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Joseph W. Sanger is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily covers the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Additional areas of study include Pharmacology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics including:

  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Joseph W. Sanger include:

  • Jean M. Sanger
  • Jushuo Wang
  • Dipak K. Dube
  • Syamalima Dube
  • Yingli Fan

This scientist has published extensively in the journal Cytoskeleton, with twelve papers in that venue, in addition to one publication in Biochemistry Research International.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Joseph W. Sanger include:

  • "Sarcomeric TPM3 expression in human heart and skeletal muscle," 2020, Cytoskeleton
  • "Myofibril assembly and the roles of the ubiquitin proteasome system," 2020, Cytoskeleton
  • "STED analysis reveals the organization of nonmuscle muscle II, muscle myosin II, and F-actin in nascent myofibrils," 2022, Cytoskeleton
  • "Inhibitors of the ubiquitin proteasome system block myofibril assembly in cardiomyocytes derived from chick embryos and human pluripotent stem cells," 2021, Cytoskeleton
  • "Comparison of incorporation of wild type and mutated actins into sarcomeres in skeletal muscle cells: A fluorescence recovery after photobleaching study," 2022, Cytoskeleton

Best Publications

  • Embryonic cardiomyocytes beat best on a matrix with heart-like elasticity: scar-like rigidity inhibits beating

    Adam J. Engler;Christine Carag-Krieger;Colin P. Johnson;Matthew Raab

  • The premyofibril: Evidence for its role in myofibrillogenesis

    Dukhee Rhee;Jean M. Sanger;Joseph W. Sanger

  • Costameres are sites of force transmission to the substratum in adult rat cardiomyocytes.

    Barbara A. Danowski;Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida;Jean M. Sanger;Joseph W. Sanger

  • Myofibrillogenesis visualized in living embryonic cardiomyocytes

    Guissou A. Dabiri;Kenan K. Turnacioglu;Jean M. Sanger;Joseph W. Sanger

  • How to build a myofibril

    Joseph W. Sanger;Songman Kang;Cornelia C. Siebrands;Nancy Freeman

  • Angiopathic consequences of saturating the plasma scavenger system for actin.

    J G Haddad;K D Harper;M Guoth;G G Pietra

  • Banding and polarity of actin filaments in interphase and cleaving cells.

    J M Sanger;J W Sanger

  • Myofibrillogenesis in living cells microinjected with fluorescently labeled alpha-actinin.

    Jean M. Sanger;Balraj Mittal;Mark B. Pochapin;Joseph W. Sanger

  • Assembly and dynamics of myofibrils.

    Joseph W. Sanger;Jushuo Wang;Yingli Fan;Jennifer White

  • Differences in the stress fibers between fibroblasts and epithelial cells.

    J W Sanger;J M Sanger;B M Jockusch

  • Changing patterns of actin localization during cell division

    Joseph W. Sanger

  • Dynamics of Z-band based proteins in developing skeletal muscle cells.

    Jushuo Wang;Nathan Shaner;Balraj Mittal;Qiang Zhou

  • Host cell actin assembly is necessary and likely to provide the propulsive force for intracellular movement of Listeria monocytogenes

    J M Sanger;J W Sanger;F S Southwick

  • Reversible translocation of cytoplasmic actin into the nucleus caused by dimethyl sulfoxide

    Joseph W. Sanger;Jean M. Sanger;Thomas E. Kreis;Brigitte M. Jockusch

  • Presence of actin during chromosomal movement.

    Joseph W. Sanger

  • Myofibrillogenesis in skeletal muscle cells in zebrafish

    Joseph W. Sanger;Jushuo Wang;Beth Holloway;Aiping Du

  • Myofibrillogenesis in skeletal muscle cells.

    Joseph W Sanger;Prokash Chowrashi;Nathan C Shaner;Simon Spalthoff

  • Novel form of actin-based motility transports bacteria on the surfaces of infected cells.

    Jean M. Sanger;Raymond Chang;Francis Ashton;James B. Kaper

  • Myofibrillogenesis in the first cardiomyocytes formed from isolated quail precardiac mesoderm.

    Aiping Du;Jean M Sanger;Kersti K Linask;Joseph W Sanger

  • Analysis of myofibrillar structure and assembly using fluorescently labeled contractile proteins.

    J W Sanger;B Mittal;J M Sanger

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean M. Sanger
Jean M. Sanger SUNY Upstate Medical University
Howard Holtzer
Howard Holtzer University of Pennsylvania
Dennis E. Discher
Dennis E. Discher University of Pennsylvania
Clare M. Waterman-Storer
Clare M. Waterman-Storer National Institutes of Health
David Boettiger
David Boettiger University of Pennsylvania
Maurizio Pacifici
Maurizio Pacifici Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Yale E. Goldman
Yale E. Goldman University of Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Kreis
Thomas E. Kreis University of Geneva
Larry S. Barak
Larry S. Barak Duke University
James B. Kaper
James B. Kaper University of Maryland, Baltimore

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