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Tim Dafforn

University of Birmingham
Verified email at bham.ac.uk
Cited by 10368

Surfactant-free purification of membrane proteins with intact native membrane environment

…, ORT Thomas, M Overduin, TR Dafforn - Biochemical Society …, 2011 - portlandpress.com
Dafforn; Surfactant-free purification of membrane proteins with intact native membrane
environment. Biochem Soc Trans 1 June 2011; 39 (3): 813–818. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/…

Membrane proteins solubilized intact in lipid containing nanoparticles bounded by styrene maleic acid copolymer

…, R Finka, C Smith, YP Lin, T Dafforn… - Journal of the …, 2009 - ACS Publications
One-third of eukaryotic proteins are integrated within membranes, as are the targets of 40%
of approved drugs. However, the lack of a general means of solubilizing, stabilizing and …

Purification of membrane proteins free from conventional detergents: SMA, new polymers, new opportunities and new insights

Z Stroud, SCL Hall, TR Dafforn - Methods, 2018 - Elsevier
Membrane proteins remain a somewhat enigmatic group of biomolecules. On the one hand
they mediate some of the most important processes in biology with molecular mechanisms …

A method for detergent-free isolation of membrane proteins in their local lipid environment

…, P Sridhar, M Overduin, SP Muench, TR Dafforn - Nature protocols, 2016 - nature.com
Despite the great importance of membrane proteins, structural and functional studies of these
proteins present major challenges. A significant hurdle is the extraction of the functional …

Detergent-free isolation, characterization, and functional reconstitution of a tetrameric K+ channel: The power of native nanodiscs

…, EAW Van Der Cruijsen, TR Dafforn… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
A major obstacle in the study of membrane proteins is their solubilization in a stable and
active conformation when using detergents. Here, we explored a detergent-free approach to …

[BOOK][B] Linear dichroism and circular dichroism: a textbook on polarized-light spectroscopy

B Nordén, A Rodger, T Dafforn - 2019 - books.google.com
… Linear Dichroism and Circular Dichroism: A Textbook on Polarized-Light Spectroscopy
By Bengt Nordén, Alison Rodger and Timothy Dafforn İ B. Nordén, A. Rodger and T. Dafforn, …

Structural basis of filopodia formation induced by the IRSp53/MIM homology domain of human IRSp53

TH Millard, G Bompard, MY Heung, TR Dafforn… - The EMBO …, 2005 - embopress.org
The scaffolding protein insulin receptor tyrosine kinase substrate p53 (IRSp53), a ubiquitous
regulator of the actin cytoskeleton, mediates filopodia formation under the control of Rho‐…

Characterization of a dynamic metabolon producing the defense compound dhurrin in sorghum

…, D Silvestro, NS Hatzakis, MR Wenk, TR Dafforn… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Metabolic highways may be orchestrated by the assembly of sequential enzymes into protein
complexes, or metabolons, to facilitate efficient channeling of intermediates and to prevent …

Natively unfolded domains in endocytosis: hooks, lines and linkers

TR Dafforn, CJI Smith - EMBO reports, 2004 - embopress.org
It is commonly assumed that a protein must adopt a tertiary structure to achieve its active
native state and that regions of a protein that are devoid of α‐helix or β‐sheet structures are …

Detergent-free purification of ABC (ATP-binding-cassette) transporters

…, RC Ford, M Overduin, ID Kerr, TR Dafforn… - Biochemical …, 2014 - portlandpress.com
… Statistical analysis was carried out using Student's t test (GraphPad Prism), and P<0.05 was
… Robert Ford, Timothy Dafforn and Alice Rothnie analysed the data. Alice Rothnie, Michael …