Alan Gershowitz

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

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Alan Gershowitz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Gershowitz has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Alan Gershowitz's work include RNA modifications and cancer (9 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers). Alan Gershowitz is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (9 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers). Alan Gershowitz collaborates with scholars based in United States. Alan Gershowitz's co-authors include Bernard Moss, Cha-Mer Wei, Sundararajan Venkatesan, Robert F. Boone, Edith N. Rosenblum, James R. Stringer, E K Wagner, L E Holland, Richard E. Wooley and Jerry M. Keith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alan Gershowitz

16 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Methylated nucleotides block 5′ terminus of HeLa cell messenger RNA

1975 621 citations Cha-Mer Wei, Alan Gershowitz et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Gershowitz United States	15	1.4k	395	294	291	249	16	1.8k
Cha-Mer Wei United States	15	1.6k 1.1×	490 1.2×	353 1.2×	163 0.6×	104 0.4×	16	2.0k
C. Martin Stoltzfus United States	32	2.2k 1.5×	110 0.3×	402 1.4×	109 0.4×	1.0k 4.1×	64	2.8k
Steven L. Bachenheimer United States	22	688 0.5×	170 0.4×	549 1.9×	67 0.2×	174 0.7×	36	2.1k
Annie Barge France	13	970 0.7×	211 0.5×	482 1.6×	126 0.4×	67 0.3×	17	1.4k
Alfredo Berzal‐Herranz Spain	26	1.8k 1.2×	124 0.3×	301 1.0×	269 0.9×	119 0.5×	82	2.4k
C. Kiong Ho United States	26	1.6k 1.1×	110 0.3×	175 0.6×	193 0.7×	200 0.8×	41	1.9k
Wojciech K. Kasprzak United States	27	1.8k 1.2×	192 0.5×	74 0.3×	235 0.8×	75 0.3×	58	2.1k
Joost Haasnoot Netherlands	20	1.3k 0.9×	468 1.2×	295 1.0×	45 0.2×	265 1.1×	22	1.7k
Gabriel Kaufmann Israel	26	1.7k 1.2×	124 0.3×	461 1.6×	488 1.7×	22 0.1×	59	2.0k
Carl J. Baldick United States	18	351 0.2×	85 0.2×	177 0.6×	150 0.5×	366 1.5×	22	2.4k

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Keith, Jerry M., Sundararajan Venkatesan, Alan Gershowitz, & Bernard Moss. (1982). Purification and characterization of the mRNA capping enzyme GTP:RNA guanylyltransferase from wheat germ. Biochemistry. 21(2). 327–333. 15 indexed citations

Venkatesan, Sundararajan, Alan Gershowitz, & Bernard Moss. (1982). Complete Nucleotide Sequences of Two Adjacent Early Vaccinia Virus Genes Located Within the Inverted Terminal Repetition. Journal of Virology. 44(2). 637–646. 120 indexed citations

Keith, Jerry M., Alan Gershowitz, & Bernard Moss. (1980). Dinucleotide Sequences at the 5′ Ends of Vaccinia Virus mRNA's Synthesized In Vitro. Journal of Virology. 36(2). 601–605. 8 indexed citations

Venkatesan, Sundararajan, Alan Gershowitz, & Bernard Moss. (1980). Purification and characterization of mRNA guanylyltransferase from HeLa cell nuclei.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 255(7). 2829–2834. 46 indexed citations

Venkatesan, Sundararajan, Alan Gershowitz, & Bernard Moss. (1980). Modification of the 5' end of mRNA. Association of RNA triphosphatase with the RNA guanylyltransferase-RNA (guanine-7-)methyltransferase complex from vaccinia virus.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 255(3). 903–908. 149 indexed citations

Gershowitz, Alan & Bernard Moss. (1979). Abortive transcription products of vaccinia virus are guanylylated, methylated, and polyadenylylated. Journal of Virology. 31(3). 849–853. 25 indexed citations

Moss, Bernard, Jerry M. Keith, Alan Gershowitz, Mary B. Ritchey, & Peter Palese. (1978). Common Sequence at the 5′ Ends of the Segmented RNA Genomes of Influenza A and B Viruses. Journal of Virology. 25(1). 312–318. 15 indexed citations

Gershowitz, Alan, Robert F. Boone, & Bernard Moss. (1978). Multiple Roles for ATP in the Synthesis and Processing of mRNA by Vaccinia Virus: Specific Inhibitory Effects of Adenosine (β,γ-Imido) Triphosphate. Journal of Virology. 27(2). 399–408. 52 indexed citations

Moss, Bernard, Alan Gershowitz, Lee A. Weber, & Corrado Baglioni. (1977). Histone mRNAs contain blocked and methylated 5′ terminal sequences but lack methylated nucleosides at internal positions. Cell. 10(1). 113–120. 30 indexed citations

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Moss, Bernard, Alan Gershowitz, James R. Stringer, L E Holland, & E K Wagner. (1977). 5'-Terminal and internal methylated nucleosides in herpes simplex virus type 1 mRNA. Journal of Virology. 23(2). 234–239. 75 indexed citations

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Moss, Bernard, Alan Gershowitz, Cha-Mer Wei, & Robert F. Boone. (1976). Formation of the guanylylated and methylated 5′-terminus of vaccinia virus mRNA. Virology. 72(2). 341–351. 89 indexed citations

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Gershowitz, Alan, et al.. (1976). 5'-Terminal and internal methylated nucleotide sequences in HeLa cell mRNA. Biochemistry. 15(2). 397–401. 219 indexed citations

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Wei, Cha-Mer, Alan Gershowitz, & Bernard Moss. (1975). Methylated nucleotides block 5′ terminus of HeLa cell messenger RNA. Cell. 4(4). 379–386. 621 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wei, Cha-Mer, Alan Gershowitz, & Bernard Moss. (1975). N6, O2′-dimethyladenosine a novel methylated ribonucleoside next to the 5′ terminal of animal cell and virus mRNAs. Nature. 257(5523). 251–253. 194 indexed citations

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Moss, Bernard, Edith N. Rosenblum, & Alan Gershowitz. (1975). Characterization of a polyriboadenylate polymerase from vaccinia virions.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 250(12). 4722–4729. 96 indexed citations

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Gershowitz, Alan & Richard E. Wooley. (1973). Characterization of Two Reoviruses Isolated from Turkeys with Infectious Enteritis. Avian Diseases. 17(2). 406–406. 21 indexed citations

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