CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME:

NATHAN NELSONDATE OF BIRTH:

January 1, 1938

PLACE OF BIRTH:

Avihail, ISRAELMARITAL STATUS:

Married with three children

CITIZENSHIP:

Israeli citizen

EDUCATION:
l965
l966
l970

B.Sc. Biology, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
M.Sc. Plant Physiology, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Ph.D. Plant Biochemistry, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF EMPLOYMENT:
l970-l972
l972-l977
l977-l980
l978-l979
l980-l985
l983-l984
l985-l986
l986-1992
1992-1995
1995- 2006
2006Summers of:
l973 and l977
l979
l980, 8l and 82
RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry,
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, with Prof. E. Racker.
Senior Lecturer, Dept. Biology, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Associate Professor, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Visiting Professor, Biocenter, University of Basel.
Professor, Dept. Biology, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Visiting Professor, Section of Biochemistry,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Full Member, Department of Biochemistry,
Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Nutley, NJ.
Laboratory Head, Department of Biochemistry,
Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Nutley, NJ.
Full Member II, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology,
Nutley, NJ.
Professor, Dept. Biochemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Prof. Emeritus, Biochemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Visiting Professor, Section of Biochemistry,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Visiting Professor, Dept. Physics, UCSD, La Jolla, CA.
Visiting Professor, Biocenter, University of Basel.

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Membrane biotechnology; structure and function of biological membranes; photosynthesis;
bioenergetics; metal-ion transporters; neurotransmitter transporters; structure and function of
proton-ATPase complexes; molecular biology of V-ATPase; structure and function of
Photosystem I reaction centers and other chloroplast complexes; biogenesis and assembly ofprotein complexes in membranes; Bioenergetics. Sustainable and clean energy production by
biological systems.

EDITORIAL BOARDS:
The Plant Journal
J. of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes
Editorial Board of F1000 Research
Frontiers Plant Sciences
AWARDS:
1992 Humboldt Award
1997 Elected EMBO member
2000 Cathedra “Function of Membrane Transporters”
2006 Honorary professorship – Sichuan University
2007 Honorary Doctor – University of Bologna
2011 ILANIT-Katzir prize of the Federation of Israel Societies of Experimental Biology(FISEB)
2012 Awarded 5 years advanced ERC grant2013 Israel Prize of Life Sciences
ACTIVITIES:
2000- 2002
1998-2001
2002-2004
2002-2005
2005-2011

Member of the Board of Governors – Tel Aviv University
Vice Chairman of the International Advisory Board at theInternational Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw
Member of the Executive Council – Tel Aviv University
President of the Israel Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Director of the Daniella Rich Institute for Structural Biology

SOCIETIES:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biophysical Society
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
International Society for Plant Molecular Biology
International Society for Neurochemistry
Israel Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
European Molecular Biology Organization

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PUBLICATIONS:Papers (more than 15,000 citations)l.

Nelson, N. and Neumann, J. (l968) Interaction between ferredoxin and ferredoxinNADP reductase from chloroplasts.Biophys. Res. Commun. 30, l42-l47.

2.

Nelson, N. and Neumann, J. (l969) Interaction between ferredoxin and ferredoxinNADP reductase in pyridine nucleotide photoreduction and some partial reactions. I.
Inhibition of ferredoxin-NADP reductase by ferredoxin. J. Biol. Chem. 244, l926-1931.

3.

Nelson, N. and Neumann, J. (l969) Interaction between ferredoxin and ferredoxinNADP reductase in pyridine nucleotide photoreduction and some partial reactions. II.
Complex formation between ferredoxin and ferredoxin-NADP reductase and its
relevance to pyridine nucleotide photoreduction. J. Biol. Chem. 244, l932-1936.

4.

Nelson, N. and Ilan, I. (l969) Inhibition of nitrate reductase from tomato leaves byadenosine-5'-diphosphate. Plant and Cell Physiol. l0, l43.

5.

Drechsler, Z., Nelson, N. and Neumann, J. (1969) Antimycin A as an uncoupler andelectron transport inhibitor in photoreactions of chloroplasts. Biochim. Biophys. Actal89, 65.

6.

Nelson, N., Drechsler, Z. and Neumann, J. (l970) Photophosphorylation in digitoninsubchloroplsat particles. Absence of a light-induced pH shift. J. Biol. Chem. 245, l43.

7.

Cammack, R., Neumann, J., Nelson, N. and Hall, D.O. (l97l) Circular dichroism studiesof the complex between ferredoxin-NADP reductase. Biochem. Biophys. Res.
Commun. 42, 292.

8.

Nelson, N., Nelson, H., Naim, Y. and Neumann, J. (l97l) Effect of pyridine on the lightinduced pH rise and postillumination ATP synthesis in chloroplasts. Arch. Biochem.
Biophys. l45, 263.

9.

Nelson, N. and Neumann, J. (l972) Isolation of a cytochrome b6-f particle fromchloroplasts. J. Biol. Chem. 247, l8l7-1824.

10.

Nelson, N. and Racker, E. (l972) Partial resolution of the enzymes catalyzing
photophosphorylation. X. Purification of spinach cytochrome f and its photooxidation by
resolved photosystem I particles. J. Biol. Chem. 247, 3848-3853.

11.

Nelson, N., Nelson, H. and Racker, E. (l972) Partial resolution of the enzymes
catalyzing photophosphorylation. XI. Magnesium-ATPase properties of heat activatedcoupling factor I from chloroplasts. J. Biol. Chem. 247, 6506.

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12.

Nelson, N., Nelson, H. and Racker, E. (l972) Partial resolution of the enzymes
catalyzing photophosphorylation. XII. Purification and properties of an inhibitor isolated
from chloroplast coupling factor I. J. Biol. Chem. 247, 7657-7662.

13.

Nelson, N. (l972) Differential effects of DCMU on the light-induced absorbancechanges at 5l8 nm, H+-uptake and cyclic photophosphorylation in isolated chloroplasts.
FEBS Lett. 24, 57.

14.

Nelson, N., Nelson, H. and Racker, E. (l972) Photoreaction of FMN-Tricine and its
participation in photophosphorylation. Photochem. Photobiol. l6, 48l-489.

15.

Nelson, N., Deters, D.W., Nelson, H. and Racker, E. (l973) Partial resolution of the
enzymes catalyzing photophosphorylation. XIII. Properties of isolated subunits ofcoupling factor I from spinach chloroplasts. J. Biol. Chem. 248, 2049-2055.

16.

Nelson, N. and Racker, E. (l973) Phosphate transfer from adenosine triphosphate in amodel system. Biochemistry l2, 563.

17.

Nelson, N., Kanner, B.J. and Gutnick, D.L. (l974) Purification and properties of Mg++Ca++ ATPase from Escherichia coli . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 7l, 2720.

18.

Deters, D.W., Racker, E., Nelson, N. and Nelson, H. (l975) Partial resolution of the
enzymes catalyzing photophosphorylation. XV. Approaches to the active site of coupling
factor I. J. Biol. Chem. 250, l04l.

19.

Kamienietzky, A. and Nelson, N. (l975) Preparation and properties of chloroplasts
depleted of CF1 by sodium bromide treatment. Plant Physiol. 55, 282-287.

20.

Bengis, C. and Nelson, N. (l975) Purification and properties of the photosystem I
reaction center from chloroplasts. J. Biol. Chem. 250, 2783-2788.

21.

Lewis, A., Nelson, N. and Racker, E. (l975) Laser ramen spectroscopy as a mechanistic
probe of phosphate transfer from adenosine triphosphate in a model system.
Biochemistry l4, l532.

22.

Kanner, B.I., Nelson, N. and Gutnick, D.L. (l975) Differentiation between UncB
mutants in Escherichia coli Kl2. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 396, 347.

23.

Nelson, N., Bengis, C., Silver, B.L., Getz, D. and Evans, M.G.W. (l975) Electron spinresonance studies of bound ferredoxin in chloroplast photosystem I reaction center.
FEBS Lett. 58, 363-365.

24.

Yocum, C.F., Nelson, N. and Racker, E. (l975) A combined procedure for preparationof plastocyanin, ferredoxin and CF1. Preparative Biochemistry 5, 305.

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25.

Nelson, N. and Broza, R. (l976) Salt inactivation as a mechanistic probe of membranebound chloroplast coupling factor I. Eur. J. Biochem. 69, 203-208.

26.

Nelson, N. and Karny, O. (l976) The role of delta subunit in the coupling activity ofchloroplast coupling factor I. FEBS Lett. 70, 249-253.

27.

Nelson, N. (l976) Structure and function of chloroplast ATPase (a review). Biochim.
Biophys. Acta 456, 3l4-338.

28.

Nelson, N., Eytan, E., Notsani, B., Sigrist, H., Sigrist-Nelson, K. and Gitler, C. (l977)
Isolation of a chloroplast N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-binding proteolipid, active in
proton translocation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74, 2375.

29.

Bengis, C. and Nelson, N. (l977) Subunit structure of chloroplast photosystem I reaction
center. J. Biol. Chem. 252, 4564-4569.

30.

Junge, W., Schaffernicht, H. and Nelson, N. (l977) On the mutual orientation ofpigments in photosystem I particles of green plants. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 462, 73-85.

31.

Gepshtein, A., Carmeli, C. and Nelson, N. (l978) Purification and properties of
adenosine triphosphatase from chromatium vinosum chromatophores. FEBS Lett. 85,
2l9.

32.

Ralt, D., Nelson, N. and Gutnick, D. (l978) Specific immunoprecipitation of ATPasefrom Escherichia coli. FEBS Lett. 9l, 85.

33.

Nelson, N., Chibovsky, R. and Gutnick, D.L. (l979) ATP-Pi exchange preparation from
Escherichia coli. Methods. Enzymol. 55, 358.

34.

Nelson, N. and Schatz, G. (l979) Energy dependent processing of cytoplasmically-madeprecursors to mitochondrial proteins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76, 4365.

35.

Nelson, N. (l979) Coupling factors from higher plants. Methods Enzymol. 69, 30l-3l3.

36.

Moran, A., Tal, E., Eytan, E. and Nelson, N. (l980) Study of proton pumps byphospholipid impregnated Millipore filters. FEBS Lett. ll0, 62-64.

37.

Nelson, N., Nelson, H. and Schatz, G. (l980) Biosynthesis and assembly of the protontranslocating adenosine triphosphatase complex from chloroplasts. Proc. Natl. Acad.
Sci. USA 77, l36l-l364.

38.

Nelson, N., Anholt, R., Lindstrom, J. and Montal, M. (l980) Reconstitution of purified
acetylcholine receptors with functional ion channels in planar bilayers. Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA 77, 3057-306l.

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39.

Lewin, A.S., Gregor, I., Mason, T.L., Nelson, N. and Schatz, G. (l980) The
cytoplasmically-made subunits of yeast mitochondrial F1-ATPase and cytochrome coxidase are synthesized as individual precursors, not as polyproteins. Proc. Natl. Acad.
Sci. USA 77, 3998-4002.

40.

Nelson, N. (l980) Proton channels in chloroplast membranes. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 358,
25-36.

41.

Hauska, G., Samoray, D., Orlich, G. and Nelson, N. (l980) Reconstitution ofphotosynthetic energy conservation. Eur. J. Biochem. 111, 535-543.

42.

Alfonzo, A., Nelson, N. and Racker, E. (l980) A light-dependent protein kinase activityof chloroplasts. Plant Physiol. 65, 730-734.

43.

Nechushtai, R., Nelson, N., Mattoo, A.K. and Edelman, M. (l98l) Site of synthesis ofsubunits to photosystem I reaction center and the proton-ATPase in spirodela. FEBS.
Lett. l25, ll5-ll9.

44.

Rott, R. and Nelson, N. (l98l) Purification and immunological properties of protonATPase complexes from yeast and rat liver mitochondria. J. Biol. Chem. 256, 92249228.

45.

Nechushtai, R. and Nelson, N.
(l98l)
Photosystem I reaction centers fromchlamydomonas and higher plant chloroplasts. J. Bioenerg. Biomemb. 13, 295-306.

46.

Nechushtai, R. and Nelson, N. (l98l) Purification properties and biogenesis ofchlamydomonas photosystem I reaction center. J. Biol. Chem. 256, ll624-ll628.

47.

Nelson, N. (l98l) Proton ATPase of chloroplasts. Curr. Topics Bioenergetics 11, l-33.

48.

Westhoff, P., Nelson, N., Bünemann, H. and Herrmann, R.G. (l98l) Localization ofgenes for coupling factor subunits on the spinach plastid chromosome. Curr. Gen. 4,
l09-l20.

49.

Schindler, H. and Nelson, N. (l982) Proteolipid of adenosine triphosphatase from yeast
mitochondrial forms proton selective channels in planar lipid bilayers. Biochemistry 2l,
5787-5794.

50.

Cidon, S. and Nelson, N. (l982) Properties of a novel ATPase enzyme in chromaffin
granules. J. Biomem. Bioenerg. l4, 499-5l2.

51.

Nelson, N. (l983) Structure and synthesis of chloroplast ATPase. Methods Enzymol.
97, 5l0-523.

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52.

Nechushtai, R., Muster, P., Binder, A., Liveanu, V. and Nelson, N. (l983) Photosystem I
reaction center from the thermophilic cyanobacterium-mastigocladus laminosus. Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 80, ll79-ll83.

53.

Cidon, S. and Nelson, N. (l983) A novel ATPase in the chromaffin-granule membrane.
J. Biol. Chem. 258, 2892-2896.

54.

Alt, J., Westhoff, P., Sears, B.B., Nelson, N., Hurt, E., Hauska, G. and Herrmann, R.G.
(l983) Genes and transcripts of the polypeptides of the cytochrome b6/f complex fromspinach thylakoid membranes. EMBO Journal 2, 979-986.

55.

Westhoff, P., Alt, J., Nelson, N., Bottomley, W., Bünemann, H. and Herrmann, R.G.
(l983) Genes and transcripts for the P700 chlorophyll a aporotein and subunit 2 of thephotosystem I reaction center complex from spinach thylakoid membranes. J. Plant
Mol. Biol. 2, 95-l07.

56.

Cidon, S., Ben-David, H. and Nelson, N. (l983) ATP driven proton fluxes acrossmembranes of secretory organelles. J. Biol. Chem. 258, ll684-ll688.

57.

Riezman, H., Hay, R., Witte, C., Nelson, N. and Schatz, G. (l983) Yeast mitochondrial
outer membrane specifically binds cytoplasmically-synthesized precursors of
mitochondrial proteins. EMBO Journal 2, lll3-lll8.

58.

Ben-David, H., Nelson, N. and Gepstein, S. (l983) Differential changes in the amount ofprotein complexes in the chloroplast membrane during senescence of oat and bean leaves.
Plant Physiol. 73, 507-5l0.

59.

Nelson, N. and Cidon, S. (l984) New molecular aspects of energy transducing protein
complexes. J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. l6, ll-36.

60.

Lyons, S. and Nelson, N. (l984) An immunological method for detecting gene
expression in yeast colonies. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 8l, 7426-7430.

61.

Nechushtai, R., Nelson, N., Gonen, O. and Levanon, H. (l985) Photosystem I reaction
center from Mustigocladus laminosus correlation between reduction state of the ironsulfur centers and the triplet formation mechanisms. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 807, 3543.

62.

Nechushtai, R. and Nelson, N. (l985) Biogenesis of photosystem I reaction center duringgreening. Plant Mol. Biol. 4, 377-384.

63.

Westhoff, P., Alt, J., Nelson, N. and Herrmann, R.G. (l985) Genes and transcripts for
the ATP synthase CFo subunits I and II from spinach thylakoid membranes. Mol. Gener.
Gen. l99, 290-299.

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64.

Schuster, G., Nechushtai, R., Nelson, N. and Ohad, I. (l985) Purification andcomposition of photosystem I reaction center of Prochloron sp., an oxygen-evolving
prokaryote containing chlorophyll b. FEBS Lett. l9l, 29-33.

65.

Nelson, N. (l986) Subunit structure and biogenesis of ATP synthase and photosystem I
reaction center. Methods Enzymol. ll8, 352-369.

66.

Azzy, A., Nelson, N. and Sigrist-Nelson, K. (l986) Extraction, purification, andreconstitution of the chloroplast N,N'-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-binding proteolipid.
Methods Enzymol. l26, 520-527.

67.

Hauska, G. and Nelson, N.
(l986)
Reconstitution of H+-translocation andphotophosphorylation with photosystem I reaction centers, PMS and CF1 CF0. Methods
Enzymol. l26, 285-293.

68.

Nechushtai, R., Schuster, G., Nelson, N. and Ohad, I. (l986) Photosystem I reaction
centers from maize bundle-sheath and mesophyll chloroplasts lack subunit III. Eur. J.
Biochem. l59, l57-l6l.

69.

Nelson, N.
(l986)
Functional assembly of the chloroplast H+-ATPase andphotosynthetic reaction centers. Biochem. Soc. Trans. l4, 5-7.

70.

Fujita, N., Nelson, N., Fox, T.D., Claudio, T., Lindstrom, J., Riezman, H. and Hess, G.
(l986) Biosynthesis of the Torpedo californica acetylcholine receptor α subunit in yeast.
Science 23l, l284-l287.

71.

Liveanu, V., Yocum, C.F. and Nelson, N. (l986) Polypeptides of the oxygen-evolving
photosystem II complex; immunological detection and biogenesis. J. Biol. Chem. 26l,
5296-5300.

72.

Fujita, N., Sweet, M.T., Fox, T.D., Nelson, N., Claudio, T., Lindstrom, J.M. and Hess,
G.P. (l986) Expression of cDNAs for acetylcholine receptor subunits in the yeast cell
plasma membrane. Biochem. Soc. Symp. 52, 4l-56.

73.

Tittgen, J., Hermans, J., Steppuhn, J., Jansen, T., Jansson, C., Andersson, B., Nechushtai,R., Nelson, N. and Herrmann, R.G. (l986) Isolation of cDNA clones from fourteen
nuclear-encoded thylakoid membrane proteins. Mol. Gener. Gen., 204, 258-265.

74.

Cidon, S. and Nelson, N. (l986) Purification of N-ethylmaleimide sensitive ATPasefrom chromaffin granule membranes. J. Biol. Chem. 26l, 9222-9227.

75.

Hicks, D.B., Nelson, N. and Yocum, C.F. (l986) Cyanobacterial and chloroplast F1ATPases: cross-reconstitution of photophosphorylation and subunit immunologicalrealtionships. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 85l, 2l7-222.

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76.

Yanagita, Y., Abdel-Ghany, M., Raden, D., Nelson, N. and Racker, E. (l987)
Polypeptide-dependent protein kinase from bakers' yeast. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
84, 925-929.

77.

Udenfriend, S., Gerber, L. and Nelson, N. (l987) Scintillation proximity assay: A
sensitive and continuous isotopic method for monitoring ligand/receptor andantigen/antibody interactions. Anal. Biochem. l6l, 494-500.

78.

Moriyama, Y. and Nelson, N. (l987) The purified ATPase from chromaffin granule
membranes is an anion-dependent proton pump. J. Biol. Chem. 262, 9l75-9l80.

79.

Nelson, N. (l987) A novel method for the detection of receptors and membrane proteinsby scintillation proximity radioassay. Anal. Biochem. l65, 287-293.

80.

Nalin, C.M. and Nelson, N. (l987) Structure and biogenesis of chloroplast coupling
factor CF0-CF1-ATPase. Curr. Topics Bioenergetics 15, 273-294.

81.

Nelson, N. (l987) The vacuolar proton-ATPase of eukaryotic cells. BioEssays 7, 25l254.

82.

Moriyama, Y. and Nelson, N. (l987) Nucleotide binding sites and chemical modificationof the chromaffin granule proton-ATPase. J. Biol. Chem. 262, l4723-l4729.

83.

Moriyama, Y. and Nelson, N. (l987) Internal anion binding site and membrane potential
dominate the regulation of proton pumping by the chromaffin granule ATPase.
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. l49, l40-l44.

84.

Nelson, N. (l988) Structure, function and evolution of proton-ATPases. Plant Physiol.,
86, l-3.

85.

Nelson, N., Cidon, S. and Moriyama, Y. (l988) Chromaffin granule proton pump.
Methods Enzymol. l57, 6l9-633.

86.

Sweet, M.T., Lindstrom, J., Fujita, N., Jansen, K., Min, C.K., Claudio, T., Nelson, N.,
Fox, T.D. and Hess, G.P. (l988) Expression of acetylcholine receptor subunits in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast). Curr. Top. Membr. Transp. 33, l97-2l8.

87.

Moriyama, Y. and Nelson, N. (l988) The vacuolar H+-ATPase, a proton pumpcontrolled by a slip. In: The Ion Pumps, Structure, Function and Regulation, (Stein,W.D., ed.) Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York, pp. 387-394.

88.

Moriyama, Y. and Nelson, N. (l988) Purification and properties of a vanadate and Nethylmaleimide sensitive ATPase from chromaffin granule membranes. J. Biol. Chem.
263, 852l-8527.

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89.

Moriyama, Y. and Nelson, N. (l988) Inhibition of vacuolar H+-ATPases by fusidic acidand suramin. FEBS Lett. 234, 383-386.

90.

Mandel, M., Moriyama, Y., Hulmes, J.D., Pan, Y.-C.E., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N.
(l988) Cloning of cDNA sequence encoding the 16-kDa proteolipid of chromaffin
granules implies gene duplication in the evolution of H+-ATPases. Proc. Natl. Acad.
Sci. USA 85, 5521-5524.

91.

Wang, S.-Y., Moriyama, Y., Mandel, M., Hulmes, J.D., Pan, Y.-C. E., Danho, W.,
Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1988) Cloning of cDNA encoding a 32 kDa protein - anaccessory polypeptide of the H+-ATPase from chromaffin granules. J. Biol. Chem. 263,
17638-17642.

92.

Reilly, P., Hulmes, J.D., Pan, Y.-C. E. and Nelson, N. (1988) Molecular cloning andsequencing of psaD gene encoding subunit II of photosystem I from the cyanobacterium,
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. J. Biol. Chem. 263, 17658-17662.

93.

Nelson, N. (l988) A veteran's look at the chloroplast H+-ATPase and photosystem I
reaction center. In: Plant Membranes, Structure, Assembly and Function (Harwood, J.L.
and Walton, T.J., eds.) The Biochemical Society, London, pp. 159-167.

94.

Reilly, P. and Nelson, N. (l988) Photosystem I complex. Photosynthetis Research 19,
73-84.

95.

Long, Z., Wang, S.-Y. and Nelson, N. (1989) Cloning and nucleotide sequence analysis
of genes coding for the major chlorophyll-binding protein of the moss Physcomtrella
patens and the halotolerant alga Dunaliella salina. Gene 76, 299-312.

96.

Kimura, T., Nakamura, K., Kajiura, H., Hattori, H., Nelson, N. and Asahi, T. (1989)
Correspondence of minor subunits of plant mitochondrial F1 ATPase to F1F0 ATPasesubunits of other organisms. J. Biol. Chem. 264, 3183-3186.

97.

Nelson, H., Mandiyan, S. and Nelson, N. (1989) A conserved gene encoding the 57 kDa
subunit of the yeast vacuolar H+-ATPase. J. Biol. Chem. 264, 1775-1778.

98.

Moriyama, Y. and Nelson, N. (1989) Cold inactivation of vacuolar H+-ATPases. J. Biol.
Chem. 264, 3577-3582.

99.

Moriyama, Y. and Nelson, N. (1989) Lysosomal H+-translocating ATPase has a similar
subunit structure to chromaffin granule H+-ATPase complex. Biochem. Biophys. Acta
980, 241-247.

100.

Nelson, N. and Taiz, L. (1989) The evolution of H+-ATPases. TIBS 14, 113-116.

101.

Jansen, K.U., Conroy, W.G., Claudio, T., Fox, T.D., Fujita, N., Hamill, O., Lindstrom,
J.M., Luther, M., Nelson, N., Ryan, K.A., Sweet, M.T. and Hess, G.P. (1989) Expression

p11-Nelson/CVof the four subunits of the Torpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Biol. Chem. 264, 15022-15027.
102.

Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1989) The progenitor of ATP synthases was closely related tothe current vacuolar H+-ATPase. FEBS Lett. 247, 147-153.

103.

Nelson, N. (1989) Structure, molecular genetics and evolution of vacuolar H+-ATPases.
J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 21, 553-571.

104.

Callahan, F.E., Wergin, W.P., Nelson, N., Edelman, M. and Mattoo, A.K. (1989)
Distribution of thylakoid proteins between stromal and granal lamellae in Spiroldela:
Dual location of photosystem II components. Plant Physiol. 91, 629-635.

105.

Chitnis, P.R., Reilly, P.A., Miedel, M.C. and Nelson, N. (1989) Structure and targetedmutagenesis of the gene encoding 8-kDa subunit of photosystem I from thecyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. J. Biol. Chem. 264, 18374-18380.

106.

Chitnis, P.R., Reilly, P.A. and Nelson, N. (1989) Insertional inactivation of the geneencoding subunit II of photosystem I from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC
6803. J. Biol. Chem. 264, 18381-18385.

107.

Moriyama, Y. and Nelson, N. (1989) H+-translocating ATPase in Golgi apparatus:
Characterization as vacuolar H+-ATPase and its subunit structures. J. Biol. Chem. 264,
18445-18450.

108.

Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1990) Disruption of genes encoding subunits of yeast
vacuolar H+-ATPase causes conditional lethality. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87, 35033507.

109.

Kolarov, J., Kolarova, N. and Nelson, N. (1990) A third ADP/ATP translocator gene inyeast. J. Biol. Chem. 265, 12711-12716.

110.

Guastella, J., Nelson, N., Nelson, H., Czyzyk, L., Keynan, S., Miedel, M. C., Davidson,
N., Lester, H.A. and Kanner, B. (1990) Cloning and expression of a rat brain GABA
transporter. Science 249, 1303-1306.

111.

Nelson, H., Mandiyan, S. and Nelson, N. (1990) Cloning of the human brain GABA
transporter. FEBS Lett. 269, 181-184.

112.

Nelson, H., Mandiyan, S., Noumi, T., Moriyama, Y., Miedel, M.C. and Nelson, N. (1990)
Molecular cloning of cDNA encoding the C subunit of H+-ATPase from bovine
chromaffin granules. J. Biol. Chem. 265, 20390-20393.

113.

Chitnis, P.R. and Nelson, N. (1991) Molecular cloning of the genes encoding two
chaperone proteins of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. J. Biol. Chem.
266, 58-65.

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114.

Noumi, T., Beltrán, C., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1991) Mutational analysis of yeast
vacuolar H+-ATPase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88, 1938-1942.

115.

Moriyama, Y., Nelson, N., Maeda, M. and Futai, M. (1991) Vanadate sensitive ATPasefrom chromaffin granule membranes forms a phosphoenzyme intermediate and isactivated by phosphatidylserine. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 286, 252-256.

116.

Nelson, N. (1991) Structure and pharmacology of the proton-ATPases. TIPS 12, 71-75.

117.

Lill, H. and Nelson, N. (1991) The atp1 and atp2 operons of the cyanobacterium
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Plant Molec. Biol. 17, 641-652.

118.

Drgon, T., Sabová, L., Nelson, N. and Kolarov, J. (1991) ADP/ATP translocator isessential only for anaerobic growth of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS Lett. 289,
159-162.

119.

Chitnis, P.R., Purvis, D. and Nelson, N. (1991) Molecular cloning and targetedmutagenesis of the gene psaF encoding subunit III of photosystem I from thecyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. J. Biol. Chem. 266, 20146-20151.

120.

Beltrán, C., Kopecky, J., Pan, Y.-C.E., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1992) Cloning andmutational analysis of the gene encoding subunit C of yeast V-ATPase. J. Biol. Chem.
267, 774-779.

121.

Klionsky, D.J., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1992) Compartment acidification is required
for efficient sorting of proteins to the vacuole in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Biol.
Chem. 267, 3416-3422.

122.

Chitnis, P.R. and Nelson, N. (1992) Assembly of two subunits of the cyanobacterial
Photosystem I on the n-side of thylakoid membranes. Plant Physiol. 99, 239-246.

123.

Nelson, N. (1992) Evolution of organellar proton-ATPases. Biochim. Biophys. Acta
1100, 109-124.

124.

Beltrán, C. and Nelson, N. (1992) The membrane sector of vacuolar H+-ATPase by itself
is impermeable to protons. Acta Physiol. Scand. 146, 41-47.

125.

Nelson, N., Beltrán, C., Supek, F. and Nelson, H. (1992) Cell biology and evolution of
proton pumps. Cell. Physiol. Biochem. 2, 150-158.

126.

Nelson, N. (1992) Structural conservation and functional diversity of V-ATPases. J.
Bioenerg. Biomembr. 24, 407-414.

127.

Nelson, N. (1992) Organellar proton-ATPases. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 4, 654-660.

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128.

Büttner, M., Xie, D.-L., Nelson, H., Pinther, W., Hauska, G. and Nelson, N. (1992)
Photosynthetic reaction center genes in green sulfur bacteria and in Photosystem 1 are
related. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89, 8135-8139.

129.

Liu, Q.-R., Mandiyan, S., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1992) A family of genes encoding
neurotransmitter transporters. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89, 6639-6643.

130.

Liu, Q.-R., Nelson, H., Mandiyan, S., López-Corcuera, B. and Nelson, N. (1992) Cloning
and expression of a glycine transporter from mouse brain. FEBS Lett. 305, 110-114.

131.

Büttner, M., Xie, D.-L., Nelson, H., Pinther, W., Hauska, G. and Nelson, N. (1992) The
photosystem I-like P840-reaction center of green S-bacteria is a homodimer. Biochim.
Biophys. Acta 1101, 154-156.

132.

Nelson, N. (1992) The vacuolar H+-ATPase - one of the most fundamental ion pumps innature. J. Exp. Biol. 172, 19-27.

133.

Klionsky, D.J., Nelson, H., Nelson, N. and Yaver, D.S. (1992) Mutations in the yeast
vacuolar ATPase result in the missorting of vacuolar proteins. J. Exp. Biol. 172, 83-92.

134.

Nelson, N. (1992) Structure and function of V-ATPases in endocytic and secretoryorganelles. J. Exp. Biol. 172, 149-153.

135.

Aceto, J.F., Condrescu, M., Kroupis, C., Nelson, H., Nelson, N., Nicoll, D., Philipson,
K.D. and Reeves, J.P. (1992) Cloning and expression of the bovine cardiac sodiumcalcium exchanger. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 298, 553-560.

136.

López-Corcuera, B., Liu, Q.-R., Mandiyan, S., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1992)
Expression of a mouse brain cDNA encoding novel γ-aminobutyric acid transporter. J.
Biol. Chem. 267, 17491-17493.

137.

Liu, Q.-R., López-Corcuera, B., Nelson, H., Mandiyan, S. and Nelson, N. (1992) Cloning
and expression of a cDNA encoding the transporter of taurine and β-alanine in mousebrain. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89, 12145-12149.

138.

Xie, D.-L., Lill, H., Hauska, G., Maeda, M., Futai, M. and Nelson, N. (1993) The atp2
operon of the green bacterium Chlorobium limicola. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1172,
267-273.

139.

Liu, Q.-R., López-Corcuera, B., Mandiyan, S., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1993)
Molecular characterization of four pharmacologically distinct GABA transporters inmouse brain. J. Biol. Chem. 268, 2106-2112.

140.

Liu, Q.-R., Mandiyan, S., López-Corcuera, B., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1993) A rat
brain cDNA encoding the neurotransmitter transporter with an unusual structure. FEBS
Lett. 315, 114-118.

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141.

Yaver, D.S., Nelson, H., Nelson, N. and Klionsky, D.J. (1993) Vacuolar ATPase mutants
accumulate precursor proteins in a pre-vacuolar compartment. J. Biol. Chem. 268,
10564-10572.

142.

Nelson, N. (1993) Presynaptic events involved in neurotransmission. J. Physiol. 87, 171178.

143.

Herrmann, R.G., Steppuhn, J., Herrmann, G.S. and Nelson, N. (1993) The nuclearencoded polypeptide CFo-II from spinach is a real, ninth subunit of chloroplast ATP
synthase. FEBS Lett. 326, 192-198.

144.

Liu, Q.-R., López-Corcuera, B., Mandiyan, S., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1993) Cloning
and expression of a spinal cord and brain-specific glycine transporter with novel
structural features. J. Biol. Chem. 268, 22802-22808.

145.

Illinger, N., Xie, D.-L., Hauska, G. and Nelson, N. (1993) Identification of the subunit
carrying FeS-centers A and B in the P840-reaction center preparation of Chlorobium
limicola. Photosynth. Res. 38, 111-114.

146.

Cohen, Y., Nelson, N., Chitnis, P.R., and Nechushtai, R. (1995) The carboxyl-terminal
region of the spinach PsaD subunit contains information for its specific assembly intoplant thylakoids Photosynth. Res. 44, 157-164.

147.

Shutz, M., Zirngibl, S., Le Coutre, J., Büttner, M., Xie, D.-L., Nelson, N., Deutzmann, R.
and Hauska, G. (1994) A transcription unit for the Rieske Fes-protein and cytochrome b
in Chlorobium limicola. Photosynth. Res. 39, 163-174.

148.

Lill, H., Steinemann, D. and Nelson, N. (1994) Mutagenesis of the b'-subunit ofSynechocystis sp. PCC 6803 ATP-synthase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1184, 284-290.

149.

Taiz, L., Nelson, H., Maggert, K., Morgan, L., Yatabe, B., Taiz, S.L., Rubinstein, B. andNelson, N. (1994) Functional analysis of conserved cysteine residues in the catalytic
subunit of the yeast vacuolar H+-ATPase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1194, 329-334.

150.

Nelson, N. (1994) Energizing porters by protonmotive force. J. Exp. Biol., 196, 7-13.

151.

Nelson, N. and Lill, H. (1994) Porters and neurotransmitter transporters. J. Exp. Biol.,
196, 213-228.

152.

Jursky, F., Tamura, S., Tamura, A., Mandiyan, S., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1994)
Structure, function and brain localization of neurotransmitter transporters. J. Exp. Biol.,
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Supek, F., Supekova, L., Mandiyan, S., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1994) A novel
accessory subunit for vacuolar H+-ATPase from chromaffin granules. J. Biol. Chem.
269, 24102-24106.

154.

Nelson, H., Mandiyan, S. and Nelson, N. (1994) The Saccharomyces cerevisiae VMA7
gene encodes a 14-kDa subunit of the vacuolar H+-ATPase catalytic sector. J. Biol.
Chem. 269, 24150-24155.

155.

Supek, F., Supekova, L. and Nelson, N. (1994) Features of vacuolar H+-ATPase revealedby yeast suppressor mutants. J. Biol. Chem. 269, 26479-26485.

156.

Siebert, A., Lottspeich, F., Nelson, N. and Betz, H. (1994) Purification of the synaptic
vesicle-binding protein physophilin. Identification as 39 kDa subunit of the vacuolar H+ATPase. J. Biol. Chem. 269, 28329-28334.

157.

Luque, J.M., Nelson, N. and Richards, G. (1995) Cellular expression of the glycine
transporter GLYT2 mRNA exclusively in rat hindbrain and spinal cord. Neuroscience,
64, 525-535.

158.

Jursky, F. and Nelson, N. (1995) Localization of glycine neurotransmitter transporter(GLYT2) reveals correlation with the distribution of glycine receptor. J. Neurochem.
64, 1026-1033.

159.

Nelson, H., Mandiyan, S. and Nelson, N. (1995) A bovine cDNA and a yeast geneVMA8 encoding subunit D of the vacuolar H+-ATPase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 92,
497-501.

160.

Lucero, H.A., Chojnicki, E.W.T., Mandiyan, S., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1995)
Cloning and expression of a yeast gene encoding a protein with ATPase activity and highidentity to the subunit 4 of the human 26 S protease. J. Biol. Chem., 270, 9178-9184.

161.

Ziegler, K., Hauska, G. and Nelson, N. (1995) Cyanidium caldarium genes encoding
subunits A and B of V-ATPase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1230, 202-206.

162.

Supekova, L., Supek, F. and Nelson, N. (1995) The Saccharomyces cerevisiae VMA10 isan intron-containing gene encoding a novel 13-kDa subunit of vacuolar H+-ATPase. J.
Biol. Chem., 270, 13726-13732.

163.

Hager-Braun, C., Xie, D.-L., Jarosch, U., Herold, E., Buttner, M., Zimmermann, R.,
Deutzmann, R., Hauska, G. and Nelson, N. (1995) Stable photobleaching of P840 in
Chlorobium reaction center preparations: Presence of the 42-kDa bacteriochlorophyll aprotein and 17-kDa polypeptide. Biochemistry, 34, 9617-9624.

164.

Tamura, S., Nelson, H., Tamura, A. and Nelson, N. (1995) Short external loops as
potential substrate binding site of GABA transporters. J. Biol. Chem. 270, 28712-28715.

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Luque, J.M., Jursky, F., Nelson, N. and Richards, J.G. (1996) Distribution and sites ofsynthesis of NTT4, an orphan member of the Na/Cl-dependent neurotransmittertransporter family, in the rat CNS. Eur. J. Neurosci. 8,127-137.

166.

Jursky, F. and Nelson, N. (1996) Developmental expression of the glycine transporters
GLYT1 and GLYT2 in mouse brain. J. Neurochem. 67,336-344.

167.

Jursky, F. and Nelson, N. (1996) Developmental expression of GABA transporters GAT1
and GAT4 suggests involvement in brain maturation. J. Neurochem. 67,857-867.

168.

Supek, F., Supekova, L., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1996) A yeast manganesetransporter related to the macrophage protein involved in conferring resistance tomycobacteria. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93, 5105-5110.

169.

Supekova, L., Sbia, M., Supek, F., Ma, Y. and Nelson, N. (1996) A novel subunit of
vacuolar H+-ATPase related to the b subunit of F-ATPases. J. Exp. Biol. 199, 11471156.

170.

Frankenberg, N., Hager-Braun, C., Feiler, U., Fuhrmann, M., Rogel, H., Schneebauer, N.,
Nelson, N. and Hauska, G. (1996) P840-reaction centers from Chlorobium tepidum Quinone analysis and functional reconstitution into lipid vesicles. Photochem.
Photobiol. 64, 14-19.

171.

Nelson, N. and Klionsky, D.J. (1996) Vacuolar H-ATPase-From mammals to yeast andback. Experientia 52, 1101-1110.

172.

Nelson, N. (1997) Homeostasis of energy conduction, neurotransmitters, cytotoxic
compounds and metal-ions. J. Exp. Biol. 200,331-333.

173.

Supek, F., Supekova, L., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1997) Function of metal-ion
homeostasis in cell division cycle, mitochondrial protein processing, sensitivity to
mycobacterial infection and brain functions. J. Exp. Biol. 200, 321-330.

174.

Liu, X.F., Supek, F., Nelson, N. and Culotta, V.C. (1997) The control of heavy metal
uptake by the Saccharomyces cerevisiae BSD2 gene. J. Biol. Chem. 272, 11763-11769.

175.

Wax, M.B., Saito, I., Tenkova, T., Krupin, T., Becker, B., Verlander, J., Nelson, N,
Brown, D. and Gluck, S. (1997) Vacuolar H-ATPase in oculary ciliary epithelium. Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94, 6752-6757.

176.

Lill, H. and Nelson, N. (1998) Homologies and family relationships among Na+/Clneurotransmitter transporters. Method Enzymol. 296, 425-436.

177.

Nelson, N. and Liu Q.-R. (1998) Cloning of genes or cDNAs encoding neurotransmittertransporters and their localization by immunocytochemistry. Method Enzymol. 296, 5264.

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178.

Orgad, S., Nelson, H., Segal, D. and Nelson, N. (1998) Metal ions suppress the abnormal
taste behavior of the Drosophila mutant malvolio . J. Exp. Biol. 201, 115-120.

179.

Perzov, N., Supekova, L., Supek, F., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1998) Organellar H+ATPase - site directed mutagenesis and suppressor mutants. Acta Physiol. Scand. 643,
185-194.

180.

Nelson, N. (1998) The family of Na+/Cl- neurotransmitter transporters. J. Neurochem.
71, 1785-1803.

181.

Jursky, F. and Nelson, N. (1999) Developmental expression of the neurotransmittertransporter NTT4. J. Neurosci. Res. 55, 24-35.

182.

Jursky, F. and Nelson, N. (1999) Developmental expression of the neurotransmittertransporter GAT3. J. Neurosci. Res. 55, 394-399.

183.

Nelson, N. and Harvey, W.R. (1999) Vacuolar and plasma membrane V-ATPases. Phys.
Rev. 79, 361-385.

184.

Marx, U., Polakowski, T., Pomorski, T., Lang, C., Nelson, H., Nelson, N. and Herrmann,
A. (1999) Rapid transbilayer movement of fluorescent phospholipid analogues in theplasma membrane of endocytosis-deficient yeast cells does not require the Drs2 protein.
Eur. J. Biochemistry 263, 254-263.

185.

Mathern, G.W., Mendoza, D., Lozada, A., Pretorius, J.K., Dehnes, Y., Danbolt, N.C.,
Nelson, N., Leite, J.P., Chimelli, L., Born, D.E., Fried, I., Sakamoto, A.C., Assirati, J.A.,
Fried, I., Peacock, W.J., Ojemann, G.A., and Adelson, P.D. (1999) Hippocampal GABA
and glutamate transporter immunoreactivity in temporal lobe epilepsy patients.
Neurology, 52, 453-472.

186.

Bolivig, T., Larsson, O. M., Pickering, D.S., Nelson, N., Falch, E., Krogsgaard-Larsen, P.
nd Schousboe, A. (1999). Action of bicyclic isoxazole GABA analogues on GABA
transporters and its relation to anticonvulsant activity. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 375, 367-374.

187.

Nelson, N. (1999). Metal-ion transporters and homeostasis. EMBO J. 18, 4361-4371.

188.

Cohen, A., Perzov, N., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1999). A novel family of yeast
chaperons involved in the distribution of V-ATPase and other membrane proteins. J. Biol
Chem. 274, 26885-26893.

189.

Chen, X.-Z., Peng, J.-B., Cohen, A., Nelson, H., Nelson, N. and Hediger, M. A. (1999).
Yeast SMF1 mediates H-coupled iron uptake with concomitant uncoupled cation
currents. J. Biol Chem. 274, 35089-35094.

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Grossman, T.R., Luque, J.M. and Nelson, N. (2000). Identificatioin of a ubiquitousfamily of membrane proteins and their expression in mouse brain. J. Exp. Biol. 203, 447457.

191.

Nelson. H., Perzov, N., Cohen, A., Hagai, K., Padler, V. and Nelson, N. (2000). The
cellular biology of protonmotive force generation by V-ATPase. J. Exp. Biol. 203, 8995.

192.

Aviezer-Hagai, K., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (2000). Cloning and expression of cDNAs
encoding plant V-ATPase subunits in the corresponding yeast null mutants. Biochim.
Biopys. Acta 1459, 489-498.

193.

Cohen, A., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (2000). The family of SMF metal-ion transporters
in yeast cells. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 33388-33394.

194.

Perzov, N., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (2000). Altered distribution of the yeast plasma
membrane H+-ATPase as a feature of vacuolar H+-ATPase null mutants. J. Biol. Chem.
275, 40088-40095.

195.

Sacher, A. Cohen, A. and Nelson, N. (2001). Properties of the mammalian and yeast
metal-ion transporters DCT1 and Smf1p expressed in Xenopus oocytes. J. Exp. Biol.
204, 1053-1061.

196.

Perzov, N., Padler –Karavani, V., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (2001). Features of VATPases that distinguish them from F-ATPases. FEBS Lett. 504, 223-228.

197.

Perzov, N., Padler–Karavani, V., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (2002). Characterization ofyeast V-ATPase lacking Vph1p or Stv1p and its effect on endocytosis. J. Exp. Biol. 205,
1209-1219.

198.

White, H.S., Sarup, A., Bolvig, T., Petersen, G., Nelson, N., Pickering, D.S., Larson,
O.M., Frolund, B., Faich, E., Krogsgaard-Larson, P. and Schousboe, A. (2002).
Correlation between anticonvulsant activity and inhibitory action on astrocytic GABA
uptake of the mouse GAT1 specific inhibitor 3-hydroxy-4-amino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1,2benzisoxazole (exo-THPO) and its N-alkylated derivatives. J. Pharm. Exp. Ther. 302,
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199.

Reeve, I., Hummel, D., Nelson, N. and Voss, J. (2002) Overexpression, purification, andsite-directed spin labeling of the Nramp metal transporter from Mycobacterium leprae.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99, 8608-8613.

200.

Nelson, N. and Ben-Shem, A. (2002). Photosystem I reaction center: Past and future.
Photosyth. Res. 73, 193-206.

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Sacher, A., Nelson, N., Ogi, J.T., Wright, E.M., Loo, D.D. and Eskandari, S. (2002).
Presteady-State and Steady-State Kinetics and Turnover Rate of the Mouse γAminobutyric Acid Transporter (mGAT3). J Membr Biol 190, 57-73.

202.

Grossman, T.R. and Nelson, N. (2002) Differential effects of pH on sodium binding, by
the various GABA transporters, expressed in Xenopus oocytes FEBS Lett. 527, 125-132.

203.

Nelson, N., Sacher, A. and Nelson, H. (2002) The significance of molecular slips intransport systems. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 3, 876-881.

204.

Zeng, M.T., Gong, X.M., Evans, M.C., Nelson, N. and Carmeli, C. (2002). Stabilizationof iron-sulfur cluster F(X) by intra-subunit interactions unraveled by suppressor andsecond site-directed mutations in PsaB of Photosystem I. Biochim Biophys Acta 1556,
254-264.

205.

Grossman, T.R. and Nelson, N. (2003) Effect of sodium lithium and protons on theelectrophysiological properties of the four mouse GABA transporters expressed in
Xenopus oocytes. Neurochem. Internat. 43, 431-443.

206.

Whitlow, R.D., Sacher, A., Loo, D.D.F., Nelson, N. and Eskandari, S. (2003). The
Anticonvulsant Valproate Increases the Turnover Rate of γ-Aminobutyric Acid
Transporters. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 17716-17726.

207.

Aviezer-Hagai, K., Padler-Karavani, V. and Nelson, N. (2003). Biochemical support for
the V-ATPase rotary mechanism: antibody against HA-tagged Vma7p or Vma16p but not
Vma10p inhibits activity. J. Exp. Biol. 206, 3227-3237.

208.

Nelson, N. (2003). A Journey From Mammals to Yeast With Vacuolar H+-ATPase (VATPase). J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 35, 281-289.

209.

Ben-Shem, A., Nelson, N. and Frolow, F. (2003). Crystallization and initial X-ray
diffraction studies of higher plant photosystem I. Acta Cryst. D59, 1824-1827.

210.

Cohen, A., Nevo, Y. and Nelson, N. (2003). The first external loop of the metal-ion
transporter DCT1 is involved in metal-ion binding and specificity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
USA 100, 10694-10699.

211.

Sperk, G., Schwarzer, C., Heilman, J., Furtinger, S., J Reimer, R., Edwards R.H. andNelson, N. (2003). Expression of Plasma Membrane GABA Transporters but not of the
Vesicular GABA Transporter in Dentate Granule Cells after Kainic Acid Seizures.
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212.

Ben-Shem, A., Frolow, F. and Nelson, N. (2003). The crystal structure of plant
photosystem I. Nature 426, 630-635.

213.

Ben-Shem, A. Frolow, F. and Nelson, N. (2004). Evolution of Photosystem I – from
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Ben-Shem, A., Frolow, F. and Nelson, N. (2004). Light-harvesting features revealed by
the structure of plant photosystem I. Photosyth. Res. 81, 239-250.

215.

Nelson, N. and Ben-Shem, A. (2004). The complex architecture of oxygenic
photosynthesis. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 5, 971-982.

216.

Drory, O., Mor, A., Frolow, F. and Nelson, N. (2004) Expression, crystallization andphasing of vacuolar H+-ATPase subunit C (Vma5p) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Acta
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217.

Drory, O., Frolow, F. and Nelson, N. (2004). Crystal structure of yeast V-ATPase subunit
C reveals its stator function. EMBO Rep. 5, 1148-1152.

218.

Nevo, Y. and Nelson, N. (2004). The Mutation F227I Increases the Coupling of Metal
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219.

Karakossian, M.H., Spencer, S.R., Gomez1, A.Q., Padilla, O.R., Sacher, A., Loo, D.D.F.,
Nelson, N. and Eskandari, S. (2005). Novel Properties of a Mouse γ-Aminobutyric Acid
Transporter (GAT4). J. Membr. Biol. 203, 65-82

220.

Cohen-Kfir, E., Lee, W., Eskandari, S. and Nelson, N. (2005). Zinc Inhibition of the γAminobutyric Acid Transporter-4 (GAT4) Reveals a Novel Link between Excitatory andInhibitory Neurotransmission. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 6154-6159.

221.

Junge, W. and Nelson, N. (2005). Nature's rotary electromotors. Science 308, 642-644.

222.

Nelson, N. and Ben-Shem, A. (2005). The structure of photosystem I and evolution ofphotosynthesis. BioEssays 27, 914-922.

223.

Jolley, C., Ben-Shem, A., Nelson, N. and Fromme, P. (2005). Structure of plant
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224.

Sener, M.K., Jolley, C., Ben-Shem, A., Fromme, P., Nelson, N., Croce, R. and Schulten,
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225.

Amunts, A., Ben-Shem A. and Nelson N. (2005). Solving the structure of plant
photosystem I – biochemistry is vital. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 4, 1011 - 1015

226.

Nelson, N. and Yocum, C. (2006). Structure and Function of Photosystems I and II.
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227.

Droy, O. and Nelson N. (2006). Structural and functional Features of Yeast V-ATPasesubunit C. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1757, 297-303.

228.

Droy, O. and Nelson N. (2006). The emerging structure of vacuolar ATPase. Physiology
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Nevo, Y. and Nelson N. (2006). The NRAMP family of metal-ion transporters. Biochim.
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230.

Amunts, A., Drory, O. and Nelson, N. (2007). The structure of a plant photosystem I
supercomplex at 3.4 Å resolution. Nature 447, 58-63.

231.

Tuller, T., Chor, B. and Nelson, N. (2007). Forbidden penta-peptides. Protein Science16, 2251-2259.

232.

Amunts, A. and Nelson, N. (2008). Functional organization of a plant Photosystem I:
evolution of a highly efficient photochemical machine. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 46, 228237.

233.

van Oort, B., Amunts, A., Borst, J., van Hoek, A., Nelson, N., van Amerongen, H. andCroce, R. (2008). Picosecond Fluorescence of Intact and Dissolved PSI-LHCI Crystals
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Saroussi, S. and Nelson, N. (2009). Vacuolar H +-ATPase—an enzyme for all seasons.
Pflugers Arch. – Eur. J. Physiol. 457, 581-587.

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Saroussi, S. and Nelson, N. (2009). The little we know on the structure and machinery of
V-ATPase. J. Exp. Biol. 212, 1604-1610.

236.

Nelson, N. (2009). Plant Photosystem I – The Most Efficient Nano-Photochemical
Machine. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 9, 1709–1713.

237.

Amunts, A. and Nelson, N. (2009). Plant photosystem I design in light of evolution.
Structure 17, 637-650.

238.

Sharon, I., Alperovitch, A., Rohwer, F., Haynes, M. Glaser, F. Atamaa-Ismaeel, N.,
Pinter, R.Y., Partensky, F., Koonin, E.V., Wolf, Y.I., Nelson, N. and Oded Béjà, O.
(2009). Photosystem I gene cassettes are present in marine virus genomes. Nature 461,
258-262.

239.

Amunts, A., Toporik, H., Borovikova, A. and Nelson, N. (2010). Structure determinationand improved model of plant photosystem I. J Biol Chem. 285, 3478-3486.

240.

Leviatan, S., Sawada, K., Moriyama, Y. and Nelson, N. (2010). A combinatorial method
for overexpression of membrane proteins in E. coli. J Biol Chem. 285, 23548-23556.

241.

Alperovitch-Lavy A, Sharon I, Rohwer F, Aro EM, Glaser F, Milo R, Nelson N, Béjà O.
(2011). Reconstructing a puzzle: existence of cyanophages containing both photosystem-I
and photosystem-II gene suites inferred from oceanic metagenomic datasets. Environ
Microbiol. 13, 24–32.

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Nelson, N. (2011). Photosystems and global effects of oxygenic photosynthesis.
Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1807, 856-863.

243.

Mazor, Y., Toporik, H. and Nelson, N. (2012). Temperature-sensitive PSII andpromiscuous PSI as a possible solution for sustainable photosynthetic hydrogenproduction. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1817, 1122-1126.

244.

Toporik, H., Carmeli, I., Volotsenko, I., Molotskii, M., Rosenwaks, Y., Carmeli C. andNelson, N. (2012). Large Photovoltage Generated by Plant Photosystem I Crystals.
Advanced Materials. 24, 2988-2991.

245.

Saroussi, S., Schushan, M., Ben-Tal, N., Junge, W. and Nelson, N. (2012). Structure andflexibility of the c-ring in the electromotor of rotary FoF1-ATPase of pea chloroplasts.
PLoS ONE 7(9): e43045. doi:10.1371

246.

Mazor, Y., Greenberg, I., Toporik, H., Beja, O. and Nelson, N. (2012). The evolution ofphotosystem I in light of phage-encoded reaction centers. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 367,
3400-3405.

247.

Nelson, N. (2013). Evolution of photosystem I and the control of global enthalpy in anoxidizing world. Photosynth Res. 116, 145-151.

248.

Mazor, Y., Nataf, D., Toporik H. and Nelson N. (2014). Crystal structures of virus-likephotosystem I complexes from the mesophilic cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803.
eLife 2014;3:e01496. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.01496.

249.

Volotsenko, I., Molotskii, M., Borovikova, A., Nelson, N. and Rosenwaks, Y. (2015).
Evidence for Deep Acceptor Centers in Plant Photosystem I Crystals. J. Physical Chem.
119, 1374−1379.

250.

Nelson, N. and Junge, W. (2015). Structure and Energy Transfer in Photosystems of
Oxygenic Photosynthesis. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 84, 659-683.

251.

Junge, W. and Nelson, N. (2015). ATP Synthase. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 84, 631-657.

252.

Juge N, Moriyama S, Miyaji T, Kawakami M, Iwai H, Fukui T, Nelson N, Omote H,
Moriyama Y. (2015). Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter is a H+coupled polyspecific nutrient and drug exporter. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 112, 33563361.

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Mazor, Y., Borovikova, A. and Nelson N. (2015). The structure of plant photosystem I
super-complex at 2.8 °A resolution. eLife 2015;4:e07433. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.07433.

Chapters

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1.

Neumann, J. and Nelson, N.
(l969)
Terminal steps of pyridine nucleotide
photoreduction in chloroplasts. In: Progress in Photosynthesis Research, (Metzner, H.,ed.) Vol. III, p. l476.

2.

Neumann, J., Nelson, N., Arntzen, C.J. and Dilley, R.A. (l972) Phosphorylation indigitonin subchloroplast particles. In: Chloroplast Fragments, p. l39.

3.

Racker, E., Hauska, G.A., Lien, S., Berzborn, R.J. and Nelson, N. (l972) Resolution andreconstitution of the system of photophosphorylation. Proceeding II International
Congress on Photosynthesis Research, 1971 (Forti, G., ed.) (G. Forti, M. Avron and A.
Melandri eds) Vol 2 pp. l097-1113 W. Junk, N.V. Publishers, The Hague.

4.

Nelson, N. and Bengis, C. (l975) Reaction center P700 from chloroplasts. In:
Proceedings III International Congress on Photosynthesis Research, Rehovot, Israel(Avron, M., ed.) Vol. I, Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 609-620.

5.

Nelson, N., Kamienietzky, A. and Deters, D.W. (l975) Subunit structure and function of
CF1. In: Electron Transfer Chains and Oxidative Phosphorylation (Quaglieriello et al.,eds.), Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., p. l49.

6.

Nelson, N. (l977) Chloroplast coupling factor (a review). In: Encyclopedia of Plant
Physiology, New Series (Trebst, A. and Avron, M., eds.) Vol. 5, p. 393.

7.

Nelson, N. and Bengis, C. (l977) Structure and function of chloroplast photosystem I
reaction center. Der Deutsch. Bat. Ges. 90, 477.

8.

Nelson, N. and Notsani, B. (l977) Function and organization of individual polypeptides
in chloroplast photosystem I reaction center. In: Bioenergetics of Membranes (Packer,
L. et al., eds.) Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press, p. 233.

9.

Nelson, N., Eytan, E. and Julian, C. (l978) The function of individual polypeptides inphotosynthetic energy transduction. In: Proceedings of the Fourth International
Congress on Photosynthesis l977 (Hall, D.O. et al., eds.) The Biochemical Society,London, p. 559.

10.

Nelson, N. and Eytan, E. (l979) Approach to the membrane sector of the chloroplast
coupling device. In: Cation Flux Across Biomembranes (Mukohata, Y. et al., eds.)
Academic Press, New York, p. 409.

11.

Nelson, N., Maccecchini, M-L., Rudin, Y. and Schatz, G. (l979) Import of proteins into
mitochondria. In: Masbach Colloquium (Holzin, H. and Tschesche, H., eds.) 30, l09-ll9.

12.

Nelson, N. and Schatz, G. (l979) Energy-dependent processing of cytoplasmically-madeprecursors to mitochondrial proteins. In: Membrane Bioenergetics (Lee, C.P. et al., eds.)
Addison-Wesley, Reading, PA, pp. l33-l52.

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13.

Nelson, N. and Hauska, G. (l979) Topography, resolution and reconstitution of thechloroplast membrane. In: Membrane Bioenergetics (Lee, C.P. et al., eds.) AddisonWesley, Reading PA, pp. l89-202.

14.

Nelson, N. (l98l) Structure and function of CFo. In: Energy Coupling in Photosynthesis(Selman, B.R. and Selman-Reimer, S., eds.) Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 26l-268.

15.

Nelson, N. (l98l) Proton channels in ATP-synthesis. In: Chemiosmotic Proton Circuits
in Biological Membranes (Skulachev, V.P. and Hinkle, P.C., eds.) Addison-Wesley, pp.
47l-482.

16.

Nelson, N. (l982) Structure and function of higher plant coupling factor. In: Topics in
Photosynthesis. IV. Electron transport and photophosphorylation (Barber, J., ed.) pp. 8ll04.

17.

Okamura, M.Y., Feher, G. and Nelson, N. (l982) Reaction centers. In: Photosynthesis:
Energy conversion by Plants and Bacteria (Govindjee, ed.), Vol. l, Academic Press, New
York, pp. l95-272.

18.

Nelson, N. (l982) Isolation of the DCCD-binding proteolipid and reconstitution of
proton channels in lipid vesicles. In: Methods in Chloroplast Molecular Biology(Edelman, M. et al., eds.) Elsevier, pp. 899-905.

19.

Nelson, N. (l982) Isolation of chloroplast photosystem I reaction center. In: Methods in
Chloroplast Molecular Biology (Edelman, M. et al., eds.) Elsevier, pp. 907-9l5.

20.

Nelson, N. (l982) Protein complexes in chloroplast membranes. In: Membranes andTransport (Martonosi, A., ed.) Vol. 2, Plenum Press, NY, pp. 605-6l0.

21.

Herrmann, R.G., Westhoff, P., Alt, J., Winter, P., Tittgen, J., Bisanz, C., Sears, B.B.,
Nelson, N., Hurt, E., Hauska, G., Viebrock, A. and Sebald, W. (l982) Identification andcharacterization of genes for polypeptides of the thylakoid membrane. In: Structure andFunction of Plant Genomes (Cifferi, O., ed.) Academic Press, New York, pp. l43-l54.

22.

Rott, R. and Nelson, N. (l984) Conservation and organization of subunits of thechloroplast proton ATPase complex. Proc. VI Internatl. Cong. Photosynthesis, Vol. II(Sybesma, C., ed.) Junk Publishers, Hague, pp. 50l-5l0.

23.

Nechushtai, R. and Nelson, N.
(l984)
Photosystem I reaction center fromcyanobacterium green algae and higher plants.
Proc. VI Internatl. Cong.
Photosynthesis, Vol. II (Sybesma, C., ed.) Junk Publishers, Hague, pp. 85-93.

24.

Nelson, N. and Riezman, H. (l984) Biogenesis of energy-transducing systems. New
Comprehensive Biochemistry, Vol. 9 (Ernster, L., ed.) Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 35l376.

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25.

Rott, R., Cidon, S. and Nelson N. (l984) Properties of H+-ATP Synthases. In: H+ATPase (ATP synthase): Structure, Function, Biogenesis of the FoF1 complex of
coupling membranes (Papa, S. et al., eds.) Adriatica Editrice, Bari, Itlay, pp. 247-256.

26.

Herrmann, R.G., Westhoff, P., Alt, J., Tittgen, J. and Nelson, N. (l985) Thylakoid
membrane proteins and their genes. In: Molecular Form and Function of the Plant
Genome (van Vloten-Doting, L., Groot, G.S.P., Hall, T.C., eds.), Plenum Publishing
Corp., New York, pp. 233-256.

27.

Nelson, N. (l987) Structure and function of protein complexes in the photosynthetic
membrane. In: New Comprehensive Biochemistry, Vol. l5 (Amesz, J., ed.) Elsevier,
Amsterdam, pp. 2l3-23l.

28.

Moriyama, Y. and Nelson, N. (1989) The proton-ATPase of chromaffin granules andsynaptic vesicles. In: Molecular Structure, Function, and Assembly of the ATP
Synthases (Marzuki, S., ed.), Plenum Press, New York, pp. 129-139.

29.

Lill, H. and Nelson, N. (1990) Molecular evolution of proton-ATPases. In: Current
Research in Photosynthesis (Baltsheffsky, M., ed.), Vol. 3, Kluwer Academic Publishng,
Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 128-136.

30.

Chitnis, P.R. and Nelson, N. (1991) Photosystem I. In: Cell Culture and Somatic Cell
Genetics of Plants (Bogorad, L., et al., eds.) Vol. 7B, Academic Press, New York, pp.
177-224.

31.

Nelson, N. (1991) Energizing the vacuolar system of eukaryotic cells. In: Advances in
the Biosciences (Langer, S.Z., Galzin, A.M. and Costentin, J., eds.) Vol. 82, Pergamon
Press, Oxford, pp. 135-138.

32.

Chitnis, P.R. and Nelson, N. (1992) Biogenesis of Photosystem I. Subunit PsaE isimportant for the stability of PS I complex. In: Chloroplast Biogenesis (ArgyroudiAkoyunoglou J., ed.) Plenum Press, New York, pp. 285-290.

33.

Nelson, N. and Nelson, H. (1992) Proton pumps. In Fundamentals of Medical Cell
Biology, Vol. 5B. Cell Homeostasis and Motility (Bittar, E. Edward, ed.), JAI Press Inc.,
Greenwich, CT, pp. 3-17.

34.

Supek, F., Supekova, L., Beltrán, C., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (1992) Structure,function and mutational analysis of V-ATPases. In: Ion Motive ATPases: Structure,
Function and Regulation (Scarpa, A., Carafoli, E. and Papa, S., eds.) New York
Academy of Sciences, New York, pp. 284-292.

35.

Xie, D.-L., Büttner, M., Nelson, H., Chitnis, P., Pinther, W., Hauska, G. and Nelson, N.
(1992) A transcription unit for the photosystem 1-like P840-reaction center of the green
S-bacterium Chlorobium limicola. In: Research in Photosynthesis, Vol. I (Murata, N.,ed.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 513-520.

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36.

Zirngibl, S., D.-L. Xie, Riedel, A., Nitschke, W., Nelson, H., Nelson, N., Liebl, U.,
LeCoutre, J., Hauska, G, Kellner, E., Grodzitzki, D. and Büttner, M. (1992) Low
potential rieske FeS-centers of menaquinol oxidizing cytochrome bc-complexes. In:
Research in Photosynthesis, Vol. II (Murata, N., ed.) Kluwer Academic Publishers,
Dordrecht, pp. 471-478.

37.

Nelson, N. (1995) The world of proton pumps. In: Organellar Proton ATPases,
Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit (Nelson, N., ed.) R.G. Landes Company, Austin.

38.

Nelson, N. (1995) Molecular and cellular biology of F- and V-ATPases. In: Organellar
Proton ATPases, Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit (Nelson, N., ed.) R.G. Landes
Company, Austin.

39.

Hauska, G., Hager-Braun, C., Zimmermann, R. and Nelson, N. (1995) Biochemical
aspects of the reaction center in green sulfur bacteria-comparison with pther FeS-types.
Proc. X Internatl. Cong. Photosynthesis, (Mthis, P. ed) Kluwer Academic Publishers
Vol. II P. 11-16.

40.

Hager-Braun, C., Riedel, A., Xie, D.-L., Zimmermann, R., Nelson, N. and Hauska, G.
(1995) Characterization of the photosynthetic reaction center from Chlorobia. Proc. X
Internatl. Cong. Photosynthesis, (Mthis, P. ed) Kluwer Academic Publishers Vol. II P.
171-174.

41.

Nelson, N. (1995) Evolution of organellar proton-ATPases. Proc. X Internatl. Cong.
Photosynthesis, (Mthis, P. ed) Kluwer Academic Publishers Vol. III P. 7-12.

42.

Jursky, F. and Nelson, N. (1996) Developmental expression of the GABA transporter
GAT4. in C. Tanaka and N. G. Bowery (Eds.). Advances in Pharmacological Sciences:
GABA: Receptors, transporters and metabolism; Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, July 1995. p.
73-82. Birkhaeuser Verlag: Basel, Switzerland; New York.

43.

Taiz, L. and Nelson, N. (1996) Evolution of V- and F-ATPases. In: Origin and
Evolution of Biological Energy Conversion (Baltscheffsky, ed.). VCH Publishers, Inc.
New York. pp. 291-305.

44.

Nelson, N. (1996) Vacuolar H+-ATPase. In: Biomembranes, Vol. 5 (Lee, A.G., ed.) JAI
Press Inc., Greenwich, CT, pp.317-341.

45.

Zeng, M.T., Sagi, I., Evans, M.C.W., Nelson, N. and Carmeli, C. (1999). In
Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects( Gabar, G. and Pusztai, J. eds.), pp. 643-646,
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordtecht.

46.

Nelson, N. (2002). Proton ATPases, vacuolar-type. In Viley Encyclopedia of Molecular
Medicine. Pp. 2678-2682.

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47.

Cohen, A., Nelson, H. and Nelson, N. (2003). Metal-ion transporters – from yeast tohuman diseases.

48.

Ben-Shem A and Nelson N (2005) System biology of photosystem I – formation ofsupercomplexes. In: Van der Est A and Bruce D (eds) Photosynthesis: Fundamental
Aspects to Global Perspectives, pp 770–772. Alliance Communications Group,
Lawrence, Kansas

49.

Nelson, N. and Ben-Shem, A. (2005). Structure, Function and Regulation of Plant
Photosystem I. In: Photosystem I. Golbeck JH editor, Kluwer academic publishing.
Dordrecht.

50.

Amunts, A., Drory, O. and Nelson, N. (2007). A glimpse into the atomic structure ofplant photosystem I. Proc. XIII Internatl. Cong. Photosynthesis, in press

51.

Amunts A., Drory O., Nelson N., (2008) A glimpse into the atomic structure of plant
Photosystem I. WILEY-VCH book on "Photosynthetic Proteins Complexes", 65-82,
edited by P. Fromme