Dale B. Wigley

12.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
120 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Dale B. Wigley is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Dale B. Wigley has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Genetics and 33 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Dale B. Wigley's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (54 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (38 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (34 papers). Dale B. Wigley is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (54 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (38 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (34 papers). Dale B. Wigley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Dale B. Wigley's co-authors include Martin R. Singleton, Mark S. Dillingham, Panos Soultanas, Hosahalli S. Subramanya, Jeremy P. Derrick, Louise E. Bird, Anthony Maxwell, Martin R. Webb, Sameer Velankar and Aidan J. Doherty and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Dale B. Wigley

120 papers receiving 9.9k 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.

Structure and Mechanism of Helicases and Nucleic Acid Translocases

2007 992 citations Martin R. Singleton, Mark S. Dillingham et al. profile →
Crystal Structures of Complexes of PcrA DNA Helicase with a DNA Substrate Indicate an Inchworm Mechanism

1999 666 citations Sameer Velankar, Panos Soultanas et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dale B. Wigley United Kingdom	53	8.9k	2.4k	1.3k	900	750	120	10.1k
Miquel Coll Spain	48	5.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	769 0.6×	967 1.1×	758 1.0×	162	7.9k
Tilman Schirmer Switzerland	55	6.9k 0.8×	2.9k 1.2×	940 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	701 0.9×	116	9.9k
Janusz M. Bujnicki Poland	61	13.4k 1.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	783 1.0×	322	15.3k
Lode Wyns Belgium	55	7.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	458 0.6×	154	9.9k
Ross Dalbey United States	52	6.2k 0.7×	3.7k 1.6×	728 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	365 0.5×	119	7.5k
Tom Ellenberger United States	52	8.9k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	597 0.4×	1.0k 1.1×	657 0.9×	103	10.2k
V. Ramakrishnan United Kingdom	77	20.3k 2.3×	4.3k 1.8×	1.7k 1.3×	1.4k 1.6×	797 1.1×	167	22.2k
Nenad Ban Switzerland	66	15.1k 1.7×	2.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	740 1.0×	173	17.8k
Ethan C. Garner United States	33	6.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	533 0.7×	61	8.2k
Remy Loris Belgium	47	5.3k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	690 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	558 0.7×	170	7.5k

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Jalal, Adam S. B., et al.. (2024). Nucleosome flipping drives kinetic proofreading and processivity by SWR1. Nature. 636(8041). 251–257. 4 indexed citations

Wilkinson, Martin, et al.. (2022). Structures of RecBCD in complex with phage-encoded inhibitor proteins reveal distinctive strategies for evasion of a bacterial immunity hub. eLife. 11. 21 indexed citations

Cheng, Kaiying, Martin Wilkinson, Yuriy Chaban, & Dale B. Wigley. (2020). A conformational switch in response to Chi converts RecBCD from phage destruction to DNA repair. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(1). 71–77. 49 indexed citations

Willhöft, Oliver, Mohamed Ghoneim, Chia‐Liang Lin, et al.. (2018). Structure and dynamics of the yeast SWR1-nucleosome complex. Science. 362(6411). 118 indexed citations

Wilkinson, Martin, et al.. (2016). Structural basis for the inhibition of RecBCD by Gam and its synergistic antibacterial effect with quinolones. eLife. 5. 39 indexed citations

Saikrishnan, K., et al.. (2008). DNA binding to RecD: role of the 1B domain in SF1B helicase activity. The EMBO Journal. 27(16). 2222–2229. 80 indexed citations

Gaudier, Martin, B.S. Schuwirth, Sarah L. Westcott, & Dale B. Wigley. (2007). Structural Basis of DNA Replication Origin Recognition by an ORC Protein. Science. 317(5842). 1213–1216. 118 indexed citations

Grainge, Ian, Martin Gaudier, B.S. Schuwirth, et al.. (2006). Biochemical Analysis of a DNA Replication Origin in the Archaeon Aeropyrum pernix. Journal of Molecular Biology. 363(2). 355–369. 42 indexed citations

Seybert, Anja & Dale B. Wigley. (2004). Distinct roles for ATP binding and hydrolysis at individual subunits of an archaeal clamp loader. The EMBO Journal. 23(6). 1360–1371. 36 indexed citations

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Singleton, Martin R., Lois M. Wentzell, Yilun Liu, Stephen C. West, & Dale B. Wigley. (2002). Structure of the single-strand annealing domain of human RAD52 protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(21). 13492–13497. 193 indexed citations

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Soultanas, Panos & Dale B. Wigley. (2001). Unwinding the ‘Gordian knot’ of helicase action. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 26(1). 47–54. 98 indexed citations

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Soultanas, Panos & Dale B. Wigley. (2000). DNA helicases: ‘inching forward’. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 10(1). 124–128. 88 indexed citations

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Wigley, Dale B.. (2000). DNA helicases: One small step for PcrA, one giant leap for RecBC?. Current Biology. 10(12). R444–R446. 4 indexed citations

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Singleton, Martin R., et al.. (1999). Structure of the adenylation domain of an NAD+-dependent DNA ligase. Structure. 7(1). 35–42. 73 indexed citations

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Velankar, Sameer, Panos Soultanas, Mark S. Dillingham, Hosahalli S. Subramanya, & Dale B. Wigley. (1999). Crystal Structures of Complexes of PcrA DNA Helicase with a DNA Substrate Indicate an Inchworm Mechanism. Cell. 97(1). 75–84. 666 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wigley, Dale B.. (1996). A wasp head with a relaxing bite. Structure. 4(2). 117–120. 3 indexed citations

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Wigley, Dale B.. (1995). Structure and Mechanism of DNA Topoisomerases. Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure. 24(1). 185–208. 76 indexed citations

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Wigley, Dale B., et al.. (1990). Cloning of the DNA gyrase genes under tac promoter control: overproduction of the gyrase A and B proteins. Gene. 93(1). 139–142. 79 indexed citations

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Waldman, Adam, Anthony R. Clarke, Dale B. Wigley, et al.. (1987). The use of site-directed mutagenesis and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy to assign the fluorescence contributions of individual tryptophan residues in Bacillus stearothermophilus lactate dehydrogenase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 913(1). 66–71. 19 indexed citations

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Clarke, Anthony R., Dale B. Wigley, William Chia, et al.. (1986). Site-directed mutagenesis reveals role of mobile arginine residue in lactate dehydrogenase catalysis. Nature. 324(6098). 699–702. 155 indexed citations

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