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Publication list
Papers
- Jordan AM, Grant RP. Communicating Our Science to Our Customers: The Vital Role of Passionate Public Advocacy. ACS Med Chem Lett. 2016 Oct 20;7(12):1010-1011. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00401. PMID: 27994724; PMCID: PMC5150687.
- Nguyen CD, Mansfield RE, Leung W, Vaz PM, Loughlin FE, Grant RP, Mackay JP. Characterization of a family of RanBP2-type zinc fingers that can recognize single-stranded RNA. J Mol Biol. 2011 Mar 25;407(2):273-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.12.041. Epub 2011 Jan 20. PMID: 21256132.
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Miao, L., Vanderlinde, O., Liu, J, Grant, R. P., Wouterse, A., Shimabukuro, K., Philipse, A.T., Stewart, M. and Roberts, T. M. (2008) The role of filament-packing dynamics in powering amoeboid cell motility. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105: 5390–5395
- Grant, R. P., Marshall, N. J., Yang, J. C., Fasken, M. B., Kelly, S. M., Harreman, M. T., Neuhaus, D., Corbett, A. H., Stewart, M. (2008) Structure of the N-Terminal Mlp1-Binding Domain of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mRNA-Binding Protein, Nab2. J. Mol. Biol. 376: 1048–1059
- Grant, R. P., Buttery, M. S., Ekman, G. C., Roberts, T. M and Stewart, M. (2005) Structure of MFP2 and its Function in Enhancing MSP Polymerization in Ascaris Sperm Amoeboid Motility. J. Mol. Biol. 347: 583–595
- Grant, R. P., Neuhaus, D. and Stewart, M. (2003). Structural basis for the interaction between the Tap/NXF1 UBA domain and FG nucleoporins at 1Å resolution. J. Mol. Biol. 326: 849–858
- Grant, R. P., Hurt, E., Neuhaus, D. and Stewart, M. (2002). Structure of the C-terminal FG-nucleoporin binding domain of Tap/NXF1. Nature Struct. Biol. 9:247–251
- Stewart, M., Baker, R. P., Bayliss, R., Clayton, L., Grant, R. P., Littlewood, T. and Matsuura, Y. (2001). Molecular mechanism of translocation through nuclear pore complexes during nuclear protein import. FEBS Lett. 498:145–149
- Calderwood, D. A., Zent, R., Grant, R., Rees, D. J., Hynes, R. O. and Ginsberg, M. H. (1999). The Talin head domain binds to integrin beta subunit cytoplasmic tails and regulates integrin activation. J. Biol. Chem. 274:28071–28074
- Grant, R. P., Spitzfaden, C., Altroff, H., Campbell, I. D. and Mardon, H. J. (1997). Structural requirements for biological activity of the ninth and tenth FIII domains of human fibronectin. J. Biol. Chem. 272: 6159–6166
- Spitzfaden, C., Grant, R. P., Mardon, H. J. and Campbell, I. D. (1997). Module-module interactions in the cell binding region of fibronectin: Stability, flexibility and specificity. J. Mol. Biol. 265: 565–597
- Mardon, H. J., Grant, R. P., Grant, K. E. and Harris, H. (1993). Fibronectin splice variants are differentially incorporated into the extracellular matrix of tumorigenic and non-tumorigenic hybrids between normal fibroblasts and sarcoma cells. J. Cell Sci. 104: 783–792
Books and reference works
- Gell, D. A., Grant, R. P., Mackay, J. P. (2012). The Detection and Quantitation of Protein Oligomerization. In: Matthews, J.M. (eds) Protein Dimerization and Oligomerization in Biology. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 747. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3229-6_2
- Gell, D. A., Grant, R. P. and Mackay, J. P. (2009) The Detection and Quantitation of Protein Oligomerization. In Protein Dimerization (and Oligomerization) in Biology, Ed. J. Matthews, Landes Bioscience, Austin, TX.
- Grant, R. P., Crossley M. and Mackay, J. P. (2007) Zinc-finger Genes. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Chichester. http://www.els.net/
- Grant, R. P. (2005) An Introduction to EMBOSS—the free born son of GCG. In Analytical tools for DNA, genes and genomes: Nuts & bolts, Ed. A Markoff, DNA Press, LLC, Eagleville PA. http://www.dnapress.com
- Grant, R. P. (Ed.) September 2004. Computational Genomics: Theory and Application. Horizon Scientific Press, UK. ISBN: 1904933017
- Cabibbo, A., Grant, R. P. and Helmer-Cetterich, M. (Eds) 2002. The internet for cell and molecular biologists. Horizon Scientific Press, UK. ISBN: 0954523202
Protein structures
- 1go5: Solution structure of the C-Terminal FG-binding (UBA) domain of Tap1 (2002)
- 1oai: Complex between Tap1 UBA domain and FxFG nucleoporin peptide (2003)
- 2bjq: Crystal structure of the nematode sperm cell motility protein MFP2A (2005)
- 2bjr: Crystal structure of the nematode sperm cell motility protein MFP2B (2005)
- 2bvu: D83R mutant of Ascaris suum major sperm protein (2006)
- 2jps: Solution structure of the N-terminal domain of NAB2 (2008)
- 2v75: Crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of NAB2 (2008)
