David L. Akey

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

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David L. Akey is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, David L. Akey has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Pharmacology and 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in David L. Akey's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (12 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (6 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers). David L. Akey is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (12 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (6 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers). David L. Akey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and South Korea. David L. Akey's co-authors include Janet L. Smith, William Clay Brown, Jamie R. Konwerski, David H. Sherman, Richard Kühn, Georgios Skiniotis, Joyce Jose, V.N. Malashkevich, Peter S. Kim and Craig M. Ogata and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

David L. Akey

31 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Flavivirus NS1 Structures Reveal Surfaces for Associations with Membranes and the Immune System

2014 327 citations David L. Akey, William Clay Brown et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David L. Akey United States	22	844	580	485	427	212	31	1.7k
William Clay Brown United States	22	690 0.8×	572 1.0×	477 1.0×	168 0.4×	93 0.4×	41	1.7k
Robert Clubb United States	33	2.5k 2.9×	533 0.9×	503 1.0×	174 0.4×	125 0.6×	91	3.3k
Anne Marie Di Guilmi France	30	1.1k 1.3×	555 1.0×	387 0.8×	191 0.4×	75 0.4×	63	2.3k
André Zapun France	28	1.9k 2.2×	233 0.4×	403 0.8×	215 0.5×	201 0.9×	53	3.2k
Madhumati Sevvana Germany	20	800 0.9×	297 0.5×	268 0.6×	66 0.2×	77 0.4×	38	1.6k
Toyoyuki Ose Japan	23	906 1.1×	100 0.2×	215 0.4×	127 0.3×	104 0.5×	68	1.9k
Case W. McNamara United States	23	573 0.7×	967 1.7×	443 0.9×	108 0.3×	27 0.1×	48	2.0k
Oluwatoyin A. Asojo United States	19	472 0.6×	213 0.4×	152 0.3×	151 0.4×	74 0.3×	64	1.3k
Pauline Machebœuf France	12	539 0.6×	169 0.3×	209 0.4×	125 0.3×	70 0.3×	16	1.1k
Delphine Patin France	22	896 1.1×	223 0.4×	172 0.4×	68 0.2×	124 0.6×	50	1.4k

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Biering, Scott B., David L. Akey, Marcus P. Wong, et al.. (2021). Structural basis for antibody inhibition of flavivirus NS1–triggered endothelial dysfunction. Science. 371(6525). 194–200. 99 indexed citations

Libiad, Marouane, Nicole Motl, David L. Akey, et al.. (2018). Thiosulfate sulfurtransferase-like domain–containing 1 protein interacts with thioredoxin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(8). 2675–2686. 44 indexed citations

Akey, David L., Thomas C. Terwilliger, & Janet L. Smith. (2016). Efficient merging of data from multiple samples for determination of anomalous substructure. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 72(3). 296–302. 14 indexed citations

Brown, William Clay, David L. Akey, Jamie R. Konwerski, et al.. (2016). Extended surface for membrane association in Zika virus NS1 structure. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 23(9). 865–867. 134 indexed citations

Terwilliger, Thomas C., G. Bunkóczi, Li‐Wei Hung, et al.. (2016). Can I solve my structure by SAD phasing? Anomalous signal in SAD phasing. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 72(3). 346–358. 24 indexed citations

Terwilliger, Thomas C., G. Bunkóczi, Li‐Wei Hung, et al.. (2016). Can I solve my structure by SAD phasing? Planning an experiment, scaling data and evaluating the useful anomalous correlation and anomalous signal. Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology. 72(3). 359–374. 21 indexed citations

Akey, David L., William Clay Brown, Somnath Dutta, et al.. (2014). Flavivirus NS1 Structures Reveal Surfaces for Associations with Membranes and the Immune System. Science. 343(6173). 881–885. 327 indexed citations breakdown →

Chemler, Joseph A., Tonia J. Buchholz, Todd W. Geders, et al.. (2012). Biochemical and Structural Characterization of Germicidin Synthase: Analysis of a Type III Polyketide Synthase That Employs Acyl-ACP as a Starter Unit Donor. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(17). 7359–7366. 43 indexed citations

Akey, David L., et al.. (2012). Insights from the sea: Structural biology of marine polyketide synthases. Natural Product Reports. 29(10). 1038–1038. 20 indexed citations

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Bhambhani, Chandan, et al.. (2011). The oligomeric state of CtBP determines its role as a transcriptional co‐activator and co‐repressor of Wingless targets. The EMBO Journal. 30(10). 2031–2043. 57 indexed citations

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Akey, David L., Shengying Li, Jamie R. Konwerski, et al.. (2011). A New Structural Form in the SAM/Metal-Dependent O‑Methyltransferase Family: MycE from the Mycinamicin Biosynthetic Pathway. Journal of Molecular Biology. 413(2). 438–450. 21 indexed citations

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Akey, David L., et al.. (2010). A general scheme for synthesis of substrate-based polyketide labels for acyl carrier proteins. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 20(19). 5939–5942. 2 indexed citations

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Scaglione, Jamie B., David L. Akey, Jeffrey D. Kittendorf, et al.. (2010). Biochemical and Structural Characterization of the Tautomycetin Thioesterase: Analysis of a Stereoselective Polyketide Hydrolase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(33). 5726–5730. 45 indexed citations

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Akey, David L., et al.. (2008). Structure and Functional Analysis of RifR, the Type II Thioesterase from the Rifamycin Biosynthetic Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(8). 5021–5029. 63 indexed citations

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Sanishvili, Ruslan, Nagarajan Venugopalan, Derek W. Yoder, et al.. (2008). A 7 µm mini-beam improves diffraction data from small or imperfect crystals of macromolecules. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 64(4). 425–435. 49 indexed citations

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Giraldes, J., David L. Akey, Jeffrey D. Kittendorf, et al.. (2006). Structural and mechanistic insights into polyketide macrolactonization from polyketide-based affinity labels. Nature Chemical Biology. 2(10). 531–536. 73 indexed citations

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Akey, David L., Jeffrey D. Kittendorf, J. Giraldes, et al.. (2006). Structural basis for macrolactonization by the pikromycin thioesterase. Nature Chemical Biology. 2(10). 537–542. 96 indexed citations

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Akey, David L. & James M. Berger. (2005). Structure of the nuclease domain of ribonuclease III from M. tuberculosis at 2.1 Å. Protein Science. 14(10). 2744–2750. 27 indexed citations

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Gradia, Scott, et al.. (2005). The MukF subunit of Escherichia coli condensin: architecture and functional relationship to kleisins. The EMBO Journal. 24(11). 1921–1930. 61 indexed citations

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Mougous, Joseph D., Christopher J. Petzold, Ryan H. Senaratne, et al.. (2004). Identification, function and structure of the mycobacterial sulfotransferase that initiates sulfolipid-1 biosynthesis. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 11(8). 721–729. 83 indexed citations

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