David Epel

Research.com Recognitions

• 1978 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• The genome of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.

  Erica Sodergren;George M. Weinstock;Eric H. Davidson;R. Andrew Cameron

  1289
  Citations

• Intracellular pH and activation of sea urchin eggs after fertilisation.

  James D. Johnson;David Epel

  761
  Citations

• Activation of sea-urchin eggs by a calcium ionophore.

  Richard A. Steinhardt;David Epel

  630
  Citations

• Some precautions in using chelators to buffer metals in biological solutions.

  Chris Patton;Stuart Thompson;David Epel

  575
  Citations

• Is calcium ionophore a universal activator for unfertilised eggs

  Richard A. Steinhardt;David Epel;Edward J. Carroll;Ryuzo Yanagimachi

  535
  Citations

• Embryo stability and vulnerability in an always changing world

  Amro Hamdoun;David Epel

  385
  Citations

• Mechanisms of activation of sperm and egg during fertilization of sea urchin gametes.

  David Epel

  381
  Citations

• The chemical defensome: Environmental sensing and response genes in the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus genome

  J.V. Goldstone;A. Hamdoun;B.J. Cole;M. Howard-Ashby

  306
  Citations

• Changes in internal pH associated with initiation of motility and acrosome reaction of sea urchin sperm.

  Hon cheung Lee;Carl Johnson;David Epel

  295
  Citations

• Nitromusk and polycyclic musk compounds as long-term inhibitors of cellular xenobiotic defense systems mediated by multidrug transporters.

  Till Luckenbach;David Epel

  274
  Citations

• Emerging contaminants--pesticides, PPCPs, microbial degradation products and natural substances as inhibitors of multixenobiotic defense in aquatic organisms.

  Tvrtko Smital;Till Luckenbach;Roberta Sauerborn;Amro M Hamdoun

  263
  Citations

• Protein synthesis in sea urchin eggs: a "late" response to fertilization.

  David Epel

  261
  Citations

• An analysis of the partial metabolic derepression of sea urchin eggs by ammonia: The existence of independent pathways

  David Epel;Richard Steinhardt;Tom Humphreys;Daniel Mazia

  248
  Citations

• Calmodulin activates NAD kinase of sea urchin eggs: an early event of fertilization.

  David Epel;Chris Patton;Robert W. Wallace;Wai Yiu Cheung

  243
  Citations

• Role of the intrinsic transglutaminase in the Ca2+-mediated crosslinking of erythrocyte proteins

  Laszlo Lorand;Lisa B. Weissmann;Debra L. Epel;Joyce Bruner-Lorand

  238
  Citations

• Methods for revoval of the vitelline membrane of sea urchin eggs. I. Use of dithiothreitol (Cleland Reagent).

  D. Epel;D. Epel;A.M. Weaver;A.M. Weaver;D. Mazia;D. Mazia

  223
  Citations

• NO is necessary and sufficient for egg activation at fertilization

  Richard C. Kuo;Gregory T. Baxter;Stuart H. Thompson;Stephen A. Stricker

  219
  Citations

• Isolation and biological activity of the proteases released by sea urchin eggs following fertilization

  Edward J. Carroll;David Epel

  206
  Citations

• Use of multidrug transporters as first lines of defense against toxins in aquatic organisms

  David Epel

  192
  Citations

• Protease released from sea urchin eggs at fertilization alters the vitelline layer and aids in preventing polyspermy.

  V.D. Vacquier;Mia J. Tegner;D. Epel

  192
  Citations