Mass spectrometry

Using REIMS to dig into resistance phenotypes

Morgan J, Salcedo-Sora JE, Wagner I, Beynon RJ, Triana-Chavez O, Strode C. (2022) Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry (REIMS): a Potential and Rapid Tool for the Identification of Insecticide Resistance in Mosquito Larvae. [PUBMED] [Abstract...]

Proteomics of pulmonary disease in Westies

Maher RE, Määttä M, Beynon RJ, Laurila HP, McNamara PS, Rajamäki MM. (2022) Quantitative proteomic analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in West Highland white terriers with canine idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. [PUBMED] [Abstract...]

Proteomics of thylakoid biogenesis and dynamics

Tuomas Huokko, Tao Ni, Gregory F Dykes, Deborah M Simpson, Philip Brownridge, Fabian D Conradi, Robert J Beynon, Peter J Nixon, Conrad W Mullineaux, Peijun Zhang, Lu-Ning Liu (2021) Probing the biogenesis pathway and dynamics of thylakoid membranes. [Pubmed] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Influence of viruses on MUP production

Michael B A Oldstone, Brian C Ware, Amanda Davidson, Mark C Prescott, Robert J Beynon, Jane L Hurst (2021) Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Alters the Expression of Male Mouse Scent Proteins. [PDF] [PUBMED] [DOI]
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First 'zap the crap', now 'Fry the fly': REIMS for insect identification

Iris Wagner, Natalie I. Koch, Joscelyn Sarsby, Nicola White, Tom A. R. Price, Sam Jones, Jane L. Hurst, Robert J. Beynon, (2020) The application of rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry (REIMS) in the analysis of Drosophila species – a potential new tool in entomology [PDF] [PUBMED] [DOI] [Abstract...]

Plasticity of the mouse seminal vesical fluid proteome

Helen L Bayram, Catarina Franco, Philip Brownridge, Amy J Claydon, Natalie Koch, Jane L Hurst, Robert J Beynon, Paula Stockley (2020) Social status and ejaculate composition in the house mouse [PDF] [PUBMED] [DOI] [Abstract...]

MS from gels, top down or bottom up

Ayako Takemori, David S Butcher, Victoria M Harman, Philip Brownridge, Keisuke Shima, Daisuke Higo, Jun Ishizaki, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Junpei Suzuki, Masakatsu Yamashita, Joseph A Loo, Rachel R Ogorzalek Loo, Robert J Beynon, Lissa C Anderson, Nobuaki Takemori (2020) PEPPI-MS: Polyacrylamide-Gel-Based Prefractionation for Analysis of Intact Proteoforms and Protein Complexes by Mass Spectrometry [PDF] [PUBMED] [DOI] [Abstract...]

REIMS for the analysis of bacterial protein production

Joscelyn Sarsby, Lynn McLean, Victoria M Harman, Robert J Beynon (2019) Monitoring recombinant protein expression in bacteria by rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry. [PDF] [PUBMED] [DOI] [Abstract...]

Using proteomics to explore 'pseudogene' expression

Ian Goodhead, Frances Blow, Philip Brownridge, Margaret Hughes, John Kenny, Ritesh Krishna, Lynn McLean, Pisut Pongchaikul, Rob Beynon and Alistair C. Darby (202o) Large-scale and significant expression from pseudogenes in Sodalis glossinidius – a facultative bacterial endosymbiont [PDF] [PUBMED] [DOI] [Abstract...]

Zap the crap! Using REIMS to obtain valuable information from animal faeces

Davidson NB, Koch NI, Sarsby J, Jones E, Hurst JL, Beynon RJ. (2019) Rapid identification of species, sex and maturity by mass spectrometric analysis of animal faeces. [PDF][PUBMED] [Abstract...]

Proteomics in craniopharyngioma

John R. Apps · Gabriela Carreno · Jose Mario Gonzalez‐Meljem · Scott Haston · Romain Guiho ·Julie E. Cooper · Saba Manshaei · Nital Jani · Annett Hlsken · Benedetta Pettorini · Robert J. Beynon · Deborah M. Simpson · Helen C. Fraser · Ying Hong · Shirleen Hallang · Thomas J. Stone1 · Alex Virasami · Andrew M. Donson · David Jones · Kristian Aquilina · Helen Spoudeas1· Abhijit R. Joshi · Richard Grundy · Lisa C. D. Storer · Márta Korbonits · David A. Hilton · Kyoko Tossell · Selvam Thavaraj · Mark A. Ungless · Jesus Gil1 · Rolf Buslei · Todd Hankinson · Darren Hargrave · Colin Goding · Cynthia L. Andoniadou · Paul Brogan · Thomas S. Jacques · Hywel J. Williams · Juan Pedro Martinez‐Barbera (2018) Tumour compartment transcriptomics demonstrates the activation of in ammatory and odontogenic programmes in human adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma and identi es the MAPK/ERK pathway as a novel therapeutic target. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

New paper on CSF proteomics in paediatric meningitis

Guadalupe Gómez-Baena, Richard J. Bennett, Carmen Martínez-Rodríguez, Małgorzata Wnk, Gavin Laing, Graeme Hickey, Lynn McLean, Robert J. Beynon & Enitan D. Carrol (2017) Quantitative Proteomics of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Paediatric Pneumococcal Meningitis. [PDF] [PUBMED]

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Proteomics suppporting supramolecular studies

M. Faulkner, J. Rodriguez-Ramos, G. F. Dykes, S. V. Owen, S. Casella, D. Simpson, R. Beynon and L. Liu (2017) Direct characterization of the native structure and mechanics of cyanobacterial carboxysomes [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Proteomics to identify galectin binding partners

Colomb F, Wang W, Simpson D, Zafar M, Beynon R, Rhodes JM, Yu LG. (2017) Galectin-3 interacts with the cell surface glycoprotein CD146 (MCAM, MUC18) and induces secretion of metastasis-promoting cytokines from vascular endothelial cells. [PDF] [PUBMED] [Abstract...]

Double standards in proteomics

Richard J. Bennett, Deborah M. Simpson, Stephen W. Holman, Sheila Ryan, Philip Brownridge, Claire E. Eyers, John Colyer, Robert J. Beynon (2017) DOSCATs: Double standards for protein quantification [PDF] [PUBMED] [Abstract...]

MUP variation in mouse subspecies

Hurst JL, Beynon RJ, Armstrong SD, Davidson AJ, Roberts SA, Gómez-Baena G, Smadja CM, Ganem G. (2017) Molecular heterogeneity in major urinary proteins of Mus musculus subspecies: potential candidates involved in speciation. [PDF] [PUBMED] [Abstract...]

Improving the quality of turnover measurement

Stephen W. Holman, Dean E. Hammond, Deborah M. Simpson, John Waters, Jane L. Hurst and Robert J. Beynon (2016) Protein turnover measurement using selected reaction monitoring-mass spectrometry (SRM MS). [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Proteome dynamics in a non-model species - the challenges!

Hammond DE, Claydon AJ, Simpson DM, Edward D, Stockley P, Hurst JL, Beynon RJ. (2016) Proteome Dynamics: Tissue Variation in the Kinetics of Proteostasis in Intact Animals. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Proteomics of dystrophic muscle

Arecco N, Clarke CJ, Jones FK, Simpson DM, Mason D, Beynon RJ, Pisconti A. (2016) Elastase levels and activity are increased in dystrophic muscle and impair myoblast cell survival, proliferation and differentiation. [PDF] [PUBMED] [Abstract...]

Quantitative analysis of the yeast 'chaperome'

Rebecca J. Mackenzie, Craig Lawless [2], Stephen W. Holman, Karin Lanthaler, Robert J. Beynon, Chris M. Grant, Simon J. Hubbard and Claire E. Eyers (2106) Absolute protein quantification of the yeast chaperome under conditions of heat shock [PDF] [PUBMED] [Abstract...]

Proteomics of ocular cancer secretomes reveal malignancy potential

Angi, M., Kalirai, H, Prendegast, S., Simpson, D.M., Hammond, D.E., Madigan, M. C., Beynon, R.J. & Coupland, S.E. (2016) Proteomic analysis of uveal melanoma secretome reveals novel biological insights and potential biomarkers. [PDF] [PUBMED] [Abstract...]

Genetics of individual MUP variation

Sheehan MJ, Lee V, Corbett-Detig R, Bi K, Beynon RJ, Hurst JL, Nachman MW. (2016) Selection on Coding and Regulatory Variation Maintains Individuality in Major Urinary Protein Scent Marks in Wild Mice. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

QconCATs in equine wound healing

Bundgaard L, Bendixen E, Sørensen MA, Harman VM, Beynon RJ, Petersen LJ, Jacobsen S. (2016) A selected reaction monitoring based analysis of acute phase proteins in interstitial fluids from experimental equine wounds healing by secondary intention. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Of mice, mups and mass spectrometry

Robert J. Beynon, Stuart D. Armstrong, Amy J. Claydon, Amanda J. Davidson, Claire E. Eyers, James I. Langridge, Guadalupe Gómez-Baena, Victoria M. Harman, Jane L. Hurst, Victoria Lee, Lynn McLean, Rebecca Pattison, Sarah A. Roberts, Deborah M. Simpson, Jenny Unsworth, Matthias Vonderach, Jonathan Williams and Yvonne E. Woolerton (2015) Mass spectrometry for structural analysis and quantification of the Major Urinary Proteins of the house mouse. [PDF] [NotEvenIndexedInPubmed?] [Abstract...]

Quantification of proteins in the human osteoarthritic secretome

Peffers MJ, Beynon RJ, Clegg PD. (2013) Absolute quantification of selected proteins in the human osteoarthritic secretome. [PDF][PUBMED] [Abstract...]

Whole animal protein turnover studies

Claydon, A.J., Thom, M.D., Hurst, J.L. & Beynon, R.J. (2011) Protein turnover: measurement of proteome dynamics by whole animal metabolic labelling with stable isotope labelled amino acids. Proteomics 12:1194-1206 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Enzyme turnover and metabolic regulation

Arden, C, Petrie, J.L., Tudhope, S.J., Al-Oanzi, Z., Claydon, A.J., Beynon, R.J., Towle, H.C. & Agius, L. (2011)Elevated glucose represses liver glucokinase and induces its regulatory protein to safeguard hepatic phosphate homeostasis [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Scent of sensecence

Garratt, .M, Stockley, P., Armstrong, S.D., Beynon, R.J. & Hurst, J.L. (2011) The scent of senescence: sexual signalling and female preference in house mice. [PDF] [Abstract...]

Yeast complex proteomics

Drummond, S., Hildyard, J., Firczuk, H., Reamtong, O., Li, N.,Kannambath, S., Claydon, A., Beynon, R., Eyers, C.E. McCarthy, J.E.G (2011) Diauxic shift-dependent relocalization of decapping activators Dhh1 and Pat1 to polysomal complexes. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Schistosome parasite QconCAT

Castro-Borgesa, W., Simpson, D.M., Dowlea, A., Curwen, R.S., Thomas-Oates, J., Beynon, R.J. & Wilson, A. R. (2011) Abundance of tegument surface proteins in the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni determined by QconCAT proteomics. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Strategies for dynamic SILAC

Claydon, A & Beynon R (2011) Protein Turnover Methods in Single-Celled Organisms: Dynamic SILAC [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

The end of proteomics

Davidson GR, Armstrong SD, Beynon R (2011) Positional proteomics at the N-terminus as a means of proteome simplification. [PUBMED][PDF]
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Unkind cuts - proteolysis and proteomics

Brownridge, P. & Beynon, R.J. (2011) The importance of the digest: proteolysis and absolute quantification in proteomics. [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Global proteome quantification: dreams or reality?

Brownridge, P., Holman, S.W., Gaskell, S.J., Grant, C., Harman, V.M., Lanthaler, K., Lawless, C., O’cualain, R., Sims, P., Watkins, R & Beynon, R.J. (2011) Global absolute quantification of a proteome: Challenges in the deployment of a QconCAT strategy. Proteomics, 11, 2957-2970 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

MUP molecular heterogeneity

Robertson, D.H.L., Gaskell, S.J., Cox, K., Evershed, R.P. & Beynon, R.J. Molecular heterogeneity in the Major Urinary Proteins of the house mouse, Mus musculus (1996) Biochem. J. 316, 265-272 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

PLP to monitor phosphorylase turnover

Beynon, R.J., Leyland, D.M., Evershed, R.P., Edwards, R.H.T. & Coburn, S.P. (1996) Measurement of the turnover of glycogen phosphorylase by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry using stable isotope derivatives of pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) Biochem J 317, 613-619 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Protein binding in chemical communication

Beynon, R.J., Robertson, D.H.L., Hubbard, S. J., Gaskell, S.J. & Hurst, J.L. (1999) The role of protein binding in chemical communication: major urinary proteins in the house mouse. in "Chemical Signals in Vertebrates" (R.E. Johnston, D. Müller-Schwarze and P.W.Sorensen eds) Plenum Press pp 137-147 [Abstract...]

Intact mass proteomics

Hayter J.R., Robertson, D.H.L., Gaskell, S.J. & Beynon, R.J. (2003) Proteome analysis of intact proteins in complex mixtures. Mol. Cell. Proteomics 2, 85-95 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Metabolic labelling in proteomics

Beynon RJ, Pratt J.M. (2005) Metabolic labelling of proteins for proteomics. Mol Cell Proteomics. 4, 857-872 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Proteome dynamics review

Beynon RJ.(2005) The dynamics of the proteome: strategies for measuring protein turnover on a proteome-wide scale. Brief Funct Genomic Proteomic. 3, 382-390 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

First paper on dynamic SILAC in intact animals

Doherty, M.K., Whitehead, C., McCormack, H., Gaskell, S.J. & Beynon, R.J. (2005) Proteome dynamics in complex organisms: using stable isotopes to monitor individual protein turnover rates. Proteomics 5, 522-533 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Identification of an atypical male-specific MUP in mouse urine

Armstrong, S.D., Robertson, D.H.L., Cheetham, S.A., Hurst, J.L. & Beynon, R.J. (2005) Structural and functional differences in isoforms of Major Urinary Proteins: a male specific protein that preferentially binds a male pheromone. Biochem. J. 391, 343-350 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Copper toxicity in sheep

Haywood, S. Simpson, D.M, Ross, G. & Beynon, R.J. (2005) The unique response of North Ronaldsay sheep to copper challenge compared with Cambridge sheep: oxidative stress, mitochondrial damage and hepatic stellate cell activation. J. Comp. Path.133, 114-127 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Proteasome proteolysis

Hayter JR, Doherty MK, Whitehead C, McCormack H, Gaskell SJ & Beynon RJ. (2005) The subunit structure and dynamics of the 20S proteasome in chicken skeletal muscle. Mol. Cell. Proteomics. 4, 1370-1381 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

First paper describing QconCAT

Beynon, R.J., Doherty, M.K., Pratt, J.M. & Gaskell, S.J. (2005) Multiplexed absolute quantification in proteomics using artificial QCAT proteins of concatenated signature peptides rates. Nature Methods 2, 587-589 [PUBMED] [PDF [Abstract...]

Muscle proteomics: anabolic agent effects

Burniston JG, McLean L, Beynon RJ, Goldspink DF.   (2007) Anabolic effects of a non-myotoxic dose of the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor agonist clenbuterol on rat plantaris muscle. Muscle & Nerve. 35, 217-223 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Proteomics of oxidative stress in mice

Aphrodite Vasilaki, Deborah Simpson, Francis McArdle, Lynne McLean, Robert J. Beynon, Holly Van Remmen, Arlan G. Richardson, Anne McArdle, John A Faulkner and Malcolm J. Jackson (2007) Formation of 3-nitrotyrosines in carbonic anhydrase III is a sensitive marker of oxidative stress in skeletal muscle PROTEOMICS – Clinical Applications 1: 362–372 [PDF] [Abstract...]

Proteomics and animal disease

Mary K. Doherty, Robert J. Beynon and Phillip D. Whitfield (2007) Proteomics and naturally occurring animal diseases: Opportunities for animal and human medicine PROTEOMICS – Clinical Applications 2: 135–141 [PDF] [Abstract...]

Proteomics of copper toxicity

Simpson, D. M., Mobasheri, A., Haywood, S. & Beynon, R. J. (2007) A proteomics study of the response of North Ronaldsay sheep to copper challenge. BMC Veterinary Research BMC Vet Res. 27, 36 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Mass spectrometry identification of proteins

Nominated in Faculty of 1000 by Harald Stenmark. McCullough, J., Row, P.E. Lorenzo, O, Doherty, M., Beynon, R.J., Clague, M.J. and Urbé, S (2006) Activation of the Endosome-Associated Ubiquitin Isopeptidase AMSH by STAM, a Component of the Multivesicular Body-Sorting Machinery Current Biology 16, 160-165.[PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Proteome dynamics

Doherty MK, Beynon RJ. (2006) Protein turnover on the scale of the proteome. Expert Rev Proteomics. 1, 97-110[PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Proteome turnover: why is it not being studied?

Beynon, R.J. & Pratt, J.M. (2006) Strategies for measuring dynamics: the temporal component of proteomics. Methods Biochem Anal. 2006;49:15-25 [PUBMED] [Abstract...]

QconCAT protocols defined

Pratt, J.M., Simpson, D.M., Doherty, M.K., Rivers, J, Gaskell, S.J. Beynon , R.J. (2006) Multiplexed absolute quantification for proteomics using concatenated signature peptides encoded by QconCAT genes. Nature Protocols 1, 1029 - 1043 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Isolation of N-terminal peptides

Nominated in Faculty of 1000 by Ruedi Aebersold. McDonald, L. & Beynon, R.J. (2006) Positional proteomics: preparation of amino-terminal peptides as a strategy for proteome simplification and characterization. Nature Protocols 1, 1790 - 1798 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Cauxin in big cat urine

McLean, L., Hurst, J.L., Gaskell, C.J., Lewis, J. C. M & Beynon, R.J. (2007) Characterization of Cauxin in the Urine of Domestic and Big Cats (2007) J. Chem. Ecol 3, 1997-2009 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Muscle proteomics

Burniston J G, McLean L, Beynon R J and Goldspink D F (2007) Anabolic effects of a non-myotoxic dose of the beta2-adrenergic receptor agonist clenbuterol on rat plantaris muscle. Muscle Nerve 35, 217-23 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Global cooling

Mclean, L., Young, I.S. Doherty, M.K., Robertson, D.H.L., Cossins, A.R., Gracey, A. Y., Beynon, R.J. & Whitfield, P.D. (2007) Global cooling: Cold acclimation and the expression of soluble proteins in carp skeletal muscle. Proteomics Proteomics 7, 2667-2681 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Pre-eclampsia biomarkers

Myers JE, Hart S, Armstrong S, Mires GJ, Beynon R, Gaskell SJ, Baker PN. (2007) Evidence for multiple circulating factors in preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 196, 266.e1-6. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Absolute quantification by QconCAT

Rivers J, Simpson DM, Robertson DH, Gaskell SJ, Beynon RJ.(2007) Absolute multiplexed quantitative analysis of protein expression during muscle development using QconCAT. Mol Cell Proteomics. 6, 1416-1427. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Avian Proteomics

Doherty, M.K., Mclean, L. & Beynon, R.J. (2007) Avian Proteomics: Advances, Challenges and New Technologies. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 117, 358-369.[PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

FPGA acceleration of proteomics data processing

Bogdan I, Coca D, Rivers J, Beynon RJ. (2007) Hardware acceleration of processing of mass spectrometric data for proteomics.Bioinformatics. 23, 724-31.[PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

MUPs in an aboriginal mouse

 Robertson, D.H.L., Hurst, J.L., Searle, J.B., Gunduz, I. & Beynon, R.J. (2007) Characterization and Comparison of Major Urinary Proteins from the House Mouse, Mus musculus domesticus, and the Aboriginal Mouse, Mus macedonicus. J. Chem. Ecol. 33, 613-630.[PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

FTICR resolution of similar mass proteins

Robertson DH, Wong SC, Beynon RJ, Hurst JL, Gaskell SJ. (2008) Observation of heterogeneous gene products by FT-ICR MS. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 19, 103-110. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Structure and asparagine deamidation

Rivers J, McDonald L, Edwards IJ, Beynon RJ. (2008) Asparagine deamidation and the role of higher order protein structure. J. Proteome Res. 7, 921-7. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Urinary lipocalins

Beynon, RJ, Hurst, JL, Turton, MJ , Robertson, DHL , Armstrong, SD, Cheetham, SA, Simpson, D, MacNicoll, A, Humphries, RE  (2008) Urinary lipocalins in rodenta: is there a generic model? Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 11, 37-49 [PDF] [Abstract...]

First paper on a systematic analysis of MUP expression

Mudge JM, Armstrong SD, McLaren K, Beynon RJ, Hurst JL, Nicholson C, Robertson DH, Wilming LG, Harrow JL. (2008) Dynamic instability of the major urinary protein gene family revealed by genomic and phenotypic comparisons between C57 and 129 strain mice. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Designer genes for mass spectrometry

Eyers CE, Simpson DM, Wong SC, Beynon RJ, Gaskell SJ. (2008) QCAL-a Novel Standard for Assessing Instrument Conditions for Proteome Analysis. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 19, 1275-1280 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

FTICR based quantification

Johnson, H., Wong, S C C, D M Simpson, R J Beynon, and S J Gaskell (2008) . Protein quantification by selective isolation and fragmentation of isotopic pairs using FT-ICR MS. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 19, 973-977 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Biomarkers of ragwort poisoning in horses

Moore RE, Knottenbelt D, Matthews JB, Beynon RJ, Whitfield PD. (2008) Biomarkers for ragwort poisoning in horses: identification of protein targets.BMC Vet Res. 4:30. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Proteomics of HGF/EGF signalling

Hammond DE, Hyde R, Kratchmarova I, Beynon RJ, Blagoev B, Clague MJ. (2010) J Proteome Res. 9(5):2734-2742. Quantitative analysis of HGF and EGF-dependent phosphotyrosine signaling networks.[PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Acetone modifies peptides! Be careful if you're using acetone precipitation.

Simpson DM, Beynon RJ. (2010) Acetone precipitation of proteins and the modification of peptides. J Proteome Res. 9, 444-450 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

MUP variation in lab mouse strains

Cheetham SA, Smith AL, Armstrong SD, Beynon RJ, Hurst JL. (2009) Limited variation in the major urinary proteins of laboratory mice. Physiol Behav. 96, 253-261 [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

Dynamic SILAC for global assessment of proteome turnover

Doherty, M.K., Hammond, D., Clague, M. J., Gaskell, S.J. & Beynon, R.J. (2009) Turnover of the human proteome: determination of protein intracellular stability by dynamic SILAC. J. Proteome Res. 8, 104-112 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Seminal vesicle protein evolution

Ramm, S.A., McDonald, L.M., Hurst, JL., Beynon, R.J. & Stockley, P.S. (2009) Comparative Proteomics Reveals Evidence for Evolutionary Diversification of Rodent Seminal Fluid and Its Functional Significance in Sperm Competition. Mol. Biol. Evol. 26, 189-198 [PUBMED] [PDF] [Abstract...]

Even the smallest of hamsters have lipocalins in their urine.

Turton MJ, Robertson DH, Smith JR, Hurst JL, Beynon RJ. Roborovskin, a Lipocalin in the Urine of the Roborovski Hamster, Phodopus roborovskii. Chem Senses. 2010 Jun 24. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]

It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a mouse in possession of darcin must be in want of a mate.

Nominated as 'Exceptional' by Etienne Joly in Faculty1000 Biology (http://f1000biology.com)
Roberts SA, Simpson, Armstrong, Davidson, Robertson, McLean, Beynon & Hurst JL (2010) Darcin: a male pheromone that stimulates female memory and sexual attraction to an individual male's odour. BMC Biology 8:75. [PUBMED][PDF] [Abstract...]