David H. Figurski

8.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

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David H. Figurski is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, David H. Figurski has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Genetics, 44 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in David H. Figurski's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (55 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (29 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (21 papers). David H. Figurski is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (55 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (29 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (21 papers). David H. Figurski collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. David H. Figurski's co-authors include Donald R. Helinski, Paul J. Planet, Daniel H. Fine, Scott C. Kachlany, Rob DeSalle, Richard J. Meyer, Mladen Tomich, Christopher M. Thomas, David H. Bechhofer and Michael L. Kahn and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

David H. Figurski

84 papers receiving 7.3k citations

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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.

Replication of an origin-containing derivative of plasmid RK2 dependent on a plasmid function provided in trans

1979 2.9k citations David H. Figurski, Donald R. Helinski Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
[17] Plasmid cloning vehicles derived from plasmids ColE1, F, R6K, and RK2

1979 477 citations Michael L. Kahn, Roberto Kolter et al. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David H. Figurski United States	38	4.1k	3.0k	2.4k	1.7k	1.1k	85	7.8k
Dennis E. Ohman United States	55	6.2k 1.5×	2.4k 0.8×	942 0.4×	933 0.5×	1.7k 1.6×	105	8.4k
Michael L. Vasil United States	65	7.8k 1.9×	3.6k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	2.2k 2.0×	137	12.1k
Qiandong Zeng United States	27	5.0k 1.2×	1.1k 0.4×	2.4k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	598 0.6×	42	9.0k
Regine Hengge Germany	47	5.2k 1.3×	3.2k 1.1×	671 0.3×	1.5k 0.9×	821 0.8×	79	7.6k
Alain Filloux United Kingdom	62	7.7k 1.9×	4.1k 1.4×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	3.2k 2.9×	191	11.8k
Shelley M. Payne United States	57	3.2k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	144	8.6k
Roger C. Lévesque Canada	47	3.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	2.5k 2.4×	211	7.4k
Christine Pourcel France	44	5.9k 1.4×	1.9k 0.6×	966 0.4×	2.5k 1.4×	638 0.6×	139	10.9k
Fitnat H. Yildiz United States	52	5.8k 1.4×	1.4k 0.5×	554 0.2×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	118	8.4k
Wilfried Wackernagel Germany	40	4.6k 1.1×	2.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	2.2k 1.3×	719 0.7×	94	7.1k

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Larcombe, Daniel E., et al.. (2024). Sequence and origin of the Streptomyces intergenetic-conjugation helper plasmid pUZ8002. Access Microbiology. 6(6).

Xu, Qingping, Beat Christen, Hsiu‐Ju Chiu, et al.. (2011). Structure of the pilus assembly protein TadZ from Eubacterium rectale: implications for polar localization. Molecular Microbiology. 83(4). 712–727. 23 indexed citations

Wilson, James W., David H. Figurski, & Cheryl A. Nickerson. (2004). VEX-capture: a new technique that allows in vivo excision, cloning, and broad-host-range transfer of large bacterial genomic DNA segments. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 57(3). 297–308. 19 indexed citations

Kachlany, Scott C., Daniel H. Fine, & David H. Figurski. (2002). Purification of secreted leukotoxin (LtxA) from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. Protein Expression and Purification. 25(3). 465–471. 40 indexed citations

Sarkar, Indra Neil, Joseph W. Thornton, Paul J. Planet, et al.. (2002). An automated phylogenetic key for classifying homeoboxes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 24(3). 388–399. 108 indexed citations

Sarkar, Indra Neil, Paul J. Planet, Scott E. Stanley, et al.. (2002). Characteristic attributes in cancer microarrays. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 35(2). 111–122. 41 indexed citations

Wilson, James W. & David H. Figurski. (2002). Host-specific incompatibility by 9-bp direct repeats indicates a role in the maintenance of broad-host-range plasmid RK2. Plasmid. 47(3). 216–223. 1 indexed citations

Sarkar, Indra Neil, Paul J. Planet, Robert DeSalle, & David H. Figurski. (2001). Knowledge Aggregation from Organized Sets (KAOS) Applied to Clinical Data. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 1020–1020. 1 indexed citations

Bhattacharyya, Anuradha & David H. Figurski. (2001). A small protein-protein interaction domain common to KlcB and global regulators KorA and TrbA of promiscuous IncP plasmids11Edited by M. Belfort. Journal of Molecular Biology. 310(1). 51–67. 16 indexed citations

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Furgang, David, et al.. (1999). Tenacious adhesion of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans strain CU1000 to salivary-coated hydroxyapatite. Archives of Oral Biology. 44(12). 1063–1076. 99 indexed citations

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Sia, Elaine A., Richard Roberts, Carla Easter, Donald R. Helinski, & David H. Figurski. (1995). Different relative importances of the par operons and the effect of conjugal transfer on the maintenance of intact promiscuous plasmid RK2. Journal of Bacteriology. 177(10). 2789–2797. 57 indexed citations

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Goncharoff, P, Julie Yip, Han Wang, et al.. (1993). Conjugal transfer of broad-host-range incompatibility group P and Q plasmids from Escherichia coli to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. Infection and Immunity. 61(8). 3544–3547. 28 indexed citations

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Stevens, Roy H., P Goncharoff, David Furgang, et al.. (1993). Characterization and physical mapping of the genome of bacteriophage ØAa from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. Oral Microbiology and Immunology. 8(2). 100–104. 11 indexed citations

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Goncharoff, P, et al.. (1991). Structural, molecular, and genetic analysis of the kilA operon of broad-host-range plasmid RK2. Journal of Bacteriology. 173(11). 3463–3477. 42 indexed citations

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Balderes, Paul, et al.. (1987). Nucleotide sequence of korB, a replication control gene of broad host-range plasmid RK2. Journal of Molecular Biology. 198(2). 211–222. 46 indexed citations

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Schreiner, Helen, David H. Bechhofer, Robert F. Pohlman, et al.. (1985). Replication control in promiscuous plasmid RK2: kil and kor functions affect expression of the essential replication gene trfA. Journal of Bacteriology. 163(1). 228–237. 67 indexed citations

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Figurski, David H., Robert F. Pohlman, David H. Bechhofer, Alice Prince, & Christie Kelton. (1982). Broad host range plasmid RK2 encodes multiple kil genes potentially lethal to Escherichia coli host cells.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 79(6). 1935–1939. 120 indexed citations

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Figurski, David H., et al.. (1981). The synthesis of coliphage T1 DNA: Degradation of the host chromosome. Virology. 108(2). 373–380. 5 indexed citations

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Kahn, Michael L., Roberto Kolter, Christopher M. Thomas, et al.. (1979). [17] Plasmid cloning vehicles derived from plasmids ColE1, F, R6K, and RK2. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 68. 268–280. 477 indexed citations breakdown →

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Figurski, David H. & Donald R. Helinski. (1979). Replication of an origin-containing derivative of plasmid RK2 dependent on a plasmid function provided in trans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 76(4). 1648–1652. 2940 indexed citations breakdown →

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