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An exploration of barriers and facilitators to older adults’ participation in higher impact physical activity and bone health: a qualitative study by Simmonds, B. A. J., Hannam, K. J., Fox, K. R., Tobias, J. H.

“…Summary This qualitative study explored the acceptability of high-impact physical activity for increasing bone strength in later life. Thematic analysis…”
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Objectively assessed physical activity and lower limb function and prospective associations with mortality and newly diagnosed disease in UK older adults: an OPAL four-year follow-up study by Fox, Kenneth R, Ku, Po-Wen, Hillsdon, Melvyn, Davis, Mark G, Simmonds, Bethany A J, Thompson, Janice L, Stathi, Afroditi, Gray, Selena F, Sharp, Deborah J, Coulson, Joanne C

“…Objective measures of physical activity and function with a diverse cohort of UK adults in their 70s and 80s were used to investigate relative risk of…”
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The chemotherapeutic agent paclitaxel inhibits autophagy through two distinct mechanisms that regulate apoptosis by Veldhoen, R A, Banman, S L, Hemmerling, D R, Odsen, R, Simmen, T, Simmonds, A J, Underhill, D A, Goping, I S

“…Anti-mitotic agents such as paclitaxel and docetaxel are widely used for the treatment of breast, ovarian and lung cancers. Although paclitaxel induces…”
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Reduced herbivory of the European corn borer ( Ostrinia nubilalis) on corn transformed with germin, a wheat oxalate oxidase gene by Ramputh, A.I, Arnason, J.T, Cass, L, Simmonds, J.A

“…The strategy of targeting expression of a constitutively regulated gene to generate H 2O 2 in the extracellular matrix, to reduce herbivory of the European…”
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Distinguishable functions for engrailed and invected in anterior-posterior patterning in the Drosophila wing by SIMMONDS, A. J, BROOK, W. J, COHEN, S. M, BELL, J. B

“…Subdivision of the limb primordia into compartments initiates pattern formation in the developing limbs. Interaction between distinctly specific cells in…”
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The Salt Stress-Inducible Protein Kinase Gene, Esi47, from the Salt-Tolerant Wheatgrass Lophopyrum elongatum Is Involved in Plant Hormone Signaling by Shen, Wei, Gómez-Cadenas, Aurelio, Elizabeth L. Routly, Ho, Tuan-Hua David, John A. Simmonds, Patrick J. Gulick

“…Protein kinases play a central role in signal transduction in all organisms and to study signal transduction in response to salt stress we have identified and…”
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Apical Localization of wingless Transcripts Is Required for Wingless Signaling by Simmonds, Andrew J., dosSantos, Gilbert, Livne-Bar, Izhar, Krause, Henry M.

“…Many developing and adult tissues are comprised of polarized epithelia. Proteins that are asymmetrically distributed in these cells are thought to be localized…”
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Molecular interactions between Vestigial and Scalloped promote wing formation in Drosophila by Simmonds, A J, Liu, X, Soanes, K H, Krause, H M, Irvine, K D, Bell, J B

“…Scalloped (Sd) and Vestigial (Vg) are each needed for Drosophila wing development. We show that Sd is required for Vg function and that altering their relative…”
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Transient gene expression in maize, rice, and wheat cells using an airgun apparatus by Oard, J.H. (University of California, Davis, CA), Paige, D.F, Simmonds, J.A, Gradziel, T.M

“…An airgun apparatus has been constructed for transient gene expression studies of monocots. This device utilizes compressed air from a commerical airgun to…”
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FTZ-Factor1 and Fushi tarazu interact via conserved nuclear receptor and coactivator motifs by Schwartz, Carol J.E., Sampson, Heidi M., Hlousek, Daniela, Percival-Smith, Anthony, Copeland, John W.R., Simmonds, Andrew J., Krause, Henry M.

“…To activate transcription, most nuclear receptor proteins require coactivators that bind to their ligand‐binding domains (LBDs). The Drosophila FTZ‐Factor1…”
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High energy charge as a requirement for axis elongation in response to gibberellic acid and kinetin during stratification of Acer saccharum seeds by Simmonds, J.A, Dumbroff, E.B

“…The growth potential of embryonic axes of Acer saccharum Marsh. increased during moist storage at 5 C but not at 20 C. During the period of increasing growth…”
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Development of an assay for the estimation of N10-propargyl-5,8-dideazafolic acid polyglutamates in tumor cells by Sikora, E, Newell, D R, Jackman, A L, Simmonds, A J, Jones, T R, Calvert, A H

“…A method is described herein for the isolation and quantitation of polyglutamates of the thymidylate synthase (TS) inhibitor N10-propargyl-5,8-dideazafolic…”
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Expression of anthocyanin pigmentation in wheat tissues transformed with anthocyanin regulatory genes by Chawla, H. S., Cass, Leslie A., Simmonds, J. A.

“…Screening of transgenic tissue on the basis of the anthocyanin pigmentation has been studied in wheat. Cell-autonomous anthocyanin pigmentation, controlled by…”
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Mitotic activity in wheat shoot apical meristems: effect of dissection to expose the apical dome by Simmonds, John A

“…An efficient method, less laborious than histological procedures, is described to screen relatively large numbers of shoot apices for mitotic activity. Mitotic…”
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Developmental and environmental regulation of anthocyanin pigmentation in wheat tissues transformed with anthocyanin regulatory genes by Chawla, H.S, Cass, L.A, Simmonds, J.A

“…Cell autonomous anthocyanin pigmentation, produced by the anthocyanin regulatory genes B and C1 controlled by the constitutive CaMV35s promoter (pBC1-7), was…”
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Borotannic complex in athlete's foot by Simmonds, A J

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Digital pulse interval and width modulation by Ghassemlooy, Z., Reyher, R., Kaluarachchi, E. D., Simmonds, A. J.

“…This article investigates the implementation of a new digital pulse‐time modulation (PTM) technique based on a digital pulse internal and width modulation…”
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LeFRK2, the gene encoding the major fructokinase in tomato fruits, is not required for starch biosynthesis in developing fruits by Dai, Nir, German, Marcelo A, Matsevitz, Tanya, Hanael, Rana, Swartzberg, Dvora, Yeselson, Yelena, Petreikov, Marina, Schaffer, Arthur A, Granot, David

“…The LeFRK2 gene product has been proposed to play a role in transient starch accumulation in developing tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum) fruits. To analyze…”
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Abstracts of the 18th international isotope society (UK group) symposium: synthesis & applications of labelled compounds 2009 by Aigbirhio, F. I., Allen, J., Arrowsmith, R. L., Athlan, A., Badman, G. T., Bayly, S. R., Bedford, R., Botting, N. P., Bragg, R. A., Brasseur, D., Bushby, N., Cable, K. M., Chan, F., Christlieb, M., Churchill, G. C., Collison, D., Denoux, M., Dilworth, J. R., Farrar, G., Gotfredsen, C. H., Greaney, M. F., Harding, J. R., Harris, P., Harwood, S. J., Heglund, I. F., Hendry, D., Hosseini, M., Johnston, J. S., Jones, S., Jordan, A., Killick, D. A., Kitson, S. L., Kowalczyk, R. M., Lawrie, K. W. M., Lockley, W. J. S., Madge, D., Manning, C., Marshall, L. J., McNeill, A. H., Newman, J. J., Pascu, S. I., Roy, S., Schofield, J., Shanmugham, M. S., Shipley, N. J., Simmonds, A. J., Smith, D., Smith, S. L., Steward, O. R., Tanner, D., Travers, J. G., Tyrrell, R. M., Vital, P., Waghorn, P. A., Warrington, B., Watters, W., Willcocks, K., Williams, G. D., Young, C. G., Zhong, J.

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A brief and stereoselective synthesis of limonoid models, with antifeedant activity against Locusts migratoria by Fernández-Mateos, A., Ramos Silvo, A.I., Rubio González, R., Simmonds, M.S.J.

“…A short stereoselective preparation of havanensin-type limonoid models is reported. The synthesis is based on a radical domino reaction of an epoxyketone to a…”
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