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Affaticati, PE;
Dai, SB;
Payongsri, P;
Hailes, HC;
Tittmann, K;
Dalby, PA;
(2016)
Structural Analysis of an Evolved Transketolase Reveals Divergent Binding Modes.
Scientific Reports
, 6
, Article 35716. 10.1038/srep35716.
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Allison, AL;
Ambrose-Dempster, E;
Bawn, M;
Casas Arredondo, M;
Chau, C;
Chandler, K;
Dobrijevic, D;
... Ward, JM; + view all
(2021)
The impact and effectiveness of the general public wearing masks to reduce the spread of pandemics in the UK: a multidisciplinary comparison of single-use masks versus reusable face masks.
UCL Open Environment
, 3
, Article 1. 10.14324/111.444/ucloe.000022.
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Ambrose-Dempster, Esther;
Leipold, Leona;
Dobrijevic, Dragana;
Bawn, Maria;
Carter, Eve M;
Stojanovski, Gorjan;
Sheppard, Tom D;
... Hailes, Helen C; + view all
(2023)
Mechanoenzymatic reactions for the hydrolysis of PET.
RSC Advances
, 13
(15)
pp. 9954-9962.
10.1039/d3ra01708g.
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Anselmi, Silvia;
Ni, Yeke;
Tonoli, Alessia;
Wu, Jingyue;
Wang, Yu;
Prout, Luba;
Miodownik, Mark;
... Hailes, Helen C; + view all
(2025)
The discovery of new metagenomic urethanases utilising a novel colorimetric assay for applications in the biodegradation of polyurethanes.
Green Chemistry
10.1039/d5gc03560k.
(In press).
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Baud, Damien;
Tappertzhofen, Nadine;
Moody, Thomas S;
Ward, John M;
Hailes, Helen C;
(2022)
Stereoselective Transaminase-Mediated Synthesis of Serotonin and Melatonin Receptor Agonists.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
10.1002/adsc.202200146.
(In press).
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Baud, D;
Jeffries, JWE;
Moody, TS;
Ward, JM;
Hailes, HC;
(2017)
A metagenomics approach for new biocatalyst discovery: application to transaminases and the synthesis of allylic amines.
Green Chemistry
, 19
(4)
pp. 1134-1143.
10.1039/c6gc02769e.
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Baud, D;
Ladkau, N;
Moody, TS;
Ward, JM;
Hailes, HC;
(2015)
A rapid, sensitive colorimetric assay for the high-throughput screening of transaminases in liquid or solid-phase.
Chemical Communications
, 51
(97)
pp. 17225-17228.
10.1039/c5cc06817g.
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Bawn, M;
Subrizi, F;
Lye, GJ;
Sheppard, TD;
Hailes, HC;
Ward, JM;
(2018)
One-pot, two-step transaminase and transketolase synthesis of L-gluco-heptulose from L-arabinose.
Enzyme and Microbial Technology
, 116
pp. 16-22.
10.1016/j.enzmictec.2018.05.006.
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Bawn, M;
Subrizi, F;
Lye, GJ;
Sheppard, TD;
Hailes, HC;
Ward, JM;
(2018)
Data on a thermostable enzymatic one-pot reaction for the production of a high-value compound from L-arabinose.
Data in Brief
, 19
pp. 1341-1354.
10.1016/j.dib.2018.05.140.
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Bochenkova, AV;
Mooney, CRS;
Parkes, MA;
Woodhouse, JL;
Zhang, L;
Lewin, R;
Ward, JM;
... Fielding, HH; + view all
(2017)
Mechanism of resonant electron emission from the deprotonated GFP chromophore and its biomimetics.
Chemical Science
, 8
(4)
pp. 3154-3163.
10.1039/C6SC05529J.
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Bofinger, R;
Weitsman, G;
Evans, R;
Glaser, M;
Sander, K;
Allan, H;
Hochhauser, D;
... Tabor, AB; + view all
(2021)
Drug delivery, biodistribution and anti-EGFR activity: theragnostic nanoparticles for simultaneous in vivo delivery of tyrosine kinase inhibitors and kinase activity biosensors.
Nanoscale
10.1039/d1nr02770k.
(In press).
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Bofinger, R;
Zaw-Thin, M;
Mitchell, NJ;
Patrick, PS;
Stowe, C;
Gomez-Ramirez, A;
Hailes, HC;
... Tabor, AB; + view all
(2018)
Development of Lipopolyplexes for Gene Delivery: a Comparison of the Effects of Differing Modes of Targeting Peptide Display on the Structure and Transfection Activities of Lipopolyplexes.
Journal of Peptide Science
, 24
(12)
, Article e3131. 10.1002/psc.3131.
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Cárdenas-Fernández, M;
Bawn, M;
Hamley-Bennett, C;
Bharat, PKV;
Subrizi, F;
Suhaili, N;
Ward, DP;
... Lye, GJ; + view all
(2017)
An integrated biorefinery concept for conversion of sugar beet pulp into value-added chemicals and pharmaceutical intermediates.
Faraday Discuss
, 202
pp. 415-431.
10.1039/c7fd00094d.
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Cárdenas-Fernández, M;
Subrizi, F;
Dobrijevic, D;
Hailes, HC;
Ward, JM;
(2021)
Characterisation of a hyperthermophilic transketolase from Thermotoga maritima DSM3109 as a biocatalyst for 7-keto-octuronic acid synthesis.
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
10.1039/d1ob01237a.
(In press).
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Cárdenas‐Fernández, Max;
Roddan, Rebecca;
Carter, Eve M;
Hailes, Helen C;
Ward, John M;
(2023)
The Discovery of Imine Reductases and their Utilisation for the Synthesis of Tetrahydroisoquinolines.
ChemCatChem
10.1002/cctc.202201126.
(In press).
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Carter, EM;
Subrizi, F;
Ward, JM;
Sheppard, TD;
Hailes, HC;
(2021)
Direct Conversion of Hydrazones to Amines using Transaminases.
ChemCatChem
10.1002/cctc.202101008.
(In press).
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Coomber, CE;
Laserna, V;
Martin, LT;
Smith, PD;
Hailes, HC;
Porter, MJ;
Sheppard, TD;
(2019)
Catalytic direct amidations in tert-butyl acetate using B(OCH2CF3)3.
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
, 17
(26)
pp. 6465-6469.
10.1039/c9ob01012b.
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Cui, Lili;
Kudsiova, Laila;
Campbell, Frederick;
Barlow, David J;
Hailes, Helen C;
Tabor, Alethea B;
Lawrence, M Jayne;
(2023)
Understanding and optimising the transfection of lipopolyplexes formulated in saline: the effects of peptide and serum.
Biomaterials Science
10.1039/d2bm01905a.
(In press).
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Demetriou, E;
Story, HE;
Bofinger, R;
Hailes, HC;
Tabor, AB;
Golay, X;
(2019)
Effect of Liposomal Encapsulation on the Chemical Exchange Properties of Diamagnetic CEST Agents.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
, 123
(35)
pp. 7545-7557.
10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b02280.
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Deszcz, D;
Affaticati, P;
Ladkau, N;
Gegel, A;
Ward, JM;
Hailes, HC;
Dalby, PA;
(2015)
Single active-site mutants are sufficient to enhance serine:pyruvate α-transaminase activity in an ω-transaminase.
The FEBS Journal
, 282
(13)
pp. 2512-2526.
10.1111/febs.13293.
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Dobrijevic, D;
Benhamou, L;
Aliev, AE;
Méndez-Sánchez, D;
Dawson, N;
Baud, D;
Tappertzhofen, N;
... Ward, JM; + view all
(2019)
Metagenomic ene-reductases for the bioreduction of sterically challenging enones.
RSC Advances
, 9
(63)
pp. 36608-36614.
10.1039/c9ra06088j.
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Dobrijevic, D;
Nematollahi, LA;
Hailes, HC;
Ward, JM;
(2020)
pET expression vector customized for efficient seamless cloning.
Biotechniques
10.2144/btn-2020-0101.
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Dunbabin, A;
Subrizi, F;
Ward, JM;
Sheppard, TD;
Hailes, HC;
(2017)
Furfurylamines from biomass: Transaminase catalysed upgrading of furfurals.
Green Chemistry
, 19
(2)
pp. 397-404.
10.1039/c6gc02241c.
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Erdmann, V;
Lichmann, BR;
Zhao, J;
Simon, RC;
Kroutil, W;
Ward, JM;
Hailes, HC;
(2017)
Enzymatic and chemoenzymatic 3-step cascades for the synthesis of stereochemically complementary trisubstituted tetrahydroisoquinolines.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
, 56
(41)
pp. 12503-12507.
10.1002/anie.201705855.
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Escot, Lorena;
Gonzalez-Granda, Sergio;
Méndez-Sánchez, Daniel;
Wang, Yu;
Hailes, Helen;
Lavandera, Ivan;
Gotor-Fernández, Vicente;
(2024)
β,β-Disubstituted Alkan-2-ones from Propargylic Alcohols Combining a Meyer-Schuster Rearrangement and Asymmetric Alkene Bioreduction.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
, 366
(22)
pp. 4737-4746.
10.1002/adsc.202400653.
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Foster, RW;
Benhamou, L;
Porter, MJ;
Bučar, DK;
Hailes, HC;
Tame, CJ;
Sheppard, TD;
(2015)
Irreversible endo-selective diels-alder reactions of substituted alkoxyfurans: a general synthesis of endo-cantharimides.
Chemistry
, 21
(16)
pp. 6107-6114.
10.1002/chem.201406286.
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Foster, RW;
Tame, CJ;
Bučar, DK;
Hailes, HC;
Sheppard, TD;
(2015)
Sustainable Synthesis of Chiral Tetrahydrofurans through the Selective Dehydration of Pentoses.
Chemistry
, 21
(45)
pp. 15947-15950.
10.1002/chem.201503510.
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Foster, RW;
Tame, CJ;
Hailes, HC;
Sheppard, TD;
(2013)
Highly Regioselective Synthesis of Substituted Isoindolinones via Ruthenium-Catalyzed Alkyne Cyclotrimerizations.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
, 355
(11-12)
2353 -2360.
10.1002/adsc.201300055.
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Galman, JL;
Steadman, D;
Bacon, S;
Morris, P;
Smith, MEB;
Ward, JM;
Dalby, PA;
(2010)
alpha,alpha '-Dihydroxyketone formation using aromatic and heteroaromatic aldehydes with evolved transketolase enzymes.
Chemical Communications
, 46
(40)
7608 - 7610.
10.1039/c0cc02911d.
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Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Jorge;
Gonzalez-Granda, Sergio;
Kumar, Hirdesh;
Alvizo, Oscar;
Escot, Lorena;
Hailes, Helen C;
Gotor-Fernandez, Vicente;
(2024)
BioLindlar Catalyst: Ene-Reductase-Promoted Selective Bioreduction of Cyanoalkynes to Give (Z)-Cyanoalkenes.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
, 63
(39)
, Article e202410283. 10.1002/anie.202410283.
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González‐Rodríguez, Jorge;
González‐Granda, Sergio;
Kumar, Hirdesh;
Alvizo, Oscar;
Escot, Lorena;
Hailes, Helen C;
Gotor‐Fernández, Vicente;
(2024)
BioLindlar Catalyst: Ene‐Reductase‐Promoted Selective Bioreduction of Cyanoalkynes to Give (Z)‐Cyanoalkenes.
Angewandte Chemie
, 136
(39)
, Article e202410283. 10.1002/ange.202410283.
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Greenwood, JB;
Miles, J;
De Camillis, S;
Mulholland, P;
Zhang, L;
Parkes, MA;
Hailes, HC;
(2014)
Resonantly Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization Spectrum of the Neutral Green Fluorescent Protein Chromophore.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
, 5
(20)
3588 - 3592.
10.1021/jz5019256.
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Gruber, P;
Carvalho, F;
Marques, MPC;
O'Sullivan, B;
Subrizi, F;
Dobrijevic, D;
Ward, J;
... Szita, N; + view all
(2018)
Enzymatic synthesis of chiral amino-alcohols by coupling transketolase and transaminase-catalyzed reactions in a cascading continuous-flow microreactor system.
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
, 115
pp. 586-596.
10.1002/bit.26470.
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Guzman, JD;
Pesnot, T;
Barrera, DA;
Davies, HM;
McMahon, E;
Evangelopoulos, D;
Mortazavi, PN;
... Bhakta, S; + view all
(2015)
Tetrahydroisoquinolines affect the whole-cell phenotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by inhibiting the ATP-dependent MurE ligase.
J Antimicrob Chemother
, 70
(6)
pp. 1691-1703.
10.1093/jac/dkv010.
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Hailes, Helen C;
Wang, Yu;
Li, Yiwen;
Ni, Yeke;
Bucar, Dejan-Kresimir;
Dalby, Paul A;
Ward, John M;
(2024)
A transaminase-mediated aldol reaction and applications in cascades to styryl pyridines.
Catalysis Science & Technology
10.1039/d3cy01370g.
(In press).
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Hailes, H;
Ward, J;
Wang, Y;
Tappertzhofen, N;
Mendez-Sanchez, D;
Bawn, M;
Lyu, B;
(2019)
Design and use of de novo cascades for new benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis.
Angewandte Chemie
, 58
(30)
pp. 10120-10125.
10.1002/anie.201902761.
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Hailes, HC;
Subrizi, F;
Benhamou, L;
Ward, J;
Sheppard, T;
(2019)
Aminopolyols from carbohydrates: the amination of sugars and sugar‐derived tetrahydrofurans with transaminases.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
, 58
(12)
pp. 3854-3858.
10.1002/anie.201813712.
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Hayes, T;
Hu, Y;
Sanchez-Vazquez, SA;
Hailes, HC;
Aliev, AE;
Evans, JRG;
(2016)
Strategies for synthesis of epoxy resins from oleic acid derived from food wastes.
Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry
, 54
(19)
pp. 3159-3170.
10.1002/pola.28203.
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Hickman, TWP;
Baud, D;
Benhamou, L;
Hailes, HC;
Ward, JM;
(2020)
Characterisation of four hotdog-fold thioesterases for their implementation in a novel organic acid production system.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
, 104
pp. 4397-4406.
10.1007/s00253-020-10519-w.
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Higson, S;
Subrizi, F;
Sheppard, TD;
Hailes, HC;
(2016)
Chemical cascades in water for the synthesis of functionalized aromatics from furfurals.
Green Chemistry
, 18
(7)
pp. 1855-1858.
10.1039/C5GC02935J.
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Huang, W;
Chen, W;
Singh, V;
Zhang, J;
Wang, Y;
Alabdullatif, M;
Bele, E;
... Tiwari, MK; + view all
(2025)
Modulation-enabled healable and stretchable shape-memory polymer composites for digital light processing 4D printing.
Additive Manufacturing
, 101
, Article 104699. 10.1016/j.addma.2025.104699.
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Jeffries, JWE;
Dawson, N;
Orengo, C;
Moody, TS;
Quinn, DJ;
Hailes, HC;
Ward, JM;
(2016)
Metagenome Mining: A Sequence Directed Strategy for the Retrieval of Enzymes for Biocatalysis.
ChemistrySelect
, 1
(10)
pp. 2217-2220.
10.1002/slct.201600515.
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Jockmann, Emely;
Subrizi, Fabiana;
Mohr, Michael KF;
Carter, Eve M;
Hebecker, Pia M;
Popadić, Désirée;
Hailes, Helen C;
(2023)
Expanding the Substrate Scope of N- and O-Methyltransferases from Plants for Chemoselective Alkylation.
ChemCatChem
, Article e202300930. 10.1002/cctc.202300930.
(In press).
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Karaluka, V;
Murata, K;
Masuda, S;
Shiramatsu, Y;
Kawamoto, T;
Hailes, HC;
Sheppard, TD;
(2018)
Development of a microwave-assisted sustainable conversion of furfural hydrazones to functionalised phthalimides in ionic liquids.
RSC Advances
, 8
(40)
pp. 22617-22624.
10.1039/c8ra03895c.
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Kenny, GD;
Bienemann, AS;
Tagalakis, AD;
Pugh, JA;
Welser, K;
Campbell, F;
Tabor, AB;
... Hart, SL; + view all
(2013)
Multifunctional receptor-targeted nanocomplexes for the delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids to the brain.
Biomaterials
, 34
(36)
pp. 9190-9200.
10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.07.081.
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Kenny, GD;
Villegas-Llerena, C;
Tagalakis, AD;
Campbell, F;
Welser, K;
Botta, M;
Tabor, AB;
... Hart, SL; + view all
(2012)
Multifunctional receptor-targeted nanocomplexes for magnetic resonance imaging and transfection of tumours.
Biomaterials
, 33
(29)
7241 - 7250.
10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.06.042.
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Kudsiova, L;
Mohammadi, A;
Mustapa, MFM;
Campbell, F;
Welser, K;
Vlaho, D;
Story, H;
... Lawrence, MJ; + view all
(2019)
Trichain cationic lipids: the potential of their lipoplexes for gene delivery.
Biomaterials Science
, 7
(1)
pp. 149-158.
10.1039/c8bm00965a.
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Kudsiova, L;
Welser, K;
Campbell, F;
Mohammadi, A;
Dawson, N;
Cui, L;
Hailes, HC;
... Tabor, AB; + view all
(2016)
Delivery of siRNA using ternary complexes containing branched cationic peptides: the role of peptide sequence, branching and targeting.
Molecular BioSystems
, 12
(3)
pp. 934-951.
10.1039/c5mb00754b.
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Lechner, H;
Soriano, P;
Poschner, R;
Hailes, HC;
Ward, JM;
Kroutil, W;
(2017)
Library of norcoclaurine synthases and their immobilization for biocatalytic transformations.
Biotechnology Journal
10.1002/biot.201700542.
(In press).
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Leipold, L;
Dobrijevic, D;
Jeffries, J;
Bawn, M;
Moody, T;
Ward, J;
Hailes, HC;
(2018)
The identification and use of robust transaminases from a domestic drain metagenome.
RSC Green Chemistry
, 1
pp. 75-86.
10.1039/c8gc02986e.
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Lichman, BR;
Gershater, MC;
Lamming, ED;
Pesnot, T;
Sula, A;
Keep, NH;
Hailes, HC;
(2015)
'Dopamine-first' mechanism enables the rational engineering of the norcoclaurine synthase aldehyde activity profile.
FEBS J
, 282
(6)
1137 - 1151.
10.1111/febs.13208.
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Lichman, BR;
Lamming, ED;
Pesnot, T;
Smith, JM;
Hailes, HC;
Ward, JM;
(2015)
One-pot triangular chemoenzymatic cascades for the syntheses of chiral alkaloids from dopamine.
Green Chemistry
, 17
(2)
pp. 852-855.
10.1039/c4gc02325k.
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Lichman, BR;
Lamming, ED;
Pesnot, T;
Smith, JM;
Hailes, HC;
Ward, JM;
(2014)
One-pot triangular chemoenzymatic cascades for the syntheses of chiral alkaloids from dopamine.
Green Chemistry
, 17
(2)
pp. 852-855.
10.1039/c4gc02325k.
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Lichman, BR;
Sula, A;
Pesnot, T;
Hailes, HC;
Ward, JM;
Keep, NH;
(2017)
Structural Evidence for the Dopamine-First Mechanism of Norcoclaurine Synthase.
Biochemistry
, 56
(40)
pp. 5274-5277.
10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00769.
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Lichman, BR;
Zhao, J;
Hailes, HC;
Ward, JM;
(2017)
Enzyme catalysed Pictet-Spengler formation of chiral 1,1 '-disubstituted- and spiro-tetrahydroisoquinolines.
Nature Communications
, 8
, Article 14883. 10.1038/ncomms14883.
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Locks, A;
Bowles, BJ;
Brown, S;
Hailes, HC;
Hilton, ST;
(2025)
3D Printing with tuneable degradation: Thiol-ene and thiol-yne containing formulations for biomedical applications.
International Journal of Pharmaceutics
, 674
, Article 125432. 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2025.125432.
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Maitra, A;
Evangelopoulos, D;
Chrzastek, A;
Martin, LT;
Hanrath, A;
Chapman, E;
Hailes, HC;
... Bhakta, S; + view all
(2020)
Carprofen elicits pleiotropic mechanisms of bactericidal action with the potential to reverse antimicrobial drug resistance in tuberculosis.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
, Article dkaa307. 10.1093/jac/dkaa307.
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Manunta, MDI;
McAnulty, RJ;
Tagalakis, AD;
Bottoms, SE;
Campbell, F;
Hailes, HC;
Tabor, AB;
... Hart, SL; + view all
(2011)
Nebulisation of Receptor-Targeted Nanocomplexes for Gene Delivery to the Airway Epithelium.
PLOS ONE
, 6
(10)
, Article e26768. 10.1371/journal.pone.0026768.
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Martin, Liam T;
Daniel, Chris;
Guldberg-Allen, Marcus;
Navaratnarajah, Anushandan;
Anselmi, Silvia;
Burova, Tina-Maria D;
Willcocks, Sam;
... Bhakta, Sanjib; + view all
(2025)
Development of Carprofen analogues with activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
, 127
, Article 118226. 10.1016/j.bmc.2025.118226.
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Martin, Liam T;
Lamming, Eleanor D;
Maitra, Arundhati;
Mortazavi, Parisa N;
Roddan, Rebecca;
Ward, John M;
Bhakta, Sanjib;
(2023)
C-1 Substituted isoquinolines potentiate the antimycobacterial activity of rifampicin and ethambutol.
Frontiers in Antibiotics
, 2
, Article 1095013. 10.3389/frabi.2023.1095013.
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McLaughlin, C;
Assmann, M;
Parkes, MA;
Woodhouse, JL;
Lewin, R;
Hailes, HC;
Worth, GA;
(2017)
ortho and para chromophores of green fluorescent protein: controlling electron emission and internal conversion.
Chemical Science
, 8
(2)
pp. 1621-1630.
10.1039/C6SC03833F.
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Mitchell, N;
Kalber, TL;
Cooper, MS;
Sunassee, K;
Chalker, SL;
Shaw, KP;
Ordidge, KL;
... Tabor, AB; + view all
(2013)
Incorporation of paramagnetic, fluorescent and PET/SPECT contrast agents into liposomes for multimodal imaging.
Biomaterials
, 34
(4)
1179 - 1192.
10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.09.070.
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Mohammadi, A;
Kudsiova, L;
Mustapa, MFM;
Campbell, F;
Vlaho, D;
Welser, K;
Story, H;
... Hailes, HC; + view all
(2019)
The discovery and enhanced properties of trichain lipids in lipopolyplex gene delivery systems.
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
10.1039/c8ob02374c.
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Mooney, CRS;
Parkes, MA;
Zhang, L;
Hailes, HC;
Simperler, A;
Bearpark, MJ;
Fielding, HH;
(2014)
Competition between photodetachment and autodetachment of the 2(1)pi pi* state of the green fluorescent protein chromophore anion.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
, 140
(20)
, Article ARTN 205103. 10.1063/1.4874643.
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Nasirudeen, MB;
Hailes, HC;
Evans, JRG;
(2017)
Preparation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural from Glucose and Fructose in Ionic Liquids by Reactive Vacuum Distillation Over a Solid Catalyst.
Current Organic Synthesis
, 14
(4)
pp. 596-603.
10.2174/1570179414666161115155958.
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Newgas, Sophie A;
Jeffries, Jack WE;
Moody, Thomas S;
Ward, John M;
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