Erik A. Rodriguez

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Erik A. Rodriguez is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik A. Rodriguez has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Biophysics and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Erik A. Rodriguez's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (8 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (3 papers). Erik A. Rodriguez is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (8 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (3 papers). Erik A. Rodriguez collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Israel. Erik A. Rodriguez's co-authors include John Y. Lin, Roger Y. Tsien, Xiaokun Shu, Jin Zhang, Michael Z. Lin, Atsushi Miyawaki, Robert E. Campbell, Amy E. Palmer, Dennis A. Dougherty and Henry A. Lester and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Erik A. Rodriguez

21 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

The Growing and Glowing Toolbox of Fluorescent and Photoactive Proteins

2016 465 citations Erik A. Rodriguez, Robert E. Campbell et al. Trends in Biochemical Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erik A. Rodriguez United States	14	712	361	192	151	114	21	1.0k
T. V. Chepurnykh Russia	7	758 1.1×	446 1.2×	187 1.0×	201 1.3×	57 0.5×	13	1.2k
Christopher S. Murphy United States	8	654 0.9×	531 1.5×	154 0.8×	142 0.9×	83 0.7×	10	1.1k
Olesya V. Stepanenko Russia	17	772 1.1×	296 0.8×	217 1.1×	129 0.9×	45 0.4×	60	1.2k
Mickaël Lelimousin France	15	1.0k 1.4×	559 1.5×	249 1.3×	216 1.4×	83 0.7×	18	1.4k
Linda Joosen Netherlands	10	874 1.2×	335 0.9×	162 0.8×	84 0.6×	50 0.4×	12	1.2k
Mirosław Tarnawski Germany	12	716 1.0×	205 0.6×	291 1.5×	114 0.8×	153 1.3×	26	1.0k
Mikhail E. Matlashov United States	14	623 0.9×	188 0.5×	177 0.9×	173 1.1×	34 0.3×	18	1.0k
Ammasi Periasamy United States	11	901 1.3×	526 1.5×	125 0.7×	198 1.3×	52 0.5×	19	1.5k
Michael Jahnz Germany	14	693 1.0×	246 0.7×	143 0.7×	200 1.3×	97 0.9×	16	1.1k
Oksana M. Subach Russia	18	1.2k 1.7×	740 2.0×	350 1.8×	131 0.9×	84 0.7×	32	1.7k

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Maiti, Atanu, Cosmo Z. Buffalo, Saumya Saurabh, et al.. (2023). Structural and photophysical characterization of the small ultra-red fluorescent protein. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4155–4155. 8 indexed citations

Tran, Geraldine, et al.. (2022). Directed Evolution of Fluorescent Proteins in Bacteria. Methods in molecular biology. 2564. 75–97. 4 indexed citations

Rodriguez, Erik A., et al.. (2022). Therapeutic Ultrasound for Topical Corneal Delivery of Macromolecules. Translational Vision Science & Technology. 11(8). 23–23. 2 indexed citations

Ting, Richard, et al.. (2021). A self-labeling protein based on the small ultra-red fluorescent protein, smURFP. RSC Chemical Biology. 2(4). 1221–1226. 7 indexed citations

Mo, Gary, Clara Posner, Erik A. Rodriguez, Tengqian Sun, & Jin Zhang. (2020). A rationally enhanced red fluorescent protein expands the utility of FRET biosensors. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1848–1848. 58 indexed citations

An, Feifei, Nandi Chen, Jingqi Xin, et al.. (2020). Small ultra-red fluorescent protein nanoparticles as exogenous probes for noninvasive tumor imaging in vivo. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 153. 100–106. 34 indexed citations

Lin, John Y., et al.. (2020). Fluorescent proteins for in vivo imaging, where's the biliverdin?. Biochemical Society Transactions. 48(6). 2657–2667. 21 indexed citations

Rodriguez, Erik A., et al.. (2019). Therapeutic ultrasound for improving the tropical corneal delivery of macromolecules. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 145(3_Supplement). 1894–1895. 3 indexed citations

Vedvyas, Yogindra, Weiqi Zhang, Nandi Chen, et al.. (2019). A Fluorescent, [¹⁸F]-Positron-Emitting Agent for Imaging Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Allows Genetic Reporting in Adoptively Transferred, Genetically Modified Cells. ACS Chemical Biology. 14(7). 1449–1459. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Ye, Feifei An, Beth Friedman, et al.. (2017). ¹⁸F-positron-emitting/fluorescent labeled erythrocytes allow imaging of internal hemorrhage in a murine intracranial hemorrhage model. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 37(3). 776–786. 16 indexed citations

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Rodriguez, Erik A., Robert E. Campbell, John Y. Lin, et al.. (2016). The Growing and Glowing Toolbox of Fluorescent and Photoactive Proteins. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 42(2). 111–129. 465 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rodriguez, Erik A., Ye Wang, Jessica L. Crisp, et al.. (2016). New Dioxaborolane Chemistry Enables [¹⁸F]-Positron-Emitting, Fluorescent [¹⁸F]-Multimodality Biomolecule Generation from the Solid Phase. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 27(5). 1390–1399. 27 indexed citations

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Rodriguez, Erik A., Geraldine Tran, Larry A. Gross, et al.. (2016). A far-red fluorescent protein evolved from a cyanobacterial phycobiliprotein. Nature Methods. 13(9). 763–769. 164 indexed citations

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Rodriguez, Erik A., John T. Ngo, Stephen Adams, et al.. (2015). New Molecular Tools for Light and Electron Microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 21(S3). 1–2. 1 indexed citations

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Pantoja, Rigo, Erik A. Rodriguez, Mohammed Dibas, Dennis A. Dougherty, & Henry A. Lester. (2009). Single-Molecule Imaging of a Fluorescent Unnatural Amino Acid Incorporated Into Nicotinic Receptors. Biophysical Journal. 96(1). 226–237. 58 indexed citations

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Rodriguez, Erik A., Henry A. Lester, & Dennis A. Dougherty. (2007). Improved amber and opal suppressor tRNAs for incorporation of unnatural amino acids in vivo. Part 2: Evaluating suppression efficiency. RNA. 13(10). 1715–1722. 17 indexed citations

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Rodriguez, Erik A., Henry A. Lester, & Dennis A. Dougherty. (2007). Improved amber and opal suppressor tRNAs for incorporation of unnatural amino acids in vivo. Part 1: Minimizing misacylation. RNA. 13(10). 1703–1714. 24 indexed citations

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Rodriguez, Erik A., Henry A. Lester, & Dennis A. Dougherty. (2006). In vivo incorporation of multiple unnatural amino acids through nonsense and frameshift suppression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(23). 8650–8655. 76 indexed citations

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Samson, Abraham O., Jordan H. Chill, Erik A. Rodriguez, Tali Scherf, & Jacob Anglister. (2001). NMR Mapping and Secondary Structure Determination of the Major Acetylcholine Receptor α-Subunit Determinant Interacting with α-Bungarotoxin^,. Biochemistry. 40(18). 5464–5473. 18 indexed citations

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Samson, Abraham O., Jordan H. Chill, Erik A. Rodriguez, Tali Scherf, & Jacob Anglister. (2000). NMR Mapping and Secondary Structure Determination of the Major Acetylcholine Receptor alpha-Subunit Determinant Interacting with alpha-Bungarotoxin. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation. 40(18). 5464–73. 15 indexed citations

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