B.L. Horecker

17.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
233 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

B.L. Horecker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, B.L. Horecker has authored 233 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Molecular Biology, 68 papers in Biochemistry and 47 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in B.L. Horecker's work include Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (61 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (43 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (40 papers). B.L. Horecker is often cited by papers focused on Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (61 papers), Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (43 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (40 papers). B.L. Horecker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. B.L. Horecker's co-authors include P.Z. Smyrniotis, S. Pontremoli, Michael H. Malamy, Jerard Hurwitz, C.Y. Lai, Daniel E. Morse, Arthur Weissbach, D G Fraenkel, Mary Osborn and Jônatas Bussador do Amaral and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

B.L. Horecker

231 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The d-Galactose Oxidase of Polyporus circinatus

1962 419 citations B.L. Horecker et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
B.L. Horecker	6.2k	2.5k	2.2k	1.7k	1.5k	233	10.8k
Gordon M. Tomkins	8.3k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	2.4k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	728 0.5×	162	13.8k
Salih J. Wakil	9.4k 1.5×	2.6k 1.1×	882 0.4×	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	177	13.9k
E. Racker	9.0k 1.5×	1.4k 0.6×	800 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	701 0.5×	168	12.1k
Emile Van Schaftingen	9.8k 1.6×	1.9k 0.8×	2.8k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	263	15.6k
Grant R. Bartlett	7.0k 1.1×	1.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	231 0.2×	45	14.1k
Paul A. Srere	6.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	493 0.2×	1.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	192	9.8k
Irwin A. Rose	3.6k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	678 0.3×	811 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	109	5.9k
Robert L. Heinrikson	7.1k 1.1×	852 0.3×	489 0.2×	1.4k 0.8×	769 0.5×	171	11.9k
C. De Duve	8.0k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	756 0.3×	2.1k 1.2×	232 0.2×	64	13.8k
Fritz Lipmann	8.2k 1.3×	1.0k 0.4×	495 0.2×	996 0.6×	749 0.5×	172	11.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Horecker, B.L.. (2002). The Pentose Phosphate Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(50). 47965–47971. 155 indexed citations

Szabó, Piroska E., C. Panneerselvam, Maria Frangou‐Lazaridis, et al.. (1993). Prothymosin ? gene in humans: organization of its promoter region and localization to chromosome 2. Human Genetics. 90(6). 629–34. 16 indexed citations

Panneerselvam, C., et al.. (1989). Prothymosin α and parathymosin: mRNA and polypeptide levels in rodent tissues. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 269(1). 256–263. 64 indexed citations

Szabó, Piroska E., et al.. (1989). Localization of the gene coding for parathymosin to chromosome 17 in humans. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 50(2-3). 91–92. 3 indexed citations

Frangou‐Lazaridis, Maria, et al.. (1988). Prothymosin α and parathymosin: Amino acid sequences deduced from the cloned rat spleen cDNAs. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 263(2). 305–310. 56 indexed citations

Panneerselvam, C., et al.. (1988). Bovine parathymosin: Amino acid sequence and comparison with rat parathymosin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 155(2). 539–545. 10 indexed citations

Economou, Michael, K. Seferiadis, Maria Frangou‐Lazaridis, B.L. Horecker, & Orestes Tsolas. (1988). Isolation and partial characterization of prothymosin α from porcine tissues. FEBS Letters. 233(2). 342–346. 25 indexed citations

Panneerselvam, C., et al.. (1987). A radioimmunoassay for parathymosin. Journal of Immunological Methods. 104(1-2). 131–136. 13 indexed citations

Bacila, Metry, et al.. (1978). Biochemistry and genetics of yeasts : pure and applied aspects : proceedings of the symposium held at the Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, December 4-10, 1977. Academic Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Braunstein, A, et al.. (1976). Nomenclature of Corrinoids. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 48(4). 495–502. 11 indexed citations

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Cohn, Waldo E., Joseph S. Fruton, B.L. Horecker, et al.. (1975). Nomenclature of carotenoids (rules approved 1974). Pure and Applied Chemistry. 41(3). 405–431. 18 indexed citations

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Cohn, W, A Braunstein, B.L. Horecker, et al.. (1974). Nomenclature for vitamins B-6 and related compounds recommendations (1973). IUPAC-IUB commission on biochemical nomenclature (CBN). Biochemical Journal. 137(3). 417–421. 5 indexed citations

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Pontremoli, S., E. Melloni, F. Salamino, Antonio De Flora, & B.L. Horecker. (1974). Changes in Activity and Molecular Properties of Fructose 1,6-Bisphosphatase During Fasting and Refeeding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 71(5). 1776–1779. 19 indexed citations

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Horecker, B.L., et al.. (1974). Subunit structure of rabbit brain aldolase. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 162(2). 401–411. 12 indexed citations

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Braunstein, A, B.L. Horecker, B. Keil, et al.. (1973). IUPAC-IUB commission on biochemical nomenclature (CBN): nomenclature of iron-sulfur proteins, 1973 recommendations. Biochemical Journal. 135(1). 5–7. 7 indexed citations

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Cohn, W, A Braunstein, Joseph S. Fruton, et al.. (1973). Definitive Nomenclature for Vitamins B-6 and Rela Ted Compounds. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 33(2-3). 445–452. 2 indexed citations

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Fruton, Joseph S., R. Porter, J. Rudinger, et al.. (1972). IUPAC-IUB commission on biochemical nomenclature. Symbols for amino-acid derivatives and peptides. Recommendations (1971). Biochemical Journal. 126(4). 773–780. 51 indexed citations

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Horecker, B.L.. (1967). Structure and Mode of Action of Aldolases. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 6(11). 962–962. 1 indexed citations

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Scher, B M & B.L. Horecker. (1966). Pentose metabolism in Candida. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 116(1). 117–128. 43 indexed citations

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Horecker, B.L.. (1962). Pentose metabolism in bacteria. Wiley eBooks. 57 indexed citations

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