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  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David J. Garfinkel is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader categories, their subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Ecology, Structural Biology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The main topics of Garfinkel's research encompass Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Fungal and yeast genetics research, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, RNA Research and Splicing, Plant Virus Research Studies, and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Garfinkel has authored several scientific papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Evolution of Ty1 copy number control in yeast by horizontal transfer and recombination, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • Structure of a Ty1 restriction factor reveals the molecular basis of transposition copy number control, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Reproducible evaluation of transposable element detectors with McClintock 2 guides accurate inference of Ty insertion patterns in yeast, 2023, Mobile DNA
  • Long-Read Genome Assembly of Saccharomyces uvarum Strain CBS 7001, 2022, Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • In vivo structure of the Ty1 retrotransposon RNA genome, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research

Frequent collaborators in Garfinkel's research include:

  • Casey Bergman
  • Jingxuan Chen
  • Sean L. Beckwith
  • Adam Hannon-Hatfield
  • Angelika Andrzejewska-Romanowska

Garfinkel's work has appeared regularly in several publication venues, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Genetics
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Nature Communications

In 2014, Garfinkel was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Functional profiling of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome.

    Guri Giaever;Angela M. Chu;Li Ni;Carla Connelly

  • Ty elements transpose through an RNA intermediate

    Jef D. Boeke;David J. Garfinkel;Cora A. Styles;Gerald R. Fink

  • Genetic analysis of crown gall: Fine structure map of the T-DNA by site-directed mutagenesis

    David J. Garfinkel;Robert B. Simpson;Lloyd W. Ream;Frank F. White

  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens mutants affected in crown gall tumorigenesis and octopine catabolism.

    D J Garfinkel;E W Nester

  • Transcriptional silencing of Ty1 elements in the RDN1 locus of yeast.

    M Bryk;M Banerjee;M Murphy;K E Knudsen

  • Cytokinin/auxin balance in crown gall tumors is regulated by specific loci in the T-DNA.

    D. E. Akiyoshi;R. O. Morris;R. Hinz;Barbara Sue Mischke

  • Ty element transposition: Reverse transcriptase and virus-like particles

    David J. Garfinkel;Jef D. Boeke;Gerald R. Fink

  • Single-step selection for Ty1 element retrotransposition

    M J Curcio;D J Garfinkel

  • An Agrobacterium transformation in the evolution of the genus Nicotiana

    Ian J. Furner;Ian J. Furner;Gary A. Huffman;Gary A. Huffman;Gary A. Huffman;Richard M. Amasino;Richard M. Amasino;Richard M. Amasino;David J. Garfinkel;David J. Garfinkel;David J. Garfinkel

  • Sequences homologous to Agrobacterium rhizogenes T-DNA in the genomes of uninfected plants

    Frank F. White;David J. Garfinkel;Gary A. Huffman;Milton P. Gordon

  • MGA2 or SPT23 Is Required for Transcription of the Δ9 Fatty Acid Desaturase Gene, OLE1, and Nuclear Membrane Integrity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Shirong Zhang;Yitzchak Skalsky;David J. Garfinkel

  • Chemical cleavage at aspartyl residues for protein identification.

    Aiqun Li;Raymond C. Sowder;Louis E. Henderson;Sharon P. Moore

  • RNA-mediated recombination in S. cerevisiae

    Lesle K. Derr;Jeffrey N. Strathern;David J. Garfinkel

  • Nucleotide sequence of the tms genes of the pTiA6NC octopine Ti plasmid: two gene products involved in plant tumorigenesis.

    Harry Klee;Alice Montoya;Frank Horodyski;Conrad Lichtenstein

  • A rare tRNA-Arg(CCU) that regulates Ty1 element ribosomal frameshifting is essential for Ty1 retrotransposition in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    K Kawakami;S Pande;Brenda Faiola;DP Moore

  • Chromatin-Associated Genes Protect the Yeast Genome From Ty1 Insertional Mutagenesis

    Katherine M. Nyswaner;Mary Ann Checkley;Ming Yi;Robert M. Stephens

  • A Ty1 Integrase Nuclear Localization Signal Required for Retrotransposition

    Sharon P. Moore;Lori A. Rinckel;David J. Garfinkel

  • Functional organization of the retrotransposon Ty from Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Ty protease is required for transposition.

    S D Youngren;J D Boeke;N J Sanders;D J Garfinkel

  • Efficient homologous recombination of Ty1 element cDNA when integration is blocked.

    G Sharon;T J Burkett;D J Garfinkel

  • Sequences homologous to Agrobacterium rhizogenes T-DNA in the genomes of uninfected plants [bacterial infection, tobacco]

    F.F. White;D.J. Garfinkel;G.A. Huffman;M.P. Gordon

Frequent Co-Authors

Jef D. Boeke
Jef D. Boeke New York University
Eugene W. Nester
Eugene W. Nester University of Washington
Jeffrey N. Strathern
Jeffrey N. Strathern National Institutes of Health
Milton P. Gordon
Milton P. Gordon University of Washington
Frank F. White
Frank F. White University of Florida
Harry J. Klee
Harry J. Klee University of Florida
Philip J. Farabaugh
Philip J. Farabaugh University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Leslie M. Shaw
Leslie M. Shaw University of Pennsylvania
Koichi Kawakami
Koichi Kawakami National Institute of Genetics

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