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Series B, Biological Sciences (1)PLOS Biology (1)PLoS Computational Biology (1)PLOS ONE (1)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA (1)RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences (1)Scientific American (1)The EMBO Journal (1)The Lancet (1) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 20 of 96Last updated : 21 March 2023 03:29 Identification of a small RhoA GTPase inhibitor effective in fission yeast and human cells Authors (2) Jun MorishitaPaul Nurse Open Biology Published 1 March 2023 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details A quantitative and spatial analysis of cell cycle regulators during the fission yeast cycle Authors (4)Scott Curran Gautam Dey Paul ReesPaul Nurse Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Published 6 September 2022 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details The challenges in finding your home as a multidisciplinary scientist Authors (5) Sijia Wang Linsey C Marr Lydia M Contreras Fabian J TheisPaul Nurse Cell Published 21 July 2022 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details A CDK activity buffer ensures mitotic completion Authors (4)Souradeep Basu James O PattersonTheresa ZeisnerPaul Nurse Journal of Cell Science Published 15 June 2022 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details Core control principles of the eukaryotic cell cycle Authors (4)Souradeep BasuJessica GreenwoodAndrew JonesPaul Nurse Nature Published 14 July 2022 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details Fission stories: using PomBase to understand Schizosaccharomyces pombe biology Authors (8) Midori A Harris Kim M RutherfordJacky Hayles Antonia Lock Jürg Bähler Stephen G Oliver Juan Mata Valerie Wood Genetics Published 1 April 2022 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details A genetically-encoded crosslinker screen identifies SERBP1 as a PKCε substrate influencing translation and cell division Authors (12)Silvia MartiniKhalil DavisRupert Faraway Lisa ElzeNicola LockwoodAndrew Jones[...]Neil McDonald David J Mann Alan ArmstrongJernej UlePeter Parker Nature Communications Published 26 November 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJernej UlePeter ParkerPaul NurseNeil McDonaldProteomicsPeptide ChemistryLight MicroscopyFull details Biology must generate ideas as well as data Authors (1)Paul Nurse Nature Published 16 September 2021 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details Identification of novel microtubule inhibitors effective in fission yeast and human cells and their effects on breast cancer cell lines Authors (2) Jun MorishitaPaul Nurse Open Biology Published 1 September 2021 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details The TOR-dependent phosphoproteome and regulation of cellular protein synthesis Authors (3)Tiffany MakAndrew JonesPaul Nurse The EMBO Journal Published 16 August 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseProteomicsFlow CytometryFull details Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of Nsp5 main protease Authors (22)Jennifer MilliganTheresa ZeisnerGeorge PapageorgiouDhira JoshiChristelle SoudyRachel Ulferts[...]Michael HowellRupert Beale Karim LabibNicola O'ReillyJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyRupert BealePeptide ChemistryHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of nsp14/nsp10 exoribonuclease Authors (19)Berta CanalAllison McClureJoseph CurranMary WuRachel UlfertsFlorian Weissmann[...]Clovis Basier Karim LabibRupert BealeMichael HowellJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningStructural BiologyFermentationFull details Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of Nsp14 RNA cap methyltransferase Authors (21)Souradeep BasuTiffany MakRachel UlfertsMary Wu Tom Deegan Ryo Fujisawa[...]Rupert Beale Victoria H CowlingMichael Howell Karim LabibJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details CDK control pathways integrate cell size and ploidy information to control cell division Authors (4) James Oliver PattersonSouradeep Basu Paul ReesPaul Nurse eLife Published 11 June 2021 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details An improved method for the incorporation of fluoromethyl ketones into solid phase peptide synthesis techniques Authors (6)Dhira JoshiJennifer MilliganTheresa ZeisnerNicola O'ReillyJohn DiffleyGeorge Papageorgiou RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Published 8 June 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyPeptide ChemistryMRC Biomedical NMR CentreFull details Meikin synergizes with shugoshin to protect cohesin Rec8 during meiosis I Authors (5) Wei Ma Jingwen Zhou Jian Chen Antony M Carr Yoshinori Watanabe Genes & Development Published 1 May 2021 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details Screening and purification of natural products from actinomycetes that induce a "rounded" morphological phenotype in fission yeast Authors (9) Richard Alexander Lewis Jenileima Devi Katherine Green Juanjuan Li Adam HopkinsJacky HaylesPaul Nurse Jeff Errington Nicholas Edward Ellis Allenby Natural Products and Bioprospecting Published 1 August 2021 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details Identification of mutants with increased variation in cell size at onset of mitosis in fission yeast Authors (4) Elizabeth Scotchman Kazunori Kume Francisco J NavarroPaul Nurse Journal of Cell Science Published 11 February 2021 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details Fission yeast cell cycle mutants and the logic of eukaryotic cell cycle control Authors (1)Paul Nurse Molecular Biology of the Cell Published 15 December 2020 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details The Gene Ontology resource: enriching a GOld mine Authors (1) Gene Ontology Consortium Nucleic Acids Research Published 8 January 2021 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page 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Identification of a small RhoA GTPase inhibitor effective in fission yeast and human cells Authors (2) Jun MorishitaPaul Nurse Open Biology Published 1 March 2023 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details
A quantitative and spatial analysis of cell cycle regulators during the fission yeast cycle Authors (4)Scott Curran Gautam Dey Paul ReesPaul Nurse Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Published 6 September 2022 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details
The challenges in finding your home as a multidisciplinary scientist Authors (5) Sijia Wang Linsey C Marr Lydia M Contreras Fabian J TheisPaul Nurse Cell Published 21 July 2022 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details
A CDK activity buffer ensures mitotic completion Authors (4)Souradeep Basu James O PattersonTheresa ZeisnerPaul Nurse Journal of Cell Science Published 15 June 2022 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details
Core control principles of the eukaryotic cell cycle Authors (4)Souradeep BasuJessica GreenwoodAndrew JonesPaul Nurse Nature Published 14 July 2022 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details
Fission stories: using PomBase to understand Schizosaccharomyces pombe biology Authors (8) Midori A Harris Kim M RutherfordJacky Hayles Antonia Lock Jürg Bähler Stephen G Oliver Juan Mata Valerie Wood Genetics Published 1 April 2022 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details
A genetically-encoded crosslinker screen identifies SERBP1 as a PKCε substrate influencing translation and cell division Authors (12)Silvia MartiniKhalil DavisRupert Faraway Lisa ElzeNicola LockwoodAndrew Jones[...]Neil McDonald David J Mann Alan ArmstrongJernej UlePeter Parker Nature Communications Published 26 November 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJernej UlePeter ParkerPaul NurseNeil McDonaldProteomicsPeptide ChemistryLight MicroscopyFull details
Biology must generate ideas as well as data Authors (1)Paul Nurse Nature Published 16 September 2021 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details
Identification of novel microtubule inhibitors effective in fission yeast and human cells and their effects on breast cancer cell lines Authors (2) Jun MorishitaPaul Nurse Open Biology Published 1 September 2021 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details
The TOR-dependent phosphoproteome and regulation of cellular protein synthesis Authors (3)Tiffany MakAndrew JonesPaul Nurse The EMBO Journal Published 16 August 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseProteomicsFlow CytometryFull details
Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of Nsp5 main protease Authors (22)Jennifer MilliganTheresa ZeisnerGeorge PapageorgiouDhira JoshiChristelle SoudyRachel Ulferts[...]Michael HowellRupert Beale Karim LabibNicola O'ReillyJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyRupert BealePeptide ChemistryHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details
Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of nsp14/nsp10 exoribonuclease Authors (19)Berta CanalAllison McClureJoseph CurranMary WuRachel UlfertsFlorian Weissmann[...]Clovis Basier Karim LabibRupert BealeMichael HowellJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningStructural BiologyFermentationFull details
Identifying SARS-CoV-2 antiviral compounds by screening for small molecule inhibitors of Nsp14 RNA cap methyltransferase Authors (21)Souradeep BasuTiffany MakRachel UlfertsMary Wu Tom Deegan Ryo Fujisawa[...]Rupert Beale Victoria H CowlingMichael Howell Karim LabibJohn Diffley Biochemical Journal Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyRupert BealeHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details
CDK control pathways integrate cell size and ploidy information to control cell division Authors (4) James Oliver PattersonSouradeep Basu Paul ReesPaul Nurse eLife Published 11 June 2021 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details
An improved method for the incorporation of fluoromethyl ketones into solid phase peptide synthesis techniques Authors (6)Dhira JoshiJennifer MilliganTheresa ZeisnerNicola O'ReillyJohn DiffleyGeorge Papageorgiou RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Published 8 June 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseJohn DiffleyPeptide ChemistryMRC Biomedical NMR CentreFull details
Meikin synergizes with shugoshin to protect cohesin Rec8 during meiosis I Authors (5) Wei Ma Jingwen Zhou Jian Chen Antony M Carr Yoshinori Watanabe Genes & Development Published 1 May 2021 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details
Screening and purification of natural products from actinomycetes that induce a "rounded" morphological phenotype in fission yeast Authors (9) Richard Alexander Lewis Jenileima Devi Katherine Green Juanjuan Li Adam HopkinsJacky HaylesPaul Nurse Jeff Errington Nicholas Edward Ellis Allenby Natural Products and Bioprospecting Published 1 August 2021 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details
Identification of mutants with increased variation in cell size at onset of mitosis in fission yeast Authors (4) Elizabeth Scotchman Kazunori Kume Francisco J NavarroPaul Nurse Journal of Cell Science Published 11 February 2021 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details
Fission yeast cell cycle mutants and the logic of eukaryotic cell cycle control Authors (1)Paul Nurse Molecular Biology of the Cell Published 15 December 2020 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details
The Gene Ontology resource: enriching a GOld mine Authors (1) Gene Ontology Consortium Nucleic Acids Research Published 8 January 2021 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details
