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Alexandra A. Roberts

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Alexandra H Roberts

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History and recent progress on chytridiomycosis in amphibians

L Berger, AA Roberts, J Voyles, JE Longcore… - Fungal ecology, 2016 - Elsevier
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) emerged in the 1970s in Australia and the Americas,
causing rapid and catastrophic declines and extinctions of naïve amphibian populations as it …

After the epidemic: ongoing declines, stabilizations and recoveries in amphibians afflicted by chytridiomycosis

…, GR Gillespie, GW Heard, L Brannelly, AA Roberts… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
The impacts of pathogen emergence in naïve hosts can be catastrophic, and pathogen
spread now ranks as a major threat to biodiversity. However, pathogen impacts can persist for …

Coach knowledge in talent identification: A systematic review and meta-synthesis

AH Roberts, DA Greenwood, M Stanley… - Journal of science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives Talent identification traditionally relies on the knowledge and perceptions of
expert coaches to identify and predict potential future elite athletes. Experiential coach …

Nodularin, a cyanobacterial toxin, is synthesized in planta by symbiotic Nostoc sp.

MM Gehringer, L Adler, AA Roberts, MC Moffitt… - The ISME …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The nitrogen-fixing bacterium, Nostoc, is a commonly occurring cyanobacterium often found
in symbiotic associations. We investigated the potential of cycad cyanobacterial …

S-Bacillithiolation Protects Conserved and Essential Proteins Against Hypochlorite Stress in Firmicutes Bacteria

BK Chi, AA Roberts, TTT Huyen, K Bäsell… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Aims: Protein S-bacillithiolations are mixed disulfides between protein thiols and the bacillithiol
(BSH) redox buffer that occur in response to NaOCl in Bacillus subtilis. We used BSH-…

Mechanistic studies of FosB: a divalent-metal-dependent bacillithiol-S-transferase that mediates fosfomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

AA Roberts, SV Sharma, AW Strankman… - Biochemical …, 2013 - portlandpress.com
FosB is a divalent-metal-dependent thiol-S-transferase implicated in fosfomycin resistance
among many pathogenic Gram-positive bacteria. In the present paper, we describe detailed …

Trademark Failure to Function

AJ Roberts - Iowa L. Rev., 2018 - HeinOnline
Almost anything can function as a trademark. But in order to acquire federal protection, matter
must not only be used in commerce; it must be used as a mark-featured in a way that will …

Importance of bacillithiol in the oxidative stress response of Staphylococcus aureus

…, SL Kolar, RG Dusi, P Francois, AA Roberts… - Infection and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
In Staphylococcus aureus , the low-molecular-weight thiol called bacillithiol (BSH), together
with cognate S-transferases, is believed to be the counterpart to the glutathione system of …

Understanding the “gut instinct” of expert coaches during talent identification

AH Roberts, D Greenwood, M Stanley… - Journal of Sports …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Coaches are an integral part of talent identification in sport and are often used as the “gold
standard” against which scientific methods of talent identification are compared. However, …

Biophysical Features of Bacillithiol, the Glutathione Surrogate of Bacillus subtilis and other Firmicutes

SV Sharma, M Arbach, AA Roberts… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Bacillithiol (BSH) is the major low‐molecular‐weight (LMW) thiol in many low‐G+C Gram‐positive
bacteria (Firmicutes). Evidence now emerging suggests that BSH functions as an …