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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2002 - ASM Alice C. Evans Award for Advancement of Women, American Society for Microbiology
  • 1999 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Marlene Belfort is affiliated with the University at Albany, State University of New York in the United States. Their research primarily falls under the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility

Among recent publications are the following papers:

  • Small-molecule inhibitors for the Prp8 intein as antifungal agents, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Conditional DnaB Protein Splicing Is Reversibly Inhibited by Zinc in Mycobacteria, 2020, mBio
  • Inteins-mechanism of protein splicing, emerging regulatory roles, and applications in protein engineering, 2023, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Group II intron as cold sensor for self-preservation and bacterial conjugation, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Bacterial Group II Intron Genomic Neighborhoods Reflect Survival Strategies: Hiding and Hijacking, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution

The frequent co-authors of Marlene Belfort include:

  • Christopher W. Lennon
  • Justin M. Waldern
  • Nicholas J. Schiraldi
  • Olga Novikova
  • Zhong Li

Common publication venues are:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • mBio
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Marlene Belfort has received several awards throughout their career, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2007
  • ASM Alice C. Evans Award for Advancement of Women, American Society for Microbiology, 2002
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1999
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1994

Best Publications

  • A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes

    Richard J. Roberts;Marlene Belfort;Timothy Bestor;Ashok S. Bhagwat

  • Introns as mobile genetic elements

    Alan M. Lambowitz;Marlene Belfort

  • Homing endonucleases: keeping the house in order

    Marlene Belfort;Richard J. Roberts

  • Protein splicing elements: inteins and exteins — a definition of terms and recommended nomenclature

    Francine B. Perler;Elaine O. Davis;Gary E. Dean;Frederick S. Gimble

  • Riboregulation in Escherichia coli: DsrA RNA acts by RNA:RNA interactions at multiple loci

    Richard A. Lease;Michael E. Cusick;Marlene Belfort

  • Group I and group II introns.

    Roland Saldanha;Georg Mohr;Marlene Belfort;Alan M. Lambowitz

  • A genetic system yields self-cleaving inteins for bioseparations.

    David W. Wood;Wei Wu;Georges Belfort;Victoria Derbyshire

  • A bacterial group II intron encoding reverse transcriptase, maturase, and DNA endonuclease activities: biochemical demonstration of maturase activity and insertion of new genetic information within the intron

    Manabu Matsuura;Roland Saldanha;Roland Saldanha;Hongwen Ma;Hongwen Ma;Herbert Wank;Herbert Wank

  • Retrohoming of a Bacterial Group II Intron: Mobility via Complete Reverse Splicing, Independent of Homologous DNA Recombination

    Benoit Cousineau;Dorie Smith;Stacey Lawrence-Cavanagh;John E Mueller;John E Mueller

  • Mechanisms of intron mobility.

    Marlene Belfort;Philip S. Perlman

  • Intervening sequence in the thymidylate synthase gene of bacteriophage T4

    Frederick K. Chu;Gladys F. Maley;Frank Maley;Marlene Belfort

  • A trans-acting RNA as a control switch in Escherichia coli: DsrA modulates function by forming alternative structures.

    Richard A. Lease;Marlene Belfort

  • Escherichia coli protein analogs StpA and H-NS: regulatory loops, similar and disparate effects on nucleic acid dynamics.

    A Zhang;S Rimsky;M E Reaban;H Buc

  • Mobile Introns: Pathways and Proteins

    Marlene Belfort;Victoria Derbyshire;Monica M. Parker;Benoit Cousineau

  • Escherichia coli proteins, including ribosomal protein S12, facilitate in vitro splicing of phage T4 introns by acting as RNA chaperones.

    T Coetzee;D Herschlag;M Belfort

  • The take and give between retrotransposable elements and their hosts.

    Arthur Beauregard;M. Joan Curcio;Marlene Belfort

  • Rules for DNA target-site recognition by a lactococcal group II intron enable retargeting of the intron to specific DNA sequences

    Georg Mohr;Dorie Smith;Marlene Belfort;Alan M. Lambowitz

  • Genetic definition of a protein-splicing domain: Functional mini-inteins support structure predictions and a model for intein evolution

    Victoria Derbyshire;David W. Wood;Wei Wu;John T. Dansereau

  • Retrotransposition of a bacterial group II intron

    Benoit Cousineau;Stacey Lawrence;Dorie Smith;Marlene Belfort

  • Mobile introns: definition of terms and recommended nomenclature.

    Bernard Dujon;Marlene Belfort;Ronald A. Butow;Claude Jacq

Frequent Co-Authors

Georges Belfort
Georges Belfort Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Alan M. Lambowitz
Alan M. Lambowitz The University of Texas at Austin
Hongmin Li
Hongmin Li University of Arizona
Frank Maley
Frank Maley New York State Department of Health
Gladys F. Maley
Gladys F. Maley Wadsworth Center
Deborah Bell-Pedersen
Deborah Bell-Pedersen Texas A&M University
Hong-Wei Wang
Hong-Wei Wang Tsinghua University
Amos B. Oppenheim
Amos B. Oppenheim Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Saroj K. Nayak
Saroj K. Nayak Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Philip S. Perlman
Philip S. Perlman Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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