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Daniel N. Wilson

Daniel N. Wilson

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Biology and Biochemistry

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83
Citations
20242
World Ranking
3581
National Ranking
271

Overview

Daniel N. Wilson is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. Their research lies primarily within the broad discipline of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Molecular Medicine, Ecology, and Microbiology.

Their scientific contributions cover several key topics, including:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Daniel N. Wilson has authored numerous research papers with a selection of recent works as follows:

  • Target protection as a key antibiotic resistance mechanism, 2020, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • Structure of Gcn1 bound to stalled and colliding 80S ribosomes, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Structural and mechanistic basis for translation inhibition by macrolide and ketolide antibiotics, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Structural basis of ABCF-mediated resistance to pleuromutilin, lincosamide, and streptogramin A antibiotics in Gram-positive pathogens, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Structural conservation of antibiotic interaction with ribosomes, 2023, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Bertrand Beckert
  • Helge Paternoga
  • Martino Morici
  • Vasili Hauryliuk
  • Caillan Crowe-McAuliffe

Their research has been published extensively in multiple scientific venues. The most common publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Chemical Biology

Daniel N. Wilson's work addresses mechanisms surrounding translation, antibiotic resistance, and molecular interactions at the ribosomal level. This focus is reflected in the concentration on RNA and protein synthesis as well as bacterial genetics topics. Their research activity continues to contribute to understanding molecular processes and resistance mechanisms in bacteria and related fields.

Best Publications

  • Ribosome-targeting antibiotics and mechanisms of bacterial resistance

    Daniel N. Wilson

  • Structures of the human and Drosophila 80S ribosome

    Andreas M. Anger;Jean Paul Armache;Otto Berninghausen;Michael Habeck

  • A new system for naming ribosomal proteins

    Nenad Ban;Roland Beckmann;Jamie H D Cate;Jonathan D Dinman

  • Tetracycline antibiotics and resistance mechanisms.

    Fabian Nguyen;Agata L Starosta;Stefan Arenz;Daniel Sohmen

  • Translation Elongation Factor EF-P Alleviates Ribosome Stalling at Polyproline Stretches

    Susanne Ude;Susanne Ude;Jürgen Lassak;Jürgen Lassak;Agata L. Starosta;Agata L. Starosta;Tobias Kraxenberger;Tobias Kraxenberger

  • The A-Z of bacterial translation inhibitors.

    Daniel N. Wilson

  • The Structure and Function of the Eukaryotic Ribosome

    Daniel N. Wilson;Jamie H. Doudna Cate

  • Head swivel on the ribosome facilitates translocation by means of intra-subunit tRNA hybrid sites

    Andreas H. Ratje;Andreas H. Ratje;Justus Loerke;Aleksandra Mikolajka;Matthias Brünner

  • Dissection of the Mechanism for the Stringent Factor RelA

    Thomas M Wendrich;Gregor Blaha;Daniel N Wilson;Mohamed A Marahiel

  • The oxazolidinone antibiotics perturb the ribosomal peptidyl-transferase center and effect tRNA positioning.

    Daniel N. Wilson;Frank Schluenzen;Joerg M. Harms;Agata L. Starosta

  • Translational regulation via L11: molecular switches on the ribosome turned on and off by thiostrepton and micrococcin.

    Joerg M. Harms;Joerg M. Harms;Daniel N. Wilson;Daniel N. Wilson;Frank Schluenzen;Sean R. Connell;Sean R. Connell

  • Structural insight into nascent polypeptide chain-mediated translational stalling.

    Birgit Seidelt;C. Axel Innis;Daniel N. Wilson;Marco Gartmann

  • Cryo-EM structure and rRNA model of a translating eukaryotic 80S ribosome at 5.5-A resolution.

    Jean Paul Armache;Alexander Jarasch;Andreas M. Anger;Elizabeth Villa

  • The Weird and Wonderful World of Bacterial Ribosome Regulation

    Daniel N. Wilson;Knud H. Nierhaus

  • Ribosomal Proteins in the Spotlight

    Daniel N. Wilson;Knud H. Nierhaus

  • The Highly Conserved LepA Is a Ribosomal Elongation Factor that Back-Translocates the Ribosome

    Yan Qin;Norbert Polacek;Oliver Vesper;Eike Staub

  • [alpha]-Helical nascent polypeptide chains visualized within distinct regions of the ribosomal exit tunnel

    Shashi Bhushan;Marco Gartmann;Mario Halic;Mario Halic;Jean Paul Armache

  • The ribosomal tunnel as a functional environment for nascent polypeptide folding and translational stalling.

    Daniel N Wilson;Roland Beckmann

  • The bacterial translation stress response

    Agata L. Starosta;Jürgen Lassak;Kirsten Jung;Kirsten Jung;Daniel N. Wilson;Daniel N. Wilson

  • Distinct XPPX sequence motifs induce ribosome stalling, which is rescued by the translation elongation factor EF-P

    Lauri Peil;Agata L. Starosta;Jürgen Lassak;Gemma C. Atkinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Beckmann
Roland Beckmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Knud H. Nierhaus
Knud H. Nierhaus Max Planck Society
Otto Berninghausen
Otto Berninghausen Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Kirsten Jung
Kirsten Jung Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Rajendra K. Agrawal
Rajendra K. Agrawal University at Albany, State University of New York
Christian M. T. Spahn
Christian M. T. Spahn Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Tanel Tenson
Tanel Tenson University of Tartu
Thorsten Mielke
Thorsten Mielke Max Planck Society
Marina V. Rodnina
Marina V. Rodnina Max Planck Society
Marco Scocchi
Marco Scocchi University of Trieste

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