Burton J. Litman

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Burton J. Litman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Burton J. Litman has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 11 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Burton J. Litman's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (36 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (33 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (30 papers). Burton J. Litman is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (36 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (33 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (30 papers). Burton J. Litman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Israel. Burton J. Litman's co-authors include Drake C. Mitchell, Shui‐Lin Niu, Martin Straume, Gene W. Stubbs, Hee‐Yong Kim, Norman Salem, Klaus Gawrisch, H Smith, T. E. Thompson and J. Goll and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Burton J. Litman

74 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

A simple method for the preparation of homogeneous phosph... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 2001 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. A simple method for the preparation of homogeneous phospholipid vesicles
    1977 803 citations Burton J. Litman et al. Biochemistry profile →
  2. Mechanisms of action of docosahexaenoic acid in the nervous system
    2001 718 citations Norman Salem, Burton J. Litman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Burton J. Litman United States 45 5.0k 1.8k 1.2k 740 705 74 6.8k
Yasuo Kagawa Japan 43 5.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.6× 711 0.6× 883 1.2× 550 0.8× 227 8.5k
Pablo V. Escribá Spain 42 3.9k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 580 0.5× 663 0.9× 585 0.8× 128 5.9k
Philip L. Yèagle United States 44 5.8k 1.2× 935 0.5× 276 0.2× 550 0.7× 457 0.6× 141 7.3k
J.C. Skou Denmark 34 5.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 453 0.4× 795 1.1× 247 0.4× 59 7.6k
Jack H. Kaplan United States 52 5.2k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 2.4k 2.0× 634 0.9× 141 0.2× 148 9.3k
Steven J.D. Karlish Israel 49 6.8k 1.4× 880 0.5× 646 0.5× 770 1.0× 197 0.3× 149 8.6k
Youssef Hatefi United States 57 9.3k 1.9× 751 0.4× 473 0.4× 1.1k 1.4× 957 1.4× 190 11.6k
Douglas R. Pfeiffer United States 45 6.1k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 593 0.5× 1.2k 1.6× 423 0.6× 119 8.3k
Edward A. Dratz United States 38 3.0k 0.6× 948 0.5× 628 0.5× 495 0.7× 328 0.5× 107 5.2k
S.L. Bonting Netherlands 47 5.0k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 486 0.4× 701 0.9× 340 0.5× 220 7.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Choi, Eugene, Albert J. Jin, Shui‐Lin Niu, Paul D. Smith, & Burton J. Litman. (2004). Visualizing Individual Rhodopsin (a G Protein-Coupled Receptor) Molecules in Native Disk and Reconstituted Membranes via Atomic Force Microscopy. TechConnect Briefs. 1(2004). 63–66. 1 indexed citations
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Niu, Shui‐Lin, Drake C. Mitchell, Sun‐Young Lim, et al.. (2004). Reduced G Protein-coupled Signaling Efficiency in Retinal Rod Outer Segments in Response to n-3 Fatty Acid Deficiency. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(30). 31098–31104. 180 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Drake C., Shui‐Lin Niu, & Burton J. Litman. (2001). Optimization of Receptor-G Protein Coupling by Bilayer Lipid Composition I. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(46). 42801–42806. 101 indexed citations
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Koenig, Simone, Drake C. Mitchell, Simone König, et al.. (2000). Measurement of dipolar couplings in a transducin peptide fragment weakly bound to oriented photo-activated rhodopsin. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 16(2). 121–125. 43 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Drake C. & Burton J. Litman. (2000). Effect of Ethanol and Osmotic Stress on Receptor Conformation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(8). 5355–5360. 39 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Drake C. & Burton J. Litman. (1998). Effect of Cholesterol on Molecular Order and Dynamics in Highly Polyunsaturated Phospholipid Bilayers. Biophysical Journal. 75(2). 896–908. 114 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Drake C., J. Todd R. Lawrence, & Burton J. Litman. (1996). Primary Alcohols Modulate the Activation of the G Protein-coupled Receptor Rhodopsin by a Lipid-mediated Mechanism. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(32). 19033–19036. 66 indexed citations
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Litman, Burton J., E. Neil Lewis, & Ira W. Levin. (1991). Packing characteristics of highly unsaturated bilayer lipids: Raman spectroscopic studies of multilamellar phosphatidylcholine dispersions. Biochemistry. 30(2). 313–319. 111 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Drake C., et al.. (1991). Rhodopsin in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine-reconstituted bilayers forms metarhodopsin II and activates Gt. Biochemistry. 30(1). 37–42. 20 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Drake C., Martin Straume, James L. Miller, & Burton J. Litman. (1990). Modulation of metarhodopsin formation by cholesterol-induced ordering of bilayer lipids. Biochemistry. 29(39). 9143–9149. 154 indexed citations
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Straume, Martin, Drake C. Mitchell, James L. Miller, & Burton J. Litman. (1990). Interconversion of metarhodopsins I and II: a branched photointermediate decay model. Biochemistry. 29(39). 9135–9142. 70 indexed citations
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Almog, Shlomo, Burton J. Litman, William C. Wimley, et al.. (1990). States of aggregation and phase transformations in mixtures of phosphatidylcholine and octyl glucoside. Biochemistry. 29(19). 4582–4592. 190 indexed citations
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Miller, James L., et al.. (1989). Inhibition of transducin activation and guanosine triphosphatase activity by aluminum ion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264(1). 243–250. 42 indexed citations
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Litman, Burton J.. (1982). [23] Purification of rhodopsin by concanavalin A affinity chromatography. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 81. 150–153. 120 indexed citations
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Litman, Burton J.. (1982). [84] Ultraviolet circular dichroism of rhodopsin in disk membranes and detergent solution. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 81. 629–633. 3 indexed citations
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Jackson, Marilyn & Burton J. Litman. (1982). Rhodopsin-phospholipid reconstitution by dialysis removal of octyl glucoside. Biochemistry. 21(22). 5601–5608. 52 indexed citations
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Litman, Burton J. & John A. Schellman. (1965). The n—π* Cotton Effect of the Peptide Linkage. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 69(3). 978–983. 56 indexed citations

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