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Overview

Ian R. Henderson is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, Henderson's work focuses on several subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Endocrinology
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Immunology

The topics covered in their research reflect these interests:

  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Henderson has contributed to numerous publications, with recent papers including:

  • "Antibiotics in the clinical pipeline as of December 2022" (2023), published in The Journal of Antibiotics
  • "Artificial sweeteners stimulate horizontal transfer of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes through natural transformation" (2021), published in The ISME Journal
  • "Outer membrane protein size and LPS O-antigen define protective antibody targeting to the Salmonella surface" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "Non-caloric artificial sweeteners modulate conjugative transfer of multi-drug resistance plasmid in the gut microbiota" (2022), published in Gut Microbes
  • "Structure of dual BON-domain protein DolP identifies phospholipid binding as a new mechanism for protein localisation" (2020), published in eLife

Frequent co-authors in Henderson's research collaborations include:

  • Adam F. Cunningham
  • Jack A. Bryant
  • Emily C. A. Goodall
  • Christopher Icke
  • Marisol Pérez-Toledo

The scientist has also published repeatedly in various venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Microbiology
  • The Journal of Antibiotics

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide high-resolution mapping and functional analysis of DNA methylation in arabidopsis.

    Xiaoyu Zhang;Junshi Yazaki;Ambika Sundaresan;Shawn Cokus

  • Gardening The Genome: DNA Methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Simon W.-L. Chan;Ian R. Henderson;Steven E. Jacobsen

  • Type V Protein Secretion Pathway: the Autotransporter Story

    Ian R. Henderson;Fernando Navarro-Garcia;Mickaël Desvaux;Rachel C. Fernandez

  • The Pangenome Structure of Escherichia coli: Comparative Genomic Analysis of E. coli Commensal and Pathogenic Isolates

    David A. Rasko;M. J. Rosovitz;Garry S. A. Myers;Emmanuel F. Mongodin

  • Epigenetic inheritance in plants

    Ian R. Henderson;Steven E. Jacobsen

  • Alternatives to antibiotics—a pipeline portfolio review

    Lloyd Czaplewski;Richard Bax;Martha Clokie;Mike Dawson

  • Dissecting Arabidopsis thaliana DICER function in small RNA processing, gene silencing and DNA methylation patterning

    Ian R Henderson;Xiaoyu Zhang;Cheng Lu;Lianna Johnson

  • The great escape: structure and function of the autotransporter proteins

    Ian R Henderson;Fernando Navarro-Garcia;James P Nataro

  • Molecular switches--the ON and OFF of bacterial phase variation.

    Ian R. Henderson;Peter Owen;James P. Nataro

  • Virulence Functions of Autotransporter Proteins

    Ian R. Henderson;James P. Nataro

  • FY is an RNA 3' end-processing factor that interacts with FCA to control the Arabidopsis floral transition.

    Gordon G Simpson;Paul P Dijkwel;Victor Quesada;Ian Henderson

  • The SRA Methyl-Cytosine-Binding Domain Links DNA and Histone Methylation

    Lianna M. Johnson;Magnolia Bostick;Xiaoyu Zhang;Edward Kraft

  • The genetic and epigenetic landscape of the Arabidopsis centromeres.

    Matthew Naish;Michael Alonge;Piotr Wlodzimierz;Andrew J. Tock

  • An ARGONAUTE4-containing nuclear processing center colocalized with Cajal bodies in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Carey Fei Li;Olga Pontes;Mahmoud El-Shami;Ian R. Henderson

  • Characterization of Pic, a Secreted Protease of Shigella flexneri and Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

    Ian R. Henderson;John Czeczulin;Carlos Eslava;Fernando Noriega

  • MicroRNAs and other small RNAs enriched in the Arabidopsis RNA-dependent RNA polymerase-2 mutant.

    Cheng Lu;Karthik Kulkarni;Frédéric F. Souret;Ramesh MuthuValliappan

  • Membrane protein architects: the role of the BAM complex in outer membrane protein assembly.

    Timothy J. Knowles;Anthony Scott-Tucker;Michael Overduin;Ian R. Henderson

  • Secretion and subcellular localizations of bacterial proteins: a semantic awareness issue

    Mickaël Desvaux;Michel Hébraud;Régine Talon;Ian R. Henderson

  • Arabidopsis meiotic crossover hot spots overlap with H2A.Z nucleosomes at gene promoters

    Kyuha Choi;Xiaohui Zhao;Krystyna A Kelly;Oliver Venn

  • Complete Genome Sequence and Comparative Genome Analysis of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O127:H6 Strain E2348/69

    Atsushi Iguchi;Nicholas R. Thomson;Yoshitoshi Ogura;David L Saunders

  • Role of RNA polymerase IV in plant small RNA metabolism

    Xiaoyu Zhang;Ian R. Henderson;Cheng Lu;Pamela J. Green

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam F. Cunningham
Adam F. Cunningham University of Birmingham
James P. Nataro
James P. Nataro University of Virginia
Mickaël Desvaux
Mickaël Desvaux University of Clermont Auvergne
Steven E. Jacobsen
Steven E. Jacobsen University of California, Los Angeles
Calman A. MacLennan
Calman A. MacLennan Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Michael Overduin
Michael Overduin University of Alberta
Jeffrey A. Cole
Jeffrey A. Cole University of Birmingham
Mark J. Pallen
Mark J. Pallen University of East Anglia
Ian C. M. MacLennan
Ian C. M. MacLennan University of Birmingham
Robert A. Martienssen
Robert A. Martienssen Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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