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Chronotype and PERIOD3 variable number tandem repeat polymorphism in individual sports athletes. Kunorozva, L., Stephenson, K.J., Rae, D.E., Roden, L.C. (2012) Chronobiology international 29: 1004-1010

Osteoinductive hydroxyapatite-coated titanium implants. Ripamonti, U, Roden, L.C., Renton L.P. (2012) Biomaterials 33: 3813-3823 pdf

Defence responses of Arabidopsis thaliana to infection by Pseudomonas syringae are regulated by the circadian clock. Bhardwaj V, Meier S, Petersen LN, Ingle RA, Roden LC (2011) PLoS ONE 6 (10): e26968. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026968. pdf

Biomimetic matrices self-initiating the induction of bone formation. Ripamonti, U., Roden, LC, Ferretti, C. (2011) Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 22: 1859-70. pdf

Preliminary characterization of floral response of Xerophyta humilis to desiccation, vernalisation, photoperiod and light intensity. Myers, M.Y., Farrant, J.M. and Roden, L.C. (2010) Plant Growth Regulation 62: 213-216.

Biomimetics for the induction of bone formation. Ripamonti U. and Roden, L. (2010) Expert Review of Medical Devices 7(4): 469–479.

A small-scale RNA isolation protocol useful for high-throughput extractions from recalcitrant plants. Smart, M. and Roden, L.C. South African Journal of Botany, 76: 375-379.

The induction of bone formation by transforming growth factor-ß2 in the non-human primate Papio ursinus and its modulation by skeletal muscle responding stem cells. Ripamonti, U. and Roden, L.C. (2010) Cell Proliferation 43:207-218. pdf

Mechanisms by which circadian rhythm disruption may lead to cancer. Beckett, M. and Roden, L.C. (2009) South African Journal of Science, 105: 415-420. pdf

Lights, rhythms, infection: The role of light and the circadian clock in determining the outcome of plant-pathogen interactions. Roden, L.C. and Ingle, R.A. (2009) The Plant Cell, 21: 2546–2552. DOI 10.1105/tpc.109.069922 pdf

Duplication of the Asymmetric Leaves1/Rough Sheath 2/Phantastica (ARP) gene precedes diversitfication of the Ruschioideae. (2009) Illing, N., Klak, C., Johnson, C., Negrao, N., Baine, F., Ramchurn, K., Brito, D., Seioghe, C. and Roden, L.C. Evolution Genes and Development 219: 331-338. DOI 10.1007/s00427-009-0293-9 pdf

The induction of bone formation by coral-derived calcium carbonate / hydroxyapatite constructs (2009) Ripamonti, U., Crooks, J., Khoali, L. and Roden, L. Biomaterials 30: 1428–1439 pdf

Protocol: Precision engineering of plant gene loci by homologous recombination cloning in Escherichia coli. Roden, L.C., Berthold Göttgens, B. and Mutasa-Göttgens, E.S. (2005) Plant Methods, 1: (6) pdf

Transgenic analysis of sugar beet xycoglucan endo-transglucosylase/hydrolase, BvXTH1 and BvXTH2 promoters reveals overlapping tissue-specific and wound-inducible profiles. Dimmer, E., Roden, L., Cai, D., Kingsnorth, C. & Mutasa-Göttgens, E. (2004) Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2: 127-139

Floral responses to photoperiod are correlated with the timing of rhythmic expression relative to dawn and dusk in Arabidopsis. Roden, L.C., Song, H.-R., Jackson, S., Morris, K. and Carré, I.A. (2002) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 99: 13313-13318 pdf

Picking out parallels: plant circadian clocks in context. McWatters, H.G., Roden, L.C. and Staiger, D. (2001) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Series B, 356: 1415, 1735-1743

The molecular genetics of circadian rhythms in Arabidopsis. Roden, L.C. and Carré, I.A. (2001) Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology,12: 305-315