Christopher D. Thomas

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Christopher D. Thomas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher D. Thomas has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Christopher D. Thomas's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (14 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (6 papers). Christopher D. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (14 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (6 papers). Christopher D. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Christopher D. Thomas's co-authors include Richard A. Gibbs, Jeffrey S. Chamberlain, Nga Nguyen-Phi, William V. Shaw, Amyra Treffry, David M. Lawson, John M. Smith, Sonia Levi, S J Yewdall and Gianni Cesareni and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Christopher D. Thomas

32 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

Deletion screening of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy locus via multiplex DNA amplification

1988 962 citations Jeffrey S. Chamberlain, Richard A. Gibbs et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Solving the structure of human H ferritin by genetically engineering intermolecular crystal contacts

1991 639 citations David M. Lawson, Peter J. Artymiuk et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher D. Thomas United Kingdom	18	1.5k	524	322	252	209	32	2.2k
C. Martin Lawrence United States	25	1.7k 1.2×	388 0.7×	201 0.6×	812 3.2×	172 0.8×	60	2.8k
Martin L. Phillips United States	33	1.9k 1.2×	350 0.7×	136 0.4×	316 1.3×	293 1.4×	72	3.2k
Dixie J. Goss United States	33	2.6k 1.8×	223 0.4×	138 0.4×	138 0.5×	145 0.7×	102	3.4k
John J. Perona United States	41	5.2k 3.5×	1.0k 1.9×	242 0.8×	320 1.3×	635 3.0×	99	6.0k
S A Sedman United States	8	2.0k 1.3×	389 0.7×	84 0.3×	126 0.5×	107 0.5×	9	3.3k
Pedro José Barbosa Pereira Portugal	29	1.4k 1.0×	224 0.4×	143 0.4×	92 0.4×	112 0.5×	89	2.4k
V.N. Malashkevich United States	34	2.4k 1.6×	230 0.4×	100 0.3×	225 0.9×	616 2.9×	65	4.1k
Edmond Puvion France	31	2.8k 1.9×	510 1.0×	151 0.5×	93 0.4×	61 0.3×	80	3.4k
Malcolm L. Gefter United States	42	3.8k 2.6×	1.3k 2.6×	150 0.5×	564 2.2×	145 0.7×	68	5.9k
Alessandra Luzzago Italy	24	1.7k 1.1×	189 0.4×	1.0k 3.1×	385 1.5×	197 0.9×	36	3.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thomas, Christopher D., et al.. (2024). Qualitative and quantitative determination of xylazine in oral fluid. Journal of Analytical Toxicology. 48(7). 482–488. 1 indexed citations

Matta, Murali K., Adarsh Gandhi, Christopher D. Thomas, et al.. (2018). Determination of Non-Transferrin Bound Iron, Transferrin Bound Iron, Drug Bound Iron and Total Iron in Serum in a Rats after IV Administration of Sodium Ferric Gluconate Complex by Simple Ultrafiltration Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometric Detection. Nanomaterials. 8(2). 101–101. 8 indexed citations

Carr, S.B., S.E.V. Phillips, & Christopher D. Thomas. (2016). Structures of replication initiation proteins from staphylococcal antibiotic resistance plasmids reveal protein asymmetry and flexibility are necessary for replication. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(5). 2417–2428. 18 indexed citations

Arslan, Sinan, Rustem Khafizov, Christopher D. Thomas, Yann R. Chemla, & Taekjip Ha. (2015). Engineering of a superhelicase through conformational control. Science. 348(6232). 344–347. 84 indexed citations

Aspinall, Helen C., John Bacsa, Edward G. B. Eden, et al.. (2013). Adding the right (or left) twist to tris-chelate complexes – coordination chemistry of chiral oxazolylphenolates with M³⁺ions (M = Al or lanthanide). Dalton Transactions. 43(3). 1434–1442. 7 indexed citations

Carr, S.B., et al.. (2013). Identification, characterization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the rolling-circle replication initiator protein from plasmid pSTK1. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 69(10). 1123–1126. 1 indexed citations

Machón, Cristina, et al.. (2009). RepD-mediated recruitment of PcrA helicase at the Staphylococcus aureus pC221 plasmid replication origin, oriD. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(6). 1874–1888. 10 indexed citations

Whitehead, A., et al.. (2008). A Multifaceted Phosphate Tether: Application to the C15−C30 Subunit of Dolabelides A−D. Organic Letters. 10(7). 1421–1424. 20 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenke, Mark S. Dillingham, Christopher D. Thomas, et al.. (2007). Directional Loading and Stimulation of PcrA Helicase by the Replication Initiator Protein RepD. Journal of Molecular Biology. 371(2). 336–348. 43 indexed citations

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Carr, S.B., George Makris, Simon E. V. Phillips, & Christopher D. Thomas. (2006). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of two N-terminal fragments of the DNA-cleavage domain of topoisomerase IV fromStaphylococcus aureus. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 62(11). 1164–1167. 5 indexed citations

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Thomas, Christopher D., et al.. (2006). Investigating the basis of substrate recognition in the pC221 relaxosome. Molecular Microbiology. 60(5). 1302–1318. 28 indexed citations

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Castelletto, Valeria, et al.. (2006). Spontaneous condensation in DNA-polystyrene- b-poly(l-lysine) polyelectrolyte block copolymer mixtures. The European Physical Journal E. 20(1). 1–6. 9 indexed citations

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Convery, M.A., et al.. (1999). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies of RepDC, a hybrid rolling-circle plasmid replication initiator protein. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 55(5). 1076–1078. 2 indexed citations

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Thomas, Christopher D.. (1997). 116 A novel role for the Inverted Complementary Repeat. Biochemical Society Transactions. 25(4). S648–S648. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, Christopher D., Theo T. Nikiforov, Bernard A. Connolly, & William V. Shaw. (1995). Determination of Sequence Specificity between a Plasmid Replication Initiator Protein and the Origin of Replication. Journal of Molecular Biology. 254(3). 381–391. 28 indexed citations

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Thomas, Christopher D., et al.. (1995). RepD/D*: A protein-DNA adduct arising during plasmid replication. Biochemical Society Transactions. 23(3). 442S–442S. 6 indexed citations

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Thomas, Christopher D., et al.. (1993). Controlled high-level expression of the lon gene of Escherichia coli allows overproduction of Lon protease. Gene. 136(1-2). 237–242. 7 indexed citations

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Lawson, David M., Peter J. Artymiuk, S J Yewdall, et al.. (1991). Solving the structure of human H ferritin by genetically engineering intermolecular crystal contacts. Nature. 349(6309). 541–544. 639 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chamberlain, Jeffrey S., et al.. (1988). Deletion screening of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy locus via multiplex DNA amplification. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(23). 11141–11156. 962 indexed citations breakdown →

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Catchpole, I., et al.. (1988). The Nucleotide Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus Plasmid pT48 Conferring Inducible Macrolide-Lincosamide-Streptogramin B Resistance and Comparison with Similar Plasmids Expressing Constitutive Resistance. Microbiology. 134(3). 697–709. 40 indexed citations

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