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Overview

Gerd Scherer is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Chemistry, with specific contributions to Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The scientist's work centers around several main topics, including:

  • Chemical Reaction Mechanisms
  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms

Scherer has collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors, among whom are Hans-Heinrich Limbach, Simone Baumgärtner, Roland R. Franke, Ferdinand Männle, and Gleb S. Denisov.

Their recent publications include work featured in the journal Molecules. Notably, in 2021, Scherer contributed to the paper titled "Double Proton Tautomerism via Intra- or Intermolecular Pathways? The Case of Tetramethyl Reductic Acid Studied by Dynamic NMR: Hydrogen Bond Association, Solvent and Kinetic H/D Isotope Effects" authored by Hans-Heinrich Limbach. This publication has been cited multiple times.

Scherer's contributions have appeared predominantly in the journal Molecules, reflecting a consistent engagement with this publication venue.

Best Publications

  • Autosomal sex reversal and campomelic dysplasia are caused by mutations in and around the SRY-related gene SOX9

    Thomas Wagner;Jutta Wirth;Jobst Meyer;Bernhard Zabel

  • Direct interaction of SRY-related protein SOX9 and steroidogenic factor 1 regulates transcription of the human anti-Müllerian hormone gene.

    Pascal De Santa Barbara;Nathalie Bonneaud;Brigitte Boizet;Marion Desclozeaux

  • SOX9 is required for maintenance of the pancreatic progenitor cell pool

    Philip A. Seymour;Kristine K. Freude;Man N. Tran;Erin E. Mayes

  • Sox9 regulates cell proliferation and is required for Paneth cell differentiation in the intestinal epithelium

    Pauline Bastide;Charbel Darido;Julie Pannequin;Ralf Kist

  • A human XY female with a frame shift mutation in the candidate testis-determining gene SRY.

    Ralf J. Jäger;Maria Anvret;Kerstin Hall;Gerd Scherer

  • Homozygous Inactivation of Sox9 Causes Complete XY Sex Reversal in Mice

    Francisco Barrionuevo;Stefan Bagheri-Fam;Jürgen Klattig;Ralf Kist;Ralf Kist

  • Sex reversal by loss of the C–terminal transactivation domain of human SOX9

    Südbeck P;Schmitz Ml;Baeuerle Pa;Scherer G

  • Nucleotide sequence of cro, cII and part of the O gene in phage lambda DNA.

    E. Schwarz;G. Scherer;G. Hobom;H. Kössel

  • Scx+/Sox9+ progenitors contribute to the establishment of the junction between cartilage and tendon/ligament.

    Yuki Sugimoto;Aki Takimoto;Haruhiko Akiyama;Ralf Kist

  • Assignment of an autosomal sex reversal locus (SRA1) and campomelic dysplasia (CMPD1) to 17q24.3-q25.1.

    N. Tommerup;W. Schempp;P. Meinecke;S. Pedersen

  • Two independent nuclear localization signals are present in the DNA-binding high-mobility group domains of SRY and SOX9.

    Peter Südbeck;Gerd Scherer

  • Recent gene conversion involving bovine vasopressin and oxytocin precursor genes suggested by nucleotide sequence

    Siegfried Ruppert;Gerd Scherer;Günther Schütz

  • Campomelic Dysplasia Translocation Breakpoints Are Scattered over 1 Mb Proximal to SOX9: Evidence for an Extended Control Region

    Dietmar Pfeifer;Ralf Kist;Ken Dewar;Keri Devon

  • Mutational Analysis of the SOX9 Gene in Campomelic Dysplasia and Autosomal Sex Reversal: Lack of Genotype/Phenotype Correlations

    Jobst Meyer;Peter Südbeck;Marika Held;Thomas Wagner

  • Sox9 is required for precursor cell expansion and extracellular matrix organization during mouse heart valve development.

    Joy Lincoln;Ralf Kist;Gerd Scherer;Katherine E. Yutzey

  • The PGD2 pathway, independently of FGF9, amplifies SOX9 activity in Sertoli cells during male sexual differentiation.

    Brigitte Moniot;Faustine Declosmenil;Francisco Barrionuevo;Gerd Scherer

  • Testis cord differentiation after the sex determination stage is independent of Sox9 but fails in the combined absence of Sox9 and Sox8

    Francisco Barrionuevo;Ina Georg;Harry Scherthan;Charlotte Lécureuil

  • Male specific expression suggests role of DMRT1 in human sex determination.

    Brigitte Moniot;Philippe Berta;Gerd Scherer;Peter Südbeck

  • Loss of DNA-dependent dimerization of the transcription factor SOX9 as a cause for campomelic dysplasia.

    Elisabeth Sock;Roberta A. Pagon;Kathelijn Keymolen;Willy Lissens

  • Long-range upstream and downstream enhancers control distinct subsets of the complex spatiotemporal Sox9 expression pattern.

    Stefan Bagheri-Fam;Francisco Barrionuevo;Ulrike Dohrmann;Thomas Günther

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Heinrich Limbach
Hans-Heinrich Limbach Freie Universität Berlin
Andrea Superti-Furga
Andrea Superti-Furga University of Lausanne
Sheila Unger
Sheila Unger University of Lausanne
Vincent R. Harley
Vincent R. Harley Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Walter Vetter
Walter Vetter University of Hohenheim
Maike Sander
Maike Sander Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Michael Wegner
Michael Wegner University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Dietmar Pfeifer
Dietmar Pfeifer University of Freiburg
Makoto Mark Taketo
Makoto Mark Taketo Kyoto University
Niels Tommerup
Niels Tommerup University of Copenhagen

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