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Charles Tanford (Cross-posted to WT:MCB and WT:Chemistry)

Looks like this article has been somewhat neglected. I happened to notice it was tagged with a "ref improve" tag, so I turned to the most logical source for citations.. the Protein Science "In Memoriam" article from 2009. Unfortunately, it appears that much of the current page is copied verbatim from the "In Memoriam" article. Tanford's a pretty significant figure in protein chemistry, so it would probably be worth expanding the article beyond just being a carbon copy of the obituary. Does anyone have time to work on such an expansion? Thanks. (+)H₃N-Protein\Chemist-CO₂(-) 18:33, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Essential molecules for living systems and importance

I just made thiamine diphosphate top importance because I assume it would be, although maybe that's more strictly in terms of biochemistry. Biosthmors (talk) 21:00, 12 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

MCB at wikidata

Please come help sort out the structured side of knowledge in Wikipedia at the new MediaWiki sponsored, WikiData initiative http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Molecular_Biology_task_force We are currently soliciting proposals for properties to capture about genes and proteins. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Genewiki123 (talk • contribs) 00:09, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Retinal precursor cells

Hello. Please, could anyone with some knowledge in this area check this new article? It was nominated for speedy deletion as a {{db-hoax}} shortly after creation. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 07:36, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

request a reassessment?

I have had trouble finding a place to request a re-assessment of an article (Branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex). I am more familiar with WP:MED which has WP:MEDA to request an assessment/reassessment, but i see no similar place to do so here, other than Peer Review (which, to my mind is more for GA/FA). I noted a new user has brought this article up from stub to at least start, if not C/B, in the last 12 houts or so, and i wanted to encourage them to continue. -- [UseTheCommandLine ~/talk] #_ 00:43, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Adding links from sequenced species to Ensembl Genomes?

Hi,

Ensembl Genomes (EG) provides a genome browser for around 110 publicly available genome sequence (excluding vertebrates and bacterial genomes). Where a corresponding article exists, would it be OK to add a link to the genome browser in EG?

Cheers, --Dan Bolser (talk) 15:41, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lua protein figure maker

I've been working up a Lua script to take an NCBI protein record and turn it into a figure for Wikipedia. It isn't yet ready for prime time but far along enough that I could ask for reactions.

See Module_talk:ImportProtein for a sample run with Src (gene). Wnt (talk) 23:47, 18 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting! PDBHandler, a MediaWiki extension that enables interactive 3D models for PDB files, may also be of interest: http://pdbhandler.wmflabs.org. It's intended for deployment for Wikipedia and currently undergoing code review. Emw (talk) 02:57, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge?

Wouldn't merging glutathione S-transferase, C-terminal domain and bacterial glutathione transferase into the parent article glutathione S-transferase be a reasonable approach, given the lengths of the articles? Biosthmors (talk) 05:15, 19 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

questions regarding the meanings of something on laminates

On the page regarding "Laminins" it refers to "Laminins are trimeric proteins that contain an α-chain, a β-chain," and " Thus, laminin-511 contains α5, β1, and γ1 chains" What is the chain they're talking about? Is it B-chain or 31 chain? what is that little line in front of the 3? It's confusing! Please help! Thanks!184.1.8.151 (talk) 19:56, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]