Robertson

MUP molecular heterogeneity

Robertson, D.H.L., Gaskell, S.J., Cox, K., Evershed, R.P. & Beynon, R.J. Molecular heterogeneity in the Major Urinary Proteins of the house mouse, Mus musculus (1996) Biochem. J. 316, 265-272 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Wild mice show much more MUP polymorphism than inbred lab mice

Robertson, D.H.L., Hurst, J L., Bolgar, M.S., Gaskell, S.J.& Beynon, R.J. (1997) Molecular heterogeneity of urinary proteins in wild house mouse populations. Rap. Comm. Mass Spec.11, 786-790 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

MUPs can take up ligands from the environment

Robertson, D., Hurst, J.L., Hubbard, S.J., Gaskell, S.J. & Beynon, R.J. (1998) Ligands of urinary lipocalins from the mouse -uptake of environmentally-derived chemicals. J. Chem. Ecol. 24, 1127-1140 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

MUPs bind volatiles and extend the duration of odour signals

Hurst, J.L., Robertson, D.H.L., Tolladay, U. & Beynon, R.J. (1998) Proteins in scent marks of male house mice extend the emission of olfactory signals. Anim. Behav. 55, 1285-1297 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

MMP Zymography

Coughlan, A. R., Robertson, D. H. L., Burke, R., Beynon, R.J., Carter, S. D. (1998) Isolation and identification of canine matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2). Vet J. 155, 231-237 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

MMP zymography

Coughlan, A. R, Robertson, D. H. L, Bennett, D., May, C., Beynon, R.J., Carter, S.D. (1998) Matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 in canine rheumatoid arthritis. Vet. Record 143, 219-223 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Contact with urinary proteins stimulates countermarking in male mice

Humphries, R. E., Robertson, D. H., Beynon, R. J. & Hurst, J. L. (1999). Unravelling the chemical basis of competitive scent marking in house mice. Anim Behav 58, 1177-1190. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Limited proteolysis of MUPs

Wu, C., Robertson, D.H.L., Hubbard, S.J. Gaskell, S.J. & Beynon, R.J. (1999) Proteolysis of native enzymes: Trapping of a reaction intermediate. J. Biol. Chem. 274: 1108-1115 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Soluble meprin alpha

Beynon, R.J., Oliver, S., Stateva, L., Evershed, R.P. & Robertson, D.H.L. (1997) Soluble forms of kidney meprin alpha. in 'The Astacins' (R Zwilling & W Stocker, eds) Verlag DR Kovac, Hamburg, 1997 [Abstract...]

Protein binding in chemical communication

Beynon, R.J., Robertson, D.H.L., Hubbard, S. J., Gaskell, S.J. & Hurst, J.L. (1999) The role of protein binding in chemical communication: major urinary proteins in the house mouse. in "Chemical Signals in Vertebrates" (R.E. Johnston, D. Müller-Schwarze and P.W.Sorensen eds) Plenum Press pp 137-147 [Abstract...]

Many MUPs expressed by wild mice

Pes, D., Robertson, D.H.L., Hurst, J.L.., Gaskell, S.J. & Beynon, R.J. (1999) How many Major Urinary Proteins are produced by the house mouse Mus domesticus? in "Chemical Signals in Vertebrates" (R.E. Johnston, D. Müller-Schwarze and P.W.Sorensen eds) Plenum Press 149-161 [Abstract...]

Canine MMP identification

Coughlan AR, Robertson DH, Burke R, Beynon RJ, Carter SD. (2000) Isolation and identification of canine matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2). Vet J. 155:231-237 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Individual recognition through MUPs

Hurst, J. L., Payne, C. E., Nevison, C. M., Marie, A. D., Humphries, R. E., Robertson, D. H., Cavaggioni, A. & Beynon, R. J. (2001). Individual recognition in mice mediated by major urinary proteins. Nature 414, 631-634. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

MUP polymorphism & ligand binding

Marie,A.D., Veggerby, C, Robertson, D.H.L., Gaskell, S J., Hubbard, S.J., Martinsen, L., Hurst, J.L. & Beynon, R.J. (2001) The effect of protein polymorphisms on ligand binding by Major Urinary Proteins. Protein Science 10, 411-417 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Myths about MUPs

Beynon, R.J., Hurst, J.L., Gaskell, S.J., Hubbard, S.J., Humphries, R.E., Malone, N., Marie, A.D., Martinsen, L., Nevison, C.M., Payne, C.E., Robertson, D.H.L. & Veggerby,C. (2001) Mice, MUPs and myths – structure-function relationships of the major urinary proteins. In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (Ed. A. Marchlewska-Koj, D. Muller-Schwarze & J. Lepri) pp149-156. New York: Plenum Press. [Abstract...]

MUP ligand binding

Robertson, D.H.L., Marie, A.D., Veggerby, C., Hurst, J.L. & Beynon, R.J. (2001) Characteristics of ligand binding and release by major urinary proteins. . In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (Ed. A. Marchlewska-Koj, D. Muller-Schwarze & J. Lepri) pp169-176. Plenum Press, New York. [Abstract...]

MUPs and competitive scent marking

Humphries, R.E., Robertson, D.H.L., Nevison, C.M, Beynon, R.J. & Hurst, J.L. (2001) The role of urinary proteins and volatiles in competitive scent marking among male house mice. . In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (Ed. A. Marchlewska-Koj, D. Muller-Schwarze & J. Lepri) pp353-360. Plenum Press, New York. [Abstract...]

Scent signals of status

Hurst, J.L., Beynon, R.J., Humphries, R.E., Malone, N., Nevison, C.M., Payne, C.E., Robertson, D.H.L. & Veggerby, C. (2001) Information in scent signals of status: the interface between behaviour and chemistry. . In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (Ed. A. Marchlewska-Koj, D. Muller-Schwarze & J. Lepri) pp43-50. Plenum Press, New York. [Abstract...]

MUP polymorphic variants

Veggerby, C., Payne, C.E., Gaskell, S.J., Robertson, D.H.L., Hurst, J.L. & Beynon, R.J. (2001) Polymorphic variants of mouse majory urinary proteins. . In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (Ed. A. Marchlewska-Koj, D. Muller-Schwarze & J. Lepri) pp157-168. Plenum Press, New York. [Abstract...]

MUP polymorphism in an island population of mice

Beynon, R. J., Veggerby, C., Payne, C. E., Robertson, D. H., Gaskell, S. J., Humphries, R. E. & Hurst, J. L. (2002). Polymorphism in major urinary proteins: molecular heterogeneity in a wild mouse population. J Chem Ecol 28, 1429-46. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

First paper on proteome turnover

Pratt, J. M., Petty, J., Riba-Garcia, I., Robertson, D. H., Gaskell, S. J., Oliver, S. G. & Beynon, R. J. (2002). Dynamics of protein turnover, a missing dimension in proteomics. Mol Cell Proteomics 1, 579-91. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Stable isotope labelling for identification

Pratt, J. M., Robertson, D. H., Gaskell, S. J., Riba-Garcia, I., Hubbard, S. J., Sidhu, K., Oliver, S. G., Butler, P., Hayes, A., Petty, J. & Beynon, R. J. (2002). Stable isotope labelling in vivo as an aid to protein identification in peptide mass fingerprinting. Proteomics 2, 157-63. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Intact mass proteomics

Hayter J.R., Robertson, D.H.L., Gaskell, S.J. & Beynon, R.J. (2003) Proteome analysis of intact proteins in complex mixtures. Mol. Cell. Proteomics 2, 85-95 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Proteomics of copper effects in Ronaldsay sheep

Simpson, D.M., Beynon, R.J., Robertson, D.H.L., Loughran, M.J. & Haywood, S. (2004) Copper associated liver disease: a proteomics study of copper challenge in a sheep model. Proteomics 4, 524-536. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Proteomics of growing muscle

Doherty, M.K., McLean, L., Hayter, J.R., Pratt, J.M,, Robertson, D.H.L., El-Sahfei, A.E., Gaskell, S.J. & Beynon, R.J. (2004) The proteome of chicken skeletal muscle: changes in soluble protein expression during growth in a layer strain. Proteomics 4, 2082-2093 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Identification of an atypical male-specific MUP in mouse urine

Armstrong, S.D., Robertson, D.H.L., Cheetham, S.A., Hurst, J.L. & Beynon, R.J. (2005) Structural and functional differences in isoforms of Major Urinary Proteins: a male specific protein that preferentially binds a male pheromone. Biochem. J. 391, 343-350 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Characterising proteins in scent marks

Robertson, D.H.L., Cheetham, S.A., Armstrong, S.D., Hurst, J.L. & Beynon, R.J. (2005) Characterisation of proteins in scent marks: proteomics meets semiochemistry. In Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10 (Ed. R.T. Mason, M.P. LeMaster & D. Muller-Schwarze), pp.183-198 Springer, New York. [Abstract...]

Global cooling

Mclean, L., Young, I.S. Doherty, M.K., Robertson, D.H.L., Cossins, A.R., Gracey, A. Y., Beynon, R.J. & Whitfield, P.D. (2007) Global cooling: Cold acclimation and the expression of soluble proteins in carp skeletal muscle. Proteomics Proteomics 7, 2667-2681 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Absolute quantification by QconCAT

Rivers J, Simpson DM, Robertson DH, Gaskell SJ, Beynon RJ.(2007) Absolute multiplexed quantitative analysis of protein expression during muscle development using QconCAT. Mol Cell Proteomics. 6, 1416-1427. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

MUPs in an aboriginal mouse

 Robertson, D.H.L., Hurst, J.L., Searle, J.B., Gunduz, I. & Beynon, R.J. (2007) Characterization and Comparison of Major Urinary Proteins from the House Mouse, Mus musculus domesticus, and the Aboriginal Mouse, Mus macedonicus. J. Chem. Ecol. 33, 613-630.[PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

FTICR resolution of similar mass proteins

Robertson DH, Wong SC, Beynon RJ, Hurst JL, Gaskell SJ. (2008) Observation of heterogeneous gene products by FT-ICR MS. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 19, 103-110. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Urinary lipocalins

Beynon, RJ, Hurst, JL, Turton, MJ , Robertson, DHL , Armstrong, SD, Cheetham, SA, Simpson, D, MacNicoll, A, Humphries, RE  (2008) Urinary lipocalins in rodenta: is there a generic model? Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 11, 37-49 [PDF] [Abstract...]

Urinary lipocalins

Beynon, RJ, Hurst, JL, Turton, MJ , Robertson, DHL , Armstrong, SD, Cheetham, SA, Simpson, D, MacNicoll, A, Humphries, RE  (2008) Urinary lipocalins in rodenta: is there a generic model? Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 11, 37-49 [PDF] [Abstract...]

First paper on a systematic analysis of MUP expression

Mudge JM, Armstrong SD, McLaren K, Beynon RJ, Hurst JL, Nicholson C, Robertson DH, Wilming LG, Harrow JL. (2008) Dynamic instability of the major urinary protein gene family revealed by genomic and phenotypic comparisons between C57 and 129 strain mice. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Even the smallest of hamsters have lipocalins in their urine.

Turton MJ, Robertson DH, Smith JR, Hurst JL, Beynon RJ. Roborovskin, a Lipocalin in the Urine of the Roborovski Hamster, Phodopus roborovskii. Chem Senses. 2010 Jun 24. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a mouse in possession of darcin must be in want of a mate.

Nominated as 'Exceptional' by Etienne Joly in Faculty1000 Biology (http://f1000biology.com)
Roberts SA, Simpson, Armstrong, Davidson, Robertson, McLean, Beynon & Hurst JL (2010) Darcin: a male pheromone that stimulates female memory and sexual attraction to an individual male's odour. BMC Biology 8:75. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]