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Publications: Dr Paul Hurd

Guynes K, Sarre LA, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Davies BE, Xu L, Liang Y, Martín-Zamora FM, Hurd PJ et al. ( 2024 ) . Annelid methylomes reveal ancestral developmental and aging-associated epigenetic erosion across Bilateria . Genome Biology vol. 25 , ( 1 ) 204 - 204 .
Kucharski R, Ellis N, Jurkowski TP, Hurd PJ, Maleszka R ( 2023 ) . The PWWP domain and the evolution of unique DNA methylation toolkits in Hymenoptera . iScience vol. 26 , ( 11 )
Lowe R, Wojciechowski M, Ellis N, Hurd PJ ( 2022 ) . Chromatin accessibility-based characterisation of brain gene regulatory networks in three distinct honey bee polyphenisms . Nucleic Acids Research
Hurd PJ, Grübel K, Wojciechowski M, Maleszka R, Rössler W ( 2021 ) . Novel structure in the nuclei of honey bee brain neurons revealed by immunostaining . Scientific Reports vol. 11 , ( 1 )
Gancarz M, Hurd PJ, Latoch P, Polaszek A, Michalska-Madej J, Grochowalski Ł, Strapagiel D, Gnat S et al. ( 2021 ) . Dataset of the next-generation sequencing of variable 16S rRNA from bacteria and ITS2 regions from fungi and plants derived from honeybees kept under anthropogenic landscapes . Data in Brief vol. 36 ,
Ptaszyńska AA, Latoch P, Hurd PJ, Polaszek A, Michalska-Madej J, Grochowalski Ł, Strapagiel D, Gnat S et al. ( 2021 ) . Amplicon Sequencing of Variable 16S rRNA from Bacteria and ITS2 Regions from Fungi and Plants, Reveals Honeybee Susceptibility to Diseases Results from Their Forage Availability under Anthropogenic Landscapes . Pathogens vol. 10 , ( 3 )
Weber de Melo V, Lowe R, Hurd PJ, Petchey OL ( 2020 ) . Phenotypic responses to temperature in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila . Ecology and Evolution
George JM, Bell ZW, Condliffe D, Dohrer K, Abaurrea T, Spencer K, Leitão A, Gahr M et al. ( 2019 ) . Acute social isolation alters neurogenomic state in songbird forebrain . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
WOJCIECHOWSKI M, LOWE R, Maleszka J, CONN D, Maleszka R, HURD PJ ( 2018 ) . Phenotypically distinct female castes in honey bees are defined by alternative chromatin states during larval development . Genome Research
Ptaszyńska AA, Gancarz M, Hurd PJ, Borsuk G, Wiącek D, Nawrocka A, Strachecka A, Załuski D et al. ( 2018 ) . Changes in the bioelement content of summer and winter western honeybees (Apis mellifera) induced by Nosema ceranae infection . PLOS ONE vol. 13 , ( 7 )
Cookson VJ, Waite SL, Heath PR, Hurd PJ, Gandhi SV, Chapman NR ( 2015 ) . Binding loci of RelA-containing nuclear factor-kappaB dimers in promoter regions of PHM1-31 myometrial smooth muscle cells . Mol Hum Reprod vol. 21 , ( 11 ) 865 - 883 .
Snijders AP, Hautbergue GM, Bloom A, Williamson JC, Minshull TC, Phillips HL, Mihaylov SR, Gjerde DT et al. ( 2015 ) . Arginine methylation and citrullination of splicing factor proline- and glutamine-rich (SFPQ/PSF) regulates its association with mRNA . RNA vol. 21 , ( 3 ) 347 - 359 .
Ismail HMS, Hurd PJ, Khalil MIM, Kouzarides T, Bannister A, Gout I ( 2014 ) . S6 kinase 2 is bound to chromatin-nuclear matrix cellular fractions and is able to phosphorylate histone H3 at threonine 45 in vitro and in vivo . J Cell Biochem vol. 115 , ( 6 ) 1048 - 1062 .
Murrell A, Hurd PJ, Wood IC ( 2013 ) . Epigenetic mechanisms in development and disease . Biochem Soc Trans vol. 41 , ( 3 ) 697 - 699 .
Gemma C, Ramagopalan SV, Down TA, Beyan H, Hawa MI, Holland ML, Hurd PJ, Giovannoni G et al. ( 2013 ) . Inactive or moderately active human promoters are enriched for inter-individual epialleles . Genome Biol vol. 14 , ( 5 )
Dickman MJ, Kucharski R, Maleszka R, Hurd PJ ( 2013 ) . Extensive histone post-translational modification in honey bees . Insect Biochem Mol Biol vol. 43 , ( 2 ) 125 - 137 .
Murrell A, Hurd P, Wood I ( 2012 ) . Meeting preview . The Biochemist vol. 34 , ( 5 )
Hurd PJ ( 2010 ) . The era of epigenetics . Brief Funct Genomics vol. 9 , ( 5-6 ) 425 - 428 .
Purdy KJ, Hurd PJ, Moya-Laraño J, Trimmer M, Oakley BB, Woodward G ( 2010 ) . Systems biology for ecology. From molecules to ecosystems .
Purdy KJ, Hurd PJ, Moya-Laraño J, Trimmer M, Oakley BB, Woodward G ( 2010 ) . Chapter 3 Systems Biology for Ecology From Molecules to Ecosystems . Integrative Ecology: From Molecules to Ecosystems , vol. 43 , Elsevier
Purdy KJ, Hurd PJ, Moya-Larano J, Trimmer M, Oakley BB, Woodward G ( 2010 ) . Systems Biology for Ecology: From Molecules to Ecosystems . ADV ECOL RES vol. 43 , 87 - 149 .
Hurd PJ, Bannister AJ, Halls K, Dawson MA, Vermeulen M, Olsen JV, Ismail H, Somers J et al. ( 2009 ) . Phosphorylation of histone H3 Thr-45 is linked to apoptosis . J Biol Chem vol. 284 , ( 24 ) 16575 - 16583 .
Hurd PJ, Nelson CJ ( 2009 ) . Advantages of next-generation sequencing versus the microarray in epigenetic research . Brief Funct Genomic Proteomic vol. 8 , ( 3 ) 174 - 183 .
Smith AE, Hurd PJ, Bannister AJ, Kouzarides T, Ford KG ( 2008 ) . Heritable gene repression through the action of a directed DNA methyltransferase at a chromosomal locus . J BIOL CHEM vol. 283 , ( 15 ) 9878 - 9885 .
Sajedi E, Gaston-Massuet C, Andoniadou CL, Signore M, Hurd PJ, Dattani M, Martinez-Barbera JP ( 2008 ) . DNMT1 interacts with the developmental transcriptional repressor HESX1 . Biochim Biophys Acta vol. 1783 , ( 1 ) 131 - 143 .
Ford KG, Hurd PJ, Bannister AJ, Kouzarides T, Smith AE ( 2007 ) . Directed de novo DNA methylation of a genomic locus leads to heritable transcriptional repression . BLOOD . vol. 110 , 108A - 108A .
Torres-Padilla ME, Bannister AJ, Hurd PJ, Kouzarides T, Zernicka-Goetz M ( 2006 ) . Dynamic distribution of the replacement histone variant H3.3 in the mouse oocyte and preimplantation embryos . INT J DEV BIOL vol. 50 , ( 5 ) 455 - 461 .
Fuks F, Hurd PJ, Deplus R, Kouzarides T ( 2003 ) . The DNA methyltransferases associate with HP1 and the SUV39H1 histone methyltransferase . Nucleic Acids Res vol. 31 , ( 9 ) 2305 - 2312 .
Fuks F, Hurd PJ, Wolf D, Nan XS, Bird AP, Kouzarides T ( 2003 ) . The Methyl-CpG-binding protein MeCP2 links DNA methylation to histone methylation . J BIOL CHEM vol. 278 , ( 6 ) 4035 - 4040 .
McNamara AR, Hurd PJ, Smith AEF, Ford KG ( 2002 ) . Characterisation of site-biased DNA methyltransferases: specificity, affinity and subsite relationships . NUCLEIC ACIDS RES vol. 30 , ( 17 ) 3818 - 3830 .
Zhou L, Cheng X, Connolly BA, Dickman MJ, Hurd PJ, Hornby DP ( 2002 ) . Zebularine: a novel DNA methylation inhibitor that forms a covalent complex with DNA methyltransferases . J Mol Biol vol. 321 , ( 4 ) 591 - 599 .
HURD PJ, Whitmarsh AJ, Baldwin GS, Kelly SM, Waltho JP, Price NC, Connolly BA, Hornby DP ( 1999 ) . Mechanism-based inhibition of C5-cytosine DNA methyltransferases by 2-H pyrimidinone . Journal of Molecular Biology vol. 286 , ( 2 ) 389 - 401 .