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Translationally controlled tumour protein (TCTP) is a novel glucose-regulated protein that is important for survival of pancreatic beta cells (2011)
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Avent, N. D., Bommer, U. A., Diraison, F., Hayward, K., Sanders, K. L., Brozzi, F., …Varadi, A. (2011). Translationally controlled tumour protein (TCTP) is a novel glucose-regulated protein that is important for survival of pancreatic beta cells. Diabetologia, 54(2), 368-379. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-010-1958-7

Aims/hypothesis: This study used proteomics and biochemical approaches to identify novel glucose-regulated proteins and to unveil their role in pancreatic beta cell function. Translationally controlled tumour protein (TCTP) was identified to be one s... Read More about Translationally controlled tumour protein (TCTP) is a novel glucose-regulated protein that is important for survival of pancreatic beta cells.

In planta conditions induce genomic changes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola (2011)
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Godfrey, S. A., Lovell, H. C., Jackson, R. W., Mansfield, J. W., Hancock, J. T., Desikan, R., & Arnold, D. L. (2011). In planta conditions induce genomic changes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. Molecular Plant Pathology, 12(2), 167-176. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00658.x

The co-evolution of bacterial plant pathogens and their hosts is a complex and dynamic process. Plant resistance can impose stress on invading pathogens that can lead to, and select for, beneficial changes in the bacterial genome. The Pseudomonas syr... Read More about In planta conditions induce genomic changes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola.

The relationship of proline content and metabolism on the productivity of maize plants (2011)
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Teklić, T., Agić, D., Špoljarević, M., Lisjak, M., Gumze, A., Wilson, I. D., & Hancock, J. T. (2011). The relationship of proline content and metabolism on the productivity of maize plants. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 6(2), 251-257. https://doi.org/10.4161/psb.6.2.14336

The free proline content in maize ear-leaves, silk and pollen were analyzed in field grown plants which had matured to the pollination stage. Using maize hybrids PR34F02, PR35P12 and PR36B08 field trials were set up at two locations in eastern croati... Read More about The relationship of proline content and metabolism on the productivity of maize plants.

Nitric oxide and ABA in the control of plant function (2011)
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Hancock, J. T., Neill, S., & Wilson, I. D. (2011). Nitric oxide and ABA in the control of plant function. Plant Science, 181(5), 555-559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.03.017

Abscisic acid (ABA) and nitric oxide (NO) are both extremely important signalling molecules employed by plants to control many aspects of physiology. ABA has been extensively studied in the mechanisms which control stomatal movement as well as in see... Read More about Nitric oxide and ABA in the control of plant function.

Hydrogen sulfide effects on stomatal apertures (2011)
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Lisjak, M., Teklic, T., Wilson, I. D., Wood, M., Whiteman, M., & Hancock, J. T. (2011). Hydrogen sulfide effects on stomatal apertures. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 6(10), 1444-1446

A novel hydrogen sulfide donor causes stomatal opening and reduces nitric oxide accumulation (2010)
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Lisjak, M., Srivastava, N., Teklic, T., Civale, L., Lewandowski, K., Wilson, I. D., …Hancock, J. T. (2010). A novel hydrogen sulfide donor causes stomatal opening and reduces nitric oxide accumulation. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 48(12), 931-935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2010.09.016

Effects of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) on plant physiology have been previously studied, but such studies have relied on the use of NaSH as a method for supplying H2S to tissues. Now new compounds which give a less severe H2S shock and a more prolonged ex... Read More about A novel hydrogen sulfide donor causes stomatal opening and reduces nitric oxide accumulation.

Assessment of the influence of different sample processing and cold storage duration on plant free proline content analyses (2010)
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Andrić, L., ParadIković, N., Stanisavljević, A., ŠPoljarević, M., Teklić, T., Lisjak, M., …Hancock, J. T. (2010). Assessment of the influence of different sample processing and cold storage duration on plant free proline content analyses. Phytochemical Analysis, 21(6), 561-565. https://doi.org/10.1002/pca.1233

Introduction - A method which is widely accepted for the analysis of free proline content in plant tissues is based on the use of 3% sulfosalicylic acid as an extractant, followed by spectrophotometric quantification of a proline-ninhydrin complex in... Read More about Assessment of the influence of different sample processing and cold storage duration on plant free proline content analyses.

A proteomic analysis of oligo(dT)-bound mRNP containing oxidative stress-induced Arabidopsis thaliana RNA-binding proteins ATGRP7 and ATGRP8 (2010)
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Schmidt, F., Marnef, A., Cheung, M. K., Wilson, I. D., Hancock, J. T., Staiger, D., & Ladomery, M. (2010). A proteomic analysis of oligo(dT)-bound mRNP containing oxidative stress-induced Arabidopsis thaliana RNA-binding proteins ATGRP7 and ATGRP8. Molecular Biology Reports, 37(2), 839-845. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-009-9636-x

Plants are highly adapted to respond to a range of environmental stresses commonly by altering their gene expression and metabolism as a result of cell signalling which may be mediated by reactive oxygen species. The glycine-rich RNA-binding proteins... Read More about A proteomic analysis of oligo(dT)-bound mRNP containing oxidative stress-induced Arabidopsis thaliana RNA-binding proteins ATGRP7 and ATGRP8.

Bacterial Evolution by Genomic Island Transfer Occurs via DNA Transformation In Planta (2009)
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Godfrey, S. A. C., Lovell, H. C., Mansfield, J. W., Jackson, R. W., Hancock, J. T., & Arnold, D. L. (2009). Bacterial Evolution by Genomic Island Transfer Occurs via DNA Transformation In Planta. Current Biology, 19(18), 1586-1590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2009.08.018

Our understanding of the evolution of microbial pathogens has been advanced by the discovery of "islands" of DNA that differ from core genomes and contain determinants of virulence [1, 2]. The acquisition of genomic islands (GIs) by horizontal gene t... Read More about Bacterial Evolution by Genomic Island Transfer Occurs via DNA Transformation In Planta.

The effects of glucose ingestion and glucose regulation on memory performance in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (2009)
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Hancock, J., Riby, L., Marriott, A., Bullock, R., Hancock, J., Smallwood, J., & McLaughlin, J. (2009). The effects of glucose ingestion and glucose regulation on memory performance in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 63(4), 566-571. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602981

Background/Objectives: Previous research investigating the impact of glucose ingestion and/or improvements in glucose regulation has found selective cognitive facilitation on episodic memory tasks in successful ageing and dementia. The present study... Read More about The effects of glucose ingestion and glucose regulation on memory performance in older adults with mild cognitive impairment.

S-Nitrosoglutathione inactivation of the mitochondrial and cytosolic BCAT proteins: S-nitrosation and S-thiolation (2009)
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Coles, S. J., Easton, P., Sharrod, H., Hutson, S. M., Hancock, J. T., Patel, V., & Conway, M. E. (2009). S-Nitrosoglutathione inactivation of the mitochondrial and cytosolic BCAT proteins: S-nitrosation and S-thiolation. Biochemistry, 48(3), 645-656. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi801805h

Specific proteins with reactive thiol(ate) groups are susceptible to nitric oxide (NO) modification, which can result in S-nitrosation, S-thiolation, or disulfide bond formation. In the present study the effect of NO modification on the functionality... Read More about S-Nitrosoglutathione inactivation of the mitochondrial and cytosolic BCAT proteins: S-nitrosation and S-thiolation.

S-nitrosoglutathione inactivation of the mitochondrial and cytosolic BCAT proteins: S-nitrosation and s-thiolation (2009)
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Coles, S. J., Easton, P., Sharrod, H., Hutson, S. M., Hancock, J. T., Patel, V. B., & Conway, M. E. (2009). S-nitrosoglutathione inactivation of the mitochondrial and cytosolic BCAT proteins: S-nitrosation and s-thiolation. Biochemistry, 48(3), 645-656. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi801805h

Specific proteins with reactive thiol(ate) groups are susceptible to nitric oxide (NO) modification, which can result in S-nitrosation, S-thiolation, or disulfide bond formation. In the present study the effect of NO modification on the functionality... Read More about S-nitrosoglutathione inactivation of the mitochondrial and cytosolic BCAT proteins: S-nitrosation and s-thiolation.

Cell signalling is the music of life (2009)
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Hancock, J. T. (2009). Cell signalling is the music of life. British Journal of Biomedical Science, 65, 205-208

Cell signalling is an immensely important topic in biological and biomedical sciences, and one which has an ever-increasing literature. As more and more is known about it, and more components are discovered, it is getting harder and harder to visuali... Read More about Cell signalling is the music of life.

Pollen generates nitric oxide and nitrite: a possible link to pollen-induced allergic responses (2009)
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Bright, J., Hiscock, S. J., James, P. E., & Hancock, J. T. (2009). Pollen generates nitric oxide and nitrite: a possible link to pollen-induced allergic responses. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 47(1), 49-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2008.09.005

Reactive nitrogen species (RNS), such as nitric oxide (NO), are ubiquitous and diverse signalling molecules involved in a wide range of physiological and pathophysiological processes in both animals and plants. Nitrite, a metabolite of NO turnover, h... Read More about Pollen generates nitric oxide and nitrite: a possible link to pollen-induced allergic responses.

Lipid peroxidation levels in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) seed parts as a consequence on imbibition stress (2009)
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Lisjak, M., Wilson, I. D., Civale, L., Hancock, J. T., & Teklic, T. (2009). Lipid peroxidation levels in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) seed parts as a consequence on imbibition stress. Agriculture, 15, 32-37

High rainfall and rapid water uptake by dry seed after sowing in the field can result in so-called seed imbibitional damage. Here, lipid peroxidation levels were evaluated in seed testa, embryos and cotyledons of three soybean cultivars (Podravka 95,... Read More about Lipid peroxidation levels in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) seed parts as a consequence on imbibition stress.

Differential requirement for NO during ABA-induced stomatal closure in turgid and wilted leaves (2009)
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Harrison, J., Ribeiro, D. M., Desikan, R., Bright, J., Confraria, A., Hancock, J. T., …Wilson, I. D. (2009). Differential requirement for NO during ABA-induced stomatal closure in turgid and wilted leaves. Plant, Cell and Environment, 32(1), 46-57. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01906.x

Abscisic acid (ABA)-induced stomatal closure is mediated by a complex, guard cell signalling network involving nitric oxide (NO) as a key intermediate. However, there is a lack of information concerning the role of NO in the ABA-enhanced stomatal clo... Read More about Differential requirement for NO during ABA-induced stomatal closure in turgid and wilted leaves.

Role of nitric oxide in regulating stomatal apertures (2009)
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Wilson, I. D., Ribeiro, D. M., Bright, J., Confraria, A., Harrison, J., Barros, R. S., …Hancock, J. T. (2009). Role of nitric oxide in regulating stomatal apertures. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 4(5), 467-469. https://doi.org/10.4161/psb.4.5.8545

During stomatal closure, nitric oxide (NO) operates as one of the key intermediates in the complex, abscisic acid (ABA)-mediated, guard cell signaling network that regulates this process. However, data concerning the role of NO in stomatal closure th... Read More about Role of nitric oxide in regulating stomatal apertures.