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Philip E. Branton

Philip E. Branton

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
11544
World Ranking
15003
National Ranking
530

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Philip E. Branton is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and focuses primarily on research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research includes significant work in subfields such as Oncology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their recent scholarly output includes a publication titled The human adenovirus PI3K-Akt activator E4orf1 is targeted by the tumor suppressor p53, released in 2024 in the Journal of Virology.

The main topics reflected in their research encompass:

  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer

Philip E. Branton has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Lilian Göttig
  • Simone Jummer
  • Luisa Staehler
  • Peter Groitl
  • Maryam Karimi

Their publications have appeared in venues such as the Journal of Virology.

In 2002, they were recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, under the Academy of Science category.

Best Publications

  • Viruses and Apoptosis

    Anne Roulston;Richard C. Marcellus;Philip E. Branton

  • Regulation of apoptosis by viral gene products.

    J G Teodoro;P E Branton

  • Degradation of p53 by adenovirus E4orf6 and E1B55K proteins occurs via a novel mechanism involving a Cullin-containing complex

    Emmanuelle Querido;Paola Blanchette;Qin Yan;Takumi Kamura

  • p28 Bap31, a Bcl-2/Bcl-XL- and Procaspase-8–associated Protein in the Endoplasmic Reticulum

    Florence W.H. Ng;Mai Nguyen;Tony Kwan;Philip E. Branton

  • Regulation of p53 levels by the E1B 55-kilodalton protein and E4orf6 in adenovirus-infected cells.

    Emmanuelle Querido;Richard C. Marcellus;Albert Lai;Rachel Charbonneau

  • Binding of pRB to the PHD Protein RBP2 Promotes Cellular Differentiation

    Elizaveta V. Benevolenskaya;Heather L. Murray;Philip Branton;Richard A. Young

  • Mapping of cellular protein-binding sites on the products of early-region 1A of human adenovirus type 5.

    C Egan;T N Jelsma;J A Howe;S T Bayley

  • Detection of cellular proteins associated with human adenovirus type 5 early region 1A polypeptides

    Siu-Pok Yee;Philip E. Branton

  • E4orf4, a Novel Adenovirus Death Factor That Induces p53-independent Apoptosis by a Pathway That Is Not Inhibited by zVAD-fmk

    Josée N. Lavoie;M. Nguyen;R.C. Marcellus;P.E. Branton

  • RBP1 Recruits the mSIN3-Histone Deacetylase Complex to the Pocket of Retinoblastoma Tumor Suppressor Family Proteins Found in Limited Discrete Regions of the Nucleus at Growth Arrest

    Albert Lai;Brian K. Kennedy;David A. Barbie;Nicholas R. Bertos

  • Retinoblastoma growth suppressor and a 300-kDa protein appear to regulate cellular DNA synthesis.

    John A. Howe;Joe S. Mymryk;Cay Egan;Philip E. Branton

  • Role of membrane anchor domain of Bcl-2 in suppression of apoptosis caused by E1B-defective adenovirus

    Mai Nguyen;Philip E. Branton;Paul A. Walton;Zoltan N. Oltvai

  • RBP1 RECRUITS BOTH HISTONE DEACETYLASE-DEPENDENT AND -INDEPENDENT REPRESSION ACTIVITIES TO RETINOBLASTOMA FAMILY PROTEINS

    Albert Lai;Joseph M. Lee;Wen-Ming Yang;James A. DeCaprio

  • MUF1, A Novel Elongin BC-interacting Leucine-rich Repeat Protein That Can Assemble with Cul5 and Rbx1 to Reconstitute a Ubiquitin Ligase

    Takumi Kamura;Dennis Burian;Qin Yan;Qin Yan;Susan L. Schmidt

  • BCL-2 AND ADENOVIRUS E1B 19 KDA PROTEIN PREVENT E1A-INDUCED PROCESSING OF CPP32 AND CLEAVAGE OF POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE

    C. A. Boulakia;Gang Chen;F. W. H. Ng;J. G. Teodoro

  • The Early Region 4 orf4 Protein of Human Adenovirus Type 5 Induces p53-Independent Cell Death by Apoptosis

    Richard C. Marcellus;Josée N. Lavoie;Dominique Boivin;Gordon C. Shore

  • Adenovirus E1A proteins induce apoptosis by both p53-dependent and p53-independent mechanisms

    J G Teodoro;G C Shore;P E Branton

  • Regulation of p53-dependent apoptosis, transcriptional repression, and cell transformation by phosphorylation of the 55-kilodalton E1B protein of human adenovirus type 5.

    J G Teodoro;P E Branton

  • Identification of Three Functions of the Adenovirus E4orf6 Protein That Mediate p53 Degradation by the E4orf6-E1B55K Complex

    Emmanuelle Querido;Megan R. Morrison;Huan Chu-Pham-Dang;Sarah W.-L. Thirlwell

  • Binding of the Rb1 protein to E1A products is required for adenovirus transformation.

    Egan C;Bayley St;Branton Pe

Frequent Co-Authors

Gordon C. Shore
Gordon C. Shore McGill University
Frank L. Graham
Frank L. Graham McMaster University
Thomas Dobner
Thomas Dobner Heinrich-Pette-Institute
Joan Weliky Conaway
Joan Weliky Conaway The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Silvia Bacchetti
Silvia Bacchetti McMaster University
William G. Kaelin
William G. Kaelin Harvard University
Qin Yan
Qin Yan Yale University
Ronald C. Conaway
Ronald C. Conaway The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Donald W. Nicholson
Donald W. Nicholson MSD (United States)
Anne-Claude Gingras
Anne-Claude Gingras Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

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