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Otto G. Berg

Otto G. Berg

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Genetics

D-Index
63
Citations
19782
World Ranking
2852
National Ranking
36

Overview

Otto G. Berg is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden, specializing primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research concentrates on several subfields, notably Molecular Biology and Biophysics.

The main topics of Berg's work include:

  • Diffusion and Search Dynamics
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Berg's publication record highlights contributions to both peer-reviewed journals and preprint platforms. Recent papers include:

  • DNA surface exploration and operator bypassing during target search, 2020, Nature
  • Mechanism of DNA surface exploration and operator bypassing during target search, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Key co-authors frequently collaborating with Berg are:

  • Brad Van Oosten
  • Elias Amselem
  • Kalle Kipper
  • Anton Sabantsev
  • Andrew Emmerich

Publication venues where Berg's work has appeared include:

  • Nature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Diffusion-Driven Mechanisms of Protein Translocation on Nucleic Acids. 1. Models and Theory?

    Otto G. Berg;Robert B. Winter;Peter H. Von Hippel

  • Selection of DNA Binding Sites by Regulatory Proteins Statistical-mechanical Theory and Application to Operators and Promoters

    Otto G. Berg;Peter H. von Hippel

  • Diffusion-driven mechanisms of protein translocation on nucleic acids. 3. The Escherichia coli lac repressor-operator interaction: kinetic measurements and conclusions

    Robert B. Winter;Otto G. Berg;Peter H. Von Hippel

  • Effects of environment on compensatory mutations to ameliorate costs of antibiotic resistance.

    J Björkman;I Nagaev;O G Berg;Diarmaid Hughes

  • Horizontal gene transfer: a critical view.

    Charles Kurland;Björn Canbäck;Otto Berg

  • Stochastic focusing: fluctuation-enhanced sensitivity of intracellular regulation.

    Johan Paulsson;Otto G. Berg;MÃ¥ns Ehrenberg

  • Mutation frequency and biological cost of antibiotic resistance in Helicobacter pylori

    Britta Björkholm;Maria Sjölund;Per G. Falk;Otto G. Berg

  • Evolution of high-level resistance during low-level antibiotic exposure.

    Erik Wistrand-Yuen;Michael Knopp;Karin Hjort;Sanna Koskiniemi

  • The lac Repressor Displays Facilitated Diffusion in Living Cells

    Petter Hammar;Prune Leroy;Anel Mahmutovic;Erik G. Marklund

  • A model for the statistical fluctuations of protein numbers in a microbial population

    Otto G. Berg

  • Biological costs and mechanisms of fosfomycin resistance in Escherichia coli.

    Annika I. Nilsson;Otto G. Berg;Olle Aspevall;Gunnar Kahlmeter

  • Interfacial enzymology of glycerolipid hydrolases: lessons from secreted phospholipases A2.

    Michael H. Gelb;Mahendra K. Jain;Arthur M. Hanel;Otto G. Berg

  • Compensatory adaptation to the deleterious effect of antibiotic resistance in Salmonella typhimurium.

    Sophie Maisnier-Patin;Otto G. Berg;Lars Liljas;Dan I. Andersson

  • Effects of macromolecular crowding and DNA looping on gene regulation kinetics

    Gene-Wei Li;Otto G. Berg;Johan Elf

  • Selection-Driven Gene Loss in Bacteria

    Sanna Koskiniemi;Song Sun;Otto G. Berg;Dan I. Andersson

  • Interfacial catalysis by phospholipase A2: determination of the interfacial kinetic rate constants.

    Otto G. Berg;Bao Zhu Yu;Joe Rogers;Mahendra Kumar Jain

  • Association kinetics with coupled diffusional flows. Special application to the lac repressor--operator system.

    Otto G. Berg;Clas Blomberg

  • Evolution of Microbial Genomes: Sequence Acquisition and Loss

    Otto G. Berg;C. G. Kurland

  • Genomic buffering mitigates the effects of deleterious mutations in bacteria

    Sophie Maisnier-Patin;John R Roth;Åsa Fredriksson;Thomas Nyström

  • Selection of DNA binding sites by regulatory proteins

    Otto G. Berg;Peter H. von Hippel

Frequent Co-Authors

Mahendra Kumar Jain
Mahendra Kumar Jain University of Delaware
Dan I. Andersson
Dan I. Andersson Uppsala University
Måns Ehrenberg
Måns Ehrenberg Uppsala University
Michael H. Gelb
Michael H. Gelb University of Washington
Charles G. Kurland
Charles G. Kurland Lund University
Peter H. von Hippel
Peter H. von Hippel University of Oregon
John R. Roth
John R. Roth University of California, Davis
Kurt Nordström
Kurt Nordström Uppsala University
Frederick P. Roth
Frederick P. Roth Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Diarmaid Hughes
Diarmaid Hughes Uppsala University

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