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Alan R. Davidson

Alan R. Davidson

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Genetics

D-Index
71
Citations
16415
World Ranking
2208
National Ranking
73

Overview

Alan R. Davidson is a researcher affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their work is situated primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus also on Environmental Science. The subfields prominently associated with their research include Molecular Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Plant Science, and Insect Science.

Davidson's research topics cover several areas, with particular emphasis on bacterial and microbial interactions. These topics include:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Plant Virus Research Studies

Their publication record includes papers published in various venues, among which bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) stands out with ten publications. Other frequent venues include The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation and the Journal of Molecular Biology with four publications each, Nature Communications with three, and Nucleic Acids Research with two.

Recent papers under their name or related to their research encompass the following:

  • Anti-CRISPRs: Protein Inhibitors of CRISPR-Cas Systems, 2020, Annual Review of Biochemistry
  • A phage-encoded anti-activator inhibits quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 2021, Molecular Cell
  • Listeria Phages Induce Cas9 Degradation to Protect Lysogenic Genomes, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Core defense hotspots within Pseudomonas aeruginosa are a consistent and rich source of anti-phage defense systems, 2023, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Phage Proteins Required for Tail Fiber Assembly Also Bind Specifically to the Surface of Host Bacterial Strains, 2020, Journal of Bacteriology

Throughout their career, Davidson has collaborated extensively with other scientists. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Karen L. Maxwell
  • Joseph Bondy-Denomy
  • Jim Hu
  • Bianca García
  • Chantel N. Trost

Best Publications

  • Bacteriophage genes that inactivate the CRISPR/Cas bacterial immune system

    Joe Bondy-Denomy;April Pawluk;Karen L. Maxwell;Alan R. Davidson

  • Low-populated folding intermediates of Fyn SH3 characterized by relaxation dispersion NMR

    Dmitry M. Korzhnev;Xavier Salvatella;Michele Vendruscolo;Ariel A. Di Nardo

  • Prophages mediate defense against phage infection through diverse mechanisms

    Joseph Bondy-Denomy;Jason Qian;Edze R Westra;Angus Buckling

  • Multiple mechanisms for CRISPR–Cas inhibition by anti-CRISPR proteins

    Joseph Bondy-Denomy;Bianca Garcia;Scott Strum;Mingjian Du

  • Structural proteomics of an archaeon.

    Dinesh Christendat;Adelinda Yee;Akil Dharamsi;Yuval Kluger

  • Naturally Occurring Off-Switches for CRISPR-Cas9

    April Pawluk;Nadia Amrani;Yan Zhang;Bianca Garcia

  • Anti-CRISPR: discovery, mechanism and function

    April Pawluk;Alan R Davidson;Karen L Maxwell

  • A New Group of Phage Anti-CRISPR Genes Inhibits the Type I-E CRISPR-Cas System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    April Pawluk;Joseph Bondy-Denomy;Vivian H. W. Cheung;Karen L. Maxwell

  • Inactivation of CRISPR-Cas systems by anti-CRISPR proteins in diverse bacterial species.

    April Pawluk;Raymond H.J. Staals;Corinda Taylor;Bridget N.J. Watson

  • The phage λ major tail protein structure reveals a common evolution for long-tailed phages and the type VI bacterial secretion system

    Lisa G. Pell;Voula Kanelis;Logan W. Donaldson;P. Lynne Howell

  • The CRISPR/Cas Adaptive Immune System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Mediates Resistance to Naturally Occurring and Engineered Phages

    Kyle C. Cady;Joe Bondy-Denomy;Gary E. Heussler;Alan R. Davidson

  • Parasite Exposure Drives Selective Evolution of Constitutive versus Inducible Defense

    Edze R. Westra;Stineke van Houte;Sam Oyesiku-Blakemore;Ben Makin

  • A Broad-Spectrum Inhibitor of CRISPR-Cas9.

    Lucas B. Harrington;Kevin W. Doxzen;Enbo Ma;Jun Jie Liu

  • Folded proteins occur frequently in libraries of random amino acid sequences.

    Alan R. Davidson;Robert T. Sauer

  • Protein folding: defining a "standard" set of experimental conditions and a preliminary kinetic data set of two-state proteins.

    Karen L. Maxwell;David Wildes;Arash Zarrine-Afsar;Miguel A. De Los Rios

  • An unusual eukaryotic protein phosphatase required for transcription by RNA polymerase II and CTD dephosphorylation in S. cerevisiae.

    Michael S Kobor;Jacques Archambault;William Lester;Frank C.P Holstege

  • The structure of “unstructured” regions in peptides and proteins: Role of the polyproline II helix in protein folding and recognition

    Arianna Rath;Alan R. Davidson;Charles M. Deber

  • The Discovery, Mechanisms, and Evolutionary Impact of Anti-CRISPRs

    Adair L. Borges;Alan R. Davidson;Joseph Bondy-Denomy

  • A simple in vivo assay for increased protein solubility

    Karen L. Maxwell;Anthony K. Mittermaier;Julie D. Forman-Kay;Alan R. Davidson

  • Sequence space, folding and protein design.

    Matthew H.J. Cordes;Alan R. Davidson;Robert T. Sauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph Bondy-Denomy
Joseph Bondy-Denomy University of California, San Francisco
Aled M. Edwards
Aled M. Edwards Structural Genomics Consortium
Erik J. Sontheimer
Erik J. Sontheimer University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Lewis E. Kay
Lewis E. Kay University of Toronto
P. Lynne Howell
P. Lynne Howell University of Toronto
Cheryl H. Arrowsmith
Cheryl H. Arrowsmith Structural Genomics Consortium
Blake Wiedenheft
Blake Wiedenheft Montana State University
Julie D. Forman-Kay
Julie D. Forman-Kay University of Toronto
Jennifer A. Doudna
Jennifer A. Doudna University of California, Berkeley
Brenda J. Andrews
Brenda J. Andrews University of Toronto

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