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Overview

Wilfred D. Stein is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and has contributed to research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Urology, Cell Biology, Plant Science, and Paleontology.

Their research topics focus notably on Hair Growth and Disorders, Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, Skin and Cellular Biology Research, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, as well as Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

Stein has authored and co-authored several recent papers published in various scientific venues. These include:

  • Orthologs at the Base of the Olfactores Clade, 2024, Preprints.org
  • Ancient lineages of the keratin-associated protein (KRTAP) genes and their co-option in the evolution of the hair follicle, 2023, BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • During evolution from the earliest tetrapoda, newly-recruited genes are increasingly paralogues of existing genes and distribute non-randomly among the chromosomes, 2021, BMC Genomics
  • The current distribution of recently-recruited genes among chromosomes appears increasingly non-random along the evolutionary series from the tetrapoda to the primata, 2020, Research Square (Research Square)
  • Ancient lineages of the keratin-associated protein (KRTAP) genes and their co-option in the evolution of the hair follicle, 2022, Research Square (Research Square)

Stein collaborates frequently with other researchers. Prominent co-authors include:

  • Thomas Litman
  • Moshe Hoshen
  • Félix Bronner

Their publications appear predominantly in journals and platforms such as Preprints.org, Research Square (Research Square), Genes, BMC Ecology and Evolution, and BMC Genomics.

Best Publications

  • Transport and Diffusion Across Cell Membranes

    Wilfred D. Stein;W. R. Lieb

  • From MDR to MXR: new understanding of multidrug resistance systems, their properties and clinical significance.

    T. Litman;T. E. Druley;W. D. Stein;S. E. Bates

  • Channels, Carriers, and Pumps: An Introduction to Membrane Transport

    Wilfred D. Stein

  • Biological Membranes behave as Non-porous Polymeric Sheets with Respect to the Diffusion of Non-electrolytes

    W. R. Lieb;W. D. Stein

  • Tumor Regression and Growth Rates Determined in Five Intramural NCI Prostate Cancer Trials: The Growth Rate Constant as an Indicator of Therapeutic Efficacy

    Wilfred D. Stein;James L. Gulley;Jeff Schlom;Ravi A. Madan

  • Relation Between the Turnover Number for Vinblastine Transport and for Vinblastine-stimulated ATP Hydrolysis by Human P-glycoprotein

    Suresh V. Ambudkar;Carol O. Cardarelli;Irina Pashinsky;Wilfred D. Stein

  • P-glycoprotein function involves conformational transitions detectable by differential immunoreactivity

    Eugene B. Mechetner;Brigitte Schott;Brian S. Morse;Wilfred D. Stein

  • Competitive, non-competitive and cooperative interactions between substrates of P-glycoprotein as measured by its ATPase activity.

    Thomas Litman;Thomas Zeuthen;Torben Skovsgaard;Wilfred D Stein

  • Structure-activity relationships of P-glycoprotein interacting drugs: kinetic characterization of their effects on ATPase activity

    Thomas Litman;Thomas Zeuthen;Torben Skovsgaard;Wilfred D. Stein

  • Cell Shape: Determinants, Regulation, and Regulatory Role

    Wilfred D. Stein;Felix Bronner

  • Testing and characterizing the simple carrier.

    W.R. Lieb;W.D. Stein

  • Co-operative, competitive and non-competitive interactions between modulators of P-glycoprotein.

    Suhail Ayesh;You-Ming Shao;Wilfred D. Stein

  • Increased 99mTc-Sestamibi Accumulation in Normal Liver and Drug-resistant Tumors after the Administration of the Glycoprotein Inhibitor, XR9576

    Manish Agrawal;Jame Abraham;Frank M. Balis;Maureen Edgerly

  • Transporters as mediators of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

    Cecilia P. Sanchez;Anurag Dave;Wilfred D. Stein;Michael Lanzer

  • The histidine residue in the active centre of ribonuclease

    E.A. Barnard;W.D. Stein

  • A Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) database analysis of chemosensitivity: comparing solid tumors with cell lines and comparing solid tumors from different tissue origins.

    Wilfred D Stein;Thomas Litman;Tito Fojo;Susan E Bates

  • Polymorphisms within PfMDR1 alter the substrate specificity for anti-malarial drugs in Plasmodium falciparum.

    Cecilia P. Sanchez;Alexander Rotmann;Wilfred D. Stein;Michael Lanzer

  • Trans stimulation provides evidence for a drug efflux carrier as the mechanism of chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum.

    Cecilia P. Sanchez;Wilfred Stein;Michael Lanzer

  • Non-Stokesian nature of transverse diffusion within human red cell membranes.

    William R. Lieb;Wilfred D. Stein

  • Kinetic parameters of glucose efflux from human red blood cells under zero-trans conditions.

    S.J.D. Karlish;W.R. Lieb;D. Ram;W.D. Stein

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan E. Bates
Susan E. Bates Columbia University
Thomas Litman
Thomas Litman University of Copenhagen
Michael Lanzer
Michael Lanzer University Hospital Heidelberg
Tito Fojo
Tito Fojo Columbia University
Hagai Ginsburg
Hagai Ginsburg Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Robert J. Motzer
Robert J. Motzer Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Igor B. Roninson
Igor B. Roninson University of South Carolina
Thomas Zeuthen
Thomas Zeuthen University of Copenhagen
William D. Figg
William D. Figg National Institutes of Health
James L. Gulley
James L. Gulley National Institutes of Health

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