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14860
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Overview

John L. Wang is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics relating to galectins, cancer biology, RNA splicing, immunology, and molecular biology. Their body of work spans several intersecting disciplines, including immunology and microbiology, molecular biology, and mechanical engineering.

The principal research topics covered by Wang include:

  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Heat Shock Proteins Research
  • Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties

Their most frequent coauthors are:

  • Patricia G. Voss
  • Kevin C. Haudek
  • Ronald J. Patterson

John L. Wang has published in several venues, with most publications appearing in:

  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Experimental Cell Research
  • Methods in Molecular Biology

Notable recent papers include:

  • Liquid-liquid phase separation: Galectin-3 in nuclear speckles and ribonucleoprotein complexes, 2023, Experimental Cell Research
  • Complementation of Splicing Activity by a Galectin-3 - U1 snRNP Complex on Beads, 2020, Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Galectin-3-U1 snRNP Complexes Initiate Splicing Activity in U1-Depleted Nuclear Extracts, 2022, Methods in Molecular Biology
  • Complementation of Splicing Activity by a Galectin-3 - U1 snRNP Complex on Beads, 2020, Journal of Visualized Experiments

Their work is rooted in immunology and microbiology, with a strong emphasis on immunology as a subfield. Molecular biology is another key subfield represented in their publications.

Best Publications

  • Galectins: a family of animal beta-galactoside-binding lectins.

    Samuel H. Barondes;Vincent Castronovo;Douglas N W Cooper;Richard D. Cummings

  • Intracellular functions of galectins

    Fu Tong Liu;Ronald J. Patterson;John L. Wang

  • AprilTag 2: Efficient and robust fiducial detection

    John Wang;Edwin Olson

  • The Covalent and Three-Dimensional Structure of Concanavalin A

    Gerald M. Edelman;Bruce A. Cunningham;George N. Reeke;Joseph W. Becker

  • Receptor mobility and receptor-cytoplasmic interactions in lymphocytes.

    Gerald M. Edelman;Ichiro Yahara;John L. Wang

  • Concanavalin A Derivatives with Altered Biological Activities

    Gary R. Gunther;John L. Wang;Ichiro Yahara;Bruce A. Cunningham

  • Identification of galectin-3 as a factor in pre-mRNA splicing

    Sue F. Dagher;John L. Wang;Ronald J. Patterson

  • The complete amino acid sequence of beta 2-microglobulin.

    Bruce A. Cunningham;John L. Wang;Ingemar Berggard;Per A. Peterson

  • Endogenous lectins from cultured cells: nuclear localization of carbohydrate-binding protein 35 in proliferating 3T3 fibroblasts

    Ioannis K. Moutsatsos;Margaret Wade;Melvin Schindler;John L. Wang

  • Unusual fragments in the subunit structure of concanavalin A.

    John L. Wang;Bruce A. Cunningham;Gerald M. Edelman

  • Association of galectin-1 and galectin-3 with Gemin4 in complexes containing the SMN protein

    Jung W. Park;Patricia G. Voss;Sharon Grabski;John L. Wang

  • The covalent and three-dimensional structure of concanavalin A. II. Amino acid sequence of cyanogen bromide fragment F3.

    B A Cunningham;J L Wang;M J Waxdal;G M Edelman

  • Carbohydrate binding protein 35. Complementary DNA sequence reveals homology with proteins of the heterogeneous nuclear RNP.

    S Jia;J L Wang

  • Evidence for a role for galectin-1 in pre-mRNA splicing.

    Anandita Vyakarnam;Sue F. Dagher;John L. Wang;Ronald J. Patterson

  • Dynamics of galectin-3 in the nucleus and cytoplasm.

    Kevin C. Haudek;Kimberly J. Spronk;Patricia G. Voss;Ronald J. Patterson

  • Modulation of lymphocyte mitogenesis.

    John L. Wang;Donald A. McClain;Gerald M. Edelman

  • Isolation and proteolytic cleavage of the intact subunit of concanavalin A.

    Bruce A. Cunningham;John L. Wang;Mollie N. Pflumm;Gerald M. Edelman

  • Fluorescent Probes for Conformational States of Proteins IV. THE PEPSINOGEN-PEPSIN CONVERSION

    John L. Wang;Gerald M. Edelman

  • Carbohydrate-binding protein 35. Levels of transcription and mRNA accumulation in quiescent and proliferating cells.

    N Agrwal;J L Wang;P G Voss

  • Shuttling of galectin-3 between the nucleus and cytoplasm.

    Peter J. Davidson;Michael J. Davis;Ronald J. Patterson;Marie Anne Ripoche

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald M. Edelman
Gerald M. Edelman Neurosciences Institute
Bruce A. Cunningham
Bruce A. Cunningham Scripps Research Institute
Edwin Olson
Edwin Olson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Donald A. McClain
Donald A. McClain Wake Forest University
Fu-Tong Liu
Fu-Tong Liu Academia Sinica
Robert D. Inman
Robert D. Inman University of Toronto
Ichiro Yahara
Ichiro Yahara Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
John Blenis
John Blenis Cornell University
Ken-ichi Kasai
Ken-ichi Kasai Teikyo University
Jun Hirabayashi
Jun Hirabayashi Nagoya University

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