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Ming-Jer Tsai is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Atmospheric Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Ming-Jer Tsai's publication record features several research articles published mainly in peer-reviewed journals that focus on molecular biology, atmospheric science, and neuroscience.

Recent papers include:

  • "Opposing Functions of BRD4 Isoforms in Breast Cancer," 2020, Molecular Cell
  • "Contribution of Terpenes to Ozone Formation and Secondary Organic Aerosols in a Subtropical Forest Impacted by Urban Pollution," 2020, Atmosphere
  • "Small-molecule inhibitor targeting orphan nuclear receptor COUP-TFII for prostate cancer treatment," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Measurements of submicron organonitrate particles: Implications for the impacts of NOx pollution in a subtropical forest," 2020, Atmospheric Research
  • "Elevated COUP-TFII expression in dopaminergic neurons accelerates the progression of Parkinson's disease through mitochondrial dysfunction," 2020, PLoS Genetics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ming-Jer Tsai include:

  • Sophia Y. Tsai
  • Christian Mark Salvador
  • Charles C.-K. Chou
  • Tse-Tsung Ho
  • C.-Y. Tsai

The main venues for their publications reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research:

  • Molecular Cell
  • Atmosphere
  • Science Advances
  • Atmospheric Research
  • PLoS Genetics

Best Publications

  • MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF STEROID/THYROID RECEPTOR SUPERFAMILY MEMBERS

    Ming-Jer Tsai;Bert W. O'Malley

  • Sequence and Characterization of a Coactivator for the Steroid Hormone Receptor Superfamily

    Sergio A. Oñate;Sophia Y. Tsai;Ming-Jer Tsai;Bert W. O'Malley

  • Steroid receptor coactivator-1 is a histone acetyltransferase

    T E Spencer;G Jenster;G Jenster;M M Burcin;C D Allis

  • Diabetes, defective pancreatic morphogenesis, and abnormal enteroendocrine differentiation in BETA2/NeuroD-deficient mice

    Francisco J. Naya;Hsiang-Po Huang;Yuhong Qiu;Hiroyuki Mutoh

  • A unified nomenclature system for the nuclear receptor superfamily

    J. Auwerx;E. Baulieu;M. Beato;M. Becker-Andre

  • A steroid receptor coactivator, SRA, functions as an RNA and is present in an SRC-1 complex.

    Rainer B Lanz;Neil J McKenna;Sergio A Onate;Urs Albrecht

  • Suppression of Notch signalling by the COUP-TFII transcription factor regulates vein identity

    Li Ru You;Fu Jung Lin;Christopher T. Lee;Francesco J. DeMayo

  • Partial Hormone Resistance in Mice with Disruption of the Steroid Receptor Coactivator-1 (SRC-1) Gene

    Jianming Xu;Yuhong Qiu;Francesco J. DeMayo;Sophia Y. Tsai

  • Tissue-specific regulation of the insulin gene by a novel basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor.

    Francisco J. Naya;Christine M.M. Stellrecht;Ming Jer Tsai

  • Role of co-activators and co-repressors in the mechanism of steroid/thyroid receptor action.

    H Shibata;T E Spencer;S A Oñate;G Jenster

  • Molecular interactions of steroid hormone receptor with its enhancer element: Evidence for receptor dimer formation

    Sophia Y. Tsai;Jan Carlstedt-Duke;Nancy L. Weigel;Karin Dahlman

  • COUP transcription factor is a member of the steroid receptor superfamily.

    Lee-Ho Wang;Sophia Y. Tsai;Richard G. Cook;Wanda G. Beattie

  • The Angelman syndrome-associated protein, E6-AP, is a coactivator for the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily

    Zafar Nawaz;David M. Lonard;Carolyn L. Smith;Efrat Lev-Lehman

  • Nuclear receptor coactivators: multiple enzymes, multiple complexes, multiple functions.

    Neil J. McKenna;Jianming Xu;Zafar Nawaz;Sophia Y. Tsai

  • Lineage tracing demonstrates the venous origin of the mammalian lymphatic vasculature

    R. Sathish Srinivasan;Miriam E. Dillard;Oleg V. Lagutin;Fu Jung Lin

  • Essential role of BETA2/NeuroD1 in development of the vestibular and auditory systems.

    Min Liu;Fred A. Pereira;Steven D. Price;Mei Jin Chu

  • The Steroid Receptor Coactivator-1 Contains Multiple Receptor Interacting and Activation Domains That Cooperatively Enhance the Activation Function 1 (AF1) and AF2 Domains of Steroid Receptors

    Sergio A. Onate;Viroj Boonyaratanakornkit;Thomas E. Spencer;Sophia Y. Tsai

  • CREB binding protein acts synergistically with steroid receptor coactivator-1 to enhance steroid receptor-dependent transcription

    Carolyn L. Smith;Sergio A. Onate;Ming-Jer Tsai;Bert W. O'Malley

  • The orphan nuclear receptor COUP-TFII is required for angiogenesis and heart development

    Fred A. Pereira;Yuhong Qiu;Ge Zhou;Ming-Jer Tsai

  • Estrogens protect pancreatic beta-cells from apoptosis and prevent insulin-deficient diabetes mellitus in mice

    Cedric Le May;Khoi Chu;Min Hu;Christina S. Ortega

Frequent Co-Authors

Sophia Y. Tsai
Sophia Y. Tsai Baylor College of Medicine
Bert W. O'Malley
Bert W. O'Malley Baylor College of Medicine
Francesco J. DeMayo
Francesco J. DeMayo National Institutes of Health
Bor-Luen Chiang
Bor-Luen Chiang National Taiwan University
Jun Qin
Jun Qin Baylor College of Medicine
Austin J. Cooney
Austin J. Cooney Baylor College of Medicine
John P. Lydon
John P. Lydon Baylor College of Medicine
Savio L. C. Woo
Savio L. C. Woo Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Zafar Nawaz
Zafar Nawaz University of Miami
Milan K. Bagchi
Milan K. Bagchi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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