C. G. Kurland

19.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
158 papers, 15.1k citations indexed

About

C. G. Kurland is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, C. G. Kurland has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 15.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 147 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Genetics and 21 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in C. G. Kurland's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (119 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (54 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (47 papers). C. G. Kurland is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (119 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (54 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (47 papers). C. G. Kurland collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Germany. C. G. Kurland's co-authors include Siv G. E. Andersson, Måns Ehrenberg, S. J. S. Hardy, Otto G. Berg, Björn Canbäck, H. Henry Dong, G. Mora, Lars Nilsson, Tarmo Ruusala and Pierre C. Jelenc and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

C. G. Kurland

158 papers receiving 14.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The genome sequence of Rickettsia prowazekii and the origin of mitochondria

1998 1.2k citations Siv G. E. Andersson, Alireza Zomorodipour et al. Nature profile →
Ribosomal proteins of Escherichia coli. I. Purification of the 30 S ribosomal proteins

1969 916 citations S. J. S. Hardy, C. G. Kurland et al. Biochemistry profile →
Co-variation of tRNA Abundance and Codon Usage inEscherichia coliat Different Growth Rates

1996 659 citations C. G. Kurland et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
Unstable Ribonucleic Acid Revealed by Pulse Labelling of Escherichia Coli

1961 458 citations C. G. Kurland et al. Nature profile →
Molecular characterization of ribonucleic acid from Escherichia coli ribosomes

1960 408 citations C. G. Kurland Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. G. Kurland Sweden	65	13.1k	4.0k	2.4k	1.0k	645	158	15.1k
Matthew Meselson United States	51	10.2k 0.8×	3.4k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.8×	409 0.6×	115	13.2k
Hamilton O. Smith United States	54	16.2k 1.2×	5.7k 1.4×	4.0k 1.7×	2.2k 2.1×	640 1.0×	125	20.5k
Clyde A. Hutchison United States	55	15.5k 1.2×	5.1k 1.3×	3.4k 1.4×	3.1k 3.0×	659 1.0×	145	20.7k
Harry F. Noller United States	86	26.4k 2.0×	6.0k 1.5×	4.5k 1.9×	1.5k 1.4×	921 1.4×	220	29.6k
Michael Zuker United States	43	21.4k 1.6×	3.7k 0.9×	3.2k 1.3×	3.7k 3.6×	383 0.6×	81	27.1k
Robert McKenna United States	68	9.9k 0.8×	3.6k 0.9×	1.0k 0.4×	754 0.7×	820 1.3×	367	14.7k
B. G. Barrell United Kingdom	36	15.2k 1.2×	4.3k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.8×	2.7k 4.2×	41	22.1k
Gabriel Waksman United Kingdom	75	11.2k 0.9×	4.6k 1.1×	2.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.8×	221	18.0k
Richard R. Burgess United States	68	14.2k 1.1×	7.1k 1.8×	3.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.3×	612 0.9×	221	17.2k
Michael Remmert Germany	11	9.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	2.2k 2.1×	497 0.8×	14	14.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Harish, Ajith & C. G. Kurland. (2017). Mitochondria are not captive bacteria. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 434. 88–98. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Minglei, C. G. Kurland, & Gustavo Caetano‐Anollés. (2011). Reductive evolution of proteomes and protein structures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(29). 11954–11958. 57 indexed citations

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Kurland, C. G., Lesley J. Collins, & David Penny. (2006). Genomics and the Irreducible Nature of Eukaryote Cells. Science. 312(5776). 1011–1014. 155 indexed citations

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Kurland, C. G.. (2005). What tangled web: barriers to rampant horizontal gene transfer. BioEssays. 27(7). 741–747. 39 indexed citations

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Kurland, C. G., Björn Canbäck, & Otto G. Berg. (2003). Horizontal gene transfer: A critical view. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(17). 9658–9662. 301 indexed citations

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Canbäck, Björn, Siv G. E. Andersson, & C. G. Kurland. (2002). The global phylogeny of glycolytic enzymes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(9). 6097–6102. 104 indexed citations

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Karlberg, Olof, Björn Canbäck, C. G. Kurland, & Siv G. E. Andersson. (2000). The Dual Origin of the Yeast Mitochondrial Proteome. Yeast. 1(3). 170–187. 136 indexed citations

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Andersson, Siv G. E., Alireza Zomorodipour, Jan O. Andersson, et al.. (1998). The genome sequence of Rickettsia prowazekii and the origin of mitochondria. Nature. 396(6707). 133–140. 1232 indexed citations breakdown →

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Andersson, Siv G. E. & C. G. Kurland. (1998). Ancient and recent horizontal transfer events: The origins of Mitochondria. Apmis. 106(S84). 5–14. 13 indexed citations

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Emilsson, Valur, et al.. (1993). Growth-rate-dependent Accumulation of Twelve tRNA Species in Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 230(2). 483–491. 45 indexed citations

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Kurland, C. G.. (1992). TRANSLATIONAL ACCURACY AND THE FITNESS OF BACTERIA. Annual Review of Genetics. 26(1). 29–50. 242 indexed citations

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Kurland, C. G., et al.. (1992). Selection of laboratory wild-type phenotype from natural isolates of Escherichia coli in chemostats.. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 9(3). 394–402. 66 indexed citations

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Kurland, C. G., et al.. (1990). Novel mutants of elongation factor G. Journal of Molecular Biology. 215(4). 549–557. 16 indexed citations

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Kurland, C. G., et al.. (1988). Media dependence of translational mutant phenotype. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 56(3). 265–269. 21 indexed citations

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Kurland, C. G., et al.. (1987). Death rates of bacterial mutants. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 40(1). 43–46. 12 indexed citations

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Kurland, C. G. & Måns Ehrenberg. (1984). Optimization of Translation Accuracy. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 31. 191–219. 65 indexed citations

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Kurland, C. G.. (1974). Functional Organization of the 30S Ribosomal Subunit. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 4. 309–331. 4 indexed citations

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Lutter, Leonard C., U. Bode, C. G. Kurland, & Georg Stöffler. (1974). Ribosomal protein neighborhoods. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 129(2). 167–176. 61 indexed citations

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Kurland, C. G., et al.. (1971). Stoichiometry of the 30S ribosomal proteins of Escherichia coli. Biochemistry. 10(3). 517–524. 155 indexed citations

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Birge, Edward A., et al.. (1969). Structural Determinant of a Ribosomal Protein: K Locus. Science. 164(3885). 1285–1286. 18 indexed citations

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