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63
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11897
World Ranking
10398
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751

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • 1991 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Dieter Gallwitz is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Germany. This association highlights a research focus likely connected to the interdisciplinary domain bridging biology, chemistry, and physics.

The scientist has been recognized with several awards and honors. In 1991, they became a Member of Academia Europaea. Additionally, they were awarded the title of Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in 2000, with a citation emphasizing contributions to Genetics and Molecular Biology. They are also a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

The career and academic distinctions demonstrate engagement with the molecular biology and genetics communities, suggesting an expertise aligned with these scientific areas.

Best Publications

  • A yeast gene encoding a protein homologous to the human c-has/bas proto-oncogene product.

    Dieter Gallwitz;Cornelia Donath;Christian Sander

  • Identification and structure of four yeast genes (SLY) that are able to suppress the functional loss of YPT1, a member of the RAS superfamily.

    C. Dascher;R. Ossig;D. Gallwitz;H. D. Schmitt

  • Different accessibilities in chromatin to histone acetylase.

    L S Cousens;D Gallwitz;B M Alberts

  • The ras-related YPT1 gene product in yeast: A GTP-binding protein that might be involved in microtubule organization

    H.D. Schmitt;P. Wagner;E. Pfaff;D. Gallwitz

  • The GTPase Ypt7p of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is required on both partner vacuoles for the homotypic fusion step of vacuole inheritance.

    A. Haas;D. Scheglmann;T. Lazar;D. Gallwitz

  • Study of a temperature-sensitive mutant of the ras-related YPT1 gene product in yeast suggests a role in the regulation of intracellular calcium

    Hans Dieter Schmitt;Mechthild Puzicha;Dieter Gallwitz

  • Vesicular transport: how many Ypt/Rab-GTPases make a eukaryotic cell?

    Thomas Lazar;Martin Götte;Dieter Gallwitz

  • Endocytosis in yeast: Evidence for the involvement of a small GTP-binding protein (Ypt7p)

    Hendrik Wichmann;Ludger Hengst;Dieter Gallwitz

  • Role of three rab5-like GTPases, Ypt51p, Ypt52p, and Ypt53p, in the endocytic and vacuolar protein sorting pathways of yeast.

    Birgit Singer-Krüger;Harald Alfred Stenmark;Andreas Düsterhöft;Peter Philippsen

  • The yeast SLY gene products, suppressors of defects in the essential GTP-binding Ypt1 protein, may act in endoplasmic reticulum-to-Golgi transport.

    R Ossig;C Dascher;H H Trepte;H D Schmitt

  • Histone Synthesis in Vitro on HeLa Cell Microsomes THE NATURE OF THE COUPLING TO DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS

    Dieter Gallwitz;Gerald C. Mueller

  • A yeast GTPase-activating protein that interacts specifically with a member of the Ypt/Rab family.

    Molly Strom;Petra Vollmer;Tjie J. Tan;Dieter Gallwitz

  • Two GTPase isoforms, Ypt31p and Ypt32p, are essential for Golgi function in yeast.

    M. Benli;F. Döring;D. G. Robinson;X. Yang

  • Identification of the catalytic domains and their functionally critical arginine residues of two yeast GTPase-activating proteins specific for Ypt/Rab transport GTPases.

    Štefan Albert;Elke Will;Dieter Gallwitz

  • An acidic sequence of a putative yeast Golgi membrane protein binds COPII and facilitates ER export.

    Christian Votsmeier;Dieter Gallwitz

  • Sly1 protein bound to Golgi syntaxin Sed5p allows assembly and contributes to specificity of SNARE fusion complexes

    Renwang Peng;Dieter Gallwitz

  • The ras-related ypt protein is an ubiquitous eukaryotic protein: isolation and sequence analysis of mouse cDNA clones highly homologous to the yeast YPT1 gene.

    H Haubruck;C Disela;P Wagner;D Gallwitz

  • Specific binding to a novel and essential Golgi membrane protein (Yip1p) functionally links the transport GTPases Ypt1p and Ypt31p.

    Xiaoping Yang;Hugo T. Matern;Dieter Gallwitz

  • The ras-related mouse ypt1 protein can functionally replace the YPT1 gene product in yeast.

    H. Haubruck;R. Prange;C. Vorgias;D. Gallwitz

  • A carboxyl-terminal cysteine residue is required for palmitic acid binding and biological activity of the ras-related yeast YPT1 protein.

    C. M. T. Molenaar;R. Prange;D. Gallwitz

Frequent Co-Authors

William Wickner
William Wickner Dartmouth College
Martin Götte
Martin Götte University of Münster
Roger S. Goody
Roger S. Goody Max Planck Society
Kirill Alexandrov
Kirill Alexandrov Queensland University of Technology
Philipp Mertins
Philipp Mertins Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Peter Philippsen
Peter Philippsen University of Basel
Chris Sander
Chris Sander Harvard University
Natasha V. Raikhel
Natasha V. Raikhel University of California, Riverside
Erfei Bi
Erfei Bi University of Pennsylvania
Rolf Sternglanz
Rolf Sternglanz Stony Brook University

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