Amalendra Kumar

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Amalendra Kumar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Amalendra Kumar has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Infectious Diseases and 4 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Amalendra Kumar's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (5 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (5 papers). Amalendra Kumar is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (6 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (5 papers) and HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (5 papers). Amalendra Kumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and India. Amalendra Kumar's co-authors include Samuel H. Wilson, M.R. Sawaya, Joseph Kraut, H. Pelletier, H Pelletier, Essam Karawya, John Abbotts, José R. Casas‐Finet, William A. Beard and Steven G. Widen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Amalendra Kumar

15 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

STRUCTURES OF TERNARY COMPLEXES OF RAT DNA POLYMERASE BET... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 1994 200 400 600
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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.

  1. STRUCTURES OF TERNARY COMPLEXES OF RAT DNA POLYMERASE BETA, A DNA TEMPLATE-PRIMER, AND DDCTP
    1994 635 citations H Pelletier, M.R. Sawaya et al. PubMed profile →
  2. Structures of Ternary Complexes of Rat DNA Polymerase β, a DNA Template-Primer, and ddCTP
    1994 552 citations H. Pelletier, M.R. Sawaya et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Amalendra Kumar United States 15 1.9k 520 284 231 131 15 2.1k
C K Mathews United States 26 1.4k 0.8× 142 0.3× 315 1.1× 172 0.7× 167 1.3× 51 1.9k
Frédéric Dardel France 34 2.0k 1.0× 147 0.3× 411 1.4× 172 0.7× 202 1.5× 76 2.4k
Linda B. Bloom United States 30 2.3k 1.2× 171 0.3× 648 2.3× 81 0.4× 94 0.7× 71 2.5k
Peter V. Pallai United States 19 836 0.4× 297 0.6× 193 0.7× 217 0.9× 59 0.5× 30 1.8k
Bruce E. Kaplan United States 23 1.8k 1.0× 131 0.3× 288 1.0× 77 0.3× 62 0.5× 29 2.2k
Darrell R. Davis United States 23 1.8k 1.0× 125 0.2× 109 0.4× 117 0.5× 70 0.5× 49 2.2k
Dale W. Mosbaugh United States 29 2.0k 1.0× 136 0.3× 480 1.7× 102 0.4× 109 0.8× 48 2.2k
Carine Tisné France 25 1.7k 0.9× 218 0.4× 85 0.3× 338 1.5× 54 0.4× 75 2.0k
Shibani Bhattacharya United States 21 1.1k 0.6× 136 0.3× 89 0.3× 127 0.5× 153 1.2× 41 1.4k
Timothy C. Mueser United States 20 1.0k 0.5× 203 0.4× 296 1.0× 210 0.9× 196 1.5× 47 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Amalendra Kumar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amalendra Kumar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Amalendra Kumar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Amalendra Kumar 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 Amalendra Kumar. Amalendra Kumar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Patterson, Thomas A., Wayne A. Little, Steven G. Widen, et al.. (2000). Molecular Cloning and High-Level Expression of Human Polymerase β cDNA and Comparison of the Purified Recombinant Human and Rat Enzymes. Protein Expression and Purification. 18(1). 100–110. 14 indexed citations
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Straková, Zuzana, Amalendra Kumar, Angela Watson, & Melvyn S. Soloff. (1997). A New Linear V1A Vasopressin Antagonist and Its Use in Characterizing Receptor/G Protein Interactions. Molecular Pharmacology. 51(2). 217–224. 17 indexed citations
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Kim, Sangduk, B M Merrill, Ramesh Rajpurohit, et al.. (1997). Identification ofNG-Methylarginine Residues in Human Heterogeneous RNP Protein A1:  Phe/Gly-Gly-Gly-Arg-Gly-Gly-Gly/Phe Is a Preferred Recognition Motif. Biochemistry. 36(17). 5185–5192. 107 indexed citations
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Roy, Rabindra, Amalendra Kumar, J. Ching Lee, & Sankar Mitra. (1996). The Domains of Mammalian Base Excision Repair Enzyme N-Methylpurine-DNA Glycosylase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(39). 23690–23697. 16 indexed citations
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Beard, William A., Dana T. Minnick, Rajendra Prasad, et al.. (1996). Role of the "Helix Clamp" in HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Catalytic Cycling as Revealed by Alanine-scanning Mutagenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(21). 12213–12220. 45 indexed citations
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Srivastava, Deepak, Robert K. Evans, Amalendra Kumar, William A. Beard, & Samuel H. Wilson. (1996). dNTP Binding Site in Rat DNA Polymerase β Revealed by Controlled Proteolysis and Azido Photoprobe Cross-Linking. Biochemistry. 35(12). 3728–3734. 15 indexed citations
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Kim, Soon‐Jong, Marc S. Lewis, Jay R. Knutson, et al.. (1994). Characterization of the Tryptophan Fluorescence and Hydrodynamic Properties of Rat DNA Polymerase β. Journal of Molecular Biology. 244(2). 224–235. 22 indexed citations
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Pelletier, H, M.R. Sawaya, Amalendra Kumar, Samuel H. Wilson, & Joseph Kraut. (1994). STRUCTURES OF TERNARY COMPLEXES OF RAT DNA POLYMERASE BETA, A DNA TEMPLATE-PRIMER, AND DDCTP. PubMed. 264(5167). 1891–903. 635 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pelletier, H., M.R. Sawaya, Amalendra Kumar, Samuel H. Wilson, & Joseph Kraut. (1994). Structures of Ternary Complexes of Rat DNA Polymerase β, a DNA Template-Primer, and ddCTP. Science. 264(5167). 1891–1903. 552 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sawaya, M.R., H. Pelletier, Amalendra Kumar, Samuel H. Wilson, & Joseph Kraut. (1994). Crystal Structure of Rat DNA Polymerase β: Evidence for a Common Polymerase Mechanism. Science. 264(5167). 1930–1935. 426 indexed citations
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Sobol, Robert W., Nancy L. Reichenbach, Amalendra Kumar, et al.. (1993). HIV-1 reverse transcriptase: Inhibition by 2',5'-oligoadenylates. Biochemistry. 32(45). 12112–12118. 24 indexed citations
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Prasad, Rajendra, Amalendra Kumar, Steven G. Widen, José R. Casas‐Finet, & Samuel H. Wilson. (1993). Identification of residues in the single-stranded DNA-binding site of the 8-kDa domain of rat DNA polymerase beta by UV cross-linking.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 268(30). 22746–22755. 44 indexed citations
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Casas‐Finet, José R., et al.. (1992). Mammalian DNA polymerase .beta.: Characterization of a 16-kDa transdomain fragment containing the nucleic acid-binding activities of the native enzyme. Biochemistry. 31(42). 10272–10280. 28 indexed citations
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Jenkins, Timothy M., Jitendra Kumar Saxena, Amalendra Kumar, Samuel H. Wilson, & Eric J. Ackerman. (1992). DNA Polymerase β and DNA Synthesis in Xenopus Oocytes and in a Nuclear Extract. Science. 258(5081). 475–478. 44 indexed citations
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Kumar, Amalendra, John Abbotts, Essam Karawya, & Samuel H. Wilson. (1990). Identification and properties of the catalytic domain of mammalian DNA polymerase .beta.. Biochemistry. 29(31). 7156–7159. 80 indexed citations

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