Brian A. Kelch

1.8k total citations
34 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Brian A. Kelch is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian A. Kelch has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Brian A. Kelch's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (12 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers). Brian A. Kelch is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (12 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers). Brian A. Kelch collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Brian A. Kelch's co-authors include Mike O’Donnell, John Kuriyan, Débora L. Makino, Nicholas P. Stone, Brendan J. Hilbert, David A. Agard, Mohan Somasundaran, Celia A. Schiffer, Tania V. Silvas and Neşe Kurt Yılmaz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Brian A. Kelch

34 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian A. Kelch United States 19 939 244 214 121 103 34 1.1k
U. Sen India 16 591 0.6× 239 1.0× 97 0.5× 93 0.8× 133 1.3× 45 830
Leonora Poljak France 17 1.3k 1.3× 595 2.4× 247 1.2× 68 0.6× 122 1.2× 23 1.4k
Ryo Morishita Japan 17 1.2k 1.3× 103 0.4× 86 0.4× 51 0.4× 81 0.8× 39 1.6k
Yen Choo United Kingdom 22 2.3k 2.4× 314 1.3× 183 0.9× 53 0.4× 97 0.9× 43 2.5k
Kazuyuki Takai Japan 21 1.3k 1.4× 204 0.8× 128 0.6× 37 0.3× 62 0.6× 103 1.6k
Kuslima Shogen United States 23 1.2k 1.3× 201 0.8× 70 0.3× 186 1.5× 42 0.4× 47 1.7k
Susana M. Cerritelli United States 23 2.6k 2.8× 397 1.6× 213 1.0× 70 0.6× 86 0.8× 33 2.9k
Hwai‐Chen Guo United States 19 831 0.9× 174 0.7× 77 0.4× 97 0.8× 45 0.4× 33 1.4k
Felipe Trajtenberg Uruguay 18 788 0.8× 308 1.3× 131 0.6× 56 0.5× 18 0.2× 29 1.1k
Christian Biertümpfel United States 16 950 1.0× 274 1.1× 84 0.4× 79 0.7× 29 0.3× 25 1.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian A. Kelch

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Yumeng, Shuhao Wang, Alfred Simkin, et al.. (2025). Capsid transfer of the retrotransposon Copia controls structural synaptic plasticity in Drosophila. PLoS Biology. 23(2). e3002983–e3002983. 4 indexed citations
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Kelch, Brian A., et al.. (2024). Differences between bacteria and eukaryotes in clamp loader mechanism, a conserved process underlying DNA replication. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(4). 107166–107166. 4 indexed citations
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Kelch, Brian A., et al.. (2023). Conformational dynamics control assembly of an extremely long bacteriophage tail tube. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(3). 103021–103021. 5 indexed citations
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Munford, Veridiana, Thaís Kataoka Homma, Christl Gaubitz, et al.. (2023). A thermosensitive PCNA allele underlies an ataxia-telangiectasia-like disorder. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(5). 104656–104656. 3 indexed citations
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Gaubitz, Christl, et al.. (2022). Cryo-EM structures reveal high-resolution mechanism of a DNA polymerase sliding clamp loader. eLife. 11. 27 indexed citations
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Calvo, Jennifer A., Briana Fritchman, Desiree Hernandez, et al.. (2021). Comprehensive Mutational Analysis of the BRCA1-Associated DNA Helicase and Tumor-Suppressor FANCJ/BACH1/BRIP1. Molecular Cancer Research. 19(6). 1015–1025. 13 indexed citations
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Hilbert, Brendan J., et al.. (2021). Viral packaging ATPases utilize a glutamate switch to couple ATPase activity and DNA translocation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(17). 12 indexed citations
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Dill, Erik, Mark A. White, Brian A. Kelch, et al.. (2021). Atomistic basis of force generation, translocation, and coordination in a viral genome packaging motor. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(11). 6474–6488. 17 indexed citations
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Lim, Shion A., Zachary R. Sailer, Ivan N. Zheludev, et al.. (2021). Exploring the Evolutionary History of Kinetic Stability in the α-Lytic Protease Family. Biochemistry. 60(3). 170–181. 2 indexed citations
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Gaubitz, Christl, et al.. (2020). Structure of the human clamp loader reveals an autoinhibited conformation of a substrate-bound AAA+ switch. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(38). 23571–23580. 29 indexed citations
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Hilbert, Brendan J., et al.. (2020). A thermophilic phage uses a small terminase protein with a fixed helix–turn–helix geometry. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(12). 3783–3793. 9 indexed citations
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Stone, Nicholas P., et al.. (2019). Principles for enhancing virus capsid capacity and stability from a thermophilic virus capsid structure. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4471–4471. 55 indexed citations
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Silvas, Tania V., Shurong Hou, Wazo Myint, et al.. (2018). Substrate sequence selectivity of APOBEC3A implicates intra-DNA interactions. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7511–7511. 43 indexed citations
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Stone, Nicholas P., Brendan J. Hilbert, Daniel Hidalgo, et al.. (2018). A Hyperthermophilic Phage Decoration Protein Suggests Common Evolutionary Origin with Herpesvirus Triplex Proteins and an Anti-CRISPR Protein. Structure. 26(7). 936–947.e3. 19 indexed citations
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Kouno, Takahide, Tania V. Silvas, Brendan J. Hilbert, et al.. (2017). Crystal structure of APOBEC3A bound to single-stranded DNA reveals structural basis for cytidine deamination and specificity. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15024–15024. 115 indexed citations
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Bohn, Markus‐Frederik, Shivender M.D. Shandilya, Tania V. Silvas, et al.. (2015). The ssDNA Mutator APOBEC3A Is Regulated by Cooperative Dimerization. Structure. 23(5). 903–911. 70 indexed citations
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Hilbert, Brendan J., et al.. (2015). A Disease-Causing Variant in PCNA Disrupts a Promiscuous Protein Binding Site. Journal of Molecular Biology. 428(6). 1023–1040. 18 indexed citations
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Kelch, Brian A., Débora L. Makino, Mike O’Donnell, & John Kuriyan. (2012). Clamp loader ATPases and the evolution of DNA replication machinery. BMC Biology. 10(1). 34–34. 70 indexed citations
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Kazmirski, Steven L., Eric R. Goedken, Aaron J. Cantor, et al.. (2009). The Mechanism of ATP-Dependent Primer-Template Recognition by a Clamp Loader Complex. Cell. 137(4). 659–671. 109 indexed citations
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Kelch, Brian A., et al.. (2007). Structural and Mechanistic Exploration of Acid Resistance: Kinetic Stability Facilitates Evolution of Extremophilic Behavior. Journal of Molecular Biology. 368(3). 870–883. 30 indexed citations

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