BBA General Subjects accepts for submission either original, hypothesis-driven studies or reviews covering subjects in biochemistry and biophysics that are considered to have general interest for a wide audience. Manuscripts with interdisciplinary approaches are especially encouraged.
Preferred topics include medically important biochemistry/biophysics research and emerging areas such as nanobiology (nanoparticles, nanotoxicology, nanomedicine), systems biology (genomics, proteomics, lipidomics, glycomics, bioinformatics based on experimental approaches), chemical biology (chemical compounds, drug mechanisms, synthesis of novel compounds, click chemistry), structural biology (crystallography, NMR, multimeric proteins, protein dynamics), novel complexes (pure natural compounds, synthetic compounds, protein complexes, nucleic acid derivatives), cellular signaling (receptor signaling, protein phosphorylation cascades, phosphatases, secondary messengers, transcription regulation, gene expression), glycobiology (sugar metabolites and metabolism, glycosylated proteins, membrane protein, glycosylation, glycomics), redox biology (redox switches, glutathione and thioredoxin systems, oxygen and nitrogen radical species, superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radical, nitric oxide, peroxides, hypoxia, redox regulation of transcription factors), neurobiology (neuronal growth factors and nerve signaling, glial cells, autonomic and central nervous systems), stem cells (differentiation, stem cell isolation and cultivation, growth factors), imaging methodologies and mechanistic characterization of compounds having biochemical importance and general interest (drug leads, toxicants, nutrients, metabolites).
Authors must provide a sentence at submission stating the reason that the work described in the manuscript has general significance and interest to a wide audience. Claims of novelty do not suffice. The author statement will be used as an aid in the reviewing process and will be included in the final version of the accepted paper to orient readers of BBA General Subjects. |
