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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1981 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1980 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Donald R. Helinski is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research work is primarily situated within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with specific contributions to the subfields of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine.

The main topics covered in their scientific inquiries include:

  • Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Escherichia coli research studies

Among the recent papers authored by Donald R. Helinski is the article titled A Brief History of Plasmids, published in 2022 in the journal EcoSal Plus. This work has accumulated a notable number of citations, reflecting its engagement within the scientific community.

Publication activity from Helinski predominantly appears in the journal EcoSal Plus, suggesting this as a frequent venue for their contributions.

Recognition of Donald R. Helinski's scientific career is indicated through numerous awards and honors, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1989
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, awarded in 1987
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, awarded in 1981
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, awarded in 1980

Best Publications

  • Replication of an origin-containing derivative of plasmid RK2 dependent on a plasmid function provided in trans.

    David H. Figurski;Donald R. Helinski

  • Broad host range DNA cloning system for gram-negative bacteria: construction of a gene bank of Rhizobium meliloti.

    Gary Ditta;Sharon Stanfield;David Corbin;Donald R. Helinski

  • Firefly luciferase gene: structure and expression in mammalian cells.

    J R de Wet;K V Wood;M DeLuca;D R Helinski

  • SUPERCOILED CIRCULAR DNA-PROTEIN COMPLEX IN Escherichia coli: PURIFICATION AND INDUCED CONVERSION TO AN OPEN CIRCULAR DNA FORM

    Don B. Clewell;Donald R. Helinski

  • Plasmids related to the broad host range vector, pRK290, useful for gene cloning and for monitoring gene expression

    Gary Ditta;Thomas Schmidhauser;Emanuel Yakobson;Peter Lu

  • Transient and Stable Expression of the Firefly Luciferase Gene in Plant Cells and Transgenic Plants

    David W. Ow;Keith V. Wood;Marlene DeLuca;Jeffrey R. de Wet

  • Properties of a supercoiled deoxyribonucleic acid-protein relaxation complex and strand specificity of the relaxation event.

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  • Cloning of firefly luciferase cDNA and the expression of active luciferase in Escherichia coli.

    J R de Wet;K V Wood;D R Helinski;M DeLuca

  • Plasmid ColE1 as a Molecular Vehicle for Cloning and Amplification of DNA

    Vickers Hershfield;Herbert W. Boyer;Charles Yanofsky;Michael A. Lovett

  • A HAEMOPROTEIN WITH KINASE ACTIVITY ENCODED BY THE OXYGEN SENSOR OF RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI

    Marie-Alda Gilles-Gonzalez;Gary S. Ditta;Donald R. Helinski

  • Complete nucleotide sequence of Birmingham IncP alpha plasmids. Compilation and comparative analysis.

    Werner Pansegrau;Erich Lanka;Peter T. Barth;David H. Figurski

  • Stimulation by cyclic adenosine monophosphate of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid replication and catabolite repression of the plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid-protein relaxation complex.

    Leonard Katz;David T. Kingsbury;Donald R. Helinski

  • Plasmid Cloning Vehicles Derived from Plasmids ColE1, F, R6K, and RK2

    Michael Kahn;Roberto Kolter;Christopher Thomas;David Figurski

  • Effect of growth conditions on the formation of the relaxation complex of supercoiled ColE1 deoxyribonucleic acid and protein in Escherichia coli.

    Don B. Clewell;Donald R. Helinski

  • Circular DNA forms of colicinogenic factors E1, E2 and E3 from Escherichia coli

    Michael Bazaeal;Donald R. Helinski

  • Heme biosynthesis in Rhizobium. Identification of a cloned gene coding for delta-aminolevulinic acid synthetase from Rhizobium meliloti.

    S A Leong;G S Ditta;D R Helinski

  • Trans-complementation-dependent Replication of a Low Molecular Weight Origin Fragment From Plasmid R6K

    Roberto Kolter;Manabu Inuzuka;Donald R. Helinski

  • ParE toxin encoded by the broad‐host‐range plasmid RK2 is an inhibitor of Escherichia coli gyrase

    Yong Jiang;Joe Pogliano;Donald R. Helinski;Igor Konieczny

  • Regions of broad-host-range plasmid RK2 involved in replication and stable maintenance in nine species of gram-negative bacteria.

    Thomas J. Schmidhauser;Donald R. Helinski

  • DNA polymerase as a requirement for the maintenance of the bacterial plasmid colicinogenic factor E1.

    David T. Kingsbury;Donald R. Helinski

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary S. Ditta
Gary S. Ditta University of California, San Diego
Roberto Kolter
Roberto Kolter Harvard University
Charles Yanofsky
Charles Yanofsky Stanford University
Christopher M. Thomas
Christopher M. Thomas University of Birmingham
Don B. Clewell
Don B. Clewell University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Donald G. Guiney
Donald G. Guiney University of California, San Diego
Kelly S. Doran
Kelly S. Doran University of Colorado Denver
Stanley N. Cohen
Stanley N. Cohen Stanford University
Grzegorz Węgrzyn
Grzegorz Węgrzyn University of Gdańsk
Michael Lovett
Michael Lovett Washington University in St. Louis

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