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Selecting plants to minimise radiocaesium in the food chain (2003)
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Escobar-Gutiérrez, A. J., White, P. J., Swarup, K., Escobar-Gutierrez, A., Bowen, H. C., Willey, N., & Broadley, M. R. (2003). Selecting plants to minimise radiocaesium in the food chain. Plant and Soil, 249(1), 177-186. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1022593307224

Caesium (Cs) is an alkali metal with chemical properties similar to potassium (K). It has no known role in plant nutrition and it is not toxic to plants at the micromolar concentrations occurring naturally in soil solutions. However, two radioisotope... Read More about Selecting plants to minimise radiocaesium in the food chain.

Human mitochondrial and cytosolic branched-chain aminotransferases are cysteine S-conjugate β-lyases, but turnover leads to inactivation (2003)
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Cooper, A. J. L., Bruschi, S. A., Conway, M., & Hutson, S. M. (2003). Human mitochondrial and cytosolic branched-chain aminotransferases are cysteine S-conjugate β-lyases, but turnover leads to inactivation. Biochemical Pharmacology, 65(2), 181-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-2952%2802%2901513-7

The mitochondrial and cytosolic branched-chain aminotransferases (BCATm and BCATc) are homodimers in the fold type IV class of pyridoxal 5′-phosphate-containing enzymes that also contains D-amino acid aminotransferase and 4-amino-4-deoxychorismate ly... Read More about Human mitochondrial and cytosolic branched-chain aminotransferases are cysteine S-conjugate β-lyases, but turnover leads to inactivation.

Topology: A novel method to describe branching patterns in Peronospora viciae colonies (2003)
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Johnston, M. A., Ott, A., Spencer-Phillips, P. T., & Willey, N. (2003). Topology: A novel method to describe branching patterns in Peronospora viciae colonies. Mycological Research, 107(10), 1123-1131. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0953756203008384

Topology provides a novel means to describe branching patterns and has not been applied to fungal colonies previously. For any branched structure, various topologies are possible, and these lie between two extremes, a herringbone pattern (main axis w... Read More about Topology: A novel method to describe branching patterns in Peronospora viciae colonies.

Screen-printed electrochemical sensors for monitoring metal pollutants (2003)
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Honeychurch, K. C., & Hart, J. P. (2003). Screen-printed electrochemical sensors for monitoring metal pollutants. Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 22(7), 456-469. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-9936%2803%2900703-9

This review describes current developments in the design and fabrication of disposable screen-printed sensors for the electrochemical determination of trace metals in biological, environmental and industrial samples. Specific emphasis is placed on se... Read More about Screen-printed electrochemical sensors for monitoring metal pollutants.

Rapid and direct determination of tryptophan in water using synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy (2003)
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Reynolds, D. M. (2003). Rapid and direct determination of tryptophan in water using synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy. Water Research, 37(13), 3055-3060. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0043-1354%2803%2900153-2

Water samples from lakes situated in and around the area of Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, were analysed using synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy and HPLC. The spectra revealed a major emission peak (λemm) at 340nm corresponding... Read More about Rapid and direct determination of tryptophan in water using synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy.

Bile metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in European eels Anguilla anguilla from United Kingdom estuaries (2003)
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Ruddock, P. J., Bird, D. J., McEvoy, J., & Peters, L. D. (2003). Bile metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in European eels Anguilla anguilla from United Kingdom estuaries. Science of the Total Environment, 301(1-3), 105-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697%2802%2900292-9

A total of 94 European eels (Anguilla anguilla) were collected from five estuaries in the UK. The deconjugated metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the bile of the eels were separated using HPLC. Six PAH metabolites were identifi... Read More about Bile metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in European eels Anguilla anguilla from United Kingdom estuaries.

Soil availability, plant uptake and soil to plant transfer of 99Tc - A review (2003)
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Bennett, R., & Willey, N. (2003). Soil availability, plant uptake and soil to plant transfer of 99Tc - A review. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 65(2), 215-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0265-931X%2802%2900098-X

The fission yield of 99Tc from 239Pu and 235U is similar to that of 137Cs or 90Sr and it is therefore an important component of nuclear weapons fall-out, nuclear waste and releases from nuclear facilities. There is particular current interest in 99Tc... Read More about Soil availability, plant uptake and soil to plant transfer of 99Tc - A review.

Cytochrome c, Glutathione, and the Possible Role of Redox Potentials in Apoptosis (2003)
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Neill, S. J., Hancock, J. T., & Desikan, R. (2003). Cytochrome c, Glutathione, and the Possible Role of Redox Potentials in Apoptosis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1010(Apopto), 446-448. https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1299.081

The redox environment of the cell is now thought to be extremely important to control the activity of many proteins. During apoptosis, the intracellular redox potential (Eh) becomes more positive, with possible consequences for the mechanisms of apop... Read More about Cytochrome c, Glutathione, and the Possible Role of Redox Potentials in Apoptosis.

Sensors/biosensors, based on screen-printing technology for biomedical applications (2003)
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Ryan, S. L., Hart, J. P., Abass, A., Honeychurch, K. C., Pemberton, R., & Wedge, R. (2003). Sensors/biosensors, based on screen-printing technology for biomedical applications. Indian Journal of Chemistry.section A.inorganic, Physical, Theoretical && Analytical, 42A(4), 709-718

This article describes three recent developments from our laboratory, in which screen-printed carbon electrodes have been modified in order to develop sensors/biosensors for analytes of biomedical importance. The analytical applications described are... Read More about Sensors/biosensors, based on screen-printing technology for biomedical applications.

Nitrogen leaching losses under a less intensive farming and environment (LIFE) integrated system (2003)
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Webster, C., Conway, J., Crew, A. P., & Goulding, K. (2003). Nitrogen leaching losses under a less intensive farming and environment (LIFE) integrated system. Soil Use and Management, 19(1), 36-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2003.tb00277.x

Less Intensive Farming and Environment (LIFE) management is a form of integrated farming which aims to meet farming's economic and environmental requirements. We used a farm-scale LIFE demonstration to measure nitrogen (N) leaching losses over a 6 ye... Read More about Nitrogen leaching losses under a less intensive farming and environment (LIFE) integrated system.

A prototype sensor system for the early detection of microbially linked spoilage in stored wheat grain (2003)
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Gunson, H., de Lacy Costello, B., Ratcliffe, N. M., Ewen, R. J., Sivanand, P. S., & Spencer-Phillips, P. T. (2003). A prototype sensor system for the early detection of microbially linked spoilage in stored wheat grain. Measurement Science and Technology, 14(4), 397-409. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/14/4/301

Sensors based on composites of metal oxides were fabricated and tested extensively under high-humidity and high-flow conditions with exposure to vapours reported to increase in the headspace of wheat grain (Triticum aestivum cv Hereward) colonized by... Read More about A prototype sensor system for the early detection of microbially linked spoilage in stored wheat grain.