Beynon
QconCAT for equine acute phase proteins
Bundgaard L, Jacobsen S, Dyrlund TF, Sørensen MA, Harman VM, Beynon RJ, Brownridge PJ, Petersen LJ, Bendixen E. (2014) Development of a method for absolute quantification of equine acute phase proteins using concatenated peptide standards and selected reaction monitoring. J Proteome Res. 2014 Sep 24. [Epub ahead of print]
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Pheromones and contextual information.
Martín-Sanchez A, McLean L, Beynon RL, Hurst JL, Ayala G, Lanuza E, Martinez-Garcia F. (2014) . From sexual attraction to maternal aggression: When pheromones change their behavioural significance. Hormones and Behaviour (in press) [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
MUP complexity and analytical challenges
Beynon RJ, Armstrong SD, Gómez-Baena G, Lee V, Simpson D, Unsworth J, Hurst JL. (2014) The complexity of protein semiochemistry in mammals. Biochem Soc Trans. 2014 Aug 42:837-845 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Sex pheromones are not aways attractive
Lanuza, E., Martin-Sanchez, A., Marco-Manclus, P., Cadiz-Moretti, B., Fortes-Marcw, L., Henandez-Martinez, A., Mclean, L., Beynon, R.J., Hurst, J.L. & Martinz-Garcia, F (2014) Sex pheromones are not always attractive: changes induced by learning and illness in mice. Animal Behaviour (in press) [PUBMED][PDF]
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Darcin three dimensional structure solved!
Phelan, M.M., McLean, L., Armstrong, S.D., Hurst, J.L., Beynon, R.J. & Lian, L-Y. (2014) The structure, stability and pheromone binding of the male mouse protein sex pheromone darcin. PLOS One (in press) [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Structural comparison of central and peripheral mouse MUPs
Phelan MM, McLean L, Hurst JL, Beynon RJ, Lian LY. (2014) Comparative study of the molecular variation between 'central' and 'peripheral' MUPs and significance for behavioural signalling. [PUBMED][PDF]
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Rats have MUPs too - but different!
Gómez-Baena G, Armstrong SD, Phelan MM, Hurst JL, Beynon RJ. (2014). The major urinary protein system in the rat. Biochem Soc. Trans. 42: 886-892 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Proteomics of myofibroblasts
Balabanova S, Holmberg C, Steele I, Ebrahimi B, Rainbow L, Burdyga T, McCaig C, Tiszlavicz L, Lertkowit N, Giger OT, Oliver S, Prior I, Dimaline R, Simpson D, Beynon R, Hegyi P, Wang TC, Dockray GJ, Varro A. (2014) The neuroendocrine phenotype of gastric myofibroblasts and its loss with cancer progression. Carcinogenesis (in press) [Abstract...]
Quantification of proteins in the human osteoarthritic secretome
Peffers MJ, Beynon RJ, Clegg PD. (2013) Absolute quantification of selected proteins in the human osteoarthritic secretome. Int J Mol Sci. 14(10):20658-81. doi: 10.3390/ijms141020658. [PDF][PUBMED] [Abstract...]
Quantitative proteomics in systems biology
Firczuk, H., Kannambath, S; Pahle, J; Claydon, Amy; Beynon, Robert, Duncan, John; Westerhoff, Hans; Mendes, Pedro & McCarthy, John (2013) An in vivo control map for the eukaryotic mRNA translation machinery. Mol. Sys. Biol 9: 635 [PDF] [PUBMED] [Abstract...]
Romeo, Romeo, 'whiff'-fore art thou, Romeo?
Sarah A. Roberts, Amanda J. Davidson, Lynn McLean, Robert J. Beynon, Jane L. Hurst (2012) Pheromonal Induction of Spatial Learning in Mice. Science 338, 1462-1465 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Who's got the biggest workload? Analysis of chaperone abundance and workload
Brownridge P, Lawless C, Payapilly AB, Lanthaler K, Holman SW, Harman VM, Grant CM, Beynon RJ, Hubbard SJ. Quantitative analysis of chaperone network throughput in budding yeast (2012). Proteomics. 13(8) 1276-1291 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
A degrading synthesis of proteome turnover research!
Claydon, A.C. & Beynon, R.J. (2012) Proteome dynamics: revisiting turnover with a global perspective. Mol. Cell Proteomics 11:1551-1565. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
QconCATs for mastitis research
Bislev SL, Kusebauch U, Codrea MC, Beynon RJ, Harman VM, Røntved CM, Aebersold R, Moritz RL, Bendixen E. (2012) Quantotypic properties of QconCAT peptides targeting bovine host response to Streptococcus uberis. J Proteome Res. 11:1832-1843. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Dynamic sperm labelling
Claydon AJ, Ramm SA, Pennington A, Hurst JL, Stockley P, Beynon R. (2012) Heterogenous turnover of sperm and seminal vesicle proteins in the mouse revealed by dynamic metabolic labeling. Mol Cell Proteomics. 11(6):M111.014993. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Extending Progenesis to embrace SILAC and Hi3
Qi, D., Brownridge, P., Xia, D., Mackay, K., Gonzalez-Galarza, F.F., Kenyani, J., Harman, V., Beynon, R.J. & Jones, A.R. (2012) A software toolkit and interface for performing stable isotope labelling and top3 quantification using Progenesis LC-MS OMICS JIB, 2012, 16(10), (in press) [Abstract...]
Designing QconCATs for a mammalian pathway
Simpson, D.M. & Beynon, R.J. (2012) QconCATs: design and expression of concatenated protein standards for multiplexed protein quantification. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 404: 977-989 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Oxidative stress and MUPs
Garratt, M., McArdle, F., Stockely, P., Vasilaki, A., Beynon, R.J. Jackson, M.J. & Hurst, J.L. (2011) Tissue dependent changes in oxidative damage with male reproductive effort in house mice. Functional Ecology (in press) [Abstract...]
Whole animal protein turnover studies
Claydon, A.J., Thom, M.D., Hurst, J.L. & Beynon, R.J. (2011) Protein turnover: measurement of proteome dynamics by whole animal metabolic labelling with stable isotope labelled amino acids. Proteomics 12:1194-1206 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Asymetric equalisation with combinatorial beads
Jenny Rivers, Chris Hughes, Thérèse McKenna, Yvonne Woolerton, Johannes P. C. Vissers, James I. Langridge and Robert J. Beynon (2011) Asymmetric proteome equalization of the skeletal muscle proteome using a combinatorial hexapeptide library PLOS One (in press)
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Positional proteomics and MetAP-2 substrates
Thomas B. Sundberg, Nicole Darricarrere, Pasquale Cirone, Xia Li, Lucy McDonald, Xue Mei, Christopher J. Westlake, Diane C. Slusarski, Robert J. Beynon, and Craig M. Crews (2011) Disruption of Wnt Planar Cell Polarity Signaling by Aberrant Accumulation of the MetAP-2 Substrate Rab37. (2011)Chemistry & Biology, 18, 1300-1311. doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2011.07.020 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Enzyme turnover and metabolic regulation
Arden, C, Petrie, J.L., Tudhope, S.J., Al-Oanzi, Z., Claydon, A.J., Beynon, R.J., Towle, H.C. & Agius, L. (2011) Diabetes Journal (in press) Elevated glucose represses liver glucokinase and induces its regulatory protein to safeguard hepatic phosphate homeostasis [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Quantification of a metabolic pathway
Carroll KM, Simpson DM, Eyers CE, Knight CG, Brownridge P, Dunn W, Winder CL, Lanthaler K, Pir P, Malys N, Kell DB, Oliver SG, Gaskell SJ, Beynon RJ. (2011) Absolute quantification of a metabolic pathway in yeast: deployment of a complete QconCAT approach. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2011 Sep 19. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Scent of sensecence
Garratt, .M, Stockely, P., Armstrong, S.D., Beynon, R/J. & Hurst, J.L. (2011) The scent of senescence: sexual signalling and female preference in house mice. J. Evol. Biol [PDF] doi: 10.111111/j.1420-9101.2011.02367.x [Abstract...]
Yeast complex proteomics
Drummond, S., Hildyard, J., Firczuk, H., Reamtong, O., Li, N.,Kannambath, S., Claydon, A., Beynon, R., Eyers, C.E. McCarthy, J.E.G (2011) Diauxic shift-dependent relocalization of decapping activators Dhh1 and Pat1 to polysomal complexes. Nucl Acid Res. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Schistosome parasite QconCAT
Castro-Borgesa, W., Simpson, D.M., Dowlea, A., Curwen, R.S., Thomas-Oates, J., Beynon, R.J. & Wilson, A. R. (2011) Abundance of tegument surface proteins in the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni determined by QconCAT proteomics. J Proteomics [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Strategies for dynamic SILAC
Claydon, A & Beynon R (2011) Methods Mol Biol. 759, 179-195. Protein Turnover Methods in Single-Celled Organisms: Dynamic SILAC [Abstract...]
The end of proteomics
Davidson GR, Armstrong SD, Beynon R (2011) Methods Mol Biol. 753:229-242. Positional proteomics at the N-terminus as a means of proteome simplification. [PUBMED][PDF]
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Unkind cuts - proteolysis and proteomics
Brownridge, P. & Beynon, R.J. (2011) The importance of the digest: proteolysis and absolute quantification in proteomics. Methods, [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Global proteome quantification: dreams or reality?
Brownridge, P., Holman, S.W., Gaskell, S.J., Grant, C., Harman, V.M., Lanthaler, K., Lawless, C., O’cualain, R., Sims, P., Watkins, R & Beynon, R.J. (2011) Global absolute quantification of a proteome: Challenges in the deployment of a QconCAT strategy. Proteomics, 11, 2957-2970 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Limited proteolysis of native proteins
Ellison, D., Hinton, J., Hubbard, S.J. & Beynon, R.J. (1995) Limited proteolysis of native proteins: The interaction between avidin and proteinase K. Protein Science 4, 1337-1345 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Molecular phenotypes in McArdle disease
Beynon, R.J., Bartram, C., Hopkins, P., Toescu, V., Gibson, H., Phoenix, J., & Edwards, RHT (1995) McArdle's disease: Molecular genetics and metabolic consequences of the phenotype. Muscle and Nerve 18, S18-S22 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Review of McArdle disease
Bartram, C., Edwards, R.H.T. & Beynon, R.J. (1995) McArdle's disease-muscle glycogen phosphorylase deficiency Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1272, 1-13 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
MMP zymography
Coughlan, A. D., Carter, S. D., Robertson, D. H. L., Kelly, D. F., Bennett, D., May, C. & Beynon, R. J. (1995). Zymographic analysis of synovial fluid metalloproteinases in canine arthritis. Vet. Comp. Orthopaed. Traum. 8, 62. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
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...]
Soluble urinary meprin
Beynon, RJ, Oliver, S. & Robertson, D.H.L. (1996) Characterisation of the soluble secreted form of mouse meprin Biochem. J. 315, 461-466 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
PLP and glycogen phosphorylase
Beynon RJ, Bartram C, Flannery A, Evershed RP, Leyland D, Hopkins P, Toescu V, Phoenix J, Edwards RH. (1996) Interrelationships between metabolism of glycogen phosphorylase and pyridoxal phosphate--implications in McArdle's disease. Adv Food Nutr Res. 1996;40:135-47. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Cold induction of desaturases, how carp cope with the cold
Tiku, P.E., Gracey, A.Y., Macartney, A.I., Beynon, R.J. & Cossins, A.R. (1996) Cold-induced expression of delta-9 desaturase in carp by transcriptional and posttranslational mechanisms. Science 271, 815-863 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
PLP to monitor phosphorylase turnover
Beynon, R.J., Leyland, D.M., Evershed, R.P., Edwards, R.H.T. & Coburn, S.P. (1996) Measurement of the turnover of glycogen phosphorylase by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry using stable isotope derivatives of pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) Biochem J 317, 613-619 [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...]
Limited proteolysis of native proteins
Hubbard, S.J., Beynon, R.J. & Thornton, J.M. (1998) Assessment of conformational parameters as predictors of limited proteolytic sites in native protein structures. Prot. Eng. 11, 349-359 [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...]
Vitamin B6 and McArdle disease
Pheonix, J., Hopkins, P.G., Bartram, C., Beynon, R.J., Quinlivan, R.C.M. & Edwards, R.H.T. (1998) Effect of vitamin B6 supplementation in McArdle's disease: a strategic case study. Neuromuscular Disorders. 8, 210-212 [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...]
How to suppress unwanted proteolyis
Beynon, R.J & Oliver, S. (1996) Prevention of unwanted proteolysis, in "Protein Purification Protocols" (Doonan, S., ed) Humana Press. pp 81-102 [Abstract...]
Review of meprins
Gorbea, C.M., Beynon, R.J. & Bond, J.S. (1994) Meprins: activation, subunit interactions and anchoring. in "Mammalian Brush Border membrane proteins II" (eds Lentze, M.J., Naim, H.Y. & Grand, R.J.) pp89-97 Thieme, Stuttgart [Abstract...]
Review of astacins
Bond, J.S. & Beynon, R.J.(1995) The astacin family of metalloendopeptidases. Protein Science 4,1247-1261 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
PLP, glycogen phosphorylase and McArdle disease
Beynon, R.J. Bartram, C., Flannery, A.V. Evershed, R.P., Leyland, D.M., Hopkins, P., Toescu, V., Phoenix, J. & Edwards, R.H.T. (1996) Interrelationships between metabolism and glycogen phosphorylase and pyridoxal phosphate-implications in McArdle's disease. Food & Nutrition 40, 135-147 [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...]
Review of thermolysins
Beynon, R.J. & Beaumont, A. (1998) M4 proteases: thermolysins. in "Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes" (Barrett, A.J. Rawlings, N. & Woessner, F., eds) Academic press 1037-1046 [Abstract...]
Review of M4 proteases
Beynon, R.J. & Beaumont, A. (1998) M4 proteases: bacillolysins. in "Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes" (Barrett, A.J. Rawlings, N. & Woessner, F., eds) Academic press 1046-1050 [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...]
Inbreeding compromises competitor recognition
Nevison, C.M., Barnard, C.J., Beynon, R.J. & Hurst, J.L. (2000) The consequences of inbreeding for recognizing competitors. Proceedings of the Royal Society 267, 687-694. [PUBMED] [PDF] [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...]
Overview of McArdle disease
Quinlivan, R. & Beynon, R.J. (2000) McArdle's disease: an overview. BIMDG Bulletin, 18, 40-46 [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...]
Derivatization for proteomics
Brancia, F.L., Butt, A., Beynon, R.J., Hubbard, S.J., Gaskell, S.J. & Oliver, S.G. (2001) A combination of chemical derivatisation and improved bioinformatic tools optimises protein identification for proteomics. Electrophoresis, 22, 552-559 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Chromatographic separation at the protein level
Butt, A., Davison, M.D., Smith, G.J., Young, J.A., Gaskell, S.J., Oliver, S.G. & Beynon, R.J. (2001) Chromatographic separations as a prelude to two-dimensional electrophoresis in proteomics analysis. Proteomics, 1, 42-53. [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...]
Limited proteolysis
Hubbard, S. J. & Beynon, R. J. (2001). Proteolysis of native proteins as a structural probe. In Proteolytic Enzymes. A Practical Approach (Beynon, R. J. & Bond, J. S., eds.), pp. 233-264. OUP, Oxford. [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...]
MUP heterogeneity
Payne, C.E., Malone, N., Humphries, R., Bradbrook, C., Veggerby, C., Beynon, R.J. & Hurst, J.L. (2001) Heterogeneity of major urinary proteins in house mice: population and sex differences. . In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (Ed. A. Marchlewska-Koj, D. Muller-Schwarze & J. Lepri) pp233-240. Plenum Press, New York. [Abstract...]
Inbreeding and individual recognition
Nevison, C.M., Barnard, C.J., Beynon, R.J. & Hurst, J.L. (2001) Effects of inbreeding and social status on individual recognition in mice. . In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (Ed. A. Marchlewska-Koj, D. Muller-Schwarze & J. Lepri) pp225-232. Plenum Press, New York. [Abstract...]
Social status and mate choice
Malone, N., Payne, C.E., Beynon, R.J. & Hurst, J.L. (2001) Social status, odour communication and mate choice in wild house mice. . In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (Ed. A. Marchlewska-Koj, D. Muller-Schwarze & J. Lepri) pp217-224. 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...]
Protease inhibitors
Beynon, R. J. & Salvesen, G. (2001). Commercially available proteinase inhibitors. In Proteolytic Enzymes. A Practical Approach (Beynon, R. J. & Bond, J. S., eds.), pp. 317-330. OUP, Oxford. [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...]
McArdle disease
Beynon, R. J., Quinlivan, R. C. & Sewry, C. A. (2002). Selected disorders of carbohydrate metabolism. In Structural and Molecular Basis of Skeletal Muscle Diseases (Karpati, G., ed.), pp. 182-188. ISN Neuropathology Press, Basle. [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...]
Involatile ownership signals in mouse scent marks
Nevison, C.M., Armstrong, S.; Beynon, R.J. Humphries, R.E. & Hurst, J.L. (2003) The ownership signature in mouse scents marks is involatile. Proceedings of the Royal Society series B, 270, 1957-1963 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
McArdle disease
Beynon, R.J. & Quinlivan, R M. (2003) McArdle’s disease, Glycogenosis V. disease. In Encyclopaedic Reference of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease (Lang, F., ed) pp… [Abstract...]
Tarui disease review
Quinlivan, R M & Beynon, R.J. (2003) Tarui’s disease, Glycogenosis VII. In Encyclopaedic Reference of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease (Lang, F., ed) pp … [Abstract...]
MUPs play multiple roles in mouse communication
Beynon, R.J. & Hurst, J.L. (2003) Multiple roles of major urinary proteins in the house mouse, Mus musculus. Biochemical Journal Transactions, 31, 142-146 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
A proteomics workbench?
Beynon, R.J. (2004) Specification of a proteomics workbench. Comparative and Functional Genomics 5, 52-55 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Sequential exoproteolysis is not valid as a structural probe
Beynon, R.J. (2004) Sequential exoproteolysis as a structural probe: a cautionary note. J. Mass. Spec. 39, 188-192. [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...]
Review of rodent urinary lipocalins
Beynon, R.J. & Hurst, J.L. (2004) Urinary proteins and the modulation of chemical scents in mice and rats. Peptides 25(9):1553-1563 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Proteomics of tissue samples
McLean, L., Doherty, M.K., Deeming, C.D. & Beynon, R.J. (2004) A proteome analysis of the subcutaneous gel in avian hatchlings. Mol. Cell. Proteomics 3, 250-256 [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...]
Prevention of proteolysis
Beynon RJ, Oliver S. (2004) Avoidance of proteolysis in extracts. Methods Mol Biol. 244:75-84. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Scent wars
Hurst, J.L. & Beynon, R.J. (2004) Scent Wars: The chemobiology of competitive signaling in mice. BioEssays 26, 1288-1298 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Cochrane review of McArdle disease
Quinlivan R, Beynon RJ. Pharmacological and nutritional treatment for McArdle's disease (Glycogen Storage Disease type V). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;(3):CD003458. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Protein turnover in a vertebrate
Doherty MK, McClean L, Edwards I, McCormack H, McTeir L, Whitehead C, Gaskell SJ, Beynon RJ. (2004) Protein turnover in chicken skeletal muscle: understanding protein dynamics on a proteome-wide scale. Br Poult Sci. 45 Suppl 1:S27-8 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Metabolic labelling in proteomics
Beynon RJ, Pratt J.M. (2005) Metabolic labelling of proteins for proteomics. Mol Cell Proteomics. 4, 857-872 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Proteome dynamics review
Beynon RJ.(2005) The dynamics of the proteome: strategies for measuring protein turnover on a proteome-wide scale. Brief Funct Genomic Proteomic. 3, 382-390 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
First paper on dynamic SILAC in intact animals
Doherty, M.K., Whitehead, C., McCormack, H., Gaskell, S.J. & Beynon, R.J. (2005) Proteome dynamics in complex organisms: using stable isotopes to monitor individual protein turnover rates. Proteomics 5, 522-533 [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...]
Copper toxicity in sheep
Haywood, S. Simpson, D.M, Ross, G. & Beynon, R.J. (2005) The unique response of North Ronaldsay sheep to copper challenge compared with Cambridge sheep: oxidative stress, mitochondrial damage and hepatic stellate cell activation. J. Comp. Path.133, 114-127 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Scent marks signal competitive ability
Malone, N., Armstrong, S.D., Humphries, R.E., Beynon, R.J. & Hurst, J.L. (2005) The signalling of competitive ability by male house mice. In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10 (Ed. R.T. Mason, M.P. LeMaster & D. Muller-Schwarze), pp.77-88. Springer, New York. [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...]
MHC in scent communication
Thom, M.D., Beynon, R.J. & Hurst, J.L. (2005) The role of the major histocompatibility complex in scent communication. In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10 (Ed. R.T. Mason, M.P. LeMaster & D. Muller-Schwarze), pp.173-182. Springer, New York. [Abstract...]
MHC is not involved in individual recognition
Hurst J. L., Thom M. D., Nevison C. M., Humphries R. E., Beynon R. J (2005) MHC odours are not required or sufficient for recognition of individual scent owners. Proc Biol Sci. 272, 715-724 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Peptide map drawing tool
Beynon, R.J. (2005) A simple tool for drawing proteolytic peptide maps. Bioinformatics 21, 674-675 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Proteasome proteolysis
Hayter JR, Doherty MK, Whitehead C, McCormack H, Gaskell SJ & Beynon RJ. (2005) The subunit structure and dynamics of the 20S proteasome in chicken skeletal muscle. Mol. Cell. Proteomics. 4, 1370-1381 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
First paper describing QconCAT
Beynon, R.J., Doherty, M.K., Pratt, J.M. & Gaskell, S.J. (2005) Multiplexed absolute quantification in proteomics using artificial QCAT proteins of concatenated signature peptides rates. Nature Methods 2, 587-589 [PUBMED] [PDF [Abstract...]
Muscle proteomics: anabolic agent effects
Burniston JG, McLean L, Beynon RJ, Goldspink DF. (2007) Anabolic effects of a non-myotoxic dose of the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor agonist clenbuterol on rat plantaris muscle. Muscle & Nerve. 35, 217-223 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Scent exposure influences competitive behaviour in lab mice
Lacey, J.C. Beynon, R.J. & Hurst, J.L. (2007) The importance of exposure to other male scents in determining competitive behaviour among inbred male mice. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 104, 130-142 [PDF] [Abstract...]
Proteomics of oxidative stress in mice
Aphrodite Vasilaki, Deborah Simpson, Francis McArdle, Lynne McLean, Robert J. Beynon, Holly Van Remmen, Arlan G. Richardson, Anne McArdle, John A Faulkner and Malcolm J. Jackson (2007) Formation of 3-nitrotyrosines in carbonic anhydrase III is a sensitive marker of oxidative stress in skeletal muscle PROTEOMICS – Clinical Applications 1: 362–372 [PDF] [Abstract...]
Proteomics and animal disease
Mary K. Doherty, Robert J. Beynon and Phillip D. Whitfield (2007) Proteomics and naturally occurring animal diseases: Opportunities for animal and human medicine PROTEOMICS – Clinical Applications 2: 135–141 [PDF] [Abstract...]
McArdle disease Cochrane systematic review
Quinlivan R, Beynon RJ, Martinuzzi A. (2008) Pharmacological and nutritional treatment for McArdle disease (Glycogen Storage Disease type V). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. Apr 16;(2):CD003458. [Abstract...]
Proteomics of copper toxicity
Simpson, D. M., Mobasheri, A., Haywood, S. & Beynon, R. J. (2007) A proteomics study of the response of North Ronaldsay sheep to copper challenge. BMC Veterinary Research BMC Vet Res. 27, 36 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Metabolomics in canine hepatology
Whitfield, P.D., Noble, P-J, Major, H., Beynon, R.J., Burrow, R., Freeman, A.L.& German, A. (2006) Metabolomics as a diagnostic tool for hepatology: validation in a naturally occurring canine model. Metabolomics DOI: 10.1007/s11306-005-0001-3 [PDF] [Abstract...]
Mass spectrometry identification of proteins
Nominated in Faculty of 1000 by Harald Stenmark. McCullough, J., Row, P.E. Lorenzo, O, Doherty, M., Beynon, R.J., Clague, M.J. and Urbé, S (2006) Activation of the Endosome-Associated Ubiquitin Isopeptidase AMSH by STAM, a Component of the Multivesicular Body-Sorting Machinery Current Biology 16, 160-165.[PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Proteome dynamics
Doherty MK, Beynon RJ. (2006) Protein turnover on the scale of the proteome. Expert Rev Proteomics. 1, 97-110[PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Proteome turnover: why is it not being studied?
Beynon, R.J. & Pratt, J.M. (2006) Strategies for measuring dynamics: the temporal component of proteomics. Methods Biochem Anal. 2006;49:15-25 [PUBMED] [Abstract...]
QconCAT protocols defined
Pratt, J.M., Simpson, D.M., Doherty, M.K., Rivers, J, Gaskell, S.J. Beynon , R.J. (2006) Multiplexed absolute quantification for proteomics using concatenated signature peptides encoded by QconCAT genes. Nature Protocols 1, 1029 - 1043 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Isolation of N-terminal peptides
Nominated in Faculty of 1000 by Ruedi Aebersold. McDonald, L. & Beynon, R.J. (2006) Positional proteomics: preparation of amino-terminal peptides as a strategy for proteome simplification and characterization. Nature Protocols 1, 1790 - 1798 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Darcin NMR structure lodged
Phelan MM, McLean L, Simpson DM, Hurst JL, Beynon RJ, Lian LY. (2010) (1)H, (15)N and (13)C resonance assignment of darcin, a mouse major urinary protein. Biomol NMR Assign. 2010 Aug 12[PUBMED] [Abstract...]
The avoidance of inbreeding
Nominated in Faculty of 1000 by Etienne Joly. Sherborne AL, Thom MD, Paterson S, Jury F, Ollier WE, Stockley P, Beynon RJ, Hurst JL. (2007) The genetic basis of inbreeding avoidance in house mice. Curr. Biol. 17, 2061-2066.[PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
McArdle disease treatments
Quinlivan RM, Beynon RJ. (2007) Pharmacological and nutritional treatment trials in McArdle disease. Acta Myol. 26, 58-60. [PUBMED] [Abstract...]
Cauxin in big cat urine
McLean, L., Hurst, J.L., Gaskell, C.J., Lewis, J. C. M & Beynon, R.J. (2007) Characterization of Cauxin in the Urine of Domestic and Big Cats (2007) J. Chem. Ecol 3, 1997-2009 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
MUPs in individual recognition
Nominated in Faculty of 1000 by Etienne Joly. Cheetham SA, Thom MD, Jury F, Ollier WE, Beynon RJ, Hurst JL. (2007) The genetic basis of individual-recognition signals in the mouse. Curr. Biol. 17, 1771-1777.[PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Muscle proteomics
Burniston J G, McLean L, Beynon R J and Goldspink D F (2007) Anabolic effects of a non-myotoxic dose of the beta2-adrenergic receptor agonist clenbuterol on rat plantaris muscle. Muscle Nerve 35, 217-23 [PUBMED][PDF] [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...]
Pre-eclampsia biomarkers
Myers JE, Hart S, Armstrong S, Mires GJ, Beynon R, Gaskell SJ, Baker PN. (2007) Evidence for multiple circulating factors in preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 196, 266.e1-6. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Significance of animal scents in behaviour
Lacey JC, Beynon RJ, Hurst JL (2007) The importance of exposure to other male scents in determining competitive behaviour among inbred male mice. App Animal Behav Sci 104, 130-142. [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...]
Avian Proteomics
Doherty, M.K., Mclean, L. & Beynon, R.J. (2007) Avian Proteomics: Advances, Challenges and New Technologies. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 117, 358-369.[PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
FPGA acceleration of proteomics data processing
Bogdan I, Coca D, Rivers J, Beynon RJ. (2007) Hardware acceleration of processing of mass spectrometric data for proteomics.Bioinformatics. 23, 724-31.[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...]
Structure and asparagine deamidation
Rivers J, McDonald L, Edwards IJ, Beynon RJ. (2008) Asparagine deamidation and the role of higher order protein structure. J. Proteome Res. 7, 921-7. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Proteomics and animal disease
Doherty, MK; Beynon, RJ; Whitfield, PD (2008): Proteomics and naturally occurring animal diseases: Opportunities for animal and human medicine. Proteomics: Clinical Applications 2, 135-141 [Abstract...]
MUPs and MHC in mate choice
Thom, MD , Stockley, P, Beynon, RJ & Hurst, JL (2008) Scent, mate choice and genetic heterozygosity Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 11, 291-301 [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...]
Familiarity breeds...?
Cheetham, SA , Thom, MD, Beynon, RJ & Hurst, JL (2008) The effect of familiarity on mate choice. Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 11, 271-280 [PDF] [Abstract...]
MUPs advertise heterozyygosity and fitness
Nominated in Faculty of 1000 by Gabrielle Sorci. Thom MD, Stockley P, Jury F, Ollier WE, Beynon RJ, Hurst JL. (2008) The direct assessment of genetic heterozygosity through scent in the mouse. Curr Biol. 18, 619-623.[PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Treatment for McArdle disease
Quinlivan R, Beynon RJ, Martinuzzi A. (2008) Pharmacological and nutritional treatment for McArdle disease (Glycogen Storage Disease type V). Cochrane Database Syst Rev.16, CD003458 [PUBMED] [Abstract...]
Speeding up proteomics with hardware computing solutions
Bogdán IA, Rivers J, Beynon RJ, Coca D. (2008) High-performance hardware implementation of a parallel database search engine for real-time peptide mass fingerprinting. Bioinformatics. 24, 1498-1502. [PUBMED][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...]
Designer genes for mass spectrometry
Eyers CE, Simpson DM, Wong SC, Beynon RJ, Gaskell SJ. (2008) QCAL-a Novel Standard for Assessing Instrument Conditions for Proteome Analysis. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 19, 1275-1280 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
FTICR based quantification
Johnson, H., Wong, S C C, D M Simpson, R J Beynon, and S J Gaskell (2008) . Protein quantification by selective isolation and fragmentation of isotopic pairs using FT-ICR MS. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 19, 973-977 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Biomarkers of ragwort poisoning in horses
Moore RE, Knottenbelt D, Matthews JB, Beynon RJ, Whitfield PD. (2008) Biomarkers for ragwort poisoning in horses: identification of protein targets.BMC Vet Res. 4:30. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Mechanisms of kin recognition
Hurst JL, Beynon RJ. (2010) J Biol. 2010;9(2):13. Making progress in genetic kin recognition among vertebrates. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Proteomics of HGF/EGF signalling
Hammond DE, Hyde R, Kratchmarova I, Beynon RJ, Blagoev B, Clague MJ. (2010) J Proteome Res. 9(5):2734-2742. Quantitative analysis of HGF and EGF-dependent phosphotyrosine signaling networks.[PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Acetone modifies peptides! Be careful if you're using acetone precipitation.
Simpson DM, Beynon RJ. (2010) Acetone precipitation of proteins and the modification of peptides. J Proteome Res. 9, 444-450 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Cross-species proteomics
Wright JC, Beynon RJ, Hubbard SJ. Cross species proteomics. (2010) Methods Mol Biol. 604:123-135 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Hardware accelerated proteomics
Coca D, Bogdan I, Beynon RJ. A high-performance reconfigurable computing solution for peptide mass fingerprinting. (2010) Methods Mol Biol. 604:163-185 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Phosphorylation stoichiometry
Rigorous determination of the stoichiometry of protein phosphorylation using mass spectrometry (2009) Johnson H, Eyers CE, Eyers PA, Beynon RJ, Gaskell SJ. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 20, 2211-2220 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Proteomics and genome annotation
Wright, J.C., Sugden, D., Francis-McIntyre, S., Riba-Gacia, I., Gaskell, S.J., Grigoriev, I V., Baker, S.E., Beynon, R.J. & Hubbard, S.J. (2009)Exploiting proteomic data for genome annotation and gene model validation in Aspergillus niger. BMC Genomics. 10, 61 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
MUP variation in lab mouse strains
Cheetham SA, Smith AL, Armstrong SD, Beynon RJ, Hurst JL. (2009) Limited variation in the major urinary proteins of laboratory mice. Physiol Behav. 96, 253-261 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Parasite proteomics
Smith, S.K., Nisbet, A.J., Meikle, L.I., Inglis, N.F., Sales, J., Beynon, R.J. & Matthews, J.B. (2010) Proteomic analysis of excretory/secretory products released by Teladorsagia circumcincta larvae early post-infection. Parasite Immunology 31, 10-19 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]
Dynamic SILAC for global assessment of proteome turnover
Doherty, M.K., Hammond, D., Clague, M. J., Gaskell, S.J. & Beynon, R.J. (2009) Turnover of the human proteome: determination of protein intracellular stability by dynamic SILAC. J. Proteome Res. 8, 104-112 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]
Seminal vesicle protein evolution
Ramm, S.A., McDonald, L.M., Hurst, JL., Beynon, R.J. & Stockley, P.S. (2009) Comparative Proteomics Reveals Evidence for Evolutionary Diversification of Rodent Seminal Fluid and Its Functional Significance in Sperm Competition. Mol. Biol. Evol. 26, 189-198 [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...]
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...]