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Overview

Leland H. Johnston is affiliated with the Medical Research Council in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several related subfields and topics.

The main subfields of study in Johnston's work include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Genetics

Johnston's research covers a variety of specialized topics, including:

  • Biochemical and Molecular Research
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
  • Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
  • Aldose Reductase and Taurine
  • Biotin and Related Studies

Their recent publications reflect this range of interests and include the following papers:

  • "From Discovery to Delivery: A Rapid and Targeted Proteomics Workflow for Monitoring Chinese Hamster Ovary Biomanufacturing," 2025, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
  • "Abstract 1348 A mass spectrometry assay to measure in vitro spermidine production by carboxyspermidine dehydrogenase and carboxyspermidine decarboxylase," 2025, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Abstract 1165 A Structural Analysis of Carboxyspermidine Decarboxylase," 2025, Journal of Biological Chemistry

Johnston frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Johnette Ostlund
  • Jeffrey S. McFarlane
  • Charles Eldrid
  • Ellie Hawke
  • Kathleen Cain

The predominant venues for Johnston's publications are:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Molecular & Cellular Proteomics

Best Publications

  • CD40 regulates the processing of NF-κB2 p100 to p52

    H.J. Coope;P.G.P. Atkinson;B. Huhse;M. Belich

  • The Skn7 response regulator controls gene expression in the oxidative stress response of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Brian A. Morgan;Brian A. Morgan;Geoffrey R. Banks;W. Mark Toone;Desmond Raitt

  • A multicopy suppressor gene of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae G1 cell cycle mutant gene dbf4 encodes a protein kinase and is identified as CDC5.

    K Kitada;A L Johnson;L H Johnston;A Sugino

  • Coordinated regulation of gene expression by the cell cycle transcription factor Swi4 and the protein kinase C MAP kinase pathway for yeast cell integrity

    J C Igual;A L Johnson;L H Johnston

  • Pathway correcting DNA replication errors in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    A Morrison;A L Johnson;L H Johnston;A Sugino

  • Functional synergy between DP-1 and E2F-1 in the cell cycle-regulating transcription factor DRTF1/E2F.

    L R Bandara;V M Buck;M Zamanian;L H Johnston

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle mutant cdc9 is defective in DNA ligase

    Leland H. Johnston;Kim A. Nasmyth

  • Analysis of RhoA-binding Proteins Reveals an Interaction Domain Conserved in Heterotrimeric G Protein β Subunits and the Yeast Response Regulator Protein Skn7

    Arthur S. Alberts;Nicolas Bouquin;Leland H. Johnston;Richard Treisman

  • Control of DNA Synthesis Genes in Fission Yeast by the Cell-Cycle Gene cdc10+

    Lowndes Nf;McInerny Cj;Johnson Al;Fantes Pa

  • TPL-2 kinase regulates the proteolysis of the NF-κB-inhibitory protein NF-κB1 p105

    Mônica P. Belich;Andrés Salmerón;Leland H. Johnston;Steven C. Ley

  • Coordination of expression of DNA synthesis genes in budding yeast by a cell-cycle regulated trans factor.

    Noel F. Lowndes;Anthony L. Johnson;Leland H. Johnston

  • The yeast histidine protein kinase, Sln1p, mediates phosphotransfer to two response regulators, Ssk1p and Skn7p.

    Sheng Li;Addison Ault;Cheryl L. Malone;Desmond Raitt

  • The Skn7 response regulator of Saccharomyces cerevisiae interacts with Hsf1 in vivo and is required for the induction of heat shock genes by oxidative stress.

    Desmond C. Raitt;Anthony L. Johnson;Alexander M. Erkine;Kozo Makino

  • Order of function of the budding-yeast mitotic exit-network proteins Tem1, Cdc15, Mob1, Dbf2, and Cdc5.

    Sarah E. Lee;Lisa M. Frenz;Nicholas J. Wells;Anthony L. Johnson

  • SWI6 protein is required for transcription of the periodically expressed DNA synthesis genes in budding yeast

    Noel F. Lowndes;Anthony L. Johnson;Linda Breeden;Leland H. Johnston

  • The Dbf2 and Dbf20 protein kinases of budding yeast are activated after the metaphase to anaphase cell cycle transition.

    J H Toyn;L H Johnston

  • The forkhead protein Fkh2 is a component of the yeast cell cycle transcription factor SFF

    Aline Pic;Fei-Ling Lim;Sarah J. Ross;Elizabeth A. Veal

  • Human DNA ligase I cDNA: cloning and functional expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Deborah E. Barnes;Leland H. Johnston;Ken-Ichi Kodama;Alan E. Tomkinson

  • Overlapping and distinct roles of the duplicated yeast transcription factors Ace2p and Swi5p.

    Marie-Therese Doolin;Anthony L. Johnson;Leland H. Johnston;Geraldine Butler

  • Cell cycle control of DNA synthesis in budding yeast.

    Leland H. Johnston;Noel F. Lowndes

Frequent Co-Authors

Noel F. Lowndes
Noel F. Lowndes University of Galway
Steven C. Ley
Steven C. Ley Imperial College London
Akio Sugino
Akio Sugino Osaka University
Hisao Masai
Hisao Masai Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Paul Nurse
Paul Nurse The Francis Crick Institute
Giovanna Lucchini
Giovanna Lucchini University of Milan
Hiroyuki Araki
Hiroyuki Araki National Institute of Genetics
Kozo Makino
Kozo Makino Osaka University
Giora Simchen
Giora Simchen Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Stephen G. Oliver
Stephen G. Oliver University of Cambridge

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