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N-cadherin and b-catenin signalling regulates vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and cell cycle genes (2006)
Journal Article
Quasnichka, H. L., Sala-Newby, G. B., & George, S. J. (2006). N-cadherin and b-catenin signalling regulates vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and cell cycle genes. Vascular Pharmacology, 45(3), 194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vph.2006.08.052

Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation is a key event in the pathogenesis of vascular diseases. Dismantling of cadherin junctions and translocation of b-catenin to the cytoplasm occurs in proliferating VSMCs. To determine whether N-cadherin... Read More about N-cadherin and b-catenin signalling regulates vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and cell cycle genes.

Arthropod abundance, canopy structure, and microclimate in a Bornean lowland tropical rain forest (2006)
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Dial, R. J., Ellwood, M. D. F., Turner, E. C., & Foster, W. A. (2006). Arthropod abundance, canopy structure, and microclimate in a Bornean lowland tropical rain forest. Biotropica, 38(5), 643-652. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00181.x

This study applies a novel, vertically stratified fogging protocol to document arthropod abundance, density, and biomass across a vertical gradient in a primary, lowland dipterocarp forest canopy in Borneo. We fogged arthropods at 5 m vertical interv... Read More about Arthropod abundance, canopy structure, and microclimate in a Bornean lowland tropical rain forest.

Ethylene-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis occurs via AtrbohF-mediated hydrogen peroxide synthesis (2006)
Journal Article
Desikan, R., Last, K., Harrett-Williams, R., Tagliavia, C., Harter, K., Hooley, R., …Neill, S. (2006). Ethylene-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis occurs via AtrbohF-mediated hydrogen peroxide synthesis. Plant Journal, 47(6), 907-916. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02842.x

Ethylene is a plant hormone that regulates many aspects of growth and development. Despite the well-known association between ethylene and stress signalling, its effects on stomatal movements are largely unexplored. Here, genetic and physiological da... Read More about Ethylene-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis occurs via AtrbohF-mediated hydrogen peroxide synthesis.

Science communication: Local air quality management consultation in the UK (2006)
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Dorfman, P., Beattie, C., Burnet, F., Gibbs, D., Longhurst, J., Weitkamp, E., & Leksmono, N. (2006, September). Science communication: Local air quality management consultation in the UK. Presented at 15th IUAPPA Conference on Air Pollution and Environmental Health. From Science to Action, Lille, France

Evidence for declining levels of heavy-metals in the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel, U.K. and their spatial distribution in sediments (2006)
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Duquesne, S., Newton, L. C., Giusti, L., Marriott, S. B., Stärk, H. J., & Bird, D. J. (2006). Evidence for declining levels of heavy-metals in the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel, U.K. and their spatial distribution in sediments. Environmental Pollution, 143(2), 187-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2005.12.002

Levels of heavy-metals (Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb and Zn) in suspended particulate and in surface and subsurface sediments were determined at seven locations in the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel. Sediment metal concentrations were highest at sites clos... Read More about Evidence for declining levels of heavy-metals in the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel, U.K. and their spatial distribution in sediments.

Transcriptome Shock after Interspecific Hybridization in Senecio Is Ameliorated by Genome Duplication (2006)
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Hegarty, M. J., Barker, G. L., Wilson, I. D., Abbott, R. J., Edwards, K. J., & Hiscock, S. J. (2006). Transcriptome Shock after Interspecific Hybridization in Senecio Is Ameliorated by Genome Duplication. Current Biology, 16(16), 1652-1659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2006.06.071

Allopolyploidy, which involves genome doubling of an interspecific hybrid is an important mechanism of abrupt speciation in flowering plants [1-6]. Recent studies show that allopolyploid formation is accompanied by extensive changes to patterns of pa... Read More about Transcriptome Shock after Interspecific Hybridization in Senecio Is Ameliorated by Genome Duplication.

A Legendre spectral element method for eigenvalues in hydrodynamic stability (2006)
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Hill, A. A., & Straughan, B. (2006). A Legendre spectral element method for eigenvalues in hydrodynamic stability. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 193(1), 363-381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cam.2005.06.011

A Legendre polynomial-based spectral technique is developed to be applicable to solving eigenvalue problems which arise in linear and nonlinear stability questions in porous media, and other areas of Continuum Mechanics. The matrices produced in the... Read More about A Legendre spectral element method for eigenvalues in hydrodynamic stability.

A conceptual model of the role of complex science in local authority consultations about air quality management (2006)
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Leksmono, N., Dorfman, P., Beattie, C., Burnet, F., Gibbs, D., Longhurst, J., & Weitkamp, E. (2006). A conceptual model of the role of complex science in local authority consultations about air quality management. Local Environment, 11(4), 399-419. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549830600785563

There exists a clear imperative across the EU and within the UK towards the enhanced integration of community knowledge in environmental and health decision-making processes. The underlying social force that underpins this dynamic is the drive for a... Read More about A conceptual model of the role of complex science in local authority consultations about air quality management.

Study of overload for basic compounds in reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography as a function of mobile phase pH (2006)
Journal Article
Davies, N. H., Euerby, M. R., & McCalley, D. V. (2006). Study of overload for basic compounds in reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography as a function of mobile phase pH. Journal of Chromatography A, 1119(1-2), 11-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2005.11.096

The retention and overloading properties for eight basic solutes and two quaternary ammonium compounds were studied over the pH range 2.7-10.0 using phosphate and carbonate buffers. At low pH, a hybrid inorganic-organic silica-ODS phase (XTerra RP-18... Read More about Study of overload for basic compounds in reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography as a function of mobile phase pH.

The Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) gene (+KTS isoform) functions with a CTE to enhance translation from an unspliced RNA with a retained intron (2006)
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Hammarskjöld, M. L., Bor, Y. C., Swartz, J., Morrison, A., Rekosh, D., & Ladomery, M. (2006). The Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) gene (+KTS isoform) functions with a CTE to enhance translation from an unspliced RNA with a retained intron. Genes and Development, 20(12), 1597-1608. https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.1402306

The Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) gene plays an important role in mammalian urogenital development, and dysregulation of this gene is observed in many human cancers. Alternative splicing of WT1 RNA leads to the expression of two major protein isoforms, WT1(+K... Read More about The Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) gene (+KTS isoform) functions with a CTE to enhance translation from an unspliced RNA with a retained intron.

Doing the unexpected: Proteins involved in hydrogen peroxide perception (2006)
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Harrison, J., Hancock, J., Desikan, R., Bright, J., Hooley, R., & Neill, S. (2006). Doing the unexpected: Proteins involved in hydrogen peroxide perception. Journal of Experimental Botany, 57(8), 1711-1718. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erj180

A look back at the early literature on reactive oxygen species (ROS) gives the impression that these small inorganic molecules had a singular defined role, that of host defence in mammalian systems. However, it is now known that their roles also incl... Read More about Doing the unexpected: Proteins involved in hydrogen peroxide perception.

The role of stigma peroxidases in flowering plants: Insights from further characterization of a stigma-specific peroxidase (SSP) from Senecio squalidus (Asteraceae) (2006)
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Porter, R., McInnis, S. M., Emery, D. C., Desikan, R., Hancock, J. T., & Hiscock, S. J. (2006). The role of stigma peroxidases in flowering plants: Insights from further characterization of a stigma-specific peroxidase (SSP) from Senecio squalidus (Asteraceae). Journal of Experimental Botany, 57(8), 1835-1846. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erj182

Angiosperm stigmas have long been known to exhibit high levels of peroxidase activity when they are mature and most receptive to pollen but the biological function of stigma peroxidases is not known. A novel stigma-specific class III peroxidase gene,... Read More about The role of stigma peroxidases in flowering plants: Insights from further characterization of a stigma-specific peroxidase (SSP) from Senecio squalidus (Asteraceae).

Overload for ionized solutes in reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (2006)
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McCalley, D. V. (2006). Overload for ionized solutes in reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Analytical Chemistry, 78(8), 2532-2538. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac052098b

Overloading occurs for submicrogram quantities of ionized solutes particularly when using low ionic strength mobile phases at low pH (e.g., formic acid), even with highly inert silica RP-HPLC columns of normal dimensions. Much higher loads can produc... Read More about Overload for ionized solutes in reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography.

Fitness of hybrids between rapeseed (Brassica napus) and wild Brassica rapa in natural habitats (2006)
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Allainguillaume, J., Alexander, M., Bullock, J. M., Saunders, M., Allender, C. J., King, G., …Wilkinson, M. J. (2006). Fitness of hybrids between rapeseed (Brassica napus) and wild Brassica rapa in natural habitats. Molecular Ecology, 15(4), 1175-1184. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02856.x

Fitness of hybrids between genetically modified (GM) crops and wild relatives influences the likelihood of ecological harm. We measured fitness components in spontaneous (non-GM) rapeseed x Brassica rapa hybrids in natural populations. The F1 hybrids... Read More about Fitness of hybrids between rapeseed (Brassica napus) and wild Brassica rapa in natural habitats.

A reduced protein diet induces stearoyl-CoA desaturase protein expression in pig muscle but not in subcutaneous adipose tissue: Relationship with intramuscular lipid formation (2006)
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Doran (nee Udovikova), O., Moule, S. K., Teye, G. A., Whittington, F. M., Hallett, K. G., & Wood, J. D. (2006). A reduced protein diet induces stearoyl-CoA desaturase protein expression in pig muscle but not in subcutaneous adipose tissue: Relationship with intramuscular lipid formation. British Journal of Nutrition, 95(3), 609-617. https://doi.org/10.1079/BJN20051526

A reduced protein diet (RPD) is known to increase the level of intramuscular lipid in pig meat with a smaller effect on the amount of subcutaneous adipose tissue. This might be due to tissue-specific activation of the expression of lipogenic enzymes... Read More about A reduced protein diet induces stearoyl-CoA desaturase protein expression in pig muscle but not in subcutaneous adipose tissue: Relationship with intramuscular lipid formation.