Dr Robert Saunders's Publications

Ivan Boubriak, Penelope A Mason, David J Clancy, Joel Dockray, Robert D C Saunders, Lynne S Cox (2009) DmWRNexo is a 3'-5' exonuclease: phenotypic and biochemical characterization of mutants of the Drosophila orthologue of human WRN exonuclease, 267-277. In Biogerontology 10 (3).

Robert D C Saunders, Ivan Boubriak, David J Clancy, Lynne S Cox (2008) Identification and characterization of a Drosophila ortholog of WRN exonuclease that is required to maintain genome integrity, 418-425. In Aging Cell 7 (3).

Lynne S Cox, David J Clancy, Ivan Boubriak, Robert D C Saunders (2007) Modeling Werner Syndrome in Drosophila melanogaster, 274-288. In Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

H Kress, A Jarrin, E Thuroff, R Saunders, C Weise, M Schmidt am Busch, E W Knapp, M Wedde, A Vilcinskas (2004) A Kunitz type protease inhibitor related protein is synthesized in Drosophila prepupal salivary glands and released into the moulting fluid during pupation, 855-869. In Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 34 (8).

J Mathers, J A Fraser, M McMahon, R D C Saunders, J D Hayes, L I McLellan (2004) Antioxidant and cytoprotective responses to redox stress, In press. In Biochem. Soc. Symp.

A D Renault, X H Zhang, L S Alphey, L M Frenz, D M Glover, R D Saunders, J M Axton (2003) Giant nuclei is essential in the cell cycle transition from meiosis to mitosis, 2997-3005. In Development (Cambridge, England) 130 (13).

J A Fraser, P Kansagra, C Kotecki, R D C Saunders, L I McLellan (2003) The modifier subunit of Drosophila glutamate cysteine ligase regulates catalytic activity by covalent and non-covalent interactions, and influences glutathione homeostasis in vivo, 46369-46377. In Journal of Biological Chemistry 278 (47).

J A Fraser, R D C Saunders, L I McLellan (2002) Drosophila melanogaster glutamate cysteine ligase activity is regulated by a modifier subunit with a similar mechanism of action to the mammalian form, 1158-1165. In Journal of Biological Chemistry.

P V Benos, M K Gatt, L Murphy, D Harris, B Barrell, C Ferraz, S Vidal, C Brun, J Demaille, E Cadieu, S Dreano, S Gloux, V Lelaure, S Mottier, F Galibert, D Borkova, B Minana, F C Kafatos, S Bolshakov, I Siden-Kiamos, G Papagiannakis, L Spanos, C Louis, E Madueno, B de Pablos, J Modolell, A Peter, P Schottler, M Werner, F Mourkioti, N Beinert, D Dowe, U Schafer, H Jackle, B Bucheton, D Callister, L Campbell, N S Henderson, P J McMillan, C Salles, E Tait, P Valenti, R D C Saunders, A Billaud, L Pachter, D M Glover And, M Ashburner (2001) From First Base: The Sequence of the Tip of the X Chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster, a Comparison of Two Sequencing Strategies, 710-730. In Genome Research.

M B Fasken, R Saunders, M Rosenberg, D W Brighty (2000) A leptomycin B-sensitive homologue of human CRM1 promotes nuclear export of nuclear export sequence-containing proteins in Drosophila cells, 1878-1886. In The Journal of Biological Chemistry 275 (3).

P V Benos, M K Gatt, M Ashburner, L Murphy, D Harris, B Barrell, C Ferraz, S Vidal, C Brun, J Demailles, E Cadieu, S Dreano, S Gloux, V Lelaure, S Mottier, F Galibert, D Borkova, B Minana, F C Kafatos, C Louis, I Siden-Kiamos, S Bolshakov, G Papagiannakis, L Spanos, S Cox, E Madueno, B de Pablos, J Modolell, A Peter, P Schottler, M Werner, F Mourkioti, N Beinert, G Dowe, U Schafer, H Jackle, A Bucheton, D M Callister, L A Campbell, A Darlamitsou, N S Henderson, P J McMillan, C Salles, E A Tait, P Valenti, R D Saunders, D M Glover (2000) From sequence to chromosome: the tip of the X chromosome of D. melanogaster, 2220-2222. In Science.

R D C Saunders, L I McLellan (2000) Molecular cloning of Drosophila g-glutamylcysteine synthetase by functional complementation of a yeast mutant, 337-340. In FEBS Letters.

R R Yamamoto, J M Axton, Y Yamamoto, R D C Saunders, D M Glover, D S Henderson (2000) The Drosophila mus101 gene, which links DNA repair, replication and condensation of heterochromatin in mitosis, encodes a protein with seven BRCA1 C-terminus domains, 711-721. In Genetics.

F H Collins, R D Saunders, F C Kafatos, C Roth, Z Ke, X Wang, K Dymbrowski, L Ton, J Hogan (1999) Genetics in the study of mosquito susceptibility to Plasmodium, 163-168. In Parassitologia 41 (1-3).

P Deak, M M Omar, R D C Saunders, M Pal, O Komonyi, J Szidonya, P Maroy, Y Zhang, M Ashburner, P Benos, C Savakis, I Siden-Kiamos, C Louis, V N Bolshakov, F C Kafatos, E Madueno, J Modolell, D M Glover (1997) P element insertion alleles of essential genes on the third chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster: correlation of physical and cytogenetic maps in chromosomal region 86E-87F, 1697-1722. In Genetics.

R D C Saunders, M C Avides, T Howard, C Gonzalez, D M Glover (1997) The Drosophila gene abnormal spindle encodes a novel microtubule-associated protein that associates with the polar regions of the mitotic spindle, 881-890. In Journal of Cell Biology 137 (4).

E Madueno, G Papagiannakis, G Rimmington, R D C Saunders, C Savakis, I Siden-Kiamos, G Skavdis, L Spanos, J Trenear, P Adam, M Ashburner, P Benos, V N Bolshakov, D Coulson, D M Glover, S Goerick, F C Kafatos, C Louis, T Majerus, J Modolell (1995) A physical map of the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster: cosmid contigs and sequence tagged sites, 1631-1647. In Genetics.

V Dombradi, D J Mann, R D C Saunders, P T W Cohen (1993) Cloning of the 4th Functional Gene for Protein Phosphatase-1 in Drosophila-Melanogaster from Its Chromosomal Location, 177-183. In European Journal of Biochemistry 212 (1).

M Ashburner, D M Glover, R D C Saunders, I Duncan, D Hartl, J Merriam, G Lee, J Johnson, F C Kafatos, I Siden-Kiamos, C Louis, C Savakis (1991) D. melanogaster component of "Genome Maps",. In Science.

F C Kafatos, C Louis, C Savakis, D M Glover, M Ashburner, A J Link, I Siden-Kiamos, R D C Saunders (1991) Integrated maps of the Drosophila genome: progress and prospects, 155-161. In Trends in Genetics.

L Zheng, R D C Saunders, D Fortini, A della Torre, M Coluzzi, D M Glover, F C Kafatos (1991) Low resolution genome map of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae, 11187-11191. In Proceeding of the National Academy of Science of the U. S. A.

C Gonzalez, RD Saunders, J Casal, I Molina, M Carmena, P Ripoll, DM Glover (1990) Mutations at the asp locus of Drosophila lead to multiple free centrosomes in syncytial embryos, but restrict centrosome duplication in larval neuroblasts, 605-616. In J. Cell Sci. 96 (4).

C Gonzalez, R D C Saunders, J Casal, I Molina, M Carmena, P Ripoll, D M Glover (1990) Mutations at the asp locus of Drosophila lead to multiple free centrosomes in syncytial embryos, but restrict centrosome duplication in larval neuroblasts, 605-616. In Journal of Cell Science.

R D C Saunders (1990) Short cuts for genome walking: chromosome microdissection and the polymerase chain reaction, 245-248. In BioEssays : News and Reviews in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology.

I Siden-Kiamos, R D C Saunders, L Spanos, T Majerus, J Trenear, C Savakis, C Louis, D M Glover, M Ashburner, F C Kafatos (1990) Towards a physical map of the Drosophila melanogaster genome: mapping of cosmid clones within defined genomic divisions, 6261-6270. In Nucelic Acids Research.

R D C Saunders, D M Glover, M Ashburner, I Siden-Kiamos, C Louis, M Monastirioti, C Savakis, F C Kafatos (1989) PCR amplification of DNA microdissected from a single polytene chromosome band: a comparison with conventional microcloning, 9027-9037. In Nucleic Acids Research.

John L. Williams, Robert D. C. Saunders, Mary Bownes, Ann Scott (1987) Identification of a female-sterile mutation affecting yolk protein 2 in Drosophila melanogaster, 360-365. In MGG Molecular & General Genetics 209 (2).

Robert D. C. Saunders, Mary Bownes (1986) Sequence analysis of a yolk protein secretion mutant of Drosophila melanogaster, 557-560. In MGG Molecular & General Genetics 205 (3).

J O Bishop, G G Selman, J Hickman, L Black, R D Saunders, A J Clark (1985) The 45-kb unit of major urinary protein gene organization is a gigantic imperfect palindrome., 1591-1600. In Mol. Cell. Biol. 5 (7).