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Anthony P. Mahowald

Anthony P. Mahowald

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
15267
World Ranking
6765
National Ranking
3133

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Anthony P. Mahowald is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans multiple related subfields including Biochemistry, Surgery, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of Anthony P. Mahowald's research include lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, pancreatic function and diabetes, and enzyme catalysis and immobilization. This indicates a focus on biochemical pathways and biological processes relevant to health and disease, as well as enzymatic functions.

Their recent publication record comprises a paper titled Drosophila embryos spatially sort their nutrient stores to facilitate their utilization published in 2023 in the journal Development. This work has received citations, reflecting engagement with the research community.

  • Marcus D. Kilwein
  • Matthew R. Johnson
  • Jonathon M. Thomalla
  • Michael A. Welte

Frequent co-authorship with these researchers suggests collaboration across related expertise areas, likely contributing to interdisciplinary aspects of the work.

  • Development

The single listed publication venue emphasizes a specialized contribution within the developmental biology community.

Awards conferred upon Anthony P. Mahowald recognize longstanding membership and fellowship status within prominent scientific organizations: Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1994), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993), and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1982). These memberships reflect formal recognition within the broader scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Asymmetric Inheritance of Mother Versus Daughter Centrosome in Stem Cell Division

    Yukiko M. Yamashita;Anthony P. Mahowald;Julie R. Perlin;Margaret T. Fuller

  • Transplantation of Posterior Polar Plasm in Drosophila. Induction of Germ Cells at the Anterior Pole of the Egg

    Karl Illmensee;Anthony P. Mahowald

  • tudor, a gene required for assembly of the germ plasm in Drosophila melanogaster

    Robert E. Boswell;Anthony P. Mahowald

  • Histones of Drosophila embryos. Electrophoretic isolation and structural studies.

    Candido Rodriguez Alfageme;Alfred Zweidler;Anthony Mahowald;Leonard H. Cohen

  • Amplification of genes for chorion proteins during oogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster

    Allan C. Spradling;Anthony P. Mahowald

  • Fine structure of pole cells and polar granules in Drosophila melanogaster

    Anthony P. Mahowald

  • The follicle cells are a major site of vitellogenin synthesis in Drosophila melanogaster

    Mark D. Brennan;Amy J. Weiner;Thomas J. Goralski;Anthony P. Mahowald

  • Polar granules of Drosophila. II. Ultrastructural changes during early embryogenesis

    Anthony P. Mahowald

  • Assembly of the Drosophila germ plasm.

    Anthony P. Mahowald

  • Scanning electron microscopy of Drosophila embryogenesis: 1. The structure of the egg envelopes and the formation of the cellular blastoderm

    F.Rudolf Turner;A.P. Mahowald

  • Zygotic lethals with specific maternal effect phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster. I. Loci on the X chromosome.

    N Perrimon;L Engstrom;A P Mahowald

  • INTERCELLULAR MIGRATION OF CENTRIOLES IN THE GERMARIUM OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: An Electron Microscopic Study

    Anthony P. Mahowald;Joan M. Strassheim

  • Multiple functions of segment polarity genes in Drosophila

    Norbert Perrimon;Anthony P. Mahowald

  • The Drosophila yolkless gene encodes a vitellogenin receptor belonging to the low density lipoprotein receptor superfamily.

    Christopher P. Schonbaum;Scott Lee;Anthony P. Mahowald

  • Ultrastructural observations on oogenesis in Drosophila.

    Anthony P. Mahowald

  • Requirement of the Drosophila raf homologue for torso function

    Linda Ambrosio;Anthony P. Mahowald;Norbert Perrimon

  • Cryobiological preservation of Drosophila embryos

    Peter Mazur;Kenneth W. Cole;Jerry W. Hall;Paul D. Schreuders

  • X-linked female-sterile loci in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Norbert Perrimon;Dawson Mohler;Lee Engstrom;A. P. Mahowald

  • Polar granules of Drosophila. III. The continuity of polar granules during the life cycle of Drosophila

    Anthony P. Mahowald

  • Scanning electron microscopy of Drosophila melanogaster embryogenesis: II. Gastrulation and segmentation

    Turner Fr;Mahowald Ap

Frequent Co-Authors

Norbert Perrimon
Norbert Perrimon Harvard University
Peter Mazur
Peter Mazur University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena
Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena Johns Hopkins University
Margaret T. Fuller
Margaret T. Fuller Stanford University
Elaine Fuchs
Elaine Fuchs Rockefeller University
Elizabeth A. Craig
Elizabeth A. Craig University of Wisconsin–Madison
Allan C. Spradling
Allan C. Spradling Carnegie Institution for Science
Matthew P. Scott
Matthew P. Scott Stanford University
Marian L. Waterman
Marian L. Waterman University of California, Irvine
Walter J. Gehring
Walter J. Gehring University of Basel

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