Most-Read Articles during May 2017 thru June 2017 -- updated monthly

Most-read rankings are recalculated at the beginning of the month and are based on full-text and pdf views.

  1. Reflections - Lipids - Membrane Biology:
    • William Dowhan
    Understanding phospholipid function: Why are there so many lipids? J. Biol. Chem. 2017 292: 10755-. doi:10.1074/jbc.X117.794891
  2. DNA and Chromosomes - Molecular Biophysics:
    • Aleksandre Japaridze,
    • Sylvain Renevey,
    • Patrick Sobetzko,
    • Liubov Stoliar,
    • William Nasser,
    • Giovanni Dietler,
    • and Georgi Muskhelishvili
    Spatial organization of DNA sequences directs the assembly of bacterial chromatin by a nucleoid-associated protein J. Biol. Chem. 2017 292: 7607-. doi:10.1074/jbc.M117.780239
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  3. Withdrawals/Retractions:
    • Rony Seger,
    • Tamar Hanoch,
    • Revital Rosenberg,
    • Ada Dantes,
    • Wolfgang E. Merz,
    • Jerome F. Strauss III,
    • and Abraham Amsterdam
    The ERK signaling cascade inhibits gonadotropin-stimulated steroidogenesis. J. Biol. Chem. 2017 292: 8847. doi:10.1074/jbc.A117.006852
  4. Withdrawals/Retractions:
    • Irina Bruck and
    • Daniel L. Kaplan
    The Dbf4-Cdc7 kinase promotes Mcm2-7 ring opening to allow for single-stranded DNA extrusion and helicase assembly. J. Biol. Chem. 2017 292: 10320. doi:10.1074/jbc.A114.608232
  5. Withdrawals/Retractions:
    • Ido Ben-Ami,
    • Zhong Yao,
    • Zvi Naor,
    • and Rony Seger
    Gq protein-induced apoptosis is mediated by AKT kinase inhibition that leads to protein kinase C-induced c-Jun N-terminal kinase activation. J. Biol. Chem. 2017 292: 8848. doi:10.1074/jbc.A111.247726
  6. Withdrawals/Retractions:
    • Irina Bruck and
    • Daniel L. Kaplan
    The replication initiation protein Sld3/Treslin orchestrates the assembly of the replication fork helicase during S phase. J. Biol. Chem. 2017 292: 10319. doi:10.1074/jbc.A115.688424
  7. Editors' Picks - Protein Synthesis and Degradation - Cell Biology:
    • Tomoko Kawamata,
    • Tetsuro Horie,
    • Miou Matsunami,
    • Michiko Sasaki,
    • and Yoshinori Ohsumi
    Zinc starvation induces autophagy in yeast J. Biol. Chem. 2017 292: 8520-. doi:10.1074/jbc.M116.762948
  8. Editorial:
    • Lila M. Gierasch
    ASBMB and JBC: A truly synergistic relationship J. Biol. Chem. 2017 292: 9857. doi:10.1074/jbc.E117.000003
  9. DNA and Chromosomes - Enzymology:
    • Tanu Talwar,
    • Venkatasubramanian Vidhyasagar,
    • Jennifer Qing,
    • Manhong Guo,
    • Ahmad Kariem,
    • Yi Lu,
    • Ravi Shankar Singh,
    • Kiven Erique Lukong,
    • and Yuliang Wu
    The DEAD-box protein DDX43 (HAGE) is a dual RNA-DNA helicase and has a K-homology domain required for full nucleic acid unwinding activity J. Biol. Chem. 2017 292: 10429-. doi:10.1074/jbc.M117.774950
  10. Withdrawals/Retractions:
    • Outhiriaradjou Benard,
    • Zvi Naor,
    • and Rony Seger
    Role of dynamin, Src, and Ras in the protein kinase C-mediated activation of ERK by gonadotropin-releasing hormone. J. Biol. Chem. 2017 292: 8855. doi:10.1074/jbc.A117.006995

Last updated 07/03/2017 20:57:15

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