Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Freeman AR, MacHugh DE, McKeown S, Walzer C, McConnell DJ, Bradley DG, Sequence variation in the mitochondrial DNA control region of wild African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)., Heredity, 86, (Pt 3), 2001, p355-62
Hobson AH, Buckley CM, Jørgensen ST, Diderichsen B, McConnell DJ, Interaction of the Pseudomonas cepacia DSM3959 lipase with its chaperone, LimA., Journal of biochemistry, 118, (3), 1995, p575-81
Gallagher PM, Ward P, Tan S, Naughten E, Kraus JP, Sellar GC, McConnell DJ, Graham I, Whitehead AS, High frequency (71%) of cystathionine beta-synthase mutation G307S in Irish homocystinuria patients., Human mutation, 6, (2), 1995, p177-80
Kelly AP, Diderichsen B, Jorgensen S, McConnell DJ, Molecular genetic analysis of the pullulanase B gene of Bacillus acidopullulyticus., FEMS microbiology letters, 115, (1), 1994, p97-105
Aamand JL, Hobson AH, Buckley CM, Jørgensen ST, Diderichsen B, McConnell DJ, Chaperone-mediated activation in vivo of a Pseudomonas cepacia lipase., Molecular & general genetics : MGG, 245, (5), 1994, p556-64
McDonnell GE, McConnell DJ, Overproduction, isolation, and DNA-binding characteristics of Xre, the repressor protein from the Bacillus subtilis defective prophage PBSX., Journal of bacteriology, 176, (18), 1994, p5831-4
McDonnell GE, Wood H, Devine KM, McConnell DJ, Genetic control of bacterial suicide: regulation of the induction of PBSX in Bacillus subtilis., Journal of bacteriology, 176, (18), 1994, p5820-30
Kiang, A.-S., Connolly, V., McConnell, D.J., Kavanagh, T.A., Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in Lolium perenne L.: 1. Development of a diagnostic probe for the male-sterile cytoplasm, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 86, (6), 1993, p781-787
Wang H, O'Mahony DJ, McConnell DJ, Qi SZ, Optimization of the synthesis of porcine somatotropin in Escherichia coli., Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 39, (3), 1993, p324-8
Hobson AH, Buckley CM, Aamand JL, Jørgensen ST, Diderichsen B, McConnell DJ, Activation of a bacterial lipase by its chaperone., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 90, (12), 1993, p5682-6
Oliver SG, van der Aart QJ, Agostoni-Carbone ML, Aigle M, Alberghina L, Alexandraki D, Antoine G, Anwar R, Ballesta JP, Benit P, The complete DNA sequence of yeast chromosome III., Nature, 357, (6373), 1992, p38-46
O'Mahony DJ, Wang HY, McConnell DJ, Jia F, Zhou SW, Yin D, Qi S, The effect of phage T7 lysozyme on the production of biologically active porcine somatotropin in Escherichia coli from a gene transcribed by T7 RNA polymerase., Gene, 91, (2), 1990, p275-9
Wood HE, Devine KM, McConnell DJ, Characterisation of a repressor gene (xre) and a temperature-sensitive allele from the Bacillus subtilis prophage, PBSX., Gene, 96, (1), 1990, p83-8
Wood HE, Dawson MT, Devine KM, McConnell DJ, Characterization of PBSX, a defective prophage of Bacillus subtilis., Journal of bacteriology, 172, (5), 1990, p2667-74
Wang HY, McConnell DJ, O'Mahony DJ, An efficient temperature-inducible vector incorporating the T7 gene 10 translation initiation leader region., Nucleic acids research, 18, (4), 1990, p1070
O'Reilly C, Black GW, Laffey R, McConnell DJ, Molecular analysis of an IS200 insertion in the gpt gene of Salmonella typhimurium LT2., Journal of bacteriology, 172, (11), 1990, p6599-601
Butler G, Dawes IW, McConnell DJ, TUF factor binds to the upstream region of the pyruvate decarboxylase structural gene (PDC1) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae., Molecular & general genetics : MGG, 223, (3), 1990, p449-56
P. McWilliam, G. J. Farrar, P. Kenna, D. G. Bradley, M. M. Humphries, E. M. Sharp, D. J. McConnell, M. Lawler, D. Sheils, C. Ryan and et al., Autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (ADRP): localization of an ADRP gene to the long arm of chromosome 3, Genomics, 5, (3), 1989, p619-22
O'Mahony DJ, Wang H, McConnell DJ, Jia F, Xia L, Qi S, Polymorphism in porcine somatotropin cDNA sequences., Animal genetics, 20, (3), 1989, p313-6
Malarial proteinase? [7], Higgins, D.G., McConnell, D.J., Sharp, P.M., Nature, 340, (6235), 1989, p604
Devine KM, Hogan ST, Higgins DG, McConnell DJ, Replication and segregational stability of Bacillus plasmid pBAA1., Journal of bacteriology, 171, (2), 1989, p1166-72
Daiger SP, Humphries MM, Giesenschlag N, Sharp E, McWilliam P, Farrer J, Bradley D, Kenna P, McConnell DJ, Sparkes RS, Linkage analysis of human chromosome 4: exclusion of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (ADRP) and detection of new linkage groups., Cytogenetics and cell genetics, 50, (4), 1989, p181-7
Laoide BM, Chambliss GH, McConnell DJ, Bacillus licheniformis alpha-amylase gene, amyL, is subject to promoter-independent catabolite repression in Bacillus subtilis., Journal of bacteriology, 171, (5), 1989, p2435-42
G. J. Farrar, P. McWilliam, E. M. Sharp, P. Kenna, D. G. Bradley, M. M. Humphries, D. J. McConnell and P. Humphries, Autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa: exclusion of a gene from extensive regions of chromosomes 6, 13, 20, and 21, Genomics, 5, (3), 1989, p612-8
Bradley DG, Farrar GJ, Sharp EM, Kenna P, Humphries MM, McConnell DJ, Daiger SP, McWilliam P, Humphries P, Autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa: exclusion of the gene from the short arm of chromosome 1 including the region surrounding the rhesus locus., American journal of human genetics, 44, (4), 1989, p570-6
Croke, D.T., Blau, W., OhUigin, C., Kelly, J.M., McConnell, D.J. , Photolysis of phosphodiester bonds in plasmid DNA by high intensity UV laser irradiation. , Photochemistry and Photobiology, 47, (4), 1988, p527 - 536
David T. Choke, Werner Blau, Colm Ohuigin, John M. Kelly, David J. Mcconnell , Photolysis of phosphodiester bonds in plasmid DNA by high intensity UV laser irradiation., Photochemistry and Photobiology, 47, (4), 1988, p527 - 536
Butler G, McConnell DJ, Identification of an upstream activation site in the pyruvate decarboxylase structural gene (PDC1) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae., Current genetics, 14, (5), 1988, p405-12
Farrar GJ, Geraghty MT, Moloney JM, McConnell DJ, Humphries P, Linkage analysis of X linked retinitis pigmentosa in the Irish population., Journal of medical genetics, 25, (4), 1988, p222-6
Shields, D., McConnell, D.J., Winder, F.G., Cloning of part of the gene for bovine deoxyribonuclease I, Biochemical Society Transactions, 16, (2), 1988, p195-196
Akhtar MW, Duffy M, Dowds BC, Sheehan MC, McConnell DJ, Multigene families of Cellulomonas flavigena encoding endo-beta-1,4-glucanases (CM-cellulases)., Gene, 74, (2), 1988, p549-53
Dowds BC, Murphy P, McConnell DJ, Devine KM, Relationship among oxidative stress, growth cycle, and sporulation in Bacillus subtilis., Journal of bacteriology, 169, (12), 1987, p5771-5
Kelly JM, van der Putten WJ, McConnell DJ, Laser flash spectroscopy of methylene blue with nucleic acids., Photochemistry and photobiology, 45, (2), 1987, p167-75
Kelly JM, van der Putten WJ, McConnell DJ., Laser flash spectroscopy of methylene blue with nucleic acids, Photochemistry and Photobiology, 45, (2), 1987, p167 - 175
Cantwell, Barbara A., McConnell, David J. , TRANSFORMATION OF BREWING YEAST STRAINS, Biological Research on Industrial Yeasts, Symposium on the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Industrial Yeasts, Kalamazoo, MI, USA, 1987
Werner Blau, David T. Croke, John M. Kelly, David J. McConnell, Colm OhUigin and Wilehlm J. M. Van der Putten, Base-specific photocleavage of DNA induced by nanosecond U.V. pulsed laser radiation or methylene blue sensitisation, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications , 10, 1987, p751 - 752
John M. Kelly, David J. McConnell, Colm OhUigin, Alessandro B. Tossi, Andree Kirsch-De Mesmaeker, Axel Masschelein and Jacques Nasielski, Ruthenium polypyridyl complexes; their interaction with DNA and their role as sensitisers for its photocleavage, Chemical Communications, 1987, p1821 - 1823
C OhUigin, D J McConnell, J M Kelly, and W J van der Putten, Methylene blue photosensitised strand cleavage of DNA: effects of dye binding and oxygen., Nucleic Acids Research, 15, 1987, p7411 - 7427
Murphy NB, McConnell DJ, Schwarz TF, Expression of the gene for NAD-dependent glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides cloned in Escherichia coli K-12., Journal of bacteriology, 169, (1), 1987, p334-9
Murphy P, Dowds BC, McConnell DJ, Devine KM, Oxidative stress and growth temperature in Bacillus subtilis., Journal of bacteriology, 169, (12), 1987, p5766-70
Sharp, P.M., Devine, K.M., Codon usage and gene expression level in Dictyosteiium discoidtum: Highly expressed genes do [prefer[ optimal codons, Nucleic Acids Research, 17, (3), 1987, p5029-5040
Magan, J.D., Blau, W., Croke, D.T., McConnell, D.J., Kelly, J.M. , One-dimensional photoconductivity in DNA, Chemical Physics Letters, 141, (6), 1987, p489 - 492
O'Kane C, Stephens MA, McConnell D, Integrable alpha-amylase plasmid for generating random transcriptional fusions in Bacillus subtilis., Journal of bacteriology, 168, (2), 1986, p973-81
McConnell DJ, Cantwell BA, Devine KM, Forage AJ, Laoide BM, O'Kane C, Ollington JF, Sharp PM, Genetic engineering of extracellular enzyme systems of Bacilli., Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 469, 1986, p1-17
McConnell, D.J.., Methods and achievements of genetic engineering: Prospects in agriculture. A review, Livestock Production Science, 15, (2), 1986, p109-131
Cantwell1, B.A., Brazil, G., Murphy, N., McConnell, D.J., Comparison of expression of the endo-β-1,3-1,4-glucanase gene from Bacillus subtilis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae from the CYC1 and ADH1 promoters, Current Genetics, 11, (1), 1986, p65-70
O'Kane, C., Cantwell, B.A., McConnell, D.J., Mapping of the gene for endo-β-1,3-1,4-glucanase of Bacillus subtilis, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 29, (1-2), 1985, p135-139
McWilliam P, Mahon GA, McConnell DJ, Verification of a new model of the time course of RNA synthesis. Measurement of the rates of initiation and elongation., Biochimica et biophysica acta, 824, (2), 1985, p121-7
Kelly JM, Murphy MJ, McConnell DJ, OhUigin C., A comparative study of the interaction of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis (N-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphyrin and its zinc complex with DNA using fluorescence spectroscopy and topoisomerisation., Nucleic Acids Research, 13, (1), 1985, p167 - 184
J M Kelly, A B Tossi, D J McConnell, and C OhUigin, A study of the interactions of some polypyridylruthenium (II) complexes with DNA using fluorescence spectroscopy, topoisomerisation and thermal denaturation., Nucleic Acids Research, 13, (17), 1985, p6017 - 6034
Sharp PM, Rogers MS, McConnell DJ, Selection pressures on codon usage in the complete genome of bacteriophage T7., Journal of molecular evolution, 21, (2), 1985, p150-60
Murphy, N., Mcconnell, D.J., Cantwell, B.A., The DNA sequence of the gene and genetic control sites for the excreted B. subtilis enzyme βglucanase, Nucleic Acids Research , 12, (13), 1984, p5355-5367
O'Reilly C, Turner PD, Smith-Keary PF, McConnell DJ, Molecular cloning of genes involved in purine biosynthetic and salvage pathways of Salmonella typhimurium., Molecular & general genetics : MGG, 196, (1), 1984, p152-7
Stephens MA, Ortlepp SA, Ollington JF, McConnell DJ, Nucleotide sequence of the 5' region of the Bacillus licheniformis alpha-amylase gene: comparison with the B. amyloliquefaciens gene., Journal of bacteriology, 158, (1), 1984, p369-72
Riley M, O'Reilly C, McConnell D, Physical map of Salmonella typhimurium LT2 DNA in the vicinity of the proA gene., Journal of bacteriology, 157, (2), 1984, p655-7
Cantwell BA, McConnell DJ, Molecular cloning and expression of a Bacillus subtilis beta-glucanase gene in Escherichia coli., Gene, 23, (2), 1983, p211-9
Ortlepp SA, Ollington JF, McConnell DJ, Molecular cloning in Bacillus subtilis of a Bacillus licheniformis gene encoding a thermostable alpha amylase., Gene, 23, (3), 1983, p267-76
Ryan T, McConnell DJ, Physical mapping of hybrid bacteriophage T7/T3 RNA polymerase genes., Journal of virology, 43, (3), 1982, p844-58
Schwarz TF, Yeats SM, Connolly P, McConnell DJ, Altered transcriptional termination in a rifampicin-resistant mutant of Escherichia coli which inhibits the growth of bacteriophage T7., Molecular & general genetics : MGG, 183, (1), 1981, p181-6
Yeats SM, Schwarz TF, Ryan TP, Garner I, Hayward RS, McConnell DJ, A possible role in transcription for the single-stranded DNA binding protein of bacteriophage T7., Molecular & general genetics : MGG, 183, (1), 1981, p187-91
West RW, McConnell D, Rodriguez RL, Isolation of E.coli promoters from the late region of bacteriophage T7 DNA., Molecular & general genetics : MGG, 180, (2), 1980, p439-47
Mahon GA, McWilliam P, Gordon RL, McConnell DJ, The time course of transcription., Journal of theoretical biology, 87, (3), 1980, p483-515
Gordon RL, Humphries P, McConnell DJ, Restriction enzyme cleavage mapping of T7 virus early region., Molecular & general genetics : MGG, 162, (3), 1978, p329-39
Humphries P, Gordon RL, McConnell DJ, Connolly P, Endonuclease R. Hind fragments of T7 DNA., Virology, 58, (1), 1974, p25-31
Humphries P, McConnell DJ, Gordon RL, A procedure for the rapid purification of Escherichia coli deoxyribonucleic acid-dependent ribonucleic acid polymerase., The Biochemical journal, 133, (1), 1973, p201-3