Publications by:
Alexandra A. Roberts
Also publishes as (Alexandra Roberts, Alex Roberts, A.A. Roberts)
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Webb, Rebecca J., Rush, Catherine, Berger, Lee, Skerratt, Lee F., and Roberts, Alexandra A. (2023) Glutathione is required for growth and cadmium tolerance in the amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Biochimie, 220. pp. 22-30.
Webb, Rebecca J., Roberts, Alexandra A., Wylie, Stephen, Kosch, Tiffany, Toledo, Luís Felipe, Merces, Marcia, Skerratt, Lee F., and Berger, Lee (2022) Non-detection of mycoviruses in amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) from Australia. Fungal Biology, 126 (1). pp. 75-81.
Dewdney, Brittany, Alanzay, Mohammed, Gillman, Rhys, Walker, Sarah, Wankell, Miriam, Qiao, Liang, George, Jacob, Roberts, Alex, and Hebbard, Lionel (2020) The effects of fructose and metabolic inhibition on hepatocellular carcinoma. Scientific Reports, 10. 16769.
Dewdney, Brittany, Roberts, Alexandra, Qiao, Liang, George, Jacob, and Hebbard, Lionel (2020) A sweet connection? Fructose’s role in hepatocellular carcinoma. Biomolecules, 10 (4). 496.
Kosch, T.A., Silva, C.N.S, Brannelly, L.A., Roberts, A.A., Lau, Q., Marantelli, G., Berger, L., and Skerratt, L.F. (2019) Genetic potential for disease resistance in critically endangered amphibians decimated by chytridiomycosis. Animal Conservation, 22 (3). pp. 238-250.
Claytor, Sieara C., Gummer, Joel P.A., Grogan, Laura F., Skerratt, Lee F., Webb, Rebecca J., Brannelly, Laura A., Berger, Lee, and Roberts, Alexandra A. (2019) Susceptibility of frogs to chytridiomycosis correlates with increased levels of immunomodulatory serotonin in the skin. Cellular Microbiology, 21 (10). e13089.
Roberts, Alexandra A., Berger, Lee, Robertson, Sherryl G., Webb, Rebecca J., Kosch, Tiffany A., McFadden, Michael, Skerratt, Lee F., Glass, Beverley D., Motti, Cherie A., and Brannelly, Laura A. (2019) The efficacy and pharmacokinetics of terbinafine against the frog-killing fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). Medical Mycology, 57 (2). pp. 204-214.
Webb, Rebecca Jane, Berger, Lee, Skerratt, Lee F., and Roberts, Alexandra A. (2019) A rapid and inexpensive viability assay for zoospores and zoosporangia of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 65. 105688.
Brannelly, Laura A., Roberts, Alexandra A., Skerratt, Lee F., and Berger, Lee (2018) Using terminal transferase-mediated dUTP Nick End-labelling (TUNEL) and Caspase 3/7 assays to measure epidermal cell death in frogs with Chytridiomycosis. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 135. e57345.
Scheele, Ben C., Skerratt, Lee F., Grogan, Laura F., Hunter, David A., Clemann, Nick, McFadden, Michael, Newell, David, Hoskin, Conrad J., Gillespie, Graeme R., Heard, Geoffery W., Brannelly, Laura, Roberts, Alexandra A., and Berger, Lee (2017) After the epidemic: ongoing declines, stabilizations and recoveries inamphibians afflicted by chytridiomycosis. Biological Conservation, 206. pp. 37-46.
Brannelly, Laura A., Roberts, Alexandra A., Skerratt, Lee F., and Berger, Lee (2017) Epidermal cell death in frogs with chytridiomycosis. PeerJ, 5. e2925. pp. 1-20.
Roberts, Alexandra A., and Hebbard, Lionel W. (2016) Molecular cross-talk between the liver and white adipose tissue links excessive noURIshment to hepatocellular carcinoma. Translational Cancer Research, 5 (Supplement 6). 10460. S1222-S1226.
Berger, Lee, Roberts, Alexandra A., Voyles, Jamie, Longcore, Joyce E., Murray, Kris A., and Skerratt, Lee F. (2016) History and recent progress on chytridiomycosis in amphibians. Fungal Ecology, 19. pp. 89-99.
Wang, Wei, He, Yan, Yu, Guodong, Li, Baolong, Sexton, Darren W., Wileman, Thomas, Roberts, Alexandra A., Hamilton, Chris J., Liu, Ruoxi, Chao, Yimin, Shan, Yujuan, and Bao, Yongping (2015) Sulforaphane protects the liver against CdSe quantum dot-induced cytotoxicity. PLoS ONE, 10 (9). e013877. pp. 1-17.
Gaballa, Ahmed, Chi, Bui Khanh, Roberts, Alexandra A., Becher, Dörte, Hamilton, Chris J., Antelmann, Haike, and Helmann, John D. (2014) Redox regulation in Bacillus subtilis: the bacilliredoxins BrxA(YphP) and BrxB(YqiW) function in de-bacillithiolation of S-bacillithiolated OhrR and MetE. Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 21 (3). pp. 357-367.
Luan, Hemi, Meng, Nan, Fu, Jin, Chen, Xiaomin, Xu, Xun, Feng, Qiang, Jiang, Hui, Dai, Jun, Yuan, Xune, Lu, Yanping, Roberts, Alexandra A., Luo, Xiao, Chen, Maoshan, Xu, Shengtao, Li, Jun, Hamilton, Chris J., Fang, Chengxiang, and Wang, Jun (2014) Genome-wide transcriptome and antioxidant analyses on gamma-irradiated phases of Deinococcus Radiodurans R1. PLoS ONE, 9 (1). e85649. pp. 1-11.
Posada, Ana C., Kolar, Stacey L., Dusi, Renata G., Francois, Patrice, Roberts, Alexandra A., Hamilton, Chris J., Liu, George Y., and Cheung, Ambrose (2014) Importance of bacillithiol in the oxidative stress response of Staphylococcus aureus. Infection and Immunity, 82 (1). pp. 316-332.
Chi, Bui Khanh, Roberts, Alexandra A., Huyen, Tran Thi Thanh, Bäsell, Katrin, Becher, Dorte, Albrecht, Dirk, Hamilton, Chris J., and Antelmann, Haike (2013) S-bacillithiolation protects conserved and essential proteins against hypochlorite stress in Firmicutes bacteria. Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 18 (11). pp. 1273-1295.
Roberts, Alexandra A., Sharma, Sunil V., Strankman, Andrew W., Duran, Shayla R., Rawat, Mamta, and Hamilton, Chris J. (2013) Mechanistic studies of FosB: a divalent-metal-dependent bacillithiol-S-transferase that mediates fosfomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Biochemical Journal, 451 (1). pp. 69-79.
Rajkarnikar, Arishma, Strankman, Andrew, Duran, Shayla, Vargas, Derek, Roberts, Alexandra A., Barretto, Kathryn, Upton, Heather, Hamilton, Christopher J., and Rawat, Mamta (2013) Analysis of mutants disrupted in bacillithiol metabolism in Staphylococcus aureus. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 436 (2). pp. 128-133.
Sharma, Sunil V., Arbach, Miriam, Roberts, Alexandra A., MacDonald, Colin J., Groom, Murree, and Hamilton, Chris J. (2013) Biophysical Features of Bacillithiol, the Glutathione Surrogate of Bacillus subtilis and other Firmicutes. ChemBioChem, 14 (16). pp. 2160-2168.
Fang, Zhong, Roberts, Alexandra A., Weidman, Karissa, Sharma, Sunil V., Claiborne, Al, Hamilton, Christopher J., and Dos Santos, Patricia C. (2013) Cross functionalities of Bacillus deacetylases involved in bacillithiol biosynthesis and bacillithiol-S-conjugate detoxification pathways. Biochemical Journal, 454 (2). pp. 239-247.
Roberts, Alexandra A., Schultz, Andrew W., Kersten, Roland D., Dorrestein, Pieter C., and Moore, Bradley S. (2012) Iron acquisition in the marine actinomycete genus Salinispora is controlled by the desferrioxamine family of siderophores. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 335 (2). pp. 95-103.
Gehringer, Michelle M., Adler, Lewis, Roberts, Alexandra A., Moffitt, Michelle C., Mihali, Troco K., Mills, Toby J.T., Fieker, Claus, and Neilan, Brett A. (2012) Nodularin, a cyanobacterial toxin, is synthesized in planta by symbiotic Nostoc sp. ISME Journal, 6 (10). pp. 1834-1847.
Sharma, Sunil V., Jothivasan, Vishnu K., Newton, Gerald L., Upton, Heather, Wakabayashi, Judy I., Kane, Melissa G., Roberts, Alexandra A., Rawat, Mamta, La Clair, James J., and Hamilton, Chris J. (2011) Chemical and chemoenzymatic syntheses of bacillithiol: a unique low-molecular-weight thiol amongst low G + C Gram-positive bacteria. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50 (31). pp. 7101-7104.
Roberts, Alexandra A., Ryan, Katherine S., Moore, Bradley S., and Gulder, Tobias A.M. (2010) Total (bio)synthesis: strategies of nature and of chemists. Topics in Current Chemistry, 297. pp. 149-203.
Roberts, Alexandra A., Copp, Janine N., Marahiel, Mohamed A., and Neilan, Brett A. (2009) The Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 Sfp-type phosphopantetheinyl transferase does not possess characteristic broad-range activity. ChemBioChem, 10 (11). pp. 1869-1877.
Roberts, Alexandra A., Pearson, Leanne A. Pearson, and Neilan, Brett A. (2009) Nonribosomal peptides. In: Howl, John, and Jones, Sarah, (eds.) Bioactive Peptides. Taylor and Francis, Florida, USA, pp. 277-312.
Copp, J.N., Roberts, A.A., Marahiel, M.A., and Neilan, B.A. (2007) Characterization of PPTNs, a cyanobacterial phosphopantetheinyl transferase from Nodularia spumigena NSOR10. Journal of Bacteriology, 189 (8). pp. 3133-3139.