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Overview

Edward B. Ziff is affiliated with New York University in the United States and has a research focus within the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, Pharmacology, and Organic Chemistry.

Their work covers a range of topics including Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology, Natural product bioactivities and synthesis, Chemical synthesis and alkaloids, Cellular transport and secretion, and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity.

Some of the recent papers associated with their work include:

  • Contribution of spathulenol to the anti-nociceptive effects of Psidium guineense, 2020, Nutritional Neuroscience
  • Phosphorylation of the AMPA receptor subunit GluA1 regulates clathrin-mediated receptor internalization, 2021, Journal of Cell Science
  • Protein synthesis inhibition promotes nitric oxide generation and activation of CGKII-dependent downstream signaling pathways in the retina, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
  • Potential anti-arthritic and analgesic properties of essential oil and viridiflorol obtained from Allophylus edulis leaves in mice, 2022, Journal of Ethnopharmacology
  • Natural Products as Sources of New Analgesic Drugs, 2022, Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Elisabete Castelon Konkiewitz, Latika Khatri, Cândida Aparecida Leite Kassuya, Elisângela dos Santos, and Anelise Samara Nazari Formagio.

The venues where Edward B. Ziff has published multiple works include Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, Nutritional Neuroscience, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, and Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Beyond journal publications, Edward B. Ziff has contributed to the academic literature through books published by the University of Iowa Press. Two titles listed are editions of From Chaos to Stability released in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Stimulation of 3T3 cells induces transcription of the c- fos proto-oncogene

    Michael E. Greenberg;Edward B. Ziff

  • Nerve growth factor and epidermal growth factor induce rapid transient changes in proto-oncogene transcription in PC12 cells.

    M E Greenberg;L A Greene;E B Ziff

  • The role of the leucine zipper in the fos–jun interaction

    T. Kouzarides;E. Ziff

  • Stimulation of neuronal acetylcholine receptors induces rapid gene transcription

    Michael E. Greenberg;Edward B. Ziff;Lloyd A. Greene

  • Recognition by Max of its cognate DNA through a dimeric b/HLH/Z domain.

    Adrian R. Ferré-D'Amaré;George C. Prendergast;George C. Prendergast;Edward B. Ziff;Stephen K. Burley;Stephen K. Burley

  • Effect of protein synthesis inhibitors on growth factor activation of c-fos, c-myc, and actin gene transcription.

    M E Greenberg;A L Hermanowski;E B Ziff

  • Methylation-sensitive sequence-specific DNA binding by the c-Myc basic region.

    George C. Prendergast;Edward B. Ziff

  • Association of Myn, the murine homolog of max, with c-Myc stimulates methylation-sensitive DNA binding and ras cotransformation.

    George C. Prendergast;George C. Prendergast;Deirdre Lawe;Deirdre Lawe;Edward B. Ziff;Edward B. Ziff

  • Enlightening the postsynaptic density.

    Edward B Ziff

  • Coincidence of the promoter and capped 5′ terminus of RNA from the adenovirus 2 major late transcription unit

    Edward B. Ziff;Ronald M. Evans

  • c-Myc represses transcription in vivo by a novel mechanism dependent on the initiator element and Myc box II.

    Lin-Heng Li;C. Nerlov;G. Prendergast;D. Macgregor

  • Adenovirus E1a proteins repress transcription from the SV40 early promoter

    Anna Velcich;Edward Ziff

  • Receptor trafficking and the plasticity of excitatory synapses.

    Michael F Barry;Edward B Ziff

  • PICK1 Targets Activated Protein Kinase Cα to AMPA Receptor Clusters in Spines of Hippocampal Neurons and Reduces Surface Levels of the AMPA-Type Glutamate Receptor Subunit 2

    Jose L. Perez;Latika Khatri;Craig Chang;Sapna Srivastava

  • AMPA receptor tetramerization is mediated by Q/R editing.

    Ingo H Greger;Latika Khatri;Xiangpeng Kong;Edward B Ziff

  • Mutagenesis reveals a role for ABP/GRIP binding to GluR2 in synaptic surface accumulation of the AMPA receptor.

    Pavel Osten;Latika Khatri;Joey L. Perez;Georg Köhr

  • Novel Anchorage of GluR2/3 to the Postsynaptic Density by the AMPA Receptor–Binding Protein ABP

    S Srivastava;P Osten;F.S Vilim;L Khatri

  • The AMPA receptor GluR2 C terminus can mediate a reversible, ATP-dependent interaction with NSF and α- and β-SNAPs

    P Osten;P Osten;S Srivastava;G.J Inman;G.J Inman;F.S Vilim;F.S Vilim

  • Leucine zippers of fos , jun and GCN4 dictate dimerization specificity and thereby control DNA binding

    Tony Kouzarides;Edward Ziff

  • Identification and Verification of Novel Rodent Postsynaptic Density Proteins

    Bryen A. Jordan;Brian D. Fernholz;Muriel Boussac;Chongfeng Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

George C. Prendergast
George C. Prendergast Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
Michael E. Greenberg
Michael E. Greenberg Harvard University
Ottavio Arancio
Ottavio Arancio Columbia University
Pavel Osten
Pavel Osten Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Franz Hofmann
Franz Hofmann Technical University of Munich
Kenneth D. Carr
Kenneth D. Carr New York University
Daniela Puzzo
Daniela Puzzo University of Catania
Lloyd A. Greene
Lloyd A. Greene Columbia University
Jing Wang
Jing Wang The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Pertti Panula
Pertti Panula University of Helsinki

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