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Series B, Biological Sciences (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 Lancet (1) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 20 of 109Last updated : 19 April 2024 03:49 Acetylation of Rec8 cohesin complexes regulates reductional chromosome segregation in meiosis Authors (4) Ziqiang Li Yu LiuAndrew Jones Yoshinori Watanabe Life Science Alliance Published 1 June 2024 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details CDK activity at the centrosome regulates the cell cycle Authors (6)Emma RobertsJessica GreenwoodNitin Kapadia Tania AuchynnikavaSaz BasuPaul Nurse Cell Reports Published 23 April 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseProteomicsLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryFull details TOR regulates variability of protein synthesis rates Authors (2)Clovis BasierPaul Nurse The EMBO Journal Published 16 April 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryFull details Revised fission yeast gene and allele nomenclature guidelines for machine readability Authors (15) Manuel Lera-Ramírez Jürg Bähler Juan Mata Kim Rutherford Charles S Hoffman Sarah Lambert[...] Sarah A Sabatinos Susan L Forsburg Olaf NielsenPaul Nurse Valerie Wood Genetics Published 1 November 2023 Crick labsSnezhana OliferenkoPaul NurseFull details The cell cycle and cell size influence the rates of global cellular translation and transcription in fission yeast Authors (2)Clovis BasierPaul Nurse The EMBO Journal Published 2 May 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryFull details 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)Saz 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)Saz 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 RutherfordJacqueline 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 McDonaldProteomicsLight 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 BealeHigh 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)Saz 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 PattersonSaz 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 DiffleyMRC Biomedical NMR CentreFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Next page Next Last page Last 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Acetylation of Rec8 cohesin complexes regulates reductional chromosome segregation in meiosis Authors (4) Ziqiang Li Yu LiuAndrew Jones Yoshinori Watanabe Life Science Alliance Published 1 June 2024 Crick labsPaul NurseFull details
CDK activity at the centrosome regulates the cell cycle Authors (6)Emma RobertsJessica GreenwoodNitin Kapadia Tania AuchynnikavaSaz BasuPaul Nurse Cell Reports Published 23 April 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseProteomicsLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryFull details
TOR regulates variability of protein synthesis rates Authors (2)Clovis BasierPaul Nurse The EMBO Journal Published 16 April 2024 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryFull details
Revised fission yeast gene and allele nomenclature guidelines for machine readability Authors (15) Manuel Lera-Ramírez Jürg Bähler Juan Mata Kim Rutherford Charles S Hoffman Sarah Lambert[...] Sarah A Sabatinos Susan L Forsburg Olaf NielsenPaul Nurse Valerie Wood Genetics Published 1 November 2023 Crick labsSnezhana OliferenkoPaul NurseFull details
The cell cycle and cell size influence the rates of global cellular translation and transcription in fission yeast Authors (2)Clovis BasierPaul Nurse The EMBO Journal Published 2 May 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesPaul NurseLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryFull details
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)Saz 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)Saz 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 RutherfordJacqueline 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 McDonaldProteomicsLight 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 BealeHigh 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)Saz 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 PattersonSaz 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 DiffleyMRC Biomedical NMR CentreFull details