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Gordon H. Dixon

Gordon H. Dixon

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
62
Citations
9166
World Ranking
1871
National Ranking
56

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1970 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Gordon H. Dixon was affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada during their academic career. Their research contributed to multiple fields, especially genetics and reproductive medicine, with a focus on topics such as genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities, animal behavior and reproduction, and sperm and testicular function.

Their recent publications spanned a range of subjects and venues:

  • Evolution of the canonical sex chromosomes of the guppy and its relatives (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Issue Information (2023), published in Plant Pathology
  • 459 Estetrol prevents catagen progression in healthy and female pattern hair loss hair follicles ex vivo (2025), published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Dixon frequently collaborated with several researchers across different projects. Notable coauthors included:

  • Mark Kirkpatrick
  • Jason M. Sardell
  • Brendan J. Pinto
  • Catherine L. Peichel
  • Manfred Schartl

Their work was regularly published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Plant Pathology
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology

The fields and subfields associated with Dixon's research included:

  • Genetics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Reproductive Medicine

Awards received during their career included recognition as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1970, acknowledged by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Vertebrate protamine genes and the histone-to-protamine replacement reaction.

    Rafael Oliva;Gordon H. Dixon

  • Sites of phosphorylation on pyruvate dehydrogenase from bovine kidney and heart

    Stephen J. Yeaman;Eldridge T. Hutcheson;Thomas E. Roche;Flora H. Pettit

  • Human sperm protamines. Amino-acid sequences of two forms of protamine P2.

    Donald J. McKAY;Bernard S. Renaux;Gordon H. Dixon

  • Two salmon neuropeptides encoded by one brain cDNA are structurally related to members of the glucagon superfamily

    David B. Parker;Imogen R. Coe;Gordon H. Dixon;Nancy M. Sherwood

  • High mobility group proteins 1 and 2 function as general class II transcription factors.

    Jagmohan Singh;Gordon H. Dixon

  • Histone hyperacetylation can induce unfolding of the nucleosome core particle.

    R. Oliva;D.P. Bazett-Jones;L. Locklear;G.H. Dixon

  • The amino acid sequence of human sperm protamine P1

    D. J. McKay;B. S. Renaux;G. H. Dixon

  • The hormonal control of activity of skeletal muscle phosphorylase kinase. Amino-acid sequences at the two sites of action of adenosine-3':5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase.

    Philip Cohen;David C. Watson;Gordon H. Dixon

  • The Amino‐Acid Sequence of Trout‐Testis Histone H1

    A. R. Macleod;N. C. W. Wong;G. H. Dixon

  • Free ubiquitin is a non-histone protein of trout testis chromatin

    David C. Watson;W. Beatriz Levy;Gordon H. Dixon

  • Hyperacetylation of histone H4 promotes chromatin decondensation prior to histone replacement by protamines during spermatogenesis in rainbow trout

    Mark E. Christensen;J.B. Rattner;Gordon H. Dixon

  • Subdivision of the Three Common Haptoglobin Types based on ‘Hidden’ Differences

    G. E. Connell;G. H. Dixon;O. Smithies

  • The purification, characterization and partial sequence determination of a trout testis non-histone protein, HMG-T.

    David C. Watson;Erwin H. Peters;Gordon H. Dixon

  • Hyperacetylation of histone H4 correlates with the terminal, transcriptionally inactive stages of spermatogenesis in rainbow trout.

    Mark E. Christensen;Gordon H. Dixon

  • Evolution of protamine P1 genes in mammals

    R. Queralt;R. Adroer;R. Oliva;R. J. Winkfein

  • Partial purification of transcriptionally active nucleosomes from trout testis cells

    W Beatriz Levy;Gordon H. Dixon

  • Factors affecting nucleosome disassembly by protamines in vitro. Histone hyperacetylation and chromatin structure, time dependence, and the size of the sperm nuclear proteins.

    R Oliva;D Bazett-Jones;C Mezquita;G H Dixon

  • Purification and characterization of mouse protamines P1 and P2. Amino acid sequence of P2.

    Anthony R. Bellve;Donald J. McKay;Bernard S. Renaux;Gordon H. Dixon

  • Adenosine diphosphoribosylation of certain basic chromosomal proteins in isolated trout testis nuclei.

    Norman C. W. Wong;Guy G. Poirier;Gordon H. Dixon

  • Amino-acid sequences of two forms of protamine P2

    J Donald;Bernard S. Renaux;Gordon H. Dixon

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael Oliva
Rafael Oliva University of Barcelona
Kostas Iatrou
Kostas Iatrou University of Calgary
Michael Westerman
Michael Westerman La Trobe University
Judd M. Aiken
Judd M. Aiken University of Alberta
Jerome B. Rattner
Jerome B. Rattner University of Calgary
E. Morton Bradbury
E. Morton Bradbury University of California, Davis
George Chaconas
George Chaconas University of Calgary
Marvin J. Fritzler
Marvin J. Fritzler University of Calgary
David P. Bazett-Jones
David P. Bazett-Jones University of Calgary
Thomas E. Roche
Thomas E. Roche Kansas State University

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