Brian P. Nichols

2.7k total citations
48 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Brian P. Nichols is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian P. Nichols has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Brian P. Nichols's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (10 papers). Brian P. Nichols is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (10 papers). Brian P. Nichols collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Ireland. Brian P. Nichols's co-authors include Charles Yanofsky, Jacalyn M. Green, Irving P. Crawford, Jeffrey B. Kaplan, Stella Z. Doktor, P Goncharoff, Heidi Horowitz, Terry Platt, Gail E. Christie and Anna M. Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Brian P. Nichols

48 papers receiving 2.2k 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 P. Nichols United States 30 1.8k 778 445 317 279 48 2.4k
George V. Stauffer United States 34 2.2k 1.2× 1.5k 2.0× 487 1.1× 627 2.0× 175 0.6× 97 3.0k
Lars Rutberg Sweden 30 1.7k 0.9× 993 1.3× 398 0.9× 709 2.2× 200 0.7× 74 2.5k
Audrée V. Fowler United States 26 1.8k 1.0× 668 0.9× 379 0.9× 212 0.7× 132 0.5× 56 2.5k
Emmanuel Courcelle France 6 2.0k 1.1× 432 0.6× 586 1.3× 171 0.5× 696 2.5× 7 3.3k
Ronald L. Somerville United States 26 1.7k 0.9× 840 1.1× 430 1.0× 216 0.7× 148 0.5× 79 2.1k
Jean-Claude Patte France 27 1.5k 0.8× 538 0.7× 644 1.4× 180 0.6× 174 0.6× 64 1.9k
Lewis V. Wray United States 33 1.8k 1.0× 1.4k 1.7× 644 1.4× 561 1.8× 313 1.1× 50 2.5k
Joel G. Flaks United States 23 1.9k 1.0× 404 0.5× 160 0.4× 347 1.1× 106 0.4× 29 2.4k
Raymond Cunin Belgium 26 1.9k 1.0× 638 0.8× 686 1.5× 330 1.0× 138 0.5× 63 2.5k
David H. Calhoun United States 22 1.0k 0.6× 418 0.5× 238 0.5× 128 0.4× 132 0.5× 50 1.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nichols, Brian P., et al.. (2005). Vitamin B3confers resistance to sulfa drugs inSaccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 251(1). 137–141. 5 indexed citations
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Basset, Gilles J., Eoin P. Quinlivan, Stéphane Ravanel, et al.. (2004). Folate synthesis in plants: The p -aminobenzoate branch is initiated by a bifunctional PabA-PabB protein that is targeted to plastids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(6). 1496–1501. 103 indexed citations
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Basset, Gilles J., Stéphane Ravanel, Eoin P. Quinlivan, et al.. (2004). Folate synthesis in plants: the last step of the p‐aminobenzoate branch is catalyzed by a plastidial aminodeoxychorismate lyase. The Plant Journal. 40(4). 453–461. 72 indexed citations
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Green, Jacalyn M., et al.. (1998). Characterization of Mutations That Allow p -Aminobenzoyl-Glutamate Utilization by Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 180(23). 6260–6268. 46 indexed citations
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Nichols, Brian P., et al.. (1996). Characterization and sequence of the Escherichia coli panBCD gene cluster. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 143(2-3). 247–252. 38 indexed citations
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Nichols, Brian P. & Jacalyn M. Green. (1992). Cloning and sequencing of Escherichia coli ubiC and purification of chorismate lyase. Journal of Bacteriology. 174(16). 5309–5316. 72 indexed citations
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Nichols, Brian P., Anita Seibold, & Stella Z. Doktor. (1989). para-Aminobenzoate Synthesis from Chorismate Occurs in Two Steps. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264(15). 8597–8601. 63 indexed citations
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Hughes, Diarmaid, et al.. (1989). Genetic characterization of frameshift suppressors with new decoding properties. Journal of Bacteriology. 171(2). 1028–1034. 14 indexed citations
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Payne, Robert C., Brian P. Nichols, & Sidney M. Hecht. (1987). Escherichia coli tryptophan synthase: synthesis of catalytically competent .alpha. subunit in a cell-free system containing preacylated tRNAs. Biochemistry. 26(11). 3197–3205. 17 indexed citations
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Ganem, Bruce, et al.. (1985). Total synthesis of (.+-.)-4-amino-4-deoxychorismic acid: a key intermediate in the biosynthesis of p-aminobenzoic acid and L-p-aminophenylalanine. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 107(17). 5008–5009. 45 indexed citations
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Nichols, Brian P. & Charles Yanofsky. (1983). [8] Plasmids containing the rp promoters of Escherichia coli and Serratia marcescents and their use in expressing cloned genes. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 101. 155–164. 55 indexed citations
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Nichols, Brian P., et al.. (1981). Nucleotide sequence of Escherichia coli trpE. Journal of Molecular Biology. 146(1). 45–54. 52 indexed citations
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Crawford, Irving P., Brian P. Nichols, & Charles Yanofsky. (1980). Nucleotide sequence of the trpB gene in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. Journal of Molecular Biology. 142(4). 489–502. 140 indexed citations
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Rosen, Elliot D., et al.. (1980). DNA sequence analysis of prm− mutations of coliphage lambda. Gene. 11(3-4). 197–205. 25 indexed citations
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Lawther, Robert P., Brian P. Nichols, Gérard Zurawski, & G. Wesley Hatfield. (1979). The nucleotide sequence preceding and including the beginning of the ilvE gene of the ilvGEDA operon of Escherichia coli K12. Nucleic Acids Research. 7(8). 2289–2301. 34 indexed citations
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Nichols, Brian P. & Charles Yanofsky. (1979). Nucleotide sequences of trpA of Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli: an evolutionary comparison.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 76(10). 5244–5248. 135 indexed citations
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Nichols, Brian P., et al.. (1978). A rapid purification of T4 polynucleotide kinase using blue dextran-sepharose chromatography. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Enzymology. 526(2). 410–417. 10 indexed citations
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Nichols, Brian P. & J E Donelson. (1977). Sequence analysis of the nicks and termini of bacteriophage T5 DNA. Journal of Virology. 22(2). 520–526. 14 indexed citations
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Johnston, Janet, Brian P. Nichols, & J E Donelson. (1977). Distribution of "minor" nicks in bacteriophage T5 DNA. Journal of Virology. 22(2). 510–519. 19 indexed citations
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Nichols, Brian P. & John E. Donelson. (1977). Mapping and cloning of Eco RI- fragments of bacteriophage T5+DNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 4(11). 3715–3726. 5 indexed citations

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