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Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 11 November 2016 Crick labsTony HolderMike BlackmanFull details Host cell remodeling by pathogens: the exomembrane system in Plasmodium-infected erythrocytes Authors (2) Emma S Sherling Christiaan van Ooij FEMS Microbiology Reviews Published 1 September 2016 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details Development and application of a simple plaque assay for the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum Authors (8) James A Thomas Christine R Collins Sujaan Das Fiona Hackett Arnault GraindorgeDonald BellEdgar Deu SandovalMichael Blackman PLOS ONE Published 22 June 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesEdgar DeuMike BlackmanLight MicroscopyFull details Normocyte-binding protein required for human erythrocyte invasion by the zoonotic malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi Authors (17) Robert W Moon Hazem Sharaf Claire H Hastings Yung Shwen Ho Mridul B Nair Zineb Rchiad[...] Neil Almond Yee Ling Lau Arnab PainMichael BlackmanAnthony Holder Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 28 June 2016 Crick labsTony HolderMike BlackmanFull details A versatile strategy for rapid conditional genome engineering using loxP sites in a small synthetic intron in Plasmodium falciparum Authors (6) Matthew L Jones Sujaan DasHugo Belda Christine R CollinsMichael BlackmanMoritz Treeck Scientific Reports Published 19 February 2016 Crick labsMoritz TreeckMike BlackmanFull details In silico study of subtilisin-like protease 1 (SUB1) from different Plasmodium species in complex with peptidyl-difluorostatones and characterization of potent pan-SUB1 inhibitors Authors (8) Simone Brogi Simone Giovani Margherita Brindisi Sandra Gemma Ettore Novellino Giuseppe CampianiMichael Blackman Stefania Butini Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling Published 1 March 2016 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details Fragment-based discovery of 2-aminoquinazolin-4(3H)-ones as novel class nonpeptidomimetic inhibitors of the plasmepsins I, II, and IV Authors (12) Dace Rasina Martins Otikovs Janis Leitans Rosario Recacha Oleksandr V Borysov Iveta Kanepe-Lapsa[...] Teodors Pantelejevs Kaspars TarsMichael Blackman Kristaps Jaudzems Aigars Jirgensons Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Published 14 January 2016 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details A spiral scaffold underlies cytoadherent knobs in Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes Authors (9) Jean M Watermeyer Victoria L Hale Fiona Hackett Daniel K Clare Erin E Cutts Ioannis Vakonakis Roland A FleckMichael Blackman Helen R Saibil Blood Published 21 January 2016 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details Processing of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein MSP1 activates a spectrin-binding function enabling parasite egress from RBCs Authors (14) Sujaan Das Nadine HertrichAbigail PerrinChrislaine Withers-Martinez Christine R Collins Matthew L Jones[...] Helen R Saibil Gavin J WrightMoritz Treeck Christian EppMichael Blackman Cell Host & Microbe Published 14 October 2015 Crick labs/ facilitiesMoritz TreeckMike BlackmanStructural BiologyFull details Carbamoyl triazoles, known serine protease inhibitors, are a potent new class of antimalarials Authors (23) Matthew McConville Jorge Fernández Íñigo Angulo-Barturen Noemi Bahamontes-Rosa Lluis Ballell-Pages Pablo Castañeda[...] Giancarlo A Biagini Neil G BerryMichael Blackman Félix Calderón Paul M O'Neill Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Published 27 August 2015 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details Conditional U1 gene silencing in Toxoplasma gondii Authors (11) Manuela S Pieperhoff Gurman S Pall Elena Jiménez-Ruiz Sujaan Das Carmen Melatti Matthew Gow Eleanor H Wong Joanne Heng Sylke MüllerMichael Blackman Markus Meissner PLOS ONE Published 19 June 2015 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details Plasmodium falciparum subtilisin-like protease 1: discovery of potent difluorostatone-based inhibitors Authors (9) Simone Giovani Maria Penzo Stefania Butini Margherita Brindisi Sandra Gemma Ettore Novellino Giuseppe CampianiMichael Blackman Simone Brogi RSC Advances Published 19 February 2015 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details Plasmodium falciparum SERA5 plays a non-enzymatic role in the malarial asexual blood-stage lifecycle Authors (11) Robert Stallmach Manoli KavishwarChrislaine Withers-Martinez Fiona Hackett Christine R Collins Steven A Howell Sharon YeohEllen Knuepfer Avshalom J AtidAnthony HolderMichael Blackman Molecular Microbiology Published 1 April 2015 Crick labs/ facilitiesTony HolderMike BlackmanProteomicsFull details Quinoxaline-based inhibitors of malarial protease PfSUB1 Authors (7) SS Kher M Penzo S Fulle JP Ebejer PW FinnMichael Blackman A Jirgensons Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds Published 1 January 2015 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details Substrate derived peptidic α-ketoamides as inhibitors of the malarial protease PfSUB1 Authors (6) Samir S Kher Maria Penzo Simone Fulle Paul W FinnMichael Blackman Aigars Jirgensons Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters Published 7 August 2014 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details Rational design of the first difluorostatone-based PfSUB1 inhibitors Authors (10) Simone Giovani Maria Penzo Simone Brogi Margherita Brindisi Sandra Gemma Ettore Novellino Luisa SaviniMichael Blackman Giuseppe Campiani Stefania Butini Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters Published 23 May 2014 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details Plasmepsin inhibitory activity and structure-guided optimization of a potent hydroxyethylamine-based antimalarial hit Authors (12) K Jaudzems K Tars G Maurops N Ivdra M Otikovs J Leitans[...] I Domraceva I Mutule P TrapencierisMichael Blackman A Jirgensons ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters Published 1 April 2014 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details Cyclic nucleotide (cAMP and cGMP) assays and capture ELISA for quantitative analysis of Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage egress Authors (4) Fiona Hackett Christine R Collins Malcolm StrathMichael Blackman Bio-Protocol Published 5 March 2014 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details Human red blood cell-adapted Plasmodium knowlesi parasites: a new model system for malaria research Authors (6) Christof Grüring Robert W Moon Caeul LimAnthony HolderMichael Blackman Manoj T Duraisingh Cellular Microbiology Published 9 February 2014 Crick labsTony HolderMike BlackmanFull details Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Variant exported blood-stage proteins encoded by Plasmodium multigene families are expressed in liver stages where they are exported into the parasitophorous vacuole Authors (20) Aurélie Fougère Andrew P Jackson Dafni Paraskevi Bechtsi Joanna AM Braks Takeshi Annoura Jannik Fonager[...] Ulrike Böhme Christiaan van Ooij Thomas D Otto Chris J Janse Blandine Franke-Fayard PLOS Pathogens Published 16 November 2016 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
Regulation and essentiality of the StAR-related lipid transfer (START) domain-containing phospholipid transfer protein PFA0210c in malaria parasites Authors (6) Ross J Hill Alessa RingelEllen Knuepfer Robert W MoonMichael Blackman Christiaan van Ooij Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 11 November 2016 Crick labsTony HolderMike BlackmanFull details
Host cell remodeling by pathogens: the exomembrane system in Plasmodium-infected erythrocytes Authors (2) Emma S Sherling Christiaan van Ooij FEMS Microbiology Reviews Published 1 September 2016 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
Development and application of a simple plaque assay for the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum Authors (8) James A Thomas Christine R Collins Sujaan Das Fiona Hackett Arnault GraindorgeDonald BellEdgar Deu SandovalMichael Blackman PLOS ONE Published 22 June 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesEdgar DeuMike BlackmanLight MicroscopyFull details
Normocyte-binding protein required for human erythrocyte invasion by the zoonotic malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi Authors (17) Robert W Moon Hazem Sharaf Claire H Hastings Yung Shwen Ho Mridul B Nair Zineb Rchiad[...] Neil Almond Yee Ling Lau Arnab PainMichael BlackmanAnthony Holder Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 28 June 2016 Crick labsTony HolderMike BlackmanFull details
A versatile strategy for rapid conditional genome engineering using loxP sites in a small synthetic intron in Plasmodium falciparum Authors (6) Matthew L Jones Sujaan DasHugo Belda Christine R CollinsMichael BlackmanMoritz Treeck Scientific Reports Published 19 February 2016 Crick labsMoritz TreeckMike BlackmanFull details
In silico study of subtilisin-like protease 1 (SUB1) from different Plasmodium species in complex with peptidyl-difluorostatones and characterization of potent pan-SUB1 inhibitors Authors (8) Simone Brogi Simone Giovani Margherita Brindisi Sandra Gemma Ettore Novellino Giuseppe CampianiMichael Blackman Stefania Butini Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling Published 1 March 2016 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
Fragment-based discovery of 2-aminoquinazolin-4(3H)-ones as novel class nonpeptidomimetic inhibitors of the plasmepsins I, II, and IV Authors (12) Dace Rasina Martins Otikovs Janis Leitans Rosario Recacha Oleksandr V Borysov Iveta Kanepe-Lapsa[...] Teodors Pantelejevs Kaspars TarsMichael Blackman Kristaps Jaudzems Aigars Jirgensons Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Published 14 January 2016 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
A spiral scaffold underlies cytoadherent knobs in Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes Authors (9) Jean M Watermeyer Victoria L Hale Fiona Hackett Daniel K Clare Erin E Cutts Ioannis Vakonakis Roland A FleckMichael Blackman Helen R Saibil Blood Published 21 January 2016 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
Processing of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein MSP1 activates a spectrin-binding function enabling parasite egress from RBCs Authors (14) Sujaan Das Nadine HertrichAbigail PerrinChrislaine Withers-Martinez Christine R Collins Matthew L Jones[...] Helen R Saibil Gavin J WrightMoritz Treeck Christian EppMichael Blackman Cell Host & Microbe Published 14 October 2015 Crick labs/ facilitiesMoritz TreeckMike BlackmanStructural BiologyFull details
Carbamoyl triazoles, known serine protease inhibitors, are a potent new class of antimalarials Authors (23) Matthew McConville Jorge Fernández Íñigo Angulo-Barturen Noemi Bahamontes-Rosa Lluis Ballell-Pages Pablo Castañeda[...] Giancarlo A Biagini Neil G BerryMichael Blackman Félix Calderón Paul M O'Neill Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Published 27 August 2015 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
Conditional U1 gene silencing in Toxoplasma gondii Authors (11) Manuela S Pieperhoff Gurman S Pall Elena Jiménez-Ruiz Sujaan Das Carmen Melatti Matthew Gow Eleanor H Wong Joanne Heng Sylke MüllerMichael Blackman Markus Meissner PLOS ONE Published 19 June 2015 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
Plasmodium falciparum subtilisin-like protease 1: discovery of potent difluorostatone-based inhibitors Authors (9) Simone Giovani Maria Penzo Stefania Butini Margherita Brindisi Sandra Gemma Ettore Novellino Giuseppe CampianiMichael Blackman Simone Brogi RSC Advances Published 19 February 2015 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
Plasmodium falciparum SERA5 plays a non-enzymatic role in the malarial asexual blood-stage lifecycle Authors (11) Robert Stallmach Manoli KavishwarChrislaine Withers-Martinez Fiona Hackett Christine R Collins Steven A Howell Sharon YeohEllen Knuepfer Avshalom J AtidAnthony HolderMichael Blackman Molecular Microbiology Published 1 April 2015 Crick labs/ facilitiesTony HolderMike BlackmanProteomicsFull details
Quinoxaline-based inhibitors of malarial protease PfSUB1 Authors (7) SS Kher M Penzo S Fulle JP Ebejer PW FinnMichael Blackman A Jirgensons Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds Published 1 January 2015 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
Substrate derived peptidic α-ketoamides as inhibitors of the malarial protease PfSUB1 Authors (6) Samir S Kher Maria Penzo Simone Fulle Paul W FinnMichael Blackman Aigars Jirgensons Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters Published 7 August 2014 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
Rational design of the first difluorostatone-based PfSUB1 inhibitors Authors (10) Simone Giovani Maria Penzo Simone Brogi Margherita Brindisi Sandra Gemma Ettore Novellino Luisa SaviniMichael Blackman Giuseppe Campiani Stefania Butini Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters Published 23 May 2014 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
Plasmepsin inhibitory activity and structure-guided optimization of a potent hydroxyethylamine-based antimalarial hit Authors (12) K Jaudzems K Tars G Maurops N Ivdra M Otikovs J Leitans[...] I Domraceva I Mutule P TrapencierisMichael Blackman A Jirgensons ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters Published 1 April 2014 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
Cyclic nucleotide (cAMP and cGMP) assays and capture ELISA for quantitative analysis of Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage egress Authors (4) Fiona Hackett Christine R Collins Malcolm StrathMichael Blackman Bio-Protocol Published 5 March 2014 Crick labsMike BlackmanFull details
Human red blood cell-adapted Plasmodium knowlesi parasites: a new model system for malaria research Authors (6) Christof Grüring Robert W Moon Caeul LimAnthony HolderMichael Blackman Manoj T Duraisingh Cellular Microbiology Published 9 February 2014 Crick labsTony HolderMike BlackmanFull details