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Kenneth R. Williams

Kenneth R. Williams

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
17481
World Ranking
10074
National Ranking
4406

Overview

Kenneth R. Williams is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Medicine, with a significant focus on molecular-level investigations.

Their main subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Biological Psychiatry, Spectroscopy, Surgery, and Rheumatology. Key topics in their work cover areas such as Tryptophan and brain disorders, Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Extracellular vesicles in disease, Stress Responses and Cortisol, and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research.

Williams has contributed to several recent publications. Notable papers include:

  • Exosomes as Emerging Biomarker Tools in Neurodegenerative and Neuropsychiatric Disorders-A Proteomics Perspective (2021, Brain Sciences)
  • Deciphering Spatial Protein-Protein Interactions in Brain Using Proximity Labeling (2022, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics)
  • Uncovering biology by single-cell proteomics (2023, Communications Biology)
  • Optimal conditions for carrying out trypsin digestions on complex proteomes: From bulk samples to single cells (2024, Journal of Proteomics)
  • Cerebrospinal fluid proteome evaluation in major depressive disorder by mass spectrometry (2020, BMC Psychiatry)

Frequent co-authors associated with Williams include:

  • Angus C. Nairn
  • TuKiet T. Lam
  • Rashaun S. Wilson
  • M. Shahid Mansuri
  • Ronald S. Duman

Williams has published mostly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Communications Biology, Journal of Proteomics, Brain Sciences, and Molecular & Cellular Proteomics.

Best Publications

  • Comparing protein abundance and mRNA expression levels on a genomic scale

    Dov Greenbaum;Christopher M. Colangelo;Christopher M. Colangelo;Kenneth Williams;Kenneth Williams;Mark B. Gerstein

  • Effect of Rosiglitazone Treatment on Nontraditional Markers of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Steven M. Haffner;Andrew S. Greenberg;Wayde M. Weston;Hongzi Chen

  • SINGLE-STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEINS REQUIRED FOR DNA REPLICATION

    John W. Chase;Kenneth R. Williams

  • Prospective study of C-reactive protein in relation to the development of diabetes and metabolic syndrome in the Mexico City Diabetes Study.

    Thang S. Han;Naveed Sattar;Ken Williams;Clicerio Gonzalez-Villalpando

  • Comparison of statistical methods for classification of ovarian cancer using mass spectrometry data

    Baolin Wu;Tom Abbott;David Fishman;Walter McMurray

  • Expression profiling reveals novel pathways in the transformation of melanocytes to melanomas.

    Keith S Hoek;David L Rimm;Kenneth R Williams;Hongyu Zhao

  • Liver markers and development of the metabolic syndrome: the insulin resistance atherosclerosis study.

    Anthony J.G. Hanley;Anthony J.G. Hanley;Ken Williams;Andreas Festa;Lynne E. Wagenknecht

  • PRMT1 Is the Predominant Type I Protein Arginine Methyltransferase in Mammalian Cells

    Jie Tang;Adam Frankel;Robert J. Cook;Sangduk Kim

  • Isolation of cDNA clones coding for human tissue factor: primary structure of the protein and cDNA.

    Eleanor K. Spicer;Renata Horton;Laura Bloem;Ronald Bach

  • Structure and expression of a complementary DNA for the nuclear coded precursor of human mitochondrial ornithine transcarbamylase.

    Arthur L. Horwich;Wayne A. Fenton;Kenneth R. Williams;Frantisek Kalousek

  • Cloning of glycoprotein D cDNA, which encodes the major subunit of the Duffy blood group system and the receptor for the Plasmodium vivax malaria parasite.

    A Chaudhuri;J Polyakova;V Zbrzezna;K Williams

  • Limited proteolysis studies on the Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA binding protein. Evidence for a functionally homologous domain in both the Escherichia coli and T4 DNA binding proteins.

    K R Williams;E K Spicer;M B LoPresti;R A Guggenheimer

  • Determination of molecular masses of proteins in solution: Implementation of an HPLC size exclusion chromatography and laser light scattering service in a core laboratory.

    E Folta-Stogniew;K R Williams

  • Sequences of the ssb gene and protein

    A Sancar;K R Williams;J W Chase;W D Rupp

  • Studies of the domain structure of mammalian DNA polymerase beta. Identification of a discrete template binding domain.

    A. Kumar;Steven Widen;K. R. Williams;P. Kedar

  • Mammalian heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein complex protein A1. Large-scale overproduction in Escherichia coli and cooperative binding to single-stranded nucleic acids.

    F Cobianchi;R L Karpel;K R Williams;V Notario

  • Phenylalanines that are conserved among several RNA-binding proteins form part of a nucleic acid-binding pocket in the A1 heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein.

    B M Merrill;K L Stone;F Cobianchi;S H Wilson

  • Gene 32 protein, the single-stranded DNA binding protein from bacteriophage T4, is a zinc metalloprotein.

    David P. Giedroc;Kathleen M. Keating;Kenneth R. Williams;William H. Konigsberg

  • Phosphorylation of DARPP-32, a dopamine- and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein, by casein kinase II.

    J A Girault;H C Hemmings;K R Williams;A C Nairn

  • Expression profiling reveals novel pathways in the transformation of Melanocytes to Melanomas.

    K. Hoek;D. Rimm;K. Williams;H. Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

William H. Konigsberg
William H. Konigsberg Yale University
Steven M. Haffner
Steven M. Haffner The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Hongyu Zhao
Hongyu Zhao Yale University
Angus C. Nairn
Angus C. Nairn Yale University
Allan D. Sniderman
Allan D. Sniderman McGill University
Michael P. Stern
Michael P. Stern The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Ralph B. D'Agostino
Ralph B. D'Agostino Wake Forest University
Kei-Hoi Cheung
Kei-Hoi Cheung Yale University
Lynne E. Wagenknecht
Lynne E. Wagenknecht Wake Forest University
Perry L. Miller
Perry L. Miller Yale University

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