User profiles for "author:A J Wood"

Andrew J. Wood

- Verified email at plant.siu.edu - Cited by 8400

Alex J. Wood

- Verified email at bristol.ac.uk - Cited by 3771

Andrew J Wood

- Verified email at igmm.ed.ac.uk - Cited by 2953

Plant receptor-like serine threonine kinases: roles in signaling and plant defense

AJ Afzal, AJ Wood, DA Lightfoot - Molecular Plant-Microbe …, 2008 - Am Phytopath Society
Plants are hosts to a wide array of pathogens from all kingdoms of life. In the absence of an
active immune system or combinatorial diversifications that lead to recombination-driven …

Desiccation-tolerance in bryophytes: a review

MCF Proctor, MJ Oliver, AJ Wood, P Alpert, LR Stark… - The bryologist, 2007 - BioOne
Abstract Desiccation-tolerance (DT), the ability to lose virtually all free intracellular water and
then recover normal function upon rehydration, is one of the most remarkable features of …

Condensin and cohesin complexity: the expanding repertoire of functions

AJ Wood, AF Severson, BJ Meyer - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2010 - nature.com
Condensin and cohesin complexes act in diverse nuclear processes in addition to their
widely known roles in chromosome compaction and sister chromatid cohesion. Recent work …

[BOOK][B] Power generation, operation, and control

AJ Wood, BF Wollenberg, GB Sheblé - 2013 - books.google.com
A thoroughly revised new edition of the definitive work on power systems best practices In
this eagerly awaited new edition, Power Generation, Operation, and Control continues to …

Targeted genome editing across species using ZFNs and TALENs

AJ Wood, TW Lo, B Zeitler, CS Pickle, EJ Ralston… - Science, 2011 - science.org
Evolutionary studies necessary to dissect diverse biological processes have been limited by
the lack of reverse genetic approaches in most organisms with sequenced genomes. We …

Good gig, bad gig: autonomy and algorithmic control in the global gig economy

AJ Wood, M Graham, V Lehdonvirta… - Work, employment and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article evaluates the job quality of work in the remote gig economy. Such work consists
of the remote provision of a wide variety of digital services mediated by online labour …

Loss-of-function mutations in the cathepsin C gene result in periodontal disease and palmoplantar keratosis

C Toomes, J James, AJ Wood, CL Wu, D McCormick… - Nature …, 1999 - nature.com
Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome, or keratosis palmoplantaris with periodontopathia (PLS, MIM
245000), is an autosomal recessive disorder that is mainly ascertained by dentists because …

The drug transporter P-glycoprotein limits oral absorption and brain entry of HIV-1 protease inhibitors.

RB Kim, MF Fromm, C Wandel, B Leake… - The Journal of …, 1998 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Currently available HIV-1 protease inhibitors are potent agents in the therapy of HIV-1
infection. However, limited oral absorption and variable tissue distribution, both of which are …

Workers of the Internet unite? Online freelancer organisation among remote gig economy workers in six Asian and African countries

AJ Wood, V Lehdonvirta… - New Technology, Work …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents findings regarding collective organisation among online freelancers in
middle‐income countries. Drawing on research in Southeast Asia and Sub‐Saharan Africa …

Networked but commodified: The (dis) embeddedness of digital labour in the gig economy

AJ Wood, M Graham, V Lehdonvirta, I Hjorth - Sociology, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article investigates the (dis) embeddedness of digital labour within the remote gig
economy. We use interview and survey data to highlight how platform workers in Southeast …