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75
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23474
World Ranking
1185
National Ranking
613

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his seminal research in molecular genetics that formed a foundation for contemporary biotechnology.", Presented by President Clinton and Vice President Gore at a ceremony on the White House South Lawn, September 30, 1993.
  • 1979 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1978 - Nobel Prize for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics

Overview

Daniel Nathans was affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research work contributed to molecular genetics, focusing on the mechanisms and tools essential to molecular biology and biotechnology.

The major recognition received during their career included the Nobel Prize awarded in 1978 for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics. Nathans became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1979.

In 1993, Nathans was awarded the US President's National Medal of Science. This award was presented by President Clinton and Vice President Gore during a ceremony on the White House South Lawn on September 30, 1993, acknowledging seminal research that laid a foundation for contemporary biotechnology.

Best Publications

  • Expression of a set of growth-related immediate early genes in BALB/c 3T3 cells: coordinate regulation with c-fos or c-myc

    Lester F. Lau;Daniel Nathans

  • DNA binding activities of three murine Jun proteins: stimulation by Fos.

    Yusaku Nakabeppu;Kevin Ryder;Daniel Nathans

  • A gene activated by growth factors is related to the oncogene v-jun

    Kevin Ryder;Lester F. Lau;Daniel Nathans

  • A gene activated in mouse 3T3 cells by serum growth factors encodes a protein with "zinc finger" sequences

    Barbara A. Christy;Lester F. Lau;Daniel Nathans

  • Protein interaction cloning in yeast: identification of mammalian proteins that react with the leucine zipper of Jun

    Pierre M. Chevray;Daniel Nathans

  • DNA binding site of the growth factor-inducible protein Zif268.

    Barbara A. Christy;Daniel Nathans

  • Identification of a set of genes expressed during the G0/G1 transition of cultured mouse cells.

    Lester F. Lau;D. Nathans

  • jun-D: a third member of the jun gene family.

    Kevin Ryder;Anthony Lanahan;Evelio Perez-Albuerne;Daniel Nathans

  • PUROMYCIN INHIBITION OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS: INCORPORATION OF PUROMYCIN INTO PEPTIDE CHAINS.

    Daniel Nathans

  • A Suggested nomenclature for bacterial host modification and restriction systems and their enzymes

    Hamilton O. Smith;Daniel Nathans

  • Restriction endonucleases in the analysis and restructuring of dna molecules.

    Daniel Nathans;Hamilton O. Smith

  • Induction of protooncogene c-jun by serum growth factors.

    Kevin Ryder;Daniel Nathans

  • A naturally occurring truncated form of FosB that inhibits Fos/Jun transcriptional activity

    Yusaku Nakabeppu;Daniel Nathans

  • Cooperative transcriptional activity of Jun and Stat3 beta, a short form of Stat3

    T S Schaefer;L K Sanders;D Nathans

  • Studies of Simian Virus 40 DNA VII. A Cleavage Map of the SV40 Genome

    Kathleen J. Danna;George H. Sack;Daniel Nathans

  • Specific Cleavage Of Simian Virus 40 DNA By Restriction Endonuclease Of Hemophilus Influenzae

    Kathleen J. Danna;Daniel Nathans

  • Potential Biohazards of Recombinant DNA Molecules

    Paul Berg;David Baltimore;Herbert W. Boyer;Stanley N. Cohen

  • An Id-related helix-loop-helix protein encoded by a growth factor-inducible gene.

    Barbara A. Christy;Laura K. Sanders;Lester F. Lau;Neal G. Copeland

  • Isolation of Mutants of an Animal Virus in Bacteria

    K. W. C. Peden;J. M. Pipas;S. Pearson-White;D. Nathans

  • rheb, a growth factor- and synaptic activity-regulated gene, encodes a novel Ras-related protein.

    Kanato Yamagata;Laura K. Sanders;Walter E. Kaufmann;Wendy Yee

Frequent Co-Authors

Lester F. Lau
Lester F. Lau University of Illinois at Chicago
Daniel I. H. Linzer
Daniel I. H. Linzer Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Malcolm A. Martin
Malcolm A. Martin National Institutes of Health
George Khoury
George Khoury National Institutes of Health
David Baltimore
David Baltimore California Institute of Technology
Robert F. Margolskee
Robert F. Margolskee Monell Chemical Senses Center
James D. Watson
James D. Watson Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Hamilton O. Smith
Hamilton O. Smith J. Craig Venter Institute
Yusaku Nakabeppu
Yusaku Nakabeppu Kyushu University
Stanley N. Cohen
Stanley N. Cohen Stanford University

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