Alex Goldfarb

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

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Alex Goldfarb is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Goldfarb has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Alex Goldfarb's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (29 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (22 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers). Alex Goldfarb is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (29 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (22 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers). Alex Goldfarb collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Germany. Alex Goldfarb's co-authors include Arkady Mustaev, Seth A. Darst, Evgeny Nudler, Nataliya Korzheva, Vadim Nikiforov, Elizabeth A. Campbell, Katsuhiko Murakami, Satish K. Nair, Sergei Borukhov and Mikhail Kashlev and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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Alex Goldfarb

30 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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Structural Mechanism for Rifampicin Inhibition of Bacterial RNA Polymerase

2001 1.1k citations Elizabeth A. Campbell, Nataliya Korzheva et al. Cell profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Homogeneous fluorescent assay for RNA polymerase 2005 ·Analytical Biochemistry ·М. В. Козлов, Veit Bergendahl, Richard R. Burgess, Alex Goldfarb, Arkady Mustaev	21
2	Aptamers to Escherichia coli core RNA polymerase that sense its interaction with rifampicin, σ‐subunit and GreB 2004 ·European Journal of Biochemistry ·Andrey Kulbachinskiy, Andrey Feklístov, Igor A. Krasheninnikov, Alex Goldfarb, Vadim Nikiforov	16
3	Donation of catalytic residues to RNA polymerase active center by transcription factor Gre 2003 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Vasily Sosunov, М. В. Козлов, Vadim Nikiforov, Alex Goldfarb, Arkady Mustaev	103
4	Strategies and Methods of Cross-Linking of RNA Polymerase Active Center 2003 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·(unknown), (unknown), M.A. Grachev, М. В. Козлов, Konstantin Severinov, Vitaly Epshtein, Nataliya Korzheva, Oxana Bereshchenko, Vadim Markovtsov, Eugeny A. Lukhtanov, (unknown), (unknown), Mikhail Kashlev, I. A. Bass, Vadim Nikiforov, Alex Goldfarb	9
5	Swing-Gate Model of Nucleotide Entry into the RNA Polymerase Active Center 2002 ·Molecular Cell ·(unknown), Arkady Mustaev, Vadim Markovtsov, Oxana Bereshchenko, Vadim Nikiforov, Alex Goldfarb	71
6	Structural Mechanism for Rifampicin Inhibition of Bacterial RNA Polymerase breakdown → 2001 ·Cell ·Elizabeth A. Campbell, Nataliya Korzheva, Arkady Mustaev, Katsuhiko Murakami, Satish K. Nair, Alex Goldfarb, Seth A. Darst	1111
7	Disruption of substrate binding site in E. coli RNA polymerase by lethal alanine substitutions in carboxy terminal domain of the β subunit 1999 ·FEBS Letters ·А. P. Polyakov, Vadim Nikiforov, Alex Goldfarb	5
8	Interaction with free β′ subunit unmasks DNA‐binding domain of RNA polymerase σ subunit 1999 ·FEBS Letters ·Andrey Kulbachinskiy, Arkady Mustaev, Alex Goldfarb, Vadim Nikiforov	16
9	The RNA–DNA Hybrid Maintains the Register of Transcription by Preventing Backtracking of RNA Polymerase 1997 ·Cell ·Evgeny Nudler, Arkady Mustaev, Alex Goldfarb, (unknown)	375
10	Histidine-tagged RNA polymerase of Escherichia coli and transcription in solid phase 1996 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Mikhail Kashlev, Evgeny Nudler, (unknown), Sergei Borukhov, N. V. Komissarova, Alex Goldfarb	78
11	[10] Escherichia coli RNA polymerase holoenzyme: Rapid reconstitution from recombinant α, β, β′, and σ subunits 1996 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Hong Tang, Young-Gyu Kim, (unknown), Alex Goldfarb, Richard H. Ebright	39
12	Purification and assay of Escherichia coli transcript cleavage factors GreA and GreB 1996 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Sergei Borukhov, Alex Goldfarb	24
13	Crystal structure of the GreA transcript cleavage factor from Escherichia coli 1995 ·Nature ·C. Erec Stebbins, Sergei Borukhov, Marianna Orlova, А. P. Polyakov, Alex Goldfarb, Seth A. Darst	117
14	Coupling between transcription termination and RNA polymerase inchworming 1995 ·Cell ·Evgeny Nudler, Mikhail Kashlev, Vadim Nikiforov, Alex Goldfarb	110
15	Streptolydigin-resistant Mutants in an Evolutionarily Conserved Region of the β′ Subunit of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase 1995 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Konstantin Severinov, Dmitrii D. Markov, Elena Severinova, Vadim Nikiforov, Robert Landick, Seth A. Darst, Alex Goldfarb	45
16	RifR mutations in the beginning of the Escherichia coli rpoB gene 1994 ·Molecular and General Genetics MGG ·Konstantin Severinov, (unknown), Alex Goldfarb, Vadim Nikiforov	59
17	Crystallization of GreA, a Transcript Cleavage Factor from Escherichia coli 1994 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Seth A. Darst, C. Erec Stebbins, Sergei Borukhov, Marianna Orlova, (unknown), Robert Landick, Alex Goldfarb	5
18	Histidine-tagged RNA polymerase: dissection of the transcription cycle using immobilized enzyme 1993 ·Gene ·Mikhail Kashlev, Emil Martin, А. P. Polyakov, (unknown), Vadim Nikiforov, Alex Goldfarb	103
19	Transcript cleavage factors from E. coli 1993 ·Cell ·Sergei Borukhov, (unknown), Alex Goldfarb	315
20	Recombinant RNA polymerase: inducible overexpression, purification and assembly of Escherichia coli rpo gene products 1990 ·Gene ·(unknown), (unknown), Chandrasekhar Gujuluva, (unknown), (unknown), Alex Goldfarb	72

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