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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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• 02 Jan 2025 – Use of beta-adrenergic agonists in livestock (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Iskandar323 (t · c): Notability of the topic seems highly questionable. Aside from its very narrow specificity, the subject seems to be largely a brief storm in a teapot in January 2017 that petered out. There appears to be little subsequent coverage on the topic at a le ...

Redirects for discussion

• 22 Dec 2024 – Proteen (talk · edit · hist) →Protein was RfDed by Someone-123-321 (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 23 Dec 2024 – CYP4F2 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Maxim Masiutin (t · c); start discussion
• 20 Dec 2024 – Prokaryote (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start discussion
• 16 Dec 2024 – Cephalization (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start discussion
• 20 May 2024 – Mating of yeast (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by RowanJ LP (t · c); see discussion

Good article reassessments

• 05 Jan 2025 – Structural alignment (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Requests for comments

• 30 Dec 2024 – COVID-19 lab leak theory (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Slatersteven (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 02 Jan 2025 – Group II pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylases (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Group I pyridoxal-dependent decarboxylases by Lfstevens (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Dec 2024 – Zoonotic origins of COVID-19 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Origin of SARS-CoV-2 by Lardlegwarmers (t · c); see discussion
• 03 Nov 2024 – Macromolecular assembly (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Macromolecular cages by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Jul 2024 – S-methyl-5'-thioadenosine phosphorylase (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to MTAP by LR.127 (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Jul 2024 – Transmission electron cryomicroscopy (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Cryogenic_electron_microscopy by Niashervin (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 06 Dec 2024 – Dihedral angle (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Sep 2024 – KIF1A (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 2620:1D5:A00:4:C86A:1126:2736:27AF (t · c); see discussion
• 06 May 2024 – Tether (cell biology) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Bluescreening (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Jan 2024 – Linoleoyl-CoA desaturase (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Artoria2e5 (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
• 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

• 13 Dec 2024 – Draft:RASGEF1C (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Vaitvaitedits (t · c)
• 13 Dec 2024 – Draft:Chromosome 17 open reading frame 107 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Evansella (t · c)
• undated – Draft:Optical Pooled Screening (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC
• 11 Dec 2024 – Draft:Adam Antebi (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by SaraHazel87 (t · c) was moved to Adam Antebi (talk · edit · hist) by Ldm1954 (t · c) on 30 Dec 2024
• 27 Nov 2024 – Draft:Alexander Alexandrovich Baev (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by AndreyMSUChem (t · c) was declined by QEnigma (t · c) on 30 Dec 2024

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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	3	5			21
FL		1					1
GA	16	16	16	13			61
B	53	211	273	317		2	856
C	66	252	611	1,161		51	2,141
Start	20	291	908	5,783		65	7,067
Stub		4	223	17,817		34	18,078
List	4	7	35	62	242	20	370
Category					325		325
Disambig					41		41
File					30		30
Project					8		8
Redirect	2	17	63	891	796		1,769
Template					307		307
NA		2	19	85	10		116
Other					5		5
Draft					1		1
Assessed	170	805	2,151	26,134	1,765	172	31,197
Unassessed			7	22	3	181	213
Total	170	805	2,158	26,156	1,768	353	31,410
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 155,063			Ω = 5.49

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
FM					15		15
GA	8	8	15	22			53
B	24	65	99	132		6	326
C	25	108	320	588		96	1,137
Start	3	66	351	1,291		264	1,975
Stub	1	2	62	1,517		159	1,741
List	5	7	8	38	5		63
Category					449		449
Disambig					4		4
File					27		27
Project					38		38
Redirect	2	2	16	73	130		223
Template					65		65
NA				2	2		4
Other					3		3
Assessed	73	260	872	3,664	738	525	6,132
Unassessed			1	6		105	112
Total	73	260	873	3,670	738	630	6,244
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 25,953			Ω = 4.95

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	9	30	31	51		2	123
C	9	42	63	128		7	249
Start	1	39	143	495		11	689
Stub		1	29	383		9	422
List		10	17	19			46
Category					32		32
Project					55		55
Redirect		1	8	27	17		53
Template					6		6
NA			1				1
Other					3		3
Assessed	20	125	296	1,108	113	29	1,691
Unassessed		2				3	5
Total	20	127	296	1,108	113	32	1,696
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 7,372			Ω = 4.93

Gene Wiki

Gene Wiki articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
B		1	50		1	52
C		9	43		4	56
Start		2	77		4	83
Stub			1,568		1	1,569
List	4					4
Category				12		12
Project				3		3
Redirect			79	9		88
NA				2		2
Other				3		3
Assessed	4	12	1,817	29	10	1,872
Total	4	12	1,817	29	10	1,872
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 10,209			Ω = 5.80

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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