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In planta conditions induce genomic changes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola (2011)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Translationally controlled tumour protein (TCTP) is a novel glucose-regulated protein that is important for survival of pancreatic beta cells (2011)
Journal Article
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.

Nitric oxide and ABA in the control of plant function (2011)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Cell signalling (2010)
Book
Hancock, J. T. (2010). Cell signalling. Oxford University Press

A proteomic analysis of oligo(dT)-bound mRNP containing oxidative stress-induced Arabidopsis thaliana RNA-binding proteins ATGRP7 and ATGRP8 (2010)
Journal Article
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.

The role of redox mechanisms in cell signalling (2009)
Journal Article
Hancock, J. T. (2009). The role of redox mechanisms in cell signalling. Molecular Biotechnology, 43(2), 162-166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12033-009-9189-1

Functioning and efficient cell signalling is vital for the survival of cells. Over the years various components have been identified and recognised as crucial for the transduction of signals in cells. Many of the mechanisms allow for a relatively rap... Read More about The role of redox mechanisms in cell signalling.

Bacterial Evolution by Genomic Island Transfer Occurs via DNA Transformation In Planta (2009)
Journal Article
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.

Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and signal crosstalk (2009)
Book Chapter
Neill, S., Hancock, J. T., & Wilson, I. D. (2009). Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and signal crosstalk. In K. Yoshioka, & K. Shinozaki (Eds.), Signal Crosstalk in Plant Stress Responses (136-160). Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell

The effects of glucose ingestion and glucose regulation on memory performance in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (2009)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.