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Journal articles
2010, 'Affinity Purification of an Archaeal DNA Replication Protein Network', MBIO, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00221-10
,2010, 'Preliminary crystallography confirms that the archaeal DNA-binding and tryptophan-sensing regulator TrpY is a dimer', ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION F-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS, 66, pp. 1493 - 1495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1744309110036031
,2010, 'Deletion of Switch 3 Results in an Archaeal RNA Polymerase That Is Defective in Transcript Elongation', JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 285, pp. 23908 - 23915, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M109.094565
,2010, 'Thermococcus kodakarensis Genetics: TK1827-Encoded beta-Glycosidase, New Positive-Selection Protocol, and Targeted and Repetitive Deletion Technology', APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 76, pp. 1044 - 1052, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02497-09
,2010, 'Naval History and Joint Professional Military Education: a personal view', Australian Defence Force Journal, 2010, pp. 14 - 20
,2009, 'Archaeal Intrinsic Transcription Termination In Vivo', JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 191, pp. 7102 - 7108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.00982-09
,2009, 'Archaeal aIF2B Interacts with Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factors eIF2 alpha and eIF2B alpha: Implications for aIF2B Function and eIF2B Regulation', JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 392, pp. 701 - 722, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2009.07.030
,2009, 'The Fur iron regulator-like protein is cryptic in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis', FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS, 295, pp. 117 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01594.x
,2009, 'Nanoarchaeal Origin of Histone H3?', JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 191, pp. 1092 - 1096, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.01431-08
,2009, 'Masters of History: Three Students of Trinity College', Victorian Historical Journal, 80, pp. 76 - 90
,2008, 'Archaeal chromatin proteins histone HMtB and Alba have lost DNA-binding ability in laboratory strains of Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus', EXTREMOPHILES, 12, pp. 811 - 817, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00792-008-0185-3
,2008, 'Archaeal RNA polymerase subunits E and F are not required for transcription in vitro, but a Thermococcus kodakarensis mutant lacking subunit F is temperature-sensitive', MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, 70, pp. 623 - 633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06430.x
,2008, 'Shuttle vector expression in Thermococcus kodakaraensis: Contributions of cis elements to protein synthesis in a hyperthermophilic archaeon', APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 74, pp. 3099 - 3104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00305-08
,2008, 'TrpY regulation of trpB2 transcription in Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus', JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 190, pp. 2637 - 2641, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.01926-07
,2008, 'Polarity in archaeal operon transcription in Thermococcus kodakaraensis', JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 190, pp. 2244 - 2248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.01811-07
,2008, 'Deletion of the archaeal histone in Methanosarcina mazei Go1 results in reduced growth and genomic transcription', MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, 67, pp. 662 - 671, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06076.x
,2008, 'The Relevance of the Surface Warship as a Weapons System: An Australian View', Australian Defence Force Journal, 177, pp. 62 - 72
,2007, 'Spontaneous trpY mutants and mutational analysis of the TrpY archaeal transcription regulator', JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 189, pp. 4338 - 4342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.00164-07
,2007, 'Transcription and translation are coupled in archaea', MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 24, pp. 893 - 895, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msm007
,2007, 'TFB1 or TFB2 is sufficient for Thermococcus kodakaraensis viability and for basal transcription in vitro', JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 367, pp. 344 - 357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2006.12.069
,2007, 'Archaeal minichromosome maintenance (MCM) helicase can unwind DNA bound by archaeal histones and transcription factors', JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 282, pp. 4908 - 4915, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M606847200
,2006, 'Archaeal histones and the origin of the histone fold', CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY, 9, pp. 520 - 525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2006.08.003
,2006, 'Archaeal RNA polymerase is sensitive to intrinsic termination directed by transcribed and remote sequences', JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 355, pp. 196 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2005.10.062
,2005, 'Archaeal chromation proteins: different structures but common function?', CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY, 8, pp. 656 - 661, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2005.10.007
,2005, 'Biology, biochemistry and the molecular machinery of Archaea', CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY, 8, pp. 627 - 629, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2005.10.017
,2005, 'Is zygosity or chorionicity the main determinant of fetal outcome in twin pregnancies?', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 193, pp. 757 - 761, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2005.01.024
,2005, 'Regulation of tryptophan operon expression in the archaeon Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus', JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 187, pp. 6419 - 6429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.187.18.6419-6429.2005
,2005, 'Histones in Cenarchaea', JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 187, pp. 5482 - 5485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.187.15.5482-5485.2005
,2005, 'Endometriosis affects sperm-endosalpingeal interactions', HUMAN REPRODUCTION, 20, pp. 448 - 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deh606
,2005, 'Use of a restriction enzyme-digested PCR product as substrate for helicase assays', NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gni009
,2004, 'Transcription by Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus RNA polymerase in vitro releases archaeal transcription factor B but not TATA-box binding protein from the template DNA', JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 186, pp. 6306 - 6310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.186.18.6306-6310.2004
,2004, 'Transcription by an archaeal RNA polymerase is slowed but not blocked by an archaeal nucleosome', JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 186, pp. 3492 - 3498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.186.11.3492-3498.2004
,2004, 'Benjamin Valentine, Politician', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
,2004, 'Dudley Carleton, Diplomat and Letter Writer', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
,2004, 'Sir Miles Hobart, Politician', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
,2004, 'Valentine Pyne, Naval Officer and Soldier', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
,2004, 'William Coryton, Politician', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
,2004, 'William Strode, Politician', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
,2003, 'Conserved eukaryotic histone-fold residues substituted into an archaeal histone increase DNA affinity but reduce complex flexibility', JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 185, pp. 3453 - 3457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.185.11.3453-3457.2003
,2003, 'Molecular identification of Bacteria and Eukarya inhabiting an Antarctic cryoconite hole', EXTREMOPHILES, 7, pp. 177 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00792-002-0309-0
,2003, 'Archaeal chromatin and transcription', MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, 48, pp. 587 - 598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03439.x
,2003, 'Bacterial recovery from ancient glacial ice', ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 5, pp. 433 - 436, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00422.x
,2002, 'Archaeal histone tetramerization determines DNA affinity and the direction of DNA supercoiling', JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 277, pp. 30879 - 30886, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M203674200
,2002, 'Both DNA and histone fold sequences contribute to archaeal nucleosome stability', JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 277, pp. 9293 - 9301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110029200
,2002, 'The genome of M. acetivorans reveals extensive metabolic and physiological diversity', Genome Research, 12, pp. 532 - 542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gr.223902
,2001, 'Isolation of bacteria and 16S rDNAs from Lake Vostok accretion ice', ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 3, pp. 570 - 577, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1462-2920.2001.00226.x
,2001, 'TFE, an archaeal transcription factor in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum related to eucaryal transcription factor TFIIE alpha', JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 183, pp. 1813 - 1818, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.183.5.1813-1818.2001
,2001, 'George Yule: a Tribute by Some of his Friends', Parergon: Journal of the Australian & New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 18, pp. 11 - 18
,2000, 'Archaeal histone selection of nucleosome positioning sequences and the procaryotic origin of histone-dependent genome evolution (vol 303, pg 25, 2000)', JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 304, pp. 493 - 493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.2000.4221
,2000, 'Archaeal histone selection of nucleosome positioning sequences and the procaryotic origin of histone-dependent genome evolution', JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 303, pp. 25 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.2000.4128
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