Douglas L. Looker

Baxter (United States) — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Research on Leishmaniasis Studies(7), Trypanosoma species research and implications(7), Biochemical and Molecular Research(5), Hemoglobin structure and function(4), Iron Metabolism and Disorders(3)

Publications16 total

Acute and Long-Term Stability Studies of Deoxy Hemoglobin and Characterization of Ascorbate-Induced Modifications
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences·1999· 38 cited
[23] Expression of recombinant human hemoglobin in Escherichia coli
Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology·1994· 71 cited
A human recombinant haemoglobin designed for use as a blood substitute
Nature·1992· 313 cited
Expression of fully functional tetrameric human hemoglobin in Escherichia coli.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·1990· 236 citedOpen Access
The Use of a Specific DNA Probe and Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Detection of Mycobacterium leprae
The Journal of Infectious Diseases·1990· 122 cited
The use of dna probes and polymerase chain reaction for detection of mycobacterium leprae
Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology·1989
The Synergistic Action of Pyrazolopyrimidines and Pentavalent Antimony against Leishmania donovani and L. braziliensis
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·1988· 27 cited
A Tissue Culture System for the Growth of Several Species of Leishmania: Growth Kinetics and Drug Sensitivities
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·1988· 13 cited
Growth of Leishmania donovani Amastigotes in the Continuous Human Macrophage Cell Line U937: Studies of Drug Efficacy and Metabolism
The Journal of Infectious Diseases·1986· 34 cited
Mechanisms of action of pyrazolopyrimidines in Leishmania donovani.
Journal of Biological Chemistry·1986· 34 citedOpen Access
Modes of Action of Antiprotozoal Agents
1986· 10 cited
Gamma interferon activates human macrophages to become tumoricidal and leishmanicidal but enhances replication of macrophage-associated mycobacteria
Infection and Immunity·1985· 311 citedOpen Access
Inosine analogs as chemotherapeutic agents for African trypanosomes: metabolism in trypanosomes and efficacy in tissue culture
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy·1985· 51 citedOpen Access
Efficacy of Pyrazolopyrimidine Ribonucleosides Against Irypanosoma cruzi: Studies in Vitro and in Vivo with Sensitive and Resistant Strains
The Journal of Infectious Diseases·1984· 21 cited
Purine metabolism in Leishmania donovani amastigotes and promastigotes
Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology·1983· 95 cited
Purine metabolism in the bloodstream forms of trypanosoma gambiense and Trypanosoma rhodesiense
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects·1982· 56 cited

Frequent Co-authors

J. Joseph Marr(9), Randolph L. Berens(6), Antony J. Mathews(3), Gary L. Stetler(3), Samuel Martinez(3), Paul Cozart(2), Steven L. Durfee(2), Stephen J. Hoffman(2), Thomas P. Gillis(2), R J Booth(2), Wallace R. Fish(2), Donald J. Nelson(2), Stephen W. LaFon(2), Debbie Abbott‐Brown(1), Jeanne Miller-Roehrkh(1), Steven A. Shoemaker(1), Stephen Trimble(1), Giuilio Fermi(1), Noboru H. Komiyama(1), Kiyoshi Nagai(1)