B. Tracy Nixon

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

B. Tracy Nixon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Tracy Nixon has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Plant Science and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in B. Tracy Nixon's work include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (19 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (17 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers). B. Tracy Nixon is often cited by papers focused on Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (19 papers), Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (17 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers). B. Tracy Nixon collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. B. Tracy Nixon's co-authors include Clive W. Ronson, Frederick M. Ausubel, Baoyu Chen, Liang Guo, Salman F. Banani, Marc C. Llaguno, Sudeep Banjade, Javoris Hollingsworth, Michael K. Rosen and David S. King and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

B. Tracy Nixon

58 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Phase transitions in the assembly of multivalent signalling proteins

2012 1.9k citations Baoyu Chen, Liang Guo et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. Tracy Nixon United States	30	3.5k	1.2k	1.1k	477	379	58	5.0k
Kan Tanaka Japan	51	7.8k 2.2×	1.4k 1.2×	1.9k 1.7×	1.5k 3.1×	326 0.9×	246	9.5k
Katrina T. Forest United States	37	3.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	758 1.6×	345 0.9×	88	5.1k
Kyeong Kyu Kim South Korea	41	5.8k 1.7×	822 0.7×	459 0.4×	463 1.0×	1.0k 2.7×	229	7.4k
Wei‐Chiang Shen United States	43	4.5k 1.3×	535 0.5×	791 0.7×	234 0.5×	225 0.6×	131	6.8k
Teni Boulikas United States	36	4.8k 1.4×	870 0.7×	586 0.5×	220 0.5×	344 0.9×	77	7.7k
Melvin Schindler United States	41	3.3k 1.0×	498 0.4×	924 0.8×	142 0.3×	279 0.7×	93	6.0k
Jeffrey C. Way United States	38	5.0k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	365 0.3×	814 1.7×	237 0.6×	84	6.4k
Kaoru Saigo Japan	45	3.9k 1.1×	672 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	176 0.4×	149 0.4×	113	5.4k
Konstantin Schütze Germany	6	3.5k 1.0×	590 0.5×	536 0.5×	485 1.0×	446 1.2×	9	5.1k
Michel Monsigny France	46	6.3k 1.8×	1.3k 1.1×	538 0.5×	248 0.5×	207 0.5×	223	8.4k

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AU, Mueller, James Chen, Mengyu Wu, et al.. (2023). A general mechanism for transcription bubble nucleation in bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(14). e2220874120–e2220874120. 3 indexed citations

Deligey, Fabien, Sung Hyun Cho, Alex Kirui, et al.. (2022). Structure of In Vitro-Synthesized Cellulose Fibrils Viewed by Cryo-Electron Tomography and ¹³C Natural-Abundance Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Solid-State NMR. Biomacromolecules. 23(6). 2290–2301. 21 indexed citations

Du, Juan, Venu Gopal Vandavasi, Kelly R. Molloy, et al.. (2022). Evidence for Plant-Conserved Region Mediated Trimeric CESAs in Plant Cellulose Synthase Complexes. Biomacromolecules. 23(9). 3663–3677. 6 indexed citations

Purushotham, Pallinti, Sung Hyun Cho, Sara M. Díaz-Moreno, et al.. (2016). A single heterologously expressed plant cellulose synthase isoform is sufficient for cellulose microfibril formation in vitro. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(40). 11360–11365. 78 indexed citations

Du, Juan, Venkata R. Vepachedu, Sung Hyun Cho, Manish Kumar, & B. Tracy Nixon. (2016). Structure of the Cellulose Synthase Complex of Gluconacetobacter hansenii at 23.4 Å Resolution. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0155886–e0155886. 43 indexed citations

Nixon, B. Tracy, Katayoun Mansouri, Abhishek Singh, et al.. (2016). Comparative Structural and Computational Analysis Supports Eighteen Cellulose Synthases in the Plant Cellulose Synthesis Complex. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 28696–28696. 162 indexed citations

Vandavasi, Venu Gopal, Daniel K. Putnam, Qiu Zhang, et al.. (2015). A Structural Study of CESA1 Catalytic Domain of Arabidopsis Cellulose Synthesis Complex: Evidence for CESA Trimers. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 170(1). 123–135. 88 indexed citations

Sysoeva, Tatyana A., Saikat Chowdhury, Liang Guo, & B. Tracy Nixon. (2013). Nucleotide-induced asymmetry within ATPase activator ring drives σ54–RNAP interaction and ATP hydrolysis. Genes & Development. 27(22). 2500–2511. 35 indexed citations

Chen, Baoyu, Tatyana A. Sysoeva, Saikat Chowdhury, et al.. (2010). Engagement of Arginine Finger to ATP Triggers Large Conformational Changes in NtrC1 AAA+ ATPase for Remodeling Bacterial RNA Polymerase. Structure. 18(11). 1420–1430. 43 indexed citations

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Burrows, Patricia C., Jörg Schumacher, Samuel Amartey, et al.. (2009). Functional roles of the pre‐sensor I insertion sequence in an AAA+ bacterial enhancer binding protein. Molecular Microbiology. 73(4). 519–533. 14 indexed citations

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Burrows, P.C., Nicolas Joly, B. Tracy Nixon, & Martin Buck. (2009). Comparative analysis of activator-E 54 complexes formed with nucleotide-metal fluoride analogues. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(15). 5138–5150. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Baoyu, Michaeleen Doucleff, David E. Wemmer, et al.. (2007). ATP Ground- and Transition States of Bacterial Enhancer Binding AAA+ ATPases Support Complex Formation with Their Target Protein, σ54. Structure. 15(4). 429–440. 59 indexed citations

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Doucleff, Michaeleen, Jeffrey G. Pelton, Peter S. Lee, B. Tracy Nixon, & David E. Wemmer. (2007). Structural Basis of DNA Recognition by the Alternative Sigma-factor, σ54. Journal of Molecular Biology. 369(4). 1070–1078. 34 indexed citations

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Doucleff, Michaeleen, et al.. (2005). Negative Regulation of AAA+ ATPase Assembly by Two Component Receiver Domains: A Transcription Activation Mechanism that is Conserved in Mesophilic and Extremely Hyperthermophilic Bacteria. Journal of Molecular Biology. 353(2). 242–255. 53 indexed citations

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Lee, Seok‐Yong, et al.. (2003). Regulation of the transcriptional activator NtrC1: structural studies of the regulatory and AAA ⁺ ATPase domains. Genes & Development. 17(20). 2552–2563. 168 indexed citations

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Park, Sungdae, Hong Zhang, Dalai Yan, et al.. (2001). A dimeric two‐component receiver domain inhibits the σ54‐dependent ATPase in DctD. The FASEB Journal. 15(7). 1326–1328. 31 indexed citations

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Kidd, Richard, et al.. (1998). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of the Rhizobium meliloti DctD two-component receiver domain. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 54(6). 1416–1418. 1 indexed citations

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Nixon, B. Tracy, et al.. (1996). Use of PCR to isolate genes encoding sigma54-dependent activators from diverse bacteria. Journal of Bacteriology. 178(13). 3967–3970. 26 indexed citations

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Gu, Baohua, Joon‐Hyung Lee, Timothy R. Hoover, Dean Scholl, & B. Tracy Nixon. (1994). Rhizobium meliloti DctD, a σ54‐dependent transcriptional activator, may be negatively controlled by a subdomain in the C‐terminal end of its two‐component receiver module. Molecular Microbiology. 13(1). 51–66. 47 indexed citations

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Ananthaswamy, H N, et al.. (1980). Induction of Single-Strand DNA Breaks in Human Cells by H 2 O 2 Formed in Near-uv (Black Light)-Irradiated Medium. Radiation Research. 82(2). 269–269. 29 indexed citations

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