Eric Kofoid

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Eric Kofoid is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Kofoid has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Eric Kofoid's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (7 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers). Eric Kofoid is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (7 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (6 papers). Eric Kofoid collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Canada. Eric Kofoid's co-authors include John S. Parkinson, John R. Roth, Andrew B. Reams, Elisabeth Kugelberg, Dan I. Andersson, Chad A. Rappleye, Igor Stojiljković, Michael A. Savageau, M. Clelia Ganoza and E. Susan Slechta and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Eric Kofoid

23 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

COMMUNICATION MODULES IN BACTERIAL SIGNALING PROTEINS

1992 1.2k citations John S. Parkinson, Eric Kofoid Annual Review of Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric Kofoid United States	18	1.8k	1.2k	451	380	159	24	2.4k
Rafael Giraldo Spain	26	2.4k 1.3×	1.0k 0.8×	291 0.6×	567 1.5×	171 1.1×	64	3.0k
J Keener United States	18	2.2k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	447 1.0×	537 1.4×	177 1.1×	23	2.9k
Bénédicte Michel France	33	3.2k 1.8×	2.1k 1.8×	340 0.8×	495 1.3×	175 1.1×	60	3.7k
Akiko Higa United States	7	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	285 0.6×	618 1.6×	123 0.8×	17	2.8k
Paul N. Goudreau United States	9	2.3k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	610 1.4×	476 1.3×	298 1.9×	10	3.3k
Steven Forst United States	30	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	832 1.8×	424 1.1×	208 1.3×	65	3.2k
Daniel O. Daley Sweden	28	2.0k 1.1×	924 0.8×	272 0.6×	394 1.0×	164 1.0×	75	2.6k
Lyle A. Simmons United States	34	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	367 0.8×	401 1.1×	185 1.2×	91	3.0k
K J Begg United Kingdom	25	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	176 0.4×	645 1.7×	234 1.5×	33	2.0k
Mituru Takanami Japan	25	2.1k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	339 0.8×	439 1.2×	147 0.9×	47	2.6k

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Maisnier‐Patin, Sophie, et al.. (2019). Selective Inbreeding: Genetic Crosses Drive Apparent Adaptive Mutation in the Cairns-Foster System of Escherichia coli. Genetics. 214(2). 333–354. 3 indexed citations

Reams, Andrew B., Eric Kofoid, Elisabeth Kugelberg, & John R. Roth. (2012). Multiple Pathways of Duplication Formation with and Without Recombination (RecA) in Salmonella enterica. Genetics. 192(2). 397–415. 36 indexed citations

Roth, John R., Elisabeth Kugelberg, Andrew B. Reams, Eric Kofoid, & Dan I. Andersson. (2006). Origin of Mutations Under Selection: The Adaptive Mutation Controversy. Annual Review of Microbiology. 60(1). 477–501. 138 indexed citations

Kugelberg, Elisabeth, Eric Kofoid, Andrew B. Reams, Dan I. Andersson, & John R. Roth. (2006). Multiple pathways of selected gene amplification during adaptive mutation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(46). 17319–17324. 80 indexed citations

Sheppard, David E., et al.. (2004). Evidence that a B ₁₂ -Adenosyl Transferase Is Encoded within the Ethanolamine Operon of Salmonella enterica. Journal of Bacteriology. 186(22). 7635–7644. 52 indexed citations

Roth, John R., Eric Kofoid, Frederick P. Roth, et al.. (2003). Adaptive Mutation Requires No Mutagenesis—Only Growth Under Selection: A Response. Genetics. 165(4). 2319–2321. 5 indexed citations

Slechta, E. Susan, et al.. (2003). Adaptive mutation: General mutagenesis is not a programmed response to stress but results from rare coamplification of dinB with lac. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(22). 12847–12852. 69 indexed citations

Roth, John R., Eric Kofoid, Frederick P. Roth, et al.. (2003). Regulating General Mutation Rates: Examination of the Hypermutable State Model for Cairnsian Adaptive Mutation. Genetics. 163(4). 1483–1496. 47 indexed citations

Kofoid, Eric, Ulfar Bergthorsson, E. Susan Slechta, & John R. Roth. (2003). Formation of an F′ Plasmid by Recombination between Imperfectly Repeated Chromosomal Rep Sequences: a Closer Look at an Old Friend (F′ ₁₂₈ pro lac ). Journal of Bacteriology. 185(2). 660–663. 36 indexed citations

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Kofoid, Eric, Chad A. Rappleye, Igor Stojiljković, & John R. Roth. (1999). The 17-Gene Ethanolamine ( eut ) Operon of Salmonella typhimurium Encodes Five Homologues of Carboxysome Shell Proteins. Journal of Bacteriology. 181(17). 5317–5329. 235 indexed citations

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Parkinson, John S. & Eric Kofoid. (1992). COMMUNICATION MODULES IN BACTERIAL SIGNALING PROTEINS. Annual Review of Genetics. 26(1). 71–112. 1215 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kofoid, Eric & John S. Parkinson. (1991). Tandem translation starts in the cheA locus of Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 173(6). 2116–2119. 72 indexed citations

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Kofoid, Eric & John S. Parkinson. (1988). Transmitter and receiver modules in bacterial signaling proteins.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 85(14). 4981–4985. 140 indexed citations

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Ganoza, M. Clelia, Eric Kofoid, Philippe Marlière, & B. Gregory Louis. (1987). Potential secondary structure at translation-initiation sites. Nucleic Acids Research. 15(1). 345–360. 40 indexed citations

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Ganoza, M. Clelia, Philippe Marlière, Eric Kofoid, & B. Gregory Louis. (1985). Initiator tRNA may recognize more than the initiation codon in mRNA: a model for translational initiation.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82(14). 4587–4591. 25 indexed citations

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Ganoza, M. Clelia, et al.. (1982). Effect of bases contiguous to AUG on translation initiation.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 257(14). 8228–8232. 26 indexed citations

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Neilson, Thomas, et al.. (1981). Sequencing of short RNA oligomers by proton nuclear magnetic resonance. FEBS Letters. 136(1). 65–69.

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Neilson, Thomas, et al.. (1979). Synthesis of Biologically Active Portions of an Intercistronic Region by Use of a New 3′‐Phosphate Incorporation Method to Protect 3′‐OH and Their Binding to Ribosomes. European Journal of Biochemistry. 99(3). 429–437. 5 indexed citations

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Kofoid, Eric, Donna Knauber, & Jorge E. Allende. (1979). Induction of amphibian oocyte maturation by polyvalent cations and alkaline pH in the absence of potassium ions. Developmental Biology. 72(2). 374–380. 24 indexed citations

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Kofoid, Eric, et al.. (1971). The Coding Properties of Lysine-accepting Transfer Ribonucleic Acids from Black-eyed Peas. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 48(3). 305–311. 7 indexed citations

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