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  • 1972 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

David S. Sigman was affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, in the United States. Their academic career involved engagement in scientific research, though specific details on publications, research topics, and coauthors are not documented in the available data.

The scientist was recognized by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation as a Fellow in 1972.

There is no recorded information on recent papers, frequent co-authors, venues of publication, book publications, or areas of study associated with David S. Sigman in the provided data.

David S. Sigman is deceased.

Best Publications

  • Nuclease activity of 1,10-phenanthroline-copper ion

    David S. Sigman

  • Oxygen-dependent cleavage of DNA by the 1,10-phenanthroline . cuprous complex. Inhibition of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I.

    D S Sigman;D R Graham;V D'Aurora;A M Stern

  • Targeted chemical nucleases

    David S. Sigman;Thomas W. Bruice;Abhijit Mazumder;Christopher L. Sutton

  • Footprinting DNA-protein complexes in situ following gel retardation assays using 1,10-phenanthroline-copper ion: Escherichia coli RNA polymerase-lac promoter complexes

    Michio Kuwabara;David S. Sigman

  • Polymerase chain reaction amplification of Trypanosoma cruzi kinetoplast minicircle DNA isolated from whole blood lysates: diagnosis of chronic Chagas' disease.

    Herbert A. Avila;David S. Sigman;Lee M. Cohen;Robert C. Millikan

  • Cleavage of deoxyribonucleic acid by the 1,10-phenanthroline-cuprous complex. Hydrogen peroxide requirement and primary and secondary structure specificity.

    Laura E. Marshall;Daniel R. Graham;Karl A. Reich;David S. Sigman

  • Nuclease activity of 1,10-phenanthroline-copper: kinetic mechanism

    Theodore B. Thederahn;Michio D. Kuwabara;Teresa A. Larsen;David S. Sigman

  • Chemical nucleases.

    Unknown

  • Variable Structures of Fis-DNA Complexes Determined by Flanking DNA – Protein Contacts

    Clark Q. Pan;Steven E. Finkel;Sarah E. Cramton;Jin-An Feng

  • Nuclease activity of 1,10-phenanthroline-copper ion. Conformational analysis and footprinting of the lac operon.

    Annick Spassky;David S. Sigman

  • Nuclease activity of 1,10-phenanthroline-copper ion: reaction with CGCGAATTCGCG and its complexes with netropsin and EcoRI.

    Michio Kuwabara;Chun Yoon;Thomas Goyne;Theodore Thederahn

  • Sequence-specific modification of guanosine in DNA by a C60-linked deoxyoligonucleotide: Evidence for a non-singlet oxygen mechanism

    Yi-Zhong An;Chi-Hong B. Chen;Jamey L. Anderson;David S. Sigman

  • Nuclease activity of 1,10-phenanthroline-copper ion. Chemistry of deoxyribose oxidation

    Thomas E. Goyne;David S. Sigman

  • Nuclease activity of 1,10-phenanthroline-copper: sequence-specific targeting

    Chi-Hong B. Chen;David S. Sigman

  • Models for metalloenzymes. The zinc(II)-catalyzed transesterification of N-( -hydroxyethyl) ethylenediamine by p-nitrophenyl picolinate.

    David S. Sigman;Catherine T. Jorgensen

  • Chemical Mechanism of DNA Scission by (1,10-Phenanthroline)copper. Carbonyl Oxygen of 5-Methylenefuranone Is Derived from Water

    Michael M. Meijler;Ottilie Zelenko;David S. Sigman

  • Chemical nucleases: new reagents in molecular biology.

    David S. Sigman;Chi-hong B. Chen

  • Nuclease activity of 1,10-phenanthroline-copper in study of protein-DNA interactions.

    David S. Sigman;Michio D. Kuwabara;Ching-Hong B. Chen;Thomas W. Bruice

  • tat regulates binding of the human immunodeficiency virus trans-activating region RNA loop-binding protein TRP-185.

    Foon Wu;Joseph A Garcia;David Sigman;Richard Gaynor

  • Cleavage of DNA by coordination complexes. Superoxide formation in the oxidation of 1,10-phenanthroline-cuprous complexes by oxygen - relevance to DNA-cleavage reaction

    Daniel R. Graham;Laura E. Marshall;Karl A. Reich;David S. Sigman

  • Conformational analysis of lac promoters using the nuclease activity of 1,10-phenanthroline-copper ion.

    David S. Sigman;Annick Spassky;Sylvia Rimsky;Henri Buc

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Perrin
David M. Perrin University of British Columbia
Richard B. Gaynor
Richard B. Gaynor Eli Lilly (United States)
Randolph Wall
Randolph Wall University of California, Los Angeles
Larry Simpson
Larry Simpson University of California, Los Angeles
Reid C. Johnson
Reid C. Johnson University of California, Los Angeles
Michael B. Gorin
Michael B. Gorin University of California, Los Angeles
Yves Rubin
Yves Rubin University of California, Los Angeles
Christopher S. Foote
Christopher S. Foote University of California, Los Angeles
Robert P. Gunsalus
Robert P. Gunsalus University of California, Los Angeles
Nicolas Fasel
Nicolas Fasel University of Lausanne

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