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P H von Hippel is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States and has made significant contributions primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research focuses extensively on molecular biology, with additional work spanning atomic and molecular physics, physical and theoretical chemistry, genetics, and ecology.

The scientist's publications are concentrated on topics such as DNA and nucleic acid chemistry, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, DNA repair mechanisms, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, and protein interaction studies with fluorescence analysis.

Frequent venues for their published research include the Biophysical Journal, with the highest number of 14 publications, followed by bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) featuring 8, and Nucleic Acids Research with 4 papers. Other regular publication platforms are The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis

  • Molecular Biology
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Genetics
  • Ecology

  • Biophysical Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics

  • Andrew H. Marcus
  • Dylan Heussman
  • Jack Maurer
  • Claire S. Albrecht
  • Patrick J. Herbert

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by P H von Hippel are:

  • "Temperature-dependent local conformations and conformational distributions of cyanine dimer labeled single-stranded-double-stranded DNA junctions by 2D fluorescence spectroscopy" (2021, The Journal of Chemical Physics)
  • "Submillisecond Conformational Transitions of Short Single-Stranded DNA Lattices by Photon Correlation Single-Molecule Förster Resonance Energy Transfer" (2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B)
  • "Mapping DNA conformations and interactions within the binding cleft of bacteriophage T4 single-stranded DNA binding protein (gp32) at single nucleotide resolution" (2020, Nucleic Acids Research)
  • "Studies of DNA 'Breathing' by Polarization-Sweep Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy of Exciton-Coupled (iCy3)2 Dimer-Labeled DNA Fork Constructs" (2023, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B)
  • "Studies of Local DNA Backbone Conformation and Conformational Disorder Using Site-Specific Exciton-Coupled Dimer Probe Spectroscopy" (2023, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry)

Best Publications

  • Calculation of protein extinction coefficients from amino acid sequence data

    S C Gill;P H von Hippel

  • Facilitated target location in biological systems

    P H von Hippel;O G Berg

  • Betaine can eliminate the base pair composition dependence of DNA melting

    W A Rees;T D Yager;J Korte;P H von Hippel

  • On the specificity of DNA-protein interactions.

    P H von Hippel;O G Berg

  • Multiple RNA polymerase conformations and GreA: control of the fidelity of transcription.

    D. A. Erie;Omid Hajiseyedjavadi;M. C. Young;P. H. Von Hippel

  • Selection of DNA binding sites by regulatory proteins. II. The binding specificity of cyclic AMP receptor protein to recognition sites.

    O G Berg;P H von Hippel

  • Transcription termination at intrinsic terminators: the role of the RNA hairpin

    K S Wilson;P H von Hippel

  • DNA "melting" proteins. II. Effects of bacteriophage T4 gene 32-protein binding on the conformation and stability of nucleic acid structures.

    D E Jensen;R C Kelly;P H von Hippel

  • DNA "melting" proteins. IV. Fluorescence measurements of binding parameters for bacteriophage T4 gene 32-protein to mono-, oligo-, and polynucleotides.

    R C Kelly;D E Jensen;P H von Hippel

  • Cooperative and noncooperative binding of protein ligands to nucleic acid lattices: experimental approaches to the determination of thermodynamic parameters.

    S C Kowalczykowski;L S Paul;N Lonberg;J W Newport

  • A thermodynamic analysis of RNA transcript elongation and termination in Escherichia coli.

    T. D. Yager;P. H. Von Hippel

  • Helicase mechanisms and the coupling of helicases within macromolecular machines. Part II: Integration of helicases into cellular processes.

    Emmanuelle Delagoutte;Peter H. von Hippel

  • Climate Change and the Integrity of Science

    Jennifer Sills;P. H. Gleick;R. M. Adams;R. M. Amasino

  • Helicase mechanisms and the coupling of helicases within macromolecular machines Part I: Structures and properties of isolated helicases

    Emmanuelle Delagoutte;Peter H. von Hippel

  • Direct measurement of association constants for the binding of Escherichia coli lac repressor to non-operator DNA

    Arnold Revzin;Peter H. Von Hippel

  • Effects of methylation on the stability of nucleic acid conformations. Studies at the polymer level.

    J D Engel;P H von Hippel

  • The protein factors MBNL1 and U2AF65 bind alternative RNA structures to regulate splicing

    M. Bryan Warf;Julien V. Diegel;Peter H. von Hippel;J. Andrew Berglund

  • DNA "melting" proteins. I. Effects of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease binding on the conformation and stability of DNA.

    D E Jensen;P H von Hippel

  • Protein-DNA recognition: new perspectives and underlying themes

    PH von Hippel

  • Transcriptional activation via DNA-looping: visualization of intermediates in the activation pathway of E. coli RNA polymerase x sigma 54 holoenzyme by scanning force microscopy.

    K Rippe;M Guthold;P H von Hippel;C Bustamante

Frequent Co-Authors

David E. Draper
David E. Draper Johns Hopkins University
James Douglas Engel
James Douglas Engel University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Caroline Dean
Caroline Dean John Innes Centre
Jeffrey L. Bennetzen
Jeffrey L. Bennetzen University of Georgia
James C. Carrington
James C. Carrington Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Richard P. Novick
Richard P. Novick New York University
Daniel L. Hartl
Daniel L. Hartl Harvard University
Jeffery L. Dangl
Jeffery L. Dangl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carlos Bustamante
Carlos Bustamante Stanford University
Detlef Weigel
Detlef Weigel Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

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