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Gerhard Ernst Gerber

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Professor EmeritusBiochemistry & Biomedical SciencesMcMaster University

Research

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62 publications.

01

Cholesterol depletion inhibits fatty acid uptake without affecting CD36 or caveolin-1 distribution in adipocytes

Covey SD, Brunet RH, Gandhi SG, McFarlane N, Boreham DR, Gerber GE, Trigatti BL

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications200719 citations
02

Expression of a functional extracellular calcium-sensing receptor in human aortic endothelial cells

Ziegelstein RC, Xiong Y, He C, Hu Q

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications2006110 citations
03

Biochemical Demonstration of the Involvement of Fatty Acyl-CoA Synthetase in Fatty Acid Translocation across the Plasma Membrane*

Schmelter T, Trigatti BL, Gerber GE, Mangroo D

Journal of Biological Chemistry200420 citationsOpen Access
04

Determination of the native form of FadD, the Escherichia coli fatty acyl-CoA synthetase, and characterization of limited proteolysis by outer membrane protease OmpT.

Yoo JH, Cheng OH, Gerber GE

Biochemical Journal20017 citationsSenior author
05

Determination of the native form of FadD, the Escherichia coli fatty acyl-CoA synthetase, and characterization of limited proteolysis by outer membrane protease OmpT

YOO J-H, CHENG OH, GERBER GE

Biochemical Journal20011 citationsSenior author
06

Identification of Caveolin-1 as a Fatty Acid Binding Protein

Trigatti BL, Anderson RGW, Gerber GE

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications1999195 citationsSenior author
07

The effect of intracellular pH on long-chain fatty acid uptake in 3T3-L1 adipocytes: evidence that uptake involves the passive diffusion of protonated long-chain fatty acids across the plasma membrane

TRIGATTI BL, GERBER GE

Biochemical Journal199632 citationsSenior authorOpen Access
08

A direct role for serum albumin in the cellular uptake of long-chain fatty acids

Trigatti BL, Gerber GE

Biochemical Journal199578 citationsSenior authorOpen Access
09

Membrane permeation and intracellular trafficking of long chain fatty acids: insights from Escherichia coli and 3T3-L1 adipocytes

Mangroo D, Trigatti BL, Gerber GE

Biochemistry and Cell Biology199521 citationsSenior author
10

Fatty acid uptake in Escherichia coli: regulation by recruitment of fatty acyl-CoA synthetase to the plasma membrane

Mangroo D, Gerber GE

Biochemistry and Cell Biology199334 citationsSenior author
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