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Food security: the challenge of increasing wheat yield and the importance of not compromising food safety by Curtis, T, Halford, N. G

“…Current wheat yield and consumption is considered in the context of the historical development of wheat, from early domestication through to modern plant…”
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Sugars in crop plants by Halford, N.G, Curtis, T.Y, Muttucumaru, N, Postles, J, Mottram, D.S

“…We review current knowledge of the most abundant sugars, sucrose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in the world's major crop plants. The sucrose-accumulating…”
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The structure and properties of gluten: an elastic protein from wheat grain by Shewry, P. R., Halford, N. G., Belton, P. S., Tatham, A. S.

“…The wheat gluten proteins correspond to the major storage proteins that are deposited in the starchy endosperm cells of the developing grain. These form a…”
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Sequence and properties of HMW subunit 1Bx20 from pasta wheat (Triticum durum) which is associated with poor end use properties by SHEWRY, P. R, GILBERT, S. M, SAVAGE, A. W. J, TATHAM, A. S, WAN, Y.-F, BELTON, P. S, WELLNER, N, D'OVIDIO, R, BEKES, F, HALFORD, N. G

“…The gene encoding high-molecular-weight (HMW) subunit 1Bx20 was isolated from durum wheat cv. Lira. It encodes a mature protein of 774 amino acid residues with…”
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Two SNF1-related protein kinases from spinach leaf phosphorylate and inactivate 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase, nitrate reductase, and sucrose phosphate synthase in vitro by Sugden, C, Donaghy, P.G, Halford, N.G, Hardie, D.G

“…We resolved from spinach (Spinacia oleracea) leaf extracts four Ca2+ -independent protein kinase activities that phosphorylate the AMARAASAAALARRR (AMARA) and…”
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Molecular structures and interactions of repetitive peptides based on wheat glutenin subunits depend on chain length by Feeney, K. A., Wellner, N., Gilbert, S. M., Halford, N. G., Tatham, A. S., Shewry, P. R., Belton, P. S.

“…Synthetic and recombinant peptide models of the central repetitive domain of the high molecular weight subunits of wheat glutenin with different numbers of the…”
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sucrose non-fermenting-1-related (SnRK) family of protein kinases: potential for manipulation to improve stress tolerance and increase yield by Coello, Patricia, Hey, Sandra J, Halford, Nigel G

“…Sucrose non-fermenting-1 (SNF1)-related protein kinases (SnRKs) take their name from their fungal homologue, SNF1, a global regulator of carbon metabolism. The…”
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Effects of sulphur nutrition during potato cultivation on the formation of acrylamide and aroma compounds during cooking by Elmore, J.S., Dodson, A.T., Muttucumaru, N., Halford, N.G., Parry, M.A.J., Mottram, D.S.

“…Lack of sulphur nutrition during potato cultivation has been shown to have profound effects on tuber composition, affecting in particular the concentrations of…”
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Isolation and characterization of five novel high molecular weight subunit of glutenin genes from Triticum timopheevi and Aegilops cylindrica by WAN, Y, WANG, D, SHEWRY, P. R, HALFORD, N. G

“…Analysis by SDS-PAGE of total protein fractions from single seeds of Aegilops cylindrica (genomes C and D) and Triticum timopheevi (genomes A and G) showed the…”
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Silencing of HMW glutenins in transgenic wheat expressing extra HMW subunits by ALVAREZ, M. L, GUELMAN, S, HALFORD, N. G, LUSTIG, S, REGGIARDO, M. I, RYABUSHKINA, N, SHEWRY, P, STEIN, J, VALLEJOS, R. H

“…Wheat HMW glutenin subunit genes 1Ax1 and 1Dx5 were introduced, and either expressed or overexpressed, into a commercial wheat cultivar that already expresses…”
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Regulation of spinach SNF1-related (SnRK1) kinases by protein kinases and phosphatases is associated with phosphorylation of the T loop and is regulated by 5'-AMP by Sugden, C, Crawford, R.M, Halford, N.G, Hardie, D.G

“…Members of the SNF1-related protein kinase-1 (SnRK1) subfamily of protein kinases are higher plant homologues of mammalian AMP-activated and yeast SNF1 protein…”
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Asparagine in plants by Lea, P.J, Sodek, L, Parry, M.A.J, Shewry, P.R, Halford, N.G

“…Interest in plant asparagine has rapidly taken off over the past 5 years following the report that acrylamide, a neurotoxin and potential carcinogen, is…”
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Arabidopsis sucrose non-fermenting-1-related protein kinase-1 and calcium-dependent protein kinase phosphorylate conserved target sites in ABA response element binding proteins by Zhang, Y, Andralojc, P.J, Hey, S.J, Primavesi, L.F, Specht, M, Koehler, J, Parry, M.A.J, Halford, N.G

“…Evidence is provided that plant transcription factors of the ABA response element binding protein (AREBP) class are phosphorylated by sucrose…”
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Genetically modified crops by Halford, Nigel G

“…Plant molecular biology came to the fore in the early 1980s and there has been tremendous growth in the subject since then. The study of plant genes and…”
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Evidence for the complex relationship between free amino acid and sugar concentrations and acrylamide‐forming potential in potato by Muttucumaru, N, Powers, S.J, Elmore, J.S, Briddon, A, Mottram, D.S, Halford, N.G

“…Free amino acids and reducing sugars participate in the Maillard reaction during high‐temperature cooking and processing. This results not only in the…”
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Genetically modified crops: methodology, benefits, regulation and public concerns by Halford, Nigel G, Shewry, Peter R

“…The genetic modification of crop plants from the methodology involved in their production through to the current debate on their use in agriculture are…”
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Identification and molecular characterisation of hordoindolines from barley grain by Darlington, H F, Rouster, J, Hoffmann, L, Halford, N G, Shewry, P R, Simpson, D J

“…Grain texture in barley is an important quality character as soft-textured cultivars have better malting quality. In wheat, texture is considered to be…”
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Expression of the gamma-zein protein of maize in seeds of transgenic barley: effects on grain composition and properties by ZHANG, Y, DARLINGTON, H, JONES, H. D, HALFORD, N. G, NAPIER, J. A, DAVEY, M. R, LAZZERI, P. A, SHEWRY, P. R

“…A cDNA clone encoding the gamma-zein protein of maize was expressed in developing grain of barley using the starchy endosperm cell-specific promoter from the…”
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Analysis of HMW glutenin subunits encoded by chromosome 1A of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) indicates quantitative effects on grain quality by Halford, N.G. (Rothamsted Experimental Station, Herts (United Kingdom). Inst. of Arable Crops Research), Field, J.M, Blair, H, Urwin, P, Moore, K, Robert, L, Thompson, R, Flavell, R.B, Tatham, A.S, Shewry, P.R

“…A gene encoding the high-molecular-weight (HMW) subunit of glutenin 1Ax1 was isolated from bread wheat cv Hope. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence…”
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Evidence that barley 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase kinase is a member of the sucrose nonfermenting-1-related protein kinase family by Barker, J.H.A. (University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.), Slocombe, S.P, Ball, K.L, Hardie, D.G, Shewry, P.R, Halford, N.G

“…A protein kinase was partially purified from barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv Sundance) endosperm by ammonium sulfate fractionation, followed by ion-exchange,…”
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