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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his fundamental contributions to our understanding of how genetic messages are read and translated into proteins, including important mechanisms of RNA-based gene regulation.", Presented by President George W. Bush in a White House East Room ceremony on March 14, 2005.
  • 1998 - ASM Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 1985 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • 1983 - Genetics Society of America Medal
  • 1976 - Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University
  • 1971 - Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Lasker Foundation
  • 1966 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Charles Yanofsky was a scientist affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their work contributed to the understanding of genetic mechanisms, particularly in how genetic messages are read and translated into proteins. This included investigations into important mechanisms of RNA-based gene regulation.

Yanofsky's career was recognized through several prestigious awards and honors. These included the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1971, the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University in 1976, and the Genetics Society of America Medal in 1983.

Further distinctions came with the Canada Gairdner International Award in 1985, the ASM Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society for Microbiology in 1998, and membership in the National Academy of Sciences beginning in 1966. Yanofsky was also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1963.

In 2003, Yanofsky was awarded the US President's National Medal of Science, with the formal citation noting contributions to understanding genetic reading and protein translation mechanisms. The award ceremony was held on March 14, 2005, at the White House, presented by President George W. Bush.

Best Publications

  • Attenuation in the control of expression of bacterial operons

    Charles Yanofsky

  • Plasmid ColE1 as a Molecular Vehicle for Cloning and Amplification of DNA

    Vickers Hershfield;Herbert W. Boyer;Charles Yanofsky;Michael A. Lovett

  • Cloning and characterization of the gene for beta-tubulin from a benomyl-resistant mutant of Neurospora crassa and its use as a dominant selectable marker.

    M J Orbach;E B Porro;C Yanofsky

  • Efficient cloning of genes of Neurospora crassa.

    Steven J. Vollmer;Charles Yanofsky

  • Translational coupling during expression of the tryptophan operon of Escherichia coli.

    Daniel S. Oppenheim;Charles Yanofsky

  • The complete nucleotide sequence of the tryptophan operon of Escherichia coli

    C. Yanofsky;T. Platt;I.P. Crawford;B.P. Nichols

  • Nonsense codons and polarity in the tryptophan operon.

    Charles Yanofsky;Junetsu Ito

  • The unusual mutagenic specificity of an E. Coli mutator gene

    Charles Yanofsky;Edward C. Cox;Virginia Horn

  • An electrophoretic karyotype of Neurospora crassa.

    M J Orbach;D Vollrath;R W Davis;C Yanofsky

  • Nucleotide sequence and expression of Escherichia coli trpR, the structural gene for the trp aporepressor.

    Robert P. Gunsalus;Charles Yanofsky

  • New features of the regulation of the tryptophan operon

    Kevin Bertrand;Laurence Korn;Frank Lee;Terry Platt

  • Regulation by transcription attenuation in bacteria: how RNA provides instructions for transcription termination/antitermination decisions

    Tina M. Henkin;Charles Yanofsky

  • Construction of plasmid cloning vehicles that promote gene expression from the bacteriophage lambda pL promoter.

    Hans-Ulrich Bernard;Erik Remaut;M. Vickers Hershfield;Hirendra K. Das

  • Neurospora crassa a mating-type region

    Chuck Staben;Charles Yanofsky

  • DNA microarray analysis of gene expression in response to physiological and genetic changes that affect tryptophan metabolism in Escherichia coli

    Arkady B. Khodursky;Brian J. Peter;Nicholas R. Cozzarelli;David Botstein

  • ON THE COLINEARITY OF GENE STRUCTURE AND PROTEIN STRUCTURE.

    C. Yanofsky;B. C. Carlton;J. R. Guest;D. R. Helinski

  • cot-1, a gene required for hyphal elongation in Neurospora crassa, encodes a protein kinase

    O Yarden;M Plamann;D J Ebbole;C Yanofsky

  • Transcription termination at the trp operon attenuators of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium: RNA secondary structure and regulation of termination.

    Frank Lee;Charles Yanofsky

  • Attenuation in Amino Acid Biosynthetic Operons

    Roberto Kolter;Charles Yanofsky

  • Transduction and recombination study of linkage relationships among the genes controlling tryptophan synthesis in Escherichia coli.

    Charles Yanofsky;Charles Yanofsky;E.S. Lennox;E.S. Lennox

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine L. Squires
Catherine L. Squires Tufts University
Robert Landick
Robert Landick University of Wisconsin–Madison
Donald R. Helinski
Donald R. Helinski University of California, San Diego
Paul Babitzke
Paul Babitzke Pennsylvania State University
George N. Bennett
George N. Bennett Rice University
Eric U. Selker
Eric U. Selker University of Oregon
Gerard Zurawski
Gerard Zurawski Baylor University
Robert P. Gunsalus
Robert P. Gunsalus University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel J. Ebbole
Daniel J. Ebbole Texas A&M University
Matthew S. Sachs
Matthew S. Sachs Texas A&M University

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