Donald Helinski, Ph.D.

Affiliations: 
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 
Area:
plasmids in bacteria
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Parents

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Cecil Cooper grad student 1960 Western Reserve University (Chemistry Tree)
 (Studies on the mechanism of action of serum albumin on oxidative phosphorylation)
Charles Yanofsky post-doc Stanford

Children

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Roberto Kolter grad student UCSD
Robert Sparks grad student UCSD (Chemistry Tree)
Don B. Clewell post-doc UCSD (Microtree)
Harvey R. Herschman post-doc UCSD (Neurotree)
Werner Goebel post-doc 1966-1968 (Microtree)
Marcin S. Filutowicz post-doc 1983 UCSD (Microtree)
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Helinski DR. (2022) A Brief History of Plasmids. Ecosal Plus. eESP00282021
Jiang Y, Yao S, Helinski D, et al. (2006) Functional analysis of two putative chromosomal replication origins from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Plasmid. 55: 194-200
Zhong Z, Helinski D, Toukdarian A. (2005) Plasmid host-range: restrictions to F replication in Pseudomonas. Plasmid. 54: 48-56
Zhong Z, Helinski D, Toukdarian A. (2003) A specific region in the N terminus of a replication initiation protein of plasmid RK2 is required for recruitment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa DnaB helicase to the plasmid origin. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278: 45305-10
Jiang Y, Pacek M, Helinski DR, et al. (2003) A multifunctional plasmid-encoded replication initiation protein both recruits and positions an active helicase at the replication origin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 100: 8692-7
Zhong Z, Caspi R, Helinski D, et al. (2003) Nucleotide sequence based characterizations of two cryptic plasmids from the marine bacterium Ruegeria isolate PR1b. Plasmid. 49: 233-52
Jiang Y, Pogliano J, Helinski DR, et al. (2002) ParE toxin encoded by the broad-host-range plasmid RK2 is an inhibitor of Escherichia coli gyrase. Molecular Microbiology. 44: 971-9
Zhong Z, Caspi R, Mincer T, et al. (2002) A 50-kb plasmid rich in mobile gene sequences isolated from a marine micrococcus. Plasmid. 47: 1-9
Zhong Z, Toukdarian A, Helinski D, et al. (2001) Sequence analysis of a 101-kilobase plasmid required for agar degradation by a Microscilla isolate. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67: 5771-9
Caspi R, Pacek M, Consiglieri G, et al. (2001) A broad host range replicon with different requirements for replication initiation in three bacterial species. The Embo Journal. 20: 3262-71
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