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The Journal of
Inorganic Biochemistry is an established international forum for research in all aspects of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. Original
papers of high scientific level are published in the form of Articles (full length papers), Short Commumications, and Focused Reviews. Topics include; the chemistry, structure, and function of metalloenzymes; the interaction of inorganic ions
and molecules with proteins and nucleic acids; the preparation and properties of coordination complexes of biological interest including
both structural and functional model systems; the role of metal-containing systems in the regulation of gene expression; the application
of spectroscopic methods to determine the structure of metallobiomolecules; the function of trace elements in living systems; and related
subjects.
Abstracting services Biological Abstracts, CABS/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Chemical Abstracts,
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Meeting reports
Communications will be published as soon as possible after acceptance. Information about the style of manuscripts
is included below. Note that the style for short communications is different. Brief book reviews and meeting reports are also welcome.
Communications will be published as soon as possible after acceptance. Information about the style of manuscripts is included below.
Note that the style for short communications is different. Brief book reviews and meeting reports are also welcome. Announcements of
future meetings of interest will also be published.
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Results and Discussion sections should be combined into a single untitled section of less than 1200 words with any experimental detail
that cannot be briefly described placed in the footnotes. An abstract of 100-200 words should be included.
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[4] should be cited in accordance with the following examples:
[1] N.R. Barnes, A.F. Schreiner, M.A. Dolan, J. Inorg. Biochem. 72 (1998)
1-12. [2] J.K. Barton, C.M. Dupureur, in: K.S. Suslick (Ed.), Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry, vol. 5, Supramolecular Reactivity
and Transport: Bioinorganic Systems, Pergamon, Oxford, 1996, pp. 295-316. [3] E. Tsuchida (Ed.), Blood Substitutes, Present and Future
Perspectives, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1998. [4] F.W. Lytle, D.E. Sayers, E.A. Stern, Proc. Fifth Int. EXAFS Conf., Seattle, WA, 1988,
Physica B 158 (1989) 701-711.
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involved. The charge to be passed on to authors of articles containing colour figures is EUR 635.00 for the first page containing colour
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Standard IUPAC nomenclature and symbolism should be used in order to accurately and clearly communicate
the chemical information contained in the manuscript. There are numerous publications and chemical society guidelines that can be consulted
including: Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, Second Edition, Portland Press, London, UK, 1992, ISBN 1-85578-005-4; Nomenclature
of Inorganic Chemistry, Third Edition, G.J. Leigh (Ed.), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, UK, 1990, ISBN-0632-02319-8; and
Bioinorganic Glossary: M.W.G. de Bolster, R. Cammack, D.N. Coucouvanis, J. Reedijk, C. Veeger, Glossary of Terms Used in Bioinorganic
Chemistry (IUPAC recommendations 1997); Pure Appl. Chem. 69 (1997) 1251-1303. See also: http://alpha.qmw.ac.uk/ugca000/iupac/bioinorg/
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the main chain alpha carbon atoms, then only alpha carbon coordinates need be deposited. Manuscripts will not be published until confirmation
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statement that the information has been submitted to the Protein Data Bank. In the absence of a specified release date, it will be assumed
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