Clinton E. Ballou

11.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
194 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Clinton E. Ballou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Clinton E. Ballou has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Molecular Biology, 80 papers in Organic Chemistry and 53 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Clinton E. Ballou's work include Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (74 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (53 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (35 papers). Clinton E. Ballou is often cited by papers focused on Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (74 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (53 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (35 papers). Clinton E. Ballou collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Clinton E. Ballou's co-authors include Tasuku Nakajima, L Ballou, Robert E. Cohen, George H. Jones, J. Kocourek, Yuan Chuan Lee, William C. Raschke, Finn Wold, Hermann O. L. Fischer and Anne Dell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Clinton E. Ballou

194 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Method for Fingerprinting Yeast Cell Wall Mannans 1969 2026 1988 2007 1969 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Method for Fingerprinting Yeast Cell Wall Mannans
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Clinton E. Ballou United States 56 6.2k 2.9k 2.4k 1.2k 1.2k 194 9.4k
Frank Maley United States 54 8.0k 1.3× 1.6k 0.6× 916 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 219 10.6k
Jean Montreuil France 56 7.6k 1.2× 3.3k 1.2× 776 0.3× 3.6k 3.0× 916 0.8× 334 12.1k
Gakuzo Tamura Japan 46 5.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 999 0.4× 288 0.2× 1.6k 1.3× 345 8.7k
Luis F. Leloir Argentina 40 5.4k 0.9× 1.9k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 68 8.7k
J. O. Lampen United States 42 4.6k 0.7× 487 0.2× 1.2k 0.5× 879 0.7× 826 0.7× 140 6.9k
Klaus Bock Denmark 45 6.2k 1.0× 5.3k 1.9× 1.2k 0.5× 927 0.8× 902 0.8× 233 9.2k
Leonard Warren United States 32 6.2k 1.0× 1.5k 0.5× 430 0.2× 821 0.7× 632 0.5× 64 9.5k
Robert A. Field United Kingdom 50 5.6k 0.9× 3.8k 1.3× 1.1k 0.5× 890 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 298 9.2k
Mirosław Cygler Canada 59 10.2k 1.6× 1.4k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 423 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 246 13.8k
J. Baddiley United Kingdom 47 4.3k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 605 0.3× 586 0.5× 782 0.7× 222 7.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ballou, Clinton E., L Ballou, & Graham E. Ball. (1994). Schizosaccharomyces pombe glycosylation mutant with altered cell surface properties.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(20). 9327–9331. 47 indexed citations
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Denis, Gerald V. & Clinton E. Ballou. (1991). The Ca2+ release activities of d-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate analogs are quantized. Cell Calcium. 12(6). 395–401. 7 indexed citations
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Ballou, Clinton E., et al.. (1990). Synthesis of affinity ligands and radioactive probes for isolation and study of myo-Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate binding proteins. Biochemistry. 29(21). 5203–5209. 12 indexed citations
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Ballou, L, Luis M. Hernández, Eugenio Alvarado, & Clinton E. Ballou. (1990). Revision of the oligosaccharide structures of yeast carboxypeptidase Y.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 87(9). 3368–3372. 60 indexed citations
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Hernández, Luis M., L Ballou, & Clinton E. Ballou. (1990). Separation of yeast asparagine-linked oligosaccharides by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography. Carbohydrate Research. 203(1). 1–11. 20 indexed citations
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Ballou, L, Eugenio Alvarado, P.K. Tsai, Anne Dell, & Clinton E. Ballou. (1989). Protein glycosylation defects in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mnn7 mutant class. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264(20). 11857–11864. 34 indexed citations
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Tsai, P.K., Anne Dell, & Clinton E. Ballou. (1986). Characterization of acetylated and acetolyzed glycoprotein high-mannose core oligosaccharides by fast-atom-bombardment mass spectrometry.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(12). 4119–4123. 16 indexed citations
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Ballou, Clinton E., et al.. (1985). Saccharomyces cerevisiae structural cell wall mannoprotein. Biochemistry. 24(3). 753–759. 68 indexed citations
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Dell, Anne & Clinton E. Ballou. (1983). Fast-atom-bombardment, negative-ion mass spectrometry of the mycobacterial O-methyl-d-glucose polysaccharide and lipopolysaccharides. Carbohydrate Research. 120. 95–111. 53 indexed citations
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Ballou, Clinton E.. (1982). Yeast Cell Wall and Cell Surface. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 11. 335–360. 88 indexed citations
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Karson, Evelyn M. & Clinton E. Ballou. (1978). Biosynthesis of yeast mannan. Properties of a mannosylphosphate transferase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 253(18). 6484–6492. 73 indexed citations
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Ballou, Clinton E., et al.. (1977). Heterogeneity and refined structtures of 3-O-methyl-D-mannose polysaccharides from Mycobacterium smegmatis.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 252(8). 2459–2469. 43 indexed citations
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Ballou, Clinton E.. (1976). Structure and Biosynthesis of the Mannan Component of the Yeast Cell Envelope. Advances in microbial physiology. 14(11). 93–158. 264 indexed citations
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Ballou, Clinton E., et al.. (1972). Subunit structure of the phosphomannan from Kloeckera brevis yeast cell wall. Biochemistry. 11(6). 1115–1120. 20 indexed citations
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Prottey, C., Michael M. Seidman, & Clinton E. Ballou. (1970). Preparation of3H‐phosphatidylmyoinositol withKloeckera brevis. Lipids. 5(5). 463–468. 10 indexed citations
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Hill, Donald L. & Clinton E. Ballou. (1966). Biosynthesis of Mannophospholipids by Mycobacterium phlei. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 241(4). 895–902. 63 indexed citations
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Ballou, Clinton E.. (1960). Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry.. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 82(18). 5012–5012. 74 indexed citations
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Ballou, Clinton E., et al.. (1958). Inositol Phosphates: Pinitol 4-Phosphate and (-)-Inositol 3-Phosphate. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 80(15). 3956–3960. 10 indexed citations
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Ballou, Clinton E.. (1957). A New Synthesis of D-Erythrose Derivatives from D-Arabinose1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 79(1). 165–166. 64 indexed citations
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Ballou, Clinton E. & Hermann O. L. Fischer. (1954). A New Synthesis of 2-Phosphoryl-D-glyceric Acid. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 76(12). 3188–3193. 47 indexed citations

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