John Hancock's Outputs (175)

Network theory and the resilience of redox signaling (2019)
Journal Article

The redox status inside and around cells is critically important to control, being used to maintain reduced compounds in the correct state and for cell signaling mechanisms. A myriad of compounds and proteins are involved in a vast network system to... Read More about Network theory and the resilience of redox signaling.

Equations to support redox experimentation (2019)
Book Chapter

© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2019. Working with redox compounds needs to take into account the oxidation and reduction state of the compound under study. This redox state can be influenced by the media in which the... Read More about Equations to support redox experimentation.

Methods for the addition of redox compounds (2019)
Book Chapter

© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2019. Often in redox biology experiments there is a need to add compounds which impinge on the redox of the cellular environment cell. Such compounds may include reactive oxygen species... Read More about Methods for the addition of redox compounds.

Investigating ROS, RNS, and H2S-sensitive signaling proteins (2019)
Book Chapter

© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2019. The modification of proteins is a key way to alter their activity and function. Often thiols, cysteine residues, on proteins are attractive targets for such modification. Assuming... Read More about Investigating ROS, RNS, and H2S-sensitive signaling proteins.

Predicting the effects of low dose-rate ionizing radiation on redox potential in plant cells (2019)
Book Chapter

During exposure of cells to acute high dose-rate ionizing radiation (IR), oxidants from the radiolysis of water can overwhelm antioxidant systems. Protecting flora from the effects of IR released from a nuclear industry of increasing global significa... Read More about Predicting the effects of low dose-rate ionizing radiation on redox potential in plant cells.

Expression and localization of aquaporin water channels in adult pig urinary bladder (2019)
Journal Article

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Considerations of the importance of redox state for reactive nitrogen species action (2019)
Journal Article

Nitric oxide (NO) and other reactive nitrogen species (RNS) are immensely important signalling molecules in plants, being involved in a range of physiological responses. However, the exact way in which NO fits into signal transduction pathways is not... Read More about Considerations of the importance of redox state for reactive nitrogen species action.

Nitric oxide: Its generation and interactions with other reactive signaling compounds (2019)
Journal Article

Nitric oxide (NO) is an immensely important signaling molecule in animals and plants. It is involved in plant reproduction, development, key physiological responses such as stomatal closure, and cell death. One of the controversies of NO metabolism i... Read More about Nitric oxide: Its generation and interactions with other reactive signaling compounds.

The role of redox in signal transduction (2019)
Book Chapter

© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2019. It is the functioning of efficient cell signaling which is vital for the survival of cells, whether it is a simple prokaryote or a complex eukaryote, including both animals and pla... Read More about The role of redox in signal transduction.

Hydrogen gas, ROS metabolism and cell signaling: Are hydrogen spin states important? (2018)
Journal Article

It is becoming accepted that treatment with hydrogen gas (H2) has profound and often beneficial effects on cells from both animals and plants. Future uses which have been suggested include for cancer treatment, for alleviating symptoms of Parkinson’s... Read More about Hydrogen gas, ROS metabolism and cell signaling: Are hydrogen spin states important?.

Hydrogen sulfide and environmental stresses (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) is part of a suite of small reactive molecules which are known to be involved in cell signaling events in plants. It is produced by cells, can move around, including through membranes, and can be removed... Read More about Hydrogen sulfide and environmental stresses.

Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant cell regulation (2018)
Journal Article

Growth and maintenance of cells is partly controlled by the production and perception of a range of small relatively reactive molecules, including reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide: what may be dubbed reactive signaling molec... Read More about Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant cell regulation.

Hypoxia leads to significant changes in alternative splicing and elevated expression of CLK splice factor kinases in PC3 prostate cancer cells (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 The Author(s). Background: Mounting evidence suggests that one of the ways that cells adapt to hypoxia is through alternative splicing. The aim of this study was firstly to examine the effect of hypoxia on the alternative splicing of cancer as... Read More about Hypoxia leads to significant changes in alternative splicing and elevated expression of CLK splice factor kinases in PC3 prostate cancer cells.

Signaling through the primary cilium (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Wheway, Nazlamova and Hancock. The presence of single, non-motile "primary" cilia on the surface of epithelial cells has been well described since the 1960s. However, for decades these organelles were believed to be vestigial, with no remainin... Read More about Signaling through the primary cilium.

Cellular redox environment and its influence on redox signalling molecules (2018)
Journal Article

The redox potential of a cell’s internal environment is well recognised as important for controlling cellular activities. Both animal and plant cells generate and are exposed to a range of reactive molecules involved in cell signalling, including rea... Read More about Cellular redox environment and its influence on redox signalling molecules.

Hydrogen gas and its role in cell signaling (2017)
Journal Article

Hydrogen gas (H2) was once thought to be inert in biological systems but it has now become apparent that exposure of a wide range of organisms, including animals and plants, to H2 or hydrogen-rich water (HRW) has beneficial effects. It is involved in... Read More about Hydrogen gas and its role in cell signaling.

Identification and functional annotation of genes differentially expressed in the reproductive tissues of the olive tree (Olea europaea L.) through the generation of subtractive libraries (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Zafra, Carmona, Traverso, Hancock, Goldman, Claros, Hiscock and Alche. The olive tree is a crop of high socio-economical importance in the Mediterranean area. Sexual reproduction in this plant is an essential process, which determines the yiel... Read More about Identification and functional annotation of genes differentially expressed in the reproductive tissues of the olive tree (Olea europaea L.) through the generation of subtractive libraries.

Residual ground-water levels of the neonicotinoid thiacloprid perturb chemosensing of Caenorhabditis elegans (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, The Author(s). This study investigated the neurological effects of residual ground-water levels of thiaclopridon the non-target organism Caenorhabditis elegans. Nematodes treated with thiacloprid showed a dose-dependent and significantly incr... Read More about Residual ground-water levels of the neonicotinoid thiacloprid perturb chemosensing of Caenorhabditis elegans.

Hydrogen sulfide causes excision of a genomic island in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, The Author(s). Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is known to be an important signalling molecule in both animals and plants, despite its toxic nature. In plants it has been seen to control stomatal apertures, so altering the ability of bacteria to invad... Read More about Hydrogen sulfide causes excision of a genomic island in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola.

S-nitrosoglutathione spraying improves stomatal conductance, Rubisco activity and antioxidant defense in both leaves and roots of sugarcane plants under water deficit (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society Water deficit is a major environmental constraint on crop productivity and performance and nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule associated with many biochemical and physiological processes... Read More about S-nitrosoglutathione spraying improves stomatal conductance, Rubisco activity and antioxidant defense in both leaves and roots of sugarcane plants under water deficit.