Mike Wallis

Caryl Wallis

Recent Publications


  • Wallis, M. (1992). The expanding growth hormone/prolactin family. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 9, 185-188.

  • Wallis, M. (1993). Hormones: Pituitary hormones. In Encyclopaedia of Food Science, Food Technology and Nutrition. (Ed. Macrae, R., Robinson, R.K. & Sadler, M.J.) Vol 4, pp. 2407-2413. Academic Press, London.

  • Wallis, M. (1993). Remarkably high rate of molecular evolution of ruminant placental lactogens. Journal of Molecular Evolution 37, 86-88. Abstract

  • Wallis, M., Gwilliam, D.J. & Wallis, O.C. (1993) Preparation and characterization of a recombinant DNA-derived ovine growth hormone variant internally labelled with sulphur-35. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 11, 351-359. Abstract

  • Wallis, M. (1994) Variable evolutionary rates in the molecular evolution of mammalian growth hormones. Journal of Molecular Evolution 38, 619-627. Abstract

  • Giles, R.E., Wallis, O.C. & Wallis, M. (1995) Preparation and characterization of recombinant DNA-derived ovine growth hormone variants in which the C-terminal disulphide bridge is modified. Biochemical Society Transactions 23, 220S.

  • Lioupis,A., Wallis, O.C. & Wallis, M. (1995) Characterization of a variant of ovine growth hormone (oGH1I58A) produced by site-directed mutagenesis. Biochemical Society Transactions 23, 219S.

  • Wallis, O.C., Sami, A.J. & Wallis, M. (1995) The effect of changes in nucleotide sequence coding for the N-terminus on expression levels of ovine growth hormone variants in E. coli. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 1261, 360-368. Abstract

  • Wallis, O.C. & Wallis, M. (1995) Cloning and characterisation of the rabbit growth hormone-encoding gene. Gene 163, 253-256. Abstract

  • Wallis, M. (1996) The molecular evolution of vertebrate growth hormones: a pattern of near-stasis interrupted by sustained bursts of rapid change. Journal of Molecular Evolution 43, 93-100. Abstract

  • Wallis, M. (1997) Function switching as a basis for bursts of rapid change during the evolution of pituitary growth hormone. Journal of Molecular Evolution 44, 348-350. Abstract

  • Lioupis, A., Wallis, O.C. & Wallis, M. (1997). Cloning and characterisation of the gene encoding red deer (Cervus elaphus) growth hormone: Implications for the molecular evolution of growth hormone in artiodactyls. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 19, 259-266. Abstract

  • Wallis, M. (1997) Genetic Engineering in the study of hormones. In Principles of Medical Biology. (eds. Bittar, E.E. & Bittar, N.). Vol. 10B, pp. 573-599. JAI Press, Greenwich & London.

  • Wallis, M., Lioupis, A. & Wallis, O.C. (1998). Duplicate growth hormone genes in sheep and goat. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 21, 1-5. Abstract

  • Lioupis, A., Nevo, E. & Wallis, M. (1999). Cloning and characterisation of the gene encoding mole rat (Spalax ehrenbergi ) growth hormone. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 22, 29-36. Abstract

  • Sami, A.J., Wallis, O.C. & Wallis, M. (1999). Production and characterisation of deletion mutants of ovine growth hormone. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 23, 97-106. Abstract

  • Wallis, M. (2000). Episodic evolution of protein hormones: Molecular evolution of pituitary prolactin. Journal of Molecular Evolution 50, 465-473. Abstract

  • Burbridge, D. & Wallis, M. (2001). Actions of monoclonal antibodies on the activity of human growth hormone (GH) in an in vitro bioassay. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 174, 11-19. Abstract

  • Wallis, O. C., Zhang, Y-P. & Wallis, M. (2001). Molecular evolution of growth hormone (GH) in primates. Characterisation of the GH genes from slow loris and marmoset defines an episode of rapid evolutionary change. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 26, 249-258. Abstract

  • Wallis, M. (2001). Episodic evolution of protein hormones in mammals. Journal of Molecular Evolution 53, 10-18. Abstract

  • Wallis, O.C. & Wallis, M. (2001). Molecular evolution of growth hormone (GH) in Cetartiodactyla: Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding GH from a primitive ruminant, the chevrotain (Tragulus javanicus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 123, 62-72.

  • Wallis, O. C. & Wallis, M. (2002). Characterisation of the GH gene cluster in a new-world monkey, the marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 29, 89-97. Abstract

  • Maniou, Z., Wallis, O.C. & Wallis, M. (2002). Cloning and characterization of the GH gene from the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis). General and Comparative Endocrinology 127, 300-306. Abstract

  • Forsyth, I.A, & Wallis, M. (2002). Growth hormone and prolactin-molecular and functional evolution. Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia 7 , 291-312.

  • Wallis, M. (2003). Pituitary hormones. In Encyclopedia of Food Science and Nutrition 2nd. Edn. (Eds. Caballero, B.,Trugo.L. and Finglas, P.), pp. 3157-3166. Academic Press, New York.

  • Maniou, Z., Wallis, O.C. & Wallis, M. (2004). Episodic molecular evolution of pituitary growth hormone in Cetartiodactyla. Journal of Molecular Evolution 58, 743-753. Abstract

  • Wallis, O.C., Maniou, Z. & Wallis, M. (2005). Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding pituitary growth hormone in finback whale (Baleanoptera physalus). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 143, 92-97. Abstract

  • Wallis, O.C., Mac-Kwashie, O., Makri, G. & Wallis, M. (2005). Molecular evolution of prolactin in primates. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 60, 606-614. Abstract

  • Li, Y., Wallis, M. & Zhang, Y-P. (2005). Episodic evolution of prolactin receptor gene in mammals: coevolution with its ligand. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 35, 411-419.

  • Wallis, O.C., Bill, L.J., Burt, E.J., Ellis, S.A. & Wallis, M. (2006). Polymorphism of the growth hormone gene of red deer (Cervus elaphus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 146, 180-185.

  • Wallis, O.C. & Wallis, M. (2006). Evolution of growth hormone in primates: The GH gene clusters of the New World monkeys marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) and white-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons). Journal of Molecular Evolution 63, 591-601.

  • Soares, M.J., Alam, S.M.K., Duckworth, M.L., Horseman, N.D., Konno, T., Linzer, D.I.H., Maltais, L.J., Nilsen-Hamilton, M., Shiota, K., Smith, J.R. & Wallis, M. (2007). A standardized nomenclature for the mouse and rat prolactin superfamilies. Mammalian Genome 18, 154-156.

  • Wallis, M. (2008). Mammalian genome projects reveal new growth hormone (GH) sequences. Characterization of the GH-encoding genes of armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), bat (Myotis lucifugus), hyrax (Procavia capensis), shrew (Sorex araneus), ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus), elephant (Loxodonta africana), cat (Felis catus) and opossum (Monodelphis domestica). General and Comparative Endocrinology 155, 271-279.

  • Wallis, M. (2009). New insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-precursor sequences from mammalian genomes: the molecular evolution of IGFs and associated peptides in primates. Growth Hormone and IGF Research 19, 12-23.

  • Wallis, M. (2009). Prolactin in the Afrotheria: characterization of genes encoding prolactin in elephant (Loxodonta africana), hyrax (Procavia capensis) and tenrec (Echinops telfairi). Journal of Endocrinology 200, 233-240.

  • Rodríguez-Sánchez , I.P., Tejero, M.E., Cole, S.A., Comuzzie, A.G., Nathanielsz, P.W., Wallis, M. & Barrera-Saldaña, H.A. (2010) Growth hormone-related genes from baboon (Papio hamadryas): Characterization,placental expression and evolutionary aspects. Gene 450, 1-7.

  • Wallis, M. (2010) Molecular evolution of the thyrotropin-releasing hormone precursor in vertebrates: insights from comparative genomics. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 22, 608-619.

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