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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1982 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Robert L. Metzenberg was affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focused on molecular biology, with specific work related to protist diversity and phylogeny. The scope of their scientific contributions spans various topics within these fields.

The scientist's documented recent publications include:

  • Characterization of Interactions Between and Among Components of the Meiotic Silencing by Unpaired DNA Machinery in Neurospora crassa Using Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (2021, UNC Libraries)
  • Reversal of a Neurospora Translocation by Crossing over Involving Displaced Rdna, and Methylation of the Rdna Segments That Result from Recombination (2020, UNC Libraries)

Frequent collaborators included:

  • Edward G. Barry
  • Nirmala Bardiya
  • William G. Alexander
  • Tony D. Perdue
  • Patricia J. Pukkila

Most publications appeared in the venue named UNC Libraries. The scientist contributed notably to the subfield of molecular biology, with key topics involving protist diversity and phylogeny.

Among awards received, Robert L. Metzenberg was named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1997 and was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1982.

Best Publications

  • The genome sequence of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa

    James E. Galagan;Sarah E. Calvo;Katherine A. Borkovich;Eric U. Selker

  • Meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA

    Patrick K.T. Shiu;Namboori B. Raju;Denise Zickler;Robert L. Metzenberg

  • Mating type and mating strategies in Neurospora

    Robert L. Metzenberg;N. Louise Glass

  • Neurospora crassa A mating-type region.

    N L Glass;J Grotelueschen;R L Metzenberg

  • DNAs of the two mating-type alleles of Neurospora crassa are highly dissimilar

    NL Glass;SJ Vollmer;C Staben;J Grotelueschen

  • Meiotic Transvection in Fungi

    Rodolfo Aramayo;Robert L Metzenberg

  • Identification and chromosomal distribution of 5S rRNA genes in Neurospora crassa.

    Robert L. Metzenberg;Judith N. Stevens;Eric U. Selker;Ewa Morzycka-Wroblewska

  • Meiotic Silencing by Unpaired DNA: Properties, Regulation and Suppression

    Patrick K T Shiu;Robert L Metzenberg

  • Dispersed 5S RNA genes in N. crassa: Structure, expression and evolution

    Eric U. Selker;Charles Yanofsky;Katharine Driftmier;Robert L. Metzenberg

  • Homothallic Sordariaceae from nature: The absence of strains containing only thea mating type sequence

    N. Louise Glass;Robert L. Metzenberg;Namboori B. Raju

  • Purification of carbamyl phosphate synthetase from frog liver.

    Margaret Marshall;R.L. Metzenberg;Philip P. Cohen

  • Positive control by the cys-3 locus in regulation of sulfur metabolism in Neurospora.

    George A. Marzluf;Robert L. Metzenberg

  • Asm-1(+), a Neurospora Crassa Gene Related to Transcriptional Regulators of Fungal Development

    Rodolfo Aramayo;Yoav Peleg;Randolph Addison;Robert Metzenberg

  • Isolation and characterization of a naturally occurring cofactor of carbamyl phosphate biosynthesis.

    Leo M. Hall;R.L. Metzenberg;Philip P. Cohen

  • Physical and Kinetic Properties of Carbamyl Phosphate Synthetase from Frog Liver.

    Margaret Marshall;R.L. Metzenberg;Philip P. Cohen

  • A Methylated Neurospora 5S rRNA Pseudogene Contains a Transposable Element Inactivated by Repeat-Induced Point Mutation

    Brian S. Margolin;Phillip W. Garrett-Engele;Judith N. Stevens;Deborah Y. Fritz

  • Implications of some genetic control mechanisms in Neurospora.

    R L Metzenberg

  • SAD-2 is required for meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA and perinuclear localization of SAD-1 RNA-directed RNA polymerase

    Patrick K. T. Shiu;Denise Zickler;Namboori B. Raju;Gwenael Ruprich-Robert

  • Robust and efficient synthetic method for forming DNA microarrays.

    Patricia L. Dolan;Yang Wu;Linnea K. Ista;Robert L. Metzenberg

  • Characterization of mat A-2, mat A-3 and ΔmatA Mating-Type Mutants of Neurospora crassa

    Adlane V.-B. Ferreira;Zhiqiang An;Robert L. Metzenberg;N. Louise Glass

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric U. Selker
Eric U. Selker University of Oregon
Philip P. Cohen
Philip P. Cohen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Seogchan Kang
Seogchan Kang Pennsylvania State University
Gabriel P. Lopez
Gabriel P. Lopez University of New Mexico
Charles Yanofsky
Charles Yanofsky Stanford University
Denise Zickler
Denise Zickler University of Paris-Saclay
N. Louise Glass
N. Louise Glass University of California, Berkeley
Larry A. Sklar
Larry A. Sklar University of New Mexico
Zhiqiang An
Zhiqiang An The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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