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Peter Koopman is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their scholarly work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine, with a particular emphasis on genetics and molecular mechanisms.

The scientist's research covers several subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Reproductive Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Their studies predominantly address topics such as Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Sexual Differentiation and Disorders, Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Gynecological conditions and treatments, and RNA Research and Splicing.

Peter Koopman has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in these venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Human Molecular Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • The Lancet
  • Nature

Among recent papers associated with Peter Koopman are:

  • Safety of the oral factor XIa inhibitor asundexian compared with apixaban in patients with atrial fibrillation (PACIFIC-AF): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, dose-finding phase 2 study, 2022, The Lancet
  • The mouse Sry locus harbors a cryptic exon that is essential for male sex determination, 2020, Science
  • Identification of regulatory elements required for Stra8 expression in fetal ovarian germ cells of the mouse, 2021, Development
  • Functional genomics analysis identifies loss of HNF1B function as a cause of Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, 2022, Human Molecular Genetics
  • A dominant-negative SOX18 mutant disrupts multiple regulatory layers essential to transcription factor activity, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter Koopman include Liang Zhao, Andrew Sinclair, Ella Thomson, Emanuele Pelosi, and Stefan Bagheri-Fam. These collaborations indicate ongoing contributions in their research community.

Best Publications

  • Male development of chromosomally female mice transgenic for Sry

    Peter Koopman;John Gubbay;Nigel Vivian;Peter Goodfellow

  • A gene mapping to the sex-determining region of the mouse Y chromosome is a member of a novel family of embryonically expressed genes

    John Gubbay;Jérôme Collignon;Peter Koopman;Blanche Capel

  • Phylogeny of the SOX family of developmental transcription factors based on sequence and structural indicators.

    Josephine Bowles;Goslik Schepers;Peter Koopman

  • Circular transcripts of the testis-determining gene Sry in adult mouse testis

    Blanche Capel;Amanda Swain;Silvia Nicolis;Adam Hacker

  • SOX9 directly regulates the type-II collagen gene.

    Donald M. Bell;Keith K.H. Leung;Susan C. Wheatley;Ling Jim Ng

  • Retinoid Signaling Determines Germ Cell Fate in Mice

    Josephine Bowles;Deon Knight;Christopher Smith;Dagmar Wilhelm

  • Expression of a candidate sex-determining gene during mouse testis differentiation

    Peter Koopman;Andrea Münsterberg;Blanche Capel;Nigel Vivian

  • The Sry-related gene Sox9 is expressed during chondrogenesis in mouse embryos

    Edwina Wright;Murray R. Hargrave;Jeffrey Christiansen;Leanne Cooper

  • A male-specific role for SOX9 in vertebrate sex determination

    Jill Kent;Susan C. Wheatley;Jane E. Andrews;Andrew H. Sinclair

  • SOX9 Binds DNA, Activates Transcription, and Coexpresses with Type II Collagen during Chondrogenesis in the Mouse

    Ling-Jim Ng;Susan Wheatley;George E.O Muscat;John Conway-Campbell

  • Sex Determination and Gonadal Development in Mammals

    Dagmar Wilhelm;Stephen Palmer;Peter A Koopman

  • Twenty pairs of sox: extent, homology, and nomenclature of the mouse and human sox transcription factor gene families.

    Goslik E. Schepers;Rohan D. Teasdale;Peter Koopman

  • SOX9 enhances aggrecan gene promoter/enhancer activity and is up-regulated by retinoic acid in a cartilage-derived cell line, TC6.

    Ichiro Sekiya;Kunikazu Tsuji;Peter Koopman;Hideto Watanabe

  • Sox18 induces development of the lymphatic vasculature in mice

    Mathias Francois;Andrea Caprini;Brett Hosking;Fabrizio Orsenigo

  • Fresh and cryopreserved ovarian tissue samples from donors with lymphoma transmit the cancer to graft recipients

    J.M. Shaw;J. Bowles;P. Koopman;E.C. Wood

  • Seeds of concern

    R. John Aitken;Peter Koopman;Sheena E. M. Lewis

  • Sry: the master switch in mammalian sex determination

    Kenichi Kashimada;Peter Koopman

  • Matching SOX: partner proteins and co-factors of the SOX family of transcriptional regulators.

    Megan Wilson;Peter Koopman

  • Building the mammalian testis: origins, differentiation, and assembly of the component cell populations

    Terje Svingen;Peter Koopman

  • Retinoic acid, meiosis and germ cell fate in mammals

    Josephine Bowles;Peter Koopman

Frequent Co-Authors

Josephine Bowles
Josephine Bowles University of Queensland
Dagmar Wilhelm
Dagmar Wilhelm University of Melbourne
Vincent R. Harley
Vincent R. Harley Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Andrew H. Sinclair
Andrew H. Sinclair University of Melbourne
George E. O. Muscat
George E. O. Muscat University of Queensland
Melissa H. Little
Melissa H. Little Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Robin Lovell-Badge
Robin Lovell-Badge The Francis Crick Institute
John M. Hutson
John M. Hutson Royal Children's Hospital
Eileen A. McLaughlin
Eileen A. McLaughlin University of Wollongong
Moira K O'Bryan
Moira K O'Bryan University of Melbourne

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