D. Williams, University of Toronto

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Latest papers

Role of calnexin and calreticulin in protein homeostasis within the endoplasmic reticulum
The biomedical & life sciences collection. · 2012 · first author
Loss of Specific Chaperones Involved in Membrane Glycoprotein Biosynthesis during the Maturation of Human Erythroid Progenitor Cells
Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2009
Calnexin and Calreticulin, Molecular Chaperones of the Endoplasmic Reticulum
Molecular biology intelligence unit · 2003 · senior author

All 6 publications

6 publications.

01

Role of calnexin and calreticulin in protein homeostasis within the endoplasmic reticulum

David B. Williams

The biomedical & life sciences collection.2012First author

DOI: 10.69645/eblk8893

02

Loss of Specific Chaperones Involved in Membrane Glycoprotein Biosynthesis during the Maturation of Human Erythroid Progenitor Cells

Sian T. Patterson, Jing Li, Jeong-Ah Kang, Amittha Wickrema, David B. Williams, Reinhart A.F. Reithmeier

Journal of Biological Chemistry200930 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m809076200 PMID: 19258325

03

Calnexin and Calreticulin, Molecular Chaperones of the Endoplasmic Reticulum

Michael R. Leach, David B. Williams

Molecular biology intelligence unit200315 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9258-1_6

04

Regulation of MHC Class I Transport by the Molecular Chaperone, Calnexin (p88, IP90)

Michael R. Jackson, Myrna F. Cohen-Doyle, Per A. Peterson, David B. Williams

Science1994360 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1126/science.8278813 PMID: 8278813

05

Persistence of glucose residues on core oligosaccharides prevents association of TCR alpha and TCR beta proteins with calnexin and results specifically in accelerated degradation of nascent TCR alpha proteins within the endoplasmic reticulum.

Kelly P. Kearse, David B. Williams, Alfred Singer

The EMBO Journal1994119 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1994.tb06677.x PMID: 7915231

06

Intracellular transport of class I histocompatibility molecules. Influence of protein folding on transport to the cell surface.

David B. Williams, Frank Borriello, R A Zeff, S.G. Nathenson

Journal of Biological Chemistry198842 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68818-0 PMID: 3350803

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David Williams

Clinical Public Health Division

6 shared papers, latest 2012

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