Formation of /Nε-(carboxymethyI)lysine and loss of lysine in casein glucose-Fatty acid model systems (2010)
Journal Article

Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) and advanced lipoxidation 7nd-products (ALEs) form when proteins are heated with reducing sugar or lipid. Nε(Carboxymethyl)lysine (CML) is the most commonly studied AGE/ALE in foods, but the relative importance... Read More about Formation of /Nε-(carboxymethyI)lysine and loss of lysine in casein glucose-Fatty acid model systems.

Approaches to understanding, analysing and developing situation awareness (2010)
Journal Article

The term 'situation awareness' (SA) is still increasing in popularity in both ergonomics and other disciplines. A task-oriented systems perspective of SA is proposed from which conclusions flow concerning the task of 'achieving and maintaining SA'. T... Read More about Approaches to understanding, analysing and developing situation awareness.

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

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.

Upregulation of oxidative stress markers in human microvascular endothelial cells by complexes of serum albumin and digestion products of glycated casein (2009)
Journal Article

The extent of absorption of dietary advanced glycation end products (AGEs) is not fully known. The possible physiological impact of these absorbed components on inflammatory processes has been studied little and was the aim of this investigation. Aqu... Read More about Upregulation of oxidative stress markers in human microvascular endothelial cells by complexes of serum albumin and digestion products of glycated casein.

Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and signal crosstalk (2009)
Book Chapter

Fungal elicitor Pep-25 increases cytosolic calcium ions, H 2O2 production and activates the octadecanoid pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana (2009)
Journal Article

Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants expressing the protein aequorin were used to investigate the transient change in cytosolic calcium ions caused by stimulation through the fungal elicitor Pep-25. Our results show that the elicitor Pep-25 derived... Read More about Fungal elicitor Pep-25 increases cytosolic calcium ions, H 2O2 production and activates the octadecanoid pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Stochastic and deterministic processes jointly structure tropical arthropod communities (2009)
Journal Article

The question of whether ecological assemblages are structured by stochastic and deterministic (e.g. interspecific competition) processes is controversial, but it is difficult to design sampling regimes and experiments that can dissect the relative im... Read More about Stochastic and deterministic processes jointly structure tropical arthropod communities.

The perception of reactive oxygen species in plants: The road to signal transduction (2009)
Book Chapter

Pseudomonas syringae: Genomics provides important insights to secretion systems, effector genes and the evolution of virulence (2009)
Book Chapter

Tools to investigate reaction oxygen species-sensitive signaling proteins (2009)
Book Chapter

The thiols groups of cysteine residues on proteins are attractive oxidative targets for modification by reactive oxygen species, such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Such modification can lead to important cellular signaling processes that ultimately re... Read More about Tools to investigate reaction oxygen species-sensitive signaling proteins.

Differential requirement for NO during ABA-induced stomatal closure in turgid and wilted leaves (2009)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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.

Proteomic analysis of a compatible interaction between Pisum sativum (pea) and the downy mildew pathogen Peronospora viciae (2008)
Book Chapter

A proteomic approach was used to identify host proteins altering in abundance during Peronospora viciae infection of a susceptible cultivar of pea (Pisum sativum cv. Livioletta). Proteins were extracted from fully developed pea leaflets at 4 days pos... Read More about Proteomic analysis of a compatible interaction between Pisum sativum (pea) and the downy mildew pathogen Peronospora viciae.

Dietary glycated protein modulates the colonic microbiota towards a more detrimental composition in ulcerative colitis patients and non-ulcerative colitis subjects (2008)
Journal Article

Aim: To investigate the effect of native, heated and glycated bovine serum albumin (BSA) on the ulcerative colitis (UC) and non-UC colonic microbiota in vitro. Methods and Results: Continuous flow culture (CFC) models of the human colonic microbiota... Read More about Dietary glycated protein modulates the colonic microbiota towards a more detrimental composition in ulcerative colitis patients and non-ulcerative colitis subjects.

Antioxidant activity and protective effects of green and dark coffee components against human low density lipoprotein oxidation (2008)
Journal Article

The in vitro antioxidant activity and the protective effect against human low density lipoprotein oxidation of coffees prepared using different degrees of roasting was evaluated. Coffees with the highest amount of brown pigments (dark coffee) showed... Read More about Antioxidant activity and protective effects of green and dark coffee components against human low density lipoprotein oxidation.

The histidine kinase AHK5 integrates endogenous and environmental signals in Arabidopsis guard cells (2008)
Journal Article

Background: Stomatal guard cells monitor and respond to environmental and endogenous signals such that the stomatal aperture is continually optimised for water use efficiency. A key signalling molecule produced in guard cells in response to plant hor... Read More about The histidine kinase AHK5 integrates endogenous and environmental signals in Arabidopsis guard cells.

Violating the causal order of reported events (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Expression analysis of Arabidopsis vacuolar sorting receptor 3 reveals a putative function in guard cells (2008)
Journal Article

Vacuolar sorting receptors (VSRs) are responsible for the proper targeting of soluble cargo proteins to their destination compartments. The Arabidopsis genome encodes seven VSRs. In this work, the spatio-temporal expression of one of the members of t... Read More about Expression analysis of Arabidopsis vacuolar sorting receptor 3 reveals a putative function in guard cells.

Tools to investigate ROS sensitive signalling proteins (2008)
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The thiols groups of cysteine residues on proteins are attractive oxidative targets for modification by reactive oxygen species, such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Such modification can lead to important cellular signaling processes that ultimately re... Read More about Tools to investigate ROS sensitive signalling proteins.

Bird's nest ferns: Islands of biodiversity in the rainforest canopy (2008)
Journal Article