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Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics

Vol. 483, No. 1, 2018

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics ISSN 1607-6729.

Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology

Effect of New Derivatives of 2-Aminothiophene-3-Carboxylic Acid on Calcium-Activated Chloride Currents in Rat Neurons

V. V. Grigoriev, V. L. Zamoyski, A. V. Aksinenko, V. B. Sokolov and Corresponding Member of the RAS S. O. Bachurin p. 293  abstract

Genetic Organization of Open Chromatin Domains Situated in Polytene Chromosome Interbands in Drosophila

T. Yu. Zykova, O. O. Popova, V. A. Khoroshko, V. G. Levitsky, S. A. Lavrov and Academician I. F. Zhimulev p. 297  abstract

A New Method for Quantitative Determination of Steroid Metabolites of Cytochrome P450-Dependent Reactions Using Fluorescent Spectroscopy

A. V. Kuzikov, R. A. Masamrekh, V. V. Shumyantseva and Academician A. I. Archakov p. 302  abstract

Differentiation of Monocytic Cells Is Accompanied by a Change in the Expression of the Set of Oct-1 Isoforms

A. G. Stepchenko, B. M. Lyanova, I. D. Krylova, Academician Yu. V. Ilyin, Corresponding Member of the RAS S. G. Georgieva and E. V. Pankratova p. 306  abstract

Kinetic Instability of Zero Steady State As a Fundamental Cause of Low Efficiency of Chemotherapy of Cancer

Corresponding Member of the RAS S. D. Varfolomeev and A. V. Lukovenkov p. 309  abstract

Polyarginine Peptides As a New Class of Ligands of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

E. V. Kryukova, I. A. Ivanov, D. S. Lebedev, E. N. Spirova, D. A. Senko, N. S. Egorova, I. E. Kasheverov and Corresponding Member of the RAS V. I. Tsetlin p. 313  abstract

Genetic Differentiation of the Steppe Field Mouse Sylvaemus witherbyi Populations: The Results of the Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Analysis

V. V. Stakheev, A. S. Bogdanov, V. G. Malikov, E. S. Fomina and J. Darvish p. 316  abstract

The Influence of the Number of Conjugated Double Bonds in Carotenoid Molecules on the Energy Transfer Efficiency to Bacteriochlorophyll in Light-Harvesting Complexes LH2 from Allochromatium vinosum Strain MSU

A. A. Ashikhmin, Z. K. Makhneva, M. A. Bolshakov and A. A. Moskalenko p. 321  abstract

The Antitumor Efficacy of a Complex Based on Two-Vector System for Coexpression of the Suicide Gene Fcu1 and Cre Recombinase

O. A. Bezborodova, I. V. Alekseenko, E. R. Nemtsova, A. A. Pankratov, O. B. Filyukova, R. I. Yakubovskaya, M. B. Kostina, V. K. Potapov and Academician E. D. Sverdlov p. 326  abstract

Conversion of Tomato Allene Oxide Synthase LeAOS3 (CYP74C3) into Epoxyalcohol Synthase by Site-Directed Mutagenesis

S. S. Gorina, E. O. Smirnova, L. S. Mukhtarova, Y. Y. Toporkova and A. N. Grechkin p. 329  abstract

Adaptation of Rodents Living in a Highland: Combination of Mitochondrial Introgression and Convergent Molecular Evolution

D. S. Kostin and L. A. Lavrenchenko p. 333  abstract

Effect of Dinitrosyl Iron Complexes (NO Donors) on the Metabolic Processes in Human Fibroblasts

A. R. Gizatullin, N. P. Akentieva, N. A. Sanina, N. Yu. Shmatko, N. S. Goryachev, N. I. Shkondina, T. R. Prichodchenko, N. Zhelev and Academician S. M. Aldoshin p. 337  abstract

Spermine Induces Autophagy in Plants: Possible Role of NO and Reactive Oxygen Species

S. A. Dmitrieva, A. A. Ponomareva, O. P. Gurjanov, A. B. Mazina, V. V. Andrianov, V. S. Iyudin and F. V. Minibayeva p. 341  abstract

Neonatal Lethality and Inflammatory Phenotype of the New Transgenic Mice with Overexpression of Human Interleukin-6 in Myeloid Cells

R. V. Zvartsev, D. S. Korshunova, E. A. Gorshkova, M. A. Nosenko, K. V. Korneev, O. G. Maksimenko, I. V. Korobko, Corresponding Member of the RAS D. V. Kuprash, M. S. Drutskaya, Academician S. A. Nedospasov and A. V. Deikin p. 344  abstract

Diversification of the Homeotic AP3 Clade MADS-Box Genes in Asteraceae Species Chrysanthemum morifolium L. and Helianthus annuus L.

A. V. Shchennikova, O. A. Shulga and Academician K. G. Skryabin p. 348  abstract

Comparison of the Functional Activities of Xanthine Oxidases Isolated from Microorganisms and from Cow’s Milk

A. S. Gorbunova, M. M. Borisova-Mubarakshina, I. A. Naydov, S. S. Osochuk and B. N. Ivanov p. 355  abstract

Mathematical Modeling of Open States in DNA Molecule Depending on the Deuterium Concentration in the Surrounding Liquid Media at Different Values of Hydrogen Bond Disruption Energy

S. S. Dzhimak, M. I. Drobotenko, A. A. Basov, A. A. Svidlov, L. V. Fedulova, O. M. Lyasota and M. G. Baryshev p. 359  abstract

Ectopic Expression of the Homeotic MADS-Box Gene HAM31 (Helianthus annuus L.) in Transgenic Plants Nicotiana tabacum L. Affects the Gynoecium Identity

A. V. Shchennikova, O. A. Shulga and Academician K. G. Skryabin p. 363  abstract

Conjugates of Tacrine and Its Cyclic Homologues with p-Toluenesulfonamide as Novel Acetylcholinesterase and Butyrylcholinesterase Inhibitors

G. F. Makhaeva, N. V. Kovaleva, S. V. Lushchekina, E. V. Rudakova, N. P. Boltneva, A. N. Proshin, B. V. Lednev, I. V. Serkov and S. O. Bachurin p. 369  abstract

Identification and Analysis of VTC2 Homologs Encoding the Key Enzyme of L-Ascorbic Acid Biosynthesis in Tomato Species (Solanum Section of Lycopersicon)

D. U. Tyapkina, E. Z. Kochieva and M. A. Slugina p. 374  abstract

Calcium as a Modulator of the Adenylyl Cyclase Activity of Potato Cells in Bacterial Pathogenesis

N. V. Filinova, L. A. Lomovatskaya, A. S. Romanenko and Corresponding Member of the RAS R. K. Salyaev p. 379  abstract