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Condensed Matter (1)Journal of Structural Biology (1)Journal of Theoretical Biology (1)Journal of the Royal Society Interface (1)Molecular Biology and Evolution (1)Molecular BioSystems (1)Nature (1)PLOS Biology (1)PLOS Genetics (1)PLOS Pathogens (1)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1)Science Progress (1)SpringerPlus (1)Structure (1) Publications Displaying 1 - 20 of 80Last updated : 22 October 2020 03:37 Exploring protein fold space Authors (1)Willie Taylor Biomolecules Published 27 January 2020 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details Why twenty amino acid residue types suffice(d) to support all living systems Authors (1) Robert P Bywater PLOS ONE Published 15 October 2018 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details Neuronatin regulates pancreatic β cell insulin content and secretion Authors (20) Steven J Millership Gabriela Da Silva Xavier Agharul I Choudhury Sergio Bertazzo Pauline Chabosseau Silvia MA Pedroni[...] Mathieu Latreille Ming Liu Guy A Rutter James Scott Dominic J Withers Journal of Clinical Investigation Published 1 August 2018 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details Probing the early stages of prion protein (PrP) aggregation with atomistic molecular dynamics simulations Authors (5) Francesca Collu Enrico Spiga Nesrine Chakroun Human Rezaei Franca Fraternali Chemical Communications Published 12 July 2018 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details Algorithms for matching partially labelled sequence graphs Authors (1)Willie Taylor Algorithms for Molecular Biology Published 25 September 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesWillie TaylorScientific computingFull details Cell segregation and border sharpening by Eph receptor–ephrin-mediated heterotypic repulsion Authors (9) Harriet B Taylor Anaïs Khuong Zhonglin WuQiling Xu Rosalind Morley Lauren Gregory Alexei PoliakovWillie TaylorDavid Wilkinson Journal of the Royal Society Interface Published 1 July 2017 Crick labsWillie TaylorDavid WilkinsonFull details Genome sequence of a diabetes-prone rodent reveals a mutation hotspot around the ParaHox gene cluster Authors (18) Adam D Hargreaves Long Zhou Josef Christensen Ferdinand Marlétaz Shiping Liu Fang Li[...]Willie Taylor John Frederick Mulley Guojie Zhang R Scott Heller Peter WH Holland Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 18 July 2017 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details Optimal chemotactic responses in stochastic environments Authors (3) Martin Godány Bhavin S Khatri Richard A Goldstein PLOS ONE Published 23 June 2017 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details A tensegrity model for hydrogen bond networks in proteins Authors (1) Robert P Bywater Heliyon Published 30 May 2017 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details A comparative analysis of the foamy and ortho virus capsid structures reveals an ancient domain duplication Authors (3)Willie TaylorJonathan StoyeIan Taylor BMC Structural Biology Published 4 April 2017 Crick labsJonathan StoyeIan TaylorWillie TaylorFull details Exploring RNA conformational space under sparse distance restraints Authors (2)Willie Taylor Russell S Hamilton Scientific Reports Published 10 March 2017 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details The fate of proteins in outer space Authors (2) GM Seddon RP Bywater International Journal of Astrobiology Published 1 January 2017 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details Molecular models for the core components of the flagellar type-III secretion complex Authors (3)Willie Taylor Teige RS Matthews-Palmer Morgan Beeby PLOS ONE Published 17 November 2016 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details Structure of a spumaretrovirus gag central domain reveals an ancient retroviral capsid Authors (15) Neil J BallGiuseppe Nicastro Moumita Dutta Dominic J Pollard David C Goldstone Marta Sanz-Ramos[...] Dirk LindemannJonathan StoyeWillie TaylorPeter RosenthalIan Taylor PLOS Pathogens Published 9 November 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalJonathan StoyeIan TaylorWillie TaylorMRC Biomedical NMR CentreFull details Melody discrimination and protein fold classification Authors (2) Robert P Bywater Jonathan N Middleton Heliyon Published 20 October 2016 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details SimGen: A general simulation method for large systems Authors (1)Willie Taylor Journal of Molecular Biology Published 3 February 2017 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details Quantifying evolutionary dynamics from variant-frequency time series Authors (1) Bhavin S Khatri Scientific Reports Published 12 September 2016 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details Steric exclusion and constraint satisfaction in multi-scale coarse-grained simulations Authors (1)Willie Taylor Computational Biology and Chemistry Published 1 October 2016 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details Reduction, alignment and visualisation of large diverse sequence families Authors (1)Willie Taylor BMC Bioinformatics Published 2 August 2016 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details The gearbox of the bacterial flagellar motor switch Authors (3) Alessandro Pandini Faruck Morcos 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Exploring protein fold space Authors (1)Willie Taylor Biomolecules Published 27 January 2020 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
Why twenty amino acid residue types suffice(d) to support all living systems Authors (1) Robert P Bywater PLOS ONE Published 15 October 2018 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
Neuronatin regulates pancreatic β cell insulin content and secretion Authors (20) Steven J Millership Gabriela Da Silva Xavier Agharul I Choudhury Sergio Bertazzo Pauline Chabosseau Silvia MA Pedroni[...] Mathieu Latreille Ming Liu Guy A Rutter James Scott Dominic J Withers Journal of Clinical Investigation Published 1 August 2018 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
Probing the early stages of prion protein (PrP) aggregation with atomistic molecular dynamics simulations Authors (5) Francesca Collu Enrico Spiga Nesrine Chakroun Human Rezaei Franca Fraternali Chemical Communications Published 12 July 2018 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
Algorithms for matching partially labelled sequence graphs Authors (1)Willie Taylor Algorithms for Molecular Biology Published 25 September 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesWillie TaylorScientific computingFull details
Cell segregation and border sharpening by Eph receptor–ephrin-mediated heterotypic repulsion Authors (9) Harriet B Taylor Anaïs Khuong Zhonglin WuQiling Xu Rosalind Morley Lauren Gregory Alexei PoliakovWillie TaylorDavid Wilkinson Journal of the Royal Society Interface Published 1 July 2017 Crick labsWillie TaylorDavid WilkinsonFull details
Genome sequence of a diabetes-prone rodent reveals a mutation hotspot around the ParaHox gene cluster Authors (18) Adam D Hargreaves Long Zhou Josef Christensen Ferdinand Marlétaz Shiping Liu Fang Li[...]Willie Taylor John Frederick Mulley Guojie Zhang R Scott Heller Peter WH Holland Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published 18 July 2017 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
Optimal chemotactic responses in stochastic environments Authors (3) Martin Godány Bhavin S Khatri Richard A Goldstein PLOS ONE Published 23 June 2017 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
A tensegrity model for hydrogen bond networks in proteins Authors (1) Robert P Bywater Heliyon Published 30 May 2017 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
A comparative analysis of the foamy and ortho virus capsid structures reveals an ancient domain duplication Authors (3)Willie TaylorJonathan StoyeIan Taylor BMC Structural Biology Published 4 April 2017 Crick labsJonathan StoyeIan TaylorWillie TaylorFull details
Exploring RNA conformational space under sparse distance restraints Authors (2)Willie Taylor Russell S Hamilton Scientific Reports Published 10 March 2017 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
The fate of proteins in outer space Authors (2) GM Seddon RP Bywater International Journal of Astrobiology Published 1 January 2017 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
Molecular models for the core components of the flagellar type-III secretion complex Authors (3)Willie Taylor Teige RS Matthews-Palmer Morgan Beeby PLOS ONE Published 17 November 2016 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
Structure of a spumaretrovirus gag central domain reveals an ancient retroviral capsid Authors (15) Neil J BallGiuseppe Nicastro Moumita Dutta Dominic J Pollard David C Goldstone Marta Sanz-Ramos[...] Dirk LindemannJonathan StoyeWillie TaylorPeter RosenthalIan Taylor PLOS Pathogens Published 9 November 2016 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RosenthalJonathan StoyeIan TaylorWillie TaylorMRC Biomedical NMR CentreFull details
Melody discrimination and protein fold classification Authors (2) Robert P Bywater Jonathan N Middleton Heliyon Published 20 October 2016 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
SimGen: A general simulation method for large systems Authors (1)Willie Taylor Journal of Molecular Biology Published 3 February 2017 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
Quantifying evolutionary dynamics from variant-frequency time series Authors (1) Bhavin S Khatri Scientific Reports Published 12 September 2016 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
Steric exclusion and constraint satisfaction in multi-scale coarse-grained simulations Authors (1)Willie Taylor Computational Biology and Chemistry Published 1 October 2016 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
Reduction, alignment and visualisation of large diverse sequence families Authors (1)Willie Taylor BMC Bioinformatics Published 2 August 2016 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
The gearbox of the bacterial flagellar motor switch Authors (3) Alessandro Pandini Faruck Morcos Shahid Khan Structure Published 6 July 2016 Crick labsWillie TaylorFull details
