I. How to Submit

Authors are strongly encouraged to submit manuscripts electronically using the Online System available at http://e-emm.or.kr.

A. Initial Submission as PDF

Step 1. Prepare the text in Microsoft Word 6.0 or a later version.

Step 2. Prepare graphics at publication quality resolution, using applications capable of generating high resolution JPG, TIFF or PPT files. Number each figure. You will be required to submit your manuscript graphics in one of these formats if it is accepted.

Step 3. Using Adobe Acrobat, save your manuscript text and graphics in a single file in PDF format. The PDF file should be printed and carefully reviewed before final submission. It is this version that is circulated on the Web for review.

Step 4. Submit the necessary information using the submission template at the web site http://e-emm.or.kr.
You will need: Contact information for the submitting author
                     Information about the authors and the manuscript
                     A covering letter: The text and graphics PDF file of your manuscript

B. Initial Submission in Hard Copy

Submit three complete copies of the manuscript directly to the Korean Society of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Korea Science and Technology Center, Rm. 812, 635-4, Yeogsam-dong, Kangnam-gu, Seoul 135-703, Korea). The manuscript should be accompanied by a covering letter stating the following: the journal to which the manuscript is being submitted,; the address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and e-mail address, of the corresponding author, and the former manuscript number and year if it is a resubmission.
Manuscripts must be typed or printed on 21 X 29.7 cm (A4 size) high- quality paper in double spacing throughout with at least 3 cm wide margins on all sides. The text must be typed in font size of at least ten points. See the Instructions to Authors for details.

Include the Manuscript Submission Form filled out. You can download the form at
http://e-emm.or.kr/judge/main.html

C . Revisions

Step 1. Revise text in Microsoft Word 6.0 or a later version.

Step 2. Revise graphics at publication quality resolution, using applications capable of generating high resolution JPG, TIFF or PPT files. The number of each figure should be visible in the figure. It is necessary to have your manuscript graphics in one of these formats if it is accepted. You are encouraged to submit source files for revised manuscripts.

Step 3. Check sizes of individual text and graphic files. Each file should be about 20 MB or less.

Step 4. Go to http://e-emm.or.kr and commence submission of your revised manuscript.(text: MS 6.0 or a later version, figures/graphics: jpg, tiff, ppt)
You will need: Manuscript number
                    A covering letter with information for the Editor and responses to concerns raised
                    Individual text and graphics files for your manuscript

If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the individual text and graphics files will be automatically transmitted to the publisher. The PDF file with the text and graphics is not suitable for publication.

II. Organization of the Manuscript

The manuscript is to be arranged in the following order: (a) title, author(s), and complete address(es) of institution(s); (b) abbreviations; (c) running title; (d) abstract and keywords; (e) introduction; (f) materials and methods; (g) results; (h) discussion; (i) acknowledgements; (j) references; (k) figure legends; (l) tables; and (m) figures. Number all pages with the title page as page 1. To make papers more readable and informative, the EMM requests that authors mark the followings for typesetting in italic.

(a) Biological name of organisms: Saccharomyces cerevisiae, E. coli

(b) Restriction enzymes and some of enzymes: EcoRI, Taq polymerase

(c) Name of genes:src, c-H-ras, myc

(d) Latin: in vivo, in vitro, in situ

(e) Some of chemical structure: trans-retinol, cis-acting, N-carbamoylaspartate

(f) Centrifugation force: 100,000 g

Title: The title of the manuscript should be as short and informative as possible. It should not contain nonstandard abbreviations, subtitles, or colons, nor exceed two printed lines (about 18 words). The EMM reserves the right to reword titles, with the final approval of the authors. The title page should also give the names of all authors and their complete mailing addresses. The title page should also include the name, the telephone and fax numbers, and the E-mail address of the author to whom all correspondence about the manuscript, including proofs, will be sent.

Abbreviations: Standard abbreviations may be used without definition. Any nonstandard abbreviations should be spelled out on first use, followed by the abbreviated form in parentheses. Thereafter, abbreviated form may be used throughout the manuscript. Undefined abbreviations cannot be used. Provide a list of all nonstandard abbreviations in alphabetical order on a page following the title page.

Running title: The running title to be printed at the top of each page of a published paper cannot exceed 6 words.

Abstract: The abstract should succinctly and clearly describe the major findings reported in the manuscript. It must not exceed 250 words nor contain nonstandard or undefined abbreviations or specialized terms. It should be understandable in itself, since it is frequently used as an abstract in indexes. Keywords: Six keywords should be appended to the abstract in alphabetical order. The keywords should be standard MeSH-Medline terms (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh).

Introduction: The introduction should present the purpose of the studies reported and their relationship to earlier work in the field. It should not be an extensive review of the literature nor, in general, exceed two typed pages.

Materials and Methods: The Materials and Methods should be as brief as possible but sufficiently complete to permit a qualified reader to repeat the experiments reported. Only truly new procedures should be described in detail; previously published procedures should be cited in references. Modifications of previously published procedures need to be given in detail only when this is necessary to repeat the work.

Results: The results of experiments should be presented in figures and tables, although some results that do not require documentation can be given solely in the text. Extensive discussion should not be given in the Results section.

Discussion: The Discussion should be concise (usually less than four typed pages) and focused on the interpretation of the results rather than a repetition of the Results section.

Notes added in proof can be added to a manuscript only with the consent of the Editor.
Errors in a published paper should be corrected in the EMM in "Additions and Corrections."

References: The references must be cited by Harvard system (author and date) not the numbering system. References should be quoted in the text with the author's name and date in parentheses, and listed at the end of the paper in alphabetical order. Journal names are abbreviated according to PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=journals). Authors are fully responsible for the accuracy of the references. "Personal communication" or "unpublished data" should be written in the text in parenthesis but not listed in references. References for journals and books should be in the following styles:

Journal articles
Lee JW, Cheong JH, Lee YC, Na SY, Lee SK. Dissecting the molecular mechanism of nuclear receptor action: transcription coactivators and corepressors. Exp Mol Med 2000;32:53-60
In press
Sun H, Wolfe JH. Recent progress in lysosomal-mannosidase and its deficiency. Exp Mol Med 2001; In press
Complete books
Halliwell B, Gutteridge JMC. Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine, 3rd Ed, 1999, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Articles in books
Baird A, Bohlen P. Fibroblast growth factors. In Peptide Growth Factors and Their Receptors (Sporn MB, Roberts AB, eds), 1990, 369-418, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY