Dean Hamer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Dean Hamer is an American geneticist, author, and filmmaker. He is known for his research on the role of genetics in sexual orientation and for a series of popular books and documentaries that have changed the understanding and perceptions of human sexuality and gender identity.
Dean Hamer's Published Works
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- Molecular cloning. (1977) (11339)
- Association of Anxiety-Related Traits with a Polymorphism in the Serotonin Transporter Gene Regulatory Region (1996) (5229)
- Population and familial association between the D4 dopamine receptor gene and measures of Novelty Seeking (1996) (1187)
- A functional polymorphism in the monoamine oxidase A gene promoter (1998) (1118)
- A linkage between DNA markers on the X chromosome and male sexual orientation. (1993) (820)
- Overexpression of metallothionein confers resistance to anticancer drugs. (1988) (617)
- Association between the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism and personality traits in a primarily female population sample. (2000) (334)
- Copper activates metallothionein gene transcription by altering the conformation of a specific DNA binding protein (1988) (320)
- High-throughput SNP genotyping by allele-specific PCR with universal energy-transfer-labeled primers. (2001) (307)
- A genetic association for cigarette smoking behavior. (1999) (293)
- Linkage between sexual orientation and chromosome Xq28 in males but not in females (1995) (289)
- Evidence for a Gene-Environment Interaction in Predicting Behavioral Inhibition in Middle Childhood (2005) (263)
- Copper metallothionein of yeast, structure of the gene, and regulation of expression. (1984) (255)
- Yeast metallothionein. Sequence and metal-binding properties. (1985) (242)
- Splicing and the formation of stable RNA (1979) (220)
- Function and autoregulation of yeast copperthionein. (1985) (204)
- Molecular characterization, reactivation, and depletion of latent HIV. (2003) (203)
- A genomewide scan of male sexual orientation (2005) (200)
- Fine mapping of a mouse metallothionein gene metal response element (1989) (191)
- The Science of Desire: The Search for the Gay Gene and the Biology of Behavior (1994) (185)
- Molecular genetics of shyness and aggression in preschoolers (2002) (156)
- Prevention of vaginal SHIV transmission in macaques by a live recombinant Lactobacillus (2011) (156)
- Toward a live microbial microbicide for HIV: commensal bacteria secreting an HIV fusion inhibitor peptide. (2005) (150)
- Rethinking Behavior Genetics (2002) (145)
- Engineered Vaginal Lactobacillus Strain for Mucosal Delivery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Inhibitor Cyanovirin-N (2006) (139)
- Whither or Wither Microbicides? (2008) (139)
- The God Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes (2004) (134)
- Expression of the hepatitis B virus surface antigen gene in cell culture by using a simian virus 40 vector. (1981) (134)
- Duplicated heavy metal control sequences of the mouse metallothionein-I gene. (1984) (121)
- Association and linkage of anxiety-related traits with a functional polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene regulatory region in Israeli sibling pairs (2000) (119)
- SV40 recombinants carrying rabbit β-globin gene coding sequences (1979) (116)
- Regulation of a metallothionein-growth hormone hybrid gene in bovine papilloma virus. (1983) (115)
- Development and familiality of sexual orientation in females (1995) (115)
- Expression of the chromosomal mouse βmaj-globin gene cloned in SV40 (1979) (110)
- A copper-thiolate polynuclear cluster in the ACE1 transcription factor. (1991) (107)
- Tandemly duplicated upstream control sequences mediate copper-induced transcription of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae copper-metallothionein gene (1986) (105)
- Cell specificity and an effect of ras on human metallothionein gene expression. (1986) (101)
- Sequence variation in the androgen receptor gene is not a common determinant of male sexual orientation. (1993) (98)
- Living with our genes : why they matter more than you think (1998) (97)
- Can HIV be Cured? Mechanisms of HIV persistence and strategies to combat it. (2004) (93)
- Abnormal RNA splicing causes one form of α thalassemia (1982) (86)
- Comparison of cloned mouse alpha- and beta-globin genes: conservation of intervening sequence locations and extragenic homology. (1978) (83)
- Expression of two human growth hormone genes in monkey cells infected by simian virus 40 recombinants. (1981) (82)
- Regulation in vitro of metallothionein gene binding factors (1987) (81)
- Covariance structure of neuroticism and agreeableness: a twin and molecular genetic analysis of the role of the serotonin transporter gene. (2001) (81)
- Association of DRD4 with attention problems in normal childhood development (2001) (79)
- Competition for cellular factors that activate metallothionein gene transcription (1984) (79)
- Regulation of metallothionein gene transcription by metals. (1990) (79)
- Cooperative activation of a eukaryotic transcription factor: interaction between Cu(I) and yeast ACE1 protein. (1989) (78)
- Enhancement of HIV infection by cellulose sulfate. (2008) (78)
- Structure and expression of two human metallothionein-I isoform genes and a related pseudogene. (1985) (76)
- Role of the serotonin transporter gene in temperament and character. (1999) (76)
- SV40 recombinants carrying a functional RNA splice junction and polyadenylation site from the chromosomal mouse βmaj globin gene (1979) (74)
- Activation of latent HIV-1 expression by the potent anti-tumor promoter 12-deoxyphorbol 13-phenylacetate. (2003) (74)
- Regulation in vivo of a cloned mammalian gene: cadmium induces the transcription of a mouse metallothionein gene in SV40 vectors. (1982) (69)
- Mammalian metallothionein is functional in yeast. (1986) (66)
- Characterization of the copper-thiolate cluster in yeast metallothionein and two truncated mutants. (1988) (66)
- Genome-Wide Association for Nicotine Dependence and Smoking Cessation Success in NIH Research Volunteers (2009) (65)
- Purification and characterization of a protein that binds to metal responsive elements of the human metallothionein IIA gene. (1994) (63)
- The heritability of happiness (1996) (62)
- Extreme skewing of X chromosome inactivation in mothers of homosexual men (2006) (62)
- Chromosomal location of human metallothionein genes: implications for Menkes' disease. (1984) (58)
- Genetic and functional analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the beta2-neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene (CHRNB2). (2002) (58)
- The DNA and Cu binding functions of ACE1 are interdigitated within a single domain. (1990) (56)
- Transcription factor MBF-I interacts with metal regulatory elements of higher eucaryotic metallothionein genes (1989) (55)
- Expression of latent HAART-persistent HIV type 1 induced by novel cellular activating agents. (2004) (54)
- Copper and the ACE1 regulatory protein reversibly induce yeast metallothionein gene transcription in a mouse extract. (1989) (53)
- Construction and expression in vivo of an internally deleted mouse alpha-fetoprotein gene: presence of a transcribed Alu-like repeat within the first intervening sequence. (1982) (53)
- Evidence for a gene–gene interaction in predicting children's behavior problems: Association of serotonin transporter short and dopamine receptor D4 long genotypes with internalizing and externalizing behaviors in typically developing 7-year-olds (2007) (53)
- A Candidate Gene Study of CYP19 (Aromatase) and Male Sexual Orientation (2004) (52)
- Differential cDNA cloning by enzymatic degrading subtraction (EDS). (1994) (51)
- Menkes' disease: Abnormal metallothionein gene regulation in response to copper (1985) (51)
- Attachment of Cryptosporidium parvum sporozoites to MDCK cells in vitro (1994) (50)
- Cryptosporidia--who is at risk? (1995) (48)
- Living with Our Genes (1998) (44)
- Linking Gene, Brain, and Behavior (2009) (43)
- Cloning of cauliflower mosaic virus (CLMV) DNA in Escherichia coli. (1977) (41)
- Genetics. Rethinking behavior genetics. (2002) (41)
- Rational Design of Drugs That Induce Human Immunodeficiency Virus Replication (2003) (41)
- Molecular cloning of DNA fragments produced by restriction endonucleases Sa1I and BamI. (1976) (41)
- Recombination and allelic association in the Xq/Yq homology region. (1995) (40)
- Properties of human growth hormone polypeptides: purified from pituitary extracts and synthesized in monkey kidney cells and bacteria. (1982) (39)
- Regular arrangement of restriction sites in drosophila DNA (1975) (39)
- Increased Affinity and Stability of an Anti-HIV-1 Envelope Immunotoxin by Structure-based Mutagenesis* (2002) (38)
- Role of heat shock transcription factor in yeast metallothionein gene expression (1991) (38)
- Genetics and Male Sexual Orientation (1999) (38)
- Cloning and sequence analysis of two monkey metallothionein cDNAs. (1983) (38)
- Efficient production of hepatitis B surface antigen using a bovine papilloma virus-metallothionein vector. (1984) (37)
- Targeting therapeutics to an exposed and conserved binding element of the HIV-1 fusion protein (2003) (37)
- Infection dynamics in HIV-specific CD4 T cells: does a CD4 T cell boost benefit the host or the virus? (2007) (36)
- Beyond hormones: a novel hypothesis for the biological basis of male sexual orientation. (2003) (36)
- Non-linear association between the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism and neuroticism: a caution against using extreme samples to identify quantitative trait loci. (1999) (36)
- Distinct Regions of Cu(I)·ACE1 Contact Two Spatially Resolved DNA Major Groove Sites(*) (1995) (36)
- Simian virus 40 carrying an Escherichia coli suppressor gene. (1977) (35)
- Depression vulnerability, cigarette smoking, and the serotonin transporter gene. (2005) (34)
- Autoregulation of the yeast copper metallothionein gene depends on metal binding. (1988) (33)
- A Chinese rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) model for vaginal Lactobacillus colonization and live microbicide development (2009) (32)
- Pleiotropy of the serotonin transporter gene for seasonality and neuroticism (2000) (32)
- The association of DNA sequence variation at the MAOA genetic locus with quantitative behavioural traits in normal males (2006) (32)
- A mouse globin gene promoter is functional in SV40 (1980) (31)
- An Improved Assay Shows No Association Between the CYP2A6 Gene and Cigarette Smoking Behavior (1999) (31)
- Interfacial metal and antibody recognition. (2005) (30)
- Role of a Gal/GalNAc-specific sporozoite surface lectin in Cryptosporidium parvum-host cell interaction. (1994) (30)
- Structural and functional studies of the amino terminus of yeast metallothionein. (1987) (28)
- Lack of effect of D2 dopamine receptor TaqI A polymorphism on smoking cessation. (2005) (27)
- In Vivo Evaluation of Safety and Toxicity of a Lactobacillus jensenii Producing Modified Cyanovirin-N in a Rhesus Macaque Vaginal Challenge Model (2013) (27)
- Characterization of the copper- and silver-thiolate clusters in N-terminal fragments of the yeast ACE1 transcription factor capable of binding to its specific DNA recognition sequence. (1992) (25)
- A gene that encodes a protein consisting solely of zinc finger domains is preferentially expressed in transformed mouse cells (1990) (24)
- Transduction of a bacterial gene into mammalian cells. (1978) (24)
- ‘Kinky hair’ disease sheds light on copper metabolism (1993) (23)
- Stable transcription complex on a class III gene in a minichromosome (1985) (22)
- Stimulation of hepatic RNA synthesis in dwarf mice by ovine prolactin. (1972) (21)
- tRNA precursor transcribed from a mutant human gene inserted into a SV40 vector is processed incorrectly (1982) (21)
- Cloned yeast and mammalian transcription factor TFIID gene products support basal but not activated metallothionein gene transcription. (1990) (18)
- Identification of Human Anti-HIV gp160 Monoclonal Antibodies That Make Effective Immunotoxins (2016) (16)
- Spectroscopic characterization of the copper(I)‐thiolate cluster in the DNA‐binding domain of yeast ACE1 transcription factor (1991) (16)
- Design and In Vivo Characterization of Immunoconjugates Targeting HIV gp160 (2016) (16)
- Effect of mutation of cysteinyl residues in yeast Cu-metallothionein. (1988) (16)
- Expression of cloned growth hormone and metallothionein genes in heterologous cells. (1983) (14)
- Short communication: Activating stimuli enhance immunotoxin-mediated killing of HIV-infected macrophages. (2008) (13)
- Biotechnology in China (1989) (12)
- SV40 recombinants carrying rabbit beta-globin gene coding sequences. (1979) (12)
- The cleavage of Drosophila melanogaster DNA by restriction endonucleases (1975) (12)
- SV40-alpha-globulin hybrid minichromosomes. Differences in DNase I hypersensitivity of promoter and enhancer sequences. (1984) (11)
- Abnormal RNA splicing causes one form of alpha thalassemia. (1982) (10)
- A potent anti-HIV immunotoxin blocks spreading infection by primary HIV type 1 isolates in multiple cell types. (2004) (10)
- Genomic organization and mapping of the human and mouse neuronal β2-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor genes (1999) (10)
- Interbacterial transfer of Escherichia coli--Drosophila melanogaster Recombinant plasmids. (1977) (8)
- In vitro inhibition of Cryptosporidium parvum infection by human monoclonal antibodies (1997) (8)
- Demonstration of vaginal colonization with GusA-expressing Lactobacillus jensenii following oral delivery in rhesus macaques. (2011) (7)
- Comment on “Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior” (2021) (7)
- Chromogenic identification of oligonucleotide-directed mutants. (1986) (6)
- The Search for Personality Genes (1997) (6)
- Metal ion homeostasis : molecular biology and chemistry : proceedings of a UCLA Colloquium held at Frisco, Colorado, April 10-16, 1988 (1989) (6)
- Development of a live topical microbicide for women (2006) (5)
- Comparison ofcloned mousea-andj3-globin genes: Conservation ofintervening sequence locations andextragenic homology (1978) (5)
- Expression of the chromosomal mouse Beta maj-globin gene cloned in SV40. (1979) (5)
- Metallothionein gene regulation in Menkes' syndrome. (1987) (5)
- Function and regulation of yeast copperthionein. (1987) (5)
- The organization and evolution of cloned globin genes. (1981) (5)
- Palindrome theory. (1974) (5)
- Metallothionein—an overview (1988) (4)
- Development of Vaginal Lactobacilli for Mucosal Delivery of a Topical Microbicide, Cyanovirin-N (CV-N) (2005) (3)
- A mouse histone H4 gene carried by an SV40 vector is accurately expressed in infected monkey cells. (1984) (2)
- 156 A Live Microbicide Shows Efficacy in a Repeated Low Dose Challenge Model (2011) (2)
- Vaginal Lactobacilli for Mucosal Delivery of the Anti-HIV Microbicide, Cyanovirin-N (CV-N) (2005) (2)
- Genome-Wide Linkage Study Meta-Analysis of Male Sexual Orientation (2021) (2)
- Born That Way (1999) (1)
- Live microbial microbicides for HIV (2006) (1)
- Human monoclonal antibodies against Cryptosporidium parvum generated by hypo-osmolar electrofusion. (1993) (1)
- Production of Posttranslationally Modified Proteins in the SV40–Monkey Cell System (1983) (1)
- Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality: Introductory Comments from a Biological Scientist (2000) (1)
- Impact of Behavior Genetics on Medicine and Society (2008) (1)
- Cooperation with the United States (1989) (1)
- Association and linkage of anxiety-related traits with a functional polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene in Israeli sibling pairs (1999) (1)
- An Analysis of Niu Menchang's Research on Transformation by RNA (1989) (1)
- Heavy metal groupies. The Inorganic Chemistry/Molecular Biology Interface: A UCLA symposium, Taos, NM, USA, February 24-March 1, 1990. (1990) (0)
- Prenatal diagnosis: the role of the genetic counselor. (1998) (0)
- Transition elements in transcription factors (1991) (0)
- Reply to Dr. McCormack and colleagues (2009) (0)
- New Research Centers (1989) (0)
- The Introduction of Normal and Mutant Globin Genes into Mammalian Cells Using SV40 Vectors (1981) (0)
- RoleofHeatShockTranscription Factor inYeastMetallothionein GeneExpression (1991) (0)
- Statement by Dr. Niu (1989) (0)
- Comparison of cloned mouse aand j 3-globin genes : Conservation of intervening sequence locations and extragenic homology ( recombinant DNA / evolution / mRNA / sequence analysis ) (0)
- Current Research at Selected Institutes (1989) (0)
- Note on Spelling of Chinese Names (1989) (0)
- Heavy Metals and Gene Regulation : Toxicological Aspects (Proceedings of the 18th Symposium on Toxicology and Environmental Health) (1993) (0)
- Manipulation of genes in vitro and in vivo. (1986) (0)
- A Three-Billion-Year Memoir (2000) (0)
- Gene expression : proceedings of a Cetus-UCLA symposium held at Park City, Utah, March 26-April 1, 1983 (1983) (0)
- Abnormal copper metabolism and regulation of metallothionein gene expression in Menkes' disease. (1987) (0)
- Can a DNA test reveal sexuality (2015) (0)
- 21a.355j / Sts.060j the Anthropology of Biology (2009) (0)
- Eukaryotic gene transfer and the new genetics. (1980) (0)
- Crystal structure of monoclonal anti-CD4 antibody Q425 in complex with Calcium (2005) (0)
- Stable Transcription Complex onaClass IIIGeneina Minichromosome (1985) (0)
- Expression of two human growth hormone genes cloned in simian virus 40 (1981) (0)
- Recombinant DNA — an introduction (1986) (0)
- Contacts—Research Institutes and Universities (1989) (0)
- 256. The serotonin transporter gene influences seasonality independently of personality (2000) (0)
- Comment on: Enhancement of HIV Infection by Cellulose Sulfate, by Tao et al (2009) (0)
- Prolactin action on hepatic RNA synthesis in dwarf mice. (1971) (0)
- Biotechnology Literature Survey (1989) (0)
- Research Priorities and Funding Mechanisms (1989) (0)
- Of Flies and Men (1999) (0)
- The Twisted Road to the Double Helix (2002) (0)
- Sexual orientation (1993) (0)
- China's Long History of Biotechnology (1989) (0)
- Contacts—Scientific Administration (1989) (0)
- More genetic engineering Genetic engineering, 3. Edited by R. Williamson New York: Academic Press. (1982). 173 pp. $24.50 (1982) (0)
- Crystal structure of monoclonal anti-CD4 antibody Q425 (2005) (0)
- The organization and evolution of cloned globin genes. (1980) (0)
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