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William D. McElroy

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#5118

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#1365

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Biochemistry

#528

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#616

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#181

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William D. McElroy's Degrees

PhD Biochemistry University of California, Berkeley
Bachelors Chemistry University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, William David McElroy was an American biochemist and academic administrator. Biography Early years McElroy was born to William D. McElroy and Ora Shipley in Rogers, Texas. After graduating from McAllen High School in McAllen, Texas in 1935, he attended Pasadena Junior College in California, and went on to Stanford University on a football scholarship where he received his bachelor's degree in 1937. He earned his master's degree in biology at Reed College and his PhD at Princeton University in 1943.

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[1] Purification and properties of firefly luciferase (1978) (329)
Spectral emission and quantum yield of firefly bioluminescence. (1960) (319)
Complementary DNA coding click beetle luciferases can elicit bioluminescence of different colors. (1989) (254)
The Energy Source for Bioluminescence in an Isolated System. (1947) (248)
Kinetics of the firefly luciferase catalyzed reactions. (1974) (241)
THE COLORS OF FIREFLY BIOLUMINESCENCE: ENZYME CONFIGURATION AND SPECIES SPECIFICITY. (1964) (190)
Crystalline firefly luciferase. (1956) (153)
MECHANISM OF BIOLUMINESCENCE, CHEMI‐LUMINESCENCE AND ENZYME FUNCTION IN THE OXIDATION OF FIREFLY LUCIFERIN*,† (1969) (140)
The synthesis and function of luciferyl-adenylate and oxyluciferyl-adenylate. (1958) (121)
[122] Assay of adenosine triphosphate (1957) (114)
Amino Analogs of Firefly Luciferin and Biological Activity Thereof1 (1966) (113)
Substrate-binding properties of firefly luciferase. I. Luciferin-binding site. (1969) (113)
Light: Physical and Biological Action (1965) (104)
Molybdenum and nitrate reductase. I. Effect of molybdenum deficiency on the Neurospora enzyme. (1954) (100)
The function of coenzyme A in luminescence. (1958) (99)
A Symposium on the Mechanism of Enzyme Action (1954) (95)
Introduction to beetle luciferases and their applications. (1989) (94)
Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence: Basic Chemistry and Analytical Applications (1981) (92)
Molecular uniformity in biological catalyses. The enzymes concerned with firefly luciferin, amino acid, and fatty acid utilization are compared. (1967) (91)
Function of adenosine triphosphate in the activation of luciferin. (1956) (91)
Substrate-binding properties of firefly luciferase. II. ATP-binding site. (1970) (87)
Food habits and ontogenetic changes in the diet of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in Hawaii (2006) (85)
Factors affecting the kinetics of light emission from crude and purified firefly luciferase. (1979) (83)
CHAPTER FOUR – Modes of Action of the Essential Mineral Elements (1963) (82)
MECHANISMS FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF DINOFLAGELLATES IN A BIOLUMINESCENT BAY1 (1970) (80)
Firefly and bacterial luminescence: basic science and applications. (1983) (79)
Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of the nitroreductase gene from Enterobacter cloacae. (1991) (79)
Anion inhibition of firefly luciferase. (1970) (77)
The preparation and properties of crystalline firefly luciferin. (1957) (75)
Enzymatic properties of bacterial luciferase. (1955) (70)
Stereo-specificity and firefly bioluminescence, a comparison of natural and synthetic luciferins. (1961) (69)
The Mechanism of Inhibition of Cellular Activity by Narcotics (1947) (67)
A symposium on the chemical basis of heredity (1957) (66)
Two kinetically distinguishable ATP sites in firefly luciferase. (1984) (65)
Neurospora nitrate reductase: the role of phosphate flavine and cytochrome c reductase. (1958) (65)
Nitrate reductase from Achromobacter fischeri; purification and properties: function of flavines and cytochrome. (1957) (65)
Quantum yield in the oxidation of firefly luciferin (1959) (64)
Bioluminescence and chemiluminescence (1978) (64)
LIGHT EMISSION FROM EXTRACTS OF LUMINOUS FUNGI (1959) (61)
The Spectral Distribution of Firefly Light (1964) (59)
A Symposium on Light and Life (1961) (58)
The mechanism of action of pyrophosphate in firefly luminescence. (1953) (57)
ROLE OF SULFHYDRYL GROUPS IN FIREFLY LUCIFERASE. (1964) (56)
The requirement of riboflavin phosphate for bacterial luminescence. (1953) (55)
Properties of the reaction utilizing adenosinetriphosphate for bioluminescence. (1951) (53)
The effect of oxygen upon the immobilization reaction in firefly luminescence. (1953) (50)
A Symposium on the Chemical Basis of Development (1959) (49)
A symposium on amino acid metabolism sponsored by the McCollum-Pratt Institute of the Johns Hopkins University (1955) (49)
The decarboxylation of luciferin in firefly bioluminescence. (1968) (47)
Metal toxicity and iron deficiency effects on enzymes in Neurospora. (1955) (45)
THE CHEMISTRY OF LIGHT EMISSION. (1963) (45)
Factors influencing the response of the bioluminescent reaction to adenosine triphosphate. (1949) (43)
Chemiluminescence of Firefly Luciferin without Enzyme (1962) (42)
Role of sulfhydryl groups in activating enzymes. Properties of Escherichia coli lysine-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase. (1966) (41)
Phosphorus metabolism : a symposium on the role of phosphorus in the metabolism of plants and animals (1951) (40)
Enzyme studies on nitrate and nitrite mutants of Neurospora. (1954) (40)
BIOLUMINESCENCE AND PHYTOPLANKTON SUCCESSIONS IN BAIIIA FOSFORESCENTE, PUERTO RICO1 (1971) (38)
Isolation and sequence of an essential sulfhydryl peptide at the active site of firefly luciferase. (1966) (38)
REMOVAL OF GAS NUCLEI FROM LIQUIDS AND SURFACES1 (1945) (37)
The Chemical Basis of Development (1959) (36)
Role and reactivity of sulfhydryl groups in firefly luciferase. (1969) (36)
Catalytic subunit of firefly luciferase. (1970) (32)
PARTIAL PURIFICATION AND PROPERTIES OF BACTERIAL LUCIFERIN AND LUCIFERASE (1954) (32)
Bioluminescent click beetles revisited. (1989) (31)
The induction of biochemical mutations in Neurospora crassa by nitrogen mustard. (1947) (30)
BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ALDEHYDE AND LUCIFERASE MUTANTS OF LUMINOUS BACTERIA. (1955) (30)
TOWABLE PHOTOMETER FOR RAPID AREA MAPPING OF CONCENTRATIONS OF BIOLUMINESCENT MARINE DINOFLAGELLATES1 (1969) (29)
Effect of Molybdenum Deficiency on Nitrate Reductase in Cell-free Extracts of Neurospora and Aspergillus (1953) (29)
Does Glutamic Acid Have Any Effect on Learning? (1948) (28)
Inorganic Nitrogen Metabolism (1956) (28)
Purification of Cypridina luciferase. (1951) (27)
Bioluminescence of Marine Dinoflagellates (1962) (25)
Purification of firefly luciferin. (1949) (25)
The Mechanism of Bioluminescence. (1944) (24)
THE CHEMISTRY AND APPLICATIONS OF FIREFLY LUMINESCENCE (1981) (24)
Spectroscopy of the Apogon luminescent system and of its cross reaction with the Cypridina system (1961) (24)
The Theory of Rate Processes and Gene Mutation (1951) (24)
Copper metabolism : a Symposium on Animal, Plant and Soil Relationships (1950) (23)
The Role of 1N-Ethenoadenosine Triphosphate and 1N-Ethenoadenosine Monophosphate in Firefly Luminescence. (1973) (22)
Bioluminescence in Chesapeake Bay (1961) (22)
Chemical and Enzymatic Mechanisms of Firefly Luminescence (1973) (20)
The Mechanism of Enzyme Action (1954) (20)
FLASH PATTERNS IN JAMAICAN FIREFLIES (1964) (18)
The immobilization of adenosine triphosphate in the bioluminescent reaction. (1952) (18)
The sulfhydryl groups of tryptophan-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase. (1966) (18)
Properties of firefly pyrophosphatase. (1951) (18)
Effects of 5'-adenylic acid on firefly luciferase. (1971) (18)
Bioluminescence and chemiluminescence. B. II: Chemiluminescence (1986) (18)
Enzymatic synthesis of adenyl-oxyluciferin. (1958) (17)
Differences among species in the response of firefly extracts to adenosine triphosphate. (1951) (16)
Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry (1961) (16)
Effect of pressure on induction of mutation by nitrogen mustard. (1949) (15)
Pathways of energy transfer in bioluminescence. (1960) (15)
Factors Influencing the Mutation Rate in Neurospora. (1947) (15)
Biochemical mutants affecting the growth and light production in luminous bacteria. (1948) (14)
CHAPTER 5 – Biological Action of Light (1965) (14)
The application of the theory of absolute reaction rates to the action of narcotics (1943) (14)
The hydrolase properties of firefly luciferase (1965) (13)
Evidence for the Occurrence of Intermediates during Mutation. (1952) (12)
Chapter 8 – INSECT BIOLUMINESCENCE (1974) (12)
A symposium on inorganic nitrogen metabolism : function of metallo-flavoproteins (1956) (11)
The mechanism of inhibition of bioluminescence by nephthoquinones. (1947) (11)
Enzymic determination of aldehyde permeability in luminous bacteria. I. Effect of chain length on light emission and penetration. (1958) (11)
Enzyme studies on a temperature-sensitive mutant of Neurospora. (1946) (10)
Enzyme Catalysis and Color of Light in Bioluminescent Reactions (1965) (10)
The spectral energy curve of luminescence of the ostracod crustacean, Cypridina, and other luminous organisms. (1957) (10)
The Effect of Nitrogen Mustard Pretreatment on the Ultra-Violet-Induced Morphological and Biochemical Mutation Rate. (1949) (9)
The global age: roles of basic and applied research. (1977) (9)
Cell physiology and biochemistry (1971) (8)
[150] Cypridina and firefly Luciferase: (1955) (8)
GENE RECOMBINATION IN LUMINOUS BACTERIA (1951) (8)
Isolation and partial characterization of a peptide derived from the luciferin binding site of firefly luciferase. (1971) (8)
Analytical applications of bioluminescence (1982) (7)
A crisis of crises. (1970) (6)
The unity in biochemistry (1976) (6)
[151] Bacterial luciferase: (1955) (5)
Spectral energy distribution of the light emitted by firefly extracts (1948) (5)
Quantitative Measurements of Luminescence (1967) (5)
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE RECOVERY OF BIOCHEMICAL MUTANTS IN LUMINOUS BACTERIA (1949) (5)
Enzymic determination of aldehyde permeability in luminous bacteria. II. Effect of temperature on enzymic activity and penetration. (1958) (5)
Toward a new partnership. (1976) (4)
The Harvey Lectures. Series 51. (1955-56) (1957) (4)
Family planning and other population controls. (1968) (4)
From the precise to the ambiguous: light, bonding, and administration. (1976) (4)
Factors influencing the recovery of biochemical mutants in luminous bacteria. (1949) (3)
A History of Luminescence from the Earliest Times until 1900 . vol. 44 of Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society. E. Newton Harvey. American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pa., 1957. xiii + 692 pp, Plates. $6. (1957) (3)
Biochemical mutations affecting the growth and light production in luminous bacteria. (1947) (3)
CHAPTER 4 – Bioluminescence—Enzyme-Catalyzed Chemiluminescence (1965) (3)
[106] Preparation and properties of firefly luciferyl and oxyluciferyl adenylic acid (1963) (3)
Adenosine deaminase from Aspergillus oryzae. (1946) (3)
[23] Adenase from yeast: Adenine + H2O → hypoxanthine + NH3 (1963) (3)
Book Review:Methods of Vitamin Assay. The Association of Vitamin Chemists, Inc. (1947) (2)
CHAPTER 1 – Measurement and Characterization of Light (1965) (2)
NSF: A Look Ahead. (1972) (2)
Science, Society, and Education (1970) (2)
Nathan Oram Kaplan: June 25, 1917-April 15, 1986. (1987) (2)
Cloning, Nucleotide Sequence, and Expression of the Nitroreductase Gene from Enterobucter cZoucue* (2001) (1)
In memoriam Yata Haneda (1995) (1)
More, Not Less, Graduate Education. (1979) (1)
Firefly Luciferase-Structure and Function (1988) (1)
Antarctic Research: A Pattern of Science Management (1970) (1)
Federal Support of Biomedical Research in American Universities (1984) (1)
CHAPTER 11 – Bacterial Luminescence (1961) (1)
Biomedical Aspects of Population Control (1969) (1)
Chemistry and physiology of bioluminescence. (1955) (1)
A Moral Duty (1968) (1)
Role of trace elements in nutrition. (1956) (1)
Current Aspects of Biochemical Energetics. Fritz Lipmann Dedicatory Volume. Nathan O. Kaplan and Eugene P. Kennedy, Eds. Academic Press, New York, 1966. 500 pp., illus. $16.50 (1967) (0)
Family planning and other population controls. (Letter) (1968) (0)
Book Review:Physical Chemistry for Premedical Students. John Page Amsden (1946) (0)
Bibliography of the Literature on the Minor Elements and Their Relation to Plant and Animal Nutrition. Volume I. (1949) (0)
Biochemical Preparations. Volume Two. Eric G. Ball (1953) (0)
Role of sulfhydryl groups in activatin enzymes. Properties of Escherichia coli lysine-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase. (1966) (0)
Stanford Moore issue: Dedication (1984) (0)
Imaginative Biochemistry: Free Radical . Albert Szent-Gyorgyi and the Battle over Vitamin C. Ralph W. Moss. Paragon House, New York, 1987. xx, 316 pp. + plates. $22.95. (1988) (0)
Nate at the McCollum-Pratt Institute and the Johns Hopkins University (1987) (0)
Science, the Public, and the New Realities (1971) (0)
A spectrophotometric measurement of adenosine deamination. (1946) (0)
Trace elements in biology and agriculture. (1958) (0)
Book Review:Practical Physiological Chemistry. Philip B. Hawk, Bernard L. Oser, William H. Summerson (1947) (0)
Lipmann's Influence on Firefly Luminescence (1988) (0)
Book Review:Advances in Protein Chemistry. Volume III. M. L. Anson, John T. Edsall (1947) (0)
Carbohydrate Metabolism: Correlation of Physiological, Biochemical and Clinical Aspects.Samuel Soskin , Rachmiel Levine (1946) (0)
Book Review:Annual Review of Physiology. Volume IX. Victor E. Hall, Jefferson M. Crismon, Arthur C. Giese (1947) (0)
A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF RADIATION ON BIOLUMINESCENT MATERIALS. Final Report (1962) (0)
Research and the undergraduate (1970) (0)
CHAPTER 3 – Chemiluminescence—Reactions and Mechanisms (1965) (0)
Cybernetics and Biology (1971) (0)
On the specificity of sulfanilamide action (1944) (0)
13 – Biochemistry of Insect Luminescence (1985) (0)
Modern Cell Biology (1984) (0)
Book Review:Topics in Physical Chemistry. A Supplementary Text for Students of Medicine. W. Mansfield Clark (1949) (0)
Elements of Bacterial Cytology. Georges Knaysi (1945) (0)
Protein Structure and Function during Differentiation. (1963) (0)
Book Review:Paper Chromatography. A Laboratory Manual. Richard J. Block, Raymond LeStrange, Gunter Zweig (1953) (0)
Foundations of Modern Biology. (1965) (0)
Phosphorus Metabolism. Volume 2 (1953) (0)
Innovations in communication: Origin of Biochemical & biophysical research communications (1985) (0)
Chemistry of Muscular Contraction.A. Szent-Gyorgyi (1948) (0)
Factors influencing the mutation rate in Neurospora. (1947) (0)
Discussion: Part V (1984) (0)
PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF A LUMINOUS BAY. Annual Progress Report, August 1, 1967--July 1, 1968. (1968) (0)
Foundations of biology (1968) (0)
Book Review:Biomedical Institutions, Biomedical Funding, and Public Policy. H. Hugh Fudenberg (1984) (0)
Biology and man (1975) (0)
Friendly Animals.Karl Patterson Schmidt (1949) (0)
DISCUSSION — SESSION I (1955) (0)
Technological Innovation in the '80s. Background Papers Used by the Participants at a Meeting at Arden House, Harriman (New York), November 17-20, 1983.James S. Coles (1985) (0)
INTRODUCTION TO RESISTANCE TO MICROBICIDES: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS (1955) (0)
A Symposium on Light and Life. Edited by William D. McElroy and Bentley Glass. (1961) (0)
CHAPTER 2 – Excitation of Molecules by Light (1965) (0)
Book Review:Soil Conditions and Plant Growth. E. John Russell (1951) (0)
Science and the new spirit (1971) (0)
Studies on bioluminescence and energy transfer mechanisms. Final report (1973) (0)
The making of science policy. (1972) (0)
Biochemistry of Cancer.Jesse P. Greenstein (1947) (0)
Book Review:Chemistry and Methods of Enzymes. James B. Sumner, G. Fred Somers (1947) (0)
THE INHIBITION OF NUCLEIC ACID AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN (1960) (0)
THE MECHANISM OF BIOL UMINESCENCE (2005) (0)
Book Review:The Interaction of Drugs and Cell Catalysts. Frederick Bernheim (1947) (0)
Book Review:Nucleic Acid. Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology, Number I. J. F. Danielli, R. Brown (1948) (0)
MODIFICATION, THROUGH THE USE OF SUPPLEMENTARY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, OF THE FREQUENCY AND TYPES OF GENE AND CHROMOSOME CHANGES INDUCED BY X-RAYS, ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, AND NITROGEN MUSTARD (1951) (0)
McElroy defends NSF budget (1971) (0)
Editorial: Why a National Biological Congress? (1968) (0)
Imaginative biochemistry: free radical. (1988) (0)
Growth studies on Neurospora. (1947) (0)
Support of Basic Research (1975) (0)
Letter from William D. McElroy to Joshua Lederberg (1952) (0)
Use of Bioluminescence in the Field of Clinical Chemistry (1981) (0)
Anaerobiosis in Invertebrates.Theodor von Brand (1946) (0)
Book Review:Chemiluminescence: Principles and Applications in Biology and Medicine. A. K. Campbell (1990) (0)

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