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49
Citations
11392
World Ranking
17910
National Ranking
7331

Overview

Dietmar Kültz is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research is primarily situated at the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. The scientist has contributed to multiple subfields including molecular biology, ecology, immunology, global and planetary change, and ocean engineering.

The main topics of their scholarly work cover a range of areas in biological and environmental sciences. These include physiological and biochemical adaptations, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, CRISPR and genetic engineering, marine biology and environmental chemistry, marine ecology and invasive species, aquaculture nutrition and growth, and environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology.

Dietmar Kültz has published extensively in scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The FASEB Journal
  • PROTEOMICS
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Evolution of cellular stress response mechanisms," 2020, Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology
  • "Defining biological stress and stress responses based on principles of physics," 2020, Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology

Other notable papers in related areas by different authors include:

  • "The cellular stress response in fish exposed to salinity fluctuations," 2020, Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology
  • "Physiological mechanisms of stress-induced evolution," 2022, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "A data-independent acquisition (DIA) assay library for quantitation of environmental effects on the kidney proteome of Oreochromis niloticus," 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources

Frequent co-authors include Jens Hamar, Elizabeth A. Mojica, Avner Cnaani, Chanhee Kim, and Edmund Wilson.

Best Publications

  • Molecular and evolutionary basis of the cellular stress response

    Dietmar Kültz

  • The ecoresponsive genome of Daphnia pulex

    John K. Colbourne;Michael E. Pfrender;Michael E. Pfrender;Donald Gilbert;W. Kelley Thomas

  • In vitro biologic activities of the antimicrobials triclocarban, its analogs, and triclosan in bioassay screens: receptor-based bioassay screens.

    Ki Chang Ahn;Bin Zhao;Jiangang Chen;Gennady Cherednichenko

  • Regulation of gene expression by hypertonicity.

    Maurice B. Burg;Eugene D. Kwon;Dietmar KÜltz

  • Evolution of the cellular stress proteome: from monophyletic origin to ubiquitous function.

    Dietmar Kültz

  • Pathway analysis of kidney cancer using proteomics and metabolic profiling

    Bertrand Perroud;Jinoo Lee;Nelly Valkova;Amy Dhirapong

  • Phylogenetic and Functional Classification of Mitogen- and Stress-Activated Protein Kinases

    Dietmar Kültz

  • Evolution of osmotic stress signaling via MAP kinase cascades.

    D Kültz;M Burg

  • Hyperosmolality in the form of elevated NaCl but not urea causes DNA damage in murine kidney cells

    Dietmar Kültz;Devulapalli Chakravarty

  • Hyperosmolality Causes Growth Arrest of Murine Kidney Cells INDUCTION OF GADD45 AND GADD153 BY OSMOSENSING VIA STRESS-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 2

    Dietmar Kültz;Samira Madhany;Maurice B. Burg

  • Osmotic regulation of gene expression.

    Maurice B. Burg;Eugene D. Kwon;Dietmar Kültz

  • Osmotic stress sensing and signaling in fishes.

    Diego F. Fiol;Dietmar Kültz

  • Distinct Regulation of Osmoprotective Genes in Yeast and Mammals: ALDOSE REDUCTASE OSMOTIC RESPONSE ELEMENT IS INDUCED INDEPENDENT OF p38 AND STRESS-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE/Jun N-TERMINAL KINASE IN RABBIT KIDNEY CELLS *

    Dietmar Kültz;Arlyn Garcia-Perez;Joan D. Ferraris;Maurice B. Burg

  • The cellular stress response in fish exposed to salinity fluctuations.

    Tyler G. Evans;Dietmar Kültz

  • Mitogen-activated protein kinases are in vivo transducers of osmosensory signals in fish gill cells.

    Dietmar Kültz;Kristina Avila

  • Rapid hyperosmotic coinduction of two tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) transcription factors in gill cells

    Diego F. Fiol;Dietmar Kültz

  • Mitochondria-rich (MR) cells and the activities of the Na+K+-ATPase and carbonic anhydrase in the gill and opercular epithelium of Oreochromis mossambicus adapted to various salinities

    Dietmar Kültz;Ralf Bastrop;Karl Jürss;Dietrich Siebers

  • Protection of renal inner medullary epithelial cells from apoptosis by hypertonic stress-induced p53 activation.

    Natalia Dmitrieva;Dietmar Kültz;Luis Michea;Joan Ferraris

  • Rapid changes in plasma cortisol, osmolality, and respiration in response to salinity stress in tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus).

    Brittany D. Kammerer;Joseph J. Cech;Dietmar Kültz

  • Gadd45 proteins induce G2/M arrest and modulate apoptosis in kidney cells exposed to hyperosmotic stress.

    Sally K. Mak;Dietmar Kültz

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurice B. Burg
Maurice B. Burg National Institutes of Health
Joseph J. Cech
Joseph J. Cech University of California, Davis
George N. Somero
George N. Somero Stanford University
Bruce D. Hammock
Bruce D. Hammock University of California, Davis
Chris M. Wood
Chris M. Wood University of British Columbia
Patrick J. Walsh
Patrick J. Walsh University of Ottawa
Alan R. Buckpitt
Alan R. Buckpitt University of California, Davis
Robert H. Rice
Robert H. Rice University of California, Davis
Jeffrey L. Boore
Jeffrey L. Boore University of California, Berkeley
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

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