Alan Sloma

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Alan Sloma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Sloma has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Biotechnology and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Alan Sloma's work include Enzyme Production and Characterization (9 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (8 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers). Alan Sloma is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Production and Characterization (9 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (8 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers). Alan Sloma collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Germany. Alan Sloma's co-authors include Janice Pero, Sidney Pestka, Mitchell Gross, G A Rufo, Elizabeth Yelverton, Roberto Crea, David V. Goeddel, Russell McCandliss, Kelly Theriault and Glenn M. Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Alan Sloma

25 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Human leukocyte interferon produced by E. coli is biologically active

1980 413 citations David V. Goeddel, Elizabeth Yelverton et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Sloma United States	19	1.2k	559	366	315	310	25	1.9k
Jari Helin Finland	26	1.6k 1.3×	265 0.5×	377 1.0×	262 0.8×	203 0.7×	62	2.4k
Paul Riggs United States	15	1.3k 1.1×	503 0.9×	168 0.5×	164 0.5×	219 0.7×	24	1.7k
Chung Nan Chang United States	18	1.1k 0.9×	422 0.8×	338 0.9×	133 0.4×	175 0.6×	21	1.6k
Allan R. Goldberg United States	19	1.3k 1.1×	643 1.2×	226 0.6×	104 0.3×	313 1.0×	31	1.9k
Ennes A. Auerswald Germany	27	1.9k 1.6×	724 1.3×	215 0.6×	296 0.9×	348 1.1×	46	2.9k
Hans Peter Sørensen Denmark	16	1.8k 1.5×	524 0.9×	149 0.4×	297 0.9×	231 0.7×	26	2.3k
Gérard Tiraby France	27	1.5k 1.2×	452 0.8×	579 1.6×	393 1.2×	83 0.3×	66	2.7k
Fred R. Frankel United States	26	979 0.8×	558 1.0×	362 1.0×	258 0.8×	517 1.7×	52	1.8k
Fiona A. O. Marston United Kingdom	12	1.1k 0.9×	279 0.5×	116 0.3×	177 0.6×	139 0.4×	19	1.6k
James W. Gautsch United States	15	1.4k 1.1×	768 1.4×	433 1.2×	93 0.3×	143 0.5×	23	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Sloma

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Jones, A. Daniel, Michael Lamsa, Torben P. Frandsen, et al.. (2008). Directed evolution of a maltogenic α-amylase from Bacillus sp. TS-25. Journal of Biotechnology. 134(3-4). 325–333. 46 indexed citations

Sternberg, David, et al.. (2006). Use of transcriptional profiling & bioinformatics to solve production problems: Eliminating red pigment production in a Bacillus subtilis strain producing hyaluronic acid. Industrial Biotechnology. 2(1). 66–74. 20 indexed citations

Sloma, Alan, et al.. (2005). Hyaluronic Acid Production in Bacillus subtilis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71(7). 3747–3752. 208 indexed citations

Byun, Tony, et al.. (2001). Aminopeptidase from Sphingomonas capsulata. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(21). 17902–17907. 7 indexed citations

Thomas, Mary C., et al.. (2000). Development of marker-free strains of Bacillus subtilis capable of secreting high levels of industrial enzymes. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 25(4). 204–212. 35 indexed citations

Perkins, John B., Alan Sloma, THERON E. HERMANN, et al.. (1999). Genetic engineering of Bacillus subtilis for the commercial production of riboflavin. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 22(1). 8–18. 153 indexed citations

David, Victor A., et al.. (1992). Cloning, sequencing and expression of the gene encoding the extracellular neutral protease, vibriolysin, of Vibrio proteolyticus. Gene. 112(1). 107–112. 54 indexed citations

Sloma, Alan, et al.. (1991). Cloning and characterization of the gene for an additional extracellular serine protease of Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology. 173(21). 6889–6895. 74 indexed citations

Sloma, Alan, Claudia Rudolph, G A Rufo, et al.. (1990). Gene encoding a novel extracellular metalloprotease in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology. 172(2). 1024–1029. 50 indexed citations

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Rufo, G A, Barbara‐Jean Sullivan, Alan Sloma, & Janice Pero. (1990). Isolation and characterization of a novel extracellular metalloprotease from Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology. 172(2). 1019–1023. 43 indexed citations

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Sloma, Alan, G A Rufo, Claudia Rudolph, et al.. (1990). Bacillopeptidase F of Bacillus subtilis: purification of the protein and cloning of the gene. Journal of Bacteriology. 172(9). 5520–5521. 9 indexed citations

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Sloma, Alan, Abdul Ally, D. Ally, & Janice Pero. (1988). Gene encoding a minor extracellular protease in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology. 170(12). 5557–5563. 76 indexed citations

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Sloma, Alan & Mitchell Gross. (1983). Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of the type I β-lactamase gene fromBacillus cereus. Nucleic Acids Research. 11(14). 4997–5004. 47 indexed citations

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Sloma, Alan, Russell McCandliss, & Sidney Pestka. (1981). [10] Translation of human interferon mRNAs in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 79(Pt B). 68–71. 9 indexed citations

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McCandliss, Russell, Alan Sloma, & Sidney Pestka. (1981). [82] Use of DNA bound to filters for selection of interferon-specific nucleic acid sequences. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 79(Pt B). 618–622. 4 indexed citations

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Goeddel, David V., H. Michael Shepard, Elizabeth Yelverton, et al.. (1980). Synthesis of human fibroblast interferon by E. coli. Nucleic Acids Research. 8(18). 4057–4074. 180 indexed citations

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Goeddel, David V., Elizabeth Yelverton, Axel Ullrich, et al.. (1980). Human leukocyte interferon produced by E. coli is biologically active. Nature. 287(5781). 411–416. 413 indexed citations breakdown →

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Maeda, Shuichiro, Russell McCandliss, Mitchell Gross, et al.. (1980). Construction and identification of bacterial plasmids containing nucleotide sequence for human leukocyte interferon.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 77(12). 7010–7013. 98 indexed citations

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Sloma, Alan & Issar Smith. (1979). RNA synthesis during spore germination in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 175(2). 113–120. 15 indexed citations

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Dubnau, E, et al.. (1976). Conditional mutations in the translational apparatus of Bacillus subtilis. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 147(1). 1–12. 24 indexed citations

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