Photo of Mike WallisMike Wallis
Emeritus Professor of Biology (Biochemistry)

Selected publications

Article

Wallis, Michael (2021) Do some viruses use growth hormone, prolactin and their receptors to facilitate entry into cells? BioEssays, 43 (4). a2000268. ISSN 0265-9247

Wallis, Michael (2019) Characterization of a novel alternatively-spliced 5' exon in the human insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) gene, expressed in liver and some cancers. Growth Hormone and IGF Research, 46-47. pp. 36-43. ISSN 1096-6374

Wallis, Michael (2018) Molecular evolution of prolactin in Chiroptera: accelerated evolution and a large insertion in vespertilionid bats. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 269. pp. 102-111. ISSN 0016-6480

Wallis, Michael (2018) Evolution of the POU1F1 transcription factor in mammals: rapid change of the alternatively-spliced β-domain. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 260. pp. 100-106. ISSN 0016-6480

Pérez-Maya, Antonio Ali, Wallis, Michael and Barrera-Saldaña, Hugo Alberto (2016) Structure and evolution of the gorilla and orangutan growth hormone loci. Mammalian Genome, 27 (9-10). pp. 511-523. ISSN 0938-8990

Wallis, Michael (2015) Coevolution of insulin-like growth factors, insulin and their receptors and binding proteins in new world monkeys. Growth Hormone & IGF Research, 25 (4). pp. 158-167. ISSN 1096-6374

Wallis, Michael (2014) Molecular evolution of growth hormone. The Biochemist, 36 (1). pp. 4-8. ISSN 0954-982X

Wallis, Michael (2012) Molecular evolution of the neurohypophysial hormone precursors in mammals: comparative genomics reveals novel mammalian oxytocin and vasopressin analogues. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 179. pp. 313-318. ISSN 0016-6480

Pérez-Maya, Antonio A, Rodríguez-Sánchez, Iram P, de Jong, Pieter, Wallis, Michael and Barrera-Saldaña, Hugo A (2012) The chimpanzee GH locus: composition, organization, and evolution. Mammalian Genome, 23. pp. 387-398. ISSN 0938-8990

Book Section

Wallis, Michael and Wallis, O Caryl (2014) Growth hormone and prolactin in New World monkeys. In: Barrera-Saldaña, Hugo A (ed.) Monkeys. Brain Development, Social and Hormonal Mechanisms and Zoonotic Diseases. Animal Science, Issues and Professions . Nova Publishers, New York, pp. 165-184. ISBN 9781631178511