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49
Citations
9684
World Ranking
17974
National Ranking
7356

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1975 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1970 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1953 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Leon A. Heppel was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States during their career. Their work contributed to the scientific community primarily through research undertaken at this institution.

The scientist was recognized with several awards throughout their career. These honors included being named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation twice, in 1953 and again in 1975. Additionally, they were elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1970.

The available data does not detail specific fields or subfields of study, nor does it provide information on main topics of research, publication venues, or collaborations. Likewise, specific recent papers or book publications are not listed.

Leon A. Heppel is deceased. Their contributions are documented in the context of their institutional affiliation and the recognition they received from prominent scientific organizations.

Best Publications

  • The release of enzymes by osmotic shock from Escherichia coli in exponential phase.

    Nancy G. Nossal;Leon A. Heppel

  • PURIFICATION AND PROPERTIES OF 5-NUCLEOTIDASE

    Leon A. Heppel;R.J. Hilmoe

  • Selective Release of Enzymes from Bacteria

    Leon A. Heppel

  • Serum rapidly stimulates ouabain-sensitive 86-RB+ influx in quiescent 3T3 cells.

    Enrique Rozengurt;Leon A. Heppel

  • The Release of Ribonuclease into the Medium When Escherichia coli Cells Are Converted to Spheroplasts

    Harold C. Neu;Leon A. Heppel

  • On the surface localization of enzymes in E. coli.

    H.C. Neu;L.A. Heppel

  • Extracellular ATP is a mitogen for 3T3, 3T6, and A431 cells and acts synergistically with other growth factors.

    Ningna Huang;Dingji Wang;Leon A. Heppel

  • Effect of exogenous ATP on the permeability properties of transformed cultures of mouse cell lines.

    Enrique Rozengurt;Leon A. Heppel;Ilan Friedberg

  • The reduction of cytochrome c by xanthine oxidase.

    B.L. Horecker;Leon A. Heppel

  • The purification and properties of micrococcal nuclease.

    Martin Alexander;Leon A. Heppel;Jerard Hurwitz

  • On the localization of alkaline phosphatase and cyclic phosphodiesterase in Escherichia coli.

    R. W. Brockman;Leon A. Heppel

  • A Specific effect of external ATP on the permeability of transformed 3T3 cells.

    Enrique Rozengurt;Leon A. Heppel

  • Purification and properties of two acid phosphatase fractions isolated from osmotic shock fluid of Escherichia coli.

    Harold F. Dvorak;Robert W. Brockman;Leon A. Heppel

  • METABOLISM OF INORGANIC NITRITE AND NITRATE ESTERS II. THE ENZYMATIC REDUCTION OF NITROGLYCERIN AND ERYTHRITOL TETRANITRATE BY GLUTATHIONE

    Leon A. Heppel;R.J. Hilmoe

  • Oligonucleotides as Primers for Polynucleotide Phosphorylase

    Maxine F. Singer;Leon A. Heppel;Russell J. Hilmoe

  • The release of ribonuclease into the medium when E. coli cells are converted to spheroplasts.

    H.C. Neu;L.A. Heppel

  • On the Nature of the Changes Induced in Escherichia coli by Osmotic Shock

    Yasuhiro Anraku;Leon A. Heppel

  • Studies on polynucleotides synthesized by polynucleotide phosphorylase. I. Structure of polynucleotides with one type of nucleotide unit.

    Leon A. Heppel;Leon A. Heppel;Priscilla J. Ortiz;Priscilla J. Ortiz;Severo Ochoa;Severo Ochoa

  • Cytochemical Localization of Certain Phosphatases in Escherichia coli

    Bruce K. Wetzel;S. S. Spicer;Harold F. Dvorak;Leon A. Heppel

  • SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE "LATENT" RIBONUCLEASE OF ESCHERICHIA COLI.

    Harold C. Neu;Leon A. Heppel

Frequent Co-Authors

Harold F. Dvorak
Harold F. Dvorak Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa Roche Institute of Molecular Biology
Enrique Rozengurt
Enrique Rozengurt University of California, Los Angeles
Jerard Hurwitz
Jerard Hurwitz Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Claude B. Klee
Claude B. Klee National Institutes of Health
Jack L. Strominger
Jack L. Strominger Harvard University
Giulio Draetta
Giulio Draetta The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Gary A. Weisman
Gary A. Weisman University of Missouri

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