Article 11 July 2012 Pages: 443 - 448
Synthesis of new poly(ether–urethane–urea)s based on amino acid cyclopeptide and PEG: study of their environmental degradation Fatemeh RafiemanzelatAbolfazl Fathollahi ZonouzGiti Emtiazi Original Article 26 July 2012 Pages: 449 - 459
TAT-CC fusion protein depresses the oncogenicity of BCR-ABL in vitro and in vivo through interrupting its oligomerization Zheng-Lan HuangMiao GaoWen-Li Feng Original Article 11 July 2012 Pages: 461 - 472
Altering the Tat-derived peptide bioactivity landscape by changing the arginine side chain length Cheng-Hsun WuYi-Ping ChenRichard P. Cheng Original Article 21 July 2012 Pages: 473 - 480
Antimicrobial peptide diversity in the skin of the torrent frog, Amolops jingdongensis Xiaoqin HeShilong YangMingqiang Rong Original Article 25 July 2012 Pages: 481 - 487
Principal component analysis of the relationship between the d-amino acid concentrations and the taste of the sake Kaori OkadaYoshitaka GogamiTadao Oikawa Original Article 25 July 2012 Pages: 489 - 498
Antitumor activity of novel chimeric peptides derived from cyclinD/CDK4 and the protein transduction domain 4 Haili WangXi ChenYuanming Qi Original Article 17 July 2012 Pages: 499 - 510
Synthesis of a conformationally constrained δ-amino acid building block Elaine O’ReillyLara PesFrancesca Paradisi Original Article 01 August 2012 Pages: 511 - 518
Dietary l-leucine and l-alanine supplementation have similar acute effects in the prevention of high-fat diet-induced obesity Anne FreudenbergKlaus J. PetzkeSusanne Klaus Original Article 31 July 2012 Pages: 519 - 528
Preparation of 3-bromo-l-tyrosine and 3,5-dibromo-l-tyrosine Robert S. PhillipsSusan BusbyKevin Wickware Original Article 27 July 2012 Pages: 529 - 532
Modulation of taurine release in glucose-free media by glutamate receptors in hippocampal slices from developing and adult mice Simo S. OjaPirjo Saransaari Original Article 25 July 2012 Pages: 533 - 542
Evaluation of a technetium-99m labeled bombesin homodimer for GRPR imaging in prostate cancer Zilin YuGiuseppe CarlucciPhilip H. Elsinga Original Article 26 July 2012 Pages: 543 - 553
The effect of acute taurine ingestion on 3-km running performance in trained middle-distance runners Thomas G. BalshawTheodoros M. BampourasS. Andy Sparks Original Article 02 August 2012 Pages: 555 - 561
Comparative efficiency of microbial enzyme preparations versus pancreatin for in vitro alimentary protein digestion Mireille AndriamihajaAlain GuillotFrançois Blachier Original Article 04 September 2012 Pages: 563 - 572
A similarity distance of diversity measure for discriminating mesophilic and thermophilic proteins Yong-Chun ZuoWei ChenQian-Zhong Li Original Article 01 August 2012 Pages: 573 - 580
Characterizing circular peptides in mixtures: sequence fragment assembly of cyclotides from a violet plant by MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometry Hossein HashempourJohannes KoehbachChristian W. Gruber Original Article Open access 14 August 2012 Pages: 581 - 595
Genome-wide computational identification of bicistronic mRNA in humans Yiming LuYanchun ZhangChenggang Zhang Original Article 04 September 2012 Pages: 597 - 606
The impact of either 4-R-hydroxyproline or 4-R-fluoroproline on the conformation and SH3m-cort binding of HPK1 proline-rich peptide Andrea BorgognoPaolo Ruzza Original Article 14 September 2012 Pages: 607 - 614
Taurine homeostasis requires de novo synthesis via cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase during zebrafish early embryogenesis Yen-Chia ChangShih-Torng DingI-Hsuan Liu Original Article 21 August 2012 Pages: 615 - 629
eIF5A dimerizes not only in vitro but also in vivo and its molecular envelope is similar to the EF-P monomer Camila Arnaldo Olhê DiasWanius GarciaSandro Roberto Valentini Original Article 04 September 2012 Pages: 631 - 644
Effect of repetitive lysine–tryptophan motifs on the bactericidal activity of antimicrobial peptides Ramamourthy GopalChang Ho SeoYoonkyung Park Original Article Open access 23 August 2012 Pages: 645 - 660
Second-tier test for quantification of underivatized amino acids in dry blood spot for metabolic diseases in newborn screening Chunyan WangHongbin ZhuShuying Liu Original Article 30 August 2012 Pages: 661 - 671
A novel radiofluorinated agouti-related protein for tumor angiogenesis imaging Han JiangSarah J. MooreZhen Cheng Original Article 04 September 2012 Pages: 673 - 681
On the role of the mitochondrial 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex in amino acid metabolism Wagner L. AraújoLidia TrofimovaVictoria I. Bunik Original Article 15 September 2012 Pages: 683 - 700
Covalent fusion inhibitors targeting HIV-1 gp41 deep pocket Yu BaiHuifang XueKeliang Liu Original Article 09 September 2012 Pages: 701 - 713
Transformation of the naturally occurring frog skin peptide, alyteserin-2a into a potent, non-toxic anti-cancer agent J. Michael ConlonMilena MechkarskaSamir Attoub Original Article 11 September 2012 Pages: 715 - 723
Isoleucine as a possible bridge between exogenous delivery and terrestrial enhancement of homochirality Feng LiDaniel FitzBernd M. Rode Original Article 12 September 2012 Pages: 725 - 732
Supported oligomethionine sulfoxide and Ellman’s reagent for cysteine bridges formation Luisa RongaPascal VerdiéGilles Subra Original Article 12 September 2012 Pages: 733 - 742
Effect of oxygen deficiency on nitrogen assimilation and amino acid metabolism of soybean root segments Halley Caixeta OliveiraLadaslav Sodek Original Article 19 September 2012 Pages: 743 - 755
Glutamate induces neutrophil cell migration by activating class I metabotropic glutamate receptors Rahul GuptaSantanu PalchaudhuriDhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay Original Article 19 September 2012 Pages: 757 - 767
Synthesis of 4-hydroxy-β3-homoprolines and their insertion in α/β/α-tripeptides Franca M. CorderoCarolina VurchioAlberto Brandi Original Article 28 September 2012 Pages: 769 - 780
A proteomic Ramachandran plot (PRplot) Oliviero CarugoKristina Djinović-Carugo Original Article 25 September 2012 Pages: 781 - 790
Synthesis of polysubstituted β-amino cyclohexane carboxylic acids via Diels–Alder reaction using Ni(II)-complex stabilized β-alanine derived dienes Xiao DingHengshuai WangHong Liu Original Article 30 September 2012 Pages: 791 - 796