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Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) is devoted to the advancement and dissemination of fundamental knowledge concerning the molecular biology of eukaryotic cells, of both microbial and higher organisms. Significant papers on cellular morphology and function, genome organization, regulation of genetic expression, morphogenesis, and somatic cell genetics (not simple linkage analyses) are invited for submission. In most cases, reports that emphasize methods and nucleotide sequence data alone (without experimental documentation of the functional significance of the sequence) will not be considered.

ASM publishes a number of different journals covering various aspects of microbiology. Each journal has a prescribed scope that must be considered in determining the most appropriate journal for each manuscript. The following guidelines may be of assistance.

Most manuscripts concerning virus-infected cells should be submitted to the Journal of Virology. Those in which emphasis is clearly on the cell, with the virus being incidental, are appropriate for MCB.

Questions about these guidelines may be directed to the editor in chief of the journal being considered.

If transfer to another ASM journal is recommended by an editor, the corresponding author will be contacted.

Note that a manuscript rejected by one ASM journal on scientific grounds or on the basis of its general suitability for publication is considered rejected by all other ASM journals.

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