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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert J. White is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on molecular biology.

The scientist's work addresses several specialized subfields, including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Plant Science
  • Cancer Research
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Main topics in their research portfolio consist of:

  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Virus-based gene therapy research

Robert J. White has contributed to at least five recent scientific papers, including:

  • Use of ubiquitous chromatin opening elements (UCOE) as tools to maintain transgene expression in biotechnology, 2022, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
  • Target-enriched nanopore sequencing and de novo assembly reveals co-occurrences of complex on-target genomic rearrangements induced by CRISPR-Cas9 in human cells, 2022, Genome Research
  • TFIIIC-based chromatin insulators through eukaryotic evolution, 2022, Gene
  • Dissecting cell death pathways in fed-batch bioreactors, 2023, Biotechnology Journal
  • Impact on Arabidopsis growth and stress resistance of depleting the Maf1 repressor of RNA polymerase III, 2022, Gene

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert J. White include:

  • Rebecca E. Sizer
  • Sienna P. Butterfield
  • Keyi Geng
  • Lara G. Merino
  • Linda Wedemann

Publication venues where Robert J. White has frequently contributed are:

  • Biotechnology Journal
  • Gene
  • Cancers
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

In recognition of professional achievements, Robert J. White was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1994 and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Myotonic Dystrophy in Transgenic Mice Expressing an Expanded CUG Repeat

    Ami Mankodi;Eric Logigian;Linda Callahan;Carolyn McClain

  • c-Myc binds to human ribosomal DNA and stimulates transcription of rRNA genes by RNA polymerase I.

    Carla Grandori;Natividad Gomez-Roman;Zoe A. Felton-Edkins;Celine Ngouenet

  • SURVEY AND SUMMARY Transcription by RNA polymerases I and III

    Marvin R. Paule;Robert J. White

  • A Cis-Regulatory Map of the Drosophila Genome

    Nicolas Nègre;Christopher D. Brown;Lijia Ma;Christopher Aaron Bristow

  • Direct activation of RNA polymerase III transcription by c-Myc.

    Natividad Gomez-Roman;Carla Grandori;Robert N. Eisenman;Robert J. White

  • RNA polymerases I and III, growth control and cancer

    Robert J White

  • Transcription by RNA polymerase III: more complex than we thought

    Robert J. White

  • Repression of RNA polymerase III transcription by the retinoblastoma protein

    Robert J. White;Didier Trouche;Didier Trouche;Klaus Martin;Stephen P. Jackson

  • RNA polymerase III transcription and cancer.

    Robert J White

  • Genomic binding profiles of functionally distinct RNA polymerase III transcription complexes in human cells

    Zarmik Moqtaderi;Jie Wang;Debasish Raha;Robert J White

  • 3-Hydroxyanthranilate oxygenase activity is increased in the brains of Huntington disease victims

    Robert Schwarcz;Etsuo Okuno;Robert J. White;Edward D. Bird

  • mTOR associates with TFIIIC, is found at tRNA and 5S rRNA genes, and targets their repressor Maf1.

    Theodoros Kantidakis;Ben A. Ramsbottom;Joanna L. Birch;Sarah N. Dowding

  • P53 IS A GENERAL REPRESSOR OF RNA POLYMERASE III TRANSCRIPTION

    Carol A. Cairns;Robert J. White

  • RNA polymerases I and III, non-coding RNAs and cancer

    Robert J. White

  • Pol II and its associated epigenetic marks are present at Pol III–transcribed noncoding RNA genes

    Artem Barski;Iouri Chepelev;Dritan Liko;Suresh Cuddapah

  • RETRACTED: Elevated tRNAiMet Synthesis Can Drive Cell Proliferation and Oncogenic Transformation

    Lynne Marshall;Niall S. Kenneth;Robert J. White

  • RNA polymerase III transcription factor TFIIIC2 is overexpressed in ovarian tumors

    Andrew G. Winter;George Sourvinos;Simon J. Allison;Kerrie Tosh

  • A role for the TATA-box-binding protein component of the transcription factor IID complex as a general RNA polymerase III transcription factor.

    Robert J. White;Stephen P. Jackson;Peter W. J. Rigby

  • The TATA-binding protein: a central role in transcription by RNA polymerases I, II and III.

    Robert J. White;Stephen P. Jackson

  • Mechanism of TATA-binding protein recruitment to a TATA-less class III promoter

    Robert J. White;Stephen P. Jackson

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen P. Jackson
Stephen P. Jackson University of Cambridge
Duncan T. Odom
Duncan T. Odom University of Cambridge
Jennifer P. Morton
Jennifer P. Morton University of Glasgow
John C. Marioni
John C. Marioni European Bioinformatics Institute
Robert N. Eisenman
Robert N. Eisenman Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Robert G. Grossman
Robert G. Grossman Houston Methodist
Bing Ren
Bing Ren New York Genome Center
Chao Cheng
Chao Cheng Baylor College of Medicine
Kevin P. White
Kevin P. White National University of Singapore

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