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Molecular Biotechnology publishes original research papers on the application of molecular biology to both basic and applied research in the field of biotechnology. Particular areas of interest include the following: stability and expression of cloned gene products, cell transformation, gene cloning systems and the production of recombinant proteins, protein purification and analysis, transgenic species, developmental biology, mutation analysis, the applications of DNA fingerprinting, RNA interference, and PCR technology, microarray technology, proteomics, mass spectrometry, bioinformatics, plant molecular biology, microbial genetics, gene probes and the diagnosis of disease, pharmaceutical and health care products, therapeutic agents, vaccines, gene targeting, gene therapy, stem cell technology and tissue engineering, antisense technology, protein engineering and enzyme technology, monoclonal antibodies, glycobiology and glycomics, and agricultural biotechnology.
Review articles on subjects in these areas are also welcome.

Editor-in-Chief
Giancarlo Basile, Cassano D'Adda, Italy
Associate Editors
Alexander Birbrair, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Jackie Boultwood, Oxford, UK
Adrian Harwood, Cardiff, UK
Kursad Turksen, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Reviews Editor
Aydin Berenjian, Hamilton, New Zealand
Editorial Board
Hadi Abderrahim, Doha, Qatar
Alan N. Bateson, Miramar, FL, USA
Roslyn Bill, Birmingham, UK
James Birchler, Columbia, MO, USA
Bipasha Bose, Mangalore, India
Susan Brooks, Oxford, UK
Kim Carter, Perth, WA, Australia
Satya Chintamanani, Slater, IA, USA 
Sapna Deo, Miami, FL, USA
Arthur Fett-Neto, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Chris Helliwell, Canberra ACT, Australia
Biji Kurien, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Karsten Liere, Berlin, Germany
Xiaojun Liu, Boston, MA, USA
Alasdair Mackenzie, Aberdeen, UK
Donald Palmer, London, UK
Ralf Poertner, Hamburg, Germany
Maria Salas-Fernandez, Ames, IA, USA
Hassan Salehi, Shiraz, Iran
Salvatore Sechi, Bethesda, MD, USA
Tracey Slotta, Washington DC, USA
Sivakumar Swaminathan, Ames, IA, USA
Wolfgang Walther, Berling, Germany
Kan Wang, Ames, IA, USA
Baohong Zhang, Greenville, NC, USA