Dr. Comings Publications #1-100

1.   Comings, D.E. and  Rosenfeld, H. Idiopathic paroxysmal myoglobinuria. Ann. Int.Med. 50: 647-655, 1961.

2.   Comings, D.E.  Myxedema with Erb's limb girdle muscular dystrophy. Report of a case with a review of the
              muscular abnormalities or myxedema. Arch. Int. Med. 109: 724-730, 1962.

3.   Comings, D.E., Turbow, B.A., Callahan, O.H., and  Waldstein, S.S. Obstructing aspergillus cast of the renal pelvis.
              Report of a case in a patient having diabetes mellitus and Addison’s disease. Arch. Int. ,Med. 110: 250-261, I962.

4.   Comings, D.E. Anisotrophic lipids and urinary cholesterol excretion. J.Amer.Med.Assoc. 183: 126-131, I963.

5.   Comings, D.E. The sphere of influence of the beta thalassemia mutation. Blood 22: 234, 1963.

6.   Comings, D.E. A third γ-globulin chain? Lancet 2: 786, l963.

7.    Goodman, R.M., Comings, D.E. and Steigman, F. Comparison of meralluride with a new oral diuretic. III.
               Med. J. 43-49, July l963.

8.   Comings, D.E., Goodman, R.M. and Steigman, F. Bendroflumethiaziae in the treatment of cardiac edema and
              hypertension. Amer.J. Geriatric Soc. 12: 161-169, l964.

9.   Comings, D.E., Fayen, A.W., and Carter, P. Myloblastoma preceding blood and marrow evidence of acute leukemia.
              Cancer
18: 253-258, 1965.

10.   Comings, D.E. Congenital hypogammaglobulinemia. Arch. Int. Med. 115: 79-87, 1965

11.   Comings, D.E. The Kleeblattachadel syndrome - A grotesque form of hydrocephalus. J. Peds. 67: l26-129, 1965.

12.   Comings, D.E. Symphalangism and 4th digit hypophalangism. Arch. Int. Med. 115: 580-583, 1965.

13.   Comings, D.E. and Odland, G.F. Electron microscopic study of partial albinism (Abstract). Clin. Res. 13: 26S,
                1965. Presented at the American Federation for Clinical Research Meetings, April 1965.

14.   Comings, D.E. Hyperlysinemia (Correspondence). Amer. J. Dis. Child. 109: 261, 1965.

15.   Comings, D.E. and Comings, S.N. Hereditary localized pruritis. Arch. Dermatol. 92: 236-237, 1965.

16.   Comings, D.E. H3-Uridine autoradiography or human chromosomes. Presented at the American Society of Humna
                Genetics Meetings, August 1960. Cytogenetics : 247-260, 1966.

17.   Comings, D.E. and Odland, G.F. Partlal albinism. J. Amer. Pled. Assoc. 195: 519-523, 1966.

18.   Comings, D.E. Incorporation of tritium of  3H-5-uridine into DNA. Exp. Cel1 Res. 41: 677-681,1966.

19.   Comings, D.E. and Motulsky, A.G. Suppression of both beta and delta chain synthesis in F-thalassemia. Clin.
                Res. 14: 160, 1966. Presented at the Western Society for Clinical Research Meetings, February 1966.

20.  Comings, D.E. Sex chromatin and the cell cycle (Abstract). Clin. Res. 14: 309, 1966. Presented at the
                 American Federation for Clinical Research Meetings, April 1966.

21.  Comings, D.E. Uridine-5-H3 radioautography or the human sex chromatin
                body. J. Cell Biol. 28: 437-441, l966.
22.  Comings, D.E. Replication of the sex chromatin body. Presented at the Third International Congress of
               Human Genetics, September 1966.

23.  Comings, D E. and Motulsky, A.G. Absence of cis-delta chain synthesis in (δβ) thalassemia (F-thalassemia )  Blood
              28: 54-69, 1966.

24.  Comings, D.E. Single amino-acid substitutions as a result of unequal crossing over. Nature 212: 545-546, 1966.

25.  Comings, D.E. The inactive X chromosome. Lancet 2: 1137-1138, l966.

26.  Comings, D.E., Beutler, E., and Teplitz, R. Genes, Chromosomes and Human Disease. Res. Medicus, Med.
               Education Television, Channel 28, October 1966.

27. Comings, D.E. Centromere: Absence of DNA replication during chromatid separation in human fibroblasts.
              Science
154: 1463-1464, 1966.

28.  Comings, D.E. Lymphocyte transformation in response to phytohemagglutinin during and following a pregnancy.
               Amer. J. Obst. Gyn. 37: 213-217, 1967.

29.  Comings, D.E. The duration of replication of the inactive X chromosome in humans based on the persistence
              of the heterochromatic sex chromatin body during DNA synthesis. Cytogenetics 6: 20-37, l967.

30.  Comings, D.E. Sex chromatin, nuclear size and the ce11 cycle. Cytogenetics 6: 120-144, 1967.

31.  Comings, D.E. Histones of metaphase and interphase cells. Clin. Res. 15: 267, 1967.

32.  Comings, D.E., Skubi, K.B., Van Eyes, J., and Motulsky, A.G. Familial multi-focal fibrosclerosis: Findings
              suggesting that retroperitoneal fibrosis, mediastinal fibrosis, sclerosing cholangitis, Riedel's thyroiditis, and    
              pseudo-tumor of the orbit may be different manifestations of a single disease. Ann. Int. Med. 66: 884-892, 1967
              Presented at the Third International Congress of Human Generics, September, 1966.

33.  Comings, D.E.  Histones and heterchromatin. Amer. Soc. Hum. Genet. Presented in Toronto, Canada,
               December, 1967.

34.   Comings, D.E. RNA synthesis and the position of the sex chromatin body. Mammalian Chromosome 
                Newsletter
8: l93, 1967.

35.  Comings, D.E. Histones of genetically active and Inactive chromatin. J. Cell Biol. 35: 639-708, 1967.

36. Comings, D.E. Modern Molecular Genetics. Res. Medicus Medical Education Television, Channel 28,
               October 24, 1967.

37.  Comings, D.E., Papazian, C., and Schoene, H.R. Conradi's disease (chondrodystrophia calcificans congenita,
                congenital stippled epiphyses). J. Peds. 72: 63-69, 1968.

38.  Comings, D.E. and Glenchur, H. Benign symmetrical lipomatosis. J.Amer.Med.Assoc. 203: 305, 1968.

39.  Comings, D.E. and Kakefuda, T. Initiation of DNA replication at the nuclear membrane in human cells.
                J. Mol. Biol. 33: 225-229, 1968.

40.   Comings, D.E. Cancer and dermatoglyphics. Lancet 1: 142S, l968 (in Letters to the Editor section).

41.  Comings, D.E. The rationale for an ordered arrangement of chromatin in the interphase nucleus.
               Amer. J. Hum. Genet.
20: 440-460, 1968.

42.   Comings, D.E. Initiation of DNA synthesis in human cells. Presented at the Twelfth International
               Congress of Genetics, Tokyo, Japan, August 1968.

43.   Comings, D.E. and Berger, R.O. Gene products of amphiuma: An amphibian with an excessive amount of DNA.
               Biochem. Genet. 2: 319-333, 1969.

44.  Comings, D.E. Incorporation of tritium of H3-arginine into DNA as the explanation of "late synthesis of protein" on
                the human X chromosome. Nature 221: 570, l969.

45.   Comings, D.E. and Okada, T.A. Electron microscopy of well dispersed human chromosomes. Biophys. J. 9: Al9,
                1969. Presented at the Biophysical Society Meetings, Los Angeles, February 1969.

46.  Comings, D.E. and Mattoccia, E. Does constitutive heterochromatin have a unique DNA base sequence?
                Clin. Res
. 17: 149, 1969.

47.  Comings, D.E. and Okada, T.A. Electron microscopy of well dispersed mammalian and avian chromosomes - A
               single DNA helix per chromatid model. J. Cell Biol. 43: 25A, 1969. Presented at the American Society of Cell
                Biology Meetings, October, 1969.

48.  Comings, D.E. and Mattoccia, E. Repetitious DNA and the S period. J. Cell Biol. 43: 25A, 1969.
                Presented at the American Society of Cell Biology Meeting, October, 1969.

49.  Comings, D.E. The-hemoglobinopathies and thalassemias. In Genetic Disorders of Man, R.M. Goodman (ed.)
                Little, Brown and Company, Boston, pp. 143-198, 1970.

50.   Comings, D.E.  Chromosome replication.  In The Bios Program, Harper and Row, New York, 1970.

51.   Comings, D.E.  The distribution of sister chromatids at mitosis in Chinese hamster cells.
               Chromosoma
29: 428-433, 1970.

52.   Comings, D.E.  Quantitative autoradiography of heterochromatin replication in Microtus agresti.
               Chromosoma 29: 434-445, I970.

53.   Comings, D.E. and Mattoccia, E.  Studies of microchromosomes and a GC-rich DNA satellite in the quail.
               Chromosoma 30: 202-214, 1970.

54.   Comings, D.E. and Okada, T.A. Whole mount electron microscopy of meiotic chromosomes and the synaptonemal
                complex. Chromosoma 30: 269-286, 1970.

55.  Comings, D.E. and Mattoccia, E. Replicatlon of repetitious DNA and the S period. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 67:
               448-455, 1970.

56.   Comings, D.E. and Okada, T.A.  Whole mount electron microscopy of human meiotic chromosomes.
               Exp. Cell Res. 65: 88-103, l971.

57.  Comings, D.E. and Okada, T.A. A mechanism or chromosome pairing during meiosis. Nature 227: 451-456, 1970.

58.  Comings, D.E. and Okada, T.A.  Electron microscopy of human , fibroblasts in tissue culture during logarithmic and
               confluent stages of growth. Exp. Cell Res. 61: 295-301, 1970.

59.  Comings, D.E. and Delgado, J.M. Clinodactyly of the index and little fingers - An isolated deformity simulating the
                hand deformity of trisomy-18. J.Amer.Med.Assoc. 213: 1192, 1970.

60.  Comings, D.E. and Okada, A. The association of chromatin fibers with the annuli or the nucIear membrane.
                Exp.-Cell Res. 62: 293-302, l970.

61.  Comings, D.E. and Okada, A. Whole mount electron microscopy of the centromere region of metacentric and
                 telocentric mammalian chromosomes. Cytogenetics 9: 436-449, 1970.

62.  Comings, D.E. and Okada, A. Do half-chromatids exist?  Cytogenetics 9: 450-459, 1970.

63.  Comings, D.E. and Okada, A. The association of nuclear membrane frag­ments with metaphase and anaphase
               chromosomes as observed by whole mount electron microscopy. Exp. Cell Res. 63: 62-68, 1970.

64.   Comings, D.E.  Half-chromatid aberrations and chromosome strandedness. Canadian J. Genet. Cytol.
                12: 960-964, l970.

65.  Okada, T.A. and Comings, D.E. Whole mount electron microscopy or chicken microchromosomes.  J. Cell Biol. 47:
                150a, 1970.  Presented at the Twenty-­eighth Annual Proceedings of the E.M.S.A., 1970.

66.  Comings, D.E. and Hattoccia, E. Buoyant density and satellite composition of DNA isolated from nuclear
                subfractions. J. Cell Biol. 47: 38a, 1970.  Presented at the American Society of Human Genetics Meetings,
                October 1970; and the American Society for Cell Biology Meetings, November 1970.

67.   Comings, D.E. and Okada, T.A. Stereo-electron microscopy of whole mount preparations of the synaptonemal
                complex.  J. Cell Biol. 47: 38a, 1970. Presented at the American Society for Cell Biology Meetings,
                November 1970.

68.  Comings, D.E. and Okada, T.A.  Condensation or chromosomes onto the nuclear membrane during prophase.
                Exp. Cell Res. 63: 471-473, 1970.

69.  Beutler, E., Krill, A., Comings, D.E., and Trinidad, F. Galactokinase deficiency: An important cause of familial
                cataracts in children and young adults. J. Lab. Clin. Med. 76: 1006, 1970. (Abstract).

70.  Comings, D.E. (Book Review) Replication and recombination of genetic material, Peacock and Brock (eds.),
               Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, Australia, 1968; and reprinted in J.Amer.Med.Assoc.
               29: 234-236, 1970.

71.  Comings, D.E. and Okada, T.A. Whole mount electron microscopy of human meiotic chromosomes.
               Exp. Cell Res.
65: 99-l03, 1971.

72.  Comings, D.E. and Okada, T.A. Fine structure of the synaptonemal complex. Regular and stereo-electron microscopy
               of deoxyribonuclease-treated whole mount preparations. Exp. Cell Res. 65: 104-116, 1971.

73.   Comings, D. E. Isolabeling and chromosome strandedness. Nature New Blol. 22a: 24-25, 1971.

74.   Mattoccia, E. and Comings, D..E. The buoyant density and satellite compo­sition of mouse heterochromatin. Nature
                New Biol. 229: 175-176, 1971.

75.  Comings, D. E. and Okada, T.A. Fine structure of the kinetochore in Indian Muntjac. Exp. Cell Res. 67: 97-ll0, 1971.

76.   Comings, D.E. and Okada, T.A. Triple pairing in triploid chickens. Nature 231: 119-121, 1971.

77.  Comings, D.E. and Vance, C.K. Thermal denaturation of DNA and chromatin or early and late passage human
                fibroblasts. Gerontologia 17: 116-121, l971.

78.  Comings, D.E. Heterochromatin of the Indian Muntjac, replication, conden­sation, DNA ultracentrifugation,
               fluorescent and heterochromatin staining. Exp. Cel1 Res. 67: 441-460, 1971.

79.  Burkholder, S.D., Comings, D.E. and Okada, T.A. A storage form of ribosomes in mouse oocytes. Exp. Cell Res. 69:
             361-371, 1971.

80.  Comings, D.E. and Riggs, A.D.  Molecular mechanisms of chromosome pairing, folding and function. Nature 233:
               48-50, 1971.

81.  Comings, D. and Okada, T.A. Chromosame structure (Abstract). Presented at the Twenty-ninth Annual Proceedings
              of E.M.S.A., Boston, Massachusetts, 1971, and published in the Proceedings of the 29th Annual E.M.S.A., C.J.
              Arceneaux (ed.), 1971.

82.   Comings, D.E.  Base composition and methylation of euchromatic and hetero­chromatic DNA. Fourth International
                Congress of Human Genetics, Paris, France, September 1971, and  the American Society of Cell Biology
                Meetings, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1971.

83.  Comings, D. and Okada, T.A. The chromatoid body in mouse spermatogenesis: Evidence that it may be formed by 
                the-extrusion of nucleolar components. J. Ultrastruc. Res. 39: l5-23, l972.

84.  Comings, D.E. and Mattoccia, E. Evidence that heavy shoulder DNA may be localized to the microchromosomes of
                birds. Exp. Cell Res. 70: 256-259, 1972.

85.   Comings, D.E. Heavy shoulder DNA. Exp. Cell Res. 70: 259-263, l972.

86.  Comings, D.E.. and Mattoccia, E. DNA of mammalian and avian heterochromatin. Exp. Cell Res. 71: 113-131, 1972.

87.  Comings, D.E. Thalassemia. In Princioles of Hematolony, W.J. Williams (ed.), McDraw-Hill, New York, pp. 328-
               350, 1972.

88.  Comings, D.E. Sickle cell anemia and related disorders. In Principles of Hematology, W.J. Williams (ed.), McGraw-
               Hill, New York, pp. 413-434, 1972.

89.   Comings, D.E. Hemoglobinopathies associated with cyanosis. In Principles of Hematology, W..J. Williams (ed.),
                McGraw-Hill, New York, pp. 434 440, 1972.

90.  Comings, D.E. Hemoalobinopathies associated with unstable hemoglobin. In Principles of Hematology, W.J.
               Williams (ed.), McGraw-Hill, New York, pp. 440-447, 1972.

91.  Comings, D.E. Hemoglobinopathies associated with polycythemia. In Principles of Hematology, W.J. Williams (ed.),
               McGraw-Hill, pp. 447-450, 1972.

92.  Comings, D.E. and Okada, T.A. Electron microscopy of chromosomes. In Perspectives in Cytogenetics, S.W.
               Wright, B.F. Crandall and L. Boyer (eds.) Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, pp. 223-250, 1972.

93.  Comings, D.E. and Okada, T.A. Architecture of meiotic cells and mechanisms of chromosome pairing. In Advances
                in Cell and Molecular Biology, E. DuPraw (ed.), Academic Press, New York, 2: 309-384, 1972.

94.  Comings, D.E. Structure and function of chromatin. In Advances in Human Genetics, H. Harris and K. Hirschhorn
                (eds.), Academic Press, New York, 3: 237-431, 1072.

95.  Comings, D.E. and Avelino, E.  DNA loss during Robertsonian  infusion in studies of the tobacco mouse. Nature
               New Biol. 237: 199, l972.

96.  Comings, D.E. and Okada, T.A. Holocentric chromosomes in Oncopeltus: Kinetochores present in mitosis, absent in
               meiosis. Chromosoma 07: 177-192, 1972.

97.  Comings, D.E. Biochemical correlates of chromosome staining (Abstract). Somatic Cell Genetics Conference,
               Snowmass, Colorado, January, l972.

98.   Comings, D.E. Methylation of euchromatic and heterochromatic DNA. Exp. Cel1 Res. 74: 383-390, 1972.

99.   Comings, D.E. Evidence for ancient tetrapoloidy and linkage retention in mammalian chromosomes. Nature 238:
                455-457, l972.

100.   Comings, D.E. and Tack, L.O. Similarities in the cytoplasmic proteins of different organs and species examined by
                  SOS gel electrophoresis. Exp. Cell Res. 75: 73-78, l972.