David J. Ellar

11.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
185 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

David J. Ellar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Ellar has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Molecular Biology, 91 papers in Insect Science and 37 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in David J. Ellar's work include Insect Resistance and Genetics (111 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (83 papers) and Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (31 papers). David J. Ellar is often cited by papers focused on Insect Resistance and Genetics (111 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (83 papers) and Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (31 papers). David J. Ellar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Sudan and United States. David J. Ellar's co-authors include Barbara H. Knowles, Jade Li, Joe Carroll, Wendy E. Thomas, Craig R. Pigott, Neil Crickmore, Peter J. Knight, E. Sally Ward, Muhammad Zulqurnain Haider and Eileen J. Bone and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

David J. Ellar

183 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

Crystal structure of insecticidal δ-endotoxin from Bacill... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1991 2007 1983 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Crystal structure of insecticidal δ-endotoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis at 2.5 Å resolution
    1991 573 citations Jade Li, Joe Carroll et al. profile →
  2. Role of Receptors in Bacillus thuringiensis Crystal Toxin Activity
    2007 505 citations David J. Ellar et al. profile →
  3. Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis crystal δ-endotoxin: effects on insect and mammalian cells in vitro and in vivo
    1983 419 citations David J. Ellar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David J. Ellar United Kingdom 50 7.9k 5.7k 2.6k 784 528 185 9.0k
Paul Baumann United States 41 2.2k 0.3× 3.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 708 0.9× 1.2k 2.2× 93 6.5k
Lee A. Bulla United States 39 3.8k 0.5× 2.6k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 275 0.4× 176 0.3× 130 4.6k
Nemat O. Keyhani United States 43 3.7k 0.5× 4.2k 0.7× 2.1k 0.8× 623 0.8× 337 0.6× 165 6.3k
Michael E. Scharf United States 46 3.1k 0.4× 3.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 2.5k 3.1× 218 0.4× 180 7.2k
Sakol Panyim Thailand 45 4.8k 0.6× 1.6k 0.3× 878 0.3× 911 1.2× 642 1.2× 209 9.1k
Arthur I. Aronson United States 40 3.7k 0.5× 1.4k 0.2× 915 0.4× 1.2k 1.5× 845 1.6× 117 4.7k
Hildburg Beier Germany 25 3.4k 0.4× 465 0.1× 1.4k 0.5× 669 0.9× 394 0.7× 51 5.4k
Christian H. Ahrens Switzerland 37 3.3k 0.4× 534 0.1× 1.4k 0.5× 548 0.7× 566 1.1× 92 5.3k
David J. Clarke Ireland 38 1.7k 0.2× 1.7k 0.3× 772 0.3× 758 1.0× 273 0.5× 123 5.0k
Vitaly Citovsky United States 64 7.7k 1.0× 580 0.1× 10.9k 4.2× 476 0.6× 757 1.4× 179 13.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gürkan, Cemal, Stefan N. Symeonides, & David J. Ellar. (2004). High‐level production in Pichia pastoris of an anti‐p185HER‐2 single‐chain antibody fragment using an alternative secretion expression vector. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. 39(1). 115–122. 18 indexed citations
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Gill, Michael B. & David J. Ellar. (2002). Transgenic Drosophila reveals a functional in vivo receptor for the Bacillus thuringiensis toxin Cry1Ac1. Insect Molecular Biology. 11(6). 619–625. 92 indexed citations
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Abdul-Rauf, Munah & David J. Ellar. (1999). Toxicity and Receptor Binding Properties of aBacillus thuringiensisCryIC Toxin Active against Both Lepidoptera and Diptera. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 73(1). 52–58. 17 indexed citations
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Li, Jade, Pandelakis A. Koni, & David J. Ellar. (1996). Structure of the Mosquitocidal δ-Endotoxin CytB from sp. and Implications for Membrane Pore Formation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 257(1). 129–152. 137 indexed citations
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Knight, Peter J., Barbara H. Knowles, & David J. Ellar. (1995). Molecular Cloning of an Insect Aminopeptidase N That Serves as a Receptor for Bacillus thuringiensis CryIA(c) Toxin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(30). 17765–17770. 149 indexed citations
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Crickmore, Neil, Vanessa C. Wheeler, & David J. Ellar. (1994). Use of an operon fusion to induce expression and crystallisation of a Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxin encoded by a cryptic gene. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 242(3). 365–368. 25 indexed citations
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Angsuthanasombat, Chanan, Neil Crickmore, & David J. Ellar. (1993). Effects on toxicity of eliminating a cleavage site in a predicted interhelical loop inBacillus thuringiensisCryIVB δ-endotoxin. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 111(2-3). 255–261. 39 indexed citations
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Crickmore, Neil, et al.. (1991). Cytotoxicity of a clonedBacillus thuringiensissubsp.israelensisCryIVB toxin to anAedes aegypticell line. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 83(3). 273–276. 20 indexed citations
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Crickmore, Neil, Eileen J. Bone, & David J. Ellar. (1990). Genetic manipulation of Bacillus thuringiensis: towards an improved pesticide.. Aspects of applied biology. 17–24. 7 indexed citations
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Knowles, Barbara H., et al.. (1990). Broad spectrum cytolytic toxins made by Bacillus thuringiensis.. 283–287. 11 indexed citations
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Haider, Muhammad Zulqurnain, et al.. (1989). Delineation of the toxin coding fragments and an insect-specificity region of a dual toxicityBacillus thuringiensiscrystal protein gene. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 58(2-3). 157–163. 9 indexed citations
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Bone, Eileen J. & David J. Ellar. (1989). Transformation ofBacillus thuringiensisby electroporation. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 58(2-3). 171–177. 71 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Waqar, Colin Nicholls, & David J. Ellar. (1989). Cloning and expression of an entomocidal protein gene from Bacillus thuringiensis galleriae toxic to both lepidoptera and diptera. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 59(1-2). 197–201. 16 indexed citations
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Knowles, Barbara H., Michael R. Blatt, Mark Tester, et al.. (1989). A cytolytic δ‐endotoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis forms cation‐selective channels in planar lipid bilayers. FEBS Letters. 244(2). 259–262. 97 indexed citations
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Ellar, David J., et al.. (1988). Assessment of the toxicity of the cloned 27 kDa toxin ofBacillus thuringiensisvar.morrisonistrain PG14. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 52(1-2). 29–32. 2 indexed citations
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Ward, E. Sally, et al.. (1987). Investigation of possible homologies between crystal proteins of three mosquitocidal strains ofBacillus thuringiensis. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 42(2-3). 195–199. 20 indexed citations
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Chak, Kin‐Fu & David J. Ellar. (1987). Cloning and Expression in Escherichia coli of an Insecticidal Crystal Protein Gene from Bacillus thuringiensis var. aizawai HD-133. Microbiology. 133(10). 2921–2931. 19 indexed citations
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Todd, John A., Eileen J. Bone, Patrick J. Piggot, & David J. Ellar. (1983). Differential expression of penicillin-binding protein structural genes duringBacillus subtilissporulation. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 18(3). 197–202. 28 indexed citations

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