Donald P. Nierlich

11.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

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Donald P. Nierlich is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald P. Nierlich has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Donald P. Nierlich's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (28 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (10 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (9 papers). Donald P. Nierlich is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (28 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (10 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (9 papers). Donald P. Nierlich collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Donald P. Nierlich's co-authors include Ian C. Eperon, Stephen K. Anderson, Ian G. Young, Alan Coulson, Peter Schreier, Frederick Sanger, Alan T. Bankier, Jacques Drouin, Rodger Staden and B. G. Barrell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Donald P. Nierlich

44 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

Sequence and organization of the human mitochondrial genome

1981 7.6k citations Alan T. Bankier, Alan Coulson et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donald P. Nierlich United States	23	7.6k	2.6k	2.0k	646	379	44	9.2k
M.H.L. de Bruijn United Kingdom	6	7.6k 1.0×	2.7k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	586 0.9×	388 1.0×	6	9.3k
Andrew J.H. Smith United Kingdom	13	9.6k 1.3×	3.2k 1.2×	2.0k 1.0×	822 1.3×	379 1.0×	14	12.6k
Ian C. Eperon United Kingdom	34	10.7k 1.4×	3.0k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	677 1.0×	388 1.0×	75	12.7k
Stephen K. Anderson United States	47	10.4k 1.4×	3.0k 1.2×	2.2k 1.1×	732 1.1×	388 1.0×	174	15.9k
Alan T. Bankier United Kingdom	32	8.5k 1.1×	2.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	776 1.2×	379 1.0×	54	14.8k
Ian G. Young Australia	49	10.4k 1.4×	3.5k 1.3×	2.3k 1.1×	784 1.2×	388 1.0×	130	17.6k
Eduardo Ruiz‐Pesini Spain	35	4.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	350 0.5×	226 0.6×	128	6.8k
Allan C. Wilson United States	37	3.4k 0.4×	1.8k 0.7×	305 0.2×	668 1.0×	228 0.6×	61	5.8k
Dan Mishmar Israel	31	3.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	918 0.5×	429 0.7×	162 0.4×	66	4.4k
Theodore G. Schurr United States	34	3.3k 0.4×	3.4k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	186 0.3×	1.1k 3.0×	114	6.8k

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Bykhovskaya, Yelena, Andrey V. Kajava, Thomas W. O’Brien, et al.. (2000). Heart-specific splice-variant of a human mitochondrial ribosomal protein (mRNA processing; tissue specific splicing). Gene. 261(2). 229–234. 17 indexed citations

Ly, Hinh, Donald P. Nierlich, John C. Olsen, & Andrew H. Kaplan. (1999). Moloney Murine Sarcoma Virus Genomic RNAs Dimerize via a Two-Step Process: a Concentration-Dependent Kissing-Loop Interaction Is Driven by Initial Contact between Consecutive Guanines. Journal of Virology. 73(9). 7255–7261. 19 indexed citations

Nierlich, Donald P. & George J. Murakawa. (1996). The Decay of Bacterial Messenger RNA. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 52. 153–216. 68 indexed citations

Murakawa, George J., C. N. Kwan, Junko Yamashita, & Donald P. Nierlich. (1991). Transcription and decay of the lac messenger: role of an intergenic terminator. Journal of Bacteriology. 173(1). 28–36. 57 indexed citations

Johnson, David, Donald P. Nierlich, & Aldons J. Lusis. (1990). Use of the lac repressor in constructing sequencial deletions and a new sequencing vector. Gene. 94(1). 9–14. 2 indexed citations

Murakawa, George J., Chi‐hong B. Chen, Michio D. Kuwabara, Donald P. Nierlich, & David S. Sigman. (1989). Scission of RNA by the chemical nuclease of 1,10-phenanthroline-eopper ion: preference for single-stranded loops. Nucleic Acids Research. 17(13). 5361–5376. 54 indexed citations

Nierlich, Donald P., et al.. (1989). Distribution of 5'-triphosphate termini on the mRNA of Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 171(1). 141–147. 19 indexed citations

Murakawa, George J. & Donald P. Nierlich. (1989). Mapping the lacZ ribosome binding site by RNA footprinting. Biochemistry. 28(20). 8067–8072. 25 indexed citations

Hediger, Matthias A., David Johnson, Donald P. Nierlich, & Irving Zabin. (1985). DNA sequence of the lactose operon: the lacA gene and the transcriptional termination region.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82(19). 6414–6418. 66 indexed citations

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Anderson, Stephen, Alan T. Bankier, B. G. Barrell, et al.. (1982). Comparison of the Human and Bovine Mitochondrial Genomes. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 12. 5–43. 31 indexed citations

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Nierlich, Donald P.. (1982). Fragmentary 5S rRNA Gene in the Human Mitochondrial Genome. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 2(2). 207–209. 2 indexed citations

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Nierlich, Donald P., et al.. (1979). Isolation of the transfer RNA genes of bacteriophage T4 and transfer RNA synthesis in vitro. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 561(1). 184–193. 1 indexed citations

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Petersen, Nancy S., C S McLaughlin, & Donald P. Nierlich. (1976). Ribosomal subunit entry into polysomes in yeast. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 447(3). 294–303. 7 indexed citations

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Nierlich, Donald P., et al.. (1974). Biological decay of the 5′-triphosphate termini of the RNA of E. coli. Nature. 252(5478). 74–76. 7 indexed citations

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Davis, Alan R. & Donald P. Nierlich. (1974). The methylation of transfer RNA in Escherichia coli. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 374(1). 23–37. 7 indexed citations

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Lamfrom, Hildegard, Anand Sarabhai, Donald P. Nierlich, & John Abelson. (1973). Synthesis of tRNA in Cell-free Extracts. Nature New Biology. 246(149). 11–12. 4 indexed citations

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Nierlich, Donald P. & Boris Magasanik. (1971). Control of feedback repression of the enzymes of purine biosynthesis in Aerobacter aerogenes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 230(2). 349–361. 12 indexed citations

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Nierlich, Donald P. & Walter Vielmetter. (1968). Kinetic studies on the relationship of ribonucleotide precursor pools and ribonucleic acid synthesis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 32(1). 135–147. 43 indexed citations

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Nierlich, Donald P. & Boris Magasanik. (1965). Regulation of Purine Ribonucleotide Synthesis by End Product Inhibition. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 240(1). 358–365. 95 indexed citations

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Nierlich, Donald P. & Elizabeth McFall. (1963). Repression of an enzyme of purine biosynthesis in L cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Specialized Section on Nucleic Acids and Related Subjects. 76. 469–470. 9 indexed citations

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