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Molecular BioSystems
Editorial Office, Cambridge, UK

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Molecular BioSystems is an interdisciplinary journal publishing novel and significant research that is emerging at the interface between chemistry and biology. The journal is intended as a forum for high quality accounts of the research and development at the interface between chemistry and the -omic sciences and systems biology, in particular research concerned with cellular processes, metabolism, proteomics and genomics, systems biology, drug discovery, biomaterials, and all techniques relevant to these subject areas.

For this paper to be acceptable it must report high quality new work which makes a significant contribution within the scope of the journal. Routine work, however competently researched, should not be recommended for publication.



  1. How would you rate this paper? *

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  2. Does this article fall within the scope of the journal? *

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  3. Is the article written in a manner accessible to those working in the traditional fields of chemistry and biology as well as those working at the interface of the two subjects? *

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    Please give details in your comments of any perceived problems.


  4. Are the results in this manuscript supported by the experimental/theoretical evidence supplied? *

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    Please give details in your comments of any deficiencies.


  5. Could any material be transferred to the RSC's Electronic Supplementary Information area? *

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  6. Is the article's length commensurate with its content? (Please consider any relevant page limits when answering) *

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    If the article is too long, please include in your comments recommendations for deleting text, tables or illustrations.


  7. What is your recommendation? *

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    Your recommendation cannot be used unless justification is provided. Please support your recommendation in your comments.


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