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Overview

Jeffrey E. Gerst is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research primarily lies within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Biophysics, Animal Science and Zoology, and Genetics.

The scientist's research topics revolve around RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA research and splicing, RNA interference and gene delivery, RNA modifications and cancer, fungal and yeast genetics research, molecular biology techniques and applications, and viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "Multiplexed mRNA assembly into ribonucleoprotein particles plays an operon-like role in the control of yeast cell physiology" (2021) in eLife
  • "Global analysis of contact-dependent human-to-mouse intercellular mRNA and lncRNA transfer in cell culture" (2023) in eLife
  • "Transperons: RNA operons as effectors of coordinated gene expression in eukaryotes" (2022) in Trends in Genetics
  • "Conservation of mRNA operon formation in the control of the heat shock response in mammalian cells" (2024) in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "An Aptamer-based mRNA Affinity Purification Procedure (RaPID) for the Identification of Associated RNAs (RaPID-seq) and Proteins (RaPID-MS) in Yeast" (2022) in BIO-PROTOCOL

Jeffrey E. Gerst has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Gal Haimovich
  • Rohini R. Nair
  • Sandipan Dasgupta
  • Emese Pataki
  • Rita Gelin-Licht

The frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Trends in Genetics
  • BIO-PROTOCOL
  • Communications Biology

Best Publications

  • Homologs of the synaptobrevin/VAMP family of synaptic vesicle proteins function on the late secretory pathway in S. cerevisiae.

    Vladimir Protopopov;Brinda Govindan;Peter Novick;Jeffrey E. Gerst

  • Cloning and characterization of CAP, the S. cerevisiae gene encoding the 70 kd adenylyl cyclase-associated protein

    J. Field;A. Vojtek;R. Ballester;G. Bolger

  • SNAREs and SNARE regulators in membrane fusion and exocytosis.

    J. E. Gerst

  • Evidence for a functional link between profilin and CAP in the yeast S. cerevisiae

    Anne Vojtek;Brian Haarer;Jeffrey Field;Jeffrey Gerst

  • CAP is a bifunctional component of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae adenylyl cyclase complex

    Jeffrey E. Gerst;Kenneth Ferguson;Anne Vojtek;Michael Wigler

  • Identification and characterization of a gene encoding phospholipase D activity in yeast.

    Michal Waksman;Yona Eli;Mordechai Liscovitch;Jeffrey E. Gerst

  • SNC1, a yeast homolog of the synaptic vesicle-associated membrane protein/synaptobrevin gene family: genetic interactions with the RAS and CAP genes

    Jeffrey E. Gerst;Linda Rodgers;Michael Riggs;Michael Wigler

  • mRNAs Encoding Polarity and Exocytosis Factors Are Cotransported with the Cortical Endoplasmic Reticulum to the Incipient Bud in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Stella Aronov;Rita Gelin-Licht;Gadi Zipor;Liora Haim

  • SNARE regulators: matchmakers and matchbreakers.

    Jeffrey E. Gerst

  • Localization of mRNAs coding for mitochondrial proteins in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Noga Gadir;Liora Haim-Vilmovsky;Judith Kraut-Cohen;Jeffrey E. Gerst

  • Involvement of long chain fatty acid elongation in the trafficking of secretory vesicles in yeast.

    Doris David;Sumathy Sundarababu;Jeffrey E. Gerst

  • Genetic and biochemical analysis of the adenylyl cyclase-associated protein, cap, in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

    M. Kawamukai;J. Gerst;J. Field;M. Riggs

  • A genomic integration method to visualize localization of endogenous mRNAs in living yeast.

    Liora Haim;Gadi Zipor;Stella Aronov;Jeffrey E Gerst

  • Dynamin and clathrin are required for the biogenesis of a distinct class of secretory vesicles in yeast.

    Sangiliyandi Gurunathan;Doris David;Jeffrey E. Gerst

  • t-SNARE dephosphorylation promotes SNARE assembly and exocytosis in yeast.

    Michael Marash;Jeffrey E. Gerst

  • Ddi1, a eukaryotic protein with the retroviral protease fold.

    Roy Sirkis;Jeffrey E. Gerst;Deborah Fass

  • Intercellular mRNA trafficking via membrane nanotube-like extensions in mammalian cells

    Gal Haimovich;Christopher M. Ecker;Margaret C. Dunagin;Elliott Eggan

  • Specialized ribosomes and specific ribosomal protein paralogs control translation of mitochondrial proteinsTranslational control of mRNA by specialized ribosomes

    Nadav Segev;Jeffrey E. Gerst

  • Identification of a Novel Ca2+-dependent, Phosphatidylethanolamine-hydrolyzing Phospholipase D in Yeast Bearing a Disruption in PLD1

    Michal Waksman;Xiaoqing Tang;Yona Eli;Jeffrey E. Gerst

  • The Gcs1 Arf-GAP Mediates Snc1,2 v-SNARE Retrieval to the Golgi in Yeast

    Micah Robinson;Pak Phi Poon;Christina Schindler;Lois E. Murray

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey Field
Jeffrey Field University of Pennsylvania
Michael Wigler
Michael Wigler Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Robert H. Singer
Robert H. Singer Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Yitzhak Pilpel
Yitzhak Pilpel Weizmann Institute of Science
Chad Nusbaum
Chad Nusbaum Cellarity
Brian J. Haas
Brian J. Haas Broad Institute
Markus Ralser
Markus Ralser Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Arjun Raj
Arjun Raj University of Pennsylvania
Anne Spang
Anne Spang University of Basel
Lars M. Steinmetz
Lars M. Steinmetz Stanford University

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