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Anneke Blackburn

Australian National University
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Cancer progression as a sequence of atavistic reversions

CH Lineweaver, KJ Bussey, AC Blackburn… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It has long been recognized that cancer onset and progression represent a type of reversion
to an ancestral quasi‐unicellular phenotype. This general concept has been refined into the …

Parkinson's disease, pesticides, and glutathione transferase polymorphisms

A Menegon, PG Board, AC Blackburn, GD Mellick… - The Lancet, 1998 - thelancet.com
… GSTP1 * C has valine at position 105 and also valine at position 114 caused by a C→T …
Anneke Blackburn developed the PCR technique. George Mellick isolated the DNA. David Le …

Reversal of the glycolytic phenotype by dichloroacetate inhibits metastatic breast cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo

…, CR Parish, PG Board, AC Blackburn - Breast cancer research …, 2010 - Springer
The glycolytic phenotype is a widespread phenomenon in solid cancer forms, including breast
cancer. Dichloroacetate (DCA) has recently been proposed as a novel and relatively non-…

Identifying the stable polymorph early in the drug discovery–development process

…, LR Greene, DJW Grant, AC Blackburn - Pharmaceutical …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
The thermodynamically most stable polymorph under ambient conditions is almost without
exception the most desirable crystalline form for development by a pharmaceutical company. …

[HTML][HTML] Knockout and transgenic mice of Trp53: what have we learned about p53 in breast cancer?

AC Blackburn, DJ Jerry - Breast Cancer Research, 2002 - Springer
The human p53 tumor suppressor gene TP53 is mutated at a high frequency in sporadic
breast cancer, and Li-Fraumeni syndrome patients who carry germline mutations in one TP53 …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting metabolism with arsenic trioxide and dichloroacetate in breast cancer cells

RC Sun, PG Board, AC Blackburn - Molecular cancer, 2011 - Springer
Background Cancer cells have a different metabolic profile compared to normal cells. The
Warburg effect (increased aerobic glycolysis) and glutaminolysis (increased mitochondrial …

Characterization of the monomethylarsonate reductase and dehydroascorbate reductase activities of Omega class glutathione transferase variants: implications for …

…, N Tetlow, JA Cavanaugh, AC Blackburn… - Pharmacogenetics …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
There are two functional Omega class glutathione transferase (GST) genes in humans.
GSTO1 is polymorphic with several coding region alleles, including an A140D substitution, a …

Predictable Crises of the Gifted Student.

AC Blackburn, DB Erickson - Journal of Counseling & …, 1986 - search.ebscohost.com
… Although this report dispelled the rumor that most gifted students excel academically on
their own, the myth still persists that healthy emotional development among the gifted is …

Crystal Structure of Maleylacetoacetate Isomerase/Glutathione Transferase Zeta Reveals the Molecular Basis for Its Remarkable Catalytic Promiscuity,

G Polekhina, PG Board, AC Blackburn, MW Parker - Biochemistry, 2001 - ACS Publications
… The almost buried active site is reminiscent of the human theta class structure but in the
latter case the active site is covered by a C-terminal helical extension ( 33). The MAAI residues …

Activation of LINE-1 retrotransposon increases the risk of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis in epithelial cancer

…, S Ohms, JE Dahlstrom, AC Blackburn… - Current molecular …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Epithelial cancers comprise 80-90% of human cancers. During the process of cancer progression,
cells lose their epithelial characteristics and acquire stem-like mesenchymal features …