David Kennell

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

David Kennell is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Kennell has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in David Kennell's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (39 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (31 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (20 papers). David Kennell is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (39 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (31 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (20 papers). David Kennell collaborates with scholars based in United States. David Kennell's co-authors include Burton M. Wice, Larry Reitzer, Vincent J. Cannistraro, Howard Riezman, Makam N. Subbarao, James W. Meador, Edward L. Schneider, Boris Magasanik, Louis W. Lim and Daniel T. Achord and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

David Kennell

61 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Evidence that glutamine, not sugar, is the major energy s... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 250 500 750 1000
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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. Evidence that glutamine, not sugar, is the major energy source for cultured HeLa cells.
    1979 1.0k citations Larry Reitzer, Burton M. Wice et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry 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 Kennell United States 30 2.7k 1.2k 589 481 195 61 3.3k
Christopher K. Mathews United States 37 3.1k 1.1× 551 0.5× 400 0.7× 379 0.8× 124 0.6× 104 3.8k
David A. Goldthwait United States 33 2.3k 0.8× 565 0.5× 301 0.5× 239 0.5× 64 0.3× 77 3.0k
David E. Pettijohn United States 32 3.3k 1.2× 1.4k 1.2× 844 1.4× 217 0.5× 67 0.3× 61 3.9k
Achilles Dugaiczyk United States 31 2.5k 0.9× 739 0.6× 211 0.4× 132 0.3× 151 0.8× 59 3.3k
Irving M. London United States 45 5.1k 1.9× 1.1k 0.9× 141 0.2× 213 0.4× 697 3.6× 94 6.5k
Judith M. Short United States 20 1.9k 0.7× 530 0.4× 160 0.3× 350 0.7× 140 0.7× 26 2.7k
Raymond Gilmour United Kingdom 32 2.4k 0.9× 501 0.4× 145 0.2× 213 0.4× 149 0.8× 63 3.3k
Albert Schmitz Switzerland 16 2.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 329 0.6× 112 0.2× 78 0.4× 21 3.1k
Umadas Maitra United States 38 3.4k 1.2× 781 0.7× 526 0.9× 126 0.3× 64 0.3× 102 3.7k
M. Gruber Netherlands 31 1.4k 0.5× 385 0.3× 229 0.4× 117 0.2× 224 1.1× 94 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Kennell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Kennell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Kennell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Kennell 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 David Kennell. David Kennell 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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Cannistraro, Vincent J. & David Kennell. (2001). Escherichia coli Ribonuclease II. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 342. 309–330. 8 indexed citations
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Cannistraro, Vincent J. & David Kennell. (2001). Ribonuclease YI*, RNA Structure Studies, and Variable Single-Strand Specificities of RNases. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 341. 175–185. 2 indexed citations
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Cannistraro, Vincent J. & David Kennell. (1999). The reaction mechanism of ribonuclease II and its interaction with nucleic acid secondary structures. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1433(1-2). 170–187. 24 indexed citations
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Cannistraro, Vincent J. & David Kennell. (1994). The Processive Reaction Mechanism of Ribonuclease II. Journal of Molecular Biology. 243(5). 930–943. 50 indexed citations
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Cannistraro, Vincent J. & David Kennell. (1993). The 5′ ends of RNA oligonucleotides in Escherichia coli and mRNA degradation. European Journal of Biochemistry. 213(1). 285–293. 23 indexed citations
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Lim, Louis W., et al.. (1993). Preliminary X-ray Crystallographic Studies of Ribonuclease I from Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 234(2). 499–501. 2 indexed citations
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Meador, James W., Barbara Cannon, Vincent J. Cannistraro, & David Kennell. (1990). Purification and characterization of Escherichia coli RNase I. European Journal of Biochemistry. 187(3). 549–553. 76 indexed citations
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Meador, James W. & David Kennell. (1990). Cloning and sequencing the gene encoding Escherichia coli ribonuclease I: exact physical mapping using the genome library. Gene. 95(1). 1–7. 54 indexed citations
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Cannistraro, Vincent J. & David Kennell. (1989). Purification and characterization of ribonuclease M and mRNA degradation in Escherichia coli. European Journal of Biochemistry. 181(2). 363–370. 43 indexed citations
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Cannistraro, Vincent J., Paul M. Hwang, & David Kennell. (1987). Isolating and sequencing the infrequent 3′-ends of a specific mRNA. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods. 14(4). 211–221. 1 indexed citations
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Stanisz, Jolanta, Burton M. Wice, & David Kennell. (1986). Serum factors that stimulate fatty acid oxidation: Physiological specificity. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 126(1). 141–146. 2 indexed citations
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Wice, Burton M., Jolanta Stanisz, & David Kennell. (1986). Serum factors that stimulate fatty acid oxidation: Properties of factors. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 126(1). 133–140. 2 indexed citations
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Cannistraro, Vincent J. & David Kennell. (1985). Evidence that the 5' end of lac mRNA starts to decay as soon as it is synthesized. Journal of Bacteriology. 161(2). 820–822. 50 indexed citations
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Cannistraro, Vincent J. & David Kennell. (1985). The 5′ ends of Escherichia coli lac mRNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 182(2). 241–248. 13 indexed citations
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Cannistraro, Vincent J., Mitchell B. Strominger, Burton M. Wice, & David Kennell. (1985). Isolating and sequencing the predominant 5′-ends of a specific mRNA in cells. I. Purification by filter hybridization. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods. 11(2-3). 153–161. 5 indexed citations
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Wice, Burton M. & David Kennell. (1983). Sugar-free growth of mammalian cells on some ribonucleosides but not on others.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 258(21). 13134–13140. 19 indexed citations
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Stanisz, Jolanta, Burton M. Wice, & David Kennell. (1983). Comparative energy metabolism in cultured heart muscle and hela cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 115(3). 320–330. 27 indexed citations
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Wice, Burton M., Larry Reitzer, & David Kennell. (1981). The continuous growth of vertebrate cells in the absence of sugar.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 256(15). 7812–7819. 102 indexed citations
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Kennell, David, et al.. (1974). Decay of messenger RNA from the tryptophan operon of Escherichia coli as a function of growth temperature. Journal of Molecular Biology. 84(4). 649–652. 10 indexed citations
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Kennell, David, et al.. (1968). Titration of the gene sites on DNA by DNA-RNA hybridization. Journal of Molecular Biology. 34(1). 71–84. 70 indexed citations

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