Thomas A. Steitz
Impact in
- Molecular Biology top 0.02%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Virology top 1%
Papers in
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- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 146
- Protein Structure and Dynamics 51
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 35
- DNA Repair Mechanisms 26
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 24
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- Enzyme Structure and Function 152
- Co-authors
- Peter B. Moore (42 shared papers)Jimin Wang (37 shared papers)Jeffrey L. Hansen (13 shared papers)Poul Nissen (13 shared papers)Nenad Ban (13 shared papers)Donald M. Engelman (13 shared papers)Lorena S. Beese (8 shared papers)Irene T. Weber (12 shared papers)
- Journals
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (46 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (45 papers)Science (34 papers)Nature (17 papers)Cell (16 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomGermany
In The Last Decade
Thomas A. Steitz
317 papers receiving 47.5k citations
Thomas A. Steitz's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 178
- Molecular Biology 35.4k
- Virology 952
- Genetics 5.4k
- Materials Chemistry 7k
- Infectious Diseases 2.8k
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 350 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | The Complete Atomic Structure of the Large Ribosomal Subunit at 2.4 Å Resolution Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 2645 |
| 2 | The Structural Basis of Ribosome Activity in Peptide Bond Synthesis Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 1737 |
| 3 | Crystal Structure at 3.5 Å Resolution of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Complexed with an Inhibitor Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 1674 |
| 4 | IDENTIFYING NONPOLAR TRANSBILAYER HELICES IN AMINO ACID SEQUENCES OF MEMBRANE PROTEINS Hit paper breakdown → | 1986 | 1356 |
| 5 | A general two-metal-ion mechanism for catalytic RNA. Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 983 |
| 6 | Crystal Structure of a CAP-DNA Complex: the DNA Is Bent by 90° Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 965 |
| 7 | Structural basis for the 3′‐5′ exonuclease activity of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I: a two metal ion mechanism. Hit paper breakdown → | 1991 | 920 |
| 8 | Structure of E. coli Glutaminyl-tRNA Synthetase Complexed with tRNA Gln and ATP at 2.8 Å Resolution Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 807 |
| 9 | The spontaneous insertion of proteins into and across membranes: The helical hairpin hypothesis Hit paper breakdown → | 1981 | 800 |
| 10 | Structure of large fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I complexed with dTMP Hit paper breakdown → | 1985 | 748 |
| 11 | DNA Polymerases: Structural Diversity and Common Mechanisms Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 720 |
| 12 | The structure of the E. coli recA protein monomer and polymer Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 649 |
| 13 | 2001 | 638 | |
| 14 | Structure of catabolite gene activator protein at 2.9 Å resolution suggests binding to left-handed B-DNA Hit paper breakdown → | 1981 | 587 |
| 15 | 2001 | 562 | |
| 16 | 1994 | 545 | |
| 17 | Structure of the recA protein–ADP complex Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 544 |
| 18 | 1998 | 488 | |
| 19 | 2002 | 478 | |
| 20 | 2001 | 474 |
About Thomas A. Steitz
Thomas A. Steitz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Genetics, Infectious Diseases and Virology, having authored 350 papers that have together received 49.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Enzyme Structure and Function (152 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (146 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (51 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (38 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (35 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (26 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (24 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (35.4k citations), Virology (952 citations), Genetics (5.4k citations), Materials Chemistry (7k citations) and Infectious Diseases (2.8k citations). Thomas A. Steitz has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Peter B. Moore, Jimin Wang, Jeffrey L. Hansen, Poul Nissen, Nenad Ban, Donald M. Engelman, Lorena S. Beese, Irene T. Weber, JOAN ARGETSINGER STEITZ and Jonathan M. Friedman. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Molecular Biology, Science, Nature and Cell.
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