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Dr Alan Shirras

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. 2009
  2. Published

    Locomotor and geotactic behavior of Drosophila melanogaster over-expressing neprilysin 2

    Bland, N. D., Robinson, P., Thomas, J. E., Shirras, A. D., Turner, A. J. & Isaac, R. E., 03/2009, In: Peptides. 30, 3, p. 571-574 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Increased fragmentation of night-time sleep in Drosophila melanogaster lacking the angiotensin-converting enzyme-related (ACER) peptidase

    Isaac, E., Carhan, A., Tang, K., Shirras, C. & Shirras, A., 2009, In: Journal of Neurogenetics. 23, Supplement 1, p. S70-S70 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineMeeting abstractpeer-review

  4. 2007
  5. Published

    Metabolic inactivation of the circadian transmitter, pigment dispersing factor (PDF), by neprilysin-like peptidases in Drosophila.

    Isaac, R. E., Johnson, E. C., Audsley, N. & Shirras, A. D., 15/12/2007, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 210, 24, p. 4465-4470 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Male accessory glands of Drosophila melanogaster make a secreted angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ANCE), suggesting a role for the peptide-processing enzyme in seminal fluid.

    Rylett, C. M., Walker, M. J., Howell, G. J., Shirras, A. D. & Isaac, R. E., 15/10/2007, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 210, 20, p. 3601-3606 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    An unsuspected ecdysteroid/steroid phosphatase activity in the key T-cell regulator, Sts-1: Surprising relationship to insect ecdysteroid phosphate phosphatase

    Davies, L., Anderson, I. P., Turner, P. C., Shirras, A. D., Rees, H. H. & Rigden, D. J., 15/04/2007, In: Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics. 67, 3, p. 720-731 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Angiotensin-converting enzyme as a target for the development of novel insect growth regulators.

    Isaac, R. E., Lamango, N. S., Ekbote, U., Taylor, C. A., Hurst, D., Weaver, R. J., Carhan, A., Burnham, S. & Shirras, A. D., 01/2007, In: Peptides. 28, 1, p. 153-162 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Expression of NEP2, a soluble neprilysin-like endopeptidase, during embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Bland, N. D., Thomas, J. E., Audsley, N., Shirras, A. D., Turner, A. J. & Isaac, R. E., 01/2007, In: Peptides. 28, 1, p. 127-135 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. 2006
  11. Published

    Proteomic identification of Drosophila melanogaster male accessory gland proteins, including a pro-cathepsin and a soluble gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase.

    Walker, M. J., Rylett, C. M., Keen, J. N., Audsley, N., Sajid, M., Shirras, A. D. & Isaac, R. E., 2/05/2006, In: Proteome Science. 4, p. 9

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Effect of hight rhizospheric calcium on root growth and structure in Arabidopsis.

    Cherukuri, S., McAinsh, M. & Shirras, A., 04/2006, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 143, 4 Supp, p. S178

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Structural diversity of angiotensin-converting enzyme : insights from structure-activity comparisons of two Drosophila enzymes.

    Bingham, R. D., Dive, V., Phillips, S. E. V., Shirras, A. D. & Isaac, R. E., 01/2006, In: FEBS Journal. 273, 2, p. 362-373 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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