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Journal articles
2021, 'Genetic screening reveals phospholipid metabolism as a key regulator of the biosynthesis of the redox-active lipid coenzyme Q', Redox Biology, 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2021.102127
,2020, 'Stress and ageing in yeast', FEMS Yeast Research, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsyr/foz085
,2018, 'Guidelines and recommendations on yeast cell death nomenclature', Microbial Cell, 5, pp. 4 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.15698/mic2018.01.607
,2018, 'A potential novel pathway to regulate cellular concentrations of the redox-active lipid coenzyme Q', Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 120, pp. S71 - S71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.04.236
,2016, 'Ian dawes-the third pope-lucky to be a researcher', FEMS Yeast Research, 16, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsyr/fow040
,2016, 'CDP-diacylglycerol synthases regulate the growth of lipid droplets and adipocyte development', Journal of Lipid Research, 57, pp. 767 - 780, http://dx.doi.org/10.1194/jlr.M060574
,2016, 'What Regulates the Cellular Content of the Redox-Active Lipid Coenzyme Q?', Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 100, pp. S72 - S72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.10.185
,2014, 'Transcriptional and antioxidative responses to endogenous polyunsaturated fatty acid accumulation in yeast', Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11010-014-2229-6
,2014, 'Genome-wide analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae identifies cellular processes affecting intracellular aggregation of Alzheimer's amyloid-β42: Importance of lipid homeostasis', Molecular Biology of the Cell, 25, pp. 2235 - 2249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E13-04-0216
,2014, 'Actin - a biosensor that determines cell fate in yeasts', FEMS Yeast Research, 14, pp. 89 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1567-1364.12119
,2013, 'Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes involved in survival of heat shock', G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 3, pp. 2321 - 2333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/g3.113.007971
,2013, 'Cellular redox homeostasis, reactive oxygen species and replicative ageing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae', FEMS Yeast Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1567-1364.12114
,2013, 'Cellular responses to L-serine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: roles of general amino acid control, compartmentalization and aspartate synthesis', FEMS Yeast Research
,2013, 'Distinct redox regulation in subcellular compartments in response to various stress conditions', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. Article number e65240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065240
,2013, 'Maintenance of mitochondrial morphology by autophagy and its role in high glucose effects on chronological lifespan of Saccharomyces cerevisiae', Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2013, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/636287
,2013, 'Oxidative stress and neurodegeneration: the yeast model system', Frontiers in Bioscience, 18, pp. 1174 - 1193, http://dx.doi.org/10.2741/4171
,2013, 'Superoxide radicals have a protective role during H2O2 stress', Molecular Biology of the Cell, 24, pp. 2876 - 2884, http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E13-01-0052
,2013, 'The AAA ATPase VPS4/SKD1 regulates endosomal cholesterol trafficking independently of ESCRT-III.', Traffic, 14, pp. 107 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tra.12015
,2012, 'The Endosomal protein-sorting receptor sortilin has a role in trafficking α-1 antitrypsin', Genetics, 192, pp. 889 - 903, http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.112.143487
,2012, 'A genome-wide screen in yeast identifies specific oxidative stress genes required for the maintenance of sub-cellular redox homeostasis', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. e44278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044278
,2012, 'Accumulation of squalene is associated with the clustering of lipid droplets.', FEBS Journal, 279, pp. 4231 - 4244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/febs.12015
,2012, 'Redox control of cell proliferation', Trends in Cell Biology, 22, pp. 592 - 601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcb.2012.08.002
,2011, 'A role for phosphatidic acid in the formation of “supersized” lipid droplets', PLOS Genetics, 7, pp. e1002201 1 - e1002201 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002201
,2011, 'An antioxidant screening assay based on oxidant-induced cell cycle arrest in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.', FEMS Yeast Research, 11, pp. 379 - 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1567-1364.2011.00726.x
,2011, 'Cell cycle sensing of oxidative stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by oxidation of a specific cysteine residue in the transcription factor Swi6p', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286, pp. 5204 - 5214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.172973
,2011, 'Changes in reactive oxygen species begin early during replicative aging of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells', Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 50, pp. 963 - 970, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.01.013
,2011, 'The yeast homolog of heme oxygenase-1 affords cellular antioxidant protection via the transcriptional regulation of known antioxidant genes.', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286, pp. 2205 - 2214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.187062
,2010, 'PI3K(p110á) protects against myocardial infarction-induced heart failure: Identification of PI3K-regulated miRNAs and mRNAs', Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 30, pp. 724 - 732, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.109.201988
,2010, 'Quantitation of (a)symmetric inheritance of functional and of oxidatively damaged mitochondrial aconitase in the cell division of old yeast mother cells', Experimental Gerontology, 45, pp. 533 - 542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2010.03.016
,2010, 'The critical role of glutathione in maintenance of the mitochondrial genome', Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 49, pp. 1956 - 1968, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.09.023
,2010, 'The lipophilic antioxidants alpha-tocopherol and coenzyme Q10 reduce the replicative lifespan of Saccharomyces cerevisiae', Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 49, pp. 237 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.04.008
,2010, 'The thioredoxin-thioredoxin reductase system can function in vivo as an alternative system to reduce oxidized glutathione in Saccharomyces cerevisiae', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285, pp. 6118 - 6126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbcM109.062844
,2010, 'Thioredoxins function as deglutathionylase enzymes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae', BMC Biochemistry, 11, pp. 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2091-11-3
,2009, 'Gene-expression profiling of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in sepsis', Critical Care Medicine, 37, pp. 882 - 888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819b52fd
,2009, 'Avoiding unscheduled transcription in shared promoters: Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sum1p represses the divergent gene pair SPS18-SPS19 through a midsporulation element (MSE)', FEMS Yeast Research, 9, pp. 821 - 831
,2009, 'Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase and NADP(H)homeostasis are required for tolerance of endoplasmic reticulum stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae', Molecular Biology of the Cell, 20, pp. 1493 - 1508
,2009, 'Essential role of one-carbon metabolism and Gcn4p and Bas1p transcriptional regulators during adaptation to anaerobic growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284, pp. 11205 - 11215
,2009, 'Gene-expression profiling of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in sepsis', Critical Care Medicine, 37, pp. 2324
,2009, 'Genetic basis of arsenite and cadmium tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae', BMC Genomics, 10
,2009, 'Population structure of Helicobacter pylori among ethnic groups in Malaysia: Recent acquisition of the bacterium by the Malay population', BMC Microbiology, 9, pp. 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-126
,2009, 'Response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to stress-free acidification', Journal of Microbiology, 47, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12275-008-0167-2
,2009, 'Zinc starvation induces a stress response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that is mediated by the Msn2p and Msn4p transcriptional activators.', FEMS Yeast Research, 9, pp. 1187 - 1195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00557.x
,2008, 'Adaptation to hydrogen peroxide in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: The role of NADPH-generating systems and the SKN7 transcription factor', Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 44, pp. 1131 - 1145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.12.008
,2008, 'Caspase-dependent and -independent lipotoxic cell-death pathways in fission yeast', Journal of Cell Science, 121, pp. 2671 - 2684, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jcs.028977
,2008, 'Gene-expression profiling of Gram-positive and Gram-negative sepsis in critically ill patients', Critical Care Medicine, 36, pp. 1125 - 1128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b0013e3181692c0b
,2008, 'Insight into the selectivity of arsenic trioxide for acute promyelocytic leukemia cells by characterizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae deletion strains that are sensitive or resistant to the metalloid', International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 40, pp. 1016 - 1029, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2007.11.002
,2008, 'Mitochondrial Iba57p is required for Fe/S cluster formation on aconitase and activation of radical SAM enzymes', Molecular and Cellular Biology, 28, pp. 1851 - 1861, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MCB.01963-07
,2008, 'Oxidant-induced cell-cycle delay in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: the involvement of the SWI6 transcription factor', FEMS Yeast Research, 8, pp. 386 - 399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1567-1364.2007.00349.x
,2008, 'Plasma membrane electron transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae depends on the presence of mitochondrial respiratory subunits', FEMS Yeast Research, 8, pp. 897 - 905
,2008, 'Reactive oxygen species and yeast apoptosis', Biochimica et Biophysica ACTA - Molecular Cell Research, 1783, pp. 1354 - 1368
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