Dr. Michael Joseph Pankratz M.D.
Ophthalmologist
3135 Middle Road Columbus IN, 47203Rating
3/5
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Dr. Michael Pankratz is an ophthalmologist practicing in Columbus, IN. Dr. Pankratz specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Pankratz can practice medicine as well as surgery. Opthalmologists can perform surgeries because they have their medical degrees along with at least eight years of additional training. Dr. Pankratz can diagnose and treat diseases, perform eye operations and prescribe eye glasses and contacts. Ophthalmologists can also specialize even further in a specific area of eye care.
Education and Training
In Univ Sch of Med, Indianapolis In 1991
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Suppression of food intake and growth by amino acids in Drosophila: the role of pumpless, a fat body expressed gene with homology to vertebrate glycine cleavage system.
- Nutrient control of gene expression in Drosophila: microarray analysis of starvation and sugar-dependent response.
- Transcriptional control by Drosophila gap genes.
- Protein interaction maps on the fly.
- Starvation response in mouse liver shows strong correlation with life-span-prolonging processes.
- Linking nutrition to genomics.
- Spatial control of the gap gene knirps in the Drosophila embryo by posterior morphogen system.
- Candidate gustatory interneurons modulating feeding behavior in the Drosophila brain.
- Neuromedin U and its putative Drosophila homolog hugin.
- Purine and folate metabolism as a potential target of sex-specific nutrient allocation in Drosophila and its implication for lifespan-reproduction tradeoff.
- Amino acids, taste circuits, and feeding behavior in Drosophila: towards understanding the psychology of feeding in flies and man.
- Genetic dissection of neural circuit anatomy underlying feeding behavior in Drosophila: distinct classes of hugin-expressing neurons.
- Enzyme-free interrogation of RNA sites via primers and oligonucleotides 3'-linked to gold surfaces.
- The TATA-binding protein regulates maternal mRNA degradation and differential zygotic transcription in zebrafish.
- Opposing effects of dietary protein and sugar regulate a transcriptional target of Drosophila insulin-like peptide signaling.
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