A.F. Bradbury

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

A.F. Bradbury is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, A.F. Bradbury has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in A.F. Bradbury's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (14 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (11 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (10 papers). A.F. Bradbury is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (14 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (11 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (10 papers). A.F. Bradbury collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Tanzania and Netherlands. A.F. Bradbury's co-authors include D.G. Smyth, M. D. A. FINNIE, Derek G. Smyth, C. R. SNELL, Edward C. Hulme, Christopher R. Snell, N.J.M. Birdsall, Philip Worboys, J. Brian Houston and D. de Wied and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

A.F. Bradbury

36 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Mechanism of C-terminal amide formation by pituitary enzymes

1982 551 citations A.F. Bradbury, M. D. A. FINNIE et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A.F. Bradbury United Kingdom	21	1.5k	1.3k	296	228	168	36	2.3k
Hitoshi Shichi United States	28	2.2k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	329 1.1×	175 0.8×	184 1.1×	149	3.4k
A. Ánastasi Italy	22	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	223 0.8×	253 1.1×	41 0.2×	40	2.4k
Gregory J. Gatto United States	31	2.9k 2.0×	1.6k 1.2×	399 1.3×	336 1.5×	84 0.5×	76	4.5k
B. P. Roques France	25	1.3k 0.9×	866 0.7×	233 0.8×	411 1.8×	46 0.3×	82	2.3k
David C. Horwell United Kingdom	30	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	344 1.2×	247 1.1×	114 0.7×	110	2.8k
Henk Timmerman Netherlands	36	2.4k 1.7×	799 0.6×	521 1.8×	405 1.8×	64 0.4×	112	4.2k
Pietro Melchiorri Italy	37	2.4k 1.7×	2.8k 2.1×	818 2.8×	237 1.0×	74 0.4×	104	4.4k
J. S. Morley United Kingdom	20	955 0.7×	947 0.7×	252 0.9×	152 0.7×	34 0.2×	57	1.7k
Mitsuyoshi Toyosato Japan	12	2.6k 1.8×	1.7k 1.3×	258 0.9×	90 0.4×	25 0.1×	14	3.4k
Mari R. Candelore United States	28	3.1k 2.2×	1.8k 1.4×	700 2.4×	93 0.4×	47 0.3×	47	4.2k

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Kovalevskaya, Nadezda V., Yegor D. Smurnyy, Vladimir I. Polshakov, et al.. (2005). Solution Structure of Human Dihydrofolate Reductase in its Complex with Trimethoprim and NADPH. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 33(1). 69–72. 20 indexed citations

Worboys, Philip, B Brennan, A.F. Bradbury, & J. Brian Houston. (1996). Metabolite kinetics of ondansetron in rat. Comparison of hepatic microsomes, isolated hepatocytes and liver slices, with in vivo disposition. Xenobiotica. 26(9). 897–907. 30 indexed citations

Worboys, Philip, A.F. Bradbury, & J. Brian Houston. (1996). Kinetics of drug metabolism in rat liver slices. II. Comparison of clearance by liver slices and freshly isolated hepatocytes.. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 24(6). 676–681. 47 indexed citations

Worboys, Philip, A.F. Bradbury, & J. Brian Houston. (1995). Kinetics of drug metabolism in rat liver slices. Rates of oxidation of ethoxycoumarin and tolbutamide, examples of high- and low-clearance compounds.. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 23(3). 393–397. 46 indexed citations

Bílek, R, A.F. Bradbury, & D.G. Smyth. (1994). Synthesis and high-performance liquid chromatographic purification of tritiated thyrotrophin-releasing hormone-like peptides. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 656(1). 115–118. 6 indexed citations

Oxford, Janet, et al.. (1993). Disposition of sumatriptan in laboratory animals and humans.. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 21(5). 761–769. 56 indexed citations

Bradbury, A.F., et al.. (1990). 4‐Phenyl‐3‐butenoic acid, an in vivo inhibitor of peptidylglycine hydroxylase (peptide amidating enzyme). European Journal of Biochemistry. 189(2). 363–368. 47 indexed citations

Bradbury, A.F. & Derek G. Smyth. (1988). Peptide amidation: Evidence for multiple molecular forms of the amidating enzyme. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 154(3). 1293–1300. 10 indexed citations

Hughes, R. Colin, A.F. Bradbury, & Derek G. Smyth. (1988). Substrate recognition by UDP-N-acetyl-α-d-galactosamine: polypeptide N-acetyl-α-d-galactosaminyltransferase. Effects of chain length and disulphide bonding of synthetic peptide substrates. Carbohydrate Research. 178(1). 259–269. 13 indexed citations

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Bradbury, A.F., et al.. (1988). Processing reactions in the later stages of hormone activation. Biochimie. 70(1). 3–10. 5 indexed citations

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Bradbury, A.F. & Derek G. Smyth. (1987). Enzyme‐catalysed peptide amidation. European Journal of Biochemistry. 169(3). 579–584. 57 indexed citations

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Curtis, C G, Georgina Powell, A.F. Bradbury, & Christopher J. Rhodes. (1983). The fate of fenclozic acid in the gut and its effect on some aspects of gut metabolism. Xenobiotica. 13(8). 483–496. 1 indexed citations

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Bradbury, A.F., et al.. (1983). The metabolism of loxtidine in rat and dog. Biochemical Society Transactions. 11(6). 715–716. 1 indexed citations

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Bradbury, A.F., M. D. A. FINNIE, & D.G. Smyth. (1982). Mechanism of C-terminal amide formation by pituitary enzymes. Nature. 298(5875). 686–688. 551 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bradbury, A.F., et al.. (1977). Nuclear magnetic resonance conformational studies of the C_α–C_βfragments of oxytocin, oxytocinoic acid, and tocinoic acid in aqueous solution. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 477–482. 6 indexed citations

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Birdsall, N.J.M., A.F. Bradbury, A. S. V. Burgen, et al.. (1976). Interactions of peptides derived from the C-fragment of beta-lipotropin with brain opiate receptors [proceedings].. PubMed. 58(3). 460P–461P. 2 indexed citations

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Bradbury, A.F., D.G. Smyth, & C. R. SNELL. (1976). Prohormones of β‐Melanotropin (β‐Melanocyte‐Stimulating Hormone, β‐MSH) and Corticotropin (Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, ACTH): Structure and Activation. Novartis Foundation symposium. 41. 61–75. 18 indexed citations

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Bradbury, A.F., A. S. V. Burgen, J. Feeney, Gordon C. K. Roberts, & D.G. Smyth. (1974). Unequivocal assignments of NH proton magnetic resonance bands in oxytocin using ²H‐ and ¹⁵N‐substituted molecules. FEBS Letters. 42(2). 179–182. 18 indexed citations

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Shipolini, R., A.F. Bradbury, Geert Callewaert, & C. A. Vernon. (1967). The structure of apamin. Chemical Communications. 679–680. 14 indexed citations

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McConnell, Harden M., et al.. (1962). THE PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE OF WURSTER'S BLUE PERCHLORATE. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 48(9). 1480–1482. 18 indexed citations

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