Bret A. Shirley

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Bret A. Shirley is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bret A. Shirley has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Materials Chemistry and 2 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Bret A. Shirley's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (8 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers). Bret A. Shirley is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (8 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers). Bret A. Shirley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and Japan. Bret A. Shirley's co-authors include C. Nick Pace, K.S. Gajiwala, Patrick Stanssens, Gerald R. Grimsley, Ulrich Hahn, John D. Landua, J. Martin Scholtz, Saul Treviño, Satoshi Iimura and Satoshi Imura and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Bret A. Shirley

11 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Forces contributing to the conformational stability of proteins

1996 516 citations C. Nick Pace, Bret A. Shirley et al. The FASEB Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bret A. Shirley United States	11	1.4k	563	153	136	135	11	1.9k
Saul Treviño United States	10	1.2k 0.8×	364 0.6×	136 0.9×	91 0.7×	79 0.6×	11	1.7k
Elizabeth E. Howell United States	26	1.8k 1.2×	856 1.5×	196 1.3×	209 1.5×	130 1.0×	91	2.3k
Javier Gómez Spain	24	1.6k 1.1×	622 1.1×	174 1.1×	90 0.7×	112 0.8×	52	2.3k
Parthasarathy Manavalan United States	18	1.7k 1.2×	401 0.7×	241 1.6×	140 1.0×	130 1.0×	27	2.4k
Pedro L. Mateo Spain	26	2.1k 1.4×	792 1.4×	168 1.1×	83 0.6×	233 1.7×	65	2.5k
Andrey Karshikoff Sweden	21	1.2k 0.8×	516 0.9×	161 1.1×	134 1.0×	93 0.7×	41	1.6k
José Luis R. Arrondo Spain	22	1.8k 1.3×	314 0.6×	206 1.3×	144 1.1×	216 1.6×	44	2.7k
Nand K. Vyas United States	21	1.5k 1.1×	586 1.0×	193 1.3×	304 2.2×	111 0.8×	27	2.1k
Elizabeth M. Meiering Canada	26	1.3k 0.9×	500 0.9×	173 1.1×	91 0.7×	159 1.2×	55	2.2k
Theresa A. Ramelot United States	21	1.4k 1.0×	371 0.7×	162 1.1×	153 1.1×	128 0.9×	69	1.9k

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Pace, C. Nick, John D. Landua, Saul Treviño, et al.. (2014). Contribution of hydrogen bonds to protein stability. Protein Science. 23(5). 652–661. 397 indexed citations

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Pace, C. Nick, John D. Landua, Saul Treviño, et al.. (2011). Contribution of Hydrophobic Interactions to Protein Stability. Journal of Molecular Biology. 408(3). 514–528. 336 indexed citations

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Shirley, Bret A.. (2003). Urea and Guanidine Hydrochloride Denaturation Curves. Humana Press eBooks. 40. 177–190. 52 indexed citations

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Singh, Manmohan, et al.. (2001). Controlled release of recombinant insulin-like growth factor from a novel formulation of polylactide-co-glycolide microparticles. Journal of Controlled Release. 70(1-2). 21–28. 48 indexed citations

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Pace, C. Nick, et al.. (1996). Forces contributing to the conformational stability of proteins. The FASEB Journal. 10(1). 75–83. 516 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shirley, Bret A.. (1995). Protein Stability and Folding. Humana Press eBooks. 77 indexed citations

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Shirley, Bret A.. (1995). Protein Stability and Folding: Theory and Practice. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 66 indexed citations

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Shirley, Bret A., Patrick Stanssens, Ulrich Hahn, & C. Nick Pace. (1992). Contribution of hydrogen bonding to the conformational stability of ribonuclease T1. Biochemistry. 31(3). 725–732. 233 indexed citations

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Shirley, Bret A. & Douglas V. Laurents. (1990). Purification of recombinant ribonuclease T1 expressed in Escherichia coli. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods. 20(3). 181–188. 34 indexed citations

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Thomson, J. A., Bret A. Shirley, Gerald R. Grimsley, & C. Nick Pace. (1989). Conformational stability and mechanism of folding of ribonuclease T1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264(20). 11614–11620. 73 indexed citations

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Shirley, Bret A., Patrick Stanssens, Jan Steyaert, & C. Nick Pace. (1989). Conformational stability and activity of ribonuclease T1 and mutants. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264(20). 11621–11625. 66 indexed citations

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