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Botrytis cinerea interaction. Molecular Biology Reports,
39: 4039-4049.
Nelson-Flower, M., Hockey, P.A.R., O’Ryan, C. and Ridley,
M. 2012. Inbreeding avoidance mechanisms: dispersal
dynamics in cooperatively breeding southern pied
babblers. Journal of Animal Ecology, 81: 876-883.
Ntale, R., Chopera, D., Ngandu, N., Assis de Rosa, D.,
Zembe, L., Gamieldien, H., Mlotshwa, M., Werner, L.,
Woodman, Z.L., Mlisana, K., Abdool Karim, S., Gray, C.,
Williamson, C. and Caprisa 002 study team. 2012. Temporal
association of HLA-B*81:01 and B*39:10 mediated HIV-1
p24 sequence evolution with disease progression. Journal
of Virology, 86(22): 12013-12024.
Pande, D., Kraberger, S., Lefeuvre, P., Lett, J.-M., Shepherd,
D.N., Varsani, A. and Martin, D.P. 2012. A novel maize-
infecting masrevirus from La Reunion Island. Archives of
Virology, 157: 1617-1621.
Rafudeen, M.S. and ElSayed, A.I. 2012. Molecular marker
assisted for recognition drought tolerant in some of
bread wheat genotypes. Journal of Crop Science and
Biotechnology-Springer, 15: 17-23.
Ravasi, D., O’Riain, M.J., Davids, F. and Illing, N. 2012.
Phylogenetic evidence that two distinct Trichuris genotypes
infect both humans and non-human primates. PLoS One,
7(8): 0044187.
Roberts, L., Passmore, J., Mlisana, K., Williamson, C., Little,
F., Bebell, L.M., Walzl, G., Abrahams, M.H., Woodman, Z.L.,
Abdool Karim, Q. and Abdool Karim, S. 2012. Genital tract
inflammation during early HIV-1infection predicts higher
plasma viral load setpoint in women. Journal of Infectious
Diseases, 205: 194-203.
Roden, L.C., Ripamonti, U. and Renon, L.F. 2012.
Osteoinductive hydroxyapatite-coated titanium implants.
Biomaterials, 33: 3813.
Rybicki, E.P., Chikwamba, R., Koch, M., Rhodes, M.
and Groenewald, J. 2012. Plant-made therapeutics:
an emerging platform in South Africa. Biotechnology
Advances, 30: 449-459.
Schlebusch, S. and Illing, N. 2012. Next generation shotgun
sequencing and the challenges of de novo genome
assembly. South African Journal of Science, 108(11/12): (1-8).
Volker, J., Gindikin, V., Klump, H., Plum, G.E. and Breslauer,
K. 2012. Energy landscapes of dynamic ensembles of
rolling triplet repeat bulge loops: implications for DNA
expansion associated with disease states. Journal of the
American Chemical Society, 134: 6033-6044.
Williamson, A.-L., Rybicki, E.P., Shephard, E.G., Gray,
G., Bekker, L., Downing, K.J. and Williamson, C. 2012.
South African HIV-1 vaccine candidates the journey from
the bench to clinical trials. SAMJ South African Medical
Journal, 102(6): 452-455.
Doctoral dissertations
Boom, T. 2012. A biological study of the cellular response
to heat stress in the South African alga Gracilaria gracilis.
255pp. Supervised by Coyne, V.E.
Botha, S. 2012. Development of a transformation protocol
and cell culture system for the commercially important
species of red macraolga, Gracilaria gracilis. 272pp.
Supervised by Coyne, V.E.
Du Plessis, S. 2012. Molecular characterisation of selected
gastrointesinal microbiota in South Africa HIV-positive
patients during HAART. 189p. Supervised by Abratt, V.R.
Du Toit, E. 2012. The development of probiotics for use
in the ostrich farming industry in South Africa. 217pp.
Supervised by Reid, S.J.
Monjane, A. 2012. Analysis of recombination and evolution
of maize streak virus. 177pp. Supervised by Rybicki, E.P.
Moodley, C. 2012. Molecular characterization of ABC-
type multi-drug efflux systems in Bifidobacterium
longum subsp. Longun T JCM 1217. 122pp. Supervised
by Abratt, V.R.
Naidoo, R. 2012. Investigation of the Gracilaria gracilis
proteome response to nitrogen limitation. 196pp.
Supervised by Coyne, V.E.
Nicholson, S. 2012. The molecular characterisation of the
recA locus in the opportunistic pathogen Bacteroides
fragilis. 128pp. Supervised by Abratt, V.R.
Reddy, A. 2012. Characterisation of the effect of stress
on nitrogen metabolism in the commercially important
agarophyte, Gracilaria gracilis. 223pp. Supervised by
Coyne, V.E.
Smart, M. 2012. Flowering in protea: a molecular and
physiological study. 194pp. Supervised by Roden, L.C.
Stathopoulos, S. 2012. The tangled history of olfaction in
African mole-rats, Bathyergidae: insights from olfactory
receptor genes. 114pp. Supervised by O’Ryan, C.