Brandon L. Kier

545 total citations
25 papers, 465 citations indexed

About

Brandon L. Kier is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brandon L. Kier has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 465 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Brandon L. Kier's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (10 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (10 papers) and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (5 papers). Brandon L. Kier is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (10 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (10 papers) and Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (5 papers). Brandon L. Kier collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Germany. Brandon L. Kier's co-authors include Niels H. Andersen, Jordan M. Anderson, A. Shcherbakov, Bipasha Barua, Stephen J. Hagen, Wendy J. Shaw, Simone Raugei, Garry W. Buchko, Bojana Ginovska and Thomas G. Spiro and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Brandon L. Kier

25 papers receiving 461 citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brandon L. Kier United States 14 348 94 84 68 61 25 465
Lee A. Solomon United States 13 494 1.4× 198 2.1× 118 1.4× 38 0.6× 204 3.3× 22 750
Hui‐Hsu Gavin Tsai Taiwan 17 290 0.8× 260 2.8× 128 1.5× 17 0.3× 74 1.2× 34 650
Benjamin C. Buer United States 11 311 0.9× 81 0.9× 131 1.6× 57 0.8× 31 0.5× 12 460
Aaron M. Almeida United States 8 403 1.2× 36 0.4× 296 3.5× 70 1.0× 104 1.7× 9 521
Jan‐Stefan Völler Germany 7 384 1.1× 46 0.5× 188 2.2× 16 0.2× 17 0.3× 31 527
Ai Niitsu Japan 10 359 1.0× 70 0.7× 53 0.6× 27 0.4× 63 1.0× 13 447
Michael Kuemin Switzerland 8 294 0.8× 57 0.6× 186 2.2× 14 0.2× 73 1.2× 8 427
Sam Benson United Kingdom 14 255 0.7× 163 1.7× 120 1.4× 16 0.2× 14 0.2× 23 567
Paresh C. Dave United States 12 208 0.6× 114 1.2× 63 0.8× 36 0.5× 31 0.5× 18 380
Jeffrey Mills United States 13 480 1.4× 175 1.9× 139 1.7× 7 0.1× 56 0.9× 24 616

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brandon L. Kier

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kier, Brandon L., et al.. (2017). Biological consequences of improving the structural stability of hairpins that have antimicrobial activity. Journal of Peptide Science. 23(12). 899–906. 2 indexed citations
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Kier, Brandon L., et al.. (2016). Hairpin structure stability plays a role in the activity of two antimicrobial peptides. FEBS Letters. 590(24). 4480–4488. 16 indexed citations
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Anderson, Jordan M., Brandon L. Kier, A. Shcherbakov, et al.. (2016). Aryl–aryl interactions in designed peptide folds: Spectroscopic characteristics and optimal placement for structure stabilization. Biopolymers. 105(6). 337–356. 18 indexed citations
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Anderson, Jordan M., et al.. (2016). Nascent Hairpins in Proteins: Identifying Turn Loci and Quantitating Turn Contributions to Hairpin Stability. Biochemistry. 55(39). 5537–5553. 13 indexed citations
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Sottero, Theo, Emily J. Girard, Colin Correnti, et al.. (2016). Abstract LB-231: An optide (optimized knottin-peptide) that inhibits tumor cell growth In vitro and accumulates in sarcoma flank tumors in vivo. Cancer Research. 76(14_Supplement). LB–231. 1 indexed citations
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Anderson, Jordan M., et al.. (2016). Optimization of a β‐sheet‐cap for long loop closure. Biopolymers. 107(3). 7 indexed citations
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Reback, Matthew L., Bojana Ginovska, Garry W. Buchko, et al.. (2016). Investigating the role of chain and linker length on the catalytic activity of an H2 production catalyst containing a β-hairpin peptide. Journal of Coordination Chemistry. 69(11-13). 1730–1747. 15 indexed citations
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Kier, Brandon L., Jordan M. Anderson, & Niels H. Andersen. (2015). Disulfide-Mediated β-Strand Dimers: Hyperstable β-Sheets Lacking Tertiary Interactions and Turns. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(16). 5363–5371. 27 indexed citations
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Kier, Brandon L., et al.. (2015). A Structuring Repeat for Peptide Design: Long Beta Ribbons. ChemBioChem. 17(3). 224–227. 2 indexed citations
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Anderson, Jordan M., Brandon L. Kier, A. Shcherbakov, & Niels H. Andersen. (2014). An improved capping unit for stabilizing the ends of associated β‐strands. FEBS Letters. 588(24). 4749–4753. 14 indexed citations
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Kier, Brandon L. & Niels H. Andersen. (2014). Captides: rigid junctions between beta sheets and small molecules. Journal of Peptide Science. 20(9). 704–715. 9 indexed citations
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Reback, Matthew L., Garry W. Buchko, Brandon L. Kier, et al.. (2014). Enzyme Design from the Bottom Up: An Active Nickel Electrocatalyst with a Structured Peptide Outer Coordination Sphere. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(6). 1510–1514. 34 indexed citations
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Kier, Brandon L., et al.. (2013). Circular permutation of the Trp-cage: fold rescue upon addition of a hydrophobic staple. RSC Advances. 3(43). 19824–19824. 11 indexed citations
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Stewart, J. M., et al.. (2011). β-Sheet 13C Structuring Shifts Appear Only at the H-Bonded Sites of Hairpins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(5). 1196–1199. 3 indexed citations
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Kier, Brandon L., et al.. (2010). Stabilizing capping motif for β-hairpins and sheets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(23). 10466–10471. 75 indexed citations
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Kier, Brandon L., et al.. (2009). Determinants of fold stabilizing aromatic-aromatic interactions in short peptides. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 611. 73–74. 6 indexed citations
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Kier, Brandon L., et al.. (2008). Very short peptides with stable folds: Building on the interrelationship of Trp/Trp, Trp/cation, and Trp/backbone–amide interaction geometries. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 75(2). 308–322. 61 indexed citations
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Kier, Brandon L. & Niels H. Andersen. (2008). Probing the Lower Size Limit for Protein-Like Fold Stability: Ten-Residue Microproteins With Specific, Rigid Structures in Water. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(44). 14675–14683. 38 indexed citations

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