Matthews Lab Publications
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2012
MacGregor, P. and Keith R. Matthews (2012)
Identification of the regulatory elements controlling the transmission-stage specific gene expression of PAD1 in Trypanosoma brucei.
Nucleic Acids Research. In press
MacGregor, P.; Szoor, B.; Savill, N. and Keith R. Matthews (2012)
Trypanosome Immune evasion, chronicity and transmission: an elegant balancing act
Nature Reviews Microbiology doi:10.1038/nrmicro2779
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Little, TJ, Allen, JE, Babayan, SA, Matthews, KR, & N. Colegrave (2012)
Harnessing evolutionary biology to combat infectious disease.
Nature Medicine, 18: 217-220.
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2011
Walrad, Pegine; Capewell, Paul; Fenn, Katelyn and Keith R. Matthews (2011)
The post-transcriptional trans-acting regulator, TbZFP3, co-ordinates transmission-stage enriched mRNAs in Trypanosoma brucei.
Nucleic Acids Research PMID: 22140102
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G. Adam Mott, Raymond Wilson, Anuruddika Fernando, Ailie Robinson, Paula
MacGregor, David Kennedy, Dick Schaap, Jacqueline B. Matthews and Keith R. Matthews
Targeting cattle-borne zoonoses and cattle pathogens using a novel trypanosomatid
based delivery system.
PLoS Pathogens, 7 (10): e1002340.
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MacGregor P, Savill NJ, Hall D, Matthews KR.
Transmission stages dominate trypanosome within-host dynamics during chronic infections.
Cell Host Microbe. 2011 Apr 21;9(4):310-8.
Matthews, K. R.
Controlling and co-ordinating development in vector-transmitted parasites
Science. Vol. 331 no. 6021 pp. 1149-1153
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Pollit, L.C.; MacGregor, P.; Matthews, K. R. and Reece, S.
Malaria and trypanosome transmission: different parasites, same rules?
Trends in Parasitology, Feb 21. [Epub ahead of print]
Natesan SK, Black A, Matthews KR, Mottram JC, Field MC.
Trypanosoma brucei brucei: Endocytic recycling is important for mouse infectivity.
Exp Parasitol. 2011 Jan 20. [Epub ahead of print]
2010
Barnwell E, Van Deursen F, Jeacock L, Smith K, Maizels R, Acosta-Serano A and Matthews KR
Developmental regulation and extracellular release of a VSG expression site-associated gene product from Trypanosoma brucei bloodstream
forms
Journal of Cell Science , Oct 1;123(Pt 19):3401-11.
Chan K, Matthews KR and Erfeld, K.
Functional characterisation and drug target validation of a mitotic Kinesin-13 in Trypanosoma brucei
PLoS Pathogens, 19;6(8). pii: e1001050.
Szoor B, Ruberto I, Burchmore R and Matthews, K.R.
A novel phosphatase cascade regulates differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei via a glycosomal signalling pathway
Genes and Development, 24(12):1306-16.
MacGregor, P and Matthews, K.R.
New discoveries in the transmission biology of sleeping sickness parasites: applying the basics
Journal of Molecular Medicine , 88(9):865-71. Epub 2010 Jun 5.
Barbara M. Bakker, R. Luise Krauth-Siegel, Christine Clayton, Keith Matthews,
Mark Girolami, Hans V. Westerhoff, Paul A. M. Michels, Rainer Breitling, Michael
P. Barrett
The Silicon trypanosome
Parasitology, May 6:1-9. [Epub ahead of print]
Droll D, Archer S, Fenn K, Delhi P, Matthews K, Clayton C.
The trypanosome Pumilio-domain protein PUF7 associates with a nuclear cyclophilin and is involved in ribosomal RNA maturation.
FEBS Lett. 2010 Feb 11. [Epub ahead of print]
2009
Natesan SK, Peacock L, Leung KF, Matthews KR, Gibson W, Field MC.
The trypanosome Rab-related proteins RabX1 and RabX2 play no role in intracellular trafficking but may be involved in fly infectivity.
PLoS One. 2009 Sep 29;4(9):e7217.
Kabani, S.; Watefall, M. and Matthews K.R.
Cell-cycle synchronisation of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei using Vybrant DyeCycle Violet-based sorting.
Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2010 Jan;169(1):59-62.
Kabani, S,; Fenn, K.; Ross, A.; Ivens, A.; Smith, T.K.; Ghazal, P. and Matthews K. R. (2009)
Genome-wide expression profiling of in vivo-derived bloodstream parasite stages and dynamic analysis of mRNA alterations during synchronous differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei.
BMC Genomics. 2009 Sep 11;10:427.
Dean, S.; Marchetti, R.; Kirk, K. and Matthews K.R. (2009)
A surface transporter family conveys the trypanosome differentiation signal
Nature 459: 213-217
Walrad, P.; Paterou, A.; Acosta-Serrano, A. and Matthews, K.R. (2009)
Differential trypanosome surface coat regulation by a CCCH protein that co-associates with procyclin mRNA cis-elements
PLoS Pathogens, Feb 5(2):e1000317.
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2008
Matthews, J.B.; Johnson, D.R.; Lazari, O.; Craig, O. and Matthews, K. R. (2008)
Identification of a LIM domain-containing gene in the Cyathostominae
Veterinary Parasitology 154(1-2):82-93.
MacGregor, P and Matthews, K.R. (2008)
Modelling trypanosome chronicity: VSG dynasties and parasite density.
Trends in Parasitology. 24(1):1-4.[INVITED ARTCLE]
2007
Dean, S.D and Matthews, K.R. (2007)
Restless gossamers: antibody clearance by hydrodynamic flow forces generated at the surface of motile trypanosome parasites. [INVITED "PREVIEW']
'Cell'- Host and Microbe.2(5):279-28
Brenchley, R.; Tariq, H.; McElhinney, H.; Szoor, B.; Stevens, R.; Matthews, K.R. and Tabernero L. (2007)
The TriTryp Phosphatome: analysis of the protein phosphatase catalytic domains
BMC Genomics. 8(1):434
Fenn, K and Matthews, K.R. (2007)
The Cellular Biology of Trypansoma brucei development. [INVITED "REVIEW"]
Current Opinion in Microbiology. Nov 8; [Epub ahead of print].
Natesan, S.K.; Peacock, L.; Matthews, KR.; Gibson, W. and Field, MC. (2007)
Activation of the endocytic system as a component of adaptation to the mammalian host in the African trypanosome.
Eukaryotic Cell: 6(11):2029-37.
Spoerri, I.; Chadwick, R.; Kunz-Renggli, C.; Matthews, K.R.; Roditi, I. and Burkard, G. (2007)
Role of the stage-regulated nucleoside transporter NT10 in differentiation and adenosine uptake in Trypanosoma brucei. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 154(1):110-4.
- Hendriks, E. and Matthews, K.R. (2007)
Post transcriptional control of gene expression in African trypanosomes. Book Chapter in “Trypanosomes — After the Genome”.Chapter 7. pp209-237. Horizon Press.
2006
- Szöőr, B; Wilson, J., McElhinney, H.; Tabernero, L. and Matthews KR (2006)
Protein tyrosine phosphatase TbPTP1: a molecular switch controlling life cycle differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei. Journal of Cell Biology. 175(2):293-303.
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- Paterou A, Walrad P, Craddy P, Fenn K, Matthews K. (2006)
Identification and stage-specific association with the translational apparatus of TbZFP3, a ccch protein that promotes trypanosome life cycle development. J Biol Chem. 281(51):39002-13
- Matthew Mayho, Katelyn Fenn, Paul Craddy, Susan Crosthwaite and Matthews, K. (2006)
Post-transcriptional control of nuclear-encoded cytochrome oxidase subunits in Trypanosoma brucei: evidence for genome-wide conservation of life-cycle stage-specific regulatory elements. Nucleic Acids Research. 34(18):5312-24.
- Subramaniam, C.; Veazey, P.; Redmond, S.; Hayes-Sinclair, J. Chambers, E.; Carrington, M.; Gull, K.; Matthews, K.R*.; Horn, D.*, Field, M.* (* joint corresponding authors) (2006)
A chromosome-wide analysis of gene function by RNAi in the African trypanosome. Eukaryotic Cell. 5: 1539-1549.
- Christian J. Janzen , Frederick van Deursen, Huafang Shi, George, A. M. Cross, Keith, R. Matthews and Elisabetta Ullu. (2006)
Expression site silencing and life-cycle progression appear normal in Argonaute1-deficient Trypanosoma brucei. Mol Biochem parasitol. 149(1):102-7.
- A.E. Gruszynski, F.J. van Deursen, students of the ‘Biology of Parasitism 2003’ course, K.R. Matthews, and J.D. Bangs. (2006).
Regulation of Surface Coat Exchange by Differentiating African Trypanosomes. Mol Biochem parasitol. 147(2):211-23.
2005
- Alasdair C. Ivens, et al. (2005)
The genome of the kinetoplastid parasite, Leishmania major. Science 309(5733):436-42.
Matthews, K. R. (2005)
‘Parasites revisited’ Book Review of The Trypanosomiases. Trends in Parasitology
Hendriks, E. and Matthews, K. R. (2005)
Disruption of the developmental programme of Trypanosoma brucei by genetic ablation of TbZFP1, a differentiation-enriched CCCH protein. Molecular Microbiology 57: 706-716.
Johnston CE, Bradley JE, Behnke JM, Matthews KR, Else KJ.
Isolates of Trichuris muris elicit different adaptive immune responses in their murine host. Parasite Immunol. 2005 27(3):69-78.
- K. R. Matthews (2005)
- The developmental cell biology of Trypanosoma brucei. Journal of Cell Science 118(Pt 2):283-90.
2004
Matthews. K.R., Melville, S. and Turner, CMR. (2004)
The application of genomic technology to combat scientific disease. Editorial preface to Parasitology special supplement. Parasitology 128: S1-S2
J.R. Ellis, M. Sarkar, E.F. Hendriks, and K. R. Matthews (2004).
A novel ERK-like, CRK-like protein kinase that modulates growth in Trypanosoma brucei via an autoregulatory C-terminal extension. Molecular Microbiology 53: 1487-1500.
M. A. Sanchez, S. Drutman, M. van Ampting, K.R. Matthews and S.M. Landfear.
A Novel Purine Nucleoside Transporter whose Expression is Upregulated in the Short Stumpy Form of the T. brucei Life Cycle. (2004). Molecular and Biochemical parasitology 136: 265-272.
Matthews, K.R.; Ellis, J and Paterou, A. (2004).
The molecular regulation of the trypanosome life cycle. Trends in Parasitology. 20(1):40-47.
2003
E. F. Hendriks, Abdul-Razak, A. and K. R. Matthews (2003).
tbCPSF30 depletion by RNAi disrupts polycistronic RNA processing in Trypanosoma brucei. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(29):26870-8.
van Deursen, F.J ; Francis, S and Matthews, K.R. (2003)
A reproducible protocol for analysis of the proteome of Trypanosoma brucei. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 128:107-110.
Key Earlier publications
Timms, M.; van Deursen, F.J; Hendriks, E. and Matthews, K.R. (2002)
Mitochondrial development during life-cycle differentiation of the African trypanosome: evidence for a kinetoplast-dependent differentiation control point. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13: 3747-3759.
Hendriks, E.; Robinson, D.R. , Hinkins, M and Matthews, K.R. (2001).
A novel CCCH protein which modulates differentiation of Trypanosoma brucei to its procyclic form. EMBO J. 20:6700-6711.
Tasker, M. Timms, M., Hendriks, E. and Matthews K.R. (2001).
Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit VI of Trypanosoma brucei is imported without a cleaved leader sequence and is developmentally regulated at both RNA and protein levels. Molecular Microbiology 39:272-285.
Tasker, M.; Wilson, J., Sarkar, M., Hendriks, E. and Matthews K.R. (2000).
A novel selection scheme for differentiation defects demonstrates an essential role for the stumpy form in the life cycle of the African trypanosome. Molecular Biology of the Cell 11:1905-1917.
Bastin, P.; MacRae, T.; Frances, S.B.; Matthews, K.R. and Gull, K. (1999).
Flagellar Morphogenesis: protein targetting and assembly in the paraflagellar rod of trypanosomes. Molecular and Celluar Biology 19: 8191-8200.
Matthews, K.R. and Gull, K. (1997).
Commitment to differentiation and cell cycle re-entry are coincident but separable events in the transformation of African trypanosomes from their bloodstream to their insect form. Journal of Cell Science. 110: 2609-2618.
Matthews, K.R.; Sherwin, T. and Gull, K (1995).
Mitochondrial genome repositioning during the differentiation of the African trypanosome between life cycle forms is microtubule mediated. Journal of Cell Science 108: 2231-2239.
Matthews, K.R. and Gull, K. (1994).
Evidence for an interplay between cell cycle progression and the initiation of differentiation between life cycle forms in the African trypanosome. Journal of Cell Biology. 125: 1147-1156.
Matthews K.R.; Tschudi, C. and Ullu, E. (1994).
A common pyrimidine-rich motif governs trans-splicing and polyadenylation of tubulin polycistronic pre-mRNA in trypanosomes. Genes and Development. 8: 491-501.
Tschudi, C.; Matthews, K.R. and Ullu, E. (1993).
Temporal order of RNA processing reactions in trypanosomes: rapid trans splicing precedes polyadenylation of newly-synthesised tubulin transcripts. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 13: 720-725.

