Eric A. First

1.1k total citations
32 papers, 890 citations indexed

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Eric A. First is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric A. First has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 890 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Eric A. First's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (23 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (10 papers). Eric A. First is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (23 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (10 papers). Eric A. First collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Eric A. First's co-authors include Alan R. Fersht, Susan S. Taylor, Keith L. Simpson, Christopher S. Francklyn, Ya‐Ming Hou, John J. Perona, Charles J. Richardson, José Bubis, Clifford A Froelich and Gyanesh Sharma and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.

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Eric A. First

32 papers receiving 873 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric A. First United States	17	805	121	120	53	52	32	890
Ivana Mihalek United States	17	1.1k 1.3×	127 1.0×	167 1.4×	85 1.6×	41 0.8×	34	1.2k
Tarmo P. Roosild United States	12	545 0.7×	124 1.0×	55 0.5×	29 0.5×	100 1.9×	15	665
Stephen C. Conroy United States	8	780 1.0×	89 0.7×	221 1.8×	78 1.5×	16 0.3×	9	906
Gayle R. Slaughter United States	11	540 0.7×	147 1.2×	82 0.7×	94 1.8×	81 1.6×	13	739
Yoko Yoshikawa Japan	14	506 0.6×	48 0.4×	79 0.7×	68 1.3×	32 0.6×	31	760
Frédéric Allemand France	21	765 1.0×	177 1.5×	91 0.8×	115 2.2×	84 1.6×	44	923
Adrian A. Nickson United Kingdom	12	729 0.9×	72 0.6×	274 2.3×	85 1.6×	22 0.4×	14	801
Michael F. Bailey Australia	16	534 0.7×	54 0.4×	114 0.9×	32 0.6×	87 1.7×	23	679
Y. Makino Japan	14	463 0.6×	100 0.8×	53 0.4×	75 1.4×	36 0.7×	39	669
Nicolas Coudevylle Austria	15	490 0.6×	63 0.5×	81 0.7×	178 3.4×	56 1.1×	30	718

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20 of 20 papers shown

First, Eric A. & Charles J. Richardson. (2016). Spectrophotometric assays for monitoring tRNA aminoacylation and aminoacyl-tRNA hydrolysis reactions. Methods. 113. 3–12. 6 indexed citations

First, Eric A.. (2015). A continuous spectrophotometric assay for monitoring adenosine 5′-monophosphate production. Analytical Biochemistry. 483. 34–39. 7 indexed citations

Richardson, Charles J. & Eric A. First. (2015). A continuous tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase assay that regenerates the tRNA substrate. Analytical Biochemistry. 486. 86–95. 11 indexed citations

Richardson, Charles J. & Eric A. First. (2015). Expanding a tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase assay to other aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. Data in Brief. 4. 253–256. 2 indexed citations

Sheoran, Anita & Eric A. First. (2008). Activation of d-Tyrosine by Bacillus stearothermophilus Tyrosyl-tRNA Synthetase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(19). 12971–12980. 10 indexed citations

Sharma, Gyanesh & Eric A. First. (2008). Thermodynamic Analysis Reveals a Temperature-dependent Change in the Catalytic Mechanism of Bacillus stearothermophilus Tyrosyl-tRNA Synthetase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(7). 4179–4190. 19 indexed citations

Sheoran, Anita, Gyanesh Sharma, & Eric A. First. (2008). Activation of d-Tyrosine by Bacillus stearothermophilus Tyrosyl-tRNA Synthetase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(19). 12960–12970. 26 indexed citations

Francklyn, Christopher S., Eric A. First, John J. Perona, & Ya‐Ming Hou. (2008). Methods for kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. Methods. 44(2). 100–118. 98 indexed citations

Galiano, Floyd, et al.. (2006). Phosphatidic acid regulates the affinity of the murine phosphatidylinositol 4‐phosphate 5‐kinase‐Iβ for phosphatidylinositol‐4‐phosphate. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 100(1). 112–128. 38 indexed citations

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First, Eric A., et al.. (2004). Interaction between the NH2-terminal Domain of eIF4A and the Central Domain of eIF4G Modulates RNA-stimulated ATPase Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(3). 1872–1881. 59 indexed citations

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First, Eric A., et al.. (2002). Catalysis of Tyrosyl-Adenylate Formation by the Human Tyrosyl-tRNA Synthetase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(17). 14812–14820. 17 indexed citations

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Xin, Yu, Weidong Li, Donard S. Dwyer, & Eric A. First. (2000). Correlating amino acid conservation with function in tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 303(2). 287–298. 15 indexed citations

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Li, Weidong, et al.. (2000). Stabilization of the transition state for the transfer of tyrosine to tRNATyr by tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 303(2). 299–310. 16 indexed citations

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Simpson, Keith L., et al.. (1997). Human Tyrosyl-tRNA Synthetase Shares Amino Acid Sequence Homology with a Putative Cytokine. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(22). 14420–14425. 112 indexed citations

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First, Eric A. & Alan R. Fersht. (1995). Analysis of the Role of the KMSKS Loop in the Catalytic Mechanism of the Tyrosyl-tRNA Synthetase Using Multimutant Cycles. Biochemistry. 34(15). 5030–5043. 56 indexed citations

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First, Eric A. & Alan R. Fersht. (1993). Mutation of lysine 233 to alanine introduces positive cooperativity into tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase. Biochemistry. 32(49). 13651–13657. 36 indexed citations

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First, Eric A. & Alan R. Fersht. (1993). Mutational and kinetic analysis of a mobile loop in tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase. Biochemistry. 32(49). 13658–13663. 40 indexed citations

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First, Eric A. & Alan R. Fersht. (1993). Involvement of threonine 234 in catalysis of tyrosyl adenylate formation by tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase. Biochemistry. 32(49). 13644–13650. 31 indexed citations

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First, Eric A., David A. Johnson, & Susan S. Taylor. (1989). Fluorescence energy transfer between cysteine 199 and cysteine 343: evidence for magnesium ATP-dependent conformational change in the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Biochemistry. 28(8). 3606–3613. 5 indexed citations

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First, Eric A. & Susan S. Taylor. (1989). Selective modification of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase with sulfhydryl-specific fluorescent probes. Biochemistry. 28(8). 3598–3605. 17 indexed citations

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