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Richard L. Walker is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research activity spans mainly the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable focus on Molecular Biology, Hematology, Cancer Research, Oncology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health as subfields.

The primary research topics covered in Walker's publications include:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include:

  • Paul S. Meltzer
  • Yuelin J. Zhu
  • Peter D. Aplan
  • Yang Jo Chung
  • Ryan Bertoli

Notable venues for publication featuring Walker's work are:

  • Cancer Research
  • Research Square
  • The FASEB Journal
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Selected recent publications by Walker include:

  • "Repeat expansions confer WRN dependence in microsatellite-unstable cancers" (2020) published in Nature
  • "A small protein encoded by a putative lncRNA regulates apoptosis and tumorigenicity in human colorectal cancer cells" (2020) published in eLife
  • "Skp, Cullin, F-box (SCF)-Met30 and SCF-Cdc4-Mediated Proteolysis of CENP-A Prevents Mislocalization of CENP-A for Chromosomal Stability in Budding Yeast" (2020) published in PLoS Genetics
  • "Deposition of Centromeric Histone H3 Variant CENP-A/Cse4 into Chromatin Is Facilitated by Its C-Terminal Sumoylation" (2020) published in Genetics
  • "Distinct DNA Methylation Signatures in Neuroendocrine Tumors Specific for Primary Site and Inherited Predisposition" (2020) published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Best Publications

  • Papillomatous Digital Dermatitis (Footwarts) in California Dairy Cattle: Clinical and Gross Pathologic Findings

    Deryck H. Read;Richard L. Walker

  • Spirochetes isolated from dairy cattle with papillomatous digital dermatitis and interdigital dermatitis.

    R.L. Walker;D.H. Read;K.J. Loretz;R.W. Nordhausen

  • Identification by subtractive hybridization of sequences specific for Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis.

    Peter G. Agron;Richard L. Walker;Hailu Kinde;Sherilyn J. Sawyer

  • A survey of Salmonella contamination in modern broiler production

    F. T. Jones;R. C. Axtell;D. V. Rives;S. E. Scheideler

  • Genome degradation in Brucella ovis corresponds with narrowing of its host range and tissue tropism.

    Renee M. Tsolis;Rekha Seshadri;Renato L. Santos;Renato L. Santos;Felix J. Sangari

  • Salmonella enteritidis, Phage Type 4 Infection in a Commercial Layer Flock in Southern California: Bacteriologic and Epidemiologic Findings

    H. Kinde;D. H. Read;R. P. Chin;A. A. Bickford

  • Farm- and host-level risk factors for papillomatous digital dermatitis in Chilean dairy cattle.

    Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz;Pedro Melendez-Retamal;David W Hird;Deryck H Read

  • A survey of Campylobacter jejuni contamination in modern broiler production and processing systems.

    F. T. Jones;R. C. Axtell;D. V. Rives;S. E. Scheideler

  • Type C botulism in dairy cattle from feed contaminated with a dead cat.

    F. D. Galey;R. Terra;R. Walker;John M Adaska

  • Characterization of Treponema phagedenis-like spirochetes isolated from papillomatous digital dermatitis lesions in dairy cattle.

    Darren J. Trott;Michelle R. Moeller;Richard L. Zuerner;Jesse P. Goff

  • Molecular typing of papillomatous digital dermatitis-associated Treponema isolates based on analysis of 16S-23S ribosomal DNA intergenic spacer regions.

    L. V. Stamm;H. L. Bergen;R. L. Walker

  • Consumption of milk from transgenic goats expressing human lysozyme in the mammary gland results in the modulation of intestinal microflora

    Elizabeth A. Maga;Richard L. Walker;Gary B. Anderson;James D. Murray

  • Serological evidence of spirochaetal infections associated with digital dermatitis in dairy cattle.

    I Demirkan;R.L Walker;R.D Murray;R.W Blowey

  • Clinical, histologic, and bacteriologic findings in dairy cows with digital dermatitis (footwarts) one month after topical treatment with lincomycin hydrochloride or oxytetracycline hydrochloride

    Steven L. Berry;Deryck H. Read;Richard L. Walker;Thomas R. Famula

  • Diagnosis of Avian Mycobacteriosis: Comparison of Culture, Acid-Fast Stains, and Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Identification of Mycobacterium avium in Experimentally Inoculated Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

    Lisa A Tell;Janet E Foley;Martha L. Needham;Richard L. Walker

  • Cutaneous pythiosis in a nestling white-faced ibis

    Patricia Pesavento;B. Barr;S. M. Riggs;A. L. Eigenheer

  • Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale Infection in Turkey Breeders

    M. De Rosa;R. Droual;Richard P Chin;H L Shivaprasad

  • Comparison of the 5.8S rRNA gene and internal transcribed spacer regions of trichomonadid protozoa recovered from the bovine preputial cavity.

    R. L. Walker;D. C. Hayes;S. J. Sawyer;R. W. Nordhausen

  • Clostridium botulinum type-C intoxication associated with consumption of processed alfalfa hay cubes in horses.

    Hailu Kinde;R. L. Bettey;Alex Ardans;F. D. Galey

  • Evaluation of microbial culture of pooled fecal samples for detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis in large dairy herds

    Saraya Tavornpanich;Ian A Gardner;Randall J Anderson;Sang Shin

  • Humoral response of dairy cattle to spirochetes isolated from papillomatous digital dermatitis lesions.

    R L Walker;D H Read;K J Loretz;D W Hird

  • Preliminary characterization of a Tritrichomonas foetus-like protozoan isolated from preputial smegma of virgin bulls

    R. H. BonDurant;A. Gajadhar;C. M. Campero;E. Johnson

  • An improved molecular assay for Tritrichomonas foetus

    Robert A Grahn;Robert Bondurant;K. A. Van Hoosear;R. L. Walker

  • Immunohistochemical Identification of Campylobacter fetus in Natural Cases of Bovine and Ovine Abortions

    C. M. Campero;Mark L Anderson;R. L. Walker;Patricia C Blanchard

  • An Outbreak of Equine Neonatal Salmonellosis

    R. L. Walker;J. E. Madigan;D. W. Hird;J. T. Case

  • Complementary randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis patterns and primer sets to differentiate Mycoplasma gallisepticum strains.

    B. R. Charlton;A. A. Bickford;R. L. Walker;R. Yamamoto

  • Morphological and molecular identification of non-Tritrichomonas foetus trichomonad protozoa from the bovine preputial cavity.

    Fabienne Dufernez;Richard L. Walker;Christophe Noël;Stephanie Caby

  • Association of age of ram with distribution of epididymal lesions and etiologic agent.

    R L Walker;B R LeaMaster;J N Stellflug;E L Biberstein

  • Detection and identification of Mycoplasma from bovine mastitis infections using a nested polymerase chain reaction.

    Shane C. Baird;Jane Carman;R. Page Dinsmore;Richard L. Walker

  • Bovine abortions attributable to Listeria ivanovii: four cases (1988-1990).

    A. V. Alexander;R. L. Walker;B. J. Johnson;B. R. Charlton

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Hird
David W. Hird University of California, Davis
Robert Bondurant
Robert Bondurant University of California, Davis
Mark L Anderson
Mark L Anderson University of California, Davis
Ian A. Gardner
Ian A. Gardner University of Prince Edward Island
Janet E Foley
Janet E Foley University of California, Davis
Lisa A. Tell
Lisa A. Tell University of California, Davis
Frank T. Jones
Frank T. Jones University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Richard C. Axtell
Richard C. Axtell North Carolina State University
Renato L. Santos
Renato L. Santos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Tim E. Carpenter
Tim E. Carpenter University of California, Davis

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