Research at Kingston University

Mellor, Robert (2011) Knowledge valley theory as applied to SMEs in the service industries. In: International conference on Managing Services in the Knowledge Economy ; 13-15 July 2011, Famalicão, Portugal.

Mellor, Robert B. (2011) The use of statistics in determining socio-legal policies in a UK government agency. Kingston University Research and Innovation Reports, 7, pp. 1-4. ISSN (print) 1749-5652

Mellor, Robert B. (2011) Knowledge management and information systems: Strategy for growing organizations. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 9780230280434

Mellor, Robert B. (2008) Entrepreneurship for everyone: a student textbook. London : Sage. 242p. ISBN 9781412947763

Mellor, Robert Brooke (2006) Innovation nuclei in SMEs involved in Internet B2C e-commerce. (PhD thesis), Kingston University.

McLean, James E. and Mellor, Robert B. (2006) White Paper: The identification of XML-related skills gaps in the aerospace & defence industry in the West Focus region. Kingston University Research & Innovation Reports,

Mellor, R. B. (2005) Achieving enterprise: teaching entrepreneurship and innovation in business and academia. Lohmar, Germany : Eul. Verlag. 145p. (FGF Entreprenuership-Research Monographien, no. 49) ISBN 3899363388

Mellor, Robert B. (2005) Receiving spam depends on the occurrence of the e-mail address in Hyper Text and on the nature of the link to the file containing the e-mail address. Kingston University Research and Innovation Reports, 1, pp. 31-39.

Mellor, R. B. (2005) Sources and spread of innovation in small e-commerce companies. Denmark : Forlaget Globe. 160p. ISBN 8779002773

Mellor, Robert B. (2005) The correlation between visits and product sales on three business-to-customer internet web sites. Kingston University Research & Innovation Reports, 1, pp. 17-30. ISSN (print) 1749-5652

Mellor, R. B. (2004) Applied e-learning. Denmark : Forlaget Globe. 104p. ISBN 8779002242

Mellor, Robert B. (2003) DHTML, Learning by Example. Wilsonville, U.S.A : Franklin, Beedle and Associates. 166p. ISBN 188790283X

Mellor, R. B. (2003) Innovation management. Denmark : Forlaget Globe. 94p. ISBN 8779001963

Mellor, Robert B. (2003) The Web managers handbook. Naerum : Globe. ISBN 9788779001909

Mellor, Robert B. (2003) XML Learning by Example. Tandem Library. ISBN 9780613923972

Mellor, Robert B. (2001) ASP, Learning by Example. Wilsonville, U.S.A. : Franklin, Beedle and Associates. 119p. ISBN 9781887902687

Farias-Rodrigues, Rodolfo, Mellor, Robert B., Arias, Carlos and Pena-Cabriales, Juan José (1998) The accumulation of trehalose in nodules of several cultivars of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and its correlation with resistance to drought stress. Physiologia plantarum, 102(3), pp. 353-359. ISSN (print) 0031-9317

Allaria, P. P., Norskov, A. M., Collinge, D. B., Mellor, R.B. and Schubert, A. (1997) The growth and utilization of various 'Sesbania' spp., fast-growing legume trees, in northern Italy and Denmark. Copenhagen, Denamark : DSR.

Nørskov, A. M. and Mellor, R. B. (1996) Short Communication: Electron transferring dyes in the nitrate reductase reaction : non-toxic alternatives to methyl viologen. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 12(3), pp. 293-294. ISSN (print) 0959-3993

Mellor, Robert Brooke (1996) The nodulation of legumes. (Other thesis), Koebenhavn : Kgl. Veterinaer- og Landbohoejskole.

Mellor, Robert B. and Collinge, David (1995) Mellor, Robert, B. Packaging, padding, filler and/or insulation material from Sesbania SPP. Publication No. WO9530604.

Mellor, Robert B. and Collinge, David B. (1995) A simple model based on known plant defence reactions is sufficient to explain most aspects of nodulation. Journal of experimental botany, 46(1), pp. 1-18. ISSN (print) 0022-0957

Staehelin, C, Granado, J, Müller, J, Wiemken, A, Mellor, R.B., Felix, G., Regenass, M., Broughton, W. J. and Boller, T (1994) Perception of Rhizobium nodulation factors by tomato cells and inactivation by root chitinases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of United States of America, 91(6), pp. 2196-2200. ISSN (print) 1091-6490

Staehelin, Christian, Schultze, Michael, Kondorosi, Eve, Mellor, Robert B., Boiler, Thomas and Kondorosi, Adam (1994) Structural modifications in Rhizobium meliloti Nod factors influence their stability against hydrolysis by root chitinases. The Plant journal, 5(3), 319 - 330. ISSN (print) 0960-7412

Müller, Joachim, Xie, Zhi-Ping, Staehelin, Christian , Mellor, Robert B., Boller, Thomas and Wiemken, Andres (1994) Trehalose and trehalase in root nodules from various legumes. Physiologia Plantarum, 90(1), pp. 86-92. ISSN (print) 0031-9317

Mellor, R.B. and Rosendahl, L. (1994) A soybean peribacteroid space component, riboflavin, represses daidzein-induced common nod-gene expression in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Journal of Plant Physiology, 144(1), pp. 34-37. ISSN (print) 0176-1617

Meyer, A.D. and Mellor, R.B (1993) NOD-active compounds in Soya nodules. Journal of Plant Physiology, 142(1), pp. 57-60. ISSN (print) 0176-1617

Schultze, M., Kondorosi, E., Kondorosi, A., Staehelin, C., Mellor, R.B. and Boller, T. (1992) The sulphate group on the reducing end protects nod-signals of R. meliloti against hydrolysis by Medicago chitinases. In: 9th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation; 6 Dec - 12 Dec 1992, Cancún, Mexico. ISBN 9780792322078

Staehelin, Christian, Muller, Joachim, Mellor, Robert B., Wiemken, Andres and Boller, Thomas (1992) Chitinase and peroxidase in effective (fix+) and ineffective (fix-) soybean nodules. Planta: an international journal of plant biology, 187(3), pp. 295-300. ISSN (print) 0032-0935

Müller, J., Staehelin, C., Mellor, R. B., Boller, T. and Wiemken, A. (1992) Partial purification and characterization of trehalase from soybean nodules. Journal of Plant Physiology, 140(1), pp. 8-13. ISSN (print) 0176-1617

Mellor, R. B., Ronnenberg, J and Diekmann, S. (1992) Mobitec Molecular Biologische Technologie GMBH Process for purifying water. Publication No. WO9205117 .

Mellor, Robert B., Ronnenberg, Jörg , Campbell, Wilbur H. and Diekmann, Stephen (1992) Letter: Reduction of nitrate and nitrite in water by immobilized enzymes. Nature, 355(6362), pp. 717-719. ISSN (print) 0028-0836

Mellor, R. B. (1992) Is trehalose a symbiotic determinant in symbioses between higher plants and microorganisms? Symbiosis, 12(2), pp. 113-129. ISSN (print) 0334-5114

Wyss, Peter, Mellor, Robert B. and Wiemken, Andres (1990) Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas of wild-type soybean and non-nodulating mutants with Glomus mosseae contain symbiosis-specific polypeptides (mycorrhizins), immunologically cross-reactive with nodulins. Planta: an international journal of plant biology, 182(1), pp. 22-26. ISSN (print) 0032-0935

Wyss, P., Mellor, R.B. and Wiemken, A. (1990) Mutants of soybean (Glycine max) unable to suppress nodulation in the presence of nitrate retain the ability to suppress mycorrhization in the presence of phosphate. Journal of Plant Physiology, 136(4), pp. 507-509. ISSN (print) 0176-1617

Werner, D., Alhorn, B., Bassarab, S., Kape, R., Kinnback, A., Mellor, R.B., Mörschel, E., Müller, P., Parniske, M., Schmidt, P. and Schultes, A. (1990) Nodule development and nitrogen fixation in the Rhizobium Bradyrhizobium system. In: Conference on Nitrogen metabolism of Plants; 3 Apr - 5 Apr 1990, Giessen, Germany.

Mellor, Robert B. (1989) Bacteroids in the Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis Inhabit a Plant Internal Lytic Compartment: Implications for other Microbial Endosymbioses. Journal of Experimental Botany, 40(8), pp. 831-839. ISSN (print) 0022-0957

Mellor, Robert B., Garbers, Christine and Werner, Dietrich (1989) Peribacteroid membrane nodulin gene induction by Bradyrhizobium japonicum mutants. Plant Molecular Biology, 12(3), pp. 307-315. ISSN (print) 0167-4412

Mellor, R.B. and Werner, D. (1989) Legume nodule biochemistry and function. In: Gresshoff , Peter M. , (ed.) Molecular Biology of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation. Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A. : CRC Press. pp. 111-129. ISBN 9780849361883

Mellor, R.B. (1988) Distribution of trehalase in soybean root nodule cells: implications for trehalose metabolism. Journal of plant physiology, 133(2), pp. 173-177. ISSN (print) 0176-1617

Werner, Dietrich , Mörschel, Erhard, Garbers, Christine, Bassarab, Stefan and Mellor, Robert B. (1988) Particle density and protein composition of the peribacteroid membrane from soybean root nodules is affected by mutation in the microsymbiont Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Planta: an international journal of plant biology, 174(2), pp. 263-270. ISSN (print) 0032-0935

Garbers, C., Meckbach, R., Mellor, R.B. and Werner, D. (1988) Protease (thermolysin) inhibition activity in the peribacteroid space of Glycine max root nodules. Journal of plant physiology, 132(4), pp. 442-445. ISSN (print) 0176-1617

Werner, D., Bassarab, S., Humbeck, C., Kape, R., Kinnback, A., Mellor, R.B., Mörschel, E., Parniske, M., Pausch, G., Röhm, M.., Schenk, S. and Thierfelder, H. (1988) Nodule proteins and compartments. In: 7th International Congress on N Nitrogen Fixation ; 13 - 20 March 1988, Cologne, Germany. ISBN 9783437305870

Wolff, A., Mörschel, E., Zimmermann, C., Parniske, M., Bassarab, S., Mellor, R.B. and Werner, D. (1987) Peribacteroid membrane stability and phytoalexin production in legume nodules. In: International Conference on the Physiological Limitations and the Genetic Improvement of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation; 1-3 Sept 1987, Cork, Ireland. ISBN 9789024736928

Kinnback, Andrea, Mellor, Robert B. and Werner, Dietrich (1987) Alpha-mannosidase II isoenzyme in the peribacteroid space of Glycine max root nodules. Journal of Experimental Botany, 38(193), pp. 1373-1377. ISSN (print) 0022-0957

Mellor, R.B. and Werner, D. (1987) Pea and peanut lectins as markers in subcellular fractionation: Differentiation between endoplasmic reticulum and golgi membranes. In: Ninth Lectin Meeting; July 1987, Cambridge, U.K.. ISBN 9780941633185

Mellor, R.B., Thierfelder, H., Pausch, G. and Werner, D. (1987) The occurrence of choline kinase II in the cytoplasm of soybean root nodules infected with various strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Journal of plant physiology, 128(1-2), pp. 169-172. ISSN (print) 0176-1617

Mellor, R. B. and Werner, D. (1987) Peribacteroid membrane biogenesis in mature legume root nodules. Symbiosis, 3(1), pp. 75-100. ISSN (print) 0334-5114

Mellor, Robert B., Christensen, Tove M. I. E. and Werner, Dietrich (1986) Choline kinase II is present only in nodules that synthesize stable peribacteroid membranes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of United States of America, 83(3), pp. 659-663. ISSN (print) 1091-6490

Ostrowski, Elike D., Mellor, Robert B. and Werner, Dietrich (1986) The use of colloid gold labelling in the detection of plasma membrane from symbiotic and non-symbiotic Glycine max root cells. Physiologia plantarum, 66(2), pp. 270-276. ISSN (print) 0031-9317

Bassarab, Stefan, Mellor, Robert B. and Werner, Dietrich (1986) Evidence for two types of Mg++ ATPase in the peribacteroid membrane from Glycine max root nodules. Endocytobiosis and Cell Research, 3(2), pp. 189-196. ISSN (print) 0256-1514

Mellor, Robert B. and Werner, Dietrich (1986) The fractionation of glycine-max root nodule cells - a methodological overview. Endocytobiosis and Cell Research, 3(3), 317 - 336. ISSN (print) 0256-1514

Bassarab, S., Mellor, R.B. and Werner, D. (1985) Initial studies on a novel lectin affinity method for the purification of plasma membrane from soybeans. In: Seventh International Lectin Meeting; 18-23 Aug 1985, Bruxelles, Belgium. ISBN 9780899251028

Werner, Dietrich , Mellor, Robert B., Hahn, Michael G. and Grisebach, Hans (1985) Glyceollin I accumulation in an ineffective type of soybean nodules with an early loss of the peribacteroid membrane. Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung. Section C: Biosciences, 40, pp. 179-181. ISSN (print) 0341-0382

Mellor, R.B., Christensen, T.M.I.E., Bassarab, S. and Werner, D. (1985) Phospholipid transfer from the ER to the peribacteroid membrane in soybean nodules. Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung. Section C: Biosciences, 40, pp. 73-79. ISSN (print) 0341-0382

Werner, Dietrich, Mellor, Robert B., Bassarab, Stefan and Dittrich, W. (1985) Glycine max root response to symbiotic infection. In: Second International Colloquium on Endocytobiology; 10 - 15 Apr 1983, Tübingen, Germany. ISBN 9783110086607

Mellor, Robert B. and Werner, Dietrich (1984) Glycoconjugate interactions in soybean root nodules. In: Sixth International Lectin Meeting; 2-6 Sept 1984, Poznan, Poland. ISBN 9780899250816

Werner, Dietrich , Mörschel, Erhard , Kort, Renate, Mellor, Robert B. and Bassarab, Stephan (1984) Lysis of bacterioids in the vicinity of the host cell nucleus in an ineffective (fix-) root nodule of soybean (Glycine max). Planta: an international journal of plant biology, 162(1), pp. 8-16. ISSN (print) 0032-0935

Mellor, Robert B., Mörschel, Erhard and Werner, Dietrich (1984) Legume root response to symbiotic infection: enzymes of the peribacteroid space. Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung. Section C: Biosciences, 39, pp. 123-125. ISSN (print) 0341-0382

Mellor, R. B., Dittrich, W. and Werner, D. (1984) Soybean root response to infection by Rhizobium japonicum: mannoconjugate turnover in effective and ineffective nodules. Physiological plant pathology, 24(1), pp. 61-70. ISSN (print) 0048-4059

Bassarab, S., Dittrich, W., Mellor, R. B. and Werner, D. (1984) Soybean root response to infection by Rhizobium japonicum: saccharidases in root and nodule tissue. Physiological plant pathology, 24(1), pp. 9-16. ISSN (print) 0048-4059

Mellor, Robert B., Bassarab, Stefan, Dittrich, Walburga and Werner, Dietrich (1983) EPS and LPS from Nod+ Nif+ and Nod+ Fix- Rhizobium japonicum and bacteroids. FEMS microbiology letters, 19(2-3), pp. 239-242. ISSN (print) 0378-1097

Mellor, R.B., Rowell, P. and Stewart, W.D.P. (1981) The non-random distribution of the lectin in the Azolla caroliniana-Anabaena azoilae symbiosis. In: Fourth Lectin Meeting; June 1981, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Mellor, R. B., Gadd, G.M., Rowell, P. and Stewart, W.D.P. (1981) A phytohaemagglutinin from the Azolla-anabaena symbiosis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 99(4), pp. 1348-1353. ISSN (print) 0006-291X

Mellor, R. B., Roberts, Lynne M. and Lord, J.M. (1980) N-Acetylglucosamine Transfer Reactions and Glycoprotein Biosynthesis in Castor Bean Endosperm. Journal of Experimental Botany, 31( 4), pp. 993-1003. ISSN (print) 0022-0957

Roberts, Lynne M., Mellor, R. B. and Lord, J.M. (1980) Glycoprotein fucosyl transferase in the endoplasmic reticulum of castor bean endosperm cells. FEBS Letters, 113(1), pp. 90-94. ISSN (print) 0014-5793

Mellor, Robert B., Krusius, Tom and Lord, J. Michael (1980) Analysis of glycoconjugate saccharides in organelles isolated from castor bean endosperm. Plant physiology, 65, pp. 1073-1075. ISSN (print) 0032-0889

Mellor, R. B. and Lord, J.M. (1979) Involvement of a lipid-linked intermediate in the transfer of galactose from UDP (14C) galactose to exogenous protein in castor bean endosperm homogenates. Planta: an international journal of plant biology, 147(1), pp. 89-96. ISSN (print) 0032-0935

Mellor, Robert B., Roberts, Lynne M. and Lord, J. Michael (1979) Glycosylation of Exogenous Protein by Endoplasmic-Reticulum Membranes from Castor-Bean (Ricinus communis) Endosperm. Biochemical Journal, 182(2), pp. 629-631. ISSN (print) 0264-6021

Mellor, R. B. and Lord, J.M. (1979) Formation of lipid-linked mono- and oligosaccharides from GDP-mannose by castor bean endosperm homogenates. Planta: an international journal of plant biology, 146(1), pp. 91-99. ISSN (print) 0032-0935

Mellor, R. B. and Lord, J.M. (1979) Subcellular localization of mannosyl transferase and glycoprotein biosynthesis in castor bean endosperm. Planta: an international journal of plant biology, 146(2), pp. 147-153. ISSN (print) 0032-0935

Mellor, Robert B. (1979) Glycoprotein biosynthesis in castor bean endosperm. (MPhil thesis), University of Bradford.

Mellor, R. B., Bowden, Linda and Lord, J.M. (1978) Glycoproteins of the glyoxysomal matrix. FEBS Letters, 90(2), pp. 275-278. ISSN (print) 0014-5793

Mellor, R. B. and Lord, J.M. (1978) Incorporation of D (14C) galactose into organelle glycoprotein in castor bean endosperm. Planta: an international journal of plant biology, 141(3), pp. 329-332. ISSN (print) 0032-0935