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  1. Graham JF, Kurian D, Agarwal S, Toovey L, Hunt L, Kirby L, Pinheiro TJT, Banner SJ
    Gill AC. (2011). Na+/K+ -ATPase Is Present in Scrapie-Associated Fibrils, Modulates PrP Misfolding In Vitro and Links PrP Function and Dysfunction. PLoS One 6(11): e26813.
  2. Sanghera N, Correia BEFS, Correia JRS, Ludwig C, Agarwal S, Nakamura HK,
    Gill AC. (2011). Binding of the prion protein to model raft membranes is mediated through GM1. Chemistry and Biology 18 (11): 1422-1431
  3. Gill AC, Agarwal S, Pinheiro TJ, Graham JF. (2010). Structural requirements for efficient prion protein conversion: cofactors may promote a conversion-competent structure for PrP(C). Prion 4(4): 235-242.
  4. Graham JF, Agarwal S, Kurian D, Kirby L, Pinheiro TJT, Gill AC. (2010). Low Density Subcellular Fractions Enhance Disease-specific Prion Protein Misfolding. Journal of Biological Chemistry 285(13): 9868-9880.
  5. Kirby L, Argawal S, Graham JF, Goldmann W, Gill AC. (2010). Inverse correlation of thermal lability and conversion efficiency for five prion protein polymorphic variants. Biochemistry 49, 1448-1459.
  6. Gielbert A, Davis LA, Sayers AR, Hope J, Gill AC, Sauer MJ. (2009). High-resolution differentiation of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy strains by quantitative N-terminal amino acid profiling (N-TAAP) of PK-digested abnormal prion protein. J Mass Spectrom. 44, 384-396 
  7. Bibby DF, Gill AC, Kirby L, Farquhar CF, Bruce ME, Garson JA. (2008). Application of a novel in vitro selection technique to isolate and characterise high affinity DNA aptamers binding mammalian prion proteins. J Virol Methods. 151, 107-115.
  8. Dear, D. V., Young, D. S., Kazlauskaite, J., Meersman, F., Oxley, D., Webster, J., Pinheiro, T. J. T., Gill, A. C., Bronstein, I. & Lowe, C. R. (2007). Effects of post-translational modifications on prion protein aggregation and the propagation of scrapie-like characteristics in vitro. BBA Prot & Proteom 1774, 792-802.
  9. Periz, J., Gill, A. C., Hunt, L., Brown, P. & Tomley, F. (2007). The microneme proteins EtMIC4 and EtMIC5 of Eimeria tenella form a novel, ultra-high molecular mass protein complex that binds target host cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry 282, 16891-16898.
  10. Mitchell, D. A., Kirby, L., Paulin, S. M., Villiers, C. L. & Sim, R. B. (2007). Scrapie associated fibrils directly activate complement via the classical pathway – towards a mechanism for PrPSc expansion in lymphoid tissue. Molecular Immunology 44, 2997-3004.
  11. Kirby, L., Goldmann, W., Houston, E. F., Gill, A. C. & Manson, J. (2006). A novel resistance-linked ovine PrP variant and its equivalent mouse variant modulate the in vitro cell-free conversion of rPrP to PrPres. Journal of General Virology 87, 3747-3751.
  12. Hicks, M. R., Gill, A. C., Bath, I. K., Rullay, A. K., Sylvester, I. D., Crout, D. H. & Pinheiro, T. J. T. (2006). Synthesis and structural characterization of a mimetic membrane-anchored prion protein. FEBS Journal 273, 1285-1299.
  13. Periz, J., Gill, A. C., Knott, V., Handford, P. & Tomley, F. (2005). Calcium binding activity of epidermal growth factor-like domains of the apicomplexan microneme protein, EtMIC4. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 143, 192-199.
  14. Baskakov, I., Disterer, P., Gill, A. C., Shaw, M., James, W. & Tahiri-Alaoui, A. (2005). The presence of valine at residue 129 of human prion protein accelerates amyloid formation. FEBS Letters 579, 2589-2596.
  15. Bocharova, O. V., Parfenov, A., Breydo, L., Salnikov, V. V., Gill, A. C. & Baskakov, I. V. (2005). Synthetic prions generated in vitro are similar to a newly identified subpopulation of PrPSc from sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Protein Science 14, 1222-1232.
  16. Chen, H. Y., Gill, A. C., Dove, B. K., R., E. S., Kemp, C. F., Ritchie, M. A., Dee, M. & Hiscox, J. A. (2005). Mass spectroscopic characterisation of the coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus nucleocapsid protein and elucidation of the role of phosphorylation in RNA binding using surface plasmon resonance. Journal of Virology 79, 1164-1179.
  17. Tregaskes, C. A., Glansbeek, H. C., Gill, A. C., Hunt, L. G., Burnside, J. & Young, J. R. (2005). Conservation of biological properties of CD40L in a non-mammalian vertebrate. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 29, 361-374.
  18. Tahiri-Alaoui, A., Gill, A. C., Disterer, P. & James, W. (2004). Methionine 129 variant of human prion protein oligomerizes more rapidly than the valine 129 variant: Implications for disease susceptibility to CJD. Journal of Biological Chemistry 279, 31390-31397.
  19. Upadhyay, A., Williams, C., Gill, A. C., Philippe, D. L., Davis, K., Taylor, L. A., Stevens, M. P., Galyov, E. E. & Bagby, S. (2004). Biophysical characterization of the catalytic domain of guanine nucleotide exchange factor BopE from Burkholderia pseudomallei. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1698, 111-119.
  20. Wood, M. M., Williams, C., Upadhyay, A., Gill, A. C., Philippe, D. L., Galyov, E. E., van den Elsen, J. M. H. & Bagby, S. (2004). Structural analysis of Salmonella enterica effector protein SopD. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics 1698, 209-216.
  21. Blanch, E. W., Gill, A. C., Rhie, A. G., Hope, J., Hecht, L., Nielsen, K. & Barron, L. D. (2004). Raman optical activity demonstrates poly(L-proline) II helix in the N-terminal region of the ovine prion protein: implications for function and misfunction. J Mol Biol 343, 467-476.
  22. Haire, L. F., Whyte, S. M., Vasisht, N., Gill, A. C., Verma, C., Dodson, E. J., Dodson, G. G. & Bayley, P. M. (2004). The crystal structure of the globular domain of sheep prion protein. Journal of Molecular Biology 336, 1175-1183.
  23. Whyte, S. M., Sylvester, I. D., Martin, S. R., Gill, A. C., Wopfner, F., Schatzl, H. M., Dodson, G. G. & Bayley, P. M. (2003). Stability and conformational properties of doppel, a prion-like protein, and its single-disulphide mutant. Biochemical Journal 373, 485-494.
  24. Kirby, L., Birkett, C. R., Rudyk, H., Gilbert, I. H. & Hope, J. (2003). In vitro cell-free conversion of bacterial recombinant PrP to PrPres as a model for conversion. Journal of General Virology 84, 1013-1020.
  25. Rhie, A., Kirby, L., Sayer, N., Wellesley, R., Disterer, P., Sylvester, I., Gill, A. C., Hope, J., James, W. & Tahiri-Alaoui, A. (2003). Characterization of 2 '-fluoro-RNA aptamers that bind preferentially to disease-associated conformations of prion protein and inhibit conversion. Journal of Biological Chemistry 278, 39697-39705.
  26. McColl, I. H., Blanch, E. W., Gill, A. C., Rhie, A. G. O., Ritchie, M. A., Hecht, L., Nielsen, K. & Barron, L. D. (2003). A new perspective on beta-sheet structures using vibrational Raman optical activity: from poly(L-lysine) to the prion protein. Journal of the American Chemical Society 125, 10019-10026.
  27. Ritchie, M. A., Deery, M. J., Lilley, K. & Gill, A. C. (2002). Precursor ion scanning for detection and structural characterization of heterogeneous glycopeptide mixtures. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 13, 1065-1077.
  28. Brown, P. J., Gill, A. C., Nugent, P. G., McVey, J. H. & Tomley, F. M. (2001). Domains of invasion organelle proteins from apicomplexan parasites are homologous with the Apple domains of blood coagulation factor XI and plasma pre-kallikrein and are members of the PAN module superfamily. FEBS Letters 497, 31-38.
  29. Gill, A. C., Jennings, K. R., Wyttenbach, T. & Bowers, M. T. (2000). Conformations of biopolymers in the gas phase: a new mass spectrometric method. Int J Mass Spectrom 196, 685-697.
  30. Gill, A. C., Ritchie, M. A., Hunt, L. G., Steane, S. E., Davies, K. G., Bocking, S. P., Rhie, A. G. O., Bennett, A. D. & Hope, J. (2000). Post-translational hydroxylation at the N-terminus of the prion protein reveals presence of PPII structure in vivo. EMBO Journal 19, 5324-5331.
  31. MacGregor, I., Hope, J., Barnard, G., Kirby, L., Drummond, O., Pepper, D., Hornsey, V., Barclay, R., Bessos, H., Turner, M. & Prowse, C. (1999). Application of a time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay for the analysis of normal prion protein in human blood and its components. Vox Sanguinis 77, 88-96.
  32. Prowse, C. V., Hornsey, V. S., Drummond, O., MacGregor, I. R., Pepper, D. S., Barclay, G. R., Bethel, H., Walker, B., Barnard, G., Kirby, L. & Hope, J. (1999). Preliminary assessment of whole-blood, red-cell and platelet-leucodepleting filters for possible induction of prion release by leucocyte fragmentation during room temperature processing. British Journal of Haematology 106, 240-247.
  33. Brimacombe, D. B., Bennett, A. D., Wusteman, F. S., Gill, A. C., Dann, J. C. & Bostock, C. J. (1999). Characterization and polyanion-binding properties of purified recombinant prion protein. Biochemical Journal 342, 605-613.
  34. Fernandez, M. T., Silva, M. M., Mira, L., Florencio, M. H., Gill, A. & Jennings, K. R. (1998). Iron and copper complexation by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. A study by ultraviolet spectroscopy and electrospray mass spectrometry. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 71, 93-98.