Contents

Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry

Vol. 44, No. 5, 2018

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry ISSN 1068-1620.

The Role of Intercellular Communication in Cancer Progression

V. O. Shender, G. P. Arapidi, M. S. Pavlyukov, P. V. Shnaider, K. S. Anufrieva, G. A. Stepanov and V. M. Govorun p. 473  abstract

Mass Spectrometric Amino Acid Sequencing of Short and Mid-Sized Peptides in a ESI-O-TOF System as an Alternative to MS/MS: I. Selective Fragmentation of Peptides with y-Ion Formation

I. V. Nazimov and R. A. Bublyaev p. 481  abstract

Synthetic Antimicrobial Peptides: I. Antimicrobial Activity of Amphiphilic and Nonamphiphilic Cationic Peptides

N. V. Amirkhanov, N. V. Tikunova and D. V. Pyshnyi p. 492  abstract

Three-Dimensional Structure of Recombinant Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase from Thermophilic Bacterial Strain Thermus thermophilus HB27

R. S. Esipov, V. I. Timofeev, E. V. Sinitsyna, E. S. Tuzova, L. V. Esipova, M. A. Kostromina, I. P. Kuranova and A. I. Miroshnikov p. 504  abstract

Prediction of the Ligands of the CYP9e Subfamily of Ant Cytochrome P450 with the ChEBI Ontologies of Chemical and Biological Characteristics

E. A. Konorov and M. S. Belenikin p. 511  abstract

Effect of the Deletion of the (173–280) Fragment of the Inserted α-Helical Domain on the Functional Properties of АТР-Dependent Lon Protease from E. coli

A. M. Kudzhaev, E. S. Dubovtseva, O. V. Serova, A. G. Andrianova and T. V. Rotanova p. 518  abstract

Properties of Bioconjugates of Streptokinase with Anionic Polyamidoamine Dendrimers of Various Generations

R. B. Aisina, L. I. Mukhametova, K. B. Gershkovich, E. M. Ivanova, E. M. Zakharyan and E. A. Karakhanov p. 528  abstract

Synthesis and Antiproliferative Activity of Conjugates of Anthracycline Antibiotics with Sesquiterpene Lactones of the Elecampane

A. V. Semakov, L. V. Anikina, S. V. Afanasyeva, S. A. Pukhov and S. G. Klochkov p. 538  abstract

Synthesis and Biological Activity of Nitrilic Derivatives of the Methyl Ester of Maleopimaric Acid

E. V. Tret’yakova, E. V. Salimova and L. V. Parfenova p. 547  abstract

Amino Derivatives of Natural Epoxyalantolactone: Synthesis and Cytotoxicity toward Tumor Cells

S. A. Pukhov, S. V. Afanasyeva, L. V. Anikina, A. V. Semakov, E. S. Dubrovskaya and S. G. Klochkov p. 553  abstract

Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Polymethine Cyanine Fluorescent Dyes for Nucleic Acid Analysis by Real-Time PCR

A. N. Natyrov, N. A. Vlasova, I. V. Matvienko, E. M. Volkov, V. M. Bayramov, V. E. Kurochkin and J. I. Alexeev p. 562  abstract