Douglas C. Prasher

13.8k citations

22 papers · 10.6k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 19

Impact in

Biophysics top 0.01%
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
- Cell Image Analysis Techniques
Aging top 0.2%

Papers in

Biophysics 4
- Cell Image Analysis Techniques 3
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques 2
Aging 1

Co-authors: William W. Ward Ghia Euskirchen Yuan Tu Martin Chalfie Roger Heim R Y Tsien Milton J. Cormier Virginia K. Eckenrode
Journals: Journal of Bacteriology (3 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (3 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)Biochemistry (2 papers)Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Douglas C. Prasher

22 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Removal of a cryptic intron and subcellular localization of green fluorescent protein are required to mark transgenic Arabidopsis plants brightly 1997 · 1.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1997 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1994 Science
1994 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1993 Biochemistry
1992 Gene

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1	Application of a DNA barcode using the 16S rRNA gene to diagnose pest Arion species in the USA Journal of Molluscan Studies ·Norman B. Barr, A. A. Cook, Paula K. Elder, John J. Molongoski, Douglas C. Prasher, David G. Robinson	2009	41
2	Removal of a cryptic intron and subcellular localization of green fluorescent protein are required to mark transgenic Arabidopsis plants brightly Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jim Haseloff, Kirby Siemering, Douglas C. Prasher, Sarah Hodge Hit paper breakdown →	1997	1109
3	Microsatellite DNA Variation among Asian and North American Gypsy Moths (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) Annals of the Entomological Society of America ·S. M. Bogdanowicz, Д О Гусев, Douglas C. Prasher, R. G. Harrison	1997	60
4	Using GFP to see the light Trends in Genetics ·Douglas C. Prasher	1995	209
5	Green Fluorescent Protein as a Marker for Gene Expression Science ·Martin Chalfie, Yuan Tu, Ghia Euskirchen, William W. Ward, Douglas C. Prasher Hit paper breakdown →	1994	5128
6	Wavelength mutations and posttranslational autoxidation of green fluorescent protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Roger Heim, Douglas C. Prasher, R Y Tsien Hit paper breakdown →	1994	1417
7	Preparation and initial characterization of crystals of the photoprotein aequorin from Aequorea victoria Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics ·Linda I. Hannick, Douglas C. Prasher, L. Wayne Schultz, Jeffrey R. Deschamps, Keith B. Ward	1993	7
8	Chemical structure of the hexapeptide chromophore of the Aequorea green-fluorescent protein Biochemistry ·Chris W. Cody, Douglas C. Prasher, William M. Westler, Franklyn G. Prendergast, William W. Ward Hit paper breakdown →	1993	506
9	Primary structure of the Aequorea victoria green-fluorescent protein Gene ·Douglas C. Prasher, Virginia K. Eckenrode, William W. Ward, Dr. Sivabalan Settu, Milton J. Cormier Hit paper breakdown →	1992	1593
10	Evolutionary origins of bacterial bioluminescence Molecular Microbiology ·Dennis J. O’Kane, Douglas C. Prasher	1992	39
11	Borrowed proteins in bacterial bioluminescence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Dennis J. O’Kane, Brian Woodward, J. Jack Lee, Douglas C. Prasher	1991	33
12	The lumazine protein gene inPhotobacterium phosphoreumis linked to theluxoperon Nucleic Acids Research ·Douglas C. Prasher, Dennis J. O’Kane, J. Lee, Riccardo Risaliti	1990	10
13	THE ENZYMOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE Ca²⁺‐ACTIVATED PHOTOPROTEIN, AEQUORIN Photochemistry and Photobiology ·Milton J. Cormier, Douglas C. Prasher, Dong Churl Kim, Richard O. McCann	1989	19
14	Sequence comparisons of complementary DNAs encoding aequorin isotypes Biochemistry ·Douglas C. Prasher, Richard O. McCann, Mathew Longiaru, Milton J. Cormier	1987	64
15	High-affinity calcium-binding proteins in escherichia coli Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Alice Harmon, Douglas C. Prasher, Milton J. Cormier	1985	32
16	Cloning and expression of the cDNA coding for aequorin, a bioluminescent calcium-binding protein Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Douglas C. Prasher, Richard O. McCann, Milton J. Cormier	1985	175
17	Physical and genetic characterization of the cloned sbcB (exonuclease I) region of the Escherichia coli genome Journal of Bacteriology ·Douglas C. Prasher, Liang Fang, Sidney R. Kushner	1983	7
18	Amplification and purification of exonuclease I from Escherichia coli K12. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Douglas C. Prasher, E Cerbo, Sidney R. Kushner	1983	24
19	Nucleoside phosphotransferase from barley. Characterization and evidence for ping pong kinetics involving phosphoryl enzyme. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Douglas C. Prasher, Michael C. Carr, D.H. Ives, T C Tsai, Perry A. Frey	1982	24
20	Chiral [18O]phosphorothioates. The stereochemical course of thiophosphoryl group transfer catalyzed by nucleoside phosphotransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·John P. Richard, Douglas C. Prasher, D.H. Ives, Perry A. Frey	1979	33

About Douglas C. Prasher

Douglas C. Prasher is a scholar working on Biophysics, Aging, Genetics, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, having authored 22 papers that have together received 10.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research (8 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers), Cell Image Analysis Techniques (3 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (2 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biophysics (3.3k citations), Aging (559 citations), Biotechnology (1.1k citations), Molecular Biology (7.6k citations) and Structural Biology (126 citations). Douglas C. Prasher has collaborated with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include William W. Ward, Ghia Euskirchen, Yuan Tu, Martin Chalfie, Roger Heim, R Y Tsien, Milton J. Cormier, Virginia K. Eckenrode, Kirby Siemering and Sarah Hodge. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Biochemistry and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

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