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John C. Gerhart is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's recent work includes publications centered on molecular and nervous system biology. Two notable papers published in 2023 are:

  • Molecular characterization of nervous system organization in the hemichordate acorn worm Saccoglossus kowalevskii, PLoS Biology
  • Molecular characterization of nervous system organization in the hemichordate Saccoglossus kowalevskii, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The topics addressed in their research cover a range of biological and neurological subjects, including:

  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation

John C. Gerhart's work is situated within specific subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated include Ariel M. Pani, Mike Wu, Christopher J. Lowe, Marc W. Kirschner, and José M. Andrade López.

Publication venues featuring their work include PLoS Biology and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

John C. Gerhart has contributed to book publications as well, with a notable work published by Garland Science eBooks titled Normal Table of Xenopus Laevis (Daudin) in 2020, which has received a significant number of citations.

Best Publications

  • The Enzymology of Control by Feedback Inhibition

    John C. Gerhart;Arthur B. Pardee

  • Cells, embryos and evolution : toward a cellular and developmental understanding of phenotypic variation and evolutionary adaptability

    John C Gerhart;Marc W Kirschner;Eileen Starr Moderbacher

  • FORMATION AND FUNCTION OF SPEMANN'S ORGANIZER

    Richard Harland;John Gerhart

  • Cell cycle dynamics of an M-phase-specific cytoplasmic factor in Xenopus laevis oocytes and eggs.

    J Gerhart;M Wu;M Kirschner

  • Efficient construction of a large nonimmune phage antibody library: The production of high-affinity human single-chain antibodies to protein antigens

    Michael D. Sheets;Peter Amersdorfer;Ricarda Finnern;Peter Sargent

  • Distinct Subunits for the Regulation and Catalytic Activity of Aspartate Transcarbamylase

    John C. Gerhart;Howard K. Schachman

  • Cells, Embryos and Evolution

    John C. Gerhart;Marc Kirschner

  • The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin?s Dilemma

    Marc W. Kirschner;John C. Gerhart

  • Cortical rotation of the Xenopus egg: consequences for the anteroposterior pattern of embryonic dorsal development.

    J. Gerhart;M. Danilchik;T. Doniach;S. Roberts

  • The theory of facilitated variation

    John Gerhart;Marc Kirschner

  • Anteroposterior Patterning in Hemichordates and the Origins of the Chordate Nervous System

    Christopher J Lowe;Mike Wu;Adrian Salic;Louise Evans

  • The purification of aspartate transcarbamylase of Escherichia coli and separation of its protein subunits.

    John C. Gerhart;Hella Holoubek

  • Allosteric Interactions in Aspartate Transcarbamylase. II. Evidence for Different Conformational States of the Protein in the Presence and Absence of Specific Ligands

    John C. Gerhart;Howard K. Schachman

  • Early cellular interactions promote embryonic axis formation in Xenopus laevis.

    Robert L. Gimlich;John C. Gerhart

  • Dorsoventral Patterning in Hemichordates: Insights into Early Chordate Evolution

    Christopher J Lowe;Mark Terasaki;Michael T. Wu;Robert M Freeman

  • Changes in protein phosphorylation accompanying maturation of Xenopus laevis oocytes

    J. Maller;M. Wu;J.C. Gerhart

  • Partial purification and characterization of the maturation-promoting factor from eggs of Xenopus laevis.

    Michael Wu;John C. Gerhart

  • Allosteric interactions in aspartate transcarbamylase. I. Binding of specific ligands to the native enzyme and its isolated subunits.

    Jean P. Changeux;John C. Gerhart;Howard K. Schachman

  • Determination of the dorsal-ventral axis in eggs of Xenopus laevis: complete rescue of uv-impaired eggs by oblique orientation before first cleavage.

    Stanley R. Scharf;John C. Gerhart

  • Axis determination in eggs of Xenopus laevis: a critical period before first cleavage, identified by the common effects of cold, pressure and ultraviolet irradiation.

    Stanley R. Scharf;John C. Gerhart

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc W. Kirschner
Marc W. Kirschner Harvard University
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Jean-Paul Vincent
Jean-Paul Vincent The Francis Crick Institute
Mark Terasaki
Mark Terasaki University of Connecticut Health Center
Arthur B. Pardee
Arthur B. Pardee Harvard University
Michael Akam
Michael Akam University of Cambridge
Asao Fujiyama
Asao Fujiyama National Institute of Genetics
Kim C. Worley
Kim C. Worley Baylor College of Medicine
Jeremy Schmutz
Jeremy Schmutz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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