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  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Douglas M. Fambrough is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with specific emphasis on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, and Molecular Biology as subfields.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Genetics and Physical Performance
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders

Douglas M. Fambrough has published research papers in notable venues such as UNC Libraries and Nature Biotechnology. Two recent publications illustrate the scope of their studies:

  • The Drosophila abrupt gene encodes a BTB-zinc finger regulatory protein that controls the specificity of neuromuscular connections, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Supporting US public health experts, 2020, Nature Biotechnology

The scientist has collaborated with several colleagues on their research projects. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Song Hu
  • Julie R. Atashi
  • Corey S. Goodman
  • Stephen T. Crews
  • Ron Cohen

Douglas M. Fambrough has received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor awarded in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Neuromuscular Junction in Myasthenia Gravis: Decreased Acetylcholine Receptors

    Douglas M. Fambrough;Daniel B. Drachman;S. Satyamurti

  • The Biology of Isolated Chromatin

    James Bonner;Michael E. Dahmus;Douglas Fambrough;Ru Chih C. Huang

  • Genes that control neuromuscular specificity in Drosophila

    David Van Vactor;Helen Sink;Douglas Fambrough;Rosalie Tsoo

  • Calf and Pea Histone IV II. THE COMPLETE AMINO ACID SEQUENCE OF CALF THYMUS HISTONE IV; PRESENCE OF ε-N-ACETYLLYSINE

    Robert J. DeLange;Robert J. DeLange;Douglas M. Fambrough;Douglas M. Fambrough;Emil L. Smith;Emil L. Smith;James Bonner;James Bonner

  • Calf and pea histone IV. 3. Complete amino acid sequence of pea seedling histone IV; comparison with the homologous calf thymus histone.

    Robert J. DeLange;Douglas M. Fambrough;Emil L. Smith;James Bonner

  • [96] Isolation and characterization of chromosomal nucleoproteins

    James Bonner;G. Roger Chalkley;Michael Dahmus;Douglas Fambrough

  • Ouabain-sensitive (Na+ + K+)-ATPase activity expressed in mouse L cells by transfection with DNA encoding the alpha-subunit of an avian sodium pump.

    K Takeyasu;M M Tamkun;K J Renaud;D M Fambrough

  • Acetylcholine receptor turnover in membranes of developing muscle fibers.

    Peter N. Devreotes;Douglas M. Fambrough

  • Cycling of the integral membrane glycoprotein, LEP100, between plasma membrane and lysosomes: kinetic and morphological analysis.

    Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz;Douglas M. Fambrough

  • Acetylcholine receptors. Distribution and extrajunctional density in rat diaphragm after denervation correlated with acetylcholine sensitivity

    H. Criss Hartzell;Douglas M. Fambrough

  • Lysosomal membrane dynamics: structure and interorganellar movement of a major lysosomal membrane glycoprotein.

    Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz;Douglas M. Fambrough

  • The cell surface metalloprotease/disintegrin kuzbanian is required for axonal extension in Drosophila

    Douglas Fambrough;Duojia Pan;Gerald M. Rubin;Corey S. Goodman

  • Development of acetylcholine sensitivity during myogenesis.

    Douglas Fambrough;John E. Rash

  • Extracellular matrix organization in developing muscle: correlation with acetylcholine receptor aggregates.

    E K Bayne;M J Anderson;D M Fambrough

  • Nonequivalence of alpha-bungarotoxin receptors and acetylcholine receptors in chick sympathetic neurons

    S T Carbonetto;D M Fambrough;K J Muller

  • Acetylcholine receptors: number and distribution at neuromuscular junctions in rat diaphragm.

    Douglas M. Fambrough;H. Criss Hartzell

  • On the similarity of plant and animal histones.

    Douglas M. Fambrough;James Bonner

  • Newly synthesized acetylcholine receptors are located in the Golgi apparatus.

    Douglas M. Fambrough;Peter N. Devreotes

  • FLUIDITY OF THE SURFACE OF CULTURED MUSCLE FIBERS: Rapid Lateral Diffusion of Marked Surface Antigens

    Michael Edidin;Douglas Fambrough

  • Acetylcholine receptors. Revised estimates of extrajunctional receptor density in denervated rat diaphragm.

    Douglas M. Fambrough

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter N. Devreotes
Peter N. Devreotes Johns Hopkins University
H. Criss Hartzell
H. Criss Hartzell Emory University
Kunio Takeyasu
Kunio Takeyasu Kyoto University
John E. Rash
John E. Rash Colorado State University
Giuseppe Inesi
Giuseppe Inesi University of Maryland, Baltimore
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Kenneth J. Muller
Kenneth J. Muller University of Miami
James C. Saunders
James C. Saunders University of Pennsylvania
Andrew Fire
Andrew Fire Stanford University
Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood University of Washington

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