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Donald J. Tipper is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, emphasizing cellular and molecular mechanisms.

The scientist has contributed to the fields of:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

More specifically, their work encompasses subfields such as:

  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Biology

Within their research scope, the main topics addressed include:

  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Donald J. Tipper has published in the following venue:

  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Their recorded research paper is:

  • Spf1 and Ste24: quality controllers of transmembrane protein topology in the eukaryotic cell (2023), Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Carol A. Harley

Best Publications

  • Mechanism of action of penicillins: a proposal based on their structural similarity to acyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine.

    Donald J. Tipper;Jack L. Strominger

  • Enzymes that degrade bacterial cell walls

    Jean-Marie Ghuysen;Donald J. Tipper;Jack L. Strominger

  • Sequence of the preprotoxin dsRNA gene of type I killer yeast: Multiple processing events produce a two-component toxin

    Keith A. Bostian;Quentin Elliott;Howard Bussey;Virginia Bum

  • Double-stranded ribonucleic acid killer systems in yeasts.

    Donald J. Tipper;Kieth A. Bostian

  • A tyrosine-phosphorylated 12-amino-acid sequence of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Tir binds the host adaptor protein Nck and is required for Nck localization to actin pedestals.

    Kenneth Geno Campellone;Andrew Giese;Donald J. Tipper;John M. Leong

  • Mode of action of beta-lactam antibiotics.

    Donald J. Tipper

  • Aminoglycoside Antibiotics: Inactivation by Phosphorylation in Escherichia coli Carrying R Factors

    B. Ozanne;R. Benveniste;D. Tipper;J. Davies

  • Effects of expression of mammalian G alpha and hybrid mammalian-yeast G alpha proteins on the yeast pheromone response signal transduction pathway.

    Yoon-Se Kang;Jeffrey Kane;Janet Kurjan;Jeffrey M. Stadel

  • Translation of the L-species dsRNA genome of the killer-associated virus-like particles of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    James E. Hopper;Keith A. Bostian;Lucy B. Rowe;Donald J. Tipper

  • Translational analysis of the killer-associated virus-like particle dsRNA genome of S. cerevisiae: M dsRNA encodes toxin

    Keith A. Bostian;James E. Hopper;David T. Rogers;Donald J. Tipper

  • Structure of the Cell Wall of Staphylococcus aureus StrainCopenhagen. VI. The Soluble Glycopeptide and Its Sequential Degradatuib by Peptidases

    J. M. Ghuysen;D. J. Tipper;Claire H. Birge;J. L. Strominger

  • Biosynthesis of the peptidoglycan of bacterial cell walls. XII. Inhibition of cross-linking by penicillins and cephalosporins: studies in Staphylococcus aureus in vivo.

    Donald J. Tipper;Jack L. Strominger

  • Kre1p, the plasma membrane receptor for the yeast K1 viral toxin.

    Frank Breinig;Donald J. Tipper;Manfred J. Schmitt

  • Alkali-catalyzed elimination of D-lactic acid from muramic acid and its derivatives and the determination of muramic acid

    Donald J. Tipper

  • Clustering of Nck by a 12-residue Tir phosphopeptide is sufficient to trigger localized actin assembly

    Kenneth Geno Campellone;Susannah Rankin;Tony Pawson;Marc W. Kirschner

  • Mode of Action of Thiolutin, an Inhibitor of Macromolecular Synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    A. Jimenez;Donald J. Tipper;Donald J. Tipper;Donald J. Tipper;J. Davies;J. Davies;J. Davies

  • Enzymatic inactivation of streptomycin by R factor-resistant Escherichia coli.

    Takeshi Yamada;Donald Tipper;Julian Davies

  • Inhibition of yeast ribonucleic acid polymerases by thiolutin.

    Donald J. Tipper

  • Bacterial cell wall synthesis and structure in relation to the mechanism of action of penicillins and other antibacterial agents

    Jack L. Strominger;Donald J. Tipper

  • Structure of the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus, strain Copenhagen. VII. Mode of action of the bacteriolytic peptidase from Myxobacter and the isolation of intact cell wall polysaccharides.

    Donald J. Tipper;Jack L. Strominger;Jerald C. Ensign

Frequent Co-Authors

Jack L. Strominger
Jack L. Strominger Harvard University
Howard Bussey
Howard Bussey McGill University
John M. Leong
John M. Leong Tufts University
Stephen L. Sturley
Stephen L. Sturley Columbia University Medical Center
Terry A. Krulwich
Terry A. Krulwich Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Colin Hughes
Colin Hughes University of Cambridge
Julian Davies
Julian Davies University of British Columbia
Peter Setlow
Peter Setlow University of Connecticut Health Center
Jennifer K. Lodge
Jennifer K. Lodge Washington University in St. Louis
David C. White
David C. White University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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