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  • 1997 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Yitzhak Tor is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans across multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Materials Science.

The scientist's work covers various subfields such as Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Cell Biology, and Epidemiology. Their research topics emphasize areas like DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies, Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research, and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research.

Frequent publication venues for Yitzhak Tor include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Nature Chemical Biology

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Yitzhak Tor are:

  • Isomorphic Fluorescent Nucleosides, 2024, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Genome-wide screens uncover KDM2B as a modifier of protein binding to heparan sulfate, 2021, Nature Chemical Biology
  • What Makes Thienoguanosine an Outstanding Fluorescent DNA Probe?, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • A New Variant of Emissive RNA Alphabets, 2022, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Isomorphic Fluorescent Nucleosides Facilitate Real-Time Monitoring of RNA Depurination by Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, 2022, Chemistry - A European Journal

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Yitzhak Tor are:

  • Paul T. Ludford
  • Kaivin Hadidi
  • Lara Martínez-Fernández
  • Roberto Improta
  • Yves Mély

Yitzhak Tor received the Hellman Fellow award in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Antibiotics and Bacterial Resistance in the 21st Century

    Richard J. Fair;Yitzhak Tor

  • Fluorescent Analogs of Biomolecular Building Blocks: Design, Properties, and Applications

    Renatus W. Sinkeldam;Nicholas J. Greco;Yitzhak Tor

  • Ionic recognition and selective response in self assembling monolayer membranes on electrodes

    Jacob Sagiv;Israel Rubinstein;Suzi Steinberg;Abraham Shanzer

  • 2,2'-Bipyridine ligandoside: a novel building block for modifying DNA with intra-duplex metal complexes.

    Haim Weizman and;Yitzhak Tor

  • Targeting RNA with small molecules.

    Yitzhak Tor

  • Simple fluorescent pyrimidine analogues detect the presence of DNA abasic sites.

    Nicholas J. Greco;Yitzhak Tor

  • Conjugated 1,10-Phenanthrolines as Tunable Fluorophores.

    Hima S. Joshi;Ramin Jamshidi;Yitzhak Tor

  • Emissive RNA alphabet.

    Dongwon Shin;Renatus W. Sinkeldam;Yitzhak Tor

  • Simple conversion of aromatic amines into azides.

    Qi Liu;Yitzhak Tor

  • Cellular uptake of aminoglycosides, guanidinoglycosides, and poly-arginine.

    Nathan W. Luedtke;Peter Carmichael;Yitzhak Tor

  • Surfen, a small molecule antagonist of heparan sulfate

    Manuela Schuksz;Mark M. Fuster;Jillian R. Brown;Brett E. Crawford

  • Fluorescent pyrimidine ribonucleotide: synthesis, enzymatic incorporation, and utilization.

    Seergazhi G. Srivatsan;Yitzhak Tor

  • Neomycin−Acridine Conjugate: A Potent Inhibitor of Rev-RRE Binding

    Sarah R. Kirk;and Nathan W. Luedtke;Yitzhak Tor

  • Antibiotics that target protein synthesis.

    Lisa S. McCoy;Yun Xie;Yitzhak Tor

  • Targeting heparin and heparan sulfate protein interactions

    Ryan J. Weiss;Jeffrey D. Esko;Yitzhak Tor

  • Metal-Containing Oligonucleotides: Solid-Phase Synthesis and Luminescence Properties

    Dennis J. Hurley;Yitzhak Tor

  • Site-specific enzymic incorporation of an unnatural base, N^6-(6-aminohexyl)isoguanosine, into RNA

    Yitzhak Tor;Peter B. Dervan

  • Ion-selective monolayer membranes based upon self-assembling tetradentate ligand monolayers on gold electrodes. 2. Effect of applied potential on ion binding

    Suzi Steinberg;Yitzhak Tor;Eyal Sabatani;Israel Rubinstein

  • Guanidinoglycosides: A Novel Family of RNA Ligands

    Nathan W. Luedtke;Tracy J. Baker;Murray Goodman;Yitzhak Tor

  • Enhanced RNA binding of dimerized aminoglycosides.

    Katja Michael;Hai Wang;Yitzhak Tor

  • Furan Decorated Nucleoside Analogues as Fluorescent Probes: synthesis, photophysical evaluation and site-specific incorporation.

    Nicholas J. Greco;Yitzhak Tor

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey D. Esko
Jeffrey D. Esko University of California, San Diego
Abraham Shanzer
Abraham Shanzer Weizmann Institute of Science
Israel Rubinstein
Israel Rubinstein Weizmann Institute of Science
Yves Mély
Yves Mély University of Strasbourg
Janice R. Aldrich-Wright
Janice R. Aldrich-Wright Western Sydney University
Jay S. Siegel
Jay S. Siegel Tianjin University
Thomas Hermann
Thomas Hermann University of California, San Diego
Victor Nizet
Victor Nizet University of California, San Diego
Abraham Loyter
Abraham Loyter Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Barry S. Cooperman
Barry S. Cooperman University of Pennsylvania

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