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Meagan J Gillespie; Diane Green; Volker R Haring; Jennifer A Harper; Paul Monaghan; Tamsyn M Crowley; John A Donald; Kevin R Nicholas; Jean S Payne; Susanne L Wilson; Robert J Moore
Transcriptome analysis of pigeon milk production - role of cornification and triglyceride synthesis genes.
Swathi Bisana; Satish Kumar; Christophe Lefèvre; Kevin R Nicholas; Stewart C Nicol; Peggy Rismiller; Julie A Sharp
Identification and functional characterization of a novel monotreme- specific antibacterial protein expressed during lactation.
Sanjana Kuruppath; Christophe Lefevre; Swathi Bisana; Satish Kumar; Julie A Sharp; Kevin R Nicholas
Monotremes and marsupials: comparative models to better understand the function of milk.

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2013: Meagan J Gillespie; Diane Green; Volker R Haring; Jennifer A Harper; Paul Monaghan; Tamsyn M Crowley; John A Donald; Kevin R Nicholas; Jean S Payne; Susanne L Wilson; Robert J Moore
Transcriptome analysis of pigeon milk production - role of cornification and triglyceride synthesis genes.
BMC genomics 2013;14():169.
2013: Swathi Bisana; Satish Kumar; Christophe Lefèvre; Kevin R Nicholas; Stewart C Nicol; Peggy Rismiller; Julie A Sharp
Identification and functional characterization of a novel monotreme- specific antibacterial protein expressed during lactation.
PloS one 2013;8(1):e53686.
2012: Sanjana Kuruppath; Christophe Lefevre; Swathi Bisana; Satish Kumar; Julie A Sharp; Kevin R Nicholas
Monotremes and marsupials: comparative models to better understand the function of milk.
Journal of biosciences 2012;37(4):581-8.
2012: Ashalyn P Watt; Julie A Sharp; Christophe Lefevre; Kevin R Nicholas
WFDC2 is differentially expressed in the mammary gland of the tammar wallaby and provides immune protection to the mammary gland and the developing pouch young.
Developmental and comparative immunology 2012;36(3):584-90.
2012: Meagan J Gillespie; Robert J Moore; Kevin R Nicholas; Dragana Stanley; Honglei Chen; John A Donald; Tamsyn M Crowley
Functional similarities between pigeon 'milk' and mammalian milk: induction of immune gene expression and modification of the microbiota.
PloS one 2012;7(10):e48363.
2012: Elizabeth A Pharo; Marilyn B Renfree; Peter C Thomson; Alison A De Leo; Christophe M Lefèvre; Kevin R Nicholas
The mammary gland-specific marsupial ELP and eutherian CTI share a common ancestral gene.
BMC evolutionary biology 2012;12():80.
2011: Stephen S Wanyonyi; Julie A Sharp; Elie Khalil; Christophe Lefevre; Kevin R Nicholas
Tammar wallaby mammary cathelicidins are differentially expressed during lactation and exhibit antimicrobial and cell proliferative activity.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology 2011;160(3):431-9.
2010: K K Delany; Keith L Macmillan; C Grainger; Peter Campbell Thomson; D Blache; Kevin R Nicholas; M J Auldist
Blood plasma concentrations of metabolic hormones and glucose during extended lactation in grazing cows or cows fed a total mixed ration.
Journal of dairy science 2010;93(12):5913-20.
2010: Christophe M Lefèvre; Julie A Sharp; Kevin R Nicholas
Evolution of lactation: ancient origin and extreme adaptations of the lactation system.
Annual review of genomics and human genetics 2010;11():219-38.
2010: Karensa K Menzies; Heather J Lee; Christophe Lefèvre; Christopher J Ormandy; Keith L Macmillan; Kevin R Nicholas
Insulin, a key regulator of hormone responsive milk protein synthesis during lactogenesis in murine mammary explants.
Functional & integrative genomics 2010;10(1):87-95.
2009: Joly Kwek; Robbert U de Iongh; Kevin R Nicholas; Mary Familari
Molecular insights into evolution of the vertebrate gut: focus on stomach and parietal cells in the marsupial, Macropus eugenii.
Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution 2009;312(6):613-24.
2009: Karensa K Menzies; Christophe Lefèvre; Julie A Sharp; Keith L Macmillan; Paul A Sheehy; Kevin R Nicholas
A novel approach identified the FOLR1 gene, a putative regulator of milk protein synthesis.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society 2009;20(8):498-503.
2009: Denijal Topcic; Aurelie Auguste; Alison De Leo; Christophe Lefevre; Matthew R Digby; Kevin R Nicholas
Characterization of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) whey acidic protein gene: new insights into the function of the protein.
Evolution & development 2009;11(4):363-75.
2009: Kerry A Daly; Sonia L Mailer; Matthew R Digby; Christophe Lefévre; Peter Thomson; Elizabeth Deane; Kevin R Nicholas; Peter Williamson
Molecular analysis of tammar (Macropus eugenii) mammary epithelial cells stimulated with lipopolysaccharide and lipoteichoic acid.
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology 2009;129(1-2):36-48.
2009: Joly H L Kwek; Robbert De Iongh; Matthew R Digby; Marilyn Renfree; Kevin R Nicholas; Mary Familari
Cross-fostering of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) pouch young accelerates fore-stomach maturation.
Mechanisms of development 2009;126(5-6):449-63.
2009: Karensa K Menzies; Christophe Lefèvre; Keith L Macmillan; Kevin R Nicholas
Insulin regulates milk protein synthesis at multiple levels in the bovine mammary gland.
Functional & integrative genomics 2009;9(2):197-217.
2009: Christophe M Lefèvre; Julie A Sharp; Kevin R Nicholas
Characterisation of monotreme caseins reveals lineage-specific expansion of an ancestral casein locus in mammals.
Reproduction, fertility, and development 2009;21(8):1015-27.
2009: Laura J Parry; Lenka A Vodstrcil; Anna Madden; Stephanie H Amir; Katrina Baldwin; Mary E Wlodek; Kevin R Nicholas
Normal mammary gland growth and lactation capacity in pregnant relaxin-deficient mice.
Reproduction, fertility, and development 2009;21(4):549-60.
2008: Elie Khalil; Matthew R Digby; Paul O'Donnell; Kevin R Nicholas
Changes in milk protein composition during acute involution at different phases of tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) lactation.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology 2008;151(1):64-9.
2008: Amelia J Brennan; Julie A Sharp; Christophe M Lefèvre; Kevin R Nicholas
Uncoupling the mechanisms that facilitate cell survival in hormone-deprived bovine mammary explants.
Journal of molecular endocrinology 2008;41(3):103-16.
2008: Kerry A Daly; Christophe Lefévre; Kevin R Nicholas; Elizabeth Deane; Peter Williamson
CD14 and TLR4 are expressed early in tammar (Macropus eugenii) neonate development.
The Journal of experimental biology 2008;211(Pt 8):1344-51.
2008: Amelia J Brennan; Julie A Sharp; Elie Khalil; Matthew R Digby; Sonia L Mailer; Christophe M Lefèvre; Kevin R Nicholas
A population of mammary epithelial cells do not require hormones or growth factors to survive.
The Journal of endocrinology 2008;196(3):483-96.
2008: Kerry A Daly; Matthew R Digby; Christophe Lefévre; Kevin R Nicholas; Elizabeth M Deane; Peter Williamson
Identification, characterization and expression of cathelicidin in the pouch young of tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology 2008;149(3):524-33.
2008: Rachael O'Dowd; Mary E Wlodek; Kevin R Nicholas
Uteroplacental insufficiency alters the mammary gland response to lactogenic hormones in vitro.
Reproduction, fertility, and development 2008;20(4):460-5.
2008: Julie A Sharp; Sonia L Mailer; Peter Campbell Thomson; Christophe Lefèvre; Kevin R Nicholas
Identification and transcript analysis of a novel wallaby (Macropus eugenii) basal-like breast cancer cell line.
Molecular cancer 2008;7():1.
2008: Kerry A Daly; Christophe Lefévre; Kevin R Nicholas; Elizabeth Deane; Peter Williamson
Characterization and expression of Peroxiredoxin 1 in the neonatal tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology 2008;149(1):108-19.
2007: Kerry A Daly; Matthew Digby; Christophe Lefèvre; Sonia Mailer; Peter Thomson; Kevin R Nicholas; Peter Williamson
Analysis of the expression of immunoglobulins throughout lactation suggests two periods of immune transfer in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology 2007;120(3-4):187-200.
2007: Kerry Daly; W Bret Church; Kevin R Nicholas; Peter Williamson
Comparative modeling of marsupial MHC class I molecules identifies structural polymorphisms affecting functional motifs.
Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological genetics and physiology 2007;307(11):611-24.
2007: Julie A Sharp; Christophe Lefèvre; Kevin R Nicholas
Molecular evolution of monotreme and marsupial whey acidic protein genes.
Evolution & development 2007;9(4):378-92.
2007: Amelia J Brennan; Julie A Sharp; Christophe Lefevre; D Topcic; A Auguste; Matthew R Digby; Kevin R Nicholas
The tammar wallaby and fur seal: models to examine local control of lactation.
Journal of dairy science 2007;90 Suppl 1():E66-75.
2007: Amelia J Brennan; Julie A Sharp; Matthew R Digby; Kevin R Nicholas
The tammar wallaby: a model to examine endocrine and local control of lactation.
IUBMB life 2007;59(3):146-50.
2007: Julie A Sharp; Christophe Lefevre; Amelia J Brennan; Kevin R Nicholas
The fur seal-a model lactation phenotype to explore molecular factors involved in the initiation of apoptosis at involution.
Journal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia 2007;12(1):47-58.
2007: Christophe M Lefèvre; Matthew R Digby; Jane C Whitley; Yvan Strahm; Kevin R Nicholas
Lactation transcriptomics in the Australian marsupial, Macropus eugenii: transcript sequencing and quantification.
BMC genomics 2007;8():417.
2007: K K Menzies; Kevin R Nicholas
The expression of beta-1,3 galactosyltransferase and beta-1,4 galactosyltransferase enzymatic activities in the mammary gland of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) during early lactation.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2007;1770(1):115-20.
2007: Joly H L Kwek; Chakra Wijesundera; Matthew R Digby; Kevin R Nicholas
The endocrine regulation of milk lipid synthesis and secretion in tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2007;1770(1):48-54.
2006: Julie A Sharp; Kylie N Cane; Sonia L Mailer; W Herman Oosthuizen; John P Y Arnould; Kevin R Nicholas
Species-specific cell-matrix interactions are essential for differentiation of alveoli like structures and milk gene expression in primary mammary cells of the Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus).
Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology 2006;25(7):430-42.
2006: Alison De Leo; Christophe Lefevre; D Topcic; E Pharo; J F Cheng; P Frappell; Michael Westerman; Jennifer A Marshall Graves; Kevin R Nicholas
Characterization of two whey protein genes in the Australian dasyurid marsupial, the stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura).
Cytogenetic and genome research 2006;115(1):62-9.
2006: Julie A Sharp; Kylie N Cane; Christophe Lefevre; John P Y Arnould; Kevin R Nicholas
Fur seal adaptations to lactation: insights into mammary gland function.
Current topics in developmental biology 2006;72():275-308.
2005: Rosemary Waite; Andrew Giraud; Julie Old; Meegan Howlett; geoffrey shaw; Kevin R Nicholas; Mary Familari
Cross-fostering in Macropus eugenii leads to increased weight but not accelerated gastrointestinal maturation.
Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Comparative experimental biology 2005;303(5):331-44.
2005: Kylie N Cane; John P Y Arnould; Kevin R Nicholas
Characterisation of proteins in the milk of fur seals.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology 2005;141(1):111-20.
2005: Josephine F Trott; Timothy E Adams; Michael Wilson; Kevin R Nicholas
Positive and negative regulatory elements in the late lactation protein-A gene promoter from the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2005;1728(1-2):65-76.
2005: Julie A Sharp; Kylie N Cane; John P Y Arnould; Kevin R Nicholas
The lactation cycle of the fur seal.
The Journal of dairy research 2005;72 Spec No():81-9.
2005: Alison De Leo; David Wheeler; Christophe Lefevre; J-F Cheng; Rory M Hope; J Kuliwaba; Kevin R Nicholas; Michael Westerman; Jennifer A Marshall Graves
Sequencing and mapping hemoglobin gene clusters in the Australian model dasyurid marsupial Sminthopsis macroura.
Cytogenetic and genome research 2005;108(4):333-41.
2004: Paul A Sheehy; James J Della-Vedova; Kevin R Nicholas; Peter C Wynn
Hormone-dependent milk protein gene expression in bovine mammary explants from biopsies at different stages of pregnancy.
The Journal of dairy research 2004;71(2):135-40.
2003: Josephine F Trott; Kaylene J Simpson; Richard L C Moyle; Cyrma M Hearn; geoffrey shaw; Kevin R Nicholas; Marilyn Renfree
Maternal regulation of milk composition, milk production, and pouch young development during lactation in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii ).
Biology of reproduction 2003;68(3):929-36.
2002: Kaylene J Simpson; Kevin R Nicholas
The comparative biology of whey proteins.
Journal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia 2002;7(3):313-26.
2002: Josephine F Trott; Michael J Wilson; Russell C Hovey; Denis C Shaw; Kevin R Nicholas
Expression of novel lipocalin-like milk protein gene is developmentally-regulated during lactation in the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii.
Gene 2002;283(1-2):287-97.
2001: J Demmer; S J Stasiuk; MR Grigor; K J Simpson; Kevin R Nicholas
Differential expression of the whey acidic protein gene during lactation in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula).
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2001;1522(3):187-94.
2001: Kevin R Nicholas; J A Fisher; E Muths; Josephine F Trott; P A Janssens; C Reich; Denis C Shaw
Secretion of whey acidic protein and cystatin is down regulated at mid-lactation in the red kangaroo (Macropus rufus).
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology 2001;129(4):851-8.
2000: K J Simpson; Shoba Ranganathan; J A Fisher; P A Janssens; Denis C Shaw; Kevin R Nicholas
The gene for a novel member of the whey acidic protein family encodes three four-disulfide core domains and is asynchronously expressed during lactation.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2000;275(30):23074-81.
1999: Shoba Ranganathan; K J Simpson; Denis C Shaw; Kevin R Nicholas
The whey acidic protein family: a new signature motif and three-dimensional structure by comparative modeling.
Journal of molecular graphics & modelling 1999;17(2):106-13, 134-6.
1998: K A K Hendry; Kaylene J Simpson; Kevin R Nicholas; Colin J Wilde
Autocrine inhibition of milk secretion in the lactating tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).
Journal of molecular endocrinology 1998;21(2):169-77.
1998: K Simpson; D Shaw; Kevin R Nicholas
Developmentally-regulated expression of a putative protease inhibitor gene in the lactating mammary gland of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology 1998;120(3):535-41.
1998: Kaylene J Simpson; P Bird; D Shaw; Kevin R Nicholas
Molecular characterisation and hormone-dependent expression of the porcine whey acidic protein gene.
Journal of molecular endocrinology 1998;20(1):27-35.
1997: Kevin R Nicholas; K Simpson; M Wilson; Josephine F Trott; D Shaw
The tammar wallaby: a model to study putative autocrine-induced changes in milk composition.
Journal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia 1997;2(3):299-310.
1996: K J Simpson; P Bird; D Shaw; Kevin R Nicholas
Isolation, characterisation and hormone-dependent expression of the porcine whey acidic protein.
Biochemical Society transactions 1996;24(3):367S.
1995: R Osborne; M Howell; A J Clark; Kevin R Nicholas
Hormone-dependent expression of the ovine beta-lactoglobulin gene.
The Journal of dairy research 1995;62(2):321-9.
1994: P H Bird; K A K Hendry; Denis C Shaw; Colin J Wilde; Kevin R Nicholas
Progressive changes in milk protein gene expression and prolactin binding during lactation in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).
Journal of molecular endocrinology 1994;13(2):117-25.
1993: B Warner; P Janssens; Kevin R Nicholas
Prolactin-independent induction of alpha-lactalbumin gene expression in mammary gland explants from pregnant Balb/c mice.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1993;194(3):987-91.
1993: Denis C Shaw; M Messer; A M Scrivener; Kevin R Nicholas; M Griffiths
Isolation, partial characterisation, and amino acid sequence of alpha-lactalbumin from platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) milk.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1993;1161(2-3):177-86.
1992: C Collet; R Joseph; Kevin R Nicholas
Molecular characterization and in-vitro hormonal requirements for expression of two casein genes from a marsupial.
Journal of molecular endocrinology 1992;8(1):13-20.
1991: M Messer; Kevin R Nicholas
Biosynthesis of marsupial milk oligosaccharides: characterization and developmental changes of two galactosyltransferases in lactating mammary glands of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1991;1077(1):79-85.
1991: C Collet; R Joseph; Kevin R Nicholas
A marsupial beta-lactoglobulin gene: characterization and prolactin-dependent expression.
Journal of molecular endocrinology 1991;6(1):9-16.
1991: Kevin R Nicholas; C Collet; R Joseph; L Sankaran
Hormone-responsive survival of mammary gland explants from the pregnant tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) in the absence of exogenous hormones and growth factors.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology 1991;100(1):163-7.
1990: C Collet; R Joseph; Kevin R Nicholas
Cloning, cDNA analysis and prolactin-dependent expression of a marsupial alpha-lactalbumin.
Reproduction, fertility, and development 1990;2(6):693-701.
1989: C Collet; R Joseph; Kevin R Nicholas
Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel marsupial milk protein gene.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1989;164(3):1380-3.
1989: Kevin R Nicholas; M Loughnan; M Messer; S Munks; M Griffiths; D Shaw
Isolation, partial sequence and asynchronous appearance during lactation of lysozyme and alpha-lactalbumin in the milk of a marsupial, the common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus).
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B, Comparative biochemistry 1989;94(4):775-8.
1988: Kevin R Nicholas; L Sankaran; J K Kulski; P Chomczynski; P Qasba
Comparison of some biological effects of epidermal growth factor and commercial serum albumin on the induction of alpha-lactalbumin in rat and rabbit mammary explants.
The Journal of endocrinology 1988;119(1):133-9.
1988: Kevin R Nicholas
Asynchronous dual lactation in a marsupial, the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii).
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1988;154(2):529-36.
1987: Kevin R Nicholas; M Messer; C Elliott; F Maher; Denis C Shaw
A novel whey protein synthesized only in late lactation by the mammary gland from the tammar (Macropus eugenii).
The Biochemical journal 1987;241(3):899-904.
1987: F Maher; Kevin R Nicholas
Pituitary-induced lactation in mammary gland explants from the pregnant tammar (Macropus eugenii): a negative role for cyclic AMP.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology 1987;87(4):1107-17.
1984: Y J Topper; Kevin R Nicholas; L Sankaran; J Kulski
Insulin as a developmental hormone.
Progress in clinical and biological research 1984;142():63-77.
1983: J K Kulski; Kevin R Nicholas; Y J Topper; P Qasba
Essentiality of insulin and prolactin for accumulation of rat casein mRNAs.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1983;116(3):994-9.
1983: Kevin R Nicholas; L Sankaran; Y J Topper
A unique and essential role for insulin in the phenotypic expression of rat mammary epithelial cells unrelated to its function in cell maintenance.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 1983;763(3):309-14.
1983: Kevin R Nicholas; Y J Topper
Anti-insulin receptor serum mimics the developmental role of insulin in mouse mammary explants.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1983;111(3):988-93.
1983: Kevin R Nicholas; Franklyn F Bolander; L Sankaran; Y J Topper
Deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis-dependent casein gene expression: species differences.
Endocrinology 1983;112(3):988-91.
1981: Kevin R Nicholas; L Sankaran; Y J Topper
The induction of alpha-lactalbumin in rat mammary explants in the absence of exogenous prolactin: effects of progesterone and estrogen.
Endocrinology 1981;109(3):978-80.
1981: Franklyn F Bolander; Kevin R Nicholas; Judson Vanwyk; Y J Topper
Insulin is essential for accumulation of casein mRNA in mouse mammary epithelial cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1981;78(9):5682-4.
1981: K Nagaiah; Franklyn F Bolander; Kevin R Nicholas; T Takemoto; Y J Topper
Prolactin-induced accumulation of casein mRNA in mouse mammary explants: a selective role of glucocorticoid.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1981;98(2):380-7.
1980: Kevin R Nicholas; Y J Topper
Enhancement of alpha-lactabumin-like activity in mammary explants from pregnant rats in the absence of exogenous prolactin.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1980;94(4):1424-31.