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D-Index
86
Citations
37435
World Ranking
2920
National Ranking
213

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1984 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Ronald A. Laskey is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their professional standing includes recognition by notable academic societies.

They have been awarded membership in the Academia Europaea since 1989, and have been a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, since 1984.

There are no listed recent papers, frequent co-authors, or publication venues available to detail their publication record. Similarly, no specific fields of study, subfields, or topical areas connected with their work are documented in the provided data.

Information about book publications or detailed research topics does not appear in the available data.

The scientist is currently living.

Best Publications

  • Nuclear targeting sequences--a consensus?

    Colin Dingwall;Ronald A. Laskey

  • Two interdependent basic domains in nucleoplasmin nuclear targeting sequence: Identification of a class of bipartite nuclear targeting sequence

    Jacqueline Robbins;Stephen M. Dilwortht;Ronald A. Laskey;Colin Dingwall

  • Isolation of a protein that is essential for the first step of nuclear protein import

    Dirk Görlich;Siegfried Prehn;Ronald A. Laskey;Enno Hartmann

  • A role for the nuclear envelope in controlling DNA replication within the cell cycle.

    J. Julian Blow;Ronald A. Laskey

  • Initiation of DNA replication in nuclei and purified DNA by a cell-free extract of Xenopus eggs.

    J.Julian Blow;Ronald A. Laskey

  • A polypeptide domain that specifies migration of nucleoplasmin into the nucleus.

    Colin Dingwall;Stephen V. Sharnick;Ronald A. Laskey

  • Protein Import into the Cell Nucleus

    Colin Dingwall;Ronald A. Laskey

  • Two different subunits of importin cooperate to recognize nuclear localization signals and bind them to the nuclear envelope.

    Dirk Görlich;Susanne Kostka;Regine Kraft;Colin Dingwall

  • Nuclear protein migration involves two steps: rapid binding at the nuclear envelope followed by slower translocation through nuclear pores.

    W.D. Richardson;A.D. Mills;S.M. Dilworth;R.A. Laskey

  • Distinct functions for the two importin subunits in nuclear protein import

    Dirk Görlich;Frank Vogel;Anthony D. Mills;Enno Hartmann

  • A 41 amino acid motif in importin-alpha confers binding to importin-beta and hence transit into the nucleus.

    D. Görlich;P. Henklein;R. A. Laskey;E. Hartmann

  • Minichromosome maintenance proteins as biological markers of dysplasia and malignancy.

    Alex Freeman;Lesley S. Morris;Anthony D. Mills;Kai Stoeber

  • Improved cervical smear assessment using antibodies against proteins that regulate DNA replication.

    Gareth H. Williams;Piotr Romanowski;Lesley Morris;Mark Madine

  • High sequence specificity of micrococcal nuclease

    Colin Dingwall;George P. Lomonossoff;Ronald A. Laskey

  • Regulated replication of DNA microinjected into eggs of Xenopus laevis

    Richard M. Harland;Ronald A. Laskey

  • Distinct roles for cyclins E and A during DNA replication complex assembly and activation.

    Dawn Coverley;Heike Laman;Ronald A. Laskey

  • SPERM DECONDENSATION IN XENOPUS EGG CYTOPLASM IS MEDIATED BY NUCLEOPLASMIN

    Anna Philpott;Gregory H. Leno;Ronald A. Laskey

  • The developmental capacity of nuclei transplanted from keratinized skin cells of adult frogs.

    J. B. Gurdon;R. A. Laskey;O. R. Reeves

  • Cyclin/Cdk-dependent initiation of DNA replication in a human cell-free system.

    Torsten Krude;Mark Jackman;Jonathon Pines;Ronald A Laskey

  • Comparative mutagenesis of nuclear localization signals reveals the importance of neutral and acidic amino acids

    Joe P.S. Makkerh;Colin Dingwall;Ronald A. Laskey

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas Coleman
Nicholas Coleman University of Cambridge
Colin Dingwall
Colin Dingwall King's College London
J. Julian Blow
J. Julian Blow University of East Anglia
Dirk Görlich
Dirk Görlich Max Planck Society
Enno Hartmann
Enno Hartmann University of Lübeck
Gozoh Tsujimoto
Gozoh Tsujimoto Kyoto University
Jonathon Pines
Jonathon Pines Institute of Cancer Research
Murray Stewart
Murray Stewart MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Regine Kraft
Regine Kraft Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Richard M. Harland
Richard M. Harland University of California, Berkeley

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