Daniel Nathans(1928)
MedicineDaniel Nathans was an American microbiologist. Along with American researcher Hamilton Smith and Swiss researcher Werner Arber, he shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping.
United States
1
Major Awards
10
Publications
1,956
Citations
9
h-index
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i10-index
195.6
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1978for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics
Johns Hopkins UniversityRecent Publications
View all worksCooperative transcriptional activity of Jun and Stat3 beta, a short form of Stat3.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1995
362citations
Open AccessGrowth factor-induced delayed early response genes
Molecular and Cellular Biology1992
316citations
Open Access5' regulatory region of a novel cytokine gene mediates selective activation by interferon gamma
Journal of Experimental Medicine1991
84citations
Open AccessA growth factor-inducible nuclear protein with a novel cysteine/histidine repetitive sequence.
Journal of Biological Chemistry1990
254citations
Functional serum response elements upstream of the growth factor-inducible gene zif268
Molecular and Cellular Biology1989
173citations
Open Access74citations
A gene inducible by serum growth factors encodes a member of the steroid and thyroid hormone receptor superfamily.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1988
489citations
Open AccessPurification of simian virus 40 large T antigen by immunoaffinity chromatography
Journal of Virology1985
64citations
Open AccessNucleotide sequence of a growth-related mRNA encoding a member of the prolactin-growth hormone family.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America1984
140citations
Open AccessCo-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Delaware
Washington University School of Medicine
Doctoral Advisors
Robert MargolskeeMarilyn KozakHung Tseng
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Other winners of the same award(s)
SS
Shimon Sakaguchi
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
ME
Mary E. Brunkow
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
FR
Fred Ramsdell
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
KK
Katalin Karikó
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2024)
VA
Victor Ambros
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)
GR
Gary Ruvkun
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)
DW
Drew Weissman
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2023)
SP
Svante Pääbo
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2022)
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