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World Ranking
643
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410

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1982 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Pedro Cuatrecasas was affiliated with the Research Triangle Park Foundation in the United States. Throughout their career, they contributed to research primarily within that institution.

The scientist was recognized with several awards during their lifetime. These honors included being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1988, and becoming a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1982.

Pedro Cuatrecasas is recorded as deceased.

Best Publications

  • [31] Affinity chromatography

    Pedro Cuatrecasas;Christian B. Anfinsen

  • Selective enzyme purification by affinity chromatography

    Pedro Cuatrecasas;Meir Wilchek;Christian B. Anfinsen

  • Immunohistochemical localization of enkephalin in rat brain and spinal cord.

    Madhabananda Sar;Walter E. Stumpf;Richard J. Miller;Kwen‐Jen ‐J Chang

  • Gangliosides and membrane receptors for cholera toxin.

    Pedro Cuatrecasas

  • Interaction of Vibrio cholerae enterotoxin with cell membranes

    Pedro Cuatrecasas

  • Membrane receptors and hormone action.

    Pedro Cuatrecasas;Morley D. Hollenberg

  • Adsorbents for affinity chromatography. Use of N-hydroxysuccinimide esters of agarose.

    Pedro Cuatrecasas;Indu Parikh

  • A model for intracellular translocation of protein kinase C involving synergism between Ca2+ and phorbol esters.

    Marlene Wolf;Harry LeVine;W. Stratford May;Pedro Cuatrecasas

  • Monoclonal antibodies to receptors for insulin and somatomedin-C.

    F C Kull;S Jacobs;Y F Su;M E Svoboda

  • Specific nonopiate receptors for beta-endorphin

    Eli Hazum;Kwen-Jen Chang;Pedro Cuatrecasas

  • Multiple Opiate Receptors: Different Regional Distribution in the Brain and Differential Binding of Opiates and Opioid Peptides

    Kwen-Jen Chang;Barrett R. Cooper;Eli Hazum;Pedro Cuatrecasas

  • Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Kinase Inhibition Does Not Block the Stimulation of Glucose Utilization by Insulin

    Dan F. Lazar;Russell J. Wiese;Matthew J. Brady;Cynthia Corley Mastick

  • Insulin--receptor interactions in adipose tissue cells: direct measurement and properties.

    Pedro Cuatrecasas

  • Rapid formation of diacylglycerol from phosphatidylcholine: a pathway for generation of a second messenger.

    Jeffrey M. Besterman;Vincent Duronio;Pedro Cuatrecasas

  • Somatomedin-C stimulates the phosphorylation of the beta-subunit of its own receptor.

    S Jacobs;F C Kull;H S Earp;M E Svoboda

  • Isolation of the Insulin Receptor of Liver and Fat-Cell Membranes

    Pedro Cuatrecasas

  • Phospholipase A2 activity specific for phosphatidic acid. A possible mechanism for the production of arachidonic acid in platelets.

    M M Billah;E G Lapetina;P Cuatrecasas

  • Catalytic Properties and Specificity of the Extracellular Nuclease of Staphylococcus aureus

    Pedro Cuatrecasas;Sara Fuchs;Christian B. Anfinsen

  • Insulin-stimulated hydrolysis of a novel glycolipid generates modulators of cAMP phosphodiesterase.

    Alan R. Saltiel;Judith A. Fox;Peter Sherline;Pedro Cuatrecasas

  • INTERACTION OF INSULIN WITH THE CELL MEMBRANE: THE PRIMARY ACTION OF INSULIN

    Pedro Cuatrecasas

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry LeVine
Harry LeVine University of Kentucky
Eduardo G. Lapetina
Eduardo G. Lapetina Case Western Reserve University
Christian B. Anfinsen
Christian B. Anfinsen National Institutes of Health
Vann Bennett
Vann Bennett Duke University
Richard J. Miller
Richard J. Miller Northwestern University
Alan R. Saltiel
Alan R. Saltiel University of California, San Diego
Morley D. Hollenberg
Morley D. Hollenberg University of Calgary
Yoram Shechter
Yoram Shechter Weizmann Institute of Science
Meir Wilchek
Meir Wilchek Weizmann Institute of Science
Edward J. O'Keefe
Edward J. O'Keefe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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