Brendan J. McConkey

6.4k citations

75 papers · 4.8k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 33

Molecular Biology top 5%
Plant Science top 1%
Neurology top 1%
Genetics top 1%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 2%

Co-authors: Bernard R. Glick Zhenyu Cheng Bruce M. Greenberg D. George Dixon Andrew C. Doxey Jin Duan Biljana Todorović William Camu
Topics: Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (12 papers)Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (11 papers)Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (9 papers)
Cited by: Neurology Genetics Plant Science
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of Biological Chemistry
Partner nations: Canada United States Australia

In The Last Decade

Brendan J. McConkey

74 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

TARDBP mutations in individuals with sporadic and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

2008 1.2k citations Brendan J. McConkey et al. profile →
Promotion of Plant Growth by Bacterial ACC Deaminase

2007 555 citations Bernard R. Glick, Zhenyu Cheng et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Kastor: a reference-based comparative approach for assessment and correction of gene-fragmenting errors in long-read assemblies of small genomes 2025 ·BMC Genomics ·(unknown),Brendan J. McConkey	0
2	Slr4, a newly identified S‐layer protein from marine Gammaproteobacteria, is a major biofilm matrix component 2020 ·Molecular Microbiology ·(unknown),(unknown),Jiujun Cheng,Briallen Lobb,(unknown),Suhelen Egan,Trevor C. Charles,Brendan J. McConkey,John W. Austin,Andrew C. Doxey	8
3	Effect of long-acting β-agonists/glucocorticoids on human airway epithelial cell cytokine, transcriptomic and oxidative stress responses to cannabis smoke 2020 ·ERJ Open Research ·Ryan D. Huff,Jennifer A. Aguiar,Wayne Tse,Martin R. Stämpfli,Brendan J. McConkey,Andrew C. Doxey,Jeremy A. Hirota	8
4	An omics approach to rational feed 2016 ·Journal of Biotechnology ·Eric J. M. Blondeel,Raymond H. Ho,Steffen Schulze,Stanislav Sokolenko,(unknown),Igor Slivac,Yves Durocher,J. Guy Guillemette,Brendan J. McConkey,David Chang,Marc G. Aucoin	20
5	Pathogen-secreted proteases activate a novel plant immune pathway 2015 ·Nature ·Zhenyu Cheng,Jianfeng Li,Yajie Niu,Xuecheng Zhang,Owen Z. Woody,Yan Xiong,Slavica Djonović,Yves Millet,Jenifer Bush,Brendan J. McConkey,Jen Sheen,Frederick M. Ausubel	179
6	Optimization of culturing conditions for toxicity testing with the alga Oophila sp. (Chlorophyceae), an amphibian endosymbiont 2014 ·Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ·José Luis Rodríguez‐Gil,Richard A. Brain,(unknown),(unknown),Brendan J. McConkey,Keith R. Solomon,Mark L. Hanson	7
7	Modeling of cell culture damage and recovery leads to increased antibody and biomass productivity in CHO cell cultures 2014 ·Biotechnology Journal ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Brendan J. McConkey,Brian Ingalls,Hector Budman,Jeno M. Scharer	2
8	Investigating the Role of Protein UnkG from the Pseudomonas putida UW4 in the Ability of the Bacterium to Facilitate Plant Growth 2012 ·Current Microbiology ·Wei Jiang,Zhenyu Cheng,Brendan J. McConkey,Bernard R. Glick	2
9	Horizontal Gene Transfer Contributed to the Evolution of Extracellular Surface Structures: The Freshwater Polyp Hydra Is Covered by a Complex Fibrous Cuticle Containing Glycosaminoglycans and Proteins of the PPOD and SWT (Sweet Tooth) Families 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Angelika Böttger,Andrew C. Doxey,Michael W. Hess,Kristian Pfaller,Willi Salvenmoser,Rainer Deutzmann,Andreas Geissner,Barbara Pauly,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Hans‐Joachim Gabius,Brendan J. McConkey,Charles N. David	23
10	Development of a mathematical model for evaluating the dynamics of normal and apoptotic Chinese hamster ovary cells 2011 ·Biotechnology Progress ·(unknown),(unknown),Catherine Wei,Brendan J. McConkey,Brian Ingalls,Hector Budman,Jeno M. Scharer	37
11	Nuclear Targeting of Methyl-Recycling Enzymes in Arabidopsis thaliana Is Mediated by Specific Protein Interactions 2011 ·Molecular Plant ·Sang‐Hyun Lee,Andrew C. Doxey,Brendan J. McConkey,Barbara A. Moffatt	30
12	Population‐based modeling of the progression of apoptosis in mammalian cell culture 2011 ·Biotechnology and Bioengineering ·(unknown),(unknown),Brendan J. McConkey,Hector Budman,Jeno M. Scharer,Brian Ingalls	9
13	Identification of Bacterial Proteins Mediating the Interactions Between Pseudomonas putida UW4 and Brassica napus (Canola) 2009 ·Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Zhenyu Cheng,Jin Duan,Youai Hao,Brendan J. McConkey,Bernard R. Glick	25
14	Identification of Myopia-Related Marker Proteins in Tilapia Retinal, RPE, and Choroidal Tissue following Induced Form Deprivation 2009 ·Current Eye Research ·(unknown),Wei Shen,(unknown),J. G. Sivak,Brendan J. McConkey,Thomas D. Singer	16
15	Functional Divergence in the Arabidopsis -1,3-Glucanase Gene Family Inferred by Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Expression States 2007 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Andrew C. Doxey,Mahmoud W. Yaish,Barbara A. Moffatt,Marilyn Griffith,Brendan J. McConkey	145
16	Importance of solvent accessibility and contact surfaces in modeling side‐chain conformations in proteins 2004 ·Journal of Computational Chemistry ·Eran Eyal,Rafaël Najmanovich,Brendan J. McConkey,Marvin Edelman,V. M. Sobolev	109
17	Measurement of Short- and Long-Term Toxicity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Luminescent Bacteria 2002 ·Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety ·Yousef El-Alawi,Brendan J. McConkey,D. George Dixon,Bruce M. Greenberg	80
18	Fractional Simplex Designs for Interaction Screening in Complex Mixtures 2000 ·Biometrics ·Brendan J. McConkey,Paul G. Mezey,D. George Dixon,Bruce M. Greenberg	10
19	Impacts of Structural Photomodification on the Toxicity of Environmental Contaminants: Anthracene Photooxidation Products 1999 ·Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety ·Ali Mallakin,Brendan J. McConkey,(unknown),(unknown),Victor Snieckus,D. George Dixon,Bruce M. Greenberg	116
20	Photoinduced Toxicity of Three Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Fluoranthene, Pyrene, and Naphthalene) to the Duckweed Lemna gibba L. G-3 1994 ·Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety ·(unknown),Xiaodong Huang,Brendan J. McConkey,D. George Dixon,Bruce M. Greenberg	78

About Brendan J. McConkey

Brendan J. McConkey is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Molecular Biology and Plant Science, having authored 75 papers that have together received 4.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (12 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (11 papers) and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (1.1k citations), Genetics (668 citations) and Plant Science (1.5k citations). Brendan J. McConkey has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Bernard R. Glick, Zhenyu Cheng, Bruce M. Greenberg, D. George Dixon, Andrew C. Doxey, Jin Duan, Biljana Todorović, William Camu, Christine Vande Velde and Lucette Lacomblez. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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