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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1971 - Paul Karrer Gold Medal, University of Zurich
  • 1969 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Bernhard Witkop was a scientist affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Throughout their career, they contributed to scientific research primarily through their association with this institution.

Witkop received several recognitions over the course of their professional life. In 1969, they became a Member of the National Academy of Sciences. Two years later, in 1971, they were awarded the Paul Karrer Gold Medal from the University of Zurich.

Information regarding specific fields of study, subfields, main research topics, paper titles, co-authors, and publication venues related to Bernhard Witkop was not available. However, the achievements and affiliations noted indicate involvement in scientific research at a significant national level.

Best Publications

  • Nonenzymatic Cleavage of Peptide Bonds: The Methionine Residues in Bovine Pancreatic Ribonuclease

    Erhard Gross;Bernhard Witkop

  • Arene oxides and the NIH shift: the metabolism, toxicity and carcinogenicity of aromatic compounds.

    J. W. Daly;D. M. Jerina;B. Witkop

  • Hydroxylation-Induced Migration: The NIH Shift Recent experiments reveal an unexpected and general result of enzymatic hydroxylation of aromatic compounds

    Gordon Guroff;Jean Renson;Sidney Udenfriend;John W. Daly

  • SELECTIVE CLEAVAGE OF THE METHIONYL PEPTIDE BONDS IN RIBONUCLEASE WITH CYANOGEN BROMIDE1

    Erhard Gross;Bernhard Witkop

  • 1,2-naphthalene oxide as an intermediate in the microsomal hydroxylation of naphthalene.

    Donald M. Jerina;John W. Daly;Bernhard Witkop;P. Zaltzman-Nirenberg

  • A Rapid Spectrophotometric Assay of Monoamine Oxidase Based on the Rate of Disappearance of Kynuramine

    Herbert Weissbach;Thomas E. Smith;John W. Daly;Bernhard Witkop

  • GRAMICIDIN A. V. THE STRUCTURE OF VALINE- AND ISOLEUCINE-GRAMICIDIN A.

    Reinhard Sarges;Bernhard Witkop

  • [58] Determination of the tryptophan content of proteins with N-bromosuccinimide

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  • Role of the arene oxide-oxepin system in the metabolism of aromatic substrates: I. In vitro conversion of benzene oxide to a premercapturic acid and a dihydrodiol

    D. Jerina;J. Daly;B. Witkop;P. Zaltzman-Nirenberg

  • The role of arene oxide-oxepin systems in the metabolism of aromatic substrates. III. Formation of 1,2-naphthalene oxide from naphthalene by liver microsomes

    Donald M. Jerina;John W. Daly;Bernhard Witkop;Perola Zaltzman-Nirenberg

  • Batrachotoxin: chemistry and pharmacology

    E. X. Albuquerque;J. W. Daly;B. Witkop

  • O-Methylation of catechol amines in vivo.

    Julius Axelrod;Siro Senoh;Bernhard Witkop

  • Nonenzymatic methods for the preferential and selective cleavage and modification of proteins.

    B Witkop

  • Substrates and inhibitors of dopamine-β-oxidase

    Cyrus R. Creveling;John W. Daly;Bernhard Witkop;Sidney Udenfriend

  • Chemical, Enzymatic and Metabolic Studies on the Mechanism of Oxidation of Dopamine1

    Siro Senoh;Cyrus R. Creveling;Sidney Udenfriend;Bernhard Witkop

  • The distribution and metabolism of lysergic acid diethylamide.

    Julius Axelrod;Roscoe O. Brady;Bernhard Witkop;Edward V. Evarts

  • SELECTIVE CLEAVAGE OF PEPTIDE BONDS. II. THE TRYPTOPHYL PEPTIDE BOND AND THE CLEAVAGE OF GLUCAGON1

    Abraham Patchornik;William B. Lawson;Bernhard Witkop

  • Histrionicotoxins: Roentgen-Ray Analysis of the Novel Allenic and Acetylenic Spiroalkaloids Isolated from a Colombian Frog, Dendrobates histrionicus

    John W. Daly;Isabella Karle;Charles W. Myers;Takashi Tokuyama

  • The Use of N-Bromosuccinimide and N-Bromoacetamide for the Selective Cleavage of C-Tryptophyl Peptide Bonds in Model Peptides and Glucagon1

    Abraham Patchornik;William B. Lawson;Erhard Gross;B. Witkop

  • The structure of batrachotoxin, a steroidal alkaloid from the Colombian arrow poison frog, Phyllobates aurotaenia, and partial synthesis of batrachotoxin and its analogs and homologs.

    Takashi Tokuyama;J. Daly;B. Witkop

  • Selective Cleavage and Modification of Peptides and Proteins

    T.F. Spande;B. Witkop;Y. Degani;A. Patchornik

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Daly
John W. Daly National Institutes of Health
Isabella L. Karle
Isabella L. Karle United States Naval Research Laboratory
Sidney Udenfriend
Sidney Udenfriend Roche Institute of Molecular Biology
Edson X. Albuquerque
Edson X. Albuquerque University of Maryland, Baltimore
Donald M. Jerina
Donald M. Jerina National Institutes of Health
William Lawson
William Lawson Stony Brook University
Julius Axelrod
Julius Axelrod National Institutes of Health
Gordon Guroff
Gordon Guroff National Institutes of Health
Erik De Clercq
Erik De Clercq Rega Institute for Medical Research
Herbert Weissbach
Herbert Weissbach Florida Atlantic University

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