Matthew Meselson

18.5k citations
115 papers · 13.2k · 9 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

  • Aging top 0.5%
    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
    • DNA Repair Mechanisms
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
    • Heat shock proteins research
    • Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
    • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Papers in

    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 16
    • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 15
    • Heat shock proteins research 13
    • DNA Repair Mechanisms 11
    • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 19
    • Physiological and biochemical adaptations 12

Matthew Meselson

112 papers receiving 12.1k citations

Matthew Meselson's Hit Papers

Anthrax 1999 · 675 citations
6750+23+46Years since publication2505007501000

Peers

Matthew Meselson
Comparison fields: 5 of 187
  • Aging 298
  • Molecular Biology 10.1k
  • Genetics 3.3k
  • Ecology 2.5k
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 525
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All Works

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Plasmid screening at high colony density
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19801030
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A general model for genetic recombination.
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1975745
3
The replication of DNA in Escherichia coli
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1958740
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An Unstable Intermediate Carrying Information from Genes to Ribosomes for Protein Synthesis
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1961711
5
Anthrax
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1999675
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DNA Restriction Enzyme from E. coli
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1968631
7
The Sverdlovsk Anthrax Outbreak of 1979
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1994599
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EQUILIBRIUM SEDIMENTATION OF MACROMOLECULES IN DENSITY GRADIENTS
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1957591
9 2000453
10 1983327
11 2008323
12 1975282
13 1959282
14 1983260
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EFFECTS OF HIGH LEVELS OF DNA ADENINE METHYLATION ON METHYL-DIRECTED MISMATCH REPAIR IN ESCHERICHIA COLI
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1983246
16 1972241
17 1976240
18 2000212
19 1986207
20 1981188

About Matthew Meselson

Matthew Meselson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Plant Science and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 115 papers that have together received 13.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (19 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (15 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (15 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (14 papers), Heat shock proteins research (13 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (12 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (298 citations), Molecular Biology (10.1k citations), Genetics (3.3k citations), Ecology (2.5k citations) and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (525 citations). Matthew Meselson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Belgium and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Franklin W. Stahl, Douglas Hanahan, Robert Yuan, Irina R. Arkhipova, David B. Mark Welch, Sydney Brenner, Jeanne Guillemin, F Jacob, Eugene Gladyshev and Jerome Vinograd. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Molecular Biology, Genetics, Science and Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

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