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In utero androgen administration induces changes in gene expression and purkinje cell development in the cerebellum

Thesis
Wilson, L. M. In utero androgen administration induces changes in gene expression and purkinje cell development in the cerebellum. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8867
Steroids play a major role in the development of the CNS with those brain areas involved in sexual behaviour having been the focus of most neuroendocrine studies to date e.g. ...

Starvation/stationary phase survival of Rhodococcus erythropolis SQ1: a physiological and genetic analysis

Thesis
Fanget, N. V. J. Starvation/stationary phase survival of Rhodococcus erythropolis SQ1: a physiological and genetic analysis. (Thesis)
Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2432
Although the starvation or non-growth state is probably the most common physiological state of bacteria, it has been studied in relatively few organisms. In spite of its impor...

The theoretical approach to population genetics

Journal Article
Al Ghafri, M. K. (2018)
The theoretical approach to population genetics. Ology: Reviews in Applied Sciences, 1, 10-11. https://doi.org/10.14297/ras.v1i1.3
Population genetics is the study of gene variation within or between populations. It deals with the allele frequencies in a given population and the forces, which might change...

Characterisation of glutamine fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase (EC 2.6.1.16) and N-acetylglucosamine metabolism in Bifidobacterium

Journal Article
Aïssi, E., Foley, S., Stolarczyk, E., Mouni, F., Brassart, C., Vidal, O., …Krzewinski, F. (2008)
Characterisation of glutamine fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase (EC 2.6.1.16) and N-acetylglucosamine metabolism in Bifidobacterium. Archives of Microbiology, 189(2), 157-167. doi:10.1007/s00203-007-0307-9
Bifidobacterium bifidum, in contrast to other bifido-bacterial species, is auxotrophic for N-acetylglucosamine. Growth experiments revealed assimilation of radiolabelled N-ace...

Animated interval scatter-plot views for the exploratory analysis of large scale microarray time-course data.

Journal Article
Craig, P., Kennedy, J., & Cumming, A. (2005)
Animated interval scatter-plot views for the exploratory analysis of large scale microarray time-course data. Information Visualization, 4, 149-163. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ivs.9500101
Microarray technologies are a relatively new development that allow biologists to monitor the activity of thousands of genes (normally around 8,000) in parallel across multipl...

Molecular Analysis of the Replication Origin of the Lactococcus lactis Plasmid pCI305

Journal Article
Foley, S., Bron, S., Venema, G., Daly, C., & Fitzgerald, G. F. (1996)
Molecular Analysis of the Replication Origin of the Lactococcus lactis Plasmid pCI305. Plasmid, 36(2), 125-141. https://doi.org/10.1006/plas.1996.0040
The replication origin region, ori, of the Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis plasmid pCI305 contains three-and-one-half directly repeated 22-bp sequences and two inverted repea...

DNA-Binding Activity of the Streptococcus thermophilus Phage Sfi21 Repressor

Journal Article
Bruttin, A., Foley, S., & Brüssow, H. (2002)
DNA-Binding Activity of the Streptococcus thermophilus Phage Sfi21 Repressor. Virology, 303(1), 100-109. doi:10.1006/viro.2002.1574
The cloned Streptococcus thermophilus phage Sfi21 repressor open reading frame (orf) 127 gp protects a cell against superinfection with the homologous temperate, but not again...

Genomics, molecular genetics and the food industry

Journal Article
Pridmore, R., Crouzillat, D., Walker, C., Foley, S., Zink, R., Zwahlen, M., …Mollet, B. (2000)
Genomics, molecular genetics and the food industry. Journal of Biotechnology, 78(3), 251-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-1656%2800%2900202-9
The production of foods for an increasingly informed and selective consumer requires the coordinated activities of the various branches of the food chain in order to provide c...

Transcription Mapping as a Tool in Phage Genomics: The Case of the Temperate Streptococcus thermophilus Phage Sfi21

Journal Article
Ventura, M., Foley, S., Bruttin, A., Chennoufi, S. C., Canchaya, C., & Brüssow, H. (2002)
Transcription Mapping as a Tool in Phage Genomics: The Case of the Temperate Streptococcus thermophilus Phage Sfi21. Virology, 296(1), 62-76. doi:10.1006/viro.2001.1331
For the lytic growth cycle of the temperate cos-site Streptococcus thermophilus phage Sfi21 a transcription map was developed on the basis of systematic Northern blot hybridiz...

Unusual effects of benzodiazepines and cyclodiene insecticides on an expressed invertebrate GABAAreceptor

Journal Article
Zaman, S. H., Harvey, R. J., Barnard, E. A., & Darlison, M. G. (1992)
Unusual effects of benzodiazepines and cyclodiene insecticides on an expressed invertebrate GABAAreceptor. FEBS Letters, 307(3), 351-354. https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793%2892%2980711-o
We have previously reported [(1991) EMBO J. 10, 3239–3245] the sequence of an invertebrate γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) type A (GABAA) receptor polypeptide which forms homo‐olig...