Barkur S. Shastry

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Barkur S. Shastry is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Barkur S. Shastry has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Genetics and 16 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Barkur S. Shastry's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (16 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (10 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (8 papers). Barkur S. Shastry is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (16 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (10 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (8 papers). Barkur S. Shastry collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Italy. Barkur S. Shastry's co-authors include John David Dignam, Paul L. Martin, Robert G. Roeder, Michael T. Trese, J. Fielding Hejtmancik, V. Ventruto, Xiaodong Jiao, Michael K. Hartzer, Frank J. Giblin and David A. Plager and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and Journal of Cell Science.

In The Last Decade

Barkur S. Shastry

77 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

[36] Eukaryotic gene transcription with purified components 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 250 500 750
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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. [36] Eukaryotic gene transcription with purified components
    1983 925 citations Barkur S. Shastry et al. profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Barkur S. Shastry United States 23 2.2k 594 398 292 274 78 3.4k
Martin Reichel Germany 40 2.8k 1.3× 524 0.9× 254 0.6× 410 1.4× 376 1.4× 93 4.6k
Eric Rappaport United States 37 2.6k 1.2× 673 1.1× 308 0.8× 140 0.5× 105 0.4× 108 4.3k
Alexander G. Bassuk United States 37 2.4k 1.1× 1.0k 1.7× 270 0.7× 579 2.0× 390 1.4× 153 4.4k
Enrique Zudaire United States 29 1.7k 0.8× 224 0.4× 228 0.6× 171 0.6× 518 1.9× 72 3.6k
Kenneth S. Shindler United States 32 1.8k 0.8× 307 0.5× 205 0.5× 662 2.3× 552 2.0× 101 3.8k
Anne E. Kwitek United States 34 2.0k 0.9× 1.5k 2.5× 146 0.4× 179 0.6× 176 0.6× 125 4.5k
Ohad S. Birk Israel 33 2.1k 1.0× 1.2k 2.0× 122 0.3× 101 0.3× 244 0.9× 121 3.7k
Anne Vital France 34 1.7k 0.8× 401 0.7× 361 0.9× 113 0.4× 950 3.5× 129 4.7k
Edwin C. Oh United States 30 2.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.9× 200 0.5× 288 1.0× 493 1.8× 51 3.0k
Hanka Venselaar Netherlands 32 2.1k 0.9× 799 1.3× 81 0.2× 103 0.4× 206 0.8× 87 3.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shastry, Barkur S.. (2011). Pharmacogenomics in ophthalmology.. PubMed. 12(63). 159–67. 12 indexed citations
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Shastry, Barkur S.. (2010). Genetic diversity and medicinal drug response in eye care. Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 248(8). 1057–1061. 10 indexed citations
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Shastry, Barkur S.. (2009). Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous: congenital malformation of the eye. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 37(9). 884–890. 93 indexed citations
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Shastry, Barkur S.. (2007). SNPs in disease gene mapping, medicinal drug development and evolution. Journal of Human Genetics. 52(11). 871–880. 126 indexed citations
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Jiao, Xiaodong, V. Ventruto, Michael T. Trese, Barkur S. Shastry, & J. Fielding Hejtmancik. (2004). Autosomal Recessive Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy Is Associated with Mutations in LRP5. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 75(5). 878–884. 152 indexed citations
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Shastry, Barkur S. & Michael T. Trese. (2003). Overproduction and partial purification of the Norrie disease gene product, norrin, from a recombinant baculovirus. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 312(1). 229–234. 5 indexed citations
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Shastry, Barkur S.. (2003). Molecular genetics of autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Human Genetics. 48(10). 495–501. 18 indexed citations
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Shastry, Barkur S.. (2002). Therapeutic options for Parkinson's disease. Drugs of today. 38(6). 445–445. 3 indexed citations
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Hiraoka, Miki & Barkur S. Shastry. (2000). Evaluation of the Prothrombin Gene Polymorphism in Patients with Advanced Retinopathy of Prematurity. Genetic Testing. 4(1). 75–76. 4 indexed citations
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Shastry, Barkur S.. (2000). Hereditary Degenerative Retinopathies: Optimism for Somatic Gene Therapy. IUBMB Life. 49(6). 479–484. 3 indexed citations
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Hiraoka, Miki, Michael T. Trese, & Barkur S. Shastry. (2000). X-Linked Juvenile Retinoschisis Associated with a 4-Base Pair Insertion at Codon 55 of the XLRS1 Gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 268(2). 370–372. 6 indexed citations
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Pendergast, Scott, Michael T. Trese, Xuyang Liu, & Barkur S. Shastry. (1998). Study of the Norrie Disease Gene in 2 Patients With Bilateral Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous. Archives of Ophthalmology. 116(3). 381–381. 20 indexed citations
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Shastry, Barkur S.. (1998). Molecular Genetics of Familial Alzheimer Disease. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 315(4). 266–272. 15 indexed citations
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Shastry, Barkur S.. (1997). On the functions of lithium: The mood stabilizer. BioEssays. 19(3). 199–200. 11 indexed citations
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Shastry, Barkur S., Xuyang Liu, J. Fielding Hejtmancik, David A. Plager, & Michael T. Trese. (1997). Evidence for Genetic Heterogeneity in X-Linked Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy. Genomics. 44(2). 247–248. 15 indexed citations
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Shastry, Barkur S., J. Fielding Hejtmancik, David A. Plager, Michael K. Hartzer, & Michael T. Trese. (1995). Linkage and Candidate Gene Analysis of X-Linked Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy. Genomics. 27(2). 341–344. 41 indexed citations
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Shastry, Barkur S.. (1994). More to learn from gene knockouts. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 136(2). 171–182. 29 indexed citations
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Shastry, Barkur S. & Zheng G. Zhang. (1991). Xenopus transcription factor IIIC (TFIIIC) specifically interacts with the “B” block region of the TFIIIA gene. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 175(3). 1036–1041. 1 indexed citations
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Shastry, Barkur S.. (1991). Xenopus transcription factor IIIA (XTFIIIA): after a decade of research. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 56(2). 135–144. 7 indexed citations
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Shastry, Barkur S. & Venkat N. Reddy. (1990). The structure and expression of a distantly related member of the beta-gamma crystallin super gene family from. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 171(3). 1338–1343. 1 indexed citations

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