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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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• 15 Sep 2026 – Peter Murray (immunologist) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Cabayi (t · c) was closed as keep by Cavarrone (t · c) on 22 Sep 2026; see discussion (5 participants)

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• 13 Sep 2026 – Adenosylmethionine hydrolase (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Michael D. Turnbull (t · c) was deleted
• 12 Sep 2026 – Cytoplasmic-nuclear male sterility (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c) and endorsed by Pattersonuwu (t · c) on 15 Sep 2026 was deleted

Files for discussion

• 30 Aug 2026 – File:Evo.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on Evo (AI)) was FfDed by JayCubby (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 10 Sep 2026 – RCCX (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Maxim Masiutin (t · c); start discussion
• 10 Sep 2026 – 11-Deoxycortisol (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Maxim Masiutin (t · c); start discussion
• 10 Sep 2026 – Coenzyme Q10 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Maxim Masiutin (t · c); start discussion
• 10 Sep 2026 – CYP4F2 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Maxim Masiutin (t · c); start discussion
• 14 Aug 2026 – Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by NotCarlJohnson1992 (t · c); start discussion

Requested moves

• 21 Sep 2026 – Hepatic fructokinase (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Ketohexokinase by Potentialmotion (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Sep 2026 – CA 242 (tumor marker) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to CA 242 by Wide Surge 7 (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Aug 2026 – ParDE type II toxin-antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) move request somewhere else by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c) was moved to ParDE type II toxin–antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) by Iseult (t · c) on 22 Sep 2026; see discussion
• 19 Aug 2026 – FlmA-FlmB toxin-antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) move request somewhere else by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c) was moved to FlmA–FlmB toxin–antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) by Iseult (t · c) on 22 Sep 2026; see discussion
• 19 Aug 2026 – SrnB-SrnC toxin-antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) move request somewhere else by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c) was moved to SrnB–SrnC toxin–antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) by Iseult (t · c) on 22 Sep 2026; see discussion
• 19 Aug 2026 – LdrD-RdlD toxin-antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) move request somewhere else by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c) was moved to LdrD–RdlD toxin–antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) by Iseult (t · c) on 22 Sep 2026; see discussion
• 19 Aug 2026 – CcdA/CcdB Type II Toxin-antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) move request somewhere else by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c) was moved to CcdA–CcdB Type II Toxin–antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) by Iseult (t · c) on 22 Sep 2026; see discussion
• 19 Aug 2026 – DinQ-agrB toxin-antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) move request somewhere else by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c) was moved to DinQ–agrB toxin–antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) by Iseult (t · c) on 22 Sep 2026; see discussion
• 19 Aug 2026 – TxpA-RatA toxin-antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) move request somewhere else by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c) was moved to TxpA–RatA toxin–antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) by Iseult (t · c) on 22 Sep 2026; see discussion
• 19 Aug 2026 – SymE-SymR toxin-antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) move request somewhere else by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c) was moved to SymE–SymR toxin–antitoxin system (talk · edit · hist) by Iseult (t · c) on 22 Sep 2026; see discussion

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Articles to be split

• 28 Jul 2025 – Fatty acid metabolism (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Smokefoot (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Feb 2025 – Cloning (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (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
• 05 Feb 2023 – Formylation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Smokefoot (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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About

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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 all Wikipedia articles on human genes.

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	8	3	3	5			19
FL		1					1
GA	17	17	15	13			62
B	53	218	285	374	1	8	939
C	67	258	658	1,272		63	2,318
Start	21	272	898	6,231		79	7,501
Stub			180	17,190	1	102	17,473
List	9	7	37	66	237	20	376
Category					887		887
Disambig					47		47
File					38		38
Project					8		8
Redirect	2	24	86	1,050	909		2,071
Template					308		308
NA					1		1
Draft					1		1
Assessed	177	800	2,162	26,201	2,438	272	32,050
Unassessed		1		2	2	95	100
Total	177	801	2,162	26,203	2,440	367	32,150
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 154,547			Ω = 5.46

Genetics

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Genetics articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	4	1	1	1			7
FL		1					1
FM					15		15
GA	8	7	14	26			55
B	26	69	105	135		13	348
C	23	113	325	625	1	118	1,205
Start	4	57	348	1,305		282	1,996
Stub	1	2	56	1,493		161	1,713
List	10	7	8	37	4	2	68
Category					1,206		1,206
Disambig					4		4
File					27		27
Project					38		38
Redirect	1	3	17	85	147		253
Template					75		75
NA					1		1
Other					1		1
Assessed	77	260	874	3,707	1,519	576	7,013
Unassessed				2		70	72
Total	77	260	874	3,709	1,519	646	7,085
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 26,232			Ω = 4.93

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	10	34	31	52		3	130
C	9	41	68	143		10	271
Start	1	38	155	502		9	705
Stub			25	357		9	391
List		15	17	21			53
Category					35		35
Project					59		59
Redirect		1	10	32	21		64
Template					7		7
Other			1				1
Assessed	21	131	311	1,112	122	31	1,728
Total	21	131	311	1,112	122	31	1,728
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 7,376			Ω = 4.88

Gene Wiki

Gene Wiki articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
B		1	54		1	56
C		9	48		4	61
Start		2	84		4	90
Stub			1,534		1	1,535
List	9					9
Category				12		12
Project				3		3
Redirect			99	9		108
NA				1		1
Assessed	9	12	1,819	25	10	1,875
Unassessed			1			1
Total	9	12	1,820	25	10	1,876
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 10,072			Ω = 5.78

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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