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7657

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

James W. Fristrom was affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their career in academia involved research and contribution to various scientific fields, although specific details on their primary areas of study and research topics are not recorded in the available data.

Throughout their career, James W. Fristrom did not have recorded frequent co-authors or a documented list of recent papers, which limits detailed insight into collaborative efforts or particular scholarly output. Similarly, no publication venues were noted as frequent outlets for their work, nor were any books published under their name available in the source information.

Among honors, James W. Fristrom was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1976. This award indicates a period of acknowledged scholarship or research accomplishment during their career.

The absence of detailed records on topics of work, fields of study, or subfields suggests that further archival or external resources would be necessary to construct a fuller picture of their academic contributions.

Best Publications

  • Gene within a gene: nested Drosophila genes encode unrelated proteins on opposite DNA strands.

    Steven Henikoff;Michael A. Keene;Kim Fechtel;James W. Fristrom

  • Talin Is Essential for Integrin Function in Drosophila

    Nicholas H. Brown;Stephen L. Gregory;Wayne L. Rickoll;Liselotte I. Fessler

  • Cuticle Protein Genes of Drosophila: Structure, Organization and Evolution of Four Clustered Genes

    Michael Snyder;Michael Hunkapiller;David Yuen;Donald Silvert

  • The distribution of PS integrins, laminin A and F-actin during key stages in Drosophila wing development

    Dianne Fristrom;Michael Wilcox;James Fristrom

  • The mechanism of evagination of imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster. 1. General considerations.

    Dianne Fristrom;James W. Fristrom

  • Interactions and developmental effects of mutations in the Broad-Complex of Drosophila melanogaster.

    Istvan Kiss;Amy H. Beaton;Jil Tardiff;Dianne Fristrom

  • The synthetic and minimal culture requirements for evagination of imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster in vitro.

    James W. Fristrom;W.Robert Logan;Collin Murphy

  • The recovery and preliminary characterization of X chromosome mutants affecting imaginal discs ofDrosophila melanogaster

    Margaret Stewart;Collin Murphy;James W. Fristrom

  • The assay of ecdysones and juvenile hormones on Drosophila imaginal disks in vitro

    Carol J. Chihara;William H. Petri;James W. Fristrom;David S. King

  • A switch in broad-complex zinc-finger isoform expression is regulated posttranscriptionally during the metamorphosis of Drosophila imaginal discs.

    Cynthia A. Bayer;Bret Holley;James W. Fristrom

  • Ecdysone levels during metamorphosis of Drosophila melanogaster

    David W. Borst;David W. Borst;Walter E. Bollenbacher;Walter E. Bollenbacher;John D. O'Connor;John D. O'Connor;David S. King;David S. King

  • 20-Hydroxyecdysone is required for, and negatively regulates, transcription of Drosophila pupal cuticle protein genes.

    R.T. Apple;James W. Fristrom

  • Ecdysterone induces the transcription of four heat-shock genes in Drosophila S3 cells and imaginal discs.

    Robert C. Ireland;Edward Berger;Karl Sirotkin;Mary Alice Yund

  • Autosomal Mutations Affecting Adhesion between Wing Surfaces in Drosophila Melanogaster

    Mary Prout;Zubin Damania;Julie Soong;Dianne Fristrom

  • Ecdysteroid receptors in imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster.

    Mary Alice Yund;David S. King;James W. Fristrom

  • Apical cell shape changes during Drosophila imaginal leg disc elongation: a novel morphogenetic mechanism

    M.L. Condic;D. Fristrom;J.W. Fristrom

  • Relationships between protein isoforms and genetic functions demonstrate functional redundancy at the Broad-Complex during Drosophila metamorphosis.

    Cynthia A. Bayer;Laurence von Kalm;James W. Fristrom

  • The cuticle proteins of Drosophila melanogaster: stage specificity.

    Carol J. Chihara;Donald J. Silvert;James W. Fristrom

  • The Drosophila Stubble-stubbloid gene encodes an apparent transmembrane serine protease required for epithelial morphogenesis.

    Laurel F. Appel;Mary Prout;Robin Abu-Shumays;Ann Hammonds

  • The Drosophila Broad-Complex early gene directly regulates late gene transcription during the ecdysone-induced puffing cascade.

    Kirsten Crossgrove;Cynthia A. Bayer;James W. Fristrom;Gregory M. Guild

Frequent Co-Authors

David S. King
David S. King University of California, Berkeley
Michael Snyder
Michael Snyder Stanford University
Michael W. Hunkapiller
Michael W. Hunkapiller Pacific Biosciences (United States)
Norman Davidson
Norman Davidson California Institute of Technology
Steven Henikoff
Steven Henikoff Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Sarah C. R. Elgin
Sarah C. R. Elgin Washington University in St. Louis
Joel C. Eissenberg
Joel C. Eissenberg Saint Louis University
Nicholas H. Brown
Nicholas H. Brown University of Cambridge
Daniel P. Kiehart
Daniel P. Kiehart Duke University

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