Recent Publications

Department of Biochemistry

(updated 18 March 2004)

Index

2003

Scientific Journal Papers

  • ALLIE Z, JACOBS EP, MAARTENS A, SWART P. Enzymatic cleaning of ultrafiltration membranes fouled by abattoir effluent. Journal of Membrane Science 2003; 218 : 107-116.

  • ALLIE-REID F, VANDEN BERGHE W, HAEGEMAN G, HAPGOOD JP, LOUW A. Glucocorticoids inhibit transcription of the rat corticosteroid-binding globulin gene. FEBS Special Meeting 2003 on Signal transduction, Brussel, Belgium. European Journal of Biochemistry 2003; 270 : 119-120.

  • BECKER JVW, ARMSTRONG GO, VAN DER MERWE MJ, LAMBRECHTS MG, VIVIER MA, PRETORIUS IS. Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the synthesis of the wine-related antioxidant resveratrol. FEMS Yeast Research 2003; 4 : 79-85.

  • BYTEBIER BLG. A preliminary checklist of the bryoflora of the Taita Hills, Kenya. Tropical Bryology 2003; 22 : 55-66.

  • EDWARD VA, PILLAY VL, SWART P, JACOBS EP, SINGH S. Degradation of synthetic xylan effluent using a membrane bioreactor. South African Journal of Science 2003; 99 : 315-317.

  • EDWARD VA, PILLAY VL, SWART P, SINGH S. Localisation of Thermomyces lanuginosus SSBP xylanase on polysulphone membranes using immunogold labelling and environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM). Process Biochemistry 2003; 38 : 939-943.

  • GETZ WM, WESTERHOFF HW, HOFMEYR J-HS, SNOEP JL. Control analysis of trophic chains. Ecological Modelling 2003; 168 : 153-171.

  • MARNEWICK JL, JOUBERT E, SWART P, GELDERBLOM WCA. Modulation of hepatic drug metabolizing enzymes and oxidative status by rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) and honeybush (Cyclopia intermedia), green and black (Camellia sinensis) teas in rats. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 2003; 51 : 8113-8119.

  • MYBURGH KH, KOHN T, ESSEN-GUSTAVSSON B, ANDERSEN JL. Hybrid skeletal muscle fibres in competitive runners and in recreationally active non-runners. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2003; 35 Abstract 534(5) : 1.

  • ROSSEL S, BAKKER BM, SNOEP JL, REIJENGA KA, DIDERICH JA, WESTERHOFF HW. Control of dynamic cell(-cell) signalling. Yeast 2003; 20 Suppl : S229.

  • SADIE H, STYGER G, HAPGOOD JP. Expression of the mouse Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor gene in alphaT3-1 gonadotrope cells is stimulated by cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate and protein kinase A, and is modulated by steroidogenic factor-1 and Nur77. Endocrinology 2003; 144(5) : 1958-1971.

  • SNOEP JL, OLIVIER BG. JWS online cellular systems modelling and microbiology. Microbiology 2003; 149 : 3045-3047.

  • SWART P, LOMBARD N, SWART AC, VAN DER MERWE MJ, MURRY BA, NICOL M, MASON JI. Ovine steroid 17 alpha-hydroxylase cytochrome P450: characteristics of the hydroxylase and lyase activities of the adrenal cortex enzyme. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 2003; 409 : 145-152.

  • SWART P, SWART AC, LOUW A, VAN DER MERWE KJ. Biological activities of the shrub Salsola tuberculatiformis Botsch.: contraceptive or stress alleviator?. Bioessays 2003; 25 : 612-619.

  • TANNER TM, VERRIJDT G, ROMBAUTS W, LOUW A, HAPGOOD JP, CLAESSENS F. Anti-androgenic properties of Compound A, an analog of a non-steroidal plant compound. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 2003; 201 : 155-164.

  • YANIC C, BREDENKAMP MW, JACOBS EP, SWART P. Adsorbed surfactants for affinity chromatography: end-group modification of ethylene glycol polymers. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2003; 13 : 1381-1384.

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Conference Proceedings

  • ROHWER JM, BOTHA FC, BOSCH S. The Sugarcane Metabolome. South African Sugar Technologists' Association, Kwa-Shukela, Mount Edgecombe, Durban, South Africa, 2003: 129-133.

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Chapters in Books

  • BYTEBIER BLG. The role of an herbarium and its database in supporting plant conservation. In Plant Conservation in the Tropics, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom, 2002: 49-67.

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Research Reports

  • JACOBS EP, YANIC C, BRADSHAW SM, MARAIS C, BREDENKAMP MW, SWART P. Fabrication and production protocol for capillary ultrafiltration membranes and modules. 2003: 50 pp.

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Theses and Dissertations

  • ALLIE-REID F. Investigation of glucocorticoid and dissociated glucocorticoid activity in hepatoma cell lines with specific reference to regulation of the corticosteroid binding globulin (CBG) proximal promoter. PhD(Bioch), 2003. 195 pp. Promotor: Louw A. Co-promotor: Hapgood JP, Swart P.

  • RAMNATH MH. Differential protein expression, focussing on the mannose phosphostransferase system, in Listeria monocytogenes strains with class IIa bacteriocin resistance. PhD(Bioch), 2003. 112 pp. Promotor: Hastings JW. Co-promotor: Rautenbach M.

  • VADYVALOO V. Changes in cell surface and metabolism associated with strains of Listeria monocytogenes displaying different sensitivities to class IIa bacteriocins. PhD(Bioch), 2003. 118 pp. Promotor: Rautenbach M. Co-promotor: Hastings JW.


  • HOLROYD DL. Atomic Force Microscopy: A novel tool for the analysis of the mechanism of action of antimicrobial peptides on target membranes. MSc Biochemistry, 2003. 129 pp. Supervisor: Rautenbach M.

  • KROUKAMP M. Supply-demand analysis of anaerobic free-energy metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MSc Biochemistry, 2003. 85 pp. Supervisor: Rohwer JM.

  • LIEBENBERG LE. Non-covalent immobilisation of ligand system: A new approach to affinity separation. MSc Biochemistry, 2003. 111 pp. Supervisor: Swart P.

  • SLABBERT JT. Identification of two CYP17 alleles in the South African Angora Goat. MSc Biochemistry, 2003. 120 pp. Supervisor: Swart P.

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2002

Scientific Journal Papers

  • BROWN N, SWART P, FENHALLS G, STEVENS L, KOLAR NW, SWART AC. Baboon CYP11B1: The localization and catalytic activity in baboon adrenal tissue. Endocrine Research 2002; 28(4) : 477-484.
  • BYTEBIER BTG, BUSSMANN RW. The vegetation of Mount Nyiru (Samburu District, Kenya): A checklist and syntaxonomical survey. Journal of East African Natural History 2002; 89 : 45-71.
  • BYTEBIER BTG, CHUAH-PETOIT M. A preliminary checklist of the bryoflora of the Taita Hills, Kenya. Tropical Bryology 2002; 22 : 55-66.
  • CORNISH-BOWDEN A, HOFMEYR J-HS, CÀRDENAS ML. Stoicheiometric analysis in studies of metabolism. Biochemical Society Transactions 2002; 30 : 43-47.
  • CRONWRIGHT GR, ROHWER JM, PRIOR BA. Metabolic control analysis of glycerol synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2002; 68(9) : 4448-4456.
  • DE LA FUENTE A, SNOEP JL, WESTERHOFF HV, MENDES P. Metabolic control in integrated biochemical systems. European Journal of Biochemistry 2002; 269 : 4399-4408.
  • GRAVESEN A, RAMNATH MH, RECHINGER K BJÖRN , ANDERSEN N, JANSCH L, HÈCHARD Y, HASTINGS JW, KNOCHEL S. High-level resistance to class IIa bacteriocins is associated with one general mechanism in Listeria monocytogenes. Microbiology 2002; 148 : 2361-2369.
  • HOEFNAGEL MHN, STARRENBURG MJC, MARTENS DE, HUGENHOLTZ J, KLEEREBEZEM M, VAN SWAM I I , BONGERS R, WESTERHOFF HV, SNOEP JL. Metabolic engineering of lactic acid bacteria, the combined approach: kinetic modelling, metabolic control and experimental analysis. Microbiology 2002; 148 : 1003-1013.
  • HOEFNAGEL MHN, VAN DER BURGT A, MARTENS DE, HUGENHOLTZ J, SNOEP JL. Time dependent responses of glycolytic intermediates in a detailed glycolytic model of Lactococcus lactis during glucose run-out experiments. Molecular Biology Reports 2002; 29 : 157-161.
  • HOFMEYR J-HS, OLIVIER BG. The regulatory design of an allosteric feedback loop: the effect of saturation by pathway substrate . Biochemical Society Transactions 2002; 30 : 19-25.
  • HOFMEYR J-HS, ROHWER JM, SNOEP JL, WESTERHOFF HV, KONINGS WN. How to distinguish between the vacuum cleaner and flippase mechanisms of the LmrA multi-drug transporter in Lactococcus lactis. Molecular Biology Reports 2002; 29 : 107-112.
  • JONKER CM, SNOEP JL, TREUR J, WESTERHOFF HV, WIJNGAARDS WCA. Putting Intentions into Cell Biochemistry: An Artificial Intelligence Perspective. Journal of Theoretical Biology 2002; 214 : 105-134.
  • KOEBMANN BJ, WESTERHOFF HV, SNOEP JL, NILSSON D, JENSEN PR. The Glycolytic Flux in Escherichia coli is controlled by the Demand for ATP. Journal of Bacteriology 2002; 184(14) : 3909-3916.
  • KOEBMANN BJ, WESTERHOFF HV, SNOEP JL, SOLEM C, PEDERSEN MB, NILSSON D, MICHELSEN O, JENSEN PR. The extent to which ATP demand controls the glycolytic flux depends strongly on the organism and conditions for growth. Molecular Biology Reports 2002; 29 : 41-45.
  • KOEFOED S, OTTEN MF, KOEBMANN BJ, BRUGGEMAN F, BAKKER BM, SNOEP JL, KRAB K, VAN SPANNING RJM, VAN VERSEVELD HW, JENSEN PR, KOSTER JG, WESTERHOFF HV. A turbo engine with automatic transmission? How to marry chemicomotion to the subtleties and robustness of life. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 2002; 1555 : 75-82.
  • KROUKAMP M, ROHWER JM, HOFMEYR J-HS, SNOEP JL. Experimental supply-demand analysis of anaerobic yeast energy metabolism. Molecular Biology Reports 2002; 29 : 203-209.
  • LOMBARD N, SWART AC, VAN DER MERWE MJ, SWART P. Sheep adrenal cytochrome b5: active as a monomer or a tetramer in vivo?. Endocrine Research 2002; 28(4) : 485-492.
  • MAARTENS A, JACOBS EP, SWART P. UF of pulp and paper effluent: membrane fouling-prevention and cleaning. Journal of Membrane Science 2002; 209 : 81-92.
  • OLIVIER BG, ROHWER JM, HOFMEYR J-HS. Modelling cellular processes with Python and Scipy. Molecular Biology Reports 2002; 29 : 249-254.
  • REIJENGA KA, WESTERHOFF HV, KHOLODENKO BN, SNOEP JL. Control Analysis for Autonomously Oscillating Biochemical Networks. Biophysical Journal 2002; 82 : 99-108.
  • ROHWER JM, KUCHEL PW, MAHER AD. ThermoKinetic modelling. Membrane potential as a dependent variable in ion transport processes. Molecular Biology Reports 2002; 29 : 217-225.
  • SNOEP JL, OLIVIER BG. Java Web Simulation (JWS); a web based database of kinetic models. Molecular Biology Reports 2002; 29 : 259-263.
  • SNOEP JL, VAN DER WEIJDEN CC, ANDERSEN HW, WESTERHOFF HV, JENSEN PR. DNA Supercoiling in Escherichia coli is under tight and subtle homeostatic control, involving gene-expression and metabolic regulation of both topoisomerase I and DNA gyrase. European Journal of Biochemistry 2002; 269 : 1662-1669.
  • SOMSEN JG, SIDERIUS M, BAUER FF, SNOEP JL, WESTERHOFF HV. Selectivity in Overlapping MAP Kinase Cascades. Journal of Theoretical Biology 2002; 218 : 343-354.
  • STUGER R, WOLDRINGH CL, VAN DER WEIJDEN CC, VISCHER NOE, BAKKER BM, VAN SPANNING RJM, SNOEP JL, WESTERHOFF HV. DNA supercoiling by gyrase is linked to nucleoid compaction. Molecular Biology Reports 2002; 29 : 79-82.
  • SWART AC, KOLAR NW, LOMBARD N, MASON JI, SWART P. Baboon cytochrome P450 17a-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase (CYP17). Characterization of the adrenal microsomal and cloned enzymes. European Journal of Biochemistry 2002; 269 : 5608-5616.
  • VADYVALOO V, HASTINGS JW, VAN DER MERWE MJ, RAUTENBACH M. Membranes of Class IIa Bacteriocin-Resistant Listeria monocytogenes Cells Contain Increased Levels of Desaturated and Short-Acyl-Chain Phosphatidylglycerols. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2002; 68(11) : 5223-5230.
  • VAN BILJON W, WYKES S, SCHERER S, KRAWETZ SA, HAPGOOD JP. Type II Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor Transcripts in Human Sperm. Biology of Reproduction 2002; 67 : 1741-1749.
  • WESTERHOFF HV, GETZ WM, BRUGGEMAN F, HOFMEYR J-HS, ROHWER JM, SNOEP JL. ECA: Control in ecosystems. Molecular Biology Reports 2002; 29 : 113-117.

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Conference Proceedings

  • GOVENDER S, JACOBS EP, BREDENKAMP MW, THERON C, SWART P. Synthesis and adsorption studies of derivatised triblock copolymers as affinity linkers in polymer membranes. 5th Annual UNESCO School & IUPAC Conference on Macromolecules and Materials, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2002: 1.
  • NAIDOO VB, VAN DER MERWE MJ, BREDENKAMP MW, SANDERSON RD, RAUTENBACH M. The synthesis and characterisation of bola-amphiphilic peptides. 5th Annual UNESCO School & IUPAC Conference on Macromolecules and Materials, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2002: 1.

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Chapters in Books

  • PEARCE T, BYTEBIER BTG. The Role of an Herbarium and its Database in Supporting Plant Conservation. In Plant Conservation in the Tropics: perspectives and practice, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom, 2002: 49-67.
  • WESTERHOFF HV, GETZ WM, VAN VERSEVELD HW, HOFMEYR J-HS, SNOEP JL. Bioinformatics, Cellular Flows, and Calculation. In Bioinformatics and Genome Analysis, Springer, New York, USA, 2002: 221-243.

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Theses and Dissertations

  • LOMBARD PJ. A biochemical study of budbreak and plant growth regulators in table grapes. MScAgric, 2002. 116 pp. Supervisors: Bellstedt DU, Cook NC.
  • PATIENCE T. Sequence analysis of a Cowdria ruminantium lambda GEM-11 clone. MSc Biochemistry, 2002. 168 pp. Supervisor: Bellstedt DU.
  • TANNER TM. An Investigation of the Interactions of the Androgen Receptor with a Non-steroidal Compound and Two Synthetic Progestins. MSc Biochemistry, 2002. 127 pp. Supervisor: Hapgood JP.

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2001

Scientific Papers and Conference Proceedings

  • Bellstedt DU, Linder HP and Harley EH. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships in disa based on non-coding TRNL-TRNF chloroplast sequences: evidence of numerous repeat regions. American Journal of Botany 88: 2088-2100.
  • Cook NC, Bellstedt DU and Jacobs G. 2001. Endogenous cytokinin distribution patterns at budburst in Granny Smith and Braeburn apple shoots in relation to bud growth. Scientia Horticulturae 87: 53-63.
  • Cook CN and Bellstedt DU. 2001. Chilling response of "Granny Smith" apple lateral buds inhibited by distal shoot tissues. Scientia Horticulturae 89: 299-308.
  • Edward VA, Elliot E, Bandu V, Pillay VL, Swart P and Singh S. 2001. Immunolocolisation of xylanase on polysulphone membranes. Proceedings of the 40th Annual Microscopy Society of Southern Africa Conference, University of the Witwatersrand, Gauteng, Volume 31, 52.
  • Eliasson A, Hofmeyr J-HS, Pedler S and Hahn-Hägerdal B. 2001. The xylose reductase/xylitol dehydrogenase/xylulokinase ratio affects product formation in recombinant xylose-utilising Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 29: 288-297.
  • Hapgood JP, Riedemann J and Scherer SD. 2001. Regulation of gene expression by GC-rich DNA cis-elements. Cell Biology International 25: 17-31.
  • Hofmeyr J-HS and Westerhoff HV. 2001. Building the Cellular Puzzle. Control in multi-level reaction networks. Journal of Theoretical Biology 208: 261-285.
  • Hofmeyr J-HS. 2001. Metabolic control analysis in a nutshell. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Systems Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, 291-300.
  • Rautenbach M, Swart P and Van der Merwe MJ. 2001. Sequence specific stabilization of a linear analog of the antifungal lipopeptide iturin A2 by sodium during low energy electrospray ionization mass spectrometry conditions. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (Focus: Metal-Ion Interactions) 12: 505-516.
  • Reijenga KA, Snoep JL, Diderich JA, Van Verseveld HW, Westerhoff HV and Teusink B. 2001. Control of glycolytic dynamics by hexose transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biophysical Journal 80: 626-634.
  • Rohwer JM and Botha FC. 2001. Analysis of sucrose accumulation in the sugar cane culm on the basis of in vitro kinetic data. Biochemical Journal 358: 437-445.
  • Sun Y-M, Flanagan A, Illing N, Ott TR, Sellar R, Fromme BJ, Hapgood J, Sharp P, Sealfon SC and Millar RP. 2001. A chicken gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor that confers agonist activity to mammalian antagonists. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 276: 7754-7761.
  • Swart P, Jacobs EP, Bredenkamp M, Liebenberg L, Domingo G and Maartens A. 2001. Membrane separation enhancement by non-covalent surface modification. Proceedings of Engineering with Membranes, Vol I & II, Granada, Spain, II-193-194.
  • Toh TH, Kayingo G, Van der Merwe MJ, Kilian SG, Hallsworth JE, Hohmann S and Prior BA. 2001. Implications of FPS1 deletion and membrane ergosterol content for glycerol efflux from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Yeast Research 1424: 1-7.
  • Toh TH, Prior BA and Van der Merwe MJ. 2001. Quantification of plasma membrane ergosterol of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by direct-injection atmospheric pressure chemical ionization/tandem mass spectrometry. Analytical Biochemistry 288: 44-51.
  • Van Zyl JM, Muller GJ and Van der Merwe MJ. 2001. Purification and properties of two phospholipase A2 enaymes from berg adder (Bitis atropos) venom. South African Journal of Science 97: 437-444.

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Theses and Dissertations

  • Appel M. Cloning and identification of genes involved in the interction between the bacterial stone fruit pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain NV and plum trees. Ph.D. Promotor: Prof DU Bellstedt.
  • De Ascensao A. Cloning and characterisation of the polygalacturonase inhibiting protein (PGIP) gene from grapevine. Ph.D. Promotor: Prof IS Pretorius / Co-promotors: Prof DU Bellstedt, Dr MA Viviers.

  • Domingo GS. Implementation of membrane cleaning and pre-treatment for membranes fouled during the filtration of pulp and paper effluent at the Piet Retief Mondi Kraft Paper Mill. M.Sc. Supervisor: Prof P Swart.
  • Riedemann J. Functional analysis and recombinant expression of a sea urchin G-string binding factor. M.Sc. Supervisor: Prof JP Hapgood.
  • Sadie H. Interaction of SF-1 and Nur77 proteins from a gonadotrope cell line with the promoter of the GnRH receptor gene: Implications for gene regulation. M.Sc. Supervisor: Prof JP Hapgood.
  • Styger G. The role of steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1) in transcriptional regulation of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor gene. M.Sc. Supervisor: Prof JP Hapgood.

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2000

Scientific Papers and Conference Proceedings

  • Editors of book: Animating the Cellular Map. 2000. Proceedings of the 9th International Meeting on BioThermoKinetics. (Hofmeyr J-HS, Rohwer JM and Snoep JL, eds.) ISBN 0-7972-0776-7.
  • Blignaut A, Burger WP, Morley AJ and Bellstedt DU. 2000. Antibody responses to La Sota strain vaccines of Newcastle disease virus in ostriches (Struthio camelus) as detected by ELISA. Avian Diseases 44: 390-398.
  • Cook NC, Bellstedt DU and Jacobs G. 2000. Endogenous cytokinin distribution patterns at budburst in Granny Smith and Braeburn apple shoots in relation to bud growth. Scientiae Horticulturae 1518: 1-11.
  • Cook NC and Bellstedt DU. 2000. Chilling response of 'Granny Smith' apple lateral buds inhibited by distal shoot tissues. Scientiae Horticulturae, in press.
  • De la Fuente van Bentem A, Mendes P, Westerhoff HV and Snoep JL. 2000. Can metabolic control analysis be applied to hierarchical regulated metabolism? MCA versus HCA. In: Animating the Cellular Map (Hofmeyr J-HS, Rohwer JM and Snoep JL, eds.), pp. 191-198, Stellenbosch University Press, Stellenbosch.
  • Du Toit EA and Rautenbach M. 2000. A sensitive standardised micro-gel well diffusion assay for the determination of antimicrobial activity. Journal of Microbiological Methods 42: 159-165.
  • Engelbrecht Y, Herselman M, Louw A and Swart P. 2000. Investigation of the primary cause of hypoadrenocorticism in the South African Angora goat (Capra aegagrus): A comparison to the Boer goat (Capra hircus) and Merino sheep (Ovis arues). Journal of Animal Science 78: 371-379.
  • Engelbrecht Y and Swart P. 2000. Adrenal function in the Angora goat: A comparative study of adrenal steroidogenesis in the Angora goat, Boer goat, and Merino sheep. Journal of Animal Science 78: 1036-1046.
  • Groenewald M, Bellstedt DU and Crous PW. 2000. A PCR-based method for the detection of Phaemoniella clamydospora in grapevines. South African Journal of Science 96: 43-46.
  • Hapgood JP, Riedemann J and Scherer SD. 2000. Regulation of gene expression by GC-rich DNA cis elements. Cell Biology International 24, in press.
  • Hillman JD, Brooks TA, Michalek SM, Harmon CC, Snoep JL and Van der Weijden CC. 2000. Construction and characterization of an effector strain of Streptococcus mutans for replacement therapy of dental caries. Infection and Immunity 68: 543-549.
  • Hoefnagel MHN, Hugenholtz J, Westerhoff HV and Snoep JL. 2000. Modelling pyruvate distribution in Lactococcus lactis: a kinetic model to support metabolic engineering strategies. In: Animating the Cellular Map (Hofmeyr J-HS, Rohwer JM and Snoep JL, eds.), pp. 243-247, Stellenbosch University Press, Stellenbosch.
  • Hofmeyr J-HS and Cornish-Bowden A. 2000. Regulating the cellular economy of supply and demand. FEBS Letters 467: 47-51.
  • Hofmeyr J-HS, Olivier BG and Rohwer JM. 2000. Putting the cart before the horse: Designing a metabolic system in order to understand it. In: Technological and Medical Implications of Metabolic Control Analysis (Cornish-Bowden A and Cárdenas ML, eds.) pp. 299-308, Kluwer, Dordrecht.
  • Hofmeyr J-HS, Olivier BG and Rohwer JM. 2000. From mushrooms to isolas: surprising behaviour in a simple biosynthetic system subject to end-product inhibition. In: Animating the Cellular Map (Hofmeyr J-HS, Rohwer JM and Snoep JL, eds.), pp. 199-205, Stellenbosch University Press, Stellenbosch.
  • Jacobs EP, Pillay VL, Pryor M and Swart P. 2000. Water supply to rural and peri-urban communities using membrane technologies. WRC report 764/1/00, ISBN 1 86845 547 5 (81 pp.).
  • Louw A, Swart P and Allie F. 2000. Influence of an aziridine precursor on the in vitro binding parameters of rat and ovine corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG). Biochemical Pharmacology 59: 167-175.
  • Louw A, Allie F, Denner K and Swart P. 2000. Inhibition of cytochrome P450c11 by an aziridine precursor, 2-(4-acetoxyphenyl)-2-chloro-N-methyl-ethylammonium chloride. The 19th Joint Meeting of the British Endocrine Societies, with the European Federation of Endocrine Societies, Birmingham, UK. Journal of Endocrinology 164(supplement): 285.
  • Louw A, Allie F, Swart AC and Swart P. 2000. Inhibition of Cytochrome P450c11 by biogenic amines and an aziridine precursor, 2-(4-acetoxyphenyl)-2-chloro-n-methyl-ethylammonium chloride. Endcorine Research 24: 729-736.
  • Maartens A, Swart P and Jacobs EP. 2000. Membrane pretreatment: A method to reduce fouling by natural organic matter. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 221: 137-142.
  • Rautenbach M, Swart P and Van der Merwe MJ. 2000. ESI-MS investigation of the interaction of analogues of the antimicrobial lipopeptide, iturin A2, with alkali metal ions. Bioorganic and Medical Chemistry 8: 2539-2548.
  • Rautenbach M, Swart P and Van der Merwe MJ. 2001. Sequence specific stabilisation of a linear analogue of iturin A2 with sodium under low energy ESI-MS conditions. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, in press.
  • Reijenga KA, Snoep JL and Westerhoff HV. 2000. Control of metabolic dynamics: how the frequency of glycolytic oscillations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is controlled by glucose transport. In: Animating the Cellular Map (Hofmeyr J-HS, Rohwer JM and Snoep JL, eds.), pp. 49-54, Stellenbosch University Press, Stellenbosch.
  • Rohwer JM, Meadow ND, Roseman S, Westerhoff HV and Postma PW. 2000. Understanding glucose transport by the bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate:glycose phosphotransferase system on the basis of kinetic measurements in vitro. Journal of Biological Chemistry 275: 34909-34921.
  • Rohwer JM and Hofmeyr J-HS. 2000. An integrated approach to the analysis of the control and regulation of cellular systems. In: Technological and Medical Implications of Metabolic Control Analysis (Cornish-Bowden A and Cárdenas ML, eds.) pp. 73-79, Kluwer, Dordrecht.
  • Rohwer JM, Olivier BG and Hofmeyr J-HS. 2000. Moiety conservation and flux enhancement. In: Technological and Medical Implications of Metabolic Control Analysis (Cornish-Bowden A and Cárdenas ML, eds.) pp. 27-32, Kluwer, Dordrecht.
  • Rohwer JM, Hoorneman M, Hofmeyr J-HS and Snoep JL. 2000. Assessing the control of fermentative free-energy metabolism in yeast: a modelling exploration. In: Animating the Cellular Map (Hofmeyr J-HS, Rohwer JM and Snoep JL, eds.), pp. 213-219, Stellenbosch University Press, Stellenbosch.
  • Snoep JL, Van der Weijden CC, Andersen HW, Westerhoff HV and Jensen PR. 2000. Hierarchical control of DNA supercoiling in Escherichia coli: how to study homeostatically controlled systems using control analysis. In: Animating the Cellular Map (Hofmeyr J-HS, Rohwer JM and Snoep JL, eds.), pp. 181-187, Stellenbosch University Press, Stellenbosch.
  • Somsen OJG, Hoeben MA, Esgalhado E, Snoep JL, Visser D, Van der Heijden RTJM, Heijnen JJ and Westerhoff HV. 2000. Glucose and the ATP paradox in yeast. Biochemical Journal, in press.
  • Sun YM, Flanagan CA, Illing N, Ott TR, Sellar R, Fromme BJ, Hapgood J, Sharp P, Sealfon SC and Millar RP. 2000. A chicken gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor which confers agonist activity to mammalian antagonists: Identification of D-Lys6 in the ligand and extracellular loop two of the receptor as determinants. Journal of Biological Chemistry, in press.
  • Swart AC, Brown N, Kolar NW and Swart P. 2000. Baboon Cytochrome P450c11 is encoded by more than one gene. Endcorine Research, in press.
  • Swart AC, Fenhalls G, Kolar NW and Swart P. 2000. Cape Baboon Cytochrome P450c17: Enzymatic Properties and in situ Localisation. Proceedings of the 82nd Anual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, Toronto, Canada, 372 (ISBN: 1-87225-39-5).
  • Teusink B, Passarge J, Reijenga CA, Esgalhado E, Van der Weijden CC, Schepper M, Walsh MC, Bakker BM, Van Dam K, Westerhoff HV and Snoep JL. 2000. Can yeast glycolysis be understood in terms of in vitro kinetics of the constituent enzymes? Testing biochemistry. European Journal of Biochemistry 267: 5313-5329.
  • Troski BE, Hapgood JP, Millar RP and Illing N. 2000. Complementary deoxyribonucleic acid cloning, gene expression, and ligand selectivity of a novel gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor expressed in the pituitary and midbrain of Xenopus laevis. Endocrinology 141: 1764-1771.
  • Ward DE, Van der Weijden CC, Van der Merwe MJ, Westerhoff HV, Claiborne A and Snoep JL. 2000. Branched-chain alpha-keto acid catabolism via the gene products of the bkd operon in Enterococcus faecalis: a new secreted metabolite serving as a temporary redox sink. Journal of Bacteriology 182: 3239-3246.
  • Westerhoff HV, Reijenga KA, Snoep JL, Kholodenko BN and Ter Kuile BH. 2000. A new millenium: functional genomics, cellular bioinformatics, regulation analysis. In: Animating the Cellular Map (Hofmeyr J-HS, Rohwer JM and Snoep JL, eds.), pp. 1-8, Stellenbosch University Press, Stellenbosch.
  • Wolf J, Passarge J, Somsen OJG, Snoep JL, Heinrich R and Westerhoff HV. 2000. Transduction of intracellular and intercellular dynamics in yeast glycolytic oscillations. Biophysical Journal 78: 1145-1153.
  • Yanic C, Bredenkamp MW, Jacobs EP, Spies HSC and Swart P. 2000. NMR Spectroscopy as Basis for Characterization of Pluronic® F108 and its Derivatives. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 78: 109-117.

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Theses and Dissertations

  • Hubbe ME. Evaluation of antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities of honeybush tea (Cyclopia). M.Sc. (Food Science) Supervisors: Dr E Joubert, Prof TJ Britz / Co-supervisor: Prof J-HS Hofmeyr.

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1999

Scientific Papers and Conference Proceedings

  • Appel M, Bellstedt DU and Gresshoff PM. 1999. Differential display of eukaryotic mRNA: Meeting the demands of the new millennium? Journal of Plant Physiology 154: 561-570.
  • Appel M, Hampf M, Mansvelt EL, Hapgood J and Bellstedt D. 1999. Amplification, sequence and expression of the HrpZ gene of the bacterial canker pathogen, Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain NV. Journal of Plant Physiology 154: 489-497.
  • Appel M, Mansvelt EL and Bellstedt DU. 1999. The harpin elicitor of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae NV: a tool for molecular investigations into the host-pathogen interaction. 37th Congress of the Southern Africa Society for Plant Pathology, Pietermaritzburg. South African Journal of Science 95(3): vi.
  • Illing N, Troskie BE, Nahorniak CS, Hapgood JP, Peter RE and Millar RP. 1999. Two gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor subtypes with distinct ligand selectivity and differential distribution in brain and pituitary in the goldfish (Carassius auratus): cloning, distribution and characterisation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 96: 2526-2531.
  • Louw A and Swart P. 1999. Salsola tuberculatiformis Botschantzev and an aziridine precursor analog mediate the in vivo increase in free corticosterone and decrease in corticosteroid-binding globulin in female Wistar rats. Endocrinology 140(5): 2044-2053.
  • Louw A, Swart P, Hapgood J, Allie F, April J, Adams J and Denner K. 1999. The aziridine precursor, 2-(4-acetoxyphenyl)-2-chloro-N-methyl-ethylammonium chloride, may disrupt the estrus cycle of rats by interacting at several glucocorticoid sites. The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction, Pullman, Washington. Biology of Reproduction 60 (Supplement 1), 227.
  • Maartens A, Swart P and Jacobs EP. 1999. Feed-water pretreatment: Methods to reduce fouling by natural organic matter. Journal of Membrane Science 163: 51-62.
  • Maartens A, Swart P and Jacobs EP. 1999. Removal of natural organic matter by ultrafiltration: Characterisation, fouling and cleaning. Water Science and Technology (Removal of Humic Substances from Water) 40(9): 113-120.
  • Maartens A, Swart P and Jacobs EP. 1999. Removal of natural organic matter by ultrafiltration: Characterisation, fouling and cleaning. Proceedings of the International IAWQ-IWSA Joint Specialist Conference on Removal of Humic Substances from Water, Trondheim Norway. Section 3 – Membrane filtration processes, 123-130.
  • Millar RP, Conklin D, Lofton-Day C, Hutchinson E, Troskie B, Illing N, Sealfon SC and Hapgood J. 1999. A novel human GnRH receptor homologue gene: abundant and wide tissue distribution of the antisense transcript. Journal of Endocrinology 162: 117-126.
  • Rautenbach M and Hastings JW. 1999. Cationic peptides with antimicrobial activity—the new generation of antibiotics? (Invited review) Chimica Oggi/Chemistry Today Nov/Dec, 81-89.
  • Strauss JAI, Bellstedt DU and Mansvelt EL. 1999. The development of immunoassays for the detection of bean pathogens. 37th Congress of the Southern Africa Society for Plant Pathology, Pietermaritzburg. South African Journal of Science 95(3): xiii.
  • Swart P, Engelbrecht J, Maartens A, Swart AC and Jacobs EP. 1999. Biological cleaning techniques for ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis membranes used in biological effluents with a high organic content. WRC Report 660/1/99. Final report ISBN No. 186845 449 5 (110 pp).

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Theses and Dissertations

  • Engelbrecht Y. A biochemical investigation of hypo-adrenocorticism in the South African Angora goat. Ph.D. Promotor: Prof P Swart.
  • Rautenbach M. The synthesis and characterisation of analogues of the antimicrobial peptide iturin A2. Ph.D. Promotor: Prof J-HS Hofmeyr / Co-promotor: Prof P Swart.
  • Swart AC. Baboon Cytochrome P450 c17 (17a-hydroxylase/17,20lyase): cDNA cloning from adrenal mRNA and characterisation of the expressed enzyme. Ph.D. Promotor: Prof J-HS Hofmeyr / Co-promotor: Prof P Swart.

  • Adams JA. Gene regulation in the hypothalamus and pituitary. M.Sc. Supervisor: Prof J P Hapgood / Co-supervisor: Dr A Louw.
  • Allie Z. The biological cleaning techniques for ultrafiltration membranes fouled in abattoir effluent. M.Sc. Supervisor: Prof P Swart.
  • Brown N. ’n Vergelykende studie van die P450-11 beta-ensiemsisteem in die adrenale mitochondriale steroïedhormoonmetabolisme van deoksikortisol in angorabokke, boerbokke en merinoskape. M.Sc. Supervisor: Prof P Swart.
  • Cyster HL. Fractionation and characterisation of lipid foulants adsorbed onto ultrafiltration membranes during contact with abattoir effluent. M.Sc. Supervisor: Prof P Swart.
  • Du Toit EA. The development of an antibacterial assay and its use in the investigation of the combined effect of tetracycline and synthetic antimicrobial peptides on strains of Escherichia coli. M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr M Rautenbach.
  • Kolar N. The isolation and purification of cytochrome P450-c17 (human) in Pichia pastoris. (upgraded M.Sc. to Ph.D.) Supervisor: Prof P Swart.
  • Lourens GD. The influence of immobilisation and peptide structure on the bioactivity of model antimicrobial peptides. M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr M Rautenbach.
  • Lombard N. The influence of cytochrome b5 on steroidogenesis in sheep adrenals. (upgraded M.Sc. to Ph.D.) Supervisor: Prof P Swart.
  • Olivier BG. A study of the control, regulation and stability of branched metabolic systems using metabolic control analysis. M.Sc. Supervisor: Prof J-HS Hofmeyr / Co-supervisor: Dr JM Rohwer.
  • Schafer W. A control analysis study of adrenal microsomal progesterone metabolism. M.Sc. Supervisor: Prof P Swart / Co-supervisor: Prof J-HS Hofmeyr.

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1998

Scientific Papers and Conference Proceedings

  • Blignaut A, Burger W, Morley A and Bellstedt DU. 1998. Antibody production in ostriches in response to vaccination with La Sota strain Newcastle Disease Virus Vaccines. Proceedings of the Second International Ratite Conference, Oudtshoorn, South Africa.
  • Cook NC, Bellstedt, DU and Jacobs G. 1998. The development of acrotony in one-year-old Japanese plum shoots. Journal of the South African Sociey of Horticultural Science 8: 70-74.
  • Hofmeyr J-HS. 1998. Anaerobic energy metabolism in yeast as a supply-demand system. In: New beer in an old bottle. Eduard Buchner and the growth of biochemical knowledge (Cornish-Bowden A, ed.) Universitat de València, pp. 225-242.
  • Hofmeyr J-H S. 1998. A bird's eye view of the regulation of bio-energetic systems. In: EBEC Short Reports, Volume 10. 10th European Bioenergetics conference, Sweden.
  • Hofmeyr J-HS and Rohwer JM. 1998. Control analysis of adenylate-conserving cycles in the absence or presence of adenylate kinase. In: BioThermoKinetics in the Post Genomic Era. Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting on BioThermoKinetics, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden, pp. 7-10.
  • Kholodenko BN, Rohwer JM, Cascante M and Westerhoff HV. 1998. Subtleties in control by metabolic channelling and enzyme organization. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry 184: 311-320.
  • Maartens A, Swart P and Jacobs EP. 1998. Enzymatic cleaning of ultrafiltration membranes fouled in wool-scouring effluent. Water South Africa 24: 71-76.
  • Maartens A, Swart P and Jacobs EP. 1998. Humic membrane foulants: Characterisation and removal. Desalination 115: 1-14.
  • Maartens A, Swart P and Jacobs EP. 1998. Humic membrane foulants in natural brown water: Characterisation, Prevention and Removal. Proceedings of the Biennial Conference and Exhibition of the Water Institute of Southern Africa 1: 1-4. (ISBN: 0-620-22422-3).
  • Maartens A, Swart P and Jacobs EP. 1998. Ultrafiltration – A process for potable water treatment. Proceedings of the Biennial Conference and Exhibition of the Water Institute of Southern Africa 3: 1-8 (ISBN 0-620-22424-X).
  • Mansvelt EL, Glyn-Woods T, Watts L, Rabie A, Appel M and Bellstedt DU. 1998. Genetic transformation of deciduous fruit trees conferring resistance against diseases. Proceedings of a final Research Co-ordination Meeting organized by the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, held in Mumbai, India, 1997. Published in: Use of noval DNA fingerprinting techniques for the detection and characterization of genetic variation in vegetatively propagated crops, IAEA-TECDOC-1047, 75-84.
  • Myburgh D, Millar RP and Hapgood JP. 1998. A261 in intracellular loop III of the human gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor is crucial for G-protein coupling and receptor internalization. Biochemical Journal 3: 893-896.
  • Myburgh DB, Pawson AJ, Davidson JS, Flannagan CA, Millar RP and Hapgood JP. 1998. A single amino acid substitution in transmembrane helix VI results in over expression of the human GnRH receptor. European Journal of Endocrinology 139: 438-447.
  • Rohwer JM, Bader R, Westerhoff HV and Postma PW. 1998. Limits to inducer exclusion: inhibition of the bacterial phosphotransferase system by glycerol kinase. Molecular Microbiology 29: 641-652.
  • Rohwer JM, Postma PW, Kholodenko BN and Westerhoff HV. 1998. Implications of macromolecular crowding for signal transduction and metabolite channeling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 95: 10547-10552.
  • Rohwer JM and Hofmeyr J-HS. 1998. The kinetics and stoichiometry of ATP supply in fermenting yeast. In: EBEC Short Reports, Volume 10. 10th European Bioenergetics conference, Sweden.
  • Rohwer JM, Hofmeyr J-HS and Postma PW. 1998. Retro-regulation of the bacterial phosphotransferase system: A Kinetic Model. In: BioThermoKinetics in the Post Genomic Era. Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting on BioThermoKinetics, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden, pp. 340-344.
  • Truski B, Illing N, Rumbak E, Sun Y-M, Hapgood J, Sealfon S, Conklin D and Millar R. 1998. Identification of three putative receptor sub-types in vertebrates. General and Comparative Endocrinology 112: 296-302.

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Theses and Dissertations

  • Louw A. A study of the mechanism of contraceptive action of naturally occurring and synthetic phenyl aziridines in rats. Ph.D. Promotor: Prof P Swart.
  • Maartens A. Ultrafiltration membranes: A biological approach to foulant characterisation and cleaning. Ph.D. Promotor: Prof P Swart.

  • Allie F. The influence of biologically active compounds from Salsola tuberculatiformis Botsch. on steroid protein interactions. M.Sc. Supervisor: Dr A Louw.
  • Arends A. A biochemical investigation into the compounds involved in pigmentation of pear and apple skins and the manipulation thereof. M.Sc. Supervisor: Prof DU Bellstedt.
  • Blignaut A. The development of optimal vaccination procedures against Newcastle Disease Virus and Clostridium perfringens in ostriches. M.Sc. Supervisor: Prof D U Bellstedt.
  • Tromp E. Die invloed van dieët, gamma-linoleen en eikose-pentanoësuur op die metabolisme van die plasma LDL in die Afrika blou aap. M.Sc. Co-Supervisor: Prof D U Bellstedt.

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1997

Scientific Papers and Conference Proceedings

  • Appel M, Hampf M, Mansvelt EL, Hapgood JP and Bellstedt DU. 1997. Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae harpin elicitor (hrpZ) gene. Sequence data submitted to Genbank, Accession Number AF031667.
  • Appel M, Mansvelt EL and Bellstedt DU. 1997. Production of a harpin elicitor by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae isolated from a nectarine tree. In: Rudolph K, Burr TJ, Mansfield JW, Stead D, Vivian and von Keitzell J (eds.) Developments in Plant Pathology, Volume 9: Pseudomonas syringae pathovars and related pathogens, pp. 333-338. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
  • Davidson JS, Assefa D, Pawson A, Davies P, Hapgood J, Becker I, Flanagan C, Roeske R and Millar R. 1997. Irreversible activation of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor by photoaffinity cross-linking: localization of attachment site to Cys residue in N-terminal segment. Biochemistry 36: 12881-12889.
  • Hofmeyr J-HS and Cornish-Bowden A. 1997. The reversible Hill equation: how to incorporate cooperative enzymes into metabolic models. Computer Applications in the Biosciences 13: 377-385.
  • Kaye PV, Hapgood J and Millar RP. 1997. Absence of mutations in exon 3 of the GnRH receptor in human gonadotroph adenomas. Clinical Endocrinology 47: ...
  • Louw A, Swart P, de Kock SS and van der Merwe KJ. 1997. Mechanism for the stabilization in vivo of the aziridine precursor 2-(4-acetoxyphenyl)-2-chloro-N-methyl-ethylammonium chloride by serum proteins. Biochemical Pharmacology 53: 189-197.
  • Mansvelt EL and Appel M. Hybridization of the PRPZ from Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain 61 with DNA of other bacteria and the polymerase chain reaction-based amplification of this reagion. In: Rudolph K, Burr TJ, Mansfield JW, Stead D, Vivian and von Keitzell J (eds.) Developments in Plant Pathology, Volume 9: Pseudomonas syringae pathovars and related pathogens, pp. 413-416. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
  • Millar R, Conklin D, Hapgood J, Rumback E, Troski B and Illing N. 1997. Human TypeII Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor. New Patent Application, filed in USA and South Africa.
  • Millar RP, Troski B, Sun Y-M, Ott AT, Wakefield I, Myburgh D, Pawson A, Davidson JS, Flanagan C, Katz A, Hapgood J, Illing N, Weinstein H, Sealfon SC, Peter RE, Terasawa E and King JA. 1997. Plasticity in the structural and functional evolution of GnRH: A peptide for all seasons. Thirteenth International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology, Yokohama, Japan, 1: 15-27.
  • Rautenbach M and van der Merwe MJ. 1997. An electrospray mass spectrometry study on the interaction of iturin A analogues with sodium. In: Giordani AB (ed.) Proceedings of the 45th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, p. 975. Palm Springs, California, USA.
  • Sydenham EW, Shephard GS, Stockenström S, Rheeder JP, Marasas WFO, van der Merwe MJ. 1997. Production of fumonisin B analogues and related compounds by Fusarium globosum, a newly described species from corn. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 4004-4010.
  • Troski BE, Hapgood JP, Millar RP and Illing N. 1997. The Xenopus laevis gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor: Cloning and characterisation. Thirteenth International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology, Yokohama, Japan, 1: 747-751.

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Theses and Dissertations

  • Engelbrecht E. A preliminary biochemical study of the mechanisms involved in the host-pathogen interaction between Pinus species and Sphaeropsis sapinea. M.Sc. Supervisor: Prof DU Bellstedt.
  • Engelbrecht J. Nutritional requirements, medium utilisation and extracellular enzyme production by the fungus, Sphaeropsis sapinea and the use of these and other enzymes in membrane cleanup techniques. M.Sc. Supervisors: Prof DU Bellstedt, Prof P Swart.
  • Roos W. Chemiese en immunologiese eienskappe van skaap lewer sitochroom b5. M.Sc. Supervisors: Prof P Swart, M Rautenbach.

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1996

Scientific Papers and Conference Proceedings

  • Davidson JS, Flanagan CA, Davies PD, Hapgood JP, Myburgh D, Elario R, Millar RP, Forrest-Owen W and McArdle CA. 1996. Incorporation of an additional glycosylation site enhances expression of functional human gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor. Endocrine Research 4: 207-212.
  • Hampf M, Swart AC and Swart P. 1996. Sequence of the 11 beta-hydroxylase gene from the Cape baboon Papio ursinus. Endocrine Research 22: 495-499.
  • Hofmeyr J-HS and Cornish-Bowden A. 1996. Co-response analysis: A new experimental strategy for metabolic control analysis. Journal of Theoretical Biology 182: 371-380.
  • Louw A, Swart P, De Kock SS and Van der Merwe KJ. 1996. A mechanism for the stabilization of highly reactive labile natural plant products from Salsola tuberculatiformis Botsch. The FASEB Journal 10(3): A648.
  • Maartens A, Swart P and Jacobs EP. 1996. Characterization techniques for organic foulants adsorbed onto flat-sheet UF membranes used in abattoir effluent. Journal of Membrane Science 119: 1-8.
  • Maartens A, Swart P and Jacobs EP. 1996. An enzymatic approach to the cleaning of ultrafiltration membranes fouled in abattoir effluent. Journal of Membrane Science 119: 9-16.
  • Maartens A, Swart P and Jacobs EP. 1996. Characterization of fouling and enzymatic cleaning of ultrafiltration membranes fouled during the treatment of biological waste waters. In: Fane AG (Ed.), Proceedings of IMSTEC '96, International Membrane Science and Technology Conference, Sydney, Australia, pp. 283-285.
  • Millar R, Illing N, Hapgood JP, Rumback E, Flanagan C, Davidson J, Blackman B, Sun Y, Sealfon S, Weinstein H, Konvicka K, Guanier F and King J. 1996. Coordinated structural evolution of GnRHs and their receptors. Insights from comparative studies. Proceedings of the Congress of the Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology, Sydney, Australia.
  • Patterton H-G and Hapgood JP. 1996. The translational placement of nucleosome cores in vitro determines the access of the transacting factor suGF1 to DNA. Nucleic Acids Research 24: 4349-4355.
  • Swart P, Engelbrecht Y and Herselmann T. 1996. An investigation of hypo-adrenocortisism in Angora goats. Endocrine Research 22: 563-565.
  • Swart P, Maartens A, Swart AC and Jacobs EP. 1996. Biological cleaning techniques for ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis membranes used in biological effluents with a high organic content. WRC Report No 531/1/96, 1996. 104 pp.

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Theses and Dissertations

  • Smuts CM. The effect of n-3 fatty acid (fish oil) supplementation on plasma lipoprotein and arterial lipids in Vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) with established arteriosclerosis. Ph.D. Co-Promotor: Prof KJ van der Merwe.

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