Alexander Gann

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Alexander Gann is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Gann has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Alexander Gann's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (5 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers). Alexander Gann is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (5 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers). Alexander Gann collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Alexander Gann's co-authors include Mark Ptashne, Jeremy P. Brockes, Noreen E. Murray, Phillip B. Gates, Elly M. Tanaka, Gill M. Cowan, A. F. W. Coulson, James F. Collins, Anne S. Daniel and Perry Kannan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Gann

24 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Transcriptional activation by recruitment

1997 951 citations Mark Ptashne, Alexander Gann Nature profile →
Activators and targets

1990 516 citations Mark Ptashne, Alexander Gann Nature profile →

Peers

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Robert Ivarie United States

Zoia Larin United Kingdom

Mitsuhiro Shimizu Japan

S S Sommer United States

François Strauss France

Donal S. Luse United States

C Benoist France

Benjamin Lewin United States

G. Schaffner Austria

K. O'Hare United Kingdom

Robert Ivarie United States

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874 ×1.3

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197 ×0.9

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78 ×0.6

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123 ×1.0

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Citations per year, relative to Alexander Gann Alexander Gann (= 1×) peers Robert Ivarie

Countries citing papers authored by Alexander Gann

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Gann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Gann

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexander Gann. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexander Gann based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alexander Gann. Alexander Gann is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Gann, Alexander & Jan Witkowski. (2010). The lost correspondence of Francis Crick. Nature. 467(7315). 519–524. 2 indexed citations

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Witkowski, Joseph A., Alexander Gann, & Joseph Sambrook. (2008). Life Illuminated: Selected Papers from Cold Spring Harbor. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Institutional Repository (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). 3 indexed citations

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Murray, Noreen E. & Alexander Gann. (2007). What has phage lambda ever done for us?. Current Biology. 17(9). R305–R312. 13 indexed citations

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Ptashne, Mark & Alexander Gann. (2001). Genes and Signals. 267 indexed citations

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Ptashne, Mark & Alexander Gann. (2001). Transcription initiation: imposing specificity by localization. Essays in Biochemistry. 37. 1–15. 22 indexed citations

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Ptashne, Mark & Alexander Gann. (1998). Imposing specificity by localization: mechanism and evolvability. Current Biology. 8(24). R896–R897. 12 indexed citations

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Ptashne, Mark & Alexander Gann. (1998). Imposing specificity by localization: mechanism and evolvability. Current Biology. 8(22). R812–R822. 57 indexed citations

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Ptashne, Mark & Alexander Gann. (1997). Transcriptional activation by recruitment. Nature. 386(6625). 569–577. 951 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tanaka, Elly M., Alexander Gann, Phillip B. Gates, & Jeremy P. Brockes. (1997). Newt Myotubes Reenter the Cell Cycle by Phosphorylation of the Retinoblastoma Protein. The Journal of Cell Biology. 136(1). 155–165. 156 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Elly M. & Alexander Gann. (1996). Towards a molecular understanding of regeneration. Trends in Genetics. 12(7). 278–278. 1 indexed citations

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Gann, Alexander, et al.. (1996). Receptor isoform specificity in a cellular response to retinoic acid. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 263(1371). 729–734. 13 indexed citations

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Crews, Leslie, Phillip B. Gates, Robert Brown, et al.. (1995). Expression and activity of the newt Msx-1 gene in relation to limb regeneration. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 259(1355). 161–171. 43 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Elly M. & Alexander Gann. (1995). Limb Development: The budding role of FGF. Current Biology. 5(6). 594–597. 9 indexed citations

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Gann, Alexander, Howard J. Himmelfarb, & Mark Ptashne. (1992). 35 GAL11, GAL11P, and the Action of GAL4. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 931–946. 3 indexed citations

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Gann, Alexander. (1992). Classical sex education. Current Biology. 2(6). 282–284. 2 indexed citations

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Ptashne, Mark & Alexander Gann. (1990). Activators and targets. Nature. 346(6282). 329–331. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cowan, Gill M., Alexander Gann, & Noreen E. Murray. (1989). Conservation of complex DNA recognition domains between families of restriction enzymes. Cell. 56(1). 103–109. 66 indexed citations

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Kannan, Perry, Gill M. Cowan, Anne S. Daniel, Alexander Gann, & Noreen E. Murray. (1989). Conservation of organization in the specificity polypeptides of two families of type I restriction enzymes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 209(3). 335–344. 58 indexed citations

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Cowan, Gill M., et al.. (1988). Defining domains in type-I restriction and modification enzymes. Gene. 74(1). 237–241. 6 indexed citations

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Gann, Alexander, et al.. (1987). Reassortment of DNA recognition domains and the evolution of new specificities. Molecular Microbiology. 1(3). 13–22. 87 indexed citations

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