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Volume 430

Functional diversity of the hnRNPs: past, present and perspectives

S. Ping Han, Y. Hang Tang and R. Smith..........379‑392

Published on the Internet 27 August 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100396

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NMD: RNA biology meets human genetic medicine

M. Bhuvanagiri, A. M. Schlitter, M. W. Hentze and A. E. Kulozik..........365‑377

Published on the Internet 27 August 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100699

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Survivin and IAP proteins in cell-death mechanisms

D. C. Altieri..........199‑205

Published on the Internet 13 August 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100814

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Regulation of TGF-β signalling by protein phosphatases

T. Liu and X.‑H. Feng..........191‑198

Published on the Internet 13 August 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100427

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Structural and mechanistic insight into how antibodies inhibit serine proteases

R. Ganesan, C. Eigenbrot and D. Kirchhofer..........179‑189

Published on the Internet 13 August 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100634

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Tracking the green invaders: advances in imaging virus infection in plants

J. Tilsner and K. J. Oparka..........21‑37

Published on the Internet 28 July 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100372

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Current understanding of fatty acid biosynthesis and the acyl carrier protein

D. I. Chan and H. J. Vogel..........1‑19

Published on the Internet 28 July 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100462

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Volume 429

Pharmacogenetics and human genetic polymorphisms

A. K. Daly..........435‑449

Published on the Internet 14 July 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100522

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Desmosomes: adhesive strength and signalling in health and disease

H. A. Thomason, A. Scothern, S. McHarg and D. R. Garrod..........419‑433

Published on the Internet 14 July 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100567

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Mechanisms and functions of p38 MAPK signalling

A. Cuadrado and A. R. Nebreda..........403‑417

Published on the Internet 14 July 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100323

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Zebrafish: gaining popularity in lipid research

M. Hölttä‑Vuori, V. T. V. Salo, L. Nyberg, C. Brackmann, A. Enejder, P. Panula and E. Ikonen..........235‑242

Published on the Internet 28 June 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100293

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Biological roles of translin and translin-associated factor-X: RNA metabolism comes to the fore

A. Jaendling and R. J. McFarlane..........225‑234

Published on the Internet 28 June 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100273

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Functional implications of sterol transport by the oxysterol-binding protein gene family

M. H. Ngo, T. R. Colbourne and N. D. Ridgway..........13‑24

Published on the Internet 14 June 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100263

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Bone morphogenetic protein and growth differentiation factor cytokine families and their protein antagonists

C. C. Rider and B. Mulloy..........1‑12

Published on the Internet 14 June 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100305

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Volume 428

The cutting edge: membrane-anchored serine protease activities in the pericellular microenvironment

T. M. Antalis, M. S. Buzza, K. M. Hodge, J. D. Hooper and S. Netzel‑Arnett..........325‑346

Published on the Internet 27 May 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100046

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Functions for pro-opiomelanocortin-derived peptides in obesity and diabetes

K. G. Mountjoy..........305‑324

Published on the Internet 27 May 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20091957

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Cohesin: a regulator of genome integrity and gene expression

K. M. Feeney, C. W. Wasson and J. L. Parish..........147‑161

Published on the Internet 13 May 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100151

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Mechanisms, regulation and consequences of protein SUMOylation

K. A. Wilkinson and J. M. Henley..........133‑145

Published on the Internet 13 May 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100158

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Emerging use of stem cells in regenerative medicine

A. K. K. Teo and L. Vallier..........11‑23

Published on the Internet 28 April 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100102

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Complexes between photoactivated rhodopsin and transducin: progress and questions

B. Jastrzebska, Y. Tsybovsky and K. Palczewski..........1‑10

Published on the Internet 28 April 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20100270

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Volume 427

Mechanisms involved in the developmental programming of adulthood disease

M. J. Warner and S. E. Ozanne..........333‑347

Published on the Internet 14 April 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20091861

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The substrates and binding partners of protein kinase Cε

P. M. Newton and R. O. Messing..........189‑196

Published on the Internet 29 March 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20091302

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Wnt signalling and the control of cellular metabolism

J. K. Sethi and A. Vidal‑Puig..........1‑17

Published on the Internet 15 March 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20091866

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Volume 426

The consequences of mitochondrial amyloid β-peptide in Alzheimer's disease

K. E. A. Muirhead, E. Borger, L. Aitken, S. J. Conway and F. J. Gunn‑Moore..........255‑270

Published on the Internet 24 February 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20091941

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Rho GTPases: regulation of cell polarity and growth in yeasts

P. Perez and S. A. Rincón..........243‑253

Published on the Internet 24 February 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20091823

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Reflections on studies of gene expression in aneuploids

J. A. Birchler..........119‑123

Published on the Internet 9 February 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20091617

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Poly(A)-binding protein (PABP): a common viral target

R. W. P. Smith and N. K. Gray..........1‑12

Published on the Internet 27 January 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20091571

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Volume 425

Taking the plunge: integrating structural, enzymatic and computational insights into a unified model for membrane-immersed rhomboid proteolysis

S. Urban..........501‑512

Published on the Internet 15 January 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20090861

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Structure and function of the GINS complex, a key component of the eukaryotic replisome

S. A. MacNeill..........489‑500

Published on the Internet 15 January 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20091531

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Two-step and one-step secretion mechanisms in Gram-negative bacteria: contrasting the type IV secretion system and the chaperone-usher pathway of pilus biogenesis

A. T. Rêgo, V. Chandran and G. Waksman..........475‑488

Published on the Internet 15 January 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20091518

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The emerging importance of group II PAKs

C. M. Wells and G. E. Jones..........465‑473

Published on the Internet 15 January 2010, doi:10.1042/BJ20091173

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Towards the molecular mechanism of respiratory complex I

J. Hirst..........327‑339

Published on the Internet 23 December 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20091382

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Mitochondrial peroxiredoxin involvement in antioxidant defence and redox signalling

A. G. Cox, C. C. Winterbourn and M. B. Hampton..........313‑325

Published on the Internet 23 December 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20091541

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The N-terminal RASSF family: a new group of Ras-association-domain-containing proteins, with emerging links to cancer formation

V. Sherwood, A. Recino, A. Jeffries, A. Ward and A. D. Chalmers..........303‑311

Published on the Internet 23 December 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20091318

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Regulation of mRNA cap methylation

V. H. Cowling..........295‑302

Published on the Internet 23 December 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20091352

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Guidelines for the effective use of chemical inhibitors of protein function to understand their roles in cell regulation

P. Cohen..........53‑54

Published on the Internet 14 December 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20091428

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Transcriptional and post-translational regulation of adiponectin

M. Liu and F. Liu..........41‑52

Published on the Internet 14 December 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20091045

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Breaking the code: Ca²⁺ sensors in plant signalling

T. A. DeFalco, K. W. Bender and W. A. Snedden..........27‑40

Published on the Internet 14 December 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20091147

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Molecular mechanisms of metabolic regulation by insulin in Drosophila

A. A. Teleman..........13‑26

Published on the Internet 14 December 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20091181

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‘Unknown’ proteins and ‘orphan’ enzymes: the missing half of the engineering parts list – and how to find it

A. D. Hanson, A. Pribat, J. C. Waller and  V. de Crécy‑Lagard..........1‑11

Published on the Internet 14 December 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20091328

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Volume 424

Calling International Rescue: knowledge lost in literature and data landslide!

T. K. Attwood, D. B. Kell, P. McDermott, J. Marsh, S. R. Pettifer and D. Thorne..........317‑333

Published on the Internet 10 December 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20091474

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Volume 423

The hepatitis C virus and its hepatic environment: a toxic but finely tuned partnership

M. Perrault and E.‑I. Pécheur..........303‑314

Published on the Internet 12 October 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20091000

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Mechanisms of double-strand break repair in somatic mammalian cells

A. J. Hartlerode and R. Scully..........157‑168

Published on the Internet 25 September 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20090942

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The plant endoplasmic reticulum: a cell-wide web

I. A. Sparkes, L. Frigerio, N. Tolley and C. Hawes..........145‑155

Published on the Internet 25 September 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20091113

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Role of plant glyoxylate reductases during stress: a hypothesis

W. L. Allan, S. M. Clark, G. J. Hoover and B. J. Shelp..........15‑22

Published on the Internet 14 September 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20090826

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Cholesterol, regulated exocytosis and the physiological fusion machine

M. A. Churchward and J. R. Coorssen..........1‑14

Published on the Internet 14 September 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20090969

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Volume 422

Molecular biology, genetics and biochemistry of the repulsive guidance molecule family

C. J. Severyn, U. Shinde and P. Rotwein..........393‑403

Published on the Internet 27 August 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20090978

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Metabolic control exerted by the 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase reaction: a cross-kingdom comparison of the crossroad between energy production and nitrogen assimilation

V. I. Bunik and A. R. Fernie..........405‑421

Published on the Internet 27 August 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20090722

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Use of single-molecule spectroscopy to tackle fundamental problems in biochemistry: using studies on purple bacterial antenna complexes as an example

R. J. Cogdell and J.  Köhler..........193‑205

Published on the Internet 13 August 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20090674

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Regulation and function of selenoproteins in human disease

F. P. Bellinger, A. V. Raman, M. A. Reeves and M. J. Berry..........11‑22

Published on the Internet 29 July 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20090219

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Recent insights into the structure of Toll-like receptors and post-translational modifications of their associated signalling proteins

S. Carpenter and L. A. J. O'Neill..........1‑10

Published on the Internet 29 July 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20090616

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Volume 421

Polyamine catabolism and disease

R. A. Casero and A. E. Pegg..........323‑338

Published on the Internet 15 July 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20090598

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Function and regulation of phospholipid signalling in plants

H. W. Xue, X. Chen and Y. Mei..........145‑156

Published on the Internet 26 June 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20090300

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At the crossroads of homoeostasis and disease: roles of the PACS proteins in membrane traffic and apoptosis

R. T. Youker, U. Shinde, R. Day and G. Thomas..........1‑15

Published on the Internet 12 June 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20081016

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Volume 420

Anaplastic lymphoma kinase: signalling in development and disease

R. H. Palmer, E. Vernersson, C. Grabbe and B. Hallberg..........345‑361

Published on the Internet 27 May 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20090387

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Lateral organization of membrane proteins: tetraspanins spin their web

S. Charrin, F. le Naour, O. Silvie, Pierre‑E. Milhiet, C. Boucheix and E. Rubinstein..........133‑154

Published on the Internet 13 May 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20082422

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Pathogen recognition in the innate immune response

H. Kumar, T. Kawai and S. Akira..........1–16

Published on the Internet 28 April 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20090272

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Volume 419

The intracellular interactions of the L1 family of cell adhesion molecules

L.R. Herron, M. Hill, F. Davey and F.J. Gunn-Moore..........519–531

Published on the Internet 14 April 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20082284

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Connexin43 phosphorylation: structural changes and biological effects

J.L. Solan and P.D. Lampe..........261–272

Published on the Internet 27 March 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20082319

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Snf1-related protein kinases (SnRKs) act within an intricate network that links metabolic and stress signalling in plants

N.G. Halford and S.J. Hey..........247–259

Published on the Internet 27 March 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20082408

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The role of the inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatases in cellular function and human disease

L.M. Ooms, K.A. Horan, P. Rahman, G. Seaton, R. Gurung, D.S. Kethesparan and C.A. Mitchell..........29–49

Published on the Internet 13 March 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20081673

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Genomic and structural aspects of protein evolution

C. Chothia and J. Gough..........15–28

Published on the Internet 13 March 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20090122

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Phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate and Fab1p/PIKfyve underPPIn endo-lysosome function

S.K. Dove, K. Dong, T. Kobayashi, F.K. Williams and R.H. Michell..........1–13

Published on the Internet 13 March 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20081950

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Volume 418

Signal co-operation between integrins and other receptor systems

C.H. Streuli and N. Akhtar..........491–506

Published on the Internet 25 February 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20081948

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Dual-specificity phosphatases: critical regulators with diverse cellular targets

K.I. Patterson, T. Brummer, P.M. O'Brien and R.J. Daly..........475–489

Published on the Internet 25 February 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20082234

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AMPK and the biochemistry of exercise: implications for human health and disease

E.A. Richter and N.B. Ruderman..........261–275

Published on the Internet 11 February 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20082055

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Out, in and back again: PtdIns(4,5)P₂ regulates cadherin trafficking in epithelial morphogenesis

N.J. Schill and R.A. Anderson..........247–260

Published on the Internet 11 February 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20081844

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Phosphatidylinositol metabolism and membrane fusion

D. Poccia and B. Larijani..........233–246

Published on the Internet 11 February 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20082105

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The second green revolution? Production of plant-based biodegradable plastics

B.P. Mooney..........219–232

Published on the Internet 11 February 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20081769

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Mechanisms of chemokine and antigen-dependent T-lymphocyte navigation

S.G. Ward and F.M. Marelli-Berg..........13–27

Published on the Internet 28 January 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20081969

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Insulin/IGF-like signalling, the central nervous system and aging

S. Broughton and L. Partridge..........1–12

Published on the Internet 28 January 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20082102

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Volume 417

Calreticulin, a multi-process calcium-buffering chaperone of the endoplasmic reticulum

M. Michalak, J. Groenendyk, E. Szabo, L.I. Gold and M. Opas..........651–666

Published on the Internet 16 January 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20081847

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Repair of ionizing radiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks by non-homologous end-joining

B.L. Mahaney, K. Meek and S.P. Lees-Miller..........639–650

Published on the Internet 16 January 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20080413

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The origin, evolution and structure of the protein world

G. Caetano-Anollés, M. Wang, D. Caetano-Anollés and J.E. Mittenthal..........621–637

Published on the Internet 16 January 2009, doi:10.1042/BJ20082063

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Bicarbonate transport in cell physiology and disease

E. Cordat and J.R. Casey..........423–439

Published on the Internet 23 December 2008, doi:10.1042/BJ20081634

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The TGF-β, PI3K/Akt and PTEN pathways: established and proposed biochemical integration in prostate cancer

S.J. Assinder, Q. Dong, Z. Kovacevic and D.R. Richardson..........411–421

Published on the Internet 23 December 2008, doi:10.1042/BJ20081610

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Evolution of protein phosphatases in plants and animals

G.B.G. Moorhead, V. De Wever, G. Templeton and D. Kerk..........401–409

Published on the Internet 23 December 2008, doi:10.1042/BJ20081986

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Darwin, Dover, ‘Intelligent Design’ and textbooks

K. Padian and N. Matzke..........29–42

Published on the Internet 12 December 2008, doi:10.1042/BJ20081534

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The SR protein family of splicing factors: master regulators of gene expression

J.C. Long and J.F. Caceres..........15–27

Published on the Internet 12 December 2008, doi:10.1042/BJ20081501

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How mitochondria produce reactive oxygen species

M.P. Murphy..........1–13

Published on the Internet 12 December 2008, doi:10.1042/BJ20081386

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