C W Tabor

4.7k citations

35 papers · 4.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 28

Impact in

Biochemistry top 0.1%
- Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
Molecular Biology top 2%
- Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
- Biopolymer Synthesis and Applications
- Fungal and yeast genetics research

Papers in

Biochemistry 22
- Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism 22
Molecular Biology 34
- Polyamine Metabolism and Applications 30
- Enzyme function and inhibition 3
- Biopolymer Synthesis and Applications 3

Co-authors: Herbert Tabor Edmund W. Hafner M.S. Cohn David Balasundaram George D. Markham S. M. Rosenthal Q W Xie Reed B. Wickner
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry (12 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (10 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (7 papers)Annual Review of Biochemistry (2 papers)Advances in experimental medicine and biology (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Poland

In The Last Decade

C W Tabor

35 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Polyamines in microorganisms 1985 · 780 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1985 Microbiological Reviews
1976 Annual Review of Biochemistry

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1	SPE1 and SPE2: two essential genes in the biosynthesis of polyamines that modulate +1 ribosomal frameshifting in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Journal of Bacteriology ·David Balasundaram, Jonathan D. Dinman, C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor	1994	40
2	The presence of an active S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase gene increases the growth defect observed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants unable to synthesize putrescine, spermidine, and spermine Journal of Bacteriology ·David Balasundaram, Q W Xie, C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor	1994	17
3	Spermidine or spermine is essential for the aerobic growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·David Balasundaram, C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor	1991	97
4	Spermidine biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: promoter and termination regions of the speED operon Journal of Bacteriology ·Q W Xie, C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor	1989	19
5	S-Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase from Escherichia Coli and from Saccharomyces Cerevisiae: Cloning and Overexpression of the Genes Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·Keiko Kashiwagi, K.E. Geertsema, Q W Xie, C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor	1988	4
6	Spermidine synthase of Escherichia coli: localization of the speE gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor, Q W Xie	1986	46
7	Polyamine requirement for efficient translation of amber codons in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Herbert Tabor, C W Tabor	1982	36
8	S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase of Escherichia coli. Studies on the covalently linked pyruvate required for activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·George D. Markham, C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor	1982	49
9	Ornithine decarboxylase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Purification, properties, and regulation of activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Anil K. Tyagi, C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor	1981	64
10	Regulatory mutations affecting ornithine decarboxylase activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Journal of Bacteriology ·M.S. Cohn, C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor	1980	48
11	Mutants of Escherichia coli that do not contain 1,4-diaminobutane (putrescine) or spermidine. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Edmund W. Hafner, C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor	1979	139
12	Isolation and characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants deficient in S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase, spermidine, and spermine Journal of Bacteriology ·M.S. Cohn, C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor	1978	82
13	Escherichia coli mutants completely deficient in adenosylmethionine decarboxylase and in spermidine biosynthesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor, Edmund W. Hafner	1978	50
14	Spermidine or spermine requirement for killer double-stranded RNA plasmid replication in yeast Journal of Biological Chemistry ·M.S. Cohn, C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor, Reed B. Wickner	1978	36
15	Identification of a pyruvoyl residue in S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·M.S. Cohn, C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor	1977	47
16	Localized mutagenesis with bacteriophage Mu: method for increasing the frequency of specific bacterial mutants Journal of Bacteriology ·Herbert Tabor, Edmund W. Hafner, C W Tabor	1977	6
17	Convenient method for detecting 14CO2 in multiple samples: application to rapid screening for mutants Journal of Bacteriology ·Herbert Tabor, C W Tabor, Edmund W. Hafner	1976	40
18	Isolation, characterization, and turnover of glutathionylspermidine from Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Herbert Tabor, C W Tabor	1975	102
19	Formation of 1,4-Diaminobutane and of Spermidine by an Ornithine Auxotroph of Escherichia coli Grown on Limiting Ornithine or Arginine Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Herbert Tabor, C W Tabor	1969	66
20	Resolution of spermidine dehydrogenase from Serratiamarcescens: Requirements for flavin adenine dinucleotide and an additional electron carrier Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Annibal P. Campello, C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor	1965	12

About C W Tabor

C W Tabor is a scholar working on Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry, Ecology and Plant Science, having authored 35 papers that have together received 4.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Polyamine Metabolism and Applications (30 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (22 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers), GABA and Rice Research (5 papers), Enzyme function and inhibition (3 papers), Biopolymer Synthesis and Applications (3 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (3 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biochemistry (1.7k citations), Molecular Biology (3.5k citations), Clinical Biochemistry (181 citations), Endocrinology (110 citations) and Pharmacology (283 citations). C W Tabor has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Poland. Frequent co-authors include Herbert Tabor, Edmund W. Hafner, M.S. Cohn, David Balasundaram, George D. Markham, S. M. Rosenthal, Q W Xie, Reed B. Wickner, Jonathan D. Dinman and Kenneth W. Minton. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Bacteriology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Annual Review of Biochemistry and Advances in experimental medicine and biology.

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