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Irving H. Goldberg

Irving H. Goldberg

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
12099
World Ranking
8563
National Ranking
2454

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
12097
World Ranking
10384
National Ranking
4510

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1990 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1982 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1977 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1970 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Irving H. Goldberg is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their academic profile reflects longstanding contributions recognized by several professional organizations and honors within the medical and scientific community.

Goldberg has been elected as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 1990, which signifies a role in advancing health and medicine. Earlier distinctions include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1982 and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1977. The scientist also received a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1970.

Another membership held by Goldberg is with the Association of American Physicians, indicating involvement with a professional body of academic physicians.

Although specific research papers, co-authors, publication venues, book publications, or detailed fields of study are not listed, the affiliations and awards suggest a career embedded within health sciences and related disciplines at a leading academic institution.

Best Publications

  • Base Specificity in the Interaction of Polynucleotides with Antibiotic Drugs

    D. C. Ward;E. Reich;I. H. Goldberg

  • Actinomycin and Nucleic Acid Function

    E Reich;I H Goldberg

  • Basis of actinomycin action. I. DNA binding and inhibition of RNA-polymerase synthetic reactions by actinomycin.

    I. H. Goldberg;M. Rabinowitz;E. Reich

  • Mechanism of neocarzinostatin action: role of DNA microstructure in determination of chemistry of bistranded oxidative damage

    Irving H. Goldberg

  • Actinomycin D Inhibition of Deoxyribonucleic Acid-Dependent Synthesis of Ribonucleic Acid

    I. H. Goldberg;M. Rabinowitz

  • Inhibition of fatty acid synthetases by the antibiotic cerulenin

    D. Vance;I. Goldberg;O. Mitsuhashi;K. Bloch

  • Antibiotics and Nucleic Acids

    I H Goldberg;P A Friedman

  • Free-radical mechanisms involved in the formation of sequence-dependent bistranded DNA lesions by the antitumor antibiotics bleomycin, neocarzinostatin, and calicheamicin.

    Peter C. Dedon;Irving H. Goldberg

  • Studies on Polynucleotides. XIV.1 Specific Synthesis of the C3"-C5" Interribonucleotide Linkage. Syntheses of Uridylyl-(3"5")-Uridine and Uridylyl-(3"5")-Adenosine2

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  • Neocarzinostatin: Spectral characterization and separation of a non-protein chromophore

    M.A. Napier;B. Holmquist;D.J. Strydom;I.H. Goldberg

  • Structure-Activity Correlations of Actinomycins and their Derivatives

    E. Reich;E. Reich;I. H. Goldberg;I. H. Goldberg;M. Rabinowitz;M. Rabinowitz

  • Ribonucleic acid synthesis in nuclear extracts of mammalian cells grown in suspension culture; effect of ionic strength and surface-active agents.

    Irving H. Goldberg

  • Mode of action of antibiotics. II. Drugs affecting nucleic acid and protein synthesis.

    Irving H. Goldberg

  • DNA strand scission by the antitumor protein neocarzinostatin.

    Terry A. Beerman;Irving H. Goldberg

  • Strand scission of deoxyribonucleic acid by neocarzinostatin, auromomycin, and bleomycin: studies on base release and nucleotide sequence specificity.

    Masaru Takeshita;Lizzy S. Kappen;Arthur P. Grollman;Moises Eisenberg

  • Roles of chromophore and apo-protein in neocarzinostatin action.

    Lizzy S. Kappen;Mary A. Napier;Irving H. Goldberg

  • Deoxyribonucleic acid damage by neocarzinostatin chromophore: strand breaks generated by selective oxidation of C-5' of deoxyribose

    Lizzy S. Kappen;Irving H. Goldberg

  • BIOSYNTHESIS OF THYROGLOBULIN. II. ROLE OF SUBUNITS, IODINATION, AND RIBONUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS.

    Randolph W. Seed;Irving H. Goldberg

  • Binding of the nonprotein chromophore of neocarzinostatin to deoxyribonucleic acid.

    Lawrence F. Povirk;Irving H. Goldberg

  • 7.15 – DNA-damaging Enediyne Compounds

    Zhen Xi;Irving H. Goldberg

  • The incorporation of 5-ribosyluracil triphosphate into RNA in nuclear extracts of mammalian cells.

    Irving H. Goldberg;Irving H. Goldberg;Murray Rabinowitz;Murray Rabinowitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Murray Rabinowitz
Murray Rabinowitz University of Chicago
Xiaolian Gao
Xiaolian Gao University of Houston
John W. Kozarich
John W. Kozarich The University of Texas at Austin
Loren Dean Williams
Loren Dean Williams Georgia Institute of Technology
Deborah L. Zink
Deborah L. Zink Weizenbaum-Institut
Richard D. Smith
Richard D. Smith Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Barton Holmquist
Barton Holmquist Harvard University
Arthur P. Grollman
Arthur P. Grollman Stony Brook University

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