Barbara L. Gaffney

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

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Barbara L. Gaffney is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara L. Gaffney has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Organic Chemistry and 11 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Barbara L. Gaffney's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (44 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (25 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (24 papers). Barbara L. Gaffney is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (44 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (25 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (24 papers). Barbara L. Gaffney collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Barbara L. Gaffney's co-authors include Roger A. Jones, Dinshaw J. Patel, Artem A. Serganov, Winfried Barchet, Manuel Ascano, Thomas Zillinger, Pu Gao, Thomas Tuschl, Gunther Hartmann and Yizhou Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Barbara L. Gaffney

79 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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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.

Cyclic [G(2′,5′)pA(3′,5′)p] Is the Metazoan Second Messenger Produced by DNA-Activated Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase

2013 836 citations Pu Gao, Manuel Ascano et al. Cell profile →
Structure-Function Analysis of STING Activation by c[G(2′,5′)pA(3′,5′)p] and Targeting by Antiviral DMXAA

2013 457 citations Pu Gao, Manuel Ascano et al. Cell profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	One‐Flask Synthesis of Cyclic Diguanosine Monophosphate (c‐di‐GMP) 2023 ·Current Protocols ·Barbara L. Gaffney, Roger A. Jones	1
2	Synthesis of Capped RNA using a DMT Group as a Purification Handle 2014 ·Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids ·Elizabeth Veliath, Barbara L. Gaffney, Roger A. Jones	7
3	Structure-Function Analysis of STING Activation by c[G(2′,5′)pA(3′,5′)p] and Targeting by Antiviral DMXAA breakdown → 2013 ·Cell ·Pu Gao, Manuel Ascano, Thomas Zillinger, Weiyi Wang, Peihong Dai, Artem A. Serganov, Barbara L. Gaffney, Stewart Shuman, Roger A. Jones, Liang Deng, Gunther Hartmann, Winfried Barchet, Thomas Tuschl, Dinshaw J. Patel	457
4	Cyclic [G(2′,5′)pA(3′,5′)p] Is the Metazoan Second Messenger Produced by DNA-Activated Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase breakdown → 2013 ·Cell ·Pu Gao, Manuel Ascano, Yang Wu, Winfried Barchet, Barbara L. Gaffney, Thomas Zillinger, Artem A. Serganov, Yizhou Liu, Roger A. Jones, Gunther Hartmann, Thomas Tuschl, Dinshaw J. Patel	836
5	Identification of c-di-GMP Derivatives Resistant to an EAL Domain Phosphodiesterase 2012 ·Biochemistry ·(unknown), Barbara L. Gaffney, Roger A. Jones, Scott A. Strobel	28
6	Differential Analogue Binding by Two Classes of c-di-GMP Riboswitches 2011 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), Barbara L. Gaffney, Roger A. Jones, Scott A. Strobel	55
7	Structural basis of HIV-1 resistance to AZT by excision 2010 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·(unknown), Kalyan Das, (unknown), Joseph D. Bauman, Arthur D. Clark, Xiaorong Hou, Yulia Volovik Frenkel, Barbara L. Gaffney, Roger A. Jones, Paul L. Boyer, Stephen H. Hughes, Stefan G. Sarafianos, Eddy Arnold	95
8	Structural Basis for the Role of the K65R Mutation in HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Polymerization, Excision Antagonism, and Tenofovir Resistance 2009 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Kalyan Das, Rajiv P. Bandwar, Kirsten White, Joy Y. Feng, Stefan G. Sarafianos, Steven Tuske, (unknown), Arthur D. Clark, Paul L. Boyer, Xiaorong Hou, Barbara L. Gaffney, Roger A. Jones, Michael D. Miller, Stephen H. Hughes, Eddy Arnold	71
9	Synthesis of Guanosine and Deoxyguanosine Phosphoramidites with Cross-Linkable Thioalkyl Tethers for Direct Incorporation into RNA and DNA 2009 ·Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids ·Xiaorong Hou, Gang Wang, Barbara L. Gaffney, Roger A. Jones	7
10	Thiophosphate Analogs of c-di-GMP: Impact on Polymorphism 2009 ·Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids ·Jianwei Zhao, Elizabeth Veliath, Seho Kim, Barbara L. Gaffney, Roger A. Jones	15
11	One-Flask Synthesis of Dinucleoside Tetra- and Pentaphosphates 2006 ·Organic Letters ·(unknown), Barbara L. Gaffney, Roger A. Jones	27
12	A glutamate‐alanine‐leucine (EAL) domain protein of Salmonella controls bacterial survival in mice, antioxidant defence and killing of macrophages: role of cyclic diGMP 2005 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Katherine B. Hisert, Michael J. MacCoss, Michael U. Shiloh, K. Heran Darwin, Shaneen Singh, Roger A. Jones, Sabine Ehrt, Zhaoying Zhang, Barbara L. Gaffney, Sheetal Gandotra, David W. Holden, Diana Murray, Carl Nathan	116
13	Differential Binding of Mg ²⁺ , Zn ²⁺ , and Cd ²⁺ at Two Sites in a Hammerhead Ribozyme Motif, Determined by ¹⁵ N NMR 2004 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Gang Wang, Barbara L. Gaffney, Roger A. Jones	26
14	High yield protection of purine ribonucleosides for phosphoramidite RNA synthesis 1999 ·Tetrahedron Letters ·Quanlai Song, Weimin Wang, (unknown), Xiaohu Zhang, Barbara L. Gaffney, Roger A. Jones	19
15	Crystal and molecular structure of a new Z-DNA crystal form: d[CGT(2-NH2-A)CG] and its platinated derivative 1995 ·Biochemistry ·Gary N. Parkinson, (unknown), (unknown), Stephan L. Ginell, Roger A. Jones, Barbara L. Gaffney, Helen M. Berman	20
16	Structure of a new crystal form of a DNA dodecamer containing T.cntdot.(O6Me)G base pairs 1995 ·Biochemistry ·J. Vojtěchovský, (unknown), Barbara L. Gaffney, Roger A. Jones, Helen M. Berman	12
17	Crystal Structure of a Mispaired Dodecamer, d(CGAGAATTC(O6Me)GCG)2, Containing a Carcinogenic O6-Methylguanine 1994 ·Biochemistry ·Stephan L. Ginell, J. Vojtěchovský, Barbara L. Gaffney, Roger A. Jones, Helen M. Berman	9
18	Crystal and molecular structure of a DNA fragment containing a 2-aminoadenine modification: the relationship between conformation, packing, and hydration in Z-DNA hexamers 1992 ·Biochemistry ·Bohdan Schneider, Stephan L. Ginell, Roger A. Jones, Barbara L. Gaffney, Helen M. Berman	28
19	Thermodynamic comparison of the base pairs formed by the carcinogenic lesion O6-methylguanine with reference both to Watson-Crick pairs and to mismatched pairs 1989 ·Biochemistry ·Barbara L. Gaffney, Roger A. Jones	100
20	Methylation of thymine residues during oligonucleotide synthesis 1985 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Xiang Gao, Barbara L. Gaffney, M. Senior, (unknown), Roger A. Jones	36

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