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Effect of single and paired metal inputs in soil on a stress-inducible transgenic nematode by Power, R.S, De Pomerai, D.I

“…A toxicity test using a transgenic strain of the free-living soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans carrying a stress-inducible beta-galactosidase reporter has…”
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Use of stress-inducible transgenic nematodes as biomarkers of heavy metal pollution in water samples from an English River System by Mutwakil, M.H.A.Z. (The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.), Reader, J.P, Holdich, D.M, Smithurst, P.R, Candido, E.P.M, Jones, D, Stringham, E.G, Pomerai, D.I. de

“…Transgenic strains of the nematode Caenorhabditiselegans, which carry stress-inducible lacZ reporter genes, aremeasurably stressed by exposure to heavy metals…”
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A choice between glycogen and δ-crystallin accumulation is made in glial cells and not influenced by overlying neurons by KARIM, S. A. M, DE POMERAI, D. I

“…Chick-embryo neuroretinal cells convert extensively into lens under low-glucose conditions, but this transdifferentiation process is blocked by high-glucose…”
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Caenorhabditis elegans as a biomonitor for immunological stress in nematodes by Nowell, M A, De Pomerai, D I, Pritchard, D I

“…An experimental system has been developed using Caenorhabditis elegans (Secernentea: Rhabditida), to monitor immunological stress in nematodes. The transgenic…”
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Expression of differentiation markers by chick embryo neuroretinal cells in vivo and in culture by De Pomerai, D.I, Kotecha, B, Flor-Henry, M, Fullick, C, Young, A

“…Several markers of chick neuroretinal differentiation were monitored in vivo and in culture. All increase markedly between 7 and 20 days of embryonic…”
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Stress-inducible transgenic nematodes as biomonitors of soil and water pollution by Power, R S, David, H E, Mutwakil, M H A Z, Fletcher, K, Daniells, C, Nowell, M A, Dennis, J L, Martinelli, A, Wiseman, R, Wharf, E, de Pomerai, D I

“…This paper reviews the current status of nematodes with stress-inducible transgenes as biosensors responsive to a range of external stressors, e.g., soil or…”
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A novel assay for the detection of anthelmintic activity mediated by cuticular damage to nematodes: validation on Caenorhabditis elegans exposed to cysteine proteinases by Phiri, A M, DE Pomerai, D I, Buttle, D J, Behnke, J M

“…Plant cysteine proteinases (CPs) from Carica papaya kill parasitic and free-living nematodes in vitro by hydrolysis of the worm cuticle, a mechanism that is…”
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Heat-shock proteins as biomarkers of pollution by de Pomerai, D

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Toxicity of the dithiocarbamate fungicide Mancozeb to the nontarget soil nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans by Easton, Anna, Guven, Kemal, de Pomerai, David I.

“…We have previously shown that the dithiocarbamate fungicide, Mancozeb, strongly induces lacZ reporter expression from an endogenous heat-shock promoter (hsp16)…”
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Expression in non-lens tissues of an enzyme activity related to the lens-specific protein, δ crystallin by DE POMERAI, D. I, IP, W. K, MCLAUGHLIN, M, PERRY, K. C

“…When chick embryo neutral retina (NR) cells are cultured for long periods in vitro, they undergo extensive transdifferentiation into lens and express the lens…”
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Relationship between crystallin mRNA expression in retina cells and their capacity to re-differentiate into lens cells by Clayton, R. M, Thomson, I, de pomerai, D. I

“…Differentiating vertebrate embryo tissues pass through a stage when they have the potential for several pathways of differentiation, some of them revealed only…”
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Influence of embryonic stage on the transdifferentiation of chick neural retina cells in culture by Pomerai, D.I. de, Clayton, R.M

“…Neural retina cells from chick embryos up to 15 days of incubation can transdifferentiate in culture into both lentoids and pigment cells. Some…”
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The toxicity of dithiocarbamate fungicides to soil nematodes, assessed using a stress-inducible transgenic strain of Caenorhabditis elegans by Guven, Kemal, Power, Rowena S., Avramides, Sophia, Allender, Rebecca, de Pomerai, David I.

“…The dithiocarbamate fungicides maneb and mancozeb induce a short‐term stress response in a transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans strain (PC72) carrying a reporter…”
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Transgenesis in animal systems: a view from within by De Pomerai, D I

“…The introduction of 'foreign' or altered genes into animals arouses both scientific and public concern. So too does any extension of this practice to human…”
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A liquid-based method for the assessment of bacterial pathogenicity using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans by Smith, Martin P., Laws, Thomas R., Atkins, Timothy P., Oyston, Petra C.F., de Pomerai, David I., Titball, Richard W.

“…Abstract Caenorhabditis elegans has previously been used as an alternative to mammalian models of infection with bacterial pathogens. We have developed a…”
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Expression of Toxin Receptors on Cell Surfaces in Transdifferentiating Cultures of Neural Retina by De POMERAI, D. I., TAKAGI, S., KONDOH, H., OKADA, T. S.

“…It has often been asked which of the cell types found during the early stages of culturing embryonic chick neural retina can undergo transdifferentiation into…”
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Pathways of differentiation in cultures of chick embryo neuroretinal cells by De Pomerai, D I, Gali, M A, Soranson, J

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Calcium moderation of cadmium stress explored using a stress-inducible transgenic strain of Caenorhabditis elegans by Guven, Kemal, Duce, Jennifer A., De Pomerai, David I.

“…In a transgenic strain of Caenorhabditis elegans carrying a stress-inducible lacZ reporter gene, short-term sublethal exposure to heavy metals activates…”
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Stress Protein and Crystallin Synthesis During Heat Shock and Transdifferentiation of Embryonic Chick Neural Retina Cells by CARR, A., POMERAI, D.I.

“…Embryonic chick neural retina responds to heat shock by the synthesis of “stress” polypeptides with molecular weights of 85 and 70 kd. Both stress proteins are…”
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Effects of Pluronic F-68 on 2-deoxyglucose uptake and amino acid incorporation into chick embryonic fibroblasts in vitro by Cawrse, N W, de Pomerai, D I, Lowe, K C

“…The effects of the nonionic surfactant Pluronic F-68 on 2-deoxyglucose uptake and amino acid incorporation in vitro into chick embryonic fibroblasts prepared…”
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