David McKay

11.5k citations
157 papers · 9.2k · 3 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
    • Heat shock proteins research
    • Protein Structure and Dynamics
    • RNA modifications and cancer
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Papers in

    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 28
    • Protein Structure and Dynamics 19
    • Heat shock proteins research 18
    • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 18

David McKay

148 papers receiving 8.8k citations

David McKay's Hit Papers

Three-dimensional structure of a hammerhead ribozyme 1994 · 754 citations
7540+15+30Years since publication250500750

Peers

David McKay
Comparison fields: 5 of 168
  • Molecular Biology 6.6k
  • Parasitology 439
  • Immunology 1.3k
  • Endocrinology 300
  • Genetics 1.3k
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All Works

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Three-dimensional structure of the ATPase fragment of a 70K heat-shock cognate protein
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1990872
2
Three-dimensional structure of a hammerhead ribozyme
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1994754
3
Structure of catabolite gene activator protein at 2.9 Å resolution suggests binding to left-handed B-DNA
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1981564
4 2002459
5 1986437
6 1991304
7 2002244
8 2000244
9 1994237
10 1982210
11 1987200
12 2002153
13 1979150
14 1982142
15 1990136
16 2005134
17 1994134
18 1995128
19
Structure and function of the hammerhead ribozyme: an unfinished story.
1996123
20 1996121

About David McKay

David McKay is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Materials Chemistry, Parasitology and Immunology, having authored 157 papers that have together received 9.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (28 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (19 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (18 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (18 papers), Leptospirosis research and findings (18 papers), Heat shock proteins research (18 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers) and Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (6.6k citations), Parasitology (439 citations), Immunology (1.3k citations), Endocrinology (300 citations) and Genetics (1.3k citations). David McKay has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Kevin Flaherty, Thomas A. Steitz, J.M. Caruthers, E. Bitto, Sigurd M. Wilbanks, R. John Collier, Joseph E. Wedekind, Melanie C. O’Brien, Viloya S. Allured and Irene T. Weber. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Biology, Trends in biotechnology, Biochemistry and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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