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WikiProject Molecular Biology

A WikiProject to co-ordinate various aspects of molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, developmental biology, microbiology, biochemistry, biophysics, computational biology and related fields. Broadly, it focuses on biology at the cellular and subcellular levels.

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• 23 Apr 2024 – Bisin (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Innerstream (t · c): This is a non-notable chemical compound. All references are just low-effort news articles rephrasing a 2011 university press release. No publications in the scientific literature. No notable mentions of any kind in the last 13 years. If this artic ...

Categories for discussion

• 16 Apr 2024 – Category:Songs against racism and xenophobia (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Piotrus (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Featured article reviews

• 09 Feb 2024 – Exosome complex (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Pereoptic (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 20 Mar 2024 – Domestic rabbit (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Reconrabbit (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 26 Apr 2024 – Root-mean-square deviation of atomic positions (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Root mean square deviation of atomic positions by Engineerchange (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Apr 2024 – 3α-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to AKR1C4 by SilverLocust (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 20 Apr 2024 – Chromosome theory of cancer (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Chromosome instability by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Mar 2024 – Pparg coactivator 1 alpha (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to PPARGC1A by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Dec 2023 – Spiral bacteria (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Bacterial cellular morphologies by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Dec 2023 – Coccus (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Bacterial cellular morphologies by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Dec 2023 – Bacillus (shape) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Bacterial cellular morphologies by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Nov 2023 – Maltase (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Α-Glucosidase by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
• 03 Sep 2023 – Phosphorylcholine (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Phosphocholine by Hammer q (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 08 Mar 2024 – Cytochrome P450 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Jan 2024 – Linoleoyl-CoA desaturase (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Sep 2023 – Institutional racism (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Shoreranger (t · c); see discussion
• 05 May 2023 – T cell (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Rod57 (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Feb 2023 – Formylation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Nov 2022 – Platelet (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Darkskysunflowers (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Aug 2022 – Epidermal growth factor (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kupirijo (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Jun 2022 – Hypervariable region (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by KingisNitro (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Dec 2020 – Pilin (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Nov 2020 – Holocarboxylase synthetase (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion

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Articles for creation

• 04 Mar 2024 – Draft:Mikhail E. Nasrallah (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ashoak2023 (t · c)
• 19 Feb 2024 – Draft:Baris Tursun (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Gitte bei Medienservice UHH Bio (t · c)
• 12 Jul 2023 – Draft:American Gene Technologies (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Khoff352 (t · c)

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WikiProject Molecular Biology Taskforces

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  Molecular and Cell Biology
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  Genetics
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  Computational Biology
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  Biophysics
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  Metabolic Pathways
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  Cell Signaling
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  RNA

Projects and Partnerships

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Wikimedia

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WikiData Molecular Biology - ensuring accuracy of molecular biology items in WikiData

Gene Wiki - create and improve articles on all human genes in Wikipedia

Societies

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• ISCB article competition - an annual Wikipedia article competition in association with the International Society for Computational Biology: entries for the 9th edition of the competition are open from 26 Aug 2019 - 15 May 2020.
• ISMB-ECCB Editathons - annual Wikipedia writing workshops at the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology and European Conference on Computational Biology conference.

Institutions

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Pfam and Rfam databases - Since 2012, Pfam and Rfam have been transcluding Wikipedia pages as the descriptors for protein and RNA families.

RCSB Protein DataBank - In 2014, WikiProject Biophysics persuaded David Goodsell and the Protein DataBank release all Molecule of the Month images under CC BY open licenses.

Journals

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PLOS Computational Biology and PLOS Genetics - publishing v:PLOS Topic Pages, where articles in those journals are written in a Wikipedia style and copied over after publication in the journal.

Gene - publishing Gene Wiki Reviews, where review articles on gene families in Gene have an accompanying Wikipedia article written by the same authors.

WikiJournal of Science - putting new and existing Wikipedia articles through academic peer review and publication.

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MCB

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MCB articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	9	4	4	5			22
FL		1					1
GA	16	16	15	13			60
B	52	207	273	300		2	834
C	68	248	585	1,114		48	2,063
Start	21	299	904	5,608		61	6,893
Stub		4	256	18,036		31	18,327
List	4	7	33	52	246	18	360
Category	1		1	3	884		889
Disambig				10	31		41
File					34		34
Project		1			7		8
Redirect	2	18	79	969	886		1,954
Template		1			293		294
Draft			1				1
Assessed	173	806	2,151	26,110	2,381	160	31,781
Unassessed			7	17	1	140	165
Total	173	806	2,158	26,127	2,382	300	31,946
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 155,307			Ω = 5.51

Genetics

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Genetics articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	5	1	1	1			8
FL		1					1
GA	8	8	14	20			50
B	24	62	99	123		6	314
C	25	108	315	576		87	1,111
Start	3	66	352	1,281		255	1,957
Stub	1	1	66	1,541		167	1,776
List	5	7	8	38	5		63
Category					436		436
Disambig					5		5
File					38		38
Project					38		38
Redirect	2	2	14	71	131		220
Template					65		65
Other					3		3
Assessed	73	256	869	3,651	721	515	6,085
Unassessed		1	1	3		59	64
Total	73	257	870	3,654	721	574	6,149
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 25,916			Ω = 4.97

Computational Biology

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Computational Biology articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
GA	1	2	4	5			12
B	8	30	31	49			118
C	10	42	63	125			240
Start	1	39	143	494		1	678
Stub		1	29	383		3	416
List	4	6	17	19			46
Category			1		30		31
Project					58		58
Redirect		1	9	27	18		55
Template					6		6
NA					1		1
Other			1				1
Assessed	24	121	298	1,102	113	4	1,662
Unassessed		2				1	3
Total	24	123	298	1,102	113	5	1,665
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 7,230			Ω = 4.94

Gene Wiki

Gene Wiki articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
B		1	50		1	52
C		8	39		5	52
Start		2	69		7	78
Stub		1	1,576		2	1,579
List	4					4
Category				12		12
Project				3		3
Redirect			77	10		87
Template				1		1
NA				2		2
Other				2		2
Assessed	4	12	1,811	30	15	1,872
Total	4	12	1,811	30	15	1,872
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 10,228			Ω = 5.81

How the rating scale works

Article classification Main page: Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment The standard system on wikipedia is for each article to be assigned two grades: one for completeness and another for significance. These grades can be easily assigned to articles by installing the Rater tool. Ratings can also edited manually by adding and/or updating the {{WPMOLBIO|class= |importance= }} template on that article's talk page. If you have improved an article, you may adjust the entry in the template yourself, or you may simply put a remark in the talk page that improvements have been done. Quality scale Class is determined by how well written an article is based on completeness, clarity and referencing. Articles typically are slowly improved up the levels until they reach A-Class, at which point they go through a more thorough review process with strict criteria to become Good Articles (GA) and Featured Articles (FA). The quality level is set using the |class= attribute in the {{WPMOLBIO}} template in the article's talk page. FA — Among the best articles that Wikipedia has to offer. These articles have been through an extensive review process to meet the highest standards. GA — Articles that have been reviewed and meet the good article standards. A — Excellent articles of a length suitable for the subject that provide a well-written, reasonably clear and complete description of the topic. B — Articles that contain most of the necessary material but have significant gaps, missing elements or references. C — Articles that are missing important content, contains irrelevant material, or are poorly referenced. Start — Articles that have a meaningful amount of good content, but are still weak in many areas, possibly lacking a key element such as a standard infobox. Stub — Articles that are either very short or rough collections of information that will need much work. Importance scale Article significance is based loosely on how aware the general population is of the topic, and therefore how likely they are to consult Wikipedia. Importance is set using the |importance= attribute in the {{WPMOLBIO}} template in the article's talk page. You can additionally set the importance to a specific taskforce (details here). Top — Subjects that are first closely examined in high school or earlier (bacteria, amino acid), or that receive significant attention in the media (stem cell). High — Subjects that are generally examined at university (RNA polymerase) or are briefly mentioned at the high school level (endoplasmic reticulum). Mid — Subjects that are examined at later years of university courses (chaperonin, complement system, RuBisCO). Low — Obscure subjects that are important to researchers in the specific field (UvrABC endonuclease).

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