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Nanotoxicity. (2011)
Book Chapter
Hutchison, G. R., & Malone, E. M. (2011). Nanotoxicity. In B. Booß-Bavnbek, B. Klösgen, J. Larsen, F. Pociot, & E. Renström (Eds.), Systems Biology of Regulated Exocytosis in Pancreatic β-Cells (419-434). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6956-9_18

Nanotechnology, including the field of nanomedicine, promises to revolutionise/improve the way in which we live our lives. This atomic, molecular and macromolecular technology will introduce nanoparticles into our environment and our daily routine. I... Read More about Nanotoxicity..

Determination of the swing technique characteristics and performance outcome relationship in golf driving for low handicap female golfers (2011)
Journal Article
Brown, S., Nevill, A. M., Monk, S. A., Otto, S. R., Selbie, W. S., & Wallace, E. S. (2011). Determination of the swing technique characteristics and performance outcome relationship in golf driving for low handicap female golfers. Journal of Sports Sciences, 29, 1483-1491. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2011.605161

Previous studies on the kinematics of the golf swing have mainly focused on group analysis of male golfers of a wide ability range. In the present study, we investigated gross body kinematics using a novel method of analysis for golf research for a g... Read More about Determination of the swing technique characteristics and performance outcome relationship in golf driving for low handicap female golfers.

Ross and Wilson : Anatomy and physiology in health and illness. (11th edition). International edition (2010)
Book
Waugh, A., & Grant, A. (2010). Ross and Wilson : Anatomy and physiology in health and illness. (11th edition). International edition. Elsevier-Churchill Livingstone

Ross and Wilson has been the number one choice for over a million students since it first published, over 50 years ago. One of the world's most popular textbooks of anatomy and physiology, it introduces the structure and functions of the human body a... Read More about Ross and Wilson : Anatomy and physiology in health and illness. (11th edition). International edition.

A Novel p53 Phosphorylation Site within the MDM2 Ubiquitination Signal: II. A MODEL IN WHICH PHOSPHORYLATION AT SER269 INDUCES A MUTANT CONFORMATION TO p53. (2010)
Journal Article
Fraser, J. A., Madhumalar, A., Blackburn, E., Bramham, J., Walkinshaw, M. D., Verma, C., & Hupp, T. R. (2010). A Novel p53 Phosphorylation Site within the MDM2 Ubiquitination Signal: II. A MODEL IN WHICH PHOSPHORYLATION AT SER269 INDUCES A MUTANT CONFORMATION TO p53. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285, 37773-37786. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.143107

The p53 DNA-binding domain harbors a conformationally flexible multiprotein binding site that regulates p53 ubiquitination. A novel phosphorylation site exists within this region at Ser269, whose phosphomimetic mutation inactivates p53. The phosphomi... Read More about A Novel p53 Phosphorylation Site within the MDM2 Ubiquitination Signal: II. A MODEL IN WHICH PHOSPHORYLATION AT SER269 INDUCES A MUTANT CONFORMATION TO p53..

Regulation and Function of the Original p53- Inducible p21 Gene (2010)
Book Chapter
Fraser, J. A. (2010). Regulation and Function of the Original p53- Inducible p21 Gene. In p53; Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit (100-116). Springer Science + Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8231-5_7

P21 is a well known regulator of cell cycle progression through its inhibitory actions on Cyclin dependent kinases, (Cdk)/cyclin complexes, and DNA replication via its binding to proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). p21 also has a role in many... Read More about Regulation and Function of the Original p53- Inducible p21 Gene.

A Novel p53 Phosphorylation Site within the MDM2 Ubiquitination Signal: I. PHOSPHORYLATION AT SER269 IN VIVO IS LINKED TO INACTIVATION OF p53 FUNCTION. (2010)
Journal Article
Fraser, J. A., Vojtesek, B., & Hupp, T. R. (2010). A Novel p53 Phosphorylation Site within the MDM2 Ubiquitination Signal: I. PHOSPHORYLATION AT SER269 IN VIVO IS LINKED TO INACTIVATION OF p53 FUNCTION. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285, 37762-37772. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.143099

p53 is a thermodynamically unstable protein containing a conformationally flexible multiprotein docking site within the DNA-binding domain. A combinatorial peptide chip used to identify the novel kinase consensus site RXSΦ(K/D) led to the discovery o... Read More about A Novel p53 Phosphorylation Site within the MDM2 Ubiquitination Signal: I. PHOSPHORYLATION AT SER269 IN VIVO IS LINKED TO INACTIVATION OF p53 FUNCTION..

The Effect of Differing Shaft Dynamics on the Biomechanics of the Golf Swing (2010)
Thesis
Betzler, N. F. The Effect of Differing Shaft Dynamics on the Biomechanics of the Golf Swing. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3743

The role of the shaft in the golf swing has been the subject of scientific debate for many years but there is little consensus regarding the effects of altering shaft bending stiffness. The aim of this thesis was to determine and explain the effects... Read More about The Effect of Differing Shaft Dynamics on the Biomechanics of the Golf Swing.

Three-dimensional analysis of intracycle velocity fluctuations in frontcrawl swimming. (2010)
Journal Article
Psycharakis, S., Naemi, R., Connaboy, C., McCabe, C., & Sanders, R. (2010). Three-dimensional analysis of intracycle velocity fluctuations in frontcrawl swimming. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 20, 128-135. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.00891.x

The purpose of this study was to determine accurately the
magnitude and changes of intra-cycle velocity fluctuation
(Vfluc), maximum (Vmax) and minimum velocity (Vmin) of
the center of mass during a maximum 200m frontcrawl swim,
and to examine wh... Read More about Three-dimensional analysis of intracycle velocity fluctuations in frontcrawl swimming..

Ross and Wilson : Anatomy and physiology in health and illness. (10th edition). Korean translation (2009)
Book
Waugh, A., & Grant, A. (2009). Ross and Wilson : Anatomy and physiology in health and illness. (10th edition). Korean translation. Elsevier Korea

This title is unique among textbooks in its appeal to a wide range of healthcare professionals including nurses, nursing students, students in the allied health professions and complementary / alternative medicine, paramedics and ambulance technician... Read More about Ross and Wilson : Anatomy and physiology in health and illness. (10th edition). Korean translation.

The conserved metalloprotease invadolysin localizes to the surface of lipid droplets (2009)
Journal Article
Cobbe, N., Marshall, K. M., Rao, S. G., Chang, C.-W., Di Cara, F., Duca, E., Vass, S., Kassan, A., & Heck, M. M. (2009). The conserved metalloprotease invadolysin localizes to the surface of lipid droplets. Journal of Cell Science, 122(18), 3414-3423. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.044610

Invadolysin is a metalloprotease conserved in many different organisms, previously shown to be essential in Drosophila with roles in cell division and cell migration. The gene seems to be ubiquitously expressed and four distinct splice variants have... Read More about The conserved metalloprotease invadolysin localizes to the surface of lipid droplets.

Inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation by nippostrongylus brasiliensis larvae and excretory-secretory products (es) (2009)
Thesis
Zhao, M. Inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation by nippostrongylus brasiliensis larvae and excretory-secretory products (es). (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2549

Nippostrongylus brasiliensis is a rodent intestinal nematode with an important pulmonary migrating stage. Previous studies have observed a lack of TNF-α production and minimal recruitment of neutrophils, which led us to the belief that anti-inflammat... Read More about Inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation by nippostrongylus brasiliensis larvae and excretory-secretory products (es).

The alternative splice variant of DAPK-1, s-DAPK-1, induces proteasome-independent DAPK-1 destabilization. (2009)
Journal Article
Lin, Y., Stevens, C., Harrison, B., Pathuri, S., Amin, E., & Hupp, T. R. (2009). The alternative splice variant of DAPK-1, s-DAPK-1, induces proteasome-independent DAPK-1 destabilization. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 328(1-2), 101-107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-009-0079-4

Death-associated protein kinase 1 (DAPK-1) is a Ca2+/CaM-regulated kinase involved in multiple cellular signalling pathways that trigger cell survival, apoptosis, and autophagy. An alternatively spliced product expressed from the dapk1 locus, named s... Read More about The alternative splice variant of DAPK-1, s-DAPK-1, induces proteasome-independent DAPK-1 destabilization..

Investigating the frequency of senescent T lymphocytes with ageing, exercise and obesity (2008)
Thesis
Cosgrove, C. Investigating the frequency of senescent T lymphocytes with ageing, exercise and obesity. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2491

Cellular senescence is a state of permanent cell cycle arrest in which a cell is unable to further divide in response to normal growth stimuli. Telomere shortening, believed to be a mechanism of cellular senescence, is a result of numerous rounds of... Read More about Investigating the frequency of senescent T lymphocytes with ageing, exercise and obesity.

Expression of the GABA(A) receptor gamma4-subunit gene in discrete nuclei within the zebra finch song system (2008)
Journal Article
Thode, C., Guettinger, H. R., & Darlison, M. G. (2008). Expression of the GABA(A) receptor gamma4-subunit gene in discrete nuclei within the zebra finch song system. Neuroscience, 157, 143-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.08.057

The acquisition, production and maintenance of song by oscine birds is a form of audition-dependent learning that, in many ways, resembles the process by which humans learn to speak. In songbirds, the generation of structured song is determined by th... Read More about Expression of the GABA(A) receptor gamma4-subunit gene in discrete nuclei within the zebra finch song system.

Novel insights into DAPK autophagic signalling using peptide aptamer combinatorial protein-interaction screens (2008)
Journal Article
Stevens, C., & Hupp, T. R. (2008). Novel insights into DAPK autophagic signalling using peptide aptamer combinatorial protein-interaction screens. Autophagy, 4(4), 531-533. https://doi.org/10.4161/auto.5940

DAPK represents a relatively unique enzyme in the protein kinase superfamily whose major biological functions are linked to both autophagy and signal-mediated apoptosis. However, genetic studies have not yet uncovered how DAPK integrates into the cor... Read More about Novel insights into DAPK autophagic signalling using peptide aptamer combinatorial protein-interaction screens.

Effect of age on 16.1km time trial performance. (2008)
Journal Article
Balmer, J., Bird, S. R., Davison, R., & Lucia, A. (2008). Effect of age on 16.1km time trial performance. Journal of Sports Sciences, 26, 197-206. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640410701446901

In this study, we assessed the performance of trained senior (n = 6) and veteran (n = 6) cyclists (mean age 28 years, s = 3 and 57 years, s = 4 respectively). Each competitor completed two cycling tests, a ramped peak aerobic test and an indoor 16.1-... Read More about Effect of age on 16.1km time trial performance..