A F Purchio

9.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
85 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

A F Purchio is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, A F Purchio has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Genetics and 16 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in A F Purchio's work include Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (20 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (19 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (11 papers). A F Purchio is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (20 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (19 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (11 papers). A F Purchio collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Germany. A F Purchio's co-authors include Marc S. Collett, L E Gentry, R L Erikson, E Erikson, Hans Marquardt, Raymond L. Erikson, Mario N. Lioubin, Harold L. Moses, Russette M. Lyons and Joan S. Brugge and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

A F Purchio

84 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanism of activation of latent recombinant transformin... 1980 2026 1995 2010 1990 1992 1980 1988 1981 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Mechanism of activation of latent recombinant transforming growth factor beta 1 by plasmin.
    1990 647 citations L E Gentry, A F Purchio et al. profile →
  2. Induction of apoptosis in cultured hepatocytes and in regressing liver by transforming growth factor beta 1.
    1992 604 citations A F Purchio et al. profile →
  3. Avian sarcoma virus-transforming protein, pp60src shows protein kinase activity specific for tyrosine
    1980 450 citations Marc S. Collett, A F Purchio et al. profile →
  4. Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of the pestivirus bovine viral diarrhea virus
    1988 435 citations A F Purchio et al. profile →
  5. Characterization of sites for tyrosine phosphorylation in the transforming protein of Rous sarcoma virus (pp60v-src) and its normal cellular homologue (pp60c-src).
    1981 320 citations A F Purchio et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A F Purchio United States 48 5.1k 1.6k 1.4k 941 784 85 8.4k
C Gorman United States 20 6.8k 1.3× 2.9k 1.9× 2.2k 1.6× 761 0.8× 2.1k 2.7× 23 11.5k
Ellson Y. Chen United States 29 7.8k 1.5× 2.5k 1.6× 1.5k 1.0× 1.3k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 48 12.8k
Marc Piechaczyk France 48 6.5k 1.3× 1.4k 0.9× 2.0k 1.4× 1.0k 1.1× 1.9k 2.4× 141 10.2k
Patricia S. Thomas United States 11 6.0k 1.2× 1.8k 1.1× 863 0.6× 491 0.5× 1.1k 1.4× 14 9.4k
Joel S. Hayflick United States 30 4.3k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 572 0.6× 1.9k 2.4× 42 8.0k
Ralph Schwall United States 48 6.1k 1.2× 772 0.5× 2.7k 1.9× 1.2k 1.3× 1.4k 1.8× 85 10.2k
Philip S. Rudland United Kingdom 59 7.2k 1.4× 1.2k 0.8× 2.6k 1.8× 2.2k 2.4× 1.2k 1.5× 251 10.3k
Richard Tizard United States 41 6.1k 1.2× 1.7k 1.1× 847 0.6× 885 0.9× 3.3k 4.2× 56 11.8k
Michinari Hamaguchi Japan 54 6.3k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 1.7k 1.3× 1.4k 1.5× 1.4k 1.8× 214 10.6k
Naoko Arai Japan 53 5.3k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 2.2k 1.6× 894 1.0× 6.0k 7.7× 125 12.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Doyle, Timothy C., et al.. (2006). Expression of firefly luciferase in Candida albicans and its use in the selection of stable transformants. Microbial Pathogenesis. 40(2). 69–81. 28 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ning, Muhammad Ahsan, A F Purchio, & David B. West. (2005). Serum Amyloid A-Luciferase Transgenic Mice: Response to Sepsis, Acute Arthritis, and Contact Hypersensitivity and the Effects of Proteasome Inhibition. The Journal of Immunology. 174(12). 8125–8134. 72 indexed citations
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Davies, Stephen J., Steven J. Smith, K. C. Lim, et al.. (2005). In vivo imaging of tissue eosinophilia and eosinopoietic responses to schistosome worms and eggs. International Journal for Parasitology. 35(8). 851–859. 21 indexed citations
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Zhu, Lingyun, et al.. (2004). Non-invasive imaging of GFAP expression after neuronal damage in mice. Neuroscience Letters. 367(2). 210–212. 85 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ning, et al.. (2003). An Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase-Luciferase Reporter System for In Vivo Testing of Anti-inflammatory Compounds in Transgenic Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 170(12). 6307–6319. 59 indexed citations
6.
Zimber, Michael, et al.. (1995). Cartilage production by rabbit articular chondrocytes on polyglycolic acid scaffolds in a closed bioreactor system. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 46(4). 299–305. 116 indexed citations
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LeBaron, Richard G., et al.. (1995). βIG-H3, a Novel Secretory Protein Inducible by Transforming Growth Factor-β, Is Present in Normal Skin and Promotes the Adhesion and Spreading of Dermal Fibroblasts In Vitro. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 104(5). 844–849. 194 indexed citations
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Skonier, John E., Kelly L. Bennett, Victoria Rothwell, et al.. (1994). βig-h3: A Transforming Growth Factor-β-Responsive Gene Encoding a Secreted Protein That Inhibits Cell Attachment In Vitro and Suppresses the Growth of CHO Cells in Nude Mice. DNA and Cell Biology. 13(6). 571–584. 245 indexed citations
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Malemud, Charles J., et al.. (1991). Enhanced sulfated‐proteoglycan core protein synthesis by incubation of rabbit chondrocytes with recombinant transforming growth factor‐β1. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 149(1). 152–159. 35 indexed citations
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Hernández, Eleuterio R., Arye Hurwitz, Donna W. Payne, et al.. (1990). Transforming Growth Factor-β 1 Inhibits Ovarian Androgen Production: Gene Expression, Cellular Localization, Mechanisms(s), and Site(s) of Action*. Endocrinology. 127(6). 2804–2811. 60 indexed citations
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Madisen, Linda, Gregory D. Plowman, David Rosen, et al.. (1990). Molecular Cloning of a Novel Bone-Forming Compound: Osteoinductive Factor. DNA and Cell Biology. 9(5). 303–309. 73 indexed citations
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Madisen, Linda, Nancy R. Webb, Timothy M. Rose, et al.. (1988). Transforming Growth Factor-β2: cDNA Cloning and Sequence Analysis. DNA. 7(1). 1–8. 172 indexed citations
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Webb, Nancy R., Linda Madisen, Timothy M. Rose, & A F Purchio. (1988). Structural and Sequence Analysis of TGF-β2 cDNA Clones Predicts Two Different Precursor Proteins Produced by Alternative mRNA Splicing. DNA. 7(7). 493–497. 49 indexed citations
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Gentry, L E, Mario N. Lioubin, A F Purchio, & Hans Marquardt. (1988). Molecular Events in the Processing of Recombinant Type 1 Pre-Pro-Transforming Growth Factor Beta to the Mature Polypeptide. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 8(10). 4162–4168. 74 indexed citations
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Plowman, Gregory D., et al.. (1987). Cloning and Sequence Analysis of Simian Transforming Growth Factor-β cDNA. DNA. 6(3). 239–244. 85 indexed citations
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Collett, Marc S., Kathleen S. Keegan, Padma Sridhar, et al.. (1985). Protective subunit immunogens to rift valley fever virus from bacteria and recombinant vaccinia virus. Virus Research. 3. 62–62. 24 indexed citations
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Collett, Marc S., Susan Belzer, & A F Purchio. (1984). Structurally and functionally modified forms of pp60v-src in Rous sarcoma virus-transformed cell lysates.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 4(7). 1213–1220. 21 indexed citations
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Purchio, A F, Susan K. Wells, & Marc S. Collett. (1983). Increase in the Phosphotransferase Specific Activity of Purified Rous Sarcoma Virus pp60 v- src Protein After Incubation with ATP Plus Mg 2+. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 3(9). 1589–1597. 15 indexed citations
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Purchio, A F. (1982). Evidence the pp60src, the product of the Rous sarcoma virus src gene, undergoes autophosphorylation. Journal of Virology. 41(1). 1–7. 50 indexed citations
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Erikson, Raymond L., Marc S. Collett, E Erikson, & A F Purchio. (1980). Towards a molecular description of cell transformation by avian sarcoma virus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 210(1180). 387–396. 4 indexed citations

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