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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1988 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Chester A. Alper is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and works primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research focuses significantly on genetics, with a particular emphasis on genetic diversity, population structure, and genetic mapping.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate an engagement with topics related to population genomics and conserved polymorphic sequences. Two notable papers include:

  • The Path to Conserved Extended Haplotypes: Megabase-Length Haplotypes at High Population Frequency (2021, Frontiers in Genetics)
  • Editorial: Population genomic architecture: Conserved polymorphic sequences (CPSs), not linkage disequilibrium (2023, Frontiers in Genetics)

Alper's work covers multiple research topics such as:

  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Digestive system and related health
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers including Roger L. Dawkins, Jerzy K. Kulski, Charles E. Larsen, and Sally S. Lloyd, highlighting interdisciplinary connections within their research endeavors.

Alper publishes regularly in the journal Frontiers in Genetics, indicating a focused contribution to developments in genetic research. Their career recognition includes being named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1988, which identifies distinguished contributions in their field.

Best Publications

  • Genetic polymorphism in human glycine-rich beta-glycoprotein.

    Chester A. Alper;Thomas Boenisch;Lillian Watson

  • Inherited structural polymorphism of the fourth component of human complement.

    Zuheir L. Awdeh;Chester A. Alper

  • Genetic prediction of nonresponse to hepatitis B vaccine.

    Chester A. Alper;Margot S. Kruskall;Deborah Marcus-Bagley;Donald E. Craven

  • Extended HLA/complement allele haplotypes: evidence for T/t-like complex in man.

    Z L Awdeh;D Raum;E J Yunis;C A Alper

  • Human C′3: Evidence for the Liver as the Primary Site of Synthesis

    Chester A. Alper;A. Myron Johnson;Alan G. Birtch;Francis D. Moore

  • Increased susceptibility to infection associated with abnormalities of complement-mediated functions and of the third component of complement (C3).

    Chester A. Alper;Neil Abramson;Richard B. Johnston;James H. Jandl

  • Genetic polymorphism of the third component of human complement (C′3)

    Chester A. Alper;Richard P. Propp

  • Genetically determined heterogeneity of the C1 esterase inhibitor in patients with hereditary angioneurotic edema

    Fred S. Rosen;Chester A. Alper;Jack Pensky;Martin R. Klemperer

  • HOMOZYGOUS DEFICIENCY OF C3 IN A PATIENT WITH REPEATED INFECTIONS

    C.A Alper;H.R Colten;F.S Rosen;A.R Rabson

  • Selective Gamma-G Globulin Deficiencies in Patients with Recurrent Pyogenic Infections

    Peter H. Schur;Halina Borel;Erwin W. Gelfand;Chester A. Alper

  • Polymorphism of the human complement C4 and steroid 21-hydroxylase genes. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms revealing structural deletions, homoduplications, and size variants.

    P M Schneider;M C Carroll;C A Alper;C Rittner

  • Inherited structural polymorphism in human C2: evidence for genetic linkage between C2 and Bf.

    Chester A. Alper

  • THE ENHANCEMENT OF BACTERIAL PHAGOCYTOSIS BY SERUM THE ROLE OF COMPLEMENT COMPONENTS AND TWO COFACTORS

    Richard B. Johnston;Martin R. Klemperer;Chester A. Alper;Fred S. Rosen

  • Nonresponsiveness to Hepatitis B Vaccine in Health Care Workers: Results of Revaccination and Genetic Typings

    D E Craven;Z L Awdeh;L M Kunches;E J Yunis

  • Studies of the In Vivo Behavior of Human C′3 in Normal Subjects and Patients*

    Chester A. Alper;Fred S. Rosen

  • Major histocompatibility complex haplotype studies in Ashkenazi Jewish patients with pemphigus vulgaris.

    A R Ahmed;E J Yunis;K Khatri;R Wagner

  • Immunofixation Electrophoresis: A Technique for the Study of Protein Polymorphism

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  • HLA-DQB1*0602 is associated with dominant protection from diabetes even among islet cell antibody-positive first-degree relatives of patients with IDDM.

    Alberto Pugliese;Roberto Gianani;Rocio Moromisato;Zuheir L Awdeh

  • International System for Human Gene Nomenclature (1979) ISGN (1979)

    T B Shows;C A Alper;D Bootsma;M Dorf

  • Statement on the Nomenclature of Human C4 Allotypes

    G. Mauff;C.A. Alper;Z. Awdeh;J.R. Batchelor

  • Genetically Determined Heterogeneity oftheC1Esterase Inhibitor inPatients withHereditary Angioneurotic Edema

    Chester A. Alper;Virginia H. Donaldson

Frequent Co-Authors

Edmond J. Yunis
Edmond J. Yunis Harvard University
Fred S. Rosen
Fred S. Rosen Harvard University
George S. Eisenbarth
George S. Eisenbarth University of Colorado Denver
Peter H. Schur
Peter H. Schur Brigham and Women's Hospital
Peter M. Schneider
Peter M. Schneider University of Cologne
Alvin E. Davis
Alvin E. Davis Harvard University
Harvey R. Colten
Harvey R. Colten Washington University in St. Louis
Erwin W. Gelfand
Erwin W. Gelfand University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
David J. Glass
David J. Glass Regeneron (United States)
Lennart Truedsson
Lennart Truedsson Lund University

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