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David E. Levin is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. The primary focus of their research lies within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with 17 publications in these fields. Medicine also constitutes a significant portion of their work, contributing to 7 of their publications.

The scientist's research explores several subfields, notably molecular biology with 10 publications and genetics with 7 publications. Additional areas of study include pharmacology, plant science, and nutrition and dietetics.

Several main topics characterize their research portfolio. These include:

  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Heat shock proteins research
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Fungal Biology and Applications

David E. Levin has contributed to various publication venues. The most frequent include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 3 publications
  • The Journal of Cell Biology with 2 publications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 2 publications
  • mSphere with 1 publication
  • Fungal Biology with 1 publication

The scientist has collaborated repeatedly with certain colleagues. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Jongmin Lee (5 publications)
  • Jiri Veis (4 publications)
  • Wolfgang Reiter (4 publications)
  • Gustav Ammerer (4 publications)
  • Emma Lorentzon (2 publications)

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by David E. Levin include:

  • "Puupehenone, a Marine-Sponge-Derived Sesquiterpene Quinone, Potentiates the Antifungal Drug Caspofungin by Disrupting Hsp90 Activity and the Cell Wall Integrity Pathway," 2020, published in mSphere
  • "The Third International Symposium on Fungal Stress - ISFUS," 2020, published in Fungal Biology
  • "Differential metabolism of arsenicals regulates Fps1-mediated arsenite transport," 2021, published in The Journal of Cell Biology
  • "Regulation of Pkc1 Hyper-Phosphorylation by Genotoxic Stress," 2021, published in Journal of Fungi
  • "Acetic acid-induced stress granules function as scaffolding complexes for Hog1 activation by Pbs2," 2025, published in The Journal of Cell Biology

Best Publications

  • Cell Wall Integrity Signaling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    David E. Levin

  • A new Salmonella tester strain (TA102) with A X T base pairs at the site of mutation detects oxidative mutagens

    David E. Levin;Monica Hollstein;Michael F. Christman;Elizabeth A. Schwiers

  • Regulation of Cell Wall Biogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: The Cell Wall Integrity Signaling Pathway

    David E. Levin

  • Naturally occurring carbonyl compounds are mutagens in Salmonella tester strain TA104.

    Lawrence J. Marnett;Holly K. Hurd;Monica C. Hollstein;David E. Levin

  • The protein kinase C-activated MAP kinase pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mediates a novel aspect of the heat shock response.

    Y. Kamada;Un Sung Jung;J. Piotrowski;D. E. Levin

  • Identification of Yeast Rho1p GTPase as a Regulatory Subunit of 1,3-β-Glucan Synthase

    Hiroshi Qadota;Christophe P. Python;Shunsuke B. Inoue;Mikio Arisawa

  • Genome‐wide analysis of gene expression regulated by the yeast cell wall integrity signalling pathway

    Un Sung Jung;David E. Levin

  • Mutagenicity of quinones: pathways of metabolic activation and detoxification

    Paul L. Chesis;David E. Levin;Martyn T. Smith;Lars Ernster

  • A candidate protein kinase C gene, PKC1, is required for the S. cerevisiae cell cycle

    David E. Levin;F.Owen Fields;Riyo Kunisawa;J.Michael Bishop

  • A yeast mitogen-activated protein kinase homolog (Mpk1p) mediates signalling by protein kinase C.

    K S Lee;K Irie;Y Gotoh;Y Watanabe

  • Mutants in the S. cerevisiae PKC1 gene display a cell cycle-specific osmotic stability defect.

    D E Levin;E Bartlett-Heubusch

  • Dominant mutations in a gene encoding a putative protein kinase (BCK1) bypass the requirement for a Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein kinase C homolog.

    K S Lee;D E Levin

  • Wsc1 and Mid2 are cell surface sensors for cell wall integrity signaling that act through Rom2, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rho1.

    Bevin Philip;David E. Levin

  • MKK1 and MKK2, which encode Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitogen-activated protein kinase-kinase homologs, function in the pathway mediated by protein kinase C.

    K Irie;M Takase;K S Lee;D E Levin

  • A Second Osmosensing Signal Transduction Pathway in Yeast HYPOTONIC SHOCK ACTIVATES THE PKC1 PROTEIN KINASE-REGULATED CELL INTEGRITY PATHWAY

    Kenneth R. Davenport;Michael Sohaskey;Yoshiaki Kamada;David E. Levin

  • ACTIVATION OF YEAST PROTEIN KINASE C BY RHO1 GTPASE

    Yoshiaki Kamada;Hiroshi Qadota;Christophe P. Python;Yasuhiro Anraku

  • The proliferation of MAP kinase signaling pathways in yeast.

    David E Levin;Beverly Errede

  • A conserved kinase cascade for MAP kinase activation in yeast

    Beverly Errede;David E. Levin

  • A new Salmonella tester strain, TA97, for the detection of frameshift mutagens: A run of cytosines as a mutational hot-spot

    David E. Levin;Edith Yamasaki;Bruce N. Ames

  • Mid2 Is a Putative Sensor for Cell Integrity Signaling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Mathumathi Rajavel;Bevin Philip;Benjamin M. Buehrer;Beverly Errede

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce N. Ames
Bruce N. Ames University of California, Berkeley
Monica Hollstein
Monica Hollstein University of Leeds
Xing-Cong Li
Xing-Cong Li University of Mississippi
Kunihiro Matsumoto
Kunihiro Matsumoto Nagoya University
Gustav Ammerer
Gustav Ammerer University of Vienna
Yoshikazu Ohya
Yoshikazu Ohya University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Araki
Hiroyuki Araki National Institute of Genetics
Kenji Irie
Kenji Irie University of Tsukuba
Yasuhiro Anraku
Yasuhiro Anraku University of Tokyo
Jef D. Boeke
Jef D. Boeke New York University

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