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Walter J. Gehring

Walter J. Gehring

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Genetics
Switzerland
2024
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Switzerland
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
114
Citations
41048
World Ranking
475
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1986 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Walter J. Gehring was affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. The professional record shows recognition in the scientific community, having been awarded Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1991 and elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1986.

Throughout their career, Walter J. Gehring contributed to scientific research, although specific publications, research topics, and co-authors are not documented here. Similarly, detailed information about areas of study, including main fields, subfields, and topics covered, is not available in the data.

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Walter J. Gehring is deceased. The data provided focuses on their affiliations and recognitions without detailed accounts of research contributions or bibliographic records.

Best Publications

  • Induction of ectopic eyes by targeted expression of the eyeless gene in Drosophila

    Georg Halder;Patrick Callaerts;Walter J. Gehring

  • Homology of the eyeless gene of Drosophila to the Small eye gene in mice and Aniridia in humans

    Rebecca Quiring;Uwe Walldorf;Urs Kloter;Walter J. Gehring

  • A conserved DNA sequence in homoeotic genes of the Drosophila Antennapedia and bithorax complexes

    W. McGinnis;M. S. Levine;M. S. Levine;E. Hafen;E. Hafen;A. Kuroiwa

  • A homologous protein-coding sequence in drosophila homeotic genes and its conservation in other metazoans

    William McGinnis;Richard L. Garber;Johannes Wirz;Atsushi Kuroiwa

  • Homeodomain-DNA recognition

    Walter J. Gehring;Yan Qiu Qian;Martin Billeter;Katsuo Furukubo-Tokunaga

  • Detection in situ of genomic regulatory elements in Drosophila.

    Cahir J. O'Kane;Walter J. Gehring

  • Pax 6: mastering eye morphogenesis and eye evolution

    Walter J Gehring;Kazuho Ikeo

  • P-element-mediated enhancer detection: a versatile method to study development in Drosophila.

    Hugo J. Bellen;Cahir J. O'Kane;Clive Wilson;Ueli Grossniklaus

  • The structure of the Antennapedia homeodomain determined by NMR spectroscopy in solution: comparison with prokaryotic repressors.

    Y.Q. Qian;M. Billeter;G. Otting;M. Müller

  • Protein--DNA contacts in the structure of a homeodomain--DNA complex determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in solution.

    G. Otting;Yan Qiu Qian;M. Billeter;M. Müller

  • PAX-6 IN DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION

    Patrick Callaerts;Georg Halder;Walter J. Gehring

  • Homeotic Genes and the Homeobox

    W J Gehring;Y Hiromi

  • Translational and transcriptional control elements in the untranslated leader of the heat-shock gene hsp22

    Dan Hultmark;Roman Klemenz;Walter J. Gehring

  • Position Effects on Eukaryotic Gene Expression

    Clive Wilson;Hugo J. Bellen;Walter J. Gehring

  • Redesigning the body plan of Drosophila by ectopic expression of the homoeotic gene Antennapedia.

    Stephan Schneuwly;Roman Klemenz;Walter J. Gehring

  • P-element-mediated enhancer detection: an efficient method for isolating and characterizing developmentally regulated genes in Drosophila.

    Clive Wilson;Rebecca Kurth Pearson;Hugo J. Bellen;Cahir J. O'Kane

  • The white gene as a marker in a new P-element vector for gene transfer in Drosophila

    Roman Klemenz;Ursula Weber;Walter J. Gehring

  • Regulation and function of the Drosophila segmentation gene fushi tarazu.

    Yasushi Hiromi;Walter J. Gehring

  • An improved in situ hybridization method for the detection of cellular RNAs in Drosophila tissue sections and its application for localizing transcripts of the homeotic Antennapedia gene complex.

    Ernst Hafen;Michael Levine;Richard L. Garber;Walter J. Gehring

  • Control elements of the Drosophila segmentation gene fushi tarazu

    Yasushi Hiromi;Atsushi Kuroiwa;Walter J. Gehring

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Affolter
Markus Affolter University of Basel
Kurt Wüthrich
Kurt Wüthrich ETH Zurich
Ueli Grossniklaus
Ueli Grossniklaus University of Zurich
Gottfried Otting
Gottfried Otting Australian National University
Martin Billeter
Martin Billeter University of Gothenburg
Alexander F. Schier
Alexander F. Schier University of Basel
William McGinnis
William McGinnis University of California, San Diego
Hugo J. Bellen
Hugo J. Bellen Baylor College of Medicine
Greg Gibson
Greg Gibson Georgia Institute of Technology

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