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  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Martin Buck is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. The research focus primarily lies within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant concentration on Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Plant Science. Additional areas of study include Ecology and Pollution.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments

Frequently appearing co-authors in Martin Buck's publications include Ioly Kotta-Loizou, Fuzhou Ye, Xiaodong Zhang, Christoph Engl, and Forson Gao.

Research findings have been published across multiple venues, with the most recurrent platforms being bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Advanced Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and The Lancet Oncology.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Adjuvant chemotherapy following chemoradiotherapy as primary treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer versus chemoradiotherapy alone (OUTBACK): an international, open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial, 2023, The Lancet Oncology
  • Bacterial Vipp1 and PspA are members of the ancient ESCRT-III membrane-remodeling superfamily, 2021, Cell
  • Bacterial Enhancer Binding Proteins-AAA+ Proteins in Transcription Activation, 2020, Biomolecules
  • The route to transcription initiation determines the mode of transcriptional bursting in E. coli, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Sustainable water management in rice cultivation reduces arsenic contamination, increases productivity, microbial molecular response, and profitability, 2024, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Martin Buck was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2009.

Best Publications

  • The bacterial enhancer-dependent sigma(54) (sigma(N)) transcription factor.

    Martin Buck;María-Trinidad Gallegos;David J. Studholme;Yuli Guo

  • Engineering modular and orthogonal genetic logic gates for robust digital-like synthetic biology

    Baojun Wang;Richard I Kitney;Nicolas Joly;Nicolas Joly;Martin Buck

  • Upstream activator sequences are present in the promoters of nitrogen fixation genes

    Martin Buck;Stephen Miller;Martin Drummond;Ray Dixon

  • In vivo studies on the interaction of RNA polymerase-sigma 54 with the Klebsiella pneumoniae and Rhizobium meliloti nifH promoters. The role of NifA in the formation of an open promoter complex.

    Enrique Morett;Martin Buck

  • Managing membrane stress: the phage shock protein (Psp) response, from molecular mechanisms to physiology.

    Nicolas Joly;Christoph Engl;Goran Jovanovic;Maxime Huvet

  • A modular cell-based biosensor using engineered genetic logic circuits to detect and integrate multiple environmental signals

    Baojun Wang;Mauricio Barahona;Martin Buck

  • Mechanochemical ATPases and transcriptional activation

    X. Zhang;M. Chaney;Siva R. Wigneshweraraj;J. Schumacher

  • Specific binding of the transcription factor sigma-54 to promoter DNA.

    Martin Buck;Wendy Cannon

  • Structural insights into the activity of enhancer-binding proteins

    Mathieu Rappas;Jorg Schumacher;Fabienne Beuron;Hajime Niwa

  • Nitrogen stress response and stringent response are coupled in Escherichia coli

    Daniel R. Brown;Geraint Barton;Zhensheng Pan;Martin Buck

  • Complete analysis of tRNA-modified nucleosides by high-performance liquid chromatography: The 29 modified nucleosides of Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli tRNA

    Martin Buck;Megan Connick;Bruce N. Ames

  • Modus operandi of the bacterial RNA polymerase containing the σ54 promoter‐specificity factor

    Sivaramesh Wigneshweraraj;Daniel Bose;Patricia C. Burrows;Nicolas Joly

  • The biology of enhancer-dependent transcriptional regulation in bacteria: insights from genome sequences

    David J Studholme;Martin Buck

  • NifA-dependent in vivo protection demonstrates that the upstream activator sequence of nif promoters is a protein binding site.

    Enrique Morett;Martin Buck

  • Binding of transcriptional activators to sigma 54 in the presence of the transition state analog ADP–aluminum fluoride: insights into activator mechanochemical action

    Matthew Chaney;Ricardo Grande;Siva R. Wigneshweraraj;Wendy Cannon

  • Induction and Function of the Phage Shock Protein Extracytoplasmic Stress Response in Escherichia coli

    Goran Jovanovic;Louise J. Lloyd;Michael P.H. Stumpf;Antony J. Mayhew

  • A Modified Nucleotide in tRNA as a Possible Regulator of Aerobiosis: Synthesis of cis=2=Methyl- thioribosylzeatin in the tRNA of Salmonella

    Martin Buck;Bruce N. Ames

  • Engineering modular and tunable genetic amplifiers for scaling transcriptional signals in cascaded gene networks

    Baojun Wang;Mauricio Barahona;Martin Buck

  • Structures and organisation of AAA+ enhancer binding proteins in transcriptional activation.

    Jörg Schumacher;Nicolas Joly;Mathieu Rappas;Xiaodong Zhang

  • Mechanism of action of the Escherichia coli phage shock protein PspA in repression of the AAA family transcription factor PspF.

    Sarah Elderkin;Susan Jones;Jörg Schumacher;David Studholme

  • Isomerization of a binary sigma–promoter DNA complex by transcription activators

    Wendy V. Cannon;Mari-Trini Gallegos;Mari-Trini Gallegos;Martin Buck

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaodong Zhang
Xiaodong Zhang Imperial College London
Konstantin Severinov
Konstantin Severinov Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David J. Studholme
David J. Studholme University of Exeter
Emanuel M. Souza
Emanuel M. Souza Federal University of Paraná
Mauricio Barahona
Mauricio Barahona Imperial College London
Ray Dixon
Ray Dixon John Innes Centre
Bruce N. Ames
Bruce N. Ames University of California, Berkeley
Peter G. Stockley
Peter G. Stockley University of Leeds
Annie Kolb
Annie Kolb Institut Pasteur
Fábio O. Pedrosa
Fábio O. Pedrosa Federal University of Paraná

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