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Refereed Research Publications

  • Armitage, J.P. & Sockett, R.E. (1987) Sensory Transduction in Flagellate Bacteria In "Annals of the New York Acad. Sci." 510, 9-15.
  • Sockett, R.E., Armitage, J.P. & M.C.W. Evans (1987) Methylation -independent and methylation-dependent chemotaxis in Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Rhodospirillum rubrum. J. Bacteriol. 169, 5808-5814.
  • Sockett, R.E., Donohue, T.J., Varga, A.R. and Kaplan, S. (1989) Control of Photosynthetic membrane assembly in Rhodobacter sphaeroides mediated by puhA and flanking sequences. J. Bacteriol. 171, 436-446.
  • Armitage, J.P., Havelka, W.A. & Sockett, R.E. (1990) Chemosensory transduction in Rhodobacter sphaeroides Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyler 371, p 900.
  • Armitage, J.P., Havelka, W.A. & Sockett, R.E. (1990) Methylation-independent taxis in bacteria. In "Biology of the chemotactic response" J.P. Armitage & J.M. Lackie (eds) Society for General Microbiology Symposium Cambridge University Press Vol 46, 177-197.
  • Sockett, R.E., Foster, J.C.A. and Armitage, J.P. (1990) Molecular biology of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides flagellum. FEMS Symp. 53, 473-479.
  • Sockett, R.E. and Armitage, J.P. (1991) Isolation, characterization and complementation of a paralysed flagellar mutant of Rhodobacter sphaeroides WS8. J. Bacteriol. 173, 2786-2790.
  • Armitage, J.P., Sockett , R.E. and Poole, P. (1991) Behavioural Responses of Bacteria. In "The Prokaryotes" 2nd Ed. Eds A. Ballows, H.G. Truper, M. Dworkin, W. Hader, & K. Schleifer p241-261 Springer-Verlag.
  • Armitage, J.P., Kelly, D.J. & Sockett, R.E. (1995) Flagellate motility, behavioural respnses and active transport in purple non-sulfur bacteria. In Advances in Photosynthesis Volume 2 R.E.Blankenship, M.T. Madigan, & C.E. Bauer (eds) Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria, pp 1005-1028. Kluwer Publishers Netherlands.
  • Shah, D. S. H., Armitage, J.P. and Sockett, R.E. (1995). Rhodobacter sphaeroides expresses a polypeptide that is similar to MotB of E.coli. J. Bact. 177, 2929-2932.
  • Shah, D.S.H. and Sockett, R.E. (1995). Analysis of the motA flagellar motor gene from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, a bacterium with a unidirectional stop-start flagellum. Mol. Micro. 17, 961-969.
  • T.C. Bonnett, P. Cobine, R.E. Sockett & A.G. McEwan (1995) Phenotypic characterisation & genetic complementation of DMSO respiratory mutants of R.sphaeroides & R.capsulatus. FEMS 133: 163-168.
  • Goodfellow, I.G., Pollitt, C.E. & Sockett, R.E. (1996) Cloning of the fliI gene from Rhodobacter sphaeroides WS8 by analysis of a transposon mutant with impaired motility FEMS 142 111-116.
  • Gonzalez-Pedrajo, B., Ballado, T., Campos, A., Sockett, R.E., Camarena, L. and Dreyfus, G. (1997) Structural and Genetic Analysis of a Mutant from Rhodobacter sphaeroides deficient in hook length control. J.Bacteriol., Vol.179, No.21, pp.6581-6588.
  • Sockett, R.E., Goodfellow, I.G.P., Gunther, G., Edge, M.J.E. & Shah, D.S.(1998) "Properties of Rhodobacter sphaeroides flagellar motor proteins" In The Photosynthetic Prokaryotes, Eds G.A. Peschek, W. Loffelhardt, G Schmetterer, Pub Plenum Press, p 693-698.
  • Palmer_T, Goodfellow_IPG, Sockett_RE, McEwan_AG, Boxer_DH Characterisation of the mob locus from Rhodobacter sphaeroides required for molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Gene Structure And Expression, 1998, Vol.1395, No.2, pp.135-140.
  • Mendum_TA, Sockett_RE, Hirsch_PR The detection of Gram-negative bacterial mRNA from soil by RT-PCR, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 1998, Vol.164, No.2, pp.369-373.
  • Sockett, R.E. (1998) Characterising Flagella and Motile Behaviour In "Methods in Microbiology: Methods for Studying Pathogenic Bacteria" Eds Williams, Salmond, Ketley Academic Press. Vol 27, p227-237.
  • T.A. Mendum, R.E. Sockett & P.R. Hirsch. (1999) Use of competitive PCR & N15 dilution to monitor the response of ammonia oxidising populations Applied & Environmental Microbiology Vol.65, No.9, pp.4155-4162.
  • M.D. Page & R.E. Sockett (1999) Molecular Genetic methods for Paracoccus & Rhodobacter with reference to studies of photosynthesis & respiration pp 427-466 In Methods in Microbiology Volume 29 "Genetic Methods for Diverse Prokaryotes" M.C.M. Smith & R.E. Sockett (eds) Academic Press 1999. ISBN 0-12-521529-0.
  • Y. Asai, I. Kawagishi, R.E. Sockett and M Homma (1999) A hybrid Motor with H+ and Na+-driven components can rotate Vibrio polar flagella using sodium ions. J. Bacteriology 181 No 20 p6332-6338.
  • C Bostock-Smith, GJ Sharman R.E.Sockett & M Searle (2000) Evidence for beta sheet conformation in..peptides derived from MotB from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J. Chem Soc. Perkin Trans 2, 479-483.
  • Y. Asai, I. Kawagishi, R.E. Sockett and M Homma (2000) Coupling ion specificity of chimeras between H- and Na-driven motor proteins, MotB and PomB, in Vibrio polar flagella.EMBO J. July 17, 2000; 19 (14) in press.
  • D.S. Shah, T. Perehinec, S.E. Stevens & SI Aizawa, R.E. Sockett (2000) Flagellar filament of Rhodobacter sphaeroides pH induced polymorphic changes and analysis of the fliC gene J. Bacteriol Vol 182 No 18  in press.
  • I.G. Goodfellow, KJ Woolley & R.E. Sockett (2000) Characteristics of FliF and FliG from a unidirectional flagellar motor. Gene submitted July 2000.
  • I Mellor, D Shah, M Edge & R.E. Sockett (2000) In vitro and in vivo ion conductance properties of MotB. Mol Microbiol in preparation.

    Book chapters .

  • Armitage, J.P., Havelka, W.A. & Sockett, R.E. (1990) Methylation-independent taxis in bacteria. In "Biology of the chemotactic response" J.P. Armitage & J.M. Lackie (eds) Society for General Microbiology Symposium Cambridge University Press Vol 46, 177-197.
  • Armitage, J.P., Sockett , R.E. and Poole, P. (1991) Behavioural Responses of Bacteria. In "The Prokaryotes" 2nd Ed. Eds A. Ballows, H.G. Truper, M. Dworkin, W. Hader, & K. Schleifer p241-261 Springer-Verlag.
  • Armitage, J.P., Kelly, D.J. & Sockett, R.E. (1995) Flagellate motility, behavioural respnses and active transport in purple non-sulfur bacteria. In Advances in Photosynthesis Volume 2 R.E.Blankenship, M.T. Madigan, & C.E. Bauer (eds) Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria, pp 1005-1028. Kluwer Publishers Netherlands.
  • Sockett, R.E., Goodfellow, I.G.P., Gunther, G., Edge, M.J.E. & Shah, D.S.(1998) "Properties of Rhodobacter sphaeroides flagellar motor proteins" In The Photosynthetic Prokaryotes, Eds G.A. Peschek, W. Loffelhardt, G Schmetterer, Pub Plenum Press, p 693-698.
  • Sockett, R.E. (1998) Characterising Flagella and Motile Behaviour In "Methods in Microbiology: Methods for Studying Pathogenic Bacteria" Eds Williams, Salmond, Ketley Academic Press. Vol 27, p227-237.
  • M.D. Page & R.E. Sockett (1999) Molecular Genetic methods for Paracoccus & Rhodobacter with reference to studies of photosynthesis & respiration pp 427-466 In Methods in Microbiology Volume 29 "Genetic Methods for Diverse Prokaryotes" M.C.M. Smith & R.E. Sockett (eds) Academic Press 1999. ISBN 0-12-521529-0.
  • MCM Smith & R.E. Sockett Eds (1999) Genetics of Diverse Prokaryotes, Methods in Microbiology Vol 29, Academic Press UK. ISBN 0-12-521529-0.

Publications related to teaching

  • Sockett R.E. (1996) Linking with Disabled Students In BBSRC "Making that link"- A practical guide to scientist-school liaison, BBSRC Nov 1996, page 22, ISBN 0 7084 0578 9.

  • Sockett R.E. (1996) The Young Saplings Club-setting up a primary science club In BBSRC "Making that link" A practical guide to scientist-school liaison BBSRC. Nov 1996 page 5, ISBN 0 7084 0578 9.

  • Sockett, R.E. (1997) A Microbial Christmas. Society for General Microbiology Quarterly (publication of a 1st year UG lecture) Nov 1997, pp 124-5.

  • Sockett, R.E. (1999) "Childrens’ Microbiology Lectures at the Royal Institution" Microbiology Today 26th Feb 1999 p33. ISSN 1 464-0570.

  • Brown N & Sockett R.E. (1999) "Touching Science – A Partnership for Innovation" RNIB New Beacon 981 p4-9.

  • Sockett R.E. (1999) "Going Public Packs": presenting science to members of the public (http://www.socgenmicrobiol.org.uk/PA/edu_car/g_p.htm) Microbiology Today Vol 26 pp18.

  • Sockett, R.E. (2000) "Genetics for the Blind" Microbiology Today Vol 27 pp 49.

  • Sockett, R.E. (2000) "Institute for Learning & Teaching in Higher Education –Should You Join?" Microbiology Today Vol 27 pp114.

  • Sockett, R.E. (2000) An Active learning Module Active Learning in Higher Education (accepted subject to revision).