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Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1967 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1965 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1959 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1949 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1940 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Irwin C. Gunsalus was affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Throughout their career, they received multiple recognitions from prominent scientific organizations and foundations.

They were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) twice, first in 1940 and later in 1991. Their repeated recognition highlights a sustained involvement with the AAAS over many decades.

Gunsalus was also honored as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation on three occasions: in 1949, 1959, and 1967. This series of fellowships indicates periods of supported research or scholarship within their career.

In addition to these fellowships, they were elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1965, marking a notable milestone in their academic and scientific contributions.

Best Publications

  • Dynamics of ligand binding to myoglobin

    R. H. Austin;K. W. Beeson;L. Eisenstein;H. Frauenfelder

  • The P450 Superfamily: Updated Listing of All Genes and Recommended Nomenclature for the Chromosomal Loci

    Daniel W. Nebert;David R. Nelson;Milton Adesnik;Minor J. Coon

  • A Soluble Cytochrome P-450 Functional in Methylene Hydroxylation

    Masayuki Katagiri;B. N. Ganguli;I. C. Gunsalus

  • Crystalline α-Lipoic Acid: A Catalytic Agent Associated with Pyruvate Dehydrogenase

    Lester J. Reed;Betty G. DeBusk;I. C. Gunsalus;Carl S. Hornberger

  • SPIN-STATE CHANGES IN CYTOCHROME P-450cam ON BINDING OF SPECIFIC SUBSTRATES

    R. Tsai;C. A. Yu;I. C. Gunsalus;J. Peisach

  • A thermodynamic model of regulation: modulation of redox equilibria in camphor monoxygenase.

    Stephen G. Sligar;I. C. Gunsalus

  • The Roles of Putidaredoxin and P450cam in Methylene Hydroxylation

    Charles A. Tyson;John D. Lipscomb;I.C. Gunsalus

  • Nucleotide sequence of the Pseudomonas putida cytochrome P-450cam gene and its expression in Escherichia coli.

    B. P. Unger;I. C. Gunsalus;Stephen Sligar

  • Plasmid gene organization: naphthalene/salicylate oxidation.

    Unknown

  • A Transmissible Plasmid Controlling Camphor Oxidation in Pseudomonas Putida

    J. G. Rheinwald;A. M. Chakrabarty;I. C. Gunsalus

  • Enzymatic synthesis of citric acid. IV. Pyruvate as acetyl donor.

    Seymour Korkes;Alice del Campillo;I. C. Gunsalus;Severo Ochoa

  • Autooxidation and hydroxylation reactions of oxygenated cytochrome P-450cam.

    J. D. Lipscomb;Stephen G. Sligar;M. J. Namtvedt;I. C. Gunsalus

  • Origin of the anomalous Soret spectra of carboxycytochrome P-450

    Louise Karle Hanson;William A. Eaton;Stephen G. Sligar;I. C. Gunsalus

  • Oxygenase-catalyzed biological hydroxylations.

    I. C. Gunsalus;T. C. Pederson;Stephen Sligar

  • Cytochrome P-450cam. I. Crystallization and properties.

    C-A. Yu;I.C. Gunsalus;M. Katagiri;K. Suhara

  • Resonance Raman detection of an iron-sulfur bond in cytochrome P 450cam

    P. M. Champion;B. R. Stallard;G. C. Wagner;I. C. Gunsalus

  • MICROBIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION OF (+)-CAMPHOR

    W. H. Bradshaw;H. E. Conrad;E. J. Corey;I. C. Gunsalus

  • Superoxide anion production by the autoxidation of cytochrome P450cam

    Stephen G. Sligar;J. D. Lipscomb;P. G. Debrunner;I. C. Gunsalus

  • Mixed function oxidation. IV. An induced methylene hydroxylase in camphor oxidation.

    J. Hedegaard;I. C. Gunsalus

  • Binding of carbon monoxide to isolated hemoglobin chains.

    N. Alberding;Shirley S. Chan;L. Eisenstein;H. Frauenfelder

  • Mössbauer studies of cytochrome P-450cam

    M. Sharrock;E. Münck;P. G. Debrunner;V. Marshall

  • Cytochrome P450cam and its complexes. Mössbauer parameters of the heme iron.

    M. Sharrock;P.G. Debrunner;C. Schulz;J.D. Lipscomb

  • Activation Energy Spectrum of a Biomolecule: Photodissociation of Carbonmonoxy Myoglobin at Low Temperatures

    R. H. Austin;K. Beeson;L. Eisenstein;H. Frauenfelder

  • Biosynthesis and Structure of Lipoic Acid Derivatives1

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen G. Sligar
Stephen G. Sligar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John D. Lipscomb
John D. Lipscomb University of Minnesota
Daniel W. Nebert
Daniel W. Nebert University of Cincinnati
Minor J. Coon
Minor J. Coon University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael R. Waterman
Michael R. Waterman Vanderbilt University
F. Peter Guengerich
F. Peter Guengerich Vanderbilt University
Ronald W. Estabrook
Ronald W. Estabrook The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
David R. Nelson
David R. Nelson University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Ryo Sato
Ryo Sato Osaka University

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