Boris Magasanik

18.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
245 papers, 15.0k citations indexed

About

Boris Magasanik is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Boris Magasanik has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 15.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 198 papers in Molecular Biology, 61 papers in Genetics and 59 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Boris Magasanik's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (59 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (56 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (55 papers). Boris Magasanik is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (59 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (56 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (55 papers). Boris Magasanik collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Switzerland. Boris Magasanik's co-authors include Larry Reitzer, Alexander J. Ninfa, Frederick C. Neidhardt, Chris A. Kaiser, Peter W. Coschigano, Michael J. Prival, Aaron P. Mitchell, Daisuke Nakada, Félix Claverie-Martı́n and Verena Weiss and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Boris Magasanik

244 papers receiving 13.2k 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.

Nitrogen regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

2002 511 citations Boris Magasanik et al. profile →
Covalent modification of the glnG product, NRI, by the glnL product, NRII, regulates the transcription of the glnALG operon in Escherichia coli.

1986 482 citations Boris Magasanik et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Biochemical parameters of glutamine synthetase from Klebsiella aerogenes

1977 335 citations Boris Magasanik et al. Journal of Bacteriology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Boris Magasanik United States	67	11.6k	4.8k	2.5k	2.5k	2.1k	245	15.0k
Charles O. Rock United States	82	13.6k 1.2×	2.7k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	919 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	273	20.5k
Erhard Bremer Germany	62	7.3k 0.6×	4.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	914 0.4×	165	11.7k
E. C. C. Lin United States	56	6.7k 0.6×	3.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	525 0.2×	1.4k 0.6×	137	9.3k
Reinhard Krämer Germany	60	8.1k 0.7×	2.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	828 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	231	10.8k
Ernst Freese United States	53	5.1k 0.4×	2.1k 0.4×	944 0.4×	861 0.3×	672 0.3×	151	7.8k
John R. Guest United Kingdom	54	4.9k 0.4×	2.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	739 0.3×	2.0k 0.9×	142	8.0k
Ian R. Booth United Kingdom	58	6.6k 0.6×	2.8k 0.6×	748 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	584 0.3×	166	10.9k
Henry J. Vogel United States	27	5.9k 0.5×	1.6k 0.3×	853 0.3×	885 0.4×	825 0.4×	62	7.9k
Bruce Demple United States	75	13.3k 1.1×	3.4k 0.7×	591 0.2×	978 0.4×	605 0.3×	181	17.3k
Mohamed A. Marahiel Germany	89	19.2k 1.7×	3.8k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	2.8k 1.1×	288 0.1×	281	25.9k

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Carmona, Manuel, Félix Claverie-Martı́n, & Boris Magasanik. (1997). DNA bending and the initiation of transcription at σ ⁵⁴ -dependent bacterial promoters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(18). 9568–9572. 41 indexed citations

Blinder, Dmitry & Boris Magasanik. (1995). Recognition of nitrogen-responsive upstream activation sequences of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the product of the GLN3 gene. Journal of Bacteriology. 177(14). 4190–4193. 61 indexed citations

Brahms, S., et al.. (1995). A sequence-induced superhelical DNA segment serves as transcriptional enhancer. Journal of Molecular Biology. 246(1). 35–42. 21 indexed citations

Magasanik, Boris. (1992). 6 Regulation of Nitrogen Utilization. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 283–317. 25 indexed citations

Magasanik, Boris, et al.. (1991). Role of the Complex Upstream Region of the GDH2 Gene in Nitrogen Regulation of the NAD-Linked Glutamate Dehydrogenase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11(12). 6229–6247. 28 indexed citations

Coschigano, Peter W. & Boris Magasanik. (1991). The URE2 Gene Product of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Plays an Important Role in the Cellular Response to the Nitrogen Source and Has Homology to Glutathione S -Transferases. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11(2). 822–832. 79 indexed citations

Coschigano, Peter W. & Boris Magasanik. (1991). The URE2 gene product of Saccharomyces cerevisiae plays an important role in the cellular response to the nitrogen source and has homology to glutathione s-transferases.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11(2). 822–832. 230 indexed citations

Miller, Steven M. & Boris Magasanik. (1990). Role of NAD-linked glutamate dehydrogenase in nitrogen metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Bacteriology. 172(9). 4927–4935. 126 indexed citations

Neidhardt, Frederick C., John L. Ingraham, K. Brooks Low, et al.. (1987). Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. Cellular and molecular biology. Volumes I and II.. Bioresource Technology. 192. 354–60. 14 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Aaron P. & Boris Magasanik. (1984). Regulation of glutamine-repressible gene products by the GLN3 function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 4(12). 2758–2766. 116 indexed citations

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Magasanik, Boris. (1983). Rampaging bacterial cultures. Cell. 35(2). 345–346. 1 indexed citations

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Magasanik, Boris. (1980). Regulation in the hut System. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 7. 373–387. 23 indexed citations

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Gaillardin, Claude & Boris Magasanik. (1978). Involvement of the product of the glnF gene in the autogenous regulation of glutamine synthetase formation in Klebsiella aerogenes. Journal of Bacteriology. 133(3). 1329–1338. 58 indexed citations

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Magasanik, Boris. (1970). Chapter IX: Glucose Effects: Inducer Exclusion and Repression. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 1. 189–219. 49 indexed citations

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Kimhi, Yosef & Boris Magasanik. (1970). Genetic Basis of Histidine Degradation in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 245(14). 3545–3548. 47 indexed citations

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Jones, Elizabeth W. & Boris Magasanik. (1967). Phosphoribosyl-5-amino-4-imidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase activity in the adenine-histidine auxotroph ad-3 of S. cerevisiae. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 29(4). 600–604. 9 indexed citations

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Loomis, William F. & Boris Magasanik. (1967). Glucose-Lactose Diauxie in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 93(4). 1397–1401. 72 indexed citations

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Kaempfer, Raymond & Boris Magasanik. (1967). Effect of infection with T-even phage on the inducible synthesis of β-galactosidase in Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 27(3). 453–468. 76 indexed citations

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Temple, Robert J., H. E. Umbarger, & Boris Magasanik. (1965). The Effect of l-Valine on Enzyme Synthesis in Escherichia coli K-12. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 240(3). 1219–1224. 9 indexed citations

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Moyed, H.S. & Boris Magasanik. (1957). ENZYMES ESSENTIAL FOR THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF NUCLEIC ACID GUANINE; XANTHOSINE 5′-PHOSPHATE AMINASE OF AEROBACTER AEROGENES. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 226(1). 351–363. 79 indexed citations

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