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Robert E. Canfield

Robert E. Canfield

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
15187
World Ranking
12389
National Ranking
5305

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1933 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Robert E. Canfield was affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research focused primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with subfields including Molecular Biology and Ecology. Their work frequently addressed topics related to Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, as well as Redox biology and oxidative stress.

Throughout their career, Canfield contributed to multiple publications. Notable recent papers included:

  • Structural and mechanistic basis for redox sensing by the cyanobacterial transcription regulator RexT, 2022, published in Communications Biology
  • Eliciting STING pathway activation and a type 1 interferon response in bladder cancer cells with double stranded DNA delivered by lambda phage based nanoparticles 3231, 2025, published in The Journal of Immunology

They collaborated often with several coauthors, including Bin Li, Minshik Jo, Jianxin Liu, Jiayi Tian, and Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb. Their frequent publishing venues reflected these collaborations, notably Communications Biology and The Journal of Immunology.

Over the course of their career, Canfield was recognized with honors such as being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1933. Additionally, they were a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Canfield's research contributions were situated within molecular and ecological contexts, addressing biochemical processes underlying photosynthesis and microbial physiology, with a strong focus on mechanisms of oxidative stress and redox regulation in cellular systems.

Best Publications

  • Incidence of Early Loss of Pregnancy

    Allen Wilcox;Clarice Weinberg;John O'connor;Donna Baird

  • Crystal structure of human chorionic gonadotropin.

    A. J. Lapthorn;D. C. Harris;A. Littlejohn;J. W. Lustbader

  • Efficacy of Superovulation and Intrauterine Insemination in the Treatment of Infertility

    David S. Guzick;Sandra Ann Carson;Christos Coutifaris;James W. Overstreet

  • Structure of human chorionic gonadotropin at 2.6 A resolution from MAD analysis of the selenomethionyl protein.

    Hao Wu;Joyce W Lustbader;Yee Liu;Robert E Canfield

  • The amino acid sequence of human plasma prealbumin.

    Yoshikazu Kanda;DeWitt S. Goodman;Robert E. Canfield;Francis J. Morgan

  • The amino acid sequence of human chorionic gonadotropin. The alpha subunit and beta subunit.

    F J Morgan;S Birken;R E Canfield

  • THE DISULFIDE BONDS OF EGG WHITE LYSOZYME (MURAMIDASE).

    Robert E. Canfield;Anne K. Liu

  • Evidence for a gonadotropin from nonpregnant subjects that has physical, immunological, and biological similarities to human chorionic gonadotropin

    Hao-Chia Chen;Gary D. Hodgen;Shuji Matsuura;Lawrence J. Lin

  • Effects of dichloromethylene diphosphonate on skeletal mobilization of calcium in multiple myeloma.

    Ethel S. Siris;William H. Sherman;Delia C. Baquiran;John P. Schlatterer

  • Radioimmunoassay of Human Fibrinopeptide A

    H. L. Nossel;L. R. Younger;G. D. Wilner;T. Procupez

  • Primary structure of lysozymes from man and goose.

    R. E. Canfield;S. Kammerman;J. H. Sobel;F. J. Morgan

  • Mixing two monoclonal antibodies yields enhanced affinity for antigen

    P H Ehrlich;W R Moyle;Z A Moustafa;R E Canfield

  • Structure of the Human Chorionic Gonadotropin β-Subunit Fragment from Pregnancy Urine*

    S Birken;E G Armstrong;M A Kolks;L A Cole

  • Measuring early pregnancy loss: laboratory and field methods.

    Allen J. Wilcox;Clarice R. Weinberg;Robert E. Wehmann;E. Glenn Armstrong

  • Purification and characterization of a lysozyme from goose egg white.

    Robert E. Canfield;Susan McMurry

  • Use of monoclonal antibodies to subunits of human chorionic gonadotropin to examine the orientation of the hormone in its complex with receptor

    W R Moyle;P H Ehrlich;R E Canfield

  • CHROMATOGRAPHY OF PEPSIN AND CHYMOTRYPSIN DIGESTS OF EGG WHITE LYSOZYME ON PHOSPHOCELLULOSE.

    Robert E. Canfield;Christian B. Anfinsen

  • Hypercalcemia of Malignancy: Treatment with Intravenous Dichloromethylene Diphosphonate

    Thomas P. Jacobs;Ethel S. Siris;John P. Bilezikian;Delia C. Baquiran

  • Use of a highly sensitive and specific immunoradiometric assay for detection of human chorionic gonadotropin in urine of normal, nonpregnant, and pregnant individuals.

    E. G. Armstrong;P. H. Ehrlich;S. Birken;J. P. Schlatterer

  • Development of Highly Sensitive Immunoassays to Measure Human Chorionic Gonadotropin, Its β-Subunit, and β Core Fragment in the Urine: Application to Malignancies

    John F. O'Connor;John P. Schlatterer;Steven Birken;Alexander Krichevsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Ethel S. Siris
Ethel S. Siris Columbia University
Allen J. Wilcox
Allen J. Wilcox National Institutes of Health
Irving Boime
Irving Boime Washington University in St. Louis
Clarice R. Weinberg
Clarice R. Weinberg National Institutes of Health
James W. Overstreet
James W. Overstreet University of California, Davis
Donald J. McMahon
Donald J. McMahon Columbia University
Donna D. Baird
Donna D. Baird National Institutes of Health
John P. Bilezikian
John P. Bilezikian Columbia University
Wayne A. Hendrickson
Wayne A. Hendrickson Columbia University
Hao Wu
Hao Wu Harvard University

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