O’Connor, E.M. and R.F. Shand. Halocins and sulfolobicins:  the emerging story of archaeal protein and peptide antibiotics. In press. J. Indus. Microbiol and Biotech. [abstract]

Haseltine, C., T. Hill, R. Montalvo-Rodriguez, S.K. Kemper, R.F. Shand and P. Blum. 2001. Secreted euryarchaeal microhalocins kill hyperthermophilic crenarchaea. J. Bacteriol. 183: 287-291. [abstract]  

Price, L.B. and R.F. Shand. 2000. Halocin S8: A 36 amino acid microhalocin. J. Bact. 182: 4951-4958. [Full Text (html) (.pdf)]

Shand, R.F., L.B. Price and E.M. O'Connor. 1999. Halocins: protein antibiotics from hypersaline environments. In, A. Oren (ed.) Microbiology and Biogeochemistry of Hypersaline Environments, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Chapter 24, pp. 295-306.

Shand, R.F. and A. M. Perez. 1999. Haloarchaeal growth physiology. In, J. Seckback (ed.) Enigmatic Organisms and Life in Extreme Environments. Kluwer Acad. Press, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 413-424.

Porter, T.L., M.E. Hagerman, L.B. Price and R.F. Shand. 1998. Site-specific prebiotic oligomerization of glycine on the surface of hectorite. J. Molec. Evol. 47: 373-377. [Full Text (html) (.pdf)]

Cheung, J., K.M. Danna, E.M. O'Connor, L.B. Price and R.F. Shand. 1997. Isolation, sequence and expression of the gene encoding halocin H4, a halophilic bacteriocin from Haloferax mediterranei R4. J. Bact. 179: 548-551. [Full text (.pdf)]

Betlach, M.C. and R.F. Shand. 1995. Growth of halophilic archaebacteria under conditions of low oxygen tension and high light intensity.  In, F. Robb and S. DasSarma (eds) Protocols for Archaeal Research. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.; p.17-21.

Shand, R.F. and M.C. Betlach. 1994. bop gene cluster expression in bacteriorhodopsin overproducer mutants of Halobacterium halobium.  J. Bact. 176:  1655-1660. [abstract]

Betlach, M.C. and R.F. Shand.  1991. Molecular biology and regulation of bacterio-opsin gene expression in Halobacterium halobium.  In, General and Applied Aspects of Halophilic Microorganisms (FEMS-NATO),  p. 259-264. Plennum Press.

Shand, R.F. and M.C. Betlach. 1991. Expression of the bop Gene Cluster of Halobacterium halobium is induced by low oxygen tension and light.  J. Bact. 173:  4692-4699. [abstract]

Miercke, L.J.W., M.C. Betlach, A.K. Mitra, R.F. Shand, S.K. Fong and R.M. Stroud. 1991. Wild-type and mutant bacteriorhodopsins D85N, D96N and R82Q:  purification to homogeneity, pH dependence of pumping and electron diffraction. Biochemistry 30:  3088-3098. [abstract]

Shand, R.F., L.J.W. Miercke, A.K. Mitra, S.K. Fong, R.M. Stroud and M.C. Betlach. 1991. Wild-type and mutant bacterio-opsins D85N, D96N and R82Q:  high level expression in Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 30:  3082-8. [abstract]

Betlach, M.C., R.F. Shand and D.M. Leong. 1989. Regulation of the bacterio-opsin gene of a halophilic archaebacterium. Can. J. Micro. 35:  134-140. [abstract]

Shand, R.F., P.H. Blum, D.L. Holzschu, M.S. Urdea and S.W. Artz. 1989. Mutational analysis of the histidine operon promoter of Salmonella typhimurium. J. Bact. 171:  6330-6337. [abstract]

Shand, R.F., P.H. Blum, R.D. Mueller, D.L. Riggs and S.W. Artz. 1989. Correlation between histidine operon expression and ppGpp levels during amino acid downshift in stringent and relaxed strains of Salmonella typhimurium. J. Bact. 171:  737-743. [abstract]