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Nicholas W. Gillham

Nicholas W. Gillham

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Genetics

D-Index
50
Citations
7857
World Ranking
3946
National Ranking
1700

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1984 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Nicholas W. Gillham was affiliated with Duke University in the United States during their academic career. Their contributions to the scientific community extended over various fields, with a focus that can be assumed from their institutional connection. The available data does not specify detailed fields of study, research topics, or publication specifics.

Throughout their career, they received recognition in the form of an award as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1984. This fellowship is typically granted to individuals who demonstrate exceptional capacity for productive scholarship, which situates their work within a broader academic and research context.

Although there is no publicly listed record of recent papers, frequent co-authors, or venues of publication, the award and university affiliation suggest a certain level of engagement in scholarly activities. There are no documented book publications or detailed research topics available at this time.

Nicholas W. Gillham is now deceased. Their legacy in research is preserved through institutional records and acknowledgments such as the Guggenheim Fellowship.

Best Publications

  • Chloroplast transformation in Chlamydomonas with high velocity microprojectiles.

    JE Boynton;NW Gillham;EH Harris;JP Hosler

  • Transformation of chloroplast ribosomal RNA genes in Chlamydomonas: molecular and genetic characterization of integration events.

    S M Newman;J E Boynton;N W Gillham;B L Randolph-Anderson

  • Epigenetic silencing of a foreign gene in nuclear transformants of Chlamydomonas.

    Heriberto D. Cerutti;Anita M. Johnson;Nicholas W. Gillham;John E. Boynton

  • Chloroplast ribosomes and protein synthesis.

    E H Harris;J E Boynton;N W Gillham

  • Antibiotic resistance mutations in the chloroplast 16S and 23S rRNA genes of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: correlation of genetic and physical maps of the chloroplast genome.

    E H Harris;B D Burkhart;N W Gillham;J E Boynton

  • Further characterization of the respiratory deficient dum-1 mutation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and its use as a recipient for mitochondrial transformation.

    Barbara L. Randolph-Anderson;John E. Boynton;Nicholas W. Gillham;Elizabeth H. Harris

  • Transmission of mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes in crosses of Chlamydomonas.

    John E. Boynton;Elizabeth H. Harris;Bryce D. Burkhart;Patrick M. Lamerson

  • Chloroplast transformation in Chlamydomonas.

    John E. Boynton;Nicholas W. Gillham

  • A Eubacterial Gene Conferring Spectinomycin Resistance on Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii: Integration into the Nuclear Genome and Gene Expression

    Heriberto Cerutti;Anita M. Johnson;Nicholas W. Gillham;John E. Boynton

  • Translational Regulation of Gene Expression in Chloroplasts and Mitochondria

    Nicholas W. Gillham;John E. Boynton;Charles R. Hauser

  • Differential regulation of chloroplast gene expression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during photoacclimation: light stress transiently suppresses synthesis of the Rubisco LSU protein while enhancing synthesis of the PS II D1 protein.

    M Shapira;A Lers;P B Heifetz;V Irihimovitz

  • Shine-Dalgarno-like sequences are not required for translation of chloroplast mRNAs in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplasts or in Escherichia coli

    D. C. Fargo;M. Zhang;N. W. Gillham;J. E. Boynton

  • Molecular and genetic analysis of the chloroplast ATPase of chlamydomonas

    Jeffrey P. Woessner;Arlette Masson;Elizabeth H. Harris;Pierre Bennoun

  • Inhibition of chloroplast DNA recombination and repair by dominant negative mutants of Escherichia coli RecA.

    Heriberto D. Cerutti;Anita M. Johnson;John E. Boynton;Nicholas W. Gillham

  • Mutations in nine chloroplast loci of Chlamydomonas affecting different photosynthetic functions

    Hurley S. Shepherd;John E. Boynton;Nicholas W. Gillham

  • Inheritance of chloroplast DNA in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    David M. Grant;Nicholas W. Gillham;John E. Boynton

  • Genetic Analysis of the Chloroplast and Mitochondrial Genomes

    Nicholas W. Gillham

  • Isolation and characterization of a mutant protoporphyrinogen oxidase gene from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii conferring resistance to porphyric herbicides

    Barbara L. Randolph-Anderson;Ryo Sato;Anita M. Johnson;Elizabeth H. Harris

  • The sequence of the chloroplast atpB gene and its flanking regions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    Woessner Jp;Gillham Nw;Boynton Je

  • Perturbation of chloroplast DNA amounts and chloroplast gene transmission in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by 5-fluorodeoxyuridine

    Edwin A. Wurtz;John E. Boynton;Nicholas W. Gillham

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Boynton
John E. Boynton Duke University
Charles R. Hauser
Charles R. Hauser St. Edward's University
Alan M. Myers
Alan M. Myers Iowa State University
Philip S. Perlman
Philip S. Perlman Howard Hughes Medical Institute
C. Barry Osmond
C. Barry Osmond Australian National University
Janis Antonovics
Janis Antonovics University of Virginia

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