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Philip C. Hanawalt

Philip C. Hanawalt

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
104
Citations
41128
World Ranking
464
National Ranking
262

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1989 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Philip C. Hanawalt is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work is specialized within the subfields of Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, and Plant Science.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment

Frequently publishing in several academic journals, the most common venues for their work are:

  • DNA repair
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Life
  • Science
  • Journal of Theoretical Biology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Philip C. Hanawalt include:

  • "Topology and kinetics of R-loop formation," 2022, Biophysical Journal
  • "Mechanism for R-loop formation remote from the transcription start site: Topological issues and possible facilitation by dissociation of RNA polymerase," 2022, DNA repair
  • "The life and legacy of Sam Wilson (1939-2021)," 2021, DNA repair
  • "Tribute to Sam Wilson: Shining a light on base excision DNA repair," 2020, DNA repair
  • "Unbalanced Growth, the DNA Replication Cycle and Discovery of Repair Replication," 2023, Life

Among frequent co-authors associated with their research are:

  • Boris P. Belotserkovskii
  • Leona D. Samson
  • Bennett Van Houten
  • Sum-yan Ng
  • Joann B. Sweasy

Philip C. Hanawalt has received several professional acknowledgments, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2008
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1989
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1981

Best Publications

  • Selective removal of transcription-blocking DNA damage from the transcribed strand of the mammalian DHFR gene

    Isabel Mellon;Graciela Spivak;Philip C. Hanawalt

  • DNA repair in an active gene: Removal of pyrimidine dimers from the DHFR gene of CHO cells is much more efficient than in the genome overall

    Vilhelm A. Bohr;Charles Allen Smith;Diane S. Okumoto;Philip C. Hanawalt

  • Transcription-coupled DNA repair: two decades of progress and surprises

    Philip C. Hanawalt;Graciela Spivak

  • DNA Repair in Bacteria and Mammalian Cells

    Philip C. Hanawalt;Priscilla K. Cooper;Ann K. Ganesan;Charles Allen Smith

  • Comparative gene expression profiles following UV exposure in wild-type and SOS-deficient Escherichia coli.

    Justin Courcelle;Arkady Khodursky;Brian Peter;Patrick O. Brown

  • Evolution of the SNF2 family of proteins: subfamilies with distinct sequences and functions.

    Jonathan A. Eisen;Kevin S. Sweder;Philip C. Hanawalt

  • Thymine deficiency and the normal DNA replication cycle. I.

    Ole Maaløe;Philip C. Hanawalt

  • Induction of the Escherichia coli lactose operon selectively increases repair of its transcribed DNA strand.

    Isabel Mellon;Philip C. Hanawalt

  • Expression of the p48 xeroderma pigmentosum gene is p53-dependent and is involved in global genomic repair

    Byung Joon Hwang;James M. Ford;Philip C. Hanawalt;Gilbert Chu

  • DNA repair: A laboratory manual of research procedures

    Errol C. Friedberg;Philip C. Hanawalt

  • Transcription-coupled repair and human disease

    Philip C. Hanawalt

  • EVIDENCE FOR REPAIR-REPLICATION OF ULTRAVIOLET DAMAGED DNA IN BACTERIA.

    David Pettijohn;Philip Hanawalt

  • A phylogenomic study of DNA repair genes, proteins, and processes

    Jonathan A Eisen;Philip C Hanawalt

  • Subpathways of nucleotide excision repair and their regulation.

    Philip C Hanawalt

  • Preferential DNA repair of an active gene in human cells

    Isabel Mellon;Vilhelm A. Bohr;Charles Allen Smith;Philip C. Hanawalt

  • p53-mediated DNA repair responses to UV radiation: studies of mouse cells lacking p53, p21, and/or gadd45 genes.

    Martin L. Smith;James M. Ford;M. Christine Hollander;Rachel A. Bortnick

  • Transcript cleavage by RNA polymerase II arrested by a cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer in the DNA template.

    B. A. Donahue;Shang Yin;J.-S. Taylor;D. Reines

  • Li-Fraumeni syndrome fibroblasts homozygous for p53 mutations are deficient in global DNA repair but exhibit normal transcription-coupled repair and enhanced UV resistance

    James M. Ford;Philip C. Hanawalt

  • Expression of Wild-type p53 Is Required for Efficient Global Genomic Nucleotide Excision Repair in UV-irradiated Human Fibroblasts

    James M. Ford;Philip C. Hanawalt

  • Molecular Mechanisms for Repair of DNA

    Philip C. Hanawalt;Richard B. Setlow

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Ford
James M. Ford Stanford University
Alain Sarasin
Alain Sarasin Institut Gustave Roussy
Vilhelm A. Bohr
Vilhelm A. Bohr University of Copenhagen
Sergei M. Mirkin
Sergei M. Mirkin Tufts University
Errol C. Friedberg
Errol C. Friedberg The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Enrique Cerdá-Olmedo
Enrique Cerdá-Olmedo University of Seville
Mats Ljungman
Mats Ljungman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David H. Phillips
David H. Phillips King's College London
Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen University of California, Davis
Karen M. Vasquez
Karen M. Vasquez The University of Texas at Austin

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