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92
Citations
28484
World Ranking
2227
National Ranking
1200

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1985 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Martha Vaughan was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research focused primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Subfields of work included Plant Science, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main topics covered in their work included:

  • Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology

Martha Vaughan contributed research papers published across several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues included:

  • Plant Disease
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Toxins
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • PLoS ONE

Some of the recent papers associated with their research were:

  • "Phylogenetic diversity, trichothecene potential, and pathogenicity within Fusarium sambucinum species complex," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Genetic elucidation of interconnected antibiotic pathways mediating maize innate immunity," 2020, Nature Plants
  • "Characterization of Three Fusarium graminearum Effectors and Their Roles During Fusarium Head Blight," 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Sarocladium zeae is a systemic endophyte of wheat and an effective biocontrol agent against Fusarium head blight," 2020, Biological Control
  • "Effects of Atmospheric CO2 and Temperature on Wheat and Corn Susceptibility to Fusarium graminearum and Deoxynivalenol Contamination," 2021, Plants

The scientist frequently collaborated with other researchers including:

  • Susan P. McCormick
  • Robert H. Proctor
  • William T. Hay
  • Imane Laraba
  • Guixia Hao

Martha Vaughan was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1985.

Best Publications

  • Simple liquid-liquid partition system for isolation of labeled oleic acid from mixtures with glycerides

    Per Belfrage;Martha Vaughan

  • Procedure for determination of free and total cholesterol in micro- or nanogram amounts suitable for studies with cultured cells.

    Wilbert Gamble;Martha Vaughan;Howard S. Kruth;Joel Avigan

  • HORMONE-SENSITIVE LIPASE AND MONOGLYCERIDE LIPASE ACTIVITIES IN ADIPOSE TISSUE.

    Martha Vaughan;Jacob E. Berger;Daniel Steinberg

  • Pertussis toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation of transducin. Cysteine 347 is the ADP-ribose acceptor site.

    R. E. West;J. Moss;M. Vaughan;T. Liu

  • Molecules in the ARF Orbit

    Joel Moss;Martha Vaughan

  • STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF ARF PROTEINS : ACTIVATORS OF CHOLERA TOXIN AND CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF INTRACELLULAR VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROCESSES

    Joel Moss;Martha Vaughan

  • Effect of hormones on lipolysis and esterification of free fatty acids during incubation of adipose tissue in vitro

    Martha Vaughan;Daniel Steinberg

  • beta2-Adrenergic receptor regulation by GIT1, a G protein-coupled receptor kinase-associated ADP ribosylation factor GTPase-activating protein.

    Richard T. Premont;Audrey Claing;Nicolas Vitale;Jennifer L. R. Freeman

  • The metabolism of adipose tissue in vitro

    Martha Vaughan

  • EFFECTS OF THE PROSTAGLANDINS ON HORMONE-INDUCED MOBILIZATION OF FREE FATTY ACIDS.

    Daniel Steinberg;Martha Vaughan;Paul J. Nestel;Ove Strand

  • An effect of insulin on cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate phosphodiesterase activity in fat cells.

    Vincent Manganiello;Martha Vaughan

  • Adp‐Ribosylation of Guanyl Nucleotide‐Binding Regulatory Proteins by Bacterial Toxins

    Joel Moss;Martha Vaughan

  • Lipids of alveolar macrophages, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, and their phagocytic vesicles

    Robert J. Mason;Thomas P. Stossel;Martha Vaughan

  • Functional incorporation of ganglioside into intact cells: induction of choleragen responsiveness.

    Joel Moss;Peter H. Fishman;Vincent C. Manganiello;Martha Vaughan

  • Activation of rat brain phospholipase D by ADP-ribosylation factors 1,5, and 6: separation of ADP-ribosylation factor-dependent and oleate-dependent enzymes

    Donald Massenburg;Joong Soo Han;Marek Liyanage;Walter A. Patton

  • Effects of prostaglandin E opposing those of catecholamines on blood pressure and on triglyceride breakdown in adipose tissue.

    Daniel Steinberg;Martha Vaughan;Paul J. Nestel;Sune Bergström

  • Quantitative Studies of Phagocytosis by Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes: Use of Emulsions to Measure the Initial Rate of Phagocytosis

    Thomas P. Stossel;Robert J. Mason;John Hartwig;Martha Vaughan

  • Molecular identification of ADP-ribosylation factor mRNAs and their expression in mammalian cells.

    M Tsuchiya;S R Price;S C Tsai;J Moss

  • Hydrolysis of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide by choleragen and its A protomer: possible role in the activation of adenylate cyclase.

    Joel Moss;Vincent C. Manganiello;Martha Vaughan

  • Effects of Lipolytic and Antilipolytic Agents on Cyclic 3',5'-Adenosine Monophosphate in Fat Cells

    Vincent C. Manganiello;Ferid Murad;Martha Vaughan

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel Moss
Joel Moss National Institutes of Health
Vincent C. Manganiello
Vincent C. Manganiello National Institutes of Health
Nicolas Vitale
Nicolas Vitale Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Robert J. Mason
Robert J. Mason National Jewish Health
Thomas P. Stossel
Thomas P. Stossel Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ronald I. Clyman
Ronald I. Clyman University of California, San Francisco
Paul A. Watkins
Paul A. Watkins Kennedy Krieger Institute
Erik L. Hewlett
Erik L. Hewlett University of Virginia
Herbert Tabor
Herbert Tabor National Institutes of Health
Hsiang-Fu Kung
Hsiang-Fu Kung Chinese University of Hong Kong

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