School of Biomedical Sciences

Drain, Stephen, Catherwood, Mark A., Bjourson, AJ, Drake, Mary B., Kettle, Paul J. and Alexander, H. Denis (2012) Neither P-gp SNP variants, P-gp expression nor functional P-gp activity predicts MDR in a preliminary study of plasma cell myeloma. Cytometry Part B: Clinical Cytometry, TBC. pp. n/a.

McGeough, Cathy M., Berrar, Daniel, Wright, Gary, Mathews, Clare, Gilmore, Paula, Cunningham, Rodat T. and Bjourson, AJ (2011) Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor and human leukocyte antigen-C genotypes in rheumatoid arthritis primary responders and non-responders to anti-TNF-α therapy. Rheumatology International, TBC.

Drain, Stephen, Flannely, Louise, Drake, Mary B., Kettle, Paul, Orr, Nick, Bjourson, AJ, Catherwood, Mark A. and Alexander, H. Denis (2011) Multidrug resistance gene expression and ABCB1 SNPs in plasma cell myeloma. Leukemia Research, 35 (11). pp. 1457-1463.

Bjourson, AJ, Berrar, Daniel and McErlean, Seona (2010) METHOD OF STRATIFYING BREAST CANCER PATIENTS BASED ON GENE EXPRESSION.Professor Anthony Bjourson (2010) METHOD OF STRATIFYING BREAST CANCER PATIENTS BASED ON GENE EXPRESSION.

Bjourson, AJ, Berrar, Daniel and McGeough, Cathy (2009) USE OF KIR GENES FOR PREDICTING RESPONSE TO THERAPY.Professor Anthony Bjourson (2009) USE OF KIR GENES FOR PREDICTING RESPONSE TO THERAPY.

Thompson, Alan Hunter, Bjourson, AJ, Orr, David Francis, Shaw, Chris and McClean, Stephen (2007) Amphibian skin secretomics: Application of parallel quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry and peptide precursor cDNA cloning to rapidly characterize the skin secretory peptidome of Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis azurea: Discovery of a novel peptide family, the hyposins. JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH, 6 (9). pp. 3604-3613.

Thompson, Alan Hunter, Bjourson, AJ, Orr, David Francis, Shaw, Chris and McClean, Stephen (2007) A combined mass spectrometric and cDNA sequencing approach to the isolation and characterization of novel antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretions of Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis azurea. PEPTIDES, 28 (7). pp. 1331-1343.

Boukli, N. M., Sunderasan, E., Bartsev, A., Hochstrasser, D., Perret, X., Bjourson, AJ, Krause, A. and Broughton, W. J. (2007) Early legume responses to inoculation with Rhizobium sp NGR234. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 164 (6). pp. 794-806.

Zhou, J. W., Bjourson, AJ, Coulter, Danny, Chen, T. B., Shaw, C., O'Rourke, M., Hirst, D. G., Zhang, Y. N., Rao, P. F. and McClean, Stephen (2007) Bradykinin-related peptides, including a novel structural variant, (Val(1))-bradykinin, from the skin secretion of Guenther's frog, Hylarana guentheri and their molecular precursors. Peptides, 28 (4). pp. 781-789.

Zhou, Jianwu, Mcclean, Stephen, Thompson, Alan, Zhang, Yang, Shaw, Chris, Rao, Pingfan and Bjourson, AJ (2006) Purification and characterization of novel antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretion of Hylarana guentheri. PEPTIDES, 27 (12). pp. 3077-3084.

Thompson, Alan Hunter, Bjourson, AJ, Shaw, Chris and McClean, Stephen (2006) Bradykinin-related peptides from Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis azurea: mass spectrometric structural characterisation and cloning of precursor cDNAs. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY, 20 (24). pp. 3780-3788.

Falchi, A, Scott, N, Hayes, VEA, Barnett, YA, Garstin, I, Logan, P, Morrison, PJ and Bjourson, AJ (2005) Analysis of BRCA2 point mutations and exon deletions/amplifications in breast and breast/ovarian cancer families . In: Meeting of the International-Society-for-Cellular-Oncology . Cellular Oncology. Vol 27 (2), 100-101

Chen, TB, Orr, DF, O'Rourke, M, McLynn, C, Bjourson, AJ, McClean, Stephen, Hirst, D, Rao, PF and Shaw, C (2004) Pachymedusa dacnicolor tryptophyllin-1: structural characterization, pharmacological activity and cloning of precursor cDNA. REGULATORY PEPTIDES, 117 (1). pp. 25-32.

Chen, TB, Folan, R, Kwok, HF, O'Kane, EJ, Bjourson, AJ and Shaw, C (2003) Isolation of scorpion (Androctonus amoreuxi) putative alpha neurotoxins and parallel cloning of their respective cDNAs from a single sample of venom. REGULATORY PEPTIDES, 115 (2). pp. 115-121.

Li, L, Bjourson, AJ, He, JY, Cai, GX, Rao, PF and Shaw, C (2003) Bradykinins and their cDNA from piebald odorous frog, Odorrana schmackeri, skin. PEPTIDES, 24 (6). pp. 863-872.

Chen, TB, Bjourson, AJ, McClean, Stephen, Orr, DF, O'Kane, EJ, Rao, PF and Shaw, C (2003) Cloning of maximakinin precursor cDNAs from Chinese toad, Bombina maxima, venom. PEPTIDES, 24 (6). pp. 853-861.

Chen, TB, Farragher, S, Bjourson, AJ, Orr, DF, Rao, P and Shaw, C (2003) Granular gland transcriptomes in stimulated amphibian skin secretions. BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 371 (Part 1). pp. 125-130.

Crockard, MA, Bjourson, AJ, Dazzo, FB and Cooper, JE (2002) A white clover nodulin gene, dd23b, encoding a cysteine cluster protein, is expressed in roots during the very early stages of interaction with Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii and after treatment with chitolipooligosaccharide Nod factors. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH, 115 (1122). pp. 439-447.

Chen, TB, Bjourson, AJ, Orr, DF, Kwok, H, Rao, PF, Ivanyi, C and Shaw, C (2002) Unmasking venom gland transcriptomes in reptile venoms. ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY, 311 (2). pp. 152-156.

Chen, TB, Orr, DF, Bjourson, AJ, McClean, Stephen, O'Rourke, M, Hirst, DG, Rao, PF and Shaw, C (2002) Bradykinins and their precursor cDNAs from the skin of the fire-bellied toad (Bombina orientalis). PEPTIDES, 23 (9). pp. 1547-1555.

Chen, TB, Orr, DF, Bjourson, AJ, McClean, Stephen, O'Rourke, M, Hirst, DG, Rao, PF and Shaw, C (2002) Novel bradykinins and their precursor cDNAs from European yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) skin. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY, 269 (18). pp. 4693-4700.

Kimber, MJ, Fleming, CC, Bjourson, AJ, Halton, DW and Maule, AG (2002) FMRFamide-related peptides in potato cyst nematodes (vol 116, pg 199, 2001). MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY, 120 (2). pp. 327-328.

Crockard, MA, Bjourson, AJ, Pulvirenti, MG and Cooper, JE (2001) Temporal and spatial expression analyses of TrEhod40, TrEnod5 and a novel early nodulin in white clover roots and nodules. PLANT SCIENCE, 161 (6). pp. 1161-1170.

Kimber, MJ, Fleming, CC, Bjourson, AJ, Halton, DW and Maule, AG (2001) FMRFamide-related peptides in potato cyst nematodes. MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY, 116 (2). pp. 199-208.

Meehan, C, Bjourson, AJ and McMullan, Geoffrey (2001) Paenibacillus azoreducens sp nov., a synthetic azo dye decolorizing bacterium from industrial wastewater. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 51 (Part 5). pp. 1681-1685.

Crockard, MA, Bjourson, AJ and Cooper, JE (1999) A new peroxidase cDNA from white clover: Its characterization and expression in root tissue challenged with homologous rhizobia, heterologous rhizobia, or Pseudomonas syringae. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS, 12 (9). pp. 825-828.

Creelan, JL, Bjourson, AJ, Meehan, BM and McCullough, SJ (1999) Characterisation of strain-specific sequences from an abortifacient strain of ovine Chlamydia psittaci using subtraction hybridisation. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS, 171 (1). pp. 17-25.

McKay, GJ, Brown, AE, Bjourson, AJ and Mercer, PC (1999) Molecular characterisation of Alternaria linicola and its detection in linseed. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY, 105 (2). pp. 157-166.

McGrattan, PD, Wylie, ARG and Bjourson, AJ (1998) A partial cDNA sequence of the ovine insulin receptor gene: evidence for alternative splicing of an exon 11 region and for tissue-specific regulation of receptor isoform expression in sheep muscle, adipose tissue and liver. JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, 159 (3). pp. 381-387.

Crockard, MA, Fulton, CE, Bjourson, AJ and Brown, AE (1998) Intron polymorphism in small subunit rDNA of Nectria galligena. MICROBIOLOGY-UK, 144 (Part 8). pp. 2367-2372.

Cooper, JE, Bjourson, AJ, Streit, W and Werner, D (1998) Isolation of unique nucleic acid sequences from rhizobia by genomic subtraction: Applications in microbial ecology and symbiotic gene analysis. PLANT AND SOIL, 204 (1). pp. 47-55.

Bjourson, AJ (1997) The nucleotide sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome VII. NATURE, 387 (6632, Suppl. S). pp. 81-84.

Perret, X, Fellay, R, Bjourson, AJ, Cooper, JE, Brenner, S and Broughton, WJ (1994) SUBTRACTION HYBRIDIZATION AND SHOT-GUN SEQUENCING - A NEW APPROACH TO IDENTIFY SYMBIOTIC LOCI. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 22 (8). pp. 1335-1341.

Wilson, IG, Gilmour, K, Cooper, JE, Bjourson, AJ and Harvey, J (1994) A NONISOTOPIC DNA HYBRIDIZATION ASSAY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS ISOLATED FROM FOODS. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY, 22 (1). pp. 43-54.

Streit, W, Bjourson, AJ, Cooper, JE and Werner, D (1993) APPLICATION OF SUBTRACTION HYBRIDIZATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RHIZOBIUM-LEGUMINOSARUM BIOVAR PHASEOLI AND RHIZOBIUM-TROPICI GROUP-SPECIFIC DNA-PROBE. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY, 13 (1). pp. 59-67.

Bjourson, AJ and Cooper, JE (1992) BAND-STAB PCR - A SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR THE PURIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL PCR PRODUCTS. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 20 (17). pp. 4675.

Bjourson, AJ, Stone, CE and Cooper, JE (1992) COMBINED SUBTRACTION HYBRIDIZATION AND POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION AMPLIFICATION PROCEDURE FOR ISOLATION OF STRAIN-SPECIFIC RHIZOBIUM DNA-SEQUENCES. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 58 (7). pp. 2296-2301.

Bjourson, AJ and Cooper, JE (1988) ISOLATION OF RHIZOBIUM-LOTI STRAIN-SPECIFIC DNA-SEQUENCES BY SUBTRACTION HYBRIDIZATION. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 54 (11). pp. 2852-2855.

Wood, M, Cooper, JE and Bjourson, AJ (1988) RESPONSE OF LOTUS RHIZOBIA TO ACIDITY AND ALUMINUM IN LIQUID CULTURE AND IN SOIL. PLANT AND SOIL, 107 (2). pp. 227-231.

Cooper, JE, Bjourson, AJ and Thompson, JK (1987) Identification of Lotus Rhizobia by Direct DNA Hybridization of Crushed Root-nodules. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 53 (7). pp. 1705-1707.

Cooper, JE, Wood, M and Bjourson, AJ (1985) NODULATION OF LOTUS-PEDUNCULATUS IN ACID ROOTING SOLUTION BY FAST-GROWING AND SLOW-GROWING RHIZOBIA. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, 17 (4). pp. 487-492.