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Protein & Peptide Letters
ISSN: 0929-8665 - Volume 15, 10 Issues, 2008
Instructions for Authors
Manuscripts should be submitted openly to one of the following
Editors with a copy to Ms. S. Abbasi, Bentham
Science Publishers, P.O. Box 8484 R- 101, Zoramin Residency,
Scheme 33, Gulzar-e-Hejri, Karachi - Pakistan; Fax Nos: +92-21-4612073,
+92-21-4975781, +92-21-4977491, +92-21- 4819018, +92-21 4819019;
E-mail: sarwat@benthamscience.org,
without prior invitation at the following addresses:
Submissions from Northern and Southern USA:
Prof. Ben M. Dunn, (Distinguished Professor,
(Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University
of Florida, College of Medicine, P.O. Box 100245, Gainesville,
Florida 32610-0245, USA) Tel: +1 352-392-3362; Fax: +1 352-846-0412;
E-mail: bdunn@ufl.edu
Submissions from Western
and Eastern USA:
Dr. Kuo-Chen Chou (Gordon Life
Science Institute, 13784 Torrey Del Mar Drive, San Diego,
California 92130, USA) Tel: +1 858-380-4623, Fax: +1 858-484-1018,
E-mail: kchou@san.rr.com
Prof. Liang Tong (Department of Biological
Sciences, 1212 Amsterdam Avenue, MC 2451, Columbia University,
New York, NY 10027, USA), Tel: +212 865 8246;Fax: +212 865
8246, E mail: ltong@columbia.edu
Submissions from Europe:
Prof. Anna Maria Papini (Laboratory
of Peptide & Protein Chemistry & Biology, Polo Scientifico,
University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 13, I-50019 Sesto
Fiorentino, Florence, Italy) Tel: +39 055 4573561; Fax: +39
055 4573584; E-mail: annamaria.papini@unifi.it
Submissions from Australia & Asia:
Prof. John D. Wade (NH&MRC Principal
Research Fellow, Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne,
Victoria 3010, Australia) Tel: 61-3- 9344-5654; Fax: 61-3-9348-1707;
E-mail: j.wade@hfi.unimelb.edu.au
Letters Length: The published Letter, written in English,
can be 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10 pages of the journal's format, which
can be reviewed at the website www.bentham.org/ppl
with a maximum word count per page of ca. 900 words.
Crystallization Reports: Papers describing
crystallization and preliminary diffraction studies on proteins
of hitherto unknown structure, or on significant mutants or
ligand complexes of known structures, are acceptable for publication.
Crystallization reports should include data describing the
source of the protein, composition, pH and concentrations
of precipitants and buffers etc., the method employed, crystal
size and morphology, and time of growth etc. Unit cell dimensions,
space-group assignments, resolution limit, specific volume
and asymmetric unit contents must also be provided.
Short Reviews: Short reviews are published on all aspects
of the state-of-the-art science of proteins and peptides.
Manuscripts featuring short reviews of 8-14 published pages
in length may be submitted openly without prior invitation
by the Editor-in-Chief. It is however advisable that authors
first submit a short abstract of their review topic to Prof.
Ben M. Dunn prior to submitting the whole manuscript.
Manuscript Organization: The manuscript should be typed
in double spacing throughout on A-4 or US Letter (8.5x11 inches).
Dot matrix print or any print that is difficult to read is
unacceptable. All pages should be numbered. Abbreviations
should be defined the first time they are used in the manuscript
and a list of abbreviations used should also be provided.
The manuscript should be divided as: Title page, abstract
and the main text. The text may be subdivided further according
to the areas to be discussed. The Acknowledgements (if any)
and Reference sections must then follow. The first page should
contain the title, the author's names (initials and surname
only), with an asterisk in front of the name of the principal
(corresponding) author.
Conflict of Interest: Financial contributions
to the work being reported should be clearly acknowledged,
as should any potential conflict of interest.
Abstract: The abstract should not exceed 50 words and
it should condense the essential features of the letter article,
with the focus on the major advances in the field.
Key Words: Authors must supply up to six key words
along with their manuscript.
Text: The main text should begin on a separate page
and it may be subdivided into separate sections. The reference
numbers should be given in square brackets in the text. Acknowledgements
should be kept to a minimum.
Tables:
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Data Tables should be submitted in Microsoft Excel or in Microsoft Word table
format.
- Each table should include
a title/caption explaining what the table shows. Detailed legends may then follow.
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Tables should be given on separate pages with indications on the left hand margin
to the text, as to the appropriate placement of the tables.
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Tables should not contain vertical rules.
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Columns and rows of data should be made visibly distinct by ensuring the borders
of each cell display as black lines.
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Tables should be numbered consecutively in order of their citation in the body
of the text, with Arabic numerals.
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If a reference is cited in both the table and text, insert a lettered footnote
in the table to refer to the numbered reference in the text.
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Tabular data provided as additional files can be submitted as an Excel spreadsheet.
Figures / Illustrations:
All authors must strictly follow the guidelines below
for preparing illustrations for publication in Protein
& Peptide Letters.
Editorial
Requirements: The quality of the illustrations printed in the journal
largely depends on the quality of the figures/illustration provided by the author.
In preparing artwork or graphics for publication, keep in mind the following points.
- Submit the original artwork or a photographic
print of the original for publication.
- Do not submit photocopies. (Hardcopy submission
requirement).
- Illustrations should be provided as separate
files, not embedded in the text. (Hardcopy submission requirement).
- Remove all color from graphics except for
those illustrations (Greyscale), which are intended to be
printed in color.
- Good quality of hardcopy originals are a
requirement.
- Figures should be referred to as “Figure
(1)”, “Figure (2)” etc. in
the text with figure numbers in bold within round bracket.
- Revised manuscripts should contain a complete
set of artwork and photographs.
Technical
Details:
- Figures should be provided on high quality,
white, smooth opaque paper (Hardcopy requirement).
Format & Resolution:
- The following file formats can be accepted.
(Preference in order of appearance): TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PDF.
- Whenever possible, submit graphics that do
not have to be reduced to fit the standard figure size or
alternatively, submit the figures in their original program
in which they have been drawn.
- Use the best resolution available (hardcopy
submission requirement). For online submission the maximum
resolution is 300 dpi.
- Avoid textures and shadings giving a three-dimensional
effect to the illustration.
- Symbols and lettering in the illustration
should be of similar size.
- Font: Times New Roman Font size: 12pt
- Line drawings should have clear and sharp
lines and should be of uniform density. Moreover, lines
should be continuous without any breaks.
- Do not use lines thinner than 1 point.
Color Figures / Illustrations:
Numbers in bold should identify all chemical structure. If
a name is also used to describe the compound, the associated
number if required, should be in bold and parenthesis, e.g.
“compound (1)”.
Photographs: Submit high-contrast prints, they will
not have to be reduced when printed. Negatives are not acceptable.
However, in case of hardcopy submission, color illustrations
and plates can be published from 35 mm color slides.
Chemical Structures: Chemical structures MUST be prepared
according to the guidelines below.
Structures should be prepared in ChemDraw and provided as
separate file, submitted both on disk and in printed formats.
Structure
Drawing Preferences:
[as according to the ACS style sheet]
Drawing Settings:
Chain angle 120°
Bond spacing 18% of width Fixed length 14.4
pt (0.500cm, 0.2in) Bold width
2.0 pt (0.071cm, 0.0278in) Line width
0.6 pt (0.021cm, 0.0084in) Margin width
1.6 pt (0.096cm) Harsh spacing 2.5 pt (0.088cm, 0.0347in)
Text settings:
Font Times
New Roman
Size 12pt
Under the Preference Choose:
Units
points Tolerances 3
pixels Under Page Setup Use: Paper US
letter Scale
100%
References: For the format
of references, see the ACS Style Guide, pp 106-114, Examples:
Journal Reference:
[1] Baily, J.M. and Shively, J.E. (1990)
Biochemistry, 29, 3125.
Book Reference: [2] Kalraiy, R.D. Sanjay,
A. and Mehta, N.G. (1993) Biochem.
J., 292, 163-170.
Book Chapter Reference: [3] Bailey, J.M.;
Shively, J.E. (1991) in Techniques in
Protein Chemistry II (Villafranca, J. J., Ed). pp. 115-129.
Academic Press Inc., New York.
Abstracts, unpublished data and personal communications (which
can only be included if permission has been obtained) should
not be given in the references section but they may be mentioned
in the text and details provided as footnotes. All authors
of referenced papers must be cited and there must be no use
of the short hand version of et al. when citing authors.
Abbreviations should be defined the first time that they are
used in the manuscript and a list of abbreviations should
be provided.
Sequence and Coordinate Data: Nucleic acid and protein
sequences, and atomic coordinates for crystal structures may
be deposited with a database prior to manuscript submission.
Appropriate databases are GenBank and EMBL for sequence: Cambridge
Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC), or Brookhaven Protein
Data Bank for atomic coordinates.
Online Manuscript Submission (preferable):
To facilitate speedy and cost-effective submission of
abstracts and manuscripts, an online submission and tracking
service via Internet is being offered. Once the Editor-in-Chief
of the journal has accepted your abstract, we would prefer
that you submit your full manuscript online via our online
submission service available at www.bentham-mps.org
or by FTP submission at www.bentham-ftp.org
For online submission, please provide your complete manuscript
in the form of a single zipped folder, containing
all the material (main text, figures/ illustrations, tables,
chemical structures drawn in ChemDraw) as separate
files and a PDF version of the entire manuscript
with all the figures/ illustrations / tables / chemical structures
etc., embedded in the text in the appropriate place. Authors
are required to proofread the PDF version of their manuscript
before submission. The article will be published exactly
as received and the Publishers will not be responsible for
any error occurring in the manuscript in this regard.
You may, however, still submit your abstracts and manuscripts
through conventional surface mail.
A successful electronic submission of a manuscript will be
followed by a system-generated acknowledgement to the principal/corresponding
author within 72 hours of the dispatch of
the manuscript. Any queries therein should be addressed to
mahmood@bentham.org
and copied to Jalil@bentham.org
Manuscript Submission:
Two copies of the manuscript must accompany the original
along with the soft copy of the manuscript on a computer floppy
disk(s) in MS Word file format (or created in any other well-known
word processing software) should be submitted. To achieve
rapid publication, authors are encouraged to e-mail or fax
their submission to the appropriate editorial office (see
above) at the same time that they mail the manuscript. For
even faster publication, authors are encouraged to submit
their entire manuscript via Bentham Science's online submission
service. Authors must provide their full address, telephone
and fax numbers with e-mail address with all submissions.
Reviewing and Promptness of Publication:
All papers submitted for publication will be immediately subjected
to editorial scrutiny, usually in consultation with members
of the Editorial Advisory Board. Authors are encouraged, however,
to suggest members of the Editorial Advisory Board for the
initial review and up to four names of possible additional
referees for their submissions. Authors can select the names
of Editorial Advisory Board members from the list available
at www.bentham.org/ppl
<http://www.bentham.org/ppl>. Please provide names and
mailing address of additional referees, along with phone,
fax and e-mail contact information of each. Every effort is
made to assess the papers quickly and the decision conveyed
to the authors in due course. The papers will be typeset and
the proofs dispatched by e-mail to the authors.
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containing many English typographical errors will not be published.
Authors from non-English language countries are advised to
use the services of our professional language editing department
prior to submitting their manuscript to the Journal. Please
contact Bentham Publishing Services www.benthampublishingservices.com
for a language editing quote at e-mail: info@benthampublishingservices.com
stating the total number of words of the article to be edited.
Proofs: Authors are sent page proofs. To
avoid delays in publication, proofs should be checked immediately
for typographical errors and returned within 48 hours. Authors
will be charged for excessive changes made at the page proof
stage.
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and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere.
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the legal right to take appropriate action against the authors,
if plagiarism is discovered. By submitting a manuscript the
authors agree that the copyright of their article is transferred
to the publishers if and when the article is accepted for
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