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  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1984 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1984 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Russell F. Doolittle was affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spanned various fields within medicine, focusing on specialized subfields such as pulmonary and respiratory medicine, epidemiology, surgery, and neurology.

The scientist's published work addressed multiple topics, including:

  • Neonatal respiratory health research
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Congenital diaphragmatic hernia studies
  • Neuroblastoma research and treatments

Doolittle's recent papers included studies published in notable venues. These were:

  • "Postnatally acquired cytomegalovirus masquerading as bronchopulmonary dysplasia in a premature infant in the neonatal intensive care unit," published in 2024 in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
  • "Subtelna równowaga," published in 2021 in Filozoficzne Aspekty Genezy
  • "370 The great blockade: tumor-induced hydrocephalus in an infant," published in 2025 in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences

The scientist had cooperative relationships with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • K Aboelsoud
  • Zhexuan Yu
  • M Gibbens

Russell F. Doolittle's work appeared predominantly within two publication venues, with multiple contributions:

  • The American Journal of the Medical Sciences (2 publications)
  • Filozoficzne Aspekty Genezy (1 publication)

Throughout their career, the scientist received recognition through several honors:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1986
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, designated in 1984
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, awarded in 1984

Best Publications

  • A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein

    Jack Kyte;Russell F. Doolittle

  • Progressive sequence alignment as a prerequisite to correct phylogenetic trees.

    Da-Fei Feng;Russell F. Doolittle

  • Simian sarcoma virus onc gene, v-sis, is derived from the gene (or genes) encoding a platelet-derived growth factor

    Russell F. Doolittle;Michael W. Hunkapiller;Leroy E. Hood;Sushilkumar G. Devare

  • Fibrinogen and Fibrin

    Russell F Doolittle

  • Similar Amino Acid Sequences: Chance or Common Ancestry?

    Russell F. Doolittle

  • Determining Divergence Times of the Major Kingdoms of Living Organisms with a Protein Clock

    Russell F. Doolittle;Da-Fei Feng;Simon Tsang;Glen Cho

  • Origins and evolutionary relationships of retroviruses.

    R. F. Doolittle;D.-F. Feng;M. S. Johnson;M. A. McClure

  • THE MULTIPLICITY OF DOMAINS IN PROTEINS

    Russell F. Doolittle

  • Six unidentified reading frames of human mitochondrial DNA encode components of the respiratory-chain NADH dehydrogenase

    A. Chomyn;P. Mariottini;M. W. J. Cleeter;C. I. Ragan

  • Computer analysis of retroviral pol genes: assignment of enzymatic functions to specific sequences and homologies with nonviral enzymes

    M S Johnson;M A McClure;D F Feng;J Gray

  • “Homology” in proteins and nucleic acids: A terminology muddle and a way out of it

    Gerald R. Reeck;Christoph de Haën;David C. Teller;Russell F. Doolittle

  • Homology among DNA-binding proteins suggests use of a conserved super-secondary structure.

    R. T. Sauer;R. R. Yocum;R. F. Doolittle;M. Lewis

  • Aligning amino acid sequences: comparison of commonly used methods

    D. F. Feng;M. S. Johnson;R. F. Doolittle

  • Repetitive Segmental Structure of the Transducin β Subunit: Homology with the CDC4 Gene and Identification of Related mRNAs

    Henry K. W. Fong;James B. Hurley;Rosemary S. Hopkins;Ryn Miake-Lye

  • Crystal structures of fragment D from human fibrinogen and its crosslinked counterpart from fibrin

    Glen Spraggon;Stephen J. Everse;Russell F. Doolittle

  • Structural aspects of the fibrinogen to fibrin conversion.

    Doolittle Rf

  • Determining divergence times with a protein clock: Update and reevaluation

    Da Fei Feng;Glen Cho;Russell F. Doolittle

  • CONVERGENT EVOLUTION : THE NEED TO BE EXPLICIT

    Russell F. Doolittle

  • Progressive Alignment and Phylogenetic Tree Construction of Protein Sequences

    Da-Fei Feng;Russell F. Doolittle

  • URF6, last unidentified reading frame of human mtDNA, codes for an NADH dehydrogenase subunit.

    A Chomyn;MW Cleeter;CI Ragan;M Riley

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Attardi
Giuseppe Attardi California Institute of Technology
Peer Bork
Peer Bork European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Birger Blombäck
Birger Blombäck Karolinska Institute
Jacek Hawiger
Jacek Hawiger Vanderbilt University
David Schubert
David Schubert Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Tom L. Blundell
Tom L. Blundell University of Cambridge
S. J. Singer
S. J. Singer University of California, San Diego
Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith Johns Hopkins University
Gernot Walter
Gernot Walter University of California, San Diego
Neal W. Woodbury
Neal W. Woodbury Arizona State University

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