sensible

 

Marie Curie Host Fellowships for Early Stage Training (EST)

Integrative Biology Research Group

sensing and the biological response to the environment in plants

three year and six month Fellowships from October 2006

 

 

 

     
     

Recent publications from Integrative Biology Research Group

2006

Gould, P.D., Locke, J.C.W., Larue, C., Southern, M. M., Davis, S.J., Hanano, S., Putteril, J., Millar A.J. and Hall, A. (2006) The molecular basis of temperature compensation in the Arabidopsis circadian clock. The Plant Cell 18 1177-1187 This was Featured Paper of the Month in Plant Cell: A Wheel within a Wheel: Temperature Compensation of the Circadian Clock, commentary by Nancy A. Eckardt, News and Reviews Editor.

Darrah, C., Taylor, B.L., Edwards, K. D., Brown, P. E., Hall, A. and McWatters, H. G. (2006) Analysis of phase opf LUCIFERASE expression reveals novel circadian quantitative trait loci in Arabidopsis Plant Physiology 140 1464 - 1474

Kevei, E., Gyula, P., Hall, A., Kozma-Bognar, L., and 13 further co-authors (2006). Forward genetic analysis of the circadian clock seperates the multiple functions of ZEITLUPE. Plant Physiology 140 933 - 945

Edwards, K.D,. Anderson, P.E., Hall, A., Salathia, N.S., Locke, J.C.W., Lynn, J.R., Straume, M.,Smith, J.Q., and Millar A.J. (2006). FLOWERING LOCUS C mediates natural variation in the high-temperature response of the Arabidopsis circadian clock Plant Cell 18 639-650

Berger, H., Pachlinger, R., Morozov, I., Goller, S., Narendja, F., Caddick, M.X. and Strauss, J. (2006) The GATA factor AreA regulates localization and in vivo binding site occupancy of the nitrate activator NirAMolecular Microbiology 59 433-446

Bates, A.D., Callan, B., Cooper, M.J., Cosstick, R., Geary, C., Glidle. A., Jaeger, L., Pearson, J.L., Proupín-Pérez, M., Xu, C. and D. R. S. Cumming (2006) Construction and characterization of a gold nanoparticle wire assembled using Mg2+-dependent RNA-RNA interactions Nano Letters 6 445-448

AD Bates (2006) DNA topoisomerases: Single gyrase caught in the act Current Biology 16 R204-R206

van Zalinge, H., Schiffrin, D.J., Bates, A.D., Haiss, W., Ulstrup, J. and Nichols, R.J. (2006) Single-molecule conductance measurements of single- and double-stranded DNA oligonucleoticles ChemPhysChem 7 (1) 94-98

2005

Bates, A. D. and Maxwell, A. (2005). DNA Topology (2nd edition) Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Boxall S.F., Foster J.M., Bohnert H.J., Cushman, J.C., Nimmo H.G., Hartwell J. (2005)  Conservation and divergence of circadian clock operation in a stress-inducible crassulacean acid metabolism species reveals clock compensation against stress. Plant Physiology, 137 969-982

Crowther T., Collin H.A., Smith, B., Tomsett, A. B., O’Connor D., Jones M.G. (2005) Assessment of the flavour of fresh uncooked onions by taste-panels and analysis of flavour precursors, pyruvate and sugars. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 85 112 - 120

Dodd AN, Salathia N, Hall A, Kevei E, Toth R, Nagy F, Hibberd JM, Millar AJ, Webb AAR (2005) Plant circadian clocks increase photosynthesis, growth, survival, and competitive advantage. Science 309 630-633

Fitzgibbon G. J., Morozov I.Y. , Jones M.G., Caddick M.X. (2005) Genetic analysis of the TOR pathway in Aspergillus nidulans.  Eukaryotic Cell 4 1595 - 1598

Galagan, J.E., Caddick, M.X. and 28 co-authors (2005)  Sequencing of Aspergillus nidulans and comparative analysis with A. fumigatus and A. oryzae. Nature 438 1105 - 1115.

Garoosi G.A., Salter M.G., Caddick M.X., Tomsett A.B. (2005) Characterization of the ethanol-inducible alc gene expression system in tomato. Journal of Experimental Botany 56 1635-1642

Hall, A. and McWatters, H. (2005) Endogenous Plant Rhythms (editors) Annual Plant Reviews 21, Blackwell Synergy

Hartwell, J (2005) The circadian clock in CAM plants in Endogenous Plant Rhythms (eds. A. Hall and H McWatters), Blackwell Synergy

Hartwell, J (2005) The co-ordination of central plant metabolism by the circadian clock. Biochemical Society Transactions 33 945 - 948

Maxwell, A., Costenaro, L., Mitelheiser, S. and Bates, A.D. (2005) Coupling ATP hydrolysis to DNA strand passage in type IIA DNA topoisomerases. Biochem. Soc. Trans., 33 1460-1464.

Roberts, G. R., Garoosi, G. A., Koroleva, O., Ito, M., Laufs, P., Leader, D. J., Caddick, M. X., Doonan, J. H., Tomsett, A. B. (2005) The alc-GR System. A Modified alc Gene Switch Designed for Use in Plant Tissue Culture. Plant Physiology 138, 1259-1267

Tuong, To. T., Bouman, B.A.M. and Mortimer, M. (2005) More rice, less water - integrated approaches for increasing water productivity in irrigated rice-based systems in Asia. Plant Production Science  8 231 - 241

2004

Caddick, M.X. (2004) Nitrogen regulation in mycelial fungiin The Mycota III, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2nd Edition, (eds R. Brambl and G A Marzluf) Springer-Verlag Berlin-Heidelberg.

Jones M.G., Hughes J., Tregova A., Milne J., Tomsett A.B., Collin H.A. (2004) Biosynthesis of the flavour precursors of onion and garlic. Journal of Experimental Botany, 55 1903-1918.

McArdle F Spiers S Aldemir H Vasilaki A Beaver A Iwanejko L McArdle A Jackson M.J (2004) Preconditioning of skeletal muscle against contraction-induced damage: the role of adaptations to oxidants in mice. Journal of Physiology, 561 233-244

Tomsett, A.B., Tregova, A.,  Garoosi A., Caddick M.X. (2004) Ethanol-inducible gene expression: first step towards a new green revolution? (2004) Trends in Plant Science, 9 159-161

Wang, Z., Kanaras, A., Bates, A., Cosstick, R. and Brust, M. (2004) Enzymatic DNA processing on gold nanoparticles. J. Mater. Chem. 14 578-580.

2003

Caton B.P., Cope, A.E., Mortimer A.M. (2003) Growth traits of diverse rice cultivars under severe competition: implications for screening for competitiveness.  Field Crops Research, 83 157 - 172.

Hall A., Bastow R.M., Davis S.J., Hanano S., McWatters H.G., Hibberd V., Doyle M.R., Millar A.J. (2003) The Time for Coffee Gene maintains the amplitude and timing of Arabidopsis circadian clocks. Plant Cell, 15 2719-2729.

Haq M.A., Collin, H.A., Tomsett, A.B, Jones M.G. (2003) Detection of Sclerotium cepivorum within onion plants using PCR primers. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 62, 185 - 189

Kanaras, A., Wang, Z., Bates, A., Cosstick, R., Brust, M. (2003). Towards multistep nanostructure synthesis: programmed enzymatic self-assembly of DNA/gold systems. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42, 191-194.

Marsh, J.T., Sullivan, S., Hartwell, J. and Nimmo, H.G. (2003) Structure and expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase kinase genes in Solanaceae: a novel gene exhibits alternative splicing. Plant Physiology. 133 2021-2028.

2002

Fontaine, V., Hartwell, J., Jenkins, G.I. and Nimmo, H.G. (2002) Arabidopsis thaliana contains two phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase kinase genes with different expression patterns. Plant, Cell and Environment. 25 115-122.

Hartwell J., Nimmo G.A., Wilkins M.B., Jenkins G.I., Nimmo H.G. (2002) Probing the circadian control of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase kinase expression in Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi. Functional Plant Biology, 29 663-668.

Havey M.J., Cantwell M., Jones M.G., Jones R.W., Schmidt N.E., Uhlig J., Watson J.F., Sun Yoo K. (2002) Significant variation exists among laboratories measuring onion bulb quality traits. HortScience, 37 1086-1087.

2001

Morozov I.Y., Galbis Martinez M., Jones M.G., Caddick M.X.  (2001) Characterisation of nitrogen metabolite signalling in Aspergillus via the regulated degradation of areA mRNA. Molecular Microbiology 42 (1) 269 - 277.

Nimmo, H.G., Fontaine, V., Hartwell, J., Jenkins, G.I., Nimmo, G.A. and Wilkins, M.B. (2001) PEP carboxylase kinase is a novel protein kinase controlled at the level of expression. New Phytologist. 151 91-97.

Roslan, H.A.,  Salter, M.G., Wood, C.D.,  White, M.R.H., Croft, K.P., Robson, F., Coupland, G., Doonan, J.H., Laufs, P.,  Tomsett A.B., Caddick M.X. (2001) Characterisation of the ethanol inducible alc gene expression system in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal 28 225 - 237

Significant earlier publications

Begon, M, Mortimer, A.M., & Thompson, D.J (1996) Population Ecology: A unified study of animals and plants. (3rd edition) Blackwell Science Ltd. London.

Caddick M.X., Greenland A.J., Jepson I., Krause K.-P., Qu N., Riddell K.V., Salter M.G., Tomsett A.B. An ethanol inducible gene switch for plants used to manipulate carbon metabolism.  (1998) Nature Biotechnology, 16 177-180.

Hartwell, J., Gill, A., Nimmo, G.A., Wilkins, M.B., Jenkins, G.I. and Nimmo, H.G. (1999) Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase kinase is a novel protein kinase regulated at the level of expression. Plant Journal 20 333-342.

Smith K.N., Iwanejko L., Loeillet S., Fabre F., Nicolas A. (1999) Disruption and functional analysis of seven ORFs on chromosome IV: YDL057w, YDL012c, YDL010w, YDL009c, YDL008w (APC11), YDL005c (MED2) and YDL003w (MCD1).  Yeast, 15 1255-1267.

Toth R., Kevei E., Hall A., Millar A.J., Nagy F., Kozma-Bognar L. (2001) Circadian clock-regulated expression of phytochrome and cryptochrome genes in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 127 1607-1616.