Dana Boyd

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Dana Boyd is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dana Boyd has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Dana Boyd's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (37 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (23 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (14 papers). Dana Boyd is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (37 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (23 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (14 papers). Dana Boyd collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Dana Boyd's co-authors include Eric J. Rubin, Christopher M. Sassetti, Jon Beckwith, Jon Beckwith, Mehmet Berkmen, Stephen Lory, Bridget R. Kulasekara, Colin Manoil, David S. Weiss and Joseph C. Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Dana Boyd

78 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Genes required for mycobacterial growth defined by high d... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Genes required for mycobacterial growth defined by high density mutagenesis
    2003 2.0k citations Christopher M. Sassetti, Dana Boyd et al. Molecular Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dana Boyd United States 41 5.6k 2.7k 1.8k 1.4k 1.4k 78 8.3k
Valerie Burland United States 27 7.1k 1.3× 4.3k 1.6× 1.0k 0.6× 2.7k 2.0× 490 0.4× 33 11.0k
Malcolm E. Winkler United States 56 4.6k 0.8× 2.7k 1.0× 900 0.5× 556 0.4× 1.7k 1.2× 140 8.0k
Vassilis Koronakis United Kingdom 52 3.0k 0.5× 3.2k 1.2× 1.0k 0.6× 2.6k 1.9× 425 0.3× 111 7.9k
Guy Plunkett United States 22 7.3k 1.3× 4.3k 1.6× 801 0.4× 2.3k 1.7× 479 0.4× 29 10.8k
Colin Manoil United States 44 6.3k 1.1× 3.9k 1.4× 481 0.3× 1.6k 1.2× 405 0.3× 85 9.1k
Dirk Bumann Switzerland 44 2.7k 0.5× 882 0.3× 995 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 107 6.6k
Howard A. Shuman United States 60 5.1k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 538 0.3× 5.0k 3.7× 819 0.6× 121 9.7k
Pedro M. Alzari France 61 7.6k 1.3× 1.2k 0.4× 1.8k 1.0× 310 0.2× 1.9k 1.4× 213 11.3k
I. Barry Holland United Kingdom 51 4.3k 0.8× 3.3k 1.2× 525 0.3× 1.4k 1.0× 292 0.2× 148 7.5k
Thomas G. Bernhardt United States 50 4.6k 0.8× 4.6k 1.7× 603 0.3× 857 0.6× 571 0.4× 108 7.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Dana Boyd

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dana Boyd

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dana Boyd

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dana Boyd. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dana Boyd 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 Dana Boyd. Dana Boyd is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Moore, Lisa R., Ron Caspi, Dana Boyd, et al.. (2024). Revisiting the y-ome of Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(20). 12201–12207. 7 indexed citations
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Landeta, Cristina, Dana Boyd, & Jon Beckwith. (2018). Disulfide bond formation in prokaryotes. Nature Microbiology. 3(3). 270–280. 112 indexed citations
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Landeta, Cristina, Brian Meehan, Feras Hatahet, et al.. (2017). Inhibition of virulence-promoting disulfide bond formation enzyme DsbB is blocked by mutating residues in two distinct regions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(16). 6529–6541. 13 indexed citations
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Chatelle, Claire, Guoping Ren, Dana Boyd, et al.. (2015). Converting a Sulfenic Acid Reductase into a Disulfide Bond Isomerase. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 23(12). 945–957. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Zigang, Dana Boyd, Markus Reindl, & Marcia B. Goldberg. (2013). Identification of YidC Residues That Define Interactions with the Sec Apparatus. Journal of Bacteriology. 196(2). 367–377. 9 indexed citations
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Chng, Shu‐Sin, et al.. (2012). Disulfide Rearrangement Triggered by Translocon Assembly Controls Lipopolysaccharide Export. Science. 337(6102). 1665–1668. 87 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Tamara J., Dana Boyd, Marion S. Dorer, & Ralph R. Isberg. (2012). Aggravating Genetic Interactions Allow a Solution to Redundancy in a Bacterial Pathogen. Science. 338(6113). 1440–1444. 105 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Tamara J., et al.. (2011). Minimization of the Legionella pneumophila genome reveals chromosomal regions involved in host range expansion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(36). 14733–14740. 154 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiao-Yun, Rachel J. Dutton, Jon Beckwith, & Dana Boyd. (2010). Membrane Topology and Mutational Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis VKOR, a Protein Involved in Disulfide Bond Formation and a Homologue of Human Vitamin K Epoxide Reductase. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 14(8). 1413–1420. 46 indexed citations
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Conz, Charlotte, Elke Deuerling, Dana Boyd, et al.. (2005). Target-directed proteolysis at the ribosome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(12). 4246–4251. 20 indexed citations
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Berkmen, Mehmet, Dana Boyd, & Jon Beckwith. (2005). The Nonconsecutive Disulfide Bond of Escherichia coli Phytase (AppA) Renders It Dependent on the Protein-disulfide Isomerase, DsbC. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(12). 11387–11394. 96 indexed citations
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Sassetti, Christopher M., Dana Boyd, & Eric J. Rubin. (2003). Genes required for mycobacterial growth defined by high density mutagenesis. Molecular Microbiology. 48(1). 77–84. 2021 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boyd, Dana, et al.. (2003). Context-dependent effects of charged residues in transmembrane segments of MalF–PhoA fusions. Research in Microbiology. 154(9). 654–657. 2 indexed citations
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Dziejman, Michelle, et al.. (2002). Comparative genomic analysis of Vibrio cholerae : Genes that correlate with cholera endemic and pandemic disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(3). 1556–1561. 352 indexed citations
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Sassetti, Christopher M., Dana Boyd, & Eric J. Rubin. (2001). Comprehensive identification of conditionally essential genes in mycobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(22). 12712–12717. 459 indexed citations
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Leeds, Jennifer A., Dana Boyd, Damon Huber, et al.. (2001). Genetic selection for and molecular dynamic modeling of a protein transmembrane domain multimerization motif from a random Escherichia coli genomic library 1 1Edited by G. von Heijne. Journal of Molecular Biology. 313(1). 181–195. 20 indexed citations
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Jordá, María Teresa Pellicer, A. Simon Lynch, Peter De Wulf, et al.. (1999). A mutational study of the ArcA-P binding sequences in the aldA promoter of Escherichia coli. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 261(1). 170–176. 17 indexed citations
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Boyd, Dana, et al.. (1995). Membrane topology analysis of the Escherichia coli cytosine permease. Microbiology. 141(11). 2905–2913. 15 indexed citations
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Traxler, Beth, Dana Boyd, & Jon Beckwith. (1993). The topological analysis of integral cytoplasmic membrane proteins. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 132(1). 1–11. 96 indexed citations

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