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Towards the development of molecularly imprinted polymer based screen-printed sensors for metabolites of PAHs (2001)
Journal Article
McCalley, D. V., Luxton, R. W., Bird, D. J., Hart, J. P., Kirsch, N., Kirsch, N., …McCalley, D. V. (2001). Towards the development of molecularly imprinted polymer based screen-printed sensors for metabolites of PAHs. Analyst, 126(11), 1936-1941. https://doi.org/10.1039/b108008n

This paper describes the fabrication of a sensor for 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHP) based on a screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE) modified with a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP); 1-OHP was chosen as a model metabolite of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (P... Read More about Towards the development of molecularly imprinted polymer based screen-printed sensors for metabolites of PAHs.

Role of specific aminotransferases in de novo glutamate synthesis and redox shuttling in the retina (2001)
Journal Article
LaNoue, K., Berkich, D., Conway, M. E., Barber, A., Hu, L., Taylor, C., & Hutson, S. M. (2001). Role of specific aminotransferases in de novo glutamate synthesis and redox shuttling in the retina. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 66(5), 914-922

In this study aminotransferase inhibitors were used to determine the relative importance of different aminotransferases in providing nitrogen for de novo glutamate synthesis in the retina. Aminooxyacetate, which inhibits all aminotransferases, blocke... Read More about Role of specific aminotransferases in de novo glutamate synthesis and redox shuttling in the retina.

Identifying bacteria in human urine: Current practice and the potential for rapid, near-patient diagnosis by sensing volatile organic compounds (2001)
Journal Article
Howe, R. A., Spencer-Phillips, P. T., Ratcliffe, N. M., Guernion, N., Ratcliffe, N. M., Spencer-Phillips, P. T., & Howe, R. (2001). Identifying bacteria in human urine: Current practice and the potential for rapid, near-patient diagnosis by sensing volatile organic compounds. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 39(10), 893-906. https://doi.org/10.1515/CCLM.2001.146

Urinary tract infection (UTI) represents a significant burden for the National Health Service. Extensive research has been directed towards rapid detection of UTI in the last thirty years. A wide range of microbiological and chemical techniques are n... Read More about Identifying bacteria in human urine: Current practice and the potential for rapid, near-patient diagnosis by sensing volatile organic compounds.

Phylogenetic variation in heavy metal accumulation in angiosperms (2001)
Journal Article
Baker, A. J., Willey, N. J., Broadley, M. R., Willey, N., Wilkins, J. C., Baker, A. J. M., …White, P. J. (2001). Phylogenetic variation in heavy metal accumulation in angiosperms. New Phytologist, 152(1), 9-27. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0028-646x.2001.00238.x

• The influence of phylogeny on shoot heavy metal content in plants was investigated and the hypothesis tested that traits impacting on the accumulation of cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, lead and zinc in plant shoots are associated. • Data suitab... Read More about Phylogenetic variation in heavy metal accumulation in angiosperms.

The use of a minimal number of vapour sensors for the assessment of food quality (2001)
Book Chapter
de Lacy Costello, B., Ewen, R., Gunson, H., Ratcliffe, N. M., & Spencer-Phillips, P. T. (2001). The use of a minimal number of vapour sensors for the assessment of food quality. In S. Clark, K. Thompson, C. Keevil, & M. Smith (Eds.), Rapid Detection Assays (148-152). Royal Society of Chemistry

The detection of harmful chemicals and microbial pathogens in food and water destined for consumers is of paramount importance the world over and it is vital that new techniques and discoveries are widely disseminated. Bringing together international... Read More about The use of a minimal number of vapour sensors for the assessment of food quality.

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses of volatile organic compounds from potato tubers inoculated with Phytophthora infestans or Fusarium coeruleum (2001)
Journal Article
Spencer-Phillips, P. T., Ratcliffe, N. M., Jones, P. R., De Lacy Costello, B. P., de Lacy Costello, B., Evans, P., …Spencer-Phillips, P. T. (2001). Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses of volatile organic compounds from potato tubers inoculated with Phytophthora infestans or Fusarium coeruleum. Plant Pathology, 50(4), 489-496. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3059.2001.00594.x

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) collected from potato tubers inoculated with Phytophthora infestans (late blight), Fusarium coeruleum (dry rot) or sterilized distilled water (as a control) were analysed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (G... Read More about Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses of volatile organic compounds from potato tubers inoculated with Phytophthora infestans or Fusarium coeruleum.

Hepatic metallothionein as a biomarker for metal contamination: Age effects and seasonal variation in European flounders (Pleuronectes flesus) from the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel (2001)
Journal Article
Bird, D. J., Rotchell, J. M., Clarke, K. R., Newton, L. C., & Bird, D. J. (2001). Hepatic metallothionein as a biomarker for metal contamination: Age effects and seasonal variation in European flounders (Pleuronectes flesus) from the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel. Marine Environmental Research, 52(2), 151-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0141-1136%2800%2900270-1

Hepatic concentrations of metallothionein [MT] and three metals (Cu, Zn, Cd) were determined in 242 European flounders (Pleuronectes flesus) collected from power stations at Oldbury-upon-Severn and Hinkley Point, located in Severn Estuary and Bristol... Read More about Hepatic metallothionein as a biomarker for metal contamination: Age effects and seasonal variation in European flounders (Pleuronectes flesus) from the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel.

Voltammetric studies of lead at calixarene modified screen-printed carbon electrodes and its trace determination in water by stripping voltammetry (2001)
Journal Article
Arrigan, D. W., Cowell, D. C., Hart, J. P., Honeychurch, K. C., Honeychurch, K. C., Hart, J. P., …Arrigan, D. W. (2001). Voltammetric studies of lead at calixarene modified screen-printed carbon electrodes and its trace determination in water by stripping voltammetry. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 77(3), 642-652. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0925-4005%2801%2900778-X

Screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) have been modified with two different calixarenes; a novel thiolated calixarene (5,11,17,23,tetra-tert-butyl-25,26,27,28-tetrakis(2-mercaptoethoxy)- calix[4]arene), and the commercially available 25,26,27,28-t... Read More about Voltammetric studies of lead at calixarene modified screen-printed carbon electrodes and its trace determination in water by stripping voltammetry.

The structure of human mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase (2001)
Journal Article
Farber, G., Hutson, S., Yennawar, N., Conway, M., Dunbar, J., Hutson, S. M., & Farber, J. (2001). The structure of human mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase. Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography, 57(4), 506-515. https://doi.org/10.1107/S0907444901001925

X-ray crystal structures of three forms of human mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase were solved by molecular-replacement methods. In two of the forms the enzyme is in its active form, with the pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP) cofactor covalent... Read More about The structure of human mitochondrial branched-chain aminotransferase.

Fish fauna of the Severn Estuary. Are there long-term changes in abundance and species composition and are the recruitment patterns of the main marine species correlated? (2001)
Journal Article
Bird, D. J., Potter, I. C., Potter, I. C., Bird, D. J., Claridge, P. N., Clarke, K. R., …Newton, L. C. (2001). Fish fauna of the Severn Estuary. Are there long-term changes in abundance and species composition and are the recruitment patterns of the main marine species correlated?. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 258(1), 15-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0981%2800%2900343-9

Fish were collected from the intake screens of the Oldbury Power Station in the Severn Estuary in each week between early July 1972 and late June 1977 and at least twice monthly between early January 1996 and late June 1999. The annual catches, after... Read More about Fish fauna of the Severn Estuary. Are there long-term changes in abundance and species composition and are the recruitment patterns of the main marine species correlated?.

Voltammetric studies of lead at a 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol modified screen-printed carbon electrode and its trace determination in water by stripping voltammetry (2001)
Journal Article
Honeychurch, K. C., Hart, J. P., & Cowell, D. C. (2001). Voltammetric studies of lead at a 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol modified screen-printed carbon electrode and its trace determination in water by stripping voltammetry. Analytica Chimica Acta, 431(1), 89-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-2670%2800%2901294-0

A method for the trace determination of Pb2+, using a disposable 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol (PAN) drop-coated modified screen-printed carbon electrode (PAN-SPCE), has been developed. Lead ions (Pb2+) are accumulated from ammonia buffer, on the PAN-S... Read More about Voltammetric studies of lead at a 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol modified screen-printed carbon electrode and its trace determination in water by stripping voltammetry.

Voltammetric studies of lead at a 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol modified screen-printed carbon electrode and its trace determination in water by stripping voltammetry (2001)
Journal Article
Honeychurch, K. C., Hart, J. P., & Cowell, D. C. (2001). Voltammetric studies of lead at a 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol modified screen-printed carbon electrode and its trace determination in water by stripping voltammetry. Analytica Chimica Acta, 431(1), 89-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-2670%2800%2901294-0

A method for the trace determination of Pb2+, using a disposable 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol (PAN) drop-coated modified screen-printed carbon electrode (PAN-SPCE), has been developed. Lead ions (Pb2+) are accumulated from ammonia buffer, on the PAN-S... Read More about Voltammetric studies of lead at a 1-(2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol modified screen-printed carbon electrode and its trace determination in water by stripping voltammetry.

Eclipse Total de Sol 11 de Agosto de 1999 (2001)
Book
Teus, J., Castrillo, A., Fernández, F., Gallego, J., Iribarren, Y., Lizaso, I., …Stengler, E. (2001). Eclipse Total de Sol 11 de Agosto de 1999. Aranzadi Scientific Society

The book describes all activities of Amateur Astronomy and Public Engagement undertaken jointly by the Astronomy Department of the Society Aranzadi and the Science Centre Miramon Kutxaespacio

Influx and accumulation of Cs+ by the akt1 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. lacking a dominant K+ transport system (2001)
Journal Article
Willey, N. J., Escobar-Gutiérrez, A. J., Broadley, M. R., Escobar-Gutierrez, A., Bowen, H. C., Willey, N., & White, P. J. (2001). Influx and accumulation of Cs+ by the akt1 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. lacking a dominant K+ transport system. Journal of Experimental Botany, 52(357), 839-844. https://doi.org/10.1093/jexbot/52.357.839

An extensive literature reports that Cs+, an environmental contaminant, enters plant cells through K+ transport systems. Several recently identified plant K+ transport systems are permeable to Cs+. Permeation models indicate that most Cs+ uptake into... Read More about Influx and accumulation of Cs+ by the akt1 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. lacking a dominant K+ transport system.