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Phylogenetic conservation of disulfide-linked, dimeric acetylcholine receptor pentamers in southern ocean electric rays by Tierney, M L, Osborn, K E, Milburn, P J, Stowell, M H B, Howitt, S M

“…Intact acetylcholine receptors have been purified on a novel affinity resin from three electric fish endemic to Australian waters. Their binding properties and…”
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Venom From the Platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, Induces a Calcium-Dependent Current in Cultured Dorsal Root Ganglion Cells by de Plater, G. M, Milburn, P. J, Martin, R. L

“…  1 Division of Neuroscience and   2 Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, John Curtin School of Medical Research; and   3 Division of Biochemistry…”
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The natriuretic peptide (ovCNP-39) from platypus ( Ornithorhynchus anatinus) venom relaxes the isolated rat uterus and promotes oedema and mast cell histamine release by de Plater, G.M, Martin, R.L, Milburn, P.J

“…In this study we characterise the ability of a C-type natriuretic peptide from platypus ( Ornithorhynchus anatinus) venom (ovCNP-39) to relax the rat uterus in…”
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A pharmacological and biochemical investigation of the venom from the platypus ( Ornithorhynchus anatinus) by de Plater, G, Martin, R.L, Milburn, P.J

“…In this study several activities of the venom of Ornithorhynchus anatinus have been investigated. Whole venom induced local oedema after subplantar injection…”
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Chain reversals in model peptides: studies of cystine-containing cyclic peptides. 3. Conformational free energies of cyclization of tetrapeptides of sequence Ac-Cys-Pro-X-Cys-NHMe by Falcomer, C. M, Meinwald, Y. C, Choudhary, I, Talluri, S, Milburn, P. J, Clardy, Jon, Scheraga, H. A

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The Oldest Known Banded Wandering Albatross Diomedea Exulans at the Prince Edward Islands by Cooper, J., Battam, H., Loves, C., Milburn, P. J., Smith, L. E.

“…The oldest known wandering albatross Diomedea exulans at the Prince Edward Islands is estimated to have been approximately half a century old when last…”
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Binding of an Invariant-Chain Peptide, CLIP, to I-A Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Molecules by Gautam, Anand M., Pearson, Cecelia, Quinn, Vanda, McDevitt, Hugh O., Milburn, Peter J.

“…Invariant chain (Ii) associates with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules and is crucial for antigen presentation by class II molecules…”
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Chain reversals in model peptides: studies of cystine-containing cyclic peptides. 1. Conformational free energies of cyclization of hexapeptides of sequence Ac-Cys-X-Pro-Gly-Y-Cys-NHMe by Milburn, P. J, Konishi, Y, Meinwald, Y. C, Scheraga, H. A

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Human DNA polymerase‐η, an A‐T mutator in somatic hypermutation of rearranged immunoglobulin genes, is a reverse transcriptase by Franklin, Andrew, Milburn, Peter J, Blanden, Robert V, Steele, Edward J

“…We have proposed previously that error‐prone reverse transcription using pre‐mRNA of rearranged immunoglobulin variable (IgV) regions as templates is involved…”
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Proteolysis of human hemoglobin by schistosome cathepsin D by Brindley, Paul J., Kalinna, Bernd H., Wong, Joanna Y.M., Bogitsh, Burton J., King, Lynette T., Smyth, Danielle J., Verity, Christiana K., Abbenante, Giovanni, Brinkworth, Ross I., Fairlie, David P., Smythe, Mark L., Milburn, Peter J., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Zheng, Yuan, McManus, Donald P.

“…Schistosomes feed on human blood. They employ proteases to degrade hemoglobin from ingested erythrocytes, using the residues released for amino acid…”
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Phosphorylation of splicing factor SF1 on Ser20 by cGMP-dependent protein kinase regulates spliceosome assembly by Wang, Xin, Bruderer, Shirin, Rafi, Zahra, Xue, Jing, Milburn, Peter J., Krämer, Angela, Robinson, Phillip J.

“…Splicing factor 1 (SF1) functions at early stages of pre‐mRNA splicing and contributes to splice site recognition by interacting with the essential splicing…”
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Phosphorylation of a New Brain-specific Septin, G-septin, by cGMP-dependent Protein Kinase by Xue, Jing, Wang, Xin, Malladi, Chandra S., Kinoshita, Makoto, Milburn, Peter J., Lengyel, Imre, Rostas, John A.P., Robinson, Phillip J.

“…The septins are a family of GTPase enzymes, some of which are required for the cytokinesis stage of cell division and others of which are associated with…”
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Porcine endogenous retrovirus encodes xenoantigens involved in porcine cellular xenograft rejection by mice by SIMEONOVIC, Charmaine J, ZIOLKOWSKI, Andrew F, GIBBS, Adrian J, POPP, Sarah K, MILBURN, Peter J, LYNCH, Celina-Ann, HAMILTON, Peter, HARRIS, Karla, BROWN, Debra J, BAIN, Simon A. F, WILSON, J. Dennis

“…Identification of the antigens that stimulate transplant rejection can help develop graft-specific antirejection strategies. The xenoantigens recognized during…”
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Chain reversals in model peptides: studies of cystine-containing cyclic peptides. II. Effects of valyl residues and possible i-to-(i + 3) attractive ionic interactions on cyclization of [Cys1], [Cys6] hexapeptides by Milburn, P J, Meinwald, Y C, Takahashi, S, Ooi, T, Scheraga, H A

“…The synthesis of four N-acetyl N'-methylamide cystine-containing hexapeptides, CVPGVC, CGVVGC, CKPGEC, and CEPGKC, is described. These were used in…”
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Local interactions favor the native 8-residue disulfide loop in the oxidation of a fragment corresponding to the sequence Ser-50-Met-79 derived from bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A by Milburn, P J, Scheraga, H A

“…A 30-residue peptide was obtained from ribonuclease A by chemical cleavage with cyanogen bromide, subsequent sulfitolysis with concomitant S-sulfonation, and…”
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No Associations Between Telomere Length and Age-Sensitive Indicators of Physical Function in Mid and Later Life by Mather, Karen Anne, Jorm, Anthony Francis, Milburn, Peter John, Tan, Xiaoyun, Easteal, Simon, Christensen, Helen

“…Telomere length, which declines with age, has been hypothesized to act as an indicator of biological aging. If it fulfills this purpose, shorter telomere…”
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Identification of residues in the class II-associated Ii peptide (CLIP) region of invariant chain that affect efficiency of MHC class II- mediated antigen presentation in an allele-dependent manner by Gautam, AM, Yang, M, Milburn, PJ, Baker, R, Bhatnagar, A, McCluskey, J, Boston, T

“…Invariant chain (Ii) associates with class II MHC molecules and is crucial for Ag presentation by class II molecules. A general explanation for how invariant…”
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Pertussis toxin inhibits EGF-, phorbol ester- and insulin-stimulated DNA synthesis in BALB/c3T3 cells: evidence for post-receptor activation of Gi alpha by Crouch, M F, Belford, D A, Milburn, P J, Hendry, I A

“…The contribution of the GTP-binding protein, Gi, to EGF, phorbol dibutyrate (PdBu)-, and insulin-stimulated DNA synthesis was examined in BALB/c3T3 cells…”
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A continuous central motif of invariant chain peptides, CLIP, is essential for binding to various I-A MHC class II molecules by Weenink, S M, Milburn, P J, Gautam, A M

“…Invariant chain (li) associates with MHC class II molecules and performs a number of crucial functions in antigen presentation. A nested set of class…”
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Seabird bycatch mitigation and blue-dyed bait: A spectral and experimental assessment by Cocking, Lisa J., Double, Michael C., Milburn, Peter J., Brando, Vittorio E.

“…The application of blue-dye to fishing baits is a seabird bycatch mitigation technique used in some pelagic longline fisheries that is thought to make the…”
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