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Wolfgang Baehr is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, ophthalmology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's work spans several key topics related to retinal biology and cellular mechanisms. These include retinal development and disorders, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, genetic and kidney cyst diseases, cellular transport and secretion, retinal diseases and treatments, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and renal and related cancers.

Baehr has contributed research papers to a range of scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • Deletion of the phosphatase INPP5E in the murine retina impairs photoreceptor axoneme formation and prevents disc morphogenesis, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Effect of conditional deletion of cytoplasmic dynein heavy chain DYNC1H1 on postnatal photoreceptors, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Deletion of CEP164 in mouse photoreceptors post-ciliogenesis interrupts ciliary intraflagellar transport (IFT), 2022, PLoS Genetics
  • Gene Therapy in Opn1mw−/−/Opn1sw−/− Mice and Implications for Blue Cone Monochromacy Patients with Deletion Mutations, 2022, Human Gene Therapy
  • Conditional Deletion of Cytoplasmic Dynein Heavy Chain in Postnatal Photoreceptors, 2021, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Baehr frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The FASEB Journal, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Vision Research, and the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Their publication record shows multiple contributions across these journals.

Collaboration is a component of Baehr's research activities, with several frequent coauthors, including Guoxin Ying, Cecilia D. Gerstner, Jeanne M. Frederick, Michelle Reed, and Tiffanie Dahl. These collaborations have contributed to advancing research in cell and molecular biology, particularly relating to photoreceptors and retinal functions.

Best Publications

  • Identification of a nonsense mutation in the rod photoreceptor cGMP phosphodiesterase beta-subunit gene of the rd mouse.

    Steven J. Pittler;Wolfgang Baehr

  • The Drosophila ninaE gene encodes an opsin.

    Joseph E. O'Tousa;Wolfgang Baehr;Richard L. Martin;Jay Hirsh

  • Isolation and characterization of cGMP phosphodiesterase from bovine rod outer segments.

    W Baehr;M J Devlin;M L Applebury

  • Retinal remodeling triggered by photoreceptor degenerations.

    Bryan W. Jones;Carl B. Watt;Jeanne M. Frederick;Wolfgang Baehr

  • Confronting complexity: the interlink of phototransduction and retinoid metabolism in the vertebrate retina.

    Joshua K. McBee;Krzysztof Palczewski;Wolfgang Baehr;David R. Pepperberg

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of retinal photoreceptor guanylyl cyclase-activating protein

    Krzysztof Palczewski;Iswari Subbaraya;Wojciech A. Gorczyca;Bharati S. Helekar

  • Mapping antigenic domains expressed by Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein genes.

    Wolfgang Baehr;You-Xun Zhang;Theresa Joseph;Hua Su

  • Lecithin-retinol Acyltransferase Is Essential for Accumulation of All-trans-Retinyl Esters in the Eye and in the Liver

    Matthew L. Batten;Yoshikazu Imanishi;Tadao Maeda;Daniel C. Tu

  • Irish setter dogs affected with rod/cone dysplasia contain a nonsense mutation in the rod cGMP phosphodiesterase beta-subunit gene.

    Michael L. Suber;Steven J. Pittler;Ning Qin;Gail C. Wright

  • Turned on by Ca2+! The physiology and pathology of Ca2+-binding proteins in the retina

    Arthur Polans;Wolfgang Baehr;Wolfgang Baehr;Wolfgang Baehr;Krzysztof Palczewski

  • Retinoid absorption and storage is impaired in mice lacking lecithin:retinol acyltransferase (LRAT)

    Sheila M. O'Byrne;Nuttaporn Wongsiriroj;Jenny M. Libien;Silke Vogel

  • Characterization of bovine rod outer segment G-protein.

    W Baehr;E A Morita;R J Swanson;M L Applebury

  • Heterozygous missense mutation in the rod cGMP phosphodiesterase β-subunit gene in autosomal dominant stationary night blindness

    Andreas Gal;Ulrike Orth;Wolfgang Baehr;Eberhard Schwinger

  • Mutant prominin 1 found in patients with macular degeneration disrupts photoreceptor disk morphogenesis in mice

    Zhenglin Yang;Yali Chen;Concepcion Lillo;Jeremy Chien

  • Guanylyl Cyclase Activating Protein A CALCIUM-SENSITIVE REGULATOR OF PHOTOTRANSDUCTION

    Wojciech A. Gorczyca;Arthur S. Polans;Irina G. Surgucheva;Iswari Subbaraya

  • Role of guanylate cyclase-activating proteins (GCAPs) in setting the flash sensitivity of rod photoreceptors.

    Ana Mendez;Marie E. Burns;Izabela Sokal;Alexander M. Dizhoor

  • Simulation of human autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa in transgenic mice expressing a mutated murine opsin gene

    Muna I. Naash;Joe G. Hollyfield;Muayyad R. Al-Ubaidi;Muayyad R. Al-Ubaidi;Wolfgang Baehr

  • Bilateral retinal and brain tumors in transgenic mice expressing simian virus 40 large T antigen under control of the human interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein promoter.

    Muayyad R. Al-Ubaidi;Ramon L. Font;Alexander B. Quiambao;Mary J. Keener

  • Ethidium Bromide as a Cooperative Effector of a DNA Structure

    Fritz M. Pohl;Thomas M. Jovin;W. Baehr;J. J. Holbrook

  • Deletion of PrBP/δ impedes transport of GRK1 and PDE6 catalytic subunits to photoreceptor outer segments

    H. Zhang;S. Li;T. Doan;F. Rieke

Frequent Co-Authors

Krzysztof Palczewski
Krzysztof Palczewski University of California, Irvine
William W. Hauswirth
William W. Hauswirth University of Florida
Alexander M. Dizhoor
Alexander M. Dizhoor Salus University
Sanford L. Boye
Sanford L. Boye University of Florida
Robert E. Marc
Robert E. Marc University of Utah
Kang Zhang
Kang Zhang Macau University of Science and Technology
Martin Biel
Martin Biel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
David S. Williams
David S. Williams University of California, Los Angeles
Theodore G. Wensel
Theodore G. Wensel Baylor College of Medicine
Fred Rieke
Fred Rieke University of Washington

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