Anthony Forster

6.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
92 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Anthony Forster is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Anthony Forster has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Anthony Forster's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (40 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (22 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (12 papers). Anthony Forster is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (40 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (22 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (12 papers). Anthony Forster collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and United Kingdom. Anthony Forster's co-authors include Robert H. Symons, George M. Church, Sidney Altman, Cheryl Hutchins, Virginia W. Cornish, Peter D. Rathjen, Zhongping Tan, Stephen C. Blacklow, Michael Y. Pavlov and Måns Ehrenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Anthony Forster

84 papers receiving 4.4k citations

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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.

Self-cleavage of plus and minus RNAs of a virusoid and a structural model for the active sites

1987 560 citations Anthony Forster, Robert H. Symons profile →
Self-cleavage of plus and minus RNA transcripts of avocado sunblotch viroid

1986 452 citations Cheryl Hutchins, Peter D. Rathjen et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Non-radioactive hybridization probes prepared by the chemical labelling of DNA and RNA with a novel reagent, photobiotin

1985 418 citations Anthony Forster, Robert H. Symons et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anthony Forster Sweden	31	3.5k	665	588	497	385	92	4.7k
Richard Münch Germany	27	2.4k 0.7×	682 1.0×	222 0.4×	520 1.0×	501 1.3×	140	4.3k
A. C. S. Peacock United States	23	2.6k 0.7×	570 0.9×	435 0.7×	526 1.1×	97 0.3×	93	4.5k
David McKay United States	48	6.6k 1.9×	1.4k 2.0×	335 0.6×	790 1.6×	147 0.4×	157	9.1k
Wolfgang Keck Netherlands	37	2.1k 0.6×	1.2k 1.8×	196 0.3×	567 1.1×	358 0.9×	103	4.4k
Paul R. Langford United Kingdom	39	1.6k 0.5×	465 0.7×	275 0.5×	1.5k 3.1×	107 0.3×	222	5.7k
Charles M. Radding United States	60	9.0k 2.6×	3.6k 5.4×	572 1.0×	1.5k 3.0×	97 0.3×	154	10.5k
Catherine André France	37	1.5k 0.4×	1.5k 2.3×	226 0.4×	196 0.4×	60 0.2×	137	4.3k
Philippe Régnier France	35	2.6k 0.7×	1.8k 2.6×	99 0.2×	851 1.7×	71 0.2×	91	3.2k
David Bushnell United States	39	6.2k 1.8×	1.3k 1.9×	384 0.7×	512 1.0×	75 0.2×	113	9.9k
John H. Adams United States	51	1.9k 0.5×	234 0.4×	180 0.3×	194 0.4×	50 0.1×	288	8.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anthony Forster

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Liiv, Aivar, et al.. (2022). Plasticity and conditional essentiality of modification enzymes for domain V of Escherichia coli 23S ribosomal RNA. RNA. 28(6). 796–807. 4 indexed citations

Doerr, Anne, David Foschepoth, Anthony Forster, & Christophe Danelon. (2021). In vitro synthesis of 32 translation-factor proteins from a single template reveals impaired ribosomal processivity. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 1898–1898. 29 indexed citations

Forster, Anthony, et al.. (2020). Overcoming chromoprotein limitations by engineering a red fluorescent protein. Analytical Biochemistry. 611. 113936–113936. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Jinfan & Anthony Forster. (2018). Ribosomal incorporation of unnatural amino acids: lessons and improvements from fast kinetics studies. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 46. 180–187. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Jinfan, Marek Kwiatkowski, & Anthony Forster. (2015). Kinetics of tRNA ^Pyl ‐mediated amber suppression in Escherichia coli translation reveals unexpected limiting steps and competing reactions. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 113(7). 1552–1559. 18 indexed citations

Ieong, Ka-Weng, Michael Y. Pavlov, Marek Kwiatkowski, Måns Ehrenberg, & Anthony Forster. (2014). A tRNA body with high affinity for EF-Tu hastens ribosomal incorporation of unnatural amino acids. RNA. 20(5). 632–643. 30 indexed citations

Quax, Tessa E. F., Yuri I. Wolf, Jasper J. Koehorst, et al.. (2013). Differential Translation Tunes Uneven Production of Operon-Encoded Proteins. Cell Reports. 4(5). 938–944. 55 indexed citations

Shepherd, Tyson R., et al.. (2013). Structural and functional insights into the molecular mechanism of rRNA m6A methyltransferase RlmJ. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(20). 9537–9548. 22 indexed citations

Shepherd, Tyson R., et al.. (2012). Crystal structure of RlmM, the 2′O-ribose methyltransferase for C2498 of Escherichia coli 23S rRNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(20). 10507–10520. 11 indexed citations

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Du, Liping, Rong Gao, & Anthony Forster. (2009). Engineering multigene expression in vitro and in vivo with small terminators for T7 RNA polymerase. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 104(6). 1189–1196. 37 indexed citations

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Gao, Rong & Anthony Forster. (2009). Changeability of individual domains of an aminoacyl‐tRNA in polymerization by the ribosome. FEBS Letters. 584(1). 99–105. 8 indexed citations

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Pavlov, Michael Y., Richard E. Watts, Zhongping Tan, et al.. (2008). Slow peptide bond formation by proline and other N -alkylamino acids in translation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(1). 50–54. 256 indexed citations

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Tan, Zhongping, Stephen C. Blacklow, Virginia W. Cornish, & Anthony Forster. (2005). De novo genetic codes and pure translation display. Methods. 36(3). 279–290. 31 indexed citations

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Forster, Anthony, Zhongping Tan, M.N.L. Nalam, et al.. (2003). Programming peptidomimetic syntheses by translating genetic codes designed de novo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(11). 6353–6357. 160 indexed citations

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Forster, Anthony, Timothy Edmunds, & Andrew Cottey. (2003). Soldiers and Societies in Postcommunist Europe: Legitimacy and Change. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 11 indexed citations

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Forster, Anthony. (2002). New civil-military relations and it research agendas.. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 1 indexed citations

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Forster, Anthony, Timothy Edmunds, & Andrew Cottey. (2002). The Challenge of Military Reform in Postcommunist Europe: building professional armed forces. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 7 indexed citations

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Beard, Caroline, et al.. (1993). DNA Methylation, Genomic Imprinting, and Mammalian Development. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 58(0). 297–305. 87 indexed citations

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Forster, Anthony, et al.. (1991). Informacoes em saude para o sus: um marco de referencia para sua democratizacao. Medicina-buenos Aires. 24(3). 2 indexed citations

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Symons, Robert H., et al.. (1987). Self-cleavage of rna in the replication of viroids and virusoids. Journal of Cell Science. 1987(Supplement_7). 303–318. 19 indexed citations

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