By Dr Anne Poljak

Journal articles

Siddiqui KS; Parkin DM; Curmi PM; De Francisci D; Poljak A; Barrow KD; Noble M; Trewhella J; Cavicchioli R, 2009, 'A novel approach for enhancing the catalytic efficiency of a protease at low temperature: Reduction in substrate inhibition by chemical modification', Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 103, pp. 676 - 686

Coumans J; Poljak A; Raftery MJ; Backhouse D; Pereg-Gerk L, 2009, 'Analysis of cotton (gossypium hirsutum) root proteomes during a compatible interaction with the black root rot fungus Thielaviopsis basicola', Proteomics, 9, pp. 335 - 349

Matayatsuk C; Poljak A; Bustamante S; Smythe GA; Kalpravidh R; Sirankapracha P; Fucharoen S; Wilairat P, 2007, 'Quantitative determination of ortho- and meta-tyrosine as biomarkers of protein oxidative damage in beta-thalassemia', Redox Report, 12, pp. 219 - 228

Giaquinto L; Curmi PM; Siddiqui KS; Poljak A; DeLong E; DasSarma S; Cavicchioli R, 2007, 'Structure and function of cold shock proteins in archaea', Journal of Bacteriology, 189, pp. 5738 - 5748

Poljak A; Sachdev P; Smythe GA, 2006, 'Causes and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: A proteomics approach', Current Proteomics, 3, pp. 81 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157016406778194635

Poljak A; Grant RS; Austin C; Jamie J; Willows R; Takikawa O; LittleJohn T; Truscott R; Walker M; Sachdev PS; Smythe GA, 2006, 'Inhibition of indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase activity by H2O2', Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 450, pp. 9 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2006.03.003

Siddiqui KS; Poljak A; Guilhaus M; De Francisci D; Curmi PM; Feller G; D Amico S; Gerday C; Uversky V; Cavicchioli R, 2006, 'Role of lysine versus arginine in enzyme cold-adaptation: Modifying lysine to homo-arginine stabilizes the cold-adapted alpha-amylase from Pseudoalteramonas haloplanktis', Proteins - Structure Function and Bioinformatics, 64, pp. 486 - 501

Cheung BB; Bell J; Raif A; Bohlken A; Yan J; Poljak A; Smith S; Lee M; Thomas WD; Kavallaris M; Norris MD; Haber M; Liu H; Zajchowski D; Marshall GM; bell , 2006, 'The estrogen-responsive B box protein is a novel regulator of the retinoid signal', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281, pp. 18246 - 18256

Siddiqui KS; Poljak A; Guilhaus M; Feller G; D Amico S; Gerday C; Cavicchioli R, 2005, 'Role of disulfide bridges in the activity and stability of a cold-active alpha-amylase', Journal of Bacteriology, 187, pp. 6206 - 6212

Siddiqui KS; Poljak A; Cavicchioli R, 2004, 'Improved activity and stability of alkaline phosphatases from psychrophilic and mesophilic organisms by chemically modifying aliphatic or amino groups using tetracarboxy-benzophenone derivatives', Cellular and Molecular Biology, 50, pp. 657 - 667

Poljak A; McLean CA; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Smythe GA, 2004, 'Quantification of Hemorphins in Alzheimer's disease brains', Journal of Neuroscience Research, 75, pp. 704 - 714, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jnr.20020

Smythe G; Poljak A; Bustamante S; Braga O; Maxwell A; Grant R; Perminder S, 2003, 'GC-MS analysis of picolinic and quinolinic acids and their amides in human plasma, CSF, and brain tissue', Developments in Tryptophan and Serotonin Metabolism, 527, pp. 705 - 712

Van Dyk DD; Misztal DD; Wilkins MR; Poljak A; Mackintosh JA; Varnai JC; Teber E; Walsh B; Gray PP, 2003, 'Identification of cellular changes associated with increased production of human growth hormone in a recombinant Chinese hamster ovary cell line.', Proteomics, 3, pp. 147 - 156

Stanley S; Poljak A, 2003, 'Matrix-assisted laser-desorption time-of flight ionisation and high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionisation mass spectral analyses of two glycosylated recombinant epoetins.', Journal of Chromatography B - Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences, 785, pp. 205 - 218

Poljak A; Dawes IW; Ingelse BA; Duncan MW; Smythe GA; Grant CM, 2003, 'Oxidative damage to proteins in yeast cells exposed to adaptive levels of H2O2', Redox Report, 8, pp. 371 - 377

Zoellner H; Hou JY; Hochgrebe T; Poljak A; Duncan MW; Golding J; Henderson T; Lynch G, 2001, 'Fluorometric and Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Nonenzymatic Glycosylated Albumin', Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, pp. 83 - 89

Davies SM; Poljak A; Duncan MW; Smythe GA; Murphy MP, 2001, 'Measurements of protein carbonyls, ortho- and meta-tyrosine and oxidative phosphorylation complex activity in mitochondria from young and old rats', Free Radical Biology and Medicine, pp. 181 - 190

Duncan MW; Phamphlet R; Gurney M, 2000, 'Measurement of o- and m-tyrosine as markers of oxidative damage in motor neuron disease', Redox Report, pp. 137 - 140

Duncan MW; Poljak A, 1998, 'Amino Acid Analysis of Peptides and Proteins on the Femtomole Scale by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry', Analytical Chemistry, pp. 890 - 896

Cordwell SJ; Wasinger VC; Poljak A; Duncan MW; Humphery-Smith I, 1997, 'Conserved motifs as the basis for recognition of homologous proteins across species boundaries using peptide-mass fingerprinting', Journal of Mass Spectrometry, pp. 370 - 380

Poljak A; Lahnstein J; Mason KE; Smythe GA; Duncan MW, 1997, 'Mass spectrometric identification and quantification of hemorphins extracted from human adrenal and pheochromocytoma tissue', Journal of Neurochemistry, pp. 1712 - 1719

Cordwell SJ; Wilkins MR; Poljak A; Gooley AA; Duncan MW; Williams KM; Humphery-Smith I, 1995, 'Cross-species identification of proteins separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and amino acid composition', Electrophoresis, 16, pp. 438 - 443

Wasinger VC; Cordwell SJ; Poljak A; Yan JX; Gooley AA; Wilkins MR; Duncan MW; Harris RI; Williams KM; Humphery-Smith I, 1995, 'Progress with gene-product mapping of the mollicutes: mycroplasma genitalium', Electrophoresis, 16, pp. 1090 - 1094

Poljak A; Jenkins A; Duncan MW, 1995, 'Recovery of peptides and proteins following matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry', Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, pp. 233 - 239

Cerpa-Poljak A; Bishop LA; Hort YJ; Chin CKH; Dekroon R; Mahler SM; Smith GM; Stuart MC; Schofield PR, 1993, 'Isoelectric charge of recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone isoforms determines receptor affinity and in vitro bioactivity', Endocrinology, 132, pp. 351 - 356

Duncan MW; Matanovic G; Poljak A, 1993, 'Quantitative analysis of low molecular weight compounds of biological interest by matrix‐assisted laser desorption ionization', Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 7, pp. 1090 - 1094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm.1290071207

Cerpa-Poljak A; Bishop LA; Hort YJ; Chin CK; DeKroon R; Mahler SM; Smith GM; Stuart MC; Schofield PR, 1993, 'Isoelectric charge of recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone isoforms determines receptor affinity and in vitro bioactivity.', Endocrinology, 132, pp. 351 - 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/endo.132.1.8419133

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