Alan W. Curnow

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Alan W. Curnow is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan W. Curnow has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Oncology and 1 paper in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Alan W. Curnow's work include RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers). Alan W. Curnow is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers). Alan W. Curnow collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Switzerland. Alan W. Curnow's co-authors include Dieter Söll, Michael Ibba, Wilma Wetterstrom, Harvey Weiss, Marie‐Agnès Courty, F. Guichard, Richard Meadow, George A. Garcia, Kwang‐Won Hong and Tina M. Henkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alan W. Curnow

16 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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The Genesis and Collapse of Third Millennium North Mesopotamian Civilization

1993 701 citations Harvey Weiss, Marie‐Agnès Courty et al. Science profile →

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16 of 16 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Serendipitous discovery of novel bacterial methionine aminopeptidase inhibitors 2006 ·Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·A.G. Evdokimov, Matthew Pokross, Richard L. Walter, Marlene Mekel, B.L. Barnett, Jack Amburgey, William Seibel, (unknown), (unknown), Neil T. Fairweather, (unknown), Vinit K. Rastogi, (unknown), Charles Klanke, Richard Siehnel, (unknown), Ryan P. Andrews, Alan W. Curnow	18
2	Development and Validation of a Whole-Cell Inhibition Assay for Bacterial Methionine Aminopeptidase by Surface-Enhanced Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry 2005 ·Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy ·Kenneth D. Greis, Songtao Zhou, Richard Siehnel, (unknown), Alan W. Curnow, (unknown), Gerlinde Layh‐Schmitt	12
3	Profiling of Drugs for Membrane Activity Using Liposomes as an In Vitro Model System 2002 ·Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy ·(unknown), David T. Stanton, (unknown), (unknown), Alan W. Curnow	6
4	Archaeal Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis: Unique Determinants of a Universal Genetic Code? 1999 ·Biological Bulletin ·Michael Ibba, Alan W. Curnow, James L. Bono, Patricia A. Rosa, Carl R. Woese, Dieter Söll	1
5	Cysteinyl‐tRNA formation: the last puzzle of aminoacyl‐tRNA synthesis 1999 ·FEBS Letters ·Tong Li, David E. Graham, Constantinos Stathopoulos, Paul Haney, Hyunsoo Kim, Ute C. Vothknecht, Makoto Kitabatake, Kwang‐Won Hong, Guðmundur Eggertsson, Alan W. Curnow, Winston Lin, Ivana Celic, William B. Whitman, Dieter Söll	28
6	Glutamyl-tRNA ^Gln amidotransferase in Deinococcus radiodurans may be confined to asparagine biosynthesis 1998 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Alan W. Curnow, Debra L. Tumbula, (unknown), Bokkee Min, Dieter Söll	112
7	Glu-tRNA ^Gln amidotransferase: A novel heterotrimeric enzyme required for correct decoding of glutamine codons during translation 1997 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Alan W. Curnow, Kwang‐Won Hong, (unknown), (unknown), Orlando Martins, Wade C. Winkler, Tina M. Henkin, Dieter Söll	249
8	Aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis: divergent routes to a common goal 1997 ·Trends in Biochemical Sciences ·Michael Ibba, Alan W. Curnow, Dieter Söll	122
9	A Euryarchaeal Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase: Resemblance to Class I Synthetases 1997 ·Science ·Michael Ibba, (unknown), Alan W. Curnow, David Pridmore, Ute C. Vothknecht, Warren L. Gardner, Winston Lin, Carl R. Woese, Dieter Söll	160
10	Aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis in Archaea. 1997 ·PubMed ·Michael Ibba, Ivana Celic, Alan W. Curnow, (unknown), (unknown), Debra L. Tumbula, Ute C. Vothknecht, Carl R. Woese, Dieter Söll	4
11	tRNA-dependent asparagine formation 1996 ·Nature ·Alan W. Curnow, Michael Ibba, Dieter Söll	128
12	tRNA-guanine Transglycosylase from Escherichia coli 1995 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Alan W. Curnow, George A. Garcia	54
13	Site-directed mutagenesis of Escherichia coli tRNA-Guanine Transglycosylase zinc metalloprotein to identify zinc ligands 1995 ·Biochemistry ·Shaorong Chong, Alan W. Curnow, Ted J. Huston, (unknown)	19
14	tRNA-guanine transglycosylase from Escherichia coli: Recognition of dimeric, unmodified tRNATyr 1994 ·Biochimie ·Alan W. Curnow, (unknown)	21
15	tRNA-guanine transglycosylase from Escherichia coli: Gross tRNA structural requirements for recognition 1993 ·Biochemistry ·Alan W. Curnow, Fan‐Lu Kung, Keith A. Koch, George A. Garcia	66
16	The Genesis and Collapse of Third Millennium North Mesopotamian Civilization breakdown → 1993 ·Science ·Harvey Weiss, Marie‐Agnès Courty, Wilma Wetterstrom, F. Guichard, (unknown), Richard Meadow, Alan W. Curnow	701

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