B.L. Horecker

Cornell University — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism(36), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer(19), Calpain Protease Function and Regulation(19), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease(17), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism(12)

Publications126 total

Prothymosin ? gene in humans: organization of its promoter region and localization to chromosome 2
Human Genetics·1993Open Access
Prothymosin alpha gene in humans
Human Genetics·1993· 1 cited
Identification of two calpastatin forms in rat skeletal muscle and their susceptibility to digestion by homologous calpains
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics·1991· 56 cited
Evidence for nuclear targeting of prothymosin and parathymosin synthesized in situ.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·1991· 58 cited
Identification of the proteolytically activated form of protein kinase C in stimulated human neutrophils.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·1990· 54 citedOpen Access
Isozymes of protein kinase C in human neutrophils and their modification by two endogenous proteinases.
Journal of Biological Chemistry·1990· 108 citedOpen Access
Activation of neutrophil calpain following its translocation to the plasma membrane induced by phorbol ester or fMet-Leu-Phe
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·1989· 30 cited
Prothymosin alpha and parathymosin
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics·1989· 2 cited
Isolation of parathymosin.
PubMed·1988
The amino acid sequence of bovine thymus prothymosin α
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics·1988· 35 cited
An endogenous activator of the Ca2+-dependent proteinase of human neutrophils that increases its affinity for Ca2+.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·1988· 57 citedOpen Access
Effects of a monoclonal anti-calpain antibody on responses of stimulated human neutrophils. Evidence for a role for proteolytically modified protein kinase C.
Journal of Biological Chemistry·1988· 86 citedOpen Access
Prothymosin alpha in human blood.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·1987· 50 citedOpen Access
Phosphorylation and proteolytic modification of specific cytoskeletal proteins in human neutrophils stimulated by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·1987· 63 citedOpen Access
Phosphorylation by protein kinase C of a 20-kDa cytoskeletal polypeptide enhances its susceptibility to digestion by calpain.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·1987· 38 citedOpen Access
Activation of NADPH oxidase and phosphorylation of membrane proteins in human neutrophils: Coordinate inhibition by a surface antigen-directed monoclonal antibody
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications·1986· 15 cited
Phosphorylation of proteins in human neutrophils activated with phorbol myristate acetate or with chemotactic factor
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics·1986· 52 cited
Human prothymosin α: Amino acid sequence and immunologic properties
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics·1986· 82 cited
ATP induces the release of a neutral serine proteinase and enhances the production of superoxide anion in membranes from phorbol ester-activated neutrophils.
Journal of Biological Chemistry·1986· 32 citedOpen Access
Biochemical responses in activated human neutrophils mediated by protein kinase C and a Ca2+-requiring proteinase.
Journal of Biological Chemistry·1986· 114 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

S. Pontremoli(28), Bianca Sparatore(21), E. Melloni(20), M. Michetti(20), F. Salamino(19), Oliviero Sacco(10), A.A. Haritos(6), Gregory J. Goodall(3), S Stein(3), J Caldarella(3), S. B. Salvin(3), S Davoust(3), Russell Blacher(2), G Damiani(2), Ewald Hannappel(2), Benedetta Luppis(2), W.A. Wood(2), Serena Traniello(2), Edon Melloni(2), Hamza A. El-Dorry(2)