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Overview

David L. Nelson is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several specific subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience, Ecology, and Cell Biology.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

David L. Nelson has contributed to numerous publication venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Earth Science
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Pharmacological Reviews
  • Science

Their recent publications include:

  • "International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. CX. Classification of Receptors for 5-hydroxytryptamine; Pharmacology and Function" (2020) in Pharmacological Reviews
  • "LLPS of FXR1 drives spermiogenesis by activating translation of stored mRNAs" (2022) in Science
  • "Characterization and visualization of tandem repeats at genome scale" (2024) in Nature Biotechnology
  • "Intercepting IRE1 kinase-FMRP signaling prevents atherosclerosis progression" (2022) in EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • "Resolving the unsolved: Comprehensive assessment of tandem repeats at scale" (2023) in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Peng Jin
  • Yanghong Gu
  • Robert E. Criss
  • Evan E. Eichler
  • Nitzan Yanay

Best Publications

  • Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome.

    Eric S. Lander;Lauren M. Linton;Bruce Birren;Chad Nusbaum

  • The genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster

    M. D. Adams;S. E. Celniker;R. A. Holt;C. A. Evans

  • Identification of a gene (FMR-1) containing a CGG repeat coincident with a breakpoint cluster region exhibiting length variation in fragile X syndrome

    Annemiske J.M.H. Verkerk;Maura Pieretti;James S. Sutcliffe;Ying-Hui Fu

  • Variation of the CGG repeat at the fragile X site results in genetic instability: resolution of the Sherman paradox.

    Ying-Hui Fu;Derek P.A. Kuhl;Antonio Pizzuti;Maura Pieretti

  • Absence of expression of the FMR-1 gene in fragile X syndrome.

    Maura Pieretti;Fuping Zhang;Ying-Hui Fu;Stephen T. Warren

  • Soluble interleukin 2 receptors are released from activated human lymphoid cells in vitro.

    L A Rubin;C C Kurman;M E Fritz;W E Biddison

  • Evolutionary and biomedical insights from the rhesus macaque genome

    Richard A. Gibbs;Jeffrey Rogers

  • The DNA sequence of the human X chromosome

    Mark T Ross;Darren V Grafham;Alison J Coffey;Steven Scherer

  • Genomic rearrangement in NEMO impairs NF-kappaB activation and is a cause of incontinentia pigmenti. The International Incontinentia Pigmenti (IP) Consortium.

    Asmae Smahi;G. Courtois;P. Vabres;S. Yamaoka

  • DNA methylation represses FMR-1 transcription in fragile X syndrome

    Sutcliffe Js;Nelson Dl;Zhang F;Pieretti M

  • Biochemical and genetic interaction between the fragile X mental retardation protein and the microRNA pathway

    Peng Jin;Daniela C Zarnescu;Stephanie Ceman;Stephanie Ceman;Mika Nakamoto

  • Alu polymerase chain reaction: a method for rapid isolation of human-specific sequences from complex DNA sources.

    D L Nelson;S A Ledbetter;L Corbo;M F Victoria

  • A mutation in human CMP-sialic acid hydroxylase occurred after the Homo-Pan divergence

    Hsun Hua Chou;Hiromu Takematsu;Sandra Diaz;Jane Iber

  • The Sézary syndrome: a malignant proliferation of helper T cells.

    S Broder;R L Edelson;M A Lutzner;D L Nelson

  • Length of uninterrupted CGG repeats determines instability in the FMR1 gene.

    Evan E. Eichler;Jeanette J.A. Holden;Bradley W. Popovich;Allan L. Reiss

  • Large expansion of the ATTCT pentanucleotide repeat in spinocerebellar ataxia type 10

    Tohru Matsuura;Tohru Matsuura;Takanori Yamagata;Daniel L. Burgess;Astrid Rasmussen

  • The Lowe's oculocerebrorenal syndrome gene encodes a protein highly homologous to inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase.

    Attree O;Olivos Im;Okabe I;Bailey Lc

  • Triplet Repeat Mutations in Human Disease

    C. T. Caskey;A. Pizzuti;Ying-Hui Fu;R. G. Fenwick

  • Tissue specific expression of FMR-1 provides evidence for a functional role in fragile X syndrome.

    Heather L. Hinds;Claude T. Ashley;James S. Sutcliffe;James S. Sutcliffe;David L. Nelson

  • A monoclonal antibody (anti-Tac) reactive with activated and functionally mature human T cells. II. Expression of Tac antigen on activated cytotoxic killer T cells, suppressor cells, and on one of two types of helper T cells.

    T Uchiyama;D L Nelson;T A Fleisher;T A Waldmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen T. Warren
Stephen T. Warren Emory University
Ben A. Oostra
Ben A. Oostra Erasmus University Rotterdam
Richard A. Gibbs
Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine
Evan E. Eichler
Evan E. Eichler University of Washington
Richard A. Lewis
Richard A. Lewis Baylor College of Medicine
Peng Jin
Peng Jin Emory University
James S. Sutcliffe
James S. Sutcliffe Vanderbilt University
Michele D'Urso
Michele D'Urso United Way
Rob Willemsen
Rob Willemsen Erasmus University Rotterdam
Donna M. Muzny
Donna M. Muzny Baylor College of Medicine

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