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84
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21524
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880
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464

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Max E. Gottesman is affiliated with Columbia University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology as well as Genetics, Ecology, Plant Science, and Biochemistry.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics, including:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Recent publications by Max E. Gottesman include:

  • "Non-cell-autonomous disruption of nuclear architecture as a potential cause of COVID-19-induced anosmia," 2022, Cell
  • "Multiscale reorganization of the genome following DNA damage facilitates chromosome translocations via nuclear actin polymerization," 2022, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • "Escherichia coli NusG Links the Lead Ribosome with the Transcription Elongation Complex," 2020, iScience
  • "NusG-mediated Coupling of Transcription and Translation Enhances Gene Expression by Suppressing RNA Polymerase Backtracking," 2021, Journal of Molecular Biology
  • "Mechanisms of insertions at a DNA double-strand break," 2023, Molecular Cell

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Journal of Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell, and Cell.

Max E. Gottesman collaborates often with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Jennifer Zagelbaum
  • Allana Schooley
  • Junfei Zhao
  • Raúl Rabadán
  • Jean Gautier

Throughout their career, the scientist has been recognized with awards such as:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2016
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2011

Best Publications

  • Control of Transcription Termination

    Sankar Adhya;Max Gottesman

  • Impaired retinal function and vitamin A availability in mice lacking retinol-binding protein

    Loredana Quadro;William S. Blaner;Daniel J. Salchow;Silke Vogel

  • An ATR- and Cdc7-Dependent DNA Damage Checkpoint that Inhibits Initiation of DNA Replication

    Vincenzo Costanzo;David Shechter;Patrick J Lupardus;Karlene A Cimprich

  • A NusE:NusG Complex Links Transcription and Translation

    Björn M. Burmann;Kristian Schweimer;Xiao Luo;Markus C. Wahl

  • Disruption of the transthyretin gene results in mice with depressed levels of plasma retinol and thyroid hormone.

    Vasso Episkopou;Shuichiro Maeda;Seiji Nishiguchi;Kazunori Shimada

  • Nuclear ARP2/3 drives DNA break clustering for homology-directed repair.

    Benjamin R. Schrank;Tomas Aparicio;Yinyin Li;Wakam Chang

  • Interaction of the Hsp70 molecular chaperone, DnaK, with its cochaperone DnaJ.

    Won-Chul Suh;William F. Burkholder;Chi Zen Lu;Xun Zhao

  • The biological functions of A-kinase anchor proteins

    Antonio Feliciello;Max E Gottesman;Enrico V Avvedimento

  • Linking RNA Polymerase Backtracking to Genome Instability in E. coli

    Dipak Dutta;Konstantin Shatalin;Vitaly Epshtein;Max E. Gottesman

  • Termination Factor Rho and Its Cofactors NusA and NusG Silence Foreign DNA in E. coli

    Christopher J. Cardinale;Robert S. Washburn;Vasisht R. Tadigotla;Lewis M. Brown

  • Lac DNA, RNA polymerase and cyclic AMP receptor protein, cyclic AMP, lac repressor and inducer are the essential elements for controlled lac transcription.

    Benoit de Crombrugghe;Beatrice Chen;Wayne Anderson;Peter Nissley

  • Transfer and expression of the human multiple drug resistance gene into live mice.

    S Podda;M Ward;A Himelstein;C Richardson

  • Mre11 Protein Complex Prevents Double-Strand Break Accumulation during Chromosomal DNA Replication

    Vincenzo Costanzo;Kirsten Robertson;Marina Bibikova;Edward Kim

  • Cooperation of GroEL/GroES and DnaK/DnaJ heat shock proteins in preventing protein misfolding in Escherichia coli

    Alexander Gragerov;Evgeny Nudler;Natalia Komissarova;George A. Gaitanaris

  • Transcription antitermination by bacteriophage lambda N gene product

    M.E. Gottesman;S. Adhya;A. Das

  • Transcription termination and anti-termination in E. coli.

    Evgeny Nudler;Max E. Gottesman

  • Release of Polarity in Escherichia coli by Gene N of Phage λ: Termination and Antitermination of Transcription

    Sankar Adhya;Max Gottesman;Benoit De Crombrugghe

  • Reconstitution of an ATM-Dependent Checkpoint that Inhibits Chromosomal DNA Replication following DNA Damage

    Vincenzo Costanzo;Kirsten Robertson;Carol Y. Ying;Edward Kim

  • Requirement for E. coli NusG protein in factor-dependent transcription termination

    Susan L. Sullivan;Max E. Gottesman

  • DNA damage, homology-directed repair, and DNA methylation.

    Concetta Cuozzo;Antonio Porcellini;Tiziana Angrisano;Annalisa Morano

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrico V. Avvedimento
Enrico V. Avvedimento University of Naples Federico II
William S. Blaner
William S. Blaner Columbia University
Jean Gautier
Jean Gautier Columbia University
Maria João Saraiva
Maria João Saraiva University of Porto
Vincenzo Costanzo
Vincenzo Costanzo University of Catania
Brian T. Chait
Brian T. Chait Rockefeller University
Donald L. Court
Donald L. Court National Institutes of Health
Markus C. Wahl
Markus C. Wahl Freie Universität Berlin
Charles S. Rubin
Charles S. Rubin Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Sankar Adhya
Sankar Adhya National Institutes of Health

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