Publications: MacDonald, Louisa

Journal Article

MacDonald, L.M., Armson, A., Thompson, R.C.A. and Reynoldson, J.A. (2004) Characterisation of benzimidazole binding with recombinant tubulin from Giardia duodenalis, Encephalitozoon intestinalis, and Cryptosporidium parvum. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 138 (1). pp. 89-96.

MacDonald, L.M., Armson, A., Thompson, R.C.A. and Reynoldson, J.A. (2003) Characterization of factors favoring the expression of soluble protozoan tubulin proteins in Escherichia coli. Protein Expression and Purification, 29 (1). pp. 117-122.

Armson, A., Menon, K., O'Hara, A., MacDonald, L.M., Read, C.M., Sargent, K., Thompson, R.C.A. and Reynoldson, J.A. (2002) Efficacy of oryzalin and associated histological changes in Cryptosporidium-infected neonatal rats. Parasitology, 125 (02). pp. 113-117.

MacDonald, L.M., Sargent, K., Armson, A., Thompson, R.C.A. and Reynoldson, J.A. (2002) The development of a real-time quantitative-PCR method for characterisation of a Cryptosporidium parvum in vitro culturing system and assessment of drug efficacy. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 121 (2). pp. 279-282.

MacDonald, L.M., Armson, A., Thompson, R.C.A. and Reynoldson, J.A. (2001) Expression of Giardia duodenalis β-Tubulin as a Soluble Protein in Escherichia coli. Protein Expression and Purification, 22 (1). pp. 25-30.

Armson, A., Kamau, S.W., Grimm, F., Reynoldson, J.A., Best, W.M., MacDonald, L.M. and Thompson, R.C.A. (1999) A comparison of the effects of a benzimidazole and the dinitroanilines against Leishmania infantum. Acta Tropica, 73 (3). pp. 303-311.

Armson, A., Sargent, K., MacDonald, L.M., Finn, M.P., Thompson, R.C.A. and Reynoldson, J.A. (1999) A comparison of the effects of two dinitroanilines against Cryptosporidium parvum in vitro and in vivo in neonatal mice and rats. FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 26 (2). pp. 109-113.

Conference Paper

MacDonald, L.M., Armson, A., Thompson, R.C.A. and Reynoldson, J.A. (2002) Validation of the binding site of antimitotic compounds using recombinant protozoan tubulin. In: Eleventh Annual Bioinformatics and Genome Research, 4 - 5 June 2002, Cambridge HealthTech Institute, San Diego, CA

MacDonald, L.M., Armson, A., Thompson, R.C.A. and Reynoldson, J.A. (2001) Expression and characterisation of drug binding sites on the protozoan cytoskeletal protein tubulin. In: 4th International Conference for Molecular and Structural Biology, 5 - 9 September 2001, Vienna, Austria

Book Chapter

Pallant, L., MacDonald, L.M., Sargent, K., Armson, A., Reynoldson, J. and Thompson, R.C.A. (2003) The application of quantitative-PCR for high throughput screening of novel compounds against cryptosporidium parvum In Vitro and their subsequent IC50. In: Thompson, R.C.A., (ed.) Cryptosporidium: From Molecules to Disease. Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 413-416.

Armson, A., Thompson, R.C.A., MacDonald, L.M., Sargent, K., Pallant, L., Reynoldson, J. and Mennon, K. (2003) An examination of the activity of the dinitroanilines on Cryptosporidium parvum using in vitro, in vivo and target expression methods. In: Thompson, R.C.A., Armson, A. and Morgan, U., (eds.) Cryptosporidium: From Molecules to Disease. Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 407-409.

Thesis

MacDonald, Louisa M. (2003) Characterisation of the benzimidazole-binding site on the cytoskeletal protein tubulin. PhD thesis, Murdoch University.