Almond, Michael, Suleiman, Mustapha G., Hawkins, Matthew, Winder, Daniel, Robshaw, Thomas, Waddoups, Megan, Humphreys, Paul and Laws, Andrew P. (2018) Developing cellulosic waste products as platform chemicals: protecting group chemistry of α-glucoisosaccharinic acid. Carbohydrate Research, 455. pp. 97-105. ISSN 0008-6215
Charles, Christopher J., Rout, Simon P., Laws, Andrew P., Jackson, Brian R., Boxall, Sally A. and Humphreys, Paul N (2017) The impact of biofilms upon surfaces relevant to an intermediate level radioactive waste geological disposal facility under simulated near field conditions. Geosciences, 7 (3). p. 57. ISSN 2076-3263
Charles, C.J., Rout, Simon P., Patel, K.A., Akbar, S., Laws, Andrew P., Jackson, B.R., Boxall, S.A. and Humphreys, Paul (2017) Floc formation reduces the pH stress experienced by microorganisms living in alkaline environments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 83 (6). ISSN 0099-2240
Balzaretti, Silvia, Taverniti, Valentina, Guglielmetti, Simone, Fiore, Walter, Minuzzo, Mario, Ngo, Hansel N., Ngere, Judith B., Sadiq, Sohaib, Humphreys, Paul N and Laws, Andrew P. (2017) A novel rhamnose-rich hetero-exopolysaccharide isolated from Lactobacillus paracasei DG activates THP-1 human monocytic cells. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 83 (2). AEM.02702-16. ISSN 0099-2240
Scotson, James L., Andrews, Benjamin I., Laws, Andrew P. and Page, Michael I. (2016) Phosphorothioate anti-sense oligonucleotides: the kinetics and mechanism of the sulfurisation of phosphites by phenylacetyl disulfide (PADS). Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 14 (46). pp. 10840-10847. ISSN 1477-0539
Scotson, James, Laws, Andrew P., Andrews, Benjamin I. and Page, Michael I. (2016) Phosphorothioate Anti-sense Oligonucleotides: The Kinetics and Mechanism of the Generation of the Sulfurising Agent from Phenylacetyl Disulfide (PADS). Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (35). pp. 8301-8308. ISSN 1477-0520
Almond, Michael, Belton, Daniel J., Humphreys, Paul and Laws, Andrew P. (2016) A study of the metal binding capacity of saccharinic acids formed during the alkali catalysed decomposition of cellulosic materials: nickel complexation by glucoisosaccharinic acids and xyloisosaccharinic acids. Carbohydrate Research, 427. pp. 48-54. ISSN 0008-6215
AL-Jasim, Ammar, Davis, Mark, Cossar, Douglas, Miller, Timothy, Humphreys, Paul and Laws, Andrew P. (2016) Isolation of sophorose during sophorolipid production and studies of its stability in aqueous alkali: epimerisation of sophorose to 2-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-d-mannose. Carbohydrate Research, 421. pp. 46-54. ISSN 0008-6215
Jowiya, Waheed, Brunner, Katja, Abouelhadid, Sherif, Hussain, Haitham A., Nair, Sean P., Sadiq, Sohaib, Williams, Lisa K., Trantham, Emma K., Stephenson, Holly, Wren, Brendan W., Bajaj-Elliott, Mona, Cogan, Tristan A., Laws, Andrew P., Wade, Jim, Dorrell, Nick and Allan, Elaine (2015) Pancreatic Amylase is an Environmental Signal for Regulation of Biofilm Formation and Host Interaction inCampylobacter jejuni. Infection and Immunity, 83 (12). IAI.01064-15. ISSN 0019-9567
Pan, Chongle, Rout, Simon P., Charles, Christopher J., Doulgeris, Charalampos, McCarthy, Alan J., Rooks, Dave J., Loughnane, J. Paul, Laws, Andrew P. and Humphreys, Paul N (2015) Anoxic Biodegradation of Isosaccharinic Acids at Alkaline pH by Natural Microbial Communities. PLoS ONE, 10 (9). e0137682. ISSN 1932-6203
Rout, Simon, Charles, Christopher, Garratt, Eva, Laws, Andrew P., Gunn, John and Humphreys, Paul (2015) Evidence of the Generation of Isosaccharinic Acids and Their Subsequent Degradation by Local Microbial Consortia within Hyper-Alkaline Contaminated Soils, with Relevance to Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste Disposal. PLoS ONE, 10 (3). e0119164. ISSN 1932-6203
Patten, D.A. and Laws, Andrew P. (2015) Lactobacillus-produced exopolysaccharides and their potential health benefits: a review. Beneficial Microbes, 6 (4). pp. 457-471. ISSN 1876-2883
Alba, K., Laws, Andrew P. and Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2015) Isolation and characterization of acetylated LM-pectins extracted from okra pods. Food Hydrocolloids, 43. pp. 726-735. ISSN 0268005X
Janssen, Paul Jaak, Rout, Simon P., Radford, Jessica, Laws, Andrew P., Sweeney, Francis, Elmekawy, Ahmed, Gillie, Lisa J. and Humphreys, Paul N. (2014) Biodegradation of the Alkaline Cellulose Degradation Products Generated during Radioactive Waste Disposal. PLoS ONE, 9 (9). e107433. ISSN 1932-6203
Rout, Simon, Radford, Jessica, Laws, Andrew P., Sweeney, Francis, Elmekawy, Ahmed A., Gillie, Lisa .J. and Humphreys, Paul (2014) Biodegradation of the Alkaline Cellulose Degradation Products Generated during Radioactive Waste Disposal. PLoS ONE, 9 (9). e107433. ISSN 1932-6203
Alhudhud, M, Humphreys, Paul and Laws, Andrew P. (2014) Development of A Growth Medium Suitable for Exopolysaccharide Production and Structural Characterisation by Bifidobacteria animalis ssp. lactis. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 100. pp. 93-98. ISSN 0167-7012
Patten, D A, Leivers, Shaun, Chadha, Marcus J., Maqsood, Mohammed, Humphreys, Paul, Laws, A P and Collett, Andrew (2014) The structure and immunomodulatory activity on intestinal epithelial cells of the EPSs isolated from Lactobacillus helveticus sp. Rosyjski and Lactobacillus acidophilus sp. 5e2. Carbohydrate Research, 384. pp. 119-127. ISSN 00086215
Almond, Michael, Shaw, Paul B., Humphreys, Paul, Chadha, Marcus J., Niemelä, Klaus and Laws, Andrew P. (2012) Behavior of xyloisosaccharinic acid and xyloisosaccharino-1,4-lactone in aqueous solutions at varying pHs. Carbohydrate Research, 363. pp. 51-57. ISSN 00086215
Ponomarov, Oleksandr, Laws, Andrew P and Hanusek, Jiri (2012) 1,2,4-Dithiazole-5-ones and 5-thiones as Efficient Sulfurizing Agents of Phosphorus (III) Compounds – A Kinetic Comparative Study. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. ISSN 1477-0539
Leivers, Shaun, Hidalgo-Cantabrana, Claudio, Robinson, Glenn, Margolles, Abelardo, Ruas-Madiedo, Patricia and Laws, Andrew P. (2011) Structure of the high molecular weight exopolysaccharide produced by Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis IPLA-R1 and sequence analysis of its putative eps cluster. Carbohydrate Research, 346 (17). pp. 2710-2717. ISSN 00086215
Humphreys, P N, Laws, A P and Dawson, J (2010) A Review of Cellulose Degradation and the Fate of Degradation Products Under Repository Conditions. Technical Report. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), Cumbria, UK.
Laws, Andrew P., Leivers, Shaun, Chacon-Romero, Mariana and Chadha, Marcus J. (2009) Variation in the molecular mass of exopolysaccharides during the time course of extended fermentations of skimmed milk by lactic acid bacteria. International Dairy Journal, 19 (12). pp. 768-771. ISSN 0958-6946
Russell, Mark A., Laws, Andrew P., Atherton, John H. and Page, Michael I. (2009) The kinetics and mechanism of the acid-catalysed detritylation of nucleotides in non-aqueous solution. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 7 (1). pp. 52-57. ISSN 1477-0539
Russell, Mark A., Laws, Andrew P., Atherton, John H. and Page, Michael I. (2008) The mechanism of the phosphoramidite synthesis of polynucleotides. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 6 (18). pp. 3270-3275. ISSN 1477-0539
Laws, Andrew P., Chadha, Marcus J., Chacon-Romero, Mariana, Marshall, Valerie M. and Maqsood, Mohammed (2008) Determination of the structure and molecular weights of the exopolysaccharide produced by Lactobacillus acidophilus 5e2 when grown on different carbon feeds. Carbohydrate Research, 343 (2). pp. 301-307. ISSN 00086215
Clayton, Hayley J., Harding, Lindsay P., Irvine, J.P., Jeffery, John C., Riis-Johannessen, Thomas, Laws, Andrew P., Rice, Craig R. and Whitehead, Martina (2008) Metal-specific allosteric activation and deactivation of a diamine. Chemical Communications (1). p. 108. ISSN 1364-548X
Hanusek, Jifi, Russell, Mark A., Laws, Andrew P. and Page, Michael I. (2007) Evidence for the formation of isothiocyanate during sulphurisation of triphenyl phosphines using xanthane hydride. Tetrahedron Letters, 48 (3). pp. 417-419. ISSN 0040-4039
Hanusek, Jifi, Russell, Mark A., Laws, Andrew P., Jansa, Petr, Atherton, John H., Fettes, Kevin and Page, Michael I. (2007) Mechanism of the sulphurisation of phosphines and phosphites using 3-amino-1,2,4-dithiazole-5-thione (Xanthane Hydride). Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 5 (3). pp. 478-484. ISSN 1477-0539
Badarau, Adriana, Llinas, Antonio, Laws, Andrew P., Damblon, Christian and Page, Michael I. (2005) Inhibitors of metallo-β-lactamase generated from β-lactam antibiotics. Biochemistry, 44 (24). pp. 8578-8589. ISSN 1520-4995
Llinas, Antonio, Ahmed, Naveed, Cordaro, Massimiliano, Laws, Andrew P., Frere, Jean-Marie, Delmarcelle, Michael, Silvaggi, Nicholas R., Kelly, Judith A. and Page, Michael I. (2005) The inactivation of bacterial DD-peptidase by β-sultams. Biochemistry, 44 (21). pp. 7738-7746. ISSN 1520-4995
Tsang, Wing Y., Ahmed, Naveed, Harding, Lindsay P., Hemming, Karl, Laws, Andrew P. and Page, Michael I. (2005) Acylation versus sulfonylation in the inhibition of elastase by 3-oxo-beta-sultams. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127 (25). pp. 8946-8947. ISSN 1520-5126
Tsang, W.Y., Ahmed, Naveed, Hinchliffe, Paul S., Wood, J. Matthew, Harding, Lindsay P., Laws, Andrew P. and Page, Michael I. (2005) Different transition-state structures for the reactions of β-lactams and analogous β-sultams with serine β-lactamases. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 127 (49). pp. 17556-17564. ISSN 1520-5126
Harding, Lindsay P., Marshall, Valerie M., Hernandez, Y., Gu, Y., Maqsood, Mohammed, McLay, N. and Laws, Andrew P. (2005) Structural characterisation of the highly branched exopolysaccharide produced by Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. Bulgaricus NCFB2074. Carbohydrate Research, 340 (6). pp. 1107-1111. ISSN 0008-6215
Vaningelgem, Frederik, Van der Meulen, Roel, Zamfir, Medana, Adriany, Tom, Laws, Andrew P. and De Vuyst, Luc (2004) Streptococcus thermophilus ST 111 produces a stable high-molecular-mass exopolysaccharide in milk-based medium. International Dairy Journal, 14 (10). pp. 857-864. ISSN 09586946
Page, Michael I., Hinchliffe, Paul S., Wood, J. Matthew, Harding, Lindsay P. and Laws, Andrew P. (2003) Novel mechanism of inhibiting b-lactamases by sulfonylation using b-sultams. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 13 (24). pp. 4489-4492. ISSN 0960-894X
Harding, Lindsay P., Marshall, Valerie M., Elvin, M., Gu, Y. and Laws, Andrew P. (2003) Structural characterisation of a perdeuteriomethylated exoploysaccharide by NMR spectroscopy: characterisation of the novel exopolysaccharide produced by Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. Bulgaricus EU23. Carbohydrate Research, 338 (1). pp. 61-67. ISSN 0008-6215
Wood, J. Matthew, Hinchliffe, Paul S., Laws, Andrew P. and Page, Michael I. (2002) Reactivity and the mechanism of reactions of β-sultams with Nucleophiles. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkins Transactions 2. pp. 938-946. ISSN 1364-5471
Laws, Andrew P. and Marshall, Valerie M. (2001) The relevance of exopolysaccharides to the rheological properties in milk fermented with ropy strains of lactic acid bacteria. International Dairy Journal, 11 (9). pp. 709-721. ISSN 0958-6946
Degeest, B., Vaningelgem, Frederik, Laws, Andrew P. and De Vuyst, Luc (2001) UDP-N-Acetylglucosamine 4-Epimerase Activity Indicates the Presence of N-Acetylgalactosamine in Exopolysaccharides of Streptococcus thermophilus Strains. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67 (9). pp. 3976-3984. ISSN 0099-2240
Laws, Andrew P., Gu, Y. and Marshall, Valerie M. (2001) Biosynthesis, characterisation, and design of bacterial exopolysaccharides from lactic acid bacteria. Biotechnology Advances, 19 (8). pp. 597-625. ISSN 0734-9750
Bounaga, Sakina, Galleni, Moreno, Laws, Andrew P. and Page, Michael I. (2001) Cysteinyl peptide Inhibitors of Bacillus cereus Zinc β-Lactamase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 9 (2). pp. 503-507. ISSN 0960-894X
Marshall, Valerie M., Laws, Andrew P., Gu, Y., Levander, F., Radstrom, P., De Vuyst, Luc, Degeest, B., Vaningelgem, Frederik, Dunn, H. and Elvin, M. (2001) Exopolysaccharide-producing strains of thermophilic lactic acid bacteria cluster into groups according to their EPS structure. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 32 (6). pp. 433-435. ISSN 02668254
Marshal, V.M., Dunn, H., Elvin, M., McLay, N., Gu, Y. and Laws, Andrew P. (2001) Structural characterisation of the exopolysaccharide produced by Streptococcus Thermophilis EU20. Carbohydrate Research, 331 (4). pp. 413-422. ISSN 0008-6215
Slater, Martin J., Laws, Andrew P. and Page, Michael I. (2001) The relative catalytic efficiency of β-lactamase catalysed acyl and phosphyl transfer. Bioorganic Chemistry, 29. pp. 77-95. ISSN 0045-2068
Laws, Andrew P. and Marshall, Valerie M. (2001) The relevance of exopolysaccharides to the rheological properties in milk fermented with ropy strains of lactic acid bacteria. International Dairy Journal, 11. pp. 709-721. ISSN 0958-6946
Page, Michael I. and Laws, Andrew P. (2000) The Chemical Reactivity of β-Lactams, β-Sultams and β-Phospholactams. Tetrahedron, 56 (31). pp. 5631-5637. ISSN 0040-4020
Baxter, Nicholas J., Rigoreau, Laurent J.M., Laws, Andrew P. and Page, Michael I. (2000) Reactivity and Mechanism in the Hydrolysis of β-Sultams. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 122 (14). pp. 3375-3380. ISSN 1520-5126
Page, Michael I. and Laws, Andrew P. (1998) The mechanism of catalysis and the inhibition of β-lactamases. Chemical Communications (16). pp. 1609-1617. ISSN 1359-7345
Bounaga, Sakina, Laws, Andrew P., Galleni, Moreno and Page, Michael I. (1998) The mechanism of catalysis and the inhibition of the Bacillus cereus zinc-dependent b-lactamase. Biochemical Journal, 331 (3). pp. 703-711. ISSN 0264-6021
Baxter, Nicholas J., Laws, Andrew P., Rigoreau, Laurent and Page, Michael I. (1996) The hydrolytic reactivity of B-sultams. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2 (11). p. 2245. ISSN 1472-779X
Laws, Andrew P. and Page, Michael I. (1996) The chemistry and structure-activity relationships of C3-quaternary ammonium cephem antibiotics. Journal of Chemotherapy, 8. pp. 7-22. ISSN 1120-009X
Layland, Nicola J., Laws, Andrew P., Vilanova, Bartolomé and Page, Michael I. (1995) Penicillin 3-aldehyde is a good substrate and not an inhibitor of ?-lactamases A and C. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2 (5). pp. 869-870. ISSN 1472-779X
Page, Michael I., Laws, Andrew P., Slater, Martin J. and Stone, J.R. (1995) Reactivity of β-lactams and phosphonamidates and reactions with β-lactamase. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 67 (5). pp. 711-717. ISSN 0033-4545
Barton, Patrick, Laws, Andrew P. and Page, Michael I. (1994) Structure-activity relationships in the esterase-catalysed hydrolysis and transesterification of esters and lactones. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2 (9). pp. 2021-2029. ISSN 1472-779X
Laws, Andrew P., Stone, J.R. and Page, Michael I. (1994) Large rate enhancement for the hydrolysis of a four-membered ring phosphonamidate. Chemical Communications (10). pp. 1223-1224. ISSN 1359-7345
Laws, Andrew P., Page, Michael I. and Slater, Martin J. (1993) The mechanism of reactions catalysed by the serine β-lactamases. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 3 (11). pp. 2317-2322. ISSN 0960-894X
Laws, Andrew P., Layland, Nicola J., Proctor, David G. and Page, Michael I. (1993) The roles of the carboxy group in ?-lactam antibiotics and lysine 234 in ?-lactamase I. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2 (1). pp. 17-21. ISSN 1472-779X
Page, Michael I. and Laws, Andrew P. (1990) Molecular recognition in beta lactamases. In: Molecular mechanisms in bioorganic processes. Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 319-330. ISBN 9780851869469
Laws, Andrew P. and Page, Michael I. (1989) The effect of the carboxy group on the chemical and ?-lactamase reactivity of ?-lactam antibiotics. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2 (10). pp. 1577-1581. ISSN 1472-779X