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10006
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174

Overview

Giorgio Semenza was affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research spanned several areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, focusing notably on subfields such as molecular biology, cell biology, oncology, immunology, and biophysics.

The scientist's work covered a range of topics, including:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Biopolymer Synthesis and Applications
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Giorgio Semenza published primarily in the journal FEBS Letters, where a total of 14 publications appeared. Among the most recent papers were several titled "Front Cover," published in 2020 and 2021 in FEBS Letters, authored mostly by John A. G. Briggs, James Briggs, and C Azzalin. These papers are:

  • "Front Cover", 2020, FEBS Letters
  • "Front Cover", 2020, FEBS Letters
  • "Front Cover", 2020, FEBS Letters
  • "Front Cover", 2020, FEBS Letters
  • "Front Cover", 2021, FEBS Letters

Frequent collaborators included:

  • M Bubb
  • Dietmar J. Manstein
  • J Schroeder
  • La Jolla
  • Sonnino

Best Publications

  • A modified procedure for the rapid preparation of efficiently transporting vesicles from small intestinal brush border membranes. Their use in investigating some properties of D-glucose and choline transport systems

    Markus Kessler;Oreste Acuto;Carlo Storelli;Heini Murer

  • Ultralarge atomically flat template-stripped Au surfaces for scanning probe microscopy

    Martin Hegner;Peter Wagner;Giorgio Semenza

  • Measuring elasticity of biological materials by atomic force microscopy

    Anja Vinckier;Anja Vinckier;Giorgio Semenza;Giorgio Semenza

  • Formation and in Situ Modification of Monolayers Chemisorbed on Ultraflat Template-Stripped Gold Surfaces

    Peter Wagner;Martin Hegner;Hans-Joachim Guentherodt;Giorgio Semenza

  • The sucrase-isomaltase complex: Primary structure, membrane-orientation, and evolution of a stalked, intrinsic brush border protein

    Walter Hunziker;Walter Hunziker;Martin Spiess;Giorgio Semenza;Harvey F. Lodish

  • Complete primary structure of human and rabbit lactase-phlorizin hydrolase: implications for biosynthesis, membrane anchoring and evolution of the enzyme.

    N Mantei;M Villa;T Enzler;H Wacker

  • Selective labeling of the hydrophobic core of membranes with 3-(trifluoromethyl)-3-(m-[125I]iodophenyl)diazirine, a carbene-generating reagent.

    Josef Brunner;Giorgo Semenza

  • Cloning and expression of cDNA for a Na/Pi cotransport system of kidney cortex.

    A Werner;M L Moore;N Mantei;J Biber

  • Covalent immobilization of native biomolecules onto Au(111) via N-hydroxysuccinimide ester functionalized self-assembled monolayers for scanning probe microscopy.

    P. Wagner;M. Hegner;P. Kernen;F. Zaugg

  • Hydrophobic binding of the ectodomain of influenza hemagglutinin to membranes occurs through the "fusion peptide".

    C Harter;P James;T Bächi;G Semenza

  • Biochemistry of the Na+, d-glucose cotransporter of the small-intestinal brush-border membrane: The state of the art in 1984

    Giorgio Semenza;Markus Kessler;Markus Hosang;Jakob Weber

  • ACQUIRED MILK INTOLERANCE IN THE ADULT CAUSED BY LACTOSE MALABSORPTION DUE TO A SELECTIVE DEFICIENCY OF INTESTINAL LACTASE ACTIVITY.

    Urs Peter Haemmerli;Hansjörg Kistler;Rudolf Ammann;Thomas Marthaler

  • The mode of association of the enzyme complex sucrase.isomaltase with the intestinal brush border membrane.

    J. Brunner;H. Hauser;H. Braun;K.J. Wilson

  • Immobilizing DNA on gold via thiol modification for atomic force microscopy imaging in buffer solutions

    Martin Hegner;Peter Wagner;Giorgio Semenza

  • The small-intestinal Na+,d-glucose cotransporter: An asymmetric gated channel (or pore) responsive to ΔΨ

    Markus Kessler;Giorgio Semenza

  • On the identity between the small intestinal enzymes phlorizin hydrolase and glycosylceramidase.

    Henry J. Leese;Giorgio Semenza

  • A fully active, two-active-site, single-chain sucrase.isomaltase from pig small intestine. Implications for the biosynthesis of a mammalian integral stalked membrane protein.

    H. Sjöström;O. Norén;L. Christiansen;H. Wacker

  • Phlorizin as a probe of the small-intestinal Na+,d-glucose cotransporter. A model

    Gerhard Toggenburger;Markus Kessler;Giorgio Semenza

  • HUMAN INTESTINAL DISACCHARIDASES AND HEREDITARY DISACCHARIDE INTOLERANCE. THE HYDROLYSIS OF SUCROSE, ISOMALTOSE, PALATINOSE (ISOMALTULOSE), AND A 1,6-α-OLIGOSACCHARIDE (ISOMALTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDE) PREPARATION*

    Arne Dahlqvist;Salvatore Auricchio;Giorgio Semenza;Andreas Prader

  • Similarity in effects of Na+ gradients and membrane potentials on D-glucose transport by, and phlorizin binding to, vesicles derived from brush borders of rattit intestinal mucosal cells.

    Gerhard Toggenburger;Markus Kessler;Aser Rothstein;Giorgio Semenza

Frequent Co-Authors

Josef Brunner
Josef Brunner ETH Zurich
Martin Spiess
Martin Spiess University of Basel
Martin Hegner
Martin Hegner Trinity College Dublin
Helmut Hauser
Helmut Hauser University of Bristol
Salvatore Auricchio
Salvatore Auricchio University of Naples Federico II
Walter Hunziker
Walter Hunziker Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Andreas Plückthun
Andreas Plückthun University of Zurich
Hans Sjöström
Hans Sjöström University of Copenhagen
Claire M. Fraser
Claire M. Fraser University of Maryland, Baltimore
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine

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