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Joel C. Eissenberg is affiliated with Saint Louis University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a total of six publications, as well as Medicine, represented by two publications.

The scientist's subfields of focus cover Molecular Biology, Physiology, Business and International Management, Cell Biology, and Genetics. Through these areas, their work addresses a range of complex biological processes and interdisciplinary topics.

Key topics of their research include:

  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
  • Nuclear Structure and Function
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Their recent publications feature two notable papers. In 2021, they authored "In Our Image: The Ethics of CRISPR Genome Editing," published in BioMolecular Concepts. In 2020, they contributed to "Pushing the limit on laminopathies," appearing in Nature Materials. These works contribute to both the theoretical and practical dimensions of genetic engineering and material sciences in biology.

Joel C. Eissenberg frequently publishes in the journals BioMolecular Concepts and Nature Materials, each venue featuring at least one of their papers.

Among frequent research collaborators, Susana Gonzalo stands out as a co-author, indicating ongoing cooperative work in their scientific inquiries.

Best Publications

  • Mutation in a heterochromatin-specific chromosomal protein is associated with suppression of position-effect variegation in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Joel C. Eissenberg;Tharappel C. James;Dawn M. Foster-Hartnett;Thomas Hartnett

  • The HP1 protein family: getting a grip on chromatin.

    Joel C Eissenberg;Sarah Cr Elgin

  • Specificity of the HP1 chromo domain for the methylated N‐terminus of histone H3

    Steven A. Jacobs;Steven A. Jacobs;Sean D. Taverna;Sean D. Taverna;Yinong Zhang;Scott D. Briggs

  • Distribution patterns of HP1, a heterochromatin-associated nonhistone chromosomal protein of Drosophila.

    T James;J Eissenberg;C Craig;Dietrich

  • The heterochromatin-associated protein HP-1 is an essential protein in Drosophila with dosage-dependent effects on position-effect variegation.

    J C Eissenberg;G D Morris;G Reuter;T Hartnett

  • Histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) methylation in development and differentiation.

    Joel C. Eissenberg;Ali Shilatifard

  • Functional analysis of the chromo domain of HP1.

    J S Platero;T Hartnett;J C Eissenberg

  • Selected topics in chromatin structure.

    Joel C. Eissenberg;Iain L. Cartwright;Graham H. Thomas;Sarah C. R. Elgin

  • The COMPASS family of H3K4 methylases in Drosophila

    Man Mohan;Hans Martin Herz;Edwin R. Smith;Ying Zhang

  • Heterochromatin Protein 1 Is Required for the Normal Expression of Two Heterochromatin Genes in Drosophila

    Brett Y. Lu;Peter C. R. Emtage;Brenda J. Duyf;Arthur J. Hilliker

  • Mutations in yeast proliferating cell nuclear antigen define distinct sites for interaction with DNA polymerase delta and DNA polymerase epsilon.

    J. C. Eissenberg;R. Ayyagari;X. V. Gomes;P. M. J. Burgers

  • HP1a: a structural chromosomal protein regulating transcription.

    Joel C. Eissenberg;Sarah C.R. Elgin

  • Molecular cloning of a human homologue of Drosophila heterochromatin protein HP1 using anti-centromere autoantibodies with anti-chromo specificity

    W Saunders;C Chue;M Goebl;Carolyn Craig

  • Position effect variegation in Drosophila: towards a genetics of chromatin assembly.

    Joel C. Eissenberg

  • Histone H3 lysine-to-methionine mutants as a paradigm to study chromatin signaling.

    Hans Martin Herz;Marc Alard Morgan;Xin Gao;Jessica Jackson

  • Effects of sister chromatid cohesion proteins on cut gene expression during wing development in Drosophila.

    Dale Dorsett;Joel C. Eissenberg;Ziva Misulovin;Andrew Martens

  • Heterochromatin Protein 1 Binds to Nucleosomes and DNA in Vitro

    Tao Zhao;Thomas Heyduk;C. David Allis;Joel C. Eissenberg

  • Molecular biology of the chromo domain: an ancient chromatin module comes of age.

    Joel C. Eissenberg

  • Boundary functions in the control of gene expression

    J.C. Eissenberg;S.C.R. Elgin

  • Drosophila UTX is a histone H3 Lys27 demethylase that colocalizes with the elongating form of RNA polymerase II

    Edwin R. Smith;Min Gyu Lee;Benjamin Winter;Nathan M. Droz

Frequent Co-Authors

Ali Shilatifard
Ali Shilatifard Northwestern University
Sarah C. R. Elgin
Sarah C. R. Elgin Washington University in St. Louis
Michael P. Washburn
Michael P. Washburn University of Kansas
Dale Dorsett
Dale Dorsett Saint Louis University
Janos Zempleni
Janos Zempleni University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Edwin R. Smith
Edwin R. Smith Northwestern University
Joan Weliky Conaway
Joan Weliky Conaway The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ronald C. Conaway
Ronald C. Conaway The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Laurence Florens
Laurence Florens Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Ramin Shiekhattar
Ramin Shiekhattar University of Miami

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