Cyril M. Kay

12.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
222 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Cyril M. Kay is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Cyril M. Kay has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Spectroscopy and 25 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Cyril M. Kay's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (38 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (27 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (21 papers). Cyril M. Kay is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (38 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (27 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (21 papers). Cyril M. Kay collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Cyril M. Kay's co-authors include Robert S. Hodges, Oscar D. Monera, William D. McCubbin, Brian D. Sykes, Lewis E. Kay, Julie D. Forman‐Kay, Tony Pawson, G Gish, Neil A. Farrow and Steven E. Shoelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Cyril M. Kay

220 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

Backbone Dynamics of a Free and a Phosphopeptide-Complexed Src Homology 2 Domain Studied by 15N NMR Relaxation

1994 1.9k citations Cyril M. Kay, Tony Pawson et al. Biochemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cyril M. Kay Canada	53	7.5k	1.5k	1.4k	1.1k	907	222	10.9k
Norma J. Greenfield United States	41	8.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	311 0.3×	83	12.2k
Robert H. Kretsinger United States	46	7.0k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	851 0.8×	357 0.4×	135	9.9k
Matti Saraste Germany	55	9.5k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	2.5k 1.8×	411 0.4×	695 0.8×	99	12.4k
Gebhard von Jagow Germany	40	12.1k 1.6×	975 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	883 0.8×	797 0.9×	72	16.8k
Michael N.G. James Canada	63	8.8k 1.2×	2.6k 1.8×	724 0.5×	626 0.6×	369 0.4×	229	12.7k
William H. Konigsberg United States	60	7.9k 1.1×	799 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	586 0.6×	1.7k 1.8×	235	12.3k
Jack Kyte United States	19	15.6k 2.1×	1.5k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	34	21.8k
Arie J. Verkleij Netherlands	73	11.1k 1.5×	799 0.5×	2.5k 1.8×	519 0.5×	457 0.5×	260	16.8k
B.A. Wallace United Kingdom	61	13.1k 1.7×	2.0k 1.3×	918 0.7×	2.1k 2.0×	647 0.7×	253	17.8k
Demetrios Papahadjopoulos United States	82	18.2k 2.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	392 0.4×	178	26.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Glover, Mark, Cyril M. Kay, M. Joanne Lemieux, & Randy J. Read. (2023). Michael James (1940–2023). Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 79(10). 953–955.

Mak, Michelle, et al.. (2012). Oligomeric state study of prokaryotic rhomboid proteases. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1818(12). 3090–3097. 19 indexed citations

Weers, Paul M.M., Arti Patel, Cyril M. Kay, et al.. (2010). Novel N-terminal mutation of human apolipoprotein A-I reduces self-association and impairs LCAT activation. Journal of Lipid Research. 52(1). 35–44. 20 indexed citations

Kiss, Robert S., et al.. (2003). Structure-guided Protein Engineering Modulates Helix Bundle Exchangeable Apolipoprotein Properties. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(24). 21952–21959. 23 indexed citations

Weers, Paul M.M., Vasanthy Narayanaswami, Cyril M. Kay, & Robert O. Ryan. (1999). Interaction of an Exchangeable Apolipoprotein with Phospholipid Vesicles and Lipoprotein Particles. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(31). 21804–21810. 33 indexed citations

Houston, Michael E., Heman Chao, Robert S. Hodges, et al.. (1998). Binding of an Oligopeptide to a Specific Plane of Ice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(19). 11714–11718. 66 indexed citations

Bishop, Russell E., Brenda K. Leskiw, Robert S. Hodges, Cyril M. Kay, & Joël H. Weiner. (1998). The entericidin locus of Escherichia coli and its implications for programmed bacterial cell death. Journal of Molecular Biology. 280(4). 583–596. 88 indexed citations

Narayanaswami, Vasanthy, Jianjun Wang, Cyril M. Kay, Douglas G. Scraba, & Robert O. Ryan. (1996). Disulfide Bond Engineering to Monitor Conformational Opening of Apolipophorin III During Lipid Binding. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(43). 26855–26862. 52 indexed citations

Chook, Yuh Min, Gerald Gish, Cyril M. Kay, E.F. Pai, & Tony Pawson. (1996). The Grb2-mSos1 Complex Binds Phosphopeptides with Higher Affinity than Grb2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(48). 30472–30478. 62 indexed citations

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Monera, Oscar D., Cyril M. Kay, & Robert S. Hodges. (1994). Protein denaturation with guanidine hydrochloride or urea provides a different estimate of stability depending on the contributions of electrostatic interactions. Protein Science. 3(11). 1984–1991. 299 indexed citations

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McInnes, Campbell, Cyril M. Kay, Robert S. Hodges, & Brian D. Sykes. (1994). Conformational differences between cis and trans proline isomers of a peptide antigen representing the receptor binding domain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa as studied by ¹H‐nmr. Biopolymers. 34(9). 1221–1230. 6 indexed citations

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Sakowicz, Roman, Helmut Kallwass, Wendy Parris, et al.. (1993). Threonine 246 at the active site of the L-lactate dehydrogenase of Bacillus stearothermophilus is important for catalysis but not for substrate binding. Biochemistry. 32(47). 12730–12735. 13 indexed citations

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Thomas, Stephen R., John W. Austin, William D. McCubbin, Cyril M. Kay, & T J Trust. (1992). Roles of structural domains in the morphology and surface anchoring of the tetragonal paracrystalline array of Aeromonas hydrophila. Journal of Molecular Biology. 228(2). 652–661. 20 indexed citations

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Mani, Rajam S., William D. McCubbin, & Cyril M. Kay. (1992). Calcium-dependent regulation of caldesmon by an 11-kDa smooth muscle calcium-binding protein, caltropin. Biochemistry. 31(47). 11896–11901. 44 indexed citations

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Cachia, Paul J., Jennifer E. Van Eyk, Richard H. Ingraham, et al.. (1986). Calmodulin and troponin C: a comparative study of the interaction of mastoparan and troponin I inhibitory peptide [104-115]. Biochemistry. 25(12). 3553–3562. 56 indexed citations

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McCubbin, William D. & Cyril M. Kay. (1985). Trypsin digestion of bovine cardiac troponin C in the presence and absence of calcium. Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 63(8). 812–823. 6 indexed citations

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Mani, Rajam S. & Cyril M. Kay. (1983). Circular dichroism studies on the zinc‐induced conformational changes in S‐100a and S‐100b proteins. FEBS Letters. 163(2). 282–286. 12 indexed citations

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Kay, Cyril M. & Kimio Oikawa. (1966). Hydrodynamic and Optical Rotatory Dispersion Studies on Wheat Germ Soluble Ribonucleic Acid^*. Biochemistry. 5(1). 213–223. 30 indexed citations

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Kay, Cyril M. & Kenneth Bailey. (1960). Light scattering in solutions of native and guanidinated rabbit tropomyosin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 40. 149–156. 42 indexed citations

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Kay, Cyril M.. (1960). The partial specific volume of muscle proteins. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 38. 420–427. 47 indexed citations

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