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Dr Tim Hawkins' Outputs (28)

The evolution of the actin binding NET superfamily (2014)
Journal Article
Hawkins, T., Deeks, M., Wang, P., & Hussey, P. (2014). The evolution of the actin binding NET superfamily. Frontiers in Plant Science, 5, Article 254. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2014.00254

The Arabidopsis Networked (NET) superfamily are plant-specific actin binding proteins which specifically label different membrane compartments and identify specialized sites of interaction between actin and membranes unique to plants. There are 13 me... Read More about The evolution of the actin binding NET superfamily.

Emissive europium complexes that stain the cell walls of healthy plant cells, pollen tubes and roots (2014)
Journal Article
Palmer, A. J., Ford, S. H., Butler, S. J., Hawkins, T. J., Hussey, P. J., Pal, R., …Parker, D. (2014). Emissive europium complexes that stain the cell walls of healthy plant cells, pollen tubes and roots. RSC Advances, 4(18), 9356-9366. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ra45426f

The cell-staining behaviour of a set of five emissive europium complexes has been studied in Nicotiana tabacum BY-2 cells and pollen tubes, Nicotiana benthamiana plant leaves and in the root hairs of the wild-type plant Arabidopsis thaliana (Columbia... Read More about Emissive europium complexes that stain the cell walls of healthy plant cells, pollen tubes and roots.

A Superfamily of Actin-Binding Proteins at the Actin-Membrane Nexus of Higher Plants. (2012)
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Deeks, M. J., Calcutt, J. R., Ingle, E. K., Hawkins, T. J., Chapman, S., Richardson, A., …Hussey, P. J. (2012). at the Actin-Membrane Nexus of Higher Plants. Current Biology, 22(17), 1595-1600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.06.041

Complex animals use a wide variety of adaptor proteins to produce specialized sites of interaction between actin and membranes. Plants do not have these protein families, yet actin-membrane interactions within plant cells are critical for the positio... Read More about A Superfamily of Actin-Binding Proteins at the Actin-Membrane Nexus of Higher Plants..

A Thermodynamic Model of Microtubule Assembly and Disassembly (2009)
Journal Article
Piette, B., Liu, J., Peeters, K., Smertenko, A., Hawkins, T., Deeks, M., …Hussey, P. (2009). A Thermodynamic Model of Microtubule Assembly and Disassembly. PLoS ONE, 4(8), Article e6378. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006378

Microtubules are self-assembling polymers whose dynamics are essential for the normal function of cellular processes including chromosome separation and cytokinesis. Therefore understanding what factors effect microtubule growth is fundamental to our... Read More about A Thermodynamic Model of Microtubule Assembly and Disassembly.

Enzyme activities and subcellular localization of members of the Arabidopsis glutathione transferase superfamily (2009)
Journal Article
Dixon, D., Hawkins, T., Hussey, P., & Edwards, R. (2009). Enzyme activities and subcellular localization of members of the Arabidopsis glutathione transferase superfamily. Journal of Experimental Botany, 60(4), 1207-1218. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ern365

Enzyme screens with Strep-tagged recombinant proteins and expression studies with the respective green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusions have been employed to examine the functional activities and subcellular localization of members of the Arabidopsi... Read More about Enzyme activities and subcellular localization of members of the Arabidopsis glutathione transferase superfamily.

MOR1/GEM1 has an essential role in the plant-specific cytokinetic phragmoplast (2002)
Journal Article
Twell, D., Park, S., Hawkins, T., Schubert, D., Schmidt, R., Smertenko, A., & Hussey, P. (2002). MOR1/GEM1 has an essential role in the plant-specific cytokinetic phragmoplast. Nature Cell Biology, 4(9), 711-714. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb844

MOR1 is a member of the MAP215 family of microtubule-associated proteins and is required to establish interphase arrays of cortical microtubules in plant cells1. Here we show that MOR1 binds microtubules in vivo, localizing to both cortical microtubu... Read More about MOR1/GEM1 has an essential role in the plant-specific cytokinetic phragmoplast.