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Robert A. Phillips

Robert A. Phillips

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
63
Citations
15845
World Ranking
1794
National Ranking
54

Overview

Robert A. Phillips is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research contributions primarily focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong emphasis on molecular biology within this broader field.

The scientist has published extensively, with notable frequent publication venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Science Advances, eLife, Nucleic Acids Research, and Cell Reports. The publication count is highest in bioRxiv with 11 papers, followed by two papers each in Science Advances and eLife, and one paper each in Nucleic Acids Research and Cell Reports.

Their research spans several subfields, including molecular biology, physiology, cell biology, developmental neuroscience, and cancer research. The work covers diverse topics such as receptor mechanisms and signaling, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, zebrafish biomedical research applications, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, adipose tissue and metabolism, RNA research and splicing, and genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Recent papers published by Robert A. Phillips include:

  • A dopamine-induced gene expression signature regulates neuronal function and cocaine response (2020, Science Advances)
  • Enhancer RNAs predict enhancer-gene regulatory links and are critical for enhancer function in neuronal systems (2020, Nucleic Acids Research)
  • An atlas of transcriptionally defined cell populations in the rat ventral tegmental area (2022, Cell Reports)
  • Distinct subpopulations of D1 medium spiny neurons exhibit unique transcriptional responsiveness to cocaine (2023, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience)
  • An Improved CRISPR/dCas9 Interference Tool for Neuronal Gene Suppression (2020, Frontiers in Genome Editing)

Robert A. Phillips has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Jeremy J. Day, Lara Ianov, Jennifer J. Tuscher, Keri Martinowich, and Morgan E. Zipperly.

Best Publications

  • Expression of recessive alleles by chromosomal mechanisms in retinoblastoma

    W. K. Cavenee;W. K. Cavenee;T. P. Dryja;R. A. Phillips;William F Benedict

  • Separation of cells by velocity sedimentation.

    Richard G. Miller;R. A. Phillips

  • Introduction of a selectable gene into primitive stem cells capable of long-term reconstitution of the hemopoietic system of W/Wv mice

    John E. Dick;Maria Cristina Magli;Dennis Huszar;Robert A. Phillips

  • The scid mutation in mice causes a general defect in DNA repair

    G. M. Fulop;R. A. Phillips

  • Rearrangement of antigen receptor genes is defective in mice with severe combined immune deficiency

    Walter Schuler;Ivan Jeanne Weiler;Amelie Schuler;Robert A. Phillips

  • Osteosarcoma and retinoblastoma: a shared chromosomal mechanism revealing recessive predisposition

    Marc F. Hansen;Alex Koufos;Brenda L. Gallie;Robert A. Phillips

  • Natural killer (NK) cells are present in mice with severe combined immunodeficiency (scid).

    K Dorshkind;S B Pollack;M J Bosma;R A Phillips

  • Genetic origin of mutations predisposing to retinoblastoma.

    Webster K. Cavenee;Marc F. Hansen;Magnus Nordenskjold;Eric Kock

  • The scid defect affects the final step of the immunoglobulin VDJ recombinase mechanism

    Barbara A. Malynn;Barbara A. Malynn;T.Keith Blackwell;Gabrielle M. Fulop;Gary A. Rathbun;Gary A. Rathbun

  • A model of human acute lymphoblastic leukemia in immune-deficient SCID mice

    Suzanne Kamel-Reid;Michelle Letarte;Christian Sirard;Monica Doedens

  • Transcriptional repression of the E2-containing promoters EIIaE, c-myc, and RB1 by the product of the RB1 gene.

    P A Hamel;R M Gill;R A Phillips;B L Gallie

  • Somatic inactivation of genes on chromosome 13 is a common event in retinoblastoma.

    R. Godbout;R. Godbout;T. P. Dryja;J. Squire;B. L. Gallie;B. L. Gallie

  • Functional status of cells from lymphoid and myeloid tissues in mice with severe combined immunodeficiency disease.

    K Dorshkind;G M Keller;R A Phillips;R G Miller

  • Retrovirus transfer of a bacterial gene into mouse haematopoietic progenitor cells

    Alexandra Joyner;Alexandra Joyner;Gordon Keller;Gordon Keller;Robert A. Phillips;Alan Bernstein

  • Retinoma: spontaneous regression of retinoblastoma or benign manifestation of the mutation?

    B L Gallie;R M Ellsworth;D H Abramson;R A Phillips

  • Mutations in the RB1 gene and their effects on transcription.

    J M Dunn;R A Phillips;X Zhu;A Becker

  • Preferential germline mutation of the paternal allele in retinoblastoma.

    Xiaoping Zhu;James M. Dunn;Robert A. Phillips;Audrey D. Goddard

  • Fringe boundaries coincide with Notch-dependent patterning centres in mammals and alter Notch-dependent development in Drosophila.

    Brenda Cohen;Arash Bashirullah;Lina Dagnino;Christine Campbell

  • The retinoblastoma gene family is differentially expressed during embryogenesis.

    Zhe Jiang;Eldad Zacksenhaus;Brenda L Gallie;Robert A Phillips

  • A detailed analysis of chromosomal changes in heritable and non-heritable retinoblastoma.

    J. Squire;J. Squire;Brenda L. Gallie;Brenda L. Gallie;R. A. Phillips;R. A. Phillips

Frequent Co-Authors

Brenda L. Gallie
Brenda L. Gallie University of Toronto
Richard G. Miller
Richard G. Miller University of Toronto
Jeremy A. Squire
Jeremy A. Squire Universidade de São Paulo
Gordon Keller
Gordon Keller University of Toronto
Roseline Godbout
Roseline Godbout University of Alberta
Alan Bernstein
Alan Bernstein Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
John E. Dick
John E. Dick Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Frederick W. Alt
Frederick W. Alt Boston Children's Hospital
George D. Yancopoulos
George D. Yancopoulos Regeneron (United States)
David A. Clark
David A. Clark McMaster University

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