Impact in RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies RNA modifications and cancer Protein Structure and Dynamics Papers in DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 15 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 15 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research 10 Protein Structure and Dynamics 7 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 4 Neural dynamics and brain function 5 show more fields Overview Impact Standout Papers Peers Geography Research Space Co-Authors Works Hit Papers Molecular structure of nucleic acids 2004 · 592 citations
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Molecular Biology 19.6k Structural Biology 223 Genetics 3.9k History and Philosophy of Science 544 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 1.1k George Oster United States
Marc W. Kirschner United States
Sydney Brenner United Kingdom
Stanislas Leibler United States
Daniel E. Koshland United States
Gerald M. Edelman United States
Bruce Alberts United States
Peter G. Wolynes United States
James Dewey Watson United States
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All Works Load more (20 of 109) Load more (20 of 109) About Francis Crick Francis Crick is a scholar working on Molecular Biology , Cognitive Neuroscience , Genetics , Ecology and Biophysics , having authored 109 papers that have together received 29.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (15 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers), Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research (10 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (7 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (5 papers), Hemoglobin structure and function (5 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (19.6k citations), Structural Biology (223 citations), Genetics (3.9k citations), History and Philosophy of Science (544 citations) and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (1.1k citations). Francis Crick has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom , United States and South Sudan . Frequent co-authors include James Dewey Watson , James D. Watson , Leslie E. Orgel , Alexander Rich , Graeme Mitchison , Christof Koch , A. Klug , John D. Watson , Leslie Barnett and R. J. Watts‐Tobin . Their work appears in journals such as Nature , Journal of Molecular Biology , Scientific American , Science and Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology .
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