Donald M. Engelman

346 total papers · 31.6k total citations
250 papers, 25.7k citations indexed

About

Donald M. Engelman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald M. Engelman has authored 250 papers receiving a total of 25.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 201 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 34 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Donald M. Engelman's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (90 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (59 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (55 papers). Donald M. Engelman is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (90 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (59 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (55 papers). Donald M. Engelman collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Donald M. Engelman's co-authors include William P. Russ, Yana K. Reshetnyak, Oleg A. Andreev, Thomas A. Steitz, Adrian Goldman, T.A. Steitz, Mark A. Lemmon, Barbara Lewis, J.-L. Popot and Axel T. Brünger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Donald M. Engelman

249 papers receiving 25.0k citations

Hit Papers

IDENTIFYING NONPOLAR TRAN... 1980 2026 1995 2010 1986 1997 2000 1990 1981 400 800 1.2k
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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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. IDENTIFYING NONPOLAR TRANSBILAYER HELICES IN AMINO ACID SEQUENCES OF MEMBRANE PROTEINS
    1986 1.3k citations Donald M. Engelman, T.A. Steitz et al. PubMed profile →
  2. A Transmembrane Helix Dimer: Structure and Implications
    1997 826 citations Kevin R. MacKenzie, James H. Prestegard et al. Science profile →
  3. The GxxxG motif: A framework for transmembrane helix-helix association
    2000 786 citations William P. Russ, Donald M. Engelman Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  4. Membrane protein folding and oligomerization: the two-stage model
    1990 765 citations J.-L. Popot, Donald M. Engelman Biochemistry profile →
  5. The spontaneous insertion of proteins into and across membranes: The helical hairpin hypothesis
    1981 724 citations Donald M. Engelman, Thomas A. Steitz Cell profile →
  6. MicroRNA silencing for cancer therapy targeted to the tumour microenvironment
    2014 682 citations Christopher J. Cheng, Raman Bahal et al. Nature profile →
  7. Membranes are more mosaic than fluid
    2005 672 citations Donald M. Engelman Nature profile →
  8. Lipid bilayer thickness varies linearly with acyl chain length in fluid phosphatidylcholine vesicles
    1983 655 citations Barbara Lewis, Donald M. Engelman Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  9. OncomiR or Tumor Suppressor? The Duplicity of MicroRNAs in Cancer
    2016 608 citations Alexander A. Svoronos, Donald M. Engelman et al. Cancer Research profile →
  10. Statistical analysis of amino acid patterns in transmembrane helices: the GxxxG motif occurs frequently and in association with β-branched residues at neighboring positions
    2000 505 citations Alessandro Senes, Mark Gerstein et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  11. Path of the polypeptide in bacteriorhodopsin.
    1980 291 citations Donald M. Engelman, Richard A. Henderson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Donald M. Engelman 21.0k 3.1k 2.3k 2.0k 1.8k 250 25.7k
J. Deisenhofer 19.4k 0.9× 3.1k 1.0× 2.2k 0.9× 4.4k 2.2× 1.1k 0.6× 134 27.4k
Petra Schwille 20.9k 1.0× 2.0k 0.6× 3.5k 1.5× 1.7k 0.8× 652 0.4× 391 28.6k
Thomas Walz 17.4k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 3.8k 1.6× 1.4k 0.7× 544 0.3× 271 27.9k
Mitsuhiko Ikura 22.1k 1.1× 4.3k 1.4× 4.5k 1.9× 4.0k 2.0× 3.2k 1.7× 305 29.8k
Sherwin J. Singer 14.3k 0.7× 1.8k 0.6× 6.3k 2.7× 1.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 246 25.4k
Yifan Cheng 16.5k 0.8× 2.5k 0.8× 2.8k 1.2× 2.2k 1.1× 533 0.3× 212 25.3k
Gerald D. Fasman 22.4k 1.1× 1.6k 0.5× 2.3k 1.0× 4.3k 2.1× 3.7k 2.0× 234 30.2k
Demetrios Papahadjopoulos 18.2k 0.9× 1.0k 0.3× 1.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 178 26.2k
Wonpil Im 20.0k 1.0× 2.4k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 2.6k 1.3× 1.9k 1.0× 316 27.0k
Lubert Stryer 20.4k 1.0× 7.5k 2.4× 3.6k 1.5× 2.6k 1.3× 1.9k 1.0× 276 27.9k

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