Janine R. Roper

Galactose metabolism is essential for the African sleeping sickness parasite Trypanosoma brucei

Michael A. J. Ferguson, J. R. Roper, M. Ferguson, 2002, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

The Suppression of Galactose Metabolism in Procylic Form Trypanosoma brucei Causes Cessation of Cell Growth and Alters Procyclin Glycoprotein Structure and Copy Number*

J. R. Roper, M. Ferguson, A. Prescott, 2005, Journal of Biological Chemistry.

The suppression of galactose metabolism in Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes causes changes in cell surface molecular architecture and cell morphology.

J. R. Roper, M. Ferguson, M. Kierans, 2006, Molecular and biochemical parasitology.

Engineered gene over-expression as a method of drug target identification.

J. R. Roper, Jeffrey G. Williams, Janine R. Roper, 2005, Biochemical and biophysical research communications.

High-resolution crystal structure of Trypanosoma brucei UDP-galactose 4'-epimerase: a potential target for structure-based development of novel trypanocides.

J. R. Roper, Charles S Bond, W. Hunter, 2003, Molecular and biochemical parasitology.