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  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Peter Sarnow is a researcher affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their work spans across multiple fields within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The main fields of study for Peter Sarnow include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Their research extends into several subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Cancer Research
  • Infectious Diseases

Peter Sarnow's academic contributions address a variety of topics, notably:

  • Circular RNAs in diseases
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Pakpoom Boonchuen
  • Kunlaya Somboonwiwat
  • Shwetha Shivaprasad
  • Tzu-Chun Chen
  • Qian M. Cao

Peter Sarnow has consistently published in several venues with a notable frequency in:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Journal of Virology
  • Cell Reports

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter Sarnow include:

  • "Host-derived circular RNAs display proviral activities in Hepatitis C virus-infected cells", 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • "An evolutionarily acquired microRNA shapes development of mammalian cortical projections", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Virus-derived circular RNAs populate hepatitis C virus-infected cells", 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Host-derived Circular RNAs Display Proviral Activities in Hepatitis C Virus - Infected Cells", 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "The tale of two flaviviruses: subversion of host pathways by RNA shapes in dengue and hepatitis C viral RNA genomes", 2020, Current Opinion in Microbiology

Peter Sarnow has been recognized by professional organizations, having been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009 and elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Modulation of hepatitis C virus RNA abundance by a liver-specific MicroRNA

    Catherine L. Jopling;Min Kyung Yi;Alissa M. Lancaster;Stanley M. Lemon

  • LNA-mediated microRNA silencing in non-human primates

    Joacim Elmén;Morten Lindow;Sylvia Schütz;Matthew Lawrence

  • Internal ribosome entry sites in eukaryotic mRNA molecules

    Christopher U.T. Hellen;Peter Sarnow

  • Adenovirus E1b-58kd tumor antigen and SV40 large tumor antigen are physically associated with the same 54 kd cellular protein in transformed cells

    Peter Sarnow;Ye Shih Ho;Jim Williams;Arnold J. Levine

  • Starting at the Beginning, Middle, and End: Translation Initiation in Eukaryotes

    Alan B Sachs;Peter Sarnow;Matthias W Hentze

  • Initiation of protein synthesis by the eukaryotic translational apparatus on circular RNAs

    Chang-you Chen;Peter Sarnow

  • Internal initiation of translation mediated by the 5' leader of a cellular mRNA

    Dennis G. Macejak;Peter Sarnow

  • Translation of human hepatitis C virus RNA in cultured cells is mediated by an internal ribosome-binding mechanism.

    Changyu Wang;P. Sarnow;Aleem Siddiqui

  • A transfer-RNA-derived small RNA regulates ribosome biogenesis

    Hak Kyun Kim;Gabriele Fuchs;Shengchun Wang;Wei Wei

  • Biological basis for restriction of microRNA targets to the 3′ untranslated region in mammalian mRNAs

    Shuo Gu;Lan Jin;Feijie Zhang;Peter Sarnow

  • Position-Dependent Function for a Tandem MicroRNA miR-122-Binding Site Located in the Hepatitis C Virus RNA Genome

    Catherine L. Jopling;Catherine L. Jopling;Sylvia Schütz;Peter Sarnow

  • Identification of eukaryotic mRNAs that are translated at reduced cap binding complex eIF4F concentrations using a cDNA microarray

    Gregg Johannes;Mark S. Carter;Michael B. Eisen;Patrick O. Brown

  • Initiation of protein synthesis from the A site of the ribosome.

    Joan E Wilson;Tatyana V Pestova;Christopher U.T Hellen;Peter Sarnow

  • Naturally Occurring Dicistronic Cricket Paralysis Virus RNA Is Regulated by Two Internal Ribosome Entry Sites

    Joan E. Wilson;Marguerite J. Powell;Susan E. Hoover;Peter Sarnow

  • Genetic dissection of Flaviviridae host factors through genome-scale CRISPR screens

    Caleb D. Marceau;Andreas S. Puschnik;Karim Majzoub;Yaw Shin Ooi

  • Effects of poliovirus infection on nucleo-cytoplasmic trafficking and nuclear pore complex composition.

    Kurt E. Gustin;Peter Sarnow

  • Cap-dependent and cap-independent translation by internal initiation of mRNAs in cell extracts prepared from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Narushi Iizuka;Lyle Najita;Alex Franzusoff;Peter Sarnow

  • Cap-independent polysomal association of natural mRNAs encoding c-myc, BiP, and eIF4G conferred by internal ribosome entry sites

    Gregg Johannes;Peter Sarnow

  • Masking the 5' terminal nucleotides of the hepatitis C virus genome by an unconventional microRNA-target RNA complex

    Erica S. Machlin;Peter Sarnow;Selena M. Sagan

  • Factorless Ribosome Assembly on the Internal Ribosome Entry Site of Cricket Paralysis Virus

    Eric Jan;Peter Sarnow

  • Homeotic gene Antennapedia mRNA contains 5'-noncoding sequences that confer translational initiation by internal ribosome binding.

    S K Oh;M P Scott;P Sarnow

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnold J. Levine
Arnold J. Levine Institute for Advanced Study
Jan E. Carette
Jan E. Carette Stanford University
Mark A. Kay
Mark A. Kay Stanford University
Joseph D. Puglisi
Joseph D. Puglisi Stanford University
Karla Kirkegaard
Karla Kirkegaard Stanford University
Martin Bushell
Martin Bushell University of Glasgow
Harris D. Bernstein
Harris D. Bernstein National Institutes of Health
Joachim Frank
Joachim Frank Columbia University
Christopher U.T. Hellen
Christopher U.T. Hellen SUNY Downstate Medical Center
David Baltimore
David Baltimore California Institute of Technology

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