Christopher R. Otey

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Christopher R. Otey is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher R. Otey has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Pharmacology and 3 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Christopher R. Otey's work include Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (8 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (6 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (3 papers). Christopher R. Otey is often cited by papers focused on Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (8 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (6 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (3 papers). Christopher R. Otey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Christopher R. Otey's co-authors include Frances H. Arnold, Jesse D. Bloom, Marco Landwehr, Douglas C. MacMillan, Peter Meinhold, Markus Meyer, Geethani Bandara, Jeffrey B. Endelman, James Lalonde and Katsuyuki Takahashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Christopher R. Otey

15 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Protein stability promotes evolvability 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 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. Protein stability promotes evolvability
    2006 913 citations Jesse D. Bloom, Christopher R. Otey et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Christopher R. Otey
В. З. Плетнев Russia
Peter Kast Switzerland
Ewen Lescop France
David Sehnal Czechia
Stephen G. Sligar United States
David Aragão Australia
Michael P. Valley United States
Susan A. Martinis United States
Toni Kline United States
Daniela Röthlisberger United States
В. З. Плетнев Russia
Christopher R. Otey
Citations per year, relative to Christopher R. Otey Christopher R. Otey (= 1×) peers В. З. Плетнев

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher R. Otey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher R. Otey

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christopher R. Otey. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christopher R. Otey based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christopher R. Otey. Christopher R. Otey is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Shapiro, Mikhail G., Gil G. Westmeyer, Philip A. Romero, et al.. (2010). Directed evolution of a magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent for noninvasive imaging of dopamine. Nature Biotechnology. 28(3). 264–270. 141 indexed citations
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Landwehr, Marco, et al.. (2007). Diversification of Catalytic Function in a Synthetic Family of Chimeric Cytochrome P450s. Chemistry & Biology. 14(3). 269–278. 51 indexed citations
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Bloom, Jesse D., et al.. (2006). Protein stability promotes evolvability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(15). 5869–5874. 913 indexed citations breakdown →
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Otey, Christopher R., Marco Landwehr, Jeffrey B. Endelman, et al.. (2006). Structure-Guided Recombination Creates an Artificial Family of Cytochromes P450. PLoS Biology. 4(5). e112–e112. 110 indexed citations
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Landwehr, Marco, Lisa M. Hochrein, Christopher R. Otey, et al.. (2006). Enantioselective α-Hydroxylation of 2-Arylacetic Acid Derivatives and Buspirone Catalyzed by Engineered Cytochrome P450 BM-3. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(18). 6058–6059. 117 indexed citations
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Endelman, Jeffrey B., Jesse D. Bloom, Christopher R. Otey, Marco Landwehr, & Frances H. Arnold. (2005). Inferring interactions from an alignment of folded and unfolded protein sequences. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Bloom, Jesse D., Markus Meyer, Peter Meinhold, et al.. (2005). Evolving strategies for enzyme engineering. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 15(4). 447–452. 284 indexed citations
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Otey, Christopher R., Geethani Bandara, James Lalonde, Katsuyuki Takahashi, & Frances H. Arnold. (2005). Preparation of human metabolites of propranolol using laboratory‐evolved bacterial cytochromes P450. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 93(3). 494–499. 116 indexed citations
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Otey, Christopher R., Jonathan J. Silberg, Christopher A. Voigt, et al.. (2004). Functional Evolution and Structural Conservation in Chimeric Cytochromes P450. Chemistry & Biology. 11(3). 309–318. 81 indexed citations
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Otey, Christopher R.. (2003). High-Throughput Carbon Monoxide Binding Assay for Cytochromes P450. Humana Press eBooks. 230. 137–140. 40 indexed citations
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Otey, Christopher R., et al.. (2003). High-Throughput Screen for Aromatic Hydroxylation. Humana Press eBooks. 230. 141–148. 18 indexed citations
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Mastromarino, P., et al.. (2002). Tunable diode laser study of pressure broadening of Rb D1 lines in the presence of He buffer gas. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 194(1). 69–77. 5 indexed citations
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Horton, Nancy C., Christopher R. Otey, Shelley L. Lusetti, et al.. (2002). Electrostatic Contributions to Site Specific DNA Cleavage by EcoRV Endonuclease. Biochemistry. 41(35). 10754–10763. 20 indexed citations
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Schwaneberg, Ulrich, Christopher R. Otey, Patrick C. Cirino, Edgardo T. Farinas, & Frances H. Arnold. (2001). Cost-Effective Whole-Cell Assay for Laboratory Evolution of Hydroxylases in Escherichia coli. SLAS DISCOVERY. 6(2). 111–117. 40 indexed citations
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Schwaneberg, Ulrich, Christopher R. Otey, Patrick C. Cirino, Edgardo T. Farinas, & Frances H. Arnold. (2001). Cost-Effective Whole-Cell Assay for Laboratory Evolution of Hydroxylases in Escherichia coli. 6(2). 111–117. 2 indexed citations

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