Dr. Dianne B. Mckay M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
10666 N Torrey Pines Rd La Jolla CA, 92037About
Dr. Dianne Mckay is a nephrologist practicing in La Jolla, CA. Dr. Mckay specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Mckay most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
Education and Training
Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL Medical Degree
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Other Degree
Nephrologist Medical Degree
Professor of Medicine Medical Degree
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Crystal structure of a lead-dependent ribozyme revealing metal binding sites relevant to catalysis.
- Mapping the role of active site residues for transducing an ATP-induced conformational change in the bovine 70-kDa heat shock cognate protein.
- Ring E analogs of methyllycaconitine (MLA) as novel nicotinic antagonists.
- Crystallographic structure of the amino terminal domain of yeast initiation factor 4A, a representative DEAD-box RNA helicase.
- Purification, crystallization, and X-ray diffraction analysis of small ribozymes.
- Crystal structure of yeast initiation factor 4A, a DEAD-box RNA helicase.
- Crystal and solution structures of an HslUV protease-chaperone complex.
- Receptor protection studies to characterize neuronal nicotinic receptors: tubocurarine prevents alkylation of adrenal nicotinic receptors.
- Effects of sulfhydryl modification on adrenal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: disulfide integrity is not essential for activation.
- Analysis of the pobA and pobR genes controlling expression of p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase in Azotobacter chroococcum.
- Structure of Haemophilus influenzae HslU protein in crystals with one-dimensional disorder twinning.
- Structure of Haemophilus influenzae HslV protein at 1.9 A resolution, revealing a cation-binding site near the catalytic site.
- Refined crystallographic structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A and its implications for the molecular mechanism of toxicity.
- Structure of the universal stress protein of Haemophilus influenzae.
- A gene, cobA + hemD, from Selenomonas ruminantium encodes a bifunctional enzyme involved in the synthesis of vitamin B12.
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