Adrian A. Canutescu

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Adrian A. Canutescu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Adrian A. Canutescu has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Adrian A. Canutescu's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (5 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (3 papers). Adrian A. Canutescu is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (5 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (3 papers). Adrian A. Canutescu collaborates with scholars based in United States and Russia. Adrian A. Canutescu's co-authors include Roland L. Dunbrack, Andrey Shelenkov, Peter D. Adams, Maxim Poustovoitov, Qiang Wang, Steven L. Sanders, Andrew J. Link, Jennifer L. Jennings, P. Anthony Weil and Ilya G. Serebriiskii and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Adrian A. Canutescu

18 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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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.

A graph‐theory algorithm for rapid protein side‐chain prediction

2003 823 citations Adrian A. Canutescu, Andrey Shelenkov et al. Protein Science profile →
Formation of MacroH2A-Containing Senescence-Associated Heterochromatin Foci and Senescence Driven by ASF1a and HIRA

2005 530 citations Rugang Zhang, Maxim Poustovoitov et al. Developmental Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adrian A. Canutescu United States	14	2.2k	510	304	263	169	18	2.8k
Marc De Maeyer Belgium	34	2.5k 1.1×	557 1.1×	148 0.5×	167 0.6×	199 1.2×	101	3.9k
Luís Serrano Spain	33	3.7k 1.6×	1.0k 2.0×	215 0.7×	356 1.4×	240 1.4×	66	4.3k
Kengo Kinoshita Japan	35	3.8k 1.7×	573 1.1×	259 0.9×	142 0.5×	241 1.4×	157	4.9k
Lorenz M. Mayr Switzerland	28	2.3k 1.0×	304 0.6×	434 1.4×	81 0.3×	390 2.3×	51	3.1k
Eran Eyal Israel	28	2.8k 1.3×	607 1.2×	176 0.6×	62 0.2×	188 1.1×	51	3.5k
Hongbo Xie United States	20	2.2k 1.0×	329 0.6×	149 0.5×	180 0.7×	135 0.8×	63	2.9k
Ahmet Bakan Türkiye	22	2.0k 0.9×	433 0.8×	181 0.6×	63 0.2×	147 0.9×	52	3.4k
Ian Walsh Singapore	25	2.2k 1.0×	510 1.0×	71 0.2×	163 0.6×	104 0.6×	57	2.5k
Antonio del Sol Luxembourg	31	3.4k 1.5×	361 0.7×	540 1.8×	141 0.5×	287 1.7×	96	4.2k
Graham R. Smith United Kingdom	28	2.2k 1.0×	317 0.6×	79 0.3×	114 0.4×	92 0.5×	63	2.9k

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Singh, Mahendra, Disha Dadke, Émmanuelle Nicolas, et al.. (2008). A Novel Cas Family Member, HEPL, Regulates FAK and Cell Spreading. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 19(4). 1627–1636. 56 indexed citations

Wang, Qiang, Adrian A. Canutescu, & Roland L. Dunbrack. (2008). SCWRL and MolIDE: computer programs for side-chain conformation prediction and homology modeling. Nature Protocols. 3(12). 1832–1847. 159 indexed citations

Xu, Qifang, Adrian A. Canutescu, Guoli Wang, et al.. (2008). Statistical Analysis of Interface Similarity in Crystals of Homologous Proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 381(2). 487–507. 83 indexed citations

Pietsch, E. Christine, et al.. (2008). Oligomerization of BAK by p53 Utilizes Conserved Residues of the p53 DNA Binding Domain. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(30). 21294–21304. 79 indexed citations

Samuel, Dharmaraj, Hong Cheng, Paul Riley, et al.. (2007). Solution structure of the A4 domain of factor XI sheds light on the mechanism of zymogen activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(40). 15693–15698. 21 indexed citations

Pimkin, Maxim, Elena Caretti, Adrian A. Canutescu, et al.. (2007). Recombinant nucleases CEL I from celery and SP I from spinach for mutation detection. BMC Biotechnology. 7(1). 29–29. 13 indexed citations

Shapovalov, Maxim V., Adrian A. Canutescu, & Roland L. Dunbrack. (2007). BioDownloader: bioinformatics downloads and updates in a few clicks. Bioinformatics. 23(11). 1437–1439. 5 indexed citations

Xu, Qifang, Adrian A. Canutescu, Zoran Obradović, & Roland L. Dunbrack. (2007). ProtBuD: a database of biological unit structures of protein families and superfamilies. Bioinformatics. 23(15). 2028–2028. 2 indexed citations

Tang, Yong, Maxim Poustovoitov, Kehao Zhao, et al.. (2006). Structure of a human ASF1a–HIRA complex and insights into specificity of histone chaperone complex assembly. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 13(10). 921–929. 142 indexed citations

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Xu, Qifang, Adrian A. Canutescu, Zoran Obradović, & Roland L. Dunbrack. (2006). ProtBuD: a database of biological unit structures of protein families and superfamilies. Bioinformatics. 22(23). 2876–2882. 38 indexed citations

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Johnson, Robert A., et al.. (2005). PPARγ mediated PTEN transcription via rosiglitazone stimulation. Cancer Research. 65. 1090–1090. 1 indexed citations

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Canutescu, Adrian A. & Roland L. Dunbrack. (2005). MollDE: a homology modeling framework you can click with. Computer applications in the biosciences. 21(12). 2914–2916. 42 indexed citations

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Cheng, Jonathan D., Matthildi Valianou, Adrian A. Canutescu, et al.. (2005). Abrogation of fibroblast activation protein enzymatic activity attenuates tumor growth. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 4(3). 351–360. 112 indexed citations

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Zhang, Rugang, Maxim Poustovoitov, Xiaofen Ye, et al.. (2005). Formation of MacroH2A-Containing Senescence-Associated Heterochromatin Foci and Senescence Driven by ASF1a and HIRA. Developmental Cell. 8(1). 19–30. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tarn, Chi, Erin Merkel, Adrian A. Canutescu, et al.. (2005). Analysis of KIT Mutations in Sporadic and Familial Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Therapeutic Implications through Protein Modeling. Clinical Cancer Research. 11(10). 3668–3677. 94 indexed citations

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Canutescu, Adrian A., Andrey Shelenkov, & Roland L. Dunbrack. (2003). A graph‐theory algorithm for rapid protein side‐chain prediction. Protein Science. 12(9). 2001–2014. 823 indexed citations breakdown →

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Canutescu, Adrian A. & Roland L. Dunbrack. (2003). Cyclic coordinate descent: A robotics algorithm for protein loop closure. Protein Science. 12(5). 963–972. 403 indexed citations

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Sanders, Steven L., Jennifer L. Jennings, Adrian A. Canutescu, Andrew J. Link, & P. Anthony Weil. (2002). Proteomics of the Eukaryotic Transcription Machinery: Identification of Proteins Associated with Components of Yeast TFIID by Multidimensional Mass Spectrometry. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22(13). 4723–4738. 241 indexed citations

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