Frank C. Grenier

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Frank C. Grenier is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank C. Grenier has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Frank C. Grenier's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (4 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers). Frank C. Grenier is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (6 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (4 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers). Frank C. Grenier collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Frank C. Grenier's co-authors include Salman Ali, Milton H. Saier, William L. Smith, Jonathan Barasch, Michael Bennett, Catherine L. Dent, Qing Ma, Prasad Devarajan, E. Bruce Waygood and Thomas E. Rollins and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemistry and Analytical Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Frank C. Grenier

18 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Urine NGAL Predicts Severity of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery

2008 590 citations Michael Bennett, Catherine L. Dent et al. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank C. Grenier United States	13	628	344	236	176	151	18	1.2k
Thierry Le Bricon France	17	543 0.9×	268 0.8×	35 0.1×	23 0.1×	85 0.6×	44	1.3k
T. Sakuma Japan	18	63 0.1×	429 1.2×	80 0.3×	63 0.4×	124 0.8×	46	1.3k
Aldo Mancini Italy	14	117 0.2×	308 0.9×	40 0.2×	31 0.2×	67 0.4×	32	824
Torsten Denneberg Sweden	21	195 0.3×	204 0.6×	15 0.1×	80 0.5×	96 0.6×	72	1.1k
Yunfang Zhang China	19	311 0.5×	563 1.6×	9 0.0×	56 0.3×	119 0.8×	55	1.3k
James Burton United States	19	171 0.3×	451 1.3×	20 0.1×	29 0.2×	181 1.2×	50	1.4k
Kazuo Ogawa Japan	19	77 0.1×	223 0.6×	13 0.1×	24 0.1×	188 1.2×	118	1.2k
Makoto Yamaguchi Japan	17	190 0.3×	237 0.7×	17 0.1×	76 0.4×	173 1.1×	98	1.1k
Hülya Akgün Türkiye	19	135 0.2×	223 0.6×	8 0.0×	44 0.3×	173 1.1×	89	1.5k
Xiaoming Li China	17	45 0.1×	210 0.6×	55 0.2×	44 0.3×	131 0.9×	55	1.3k

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Ruan, Qiaoqiao, et al.. (2013). Supporting immunoassay design with biophysical tools. Analytical Biochemistry. 437(1). 95–102. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Cheng, et al.. (2010). Structural characterization of glycoprotein NGAL, an early predictive biomarker for acute kidney injury. Carbohydrate Research. 345(15). 2252–2261. 17 indexed citations

Grenier, Frank C., et al.. (2009). Evaluation of the ARCHITECT urine NGAL assay: Assay performance, specimen handling requirements and biological variability. Clinical Biochemistry. 43(6). 615–620. 103 indexed citations

Bennett, Michael, Catherine L. Dent, Qing Ma, et al.. (2008). Urine NGAL Predicts Severity of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 3(3). 665–673. 590 indexed citations breakdown →

Fears, Robin, Roy Brown, H. Ferres, Frank C. Grenier, & A. W. R. TYRRELL. (1990). Effects of novel bile salts on cholesterol metabolism in rats and guinea-pigs. Biochemical Pharmacology. 40(9). 2029–2037. 19 indexed citations

Gruda, Ilona, et al.. (1990). The effect of molecular structure in a series of merocyanines on the in vitro cytotoxicity for adenocarcinoma cells.. PubMed. 10(4). 939–42. 9 indexed citations

Reizer, Jonathan, Milton H. Saier, Josef Deutscher, et al.. (1988). The Phosphoenolpyruvate:Sugar Phosphotransferase System in Gram-Positive Bacteria: Properties, Mechanism, and Regulation. PubMed. 15(4). 297–338. 165 indexed citations

Sutrina, Sarah L., E. Bruce Waygood, Frank C. Grenier, & Milton H. Saier. (1987). HPr/HPr-P phosphoryl exchange reaction catalyzed by the mannitol specific enzyme II of the bacterial phosphotransferase system.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 262(6). 2636–2641. 8 indexed citations

Grenier, Frank C., E. Bruce Waygood, & Milton H. Saier. (1986). The bacterial phosphotransferase system: Kinetic characterization of the glucose, mannitol, glucitol, and N‐acetylglucosamine systems. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 31(2). 97–105. 23 indexed citations

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Grenier, Frank C., Ian P. Hayward, Maria Novotny, John E. Leonard, & Milton H. Saier. (1985). Identification of the phosphocarrier protein enzyme IIIgut: essential component of the glucitol phosphotransferase system in Salmonella typhimurium. Journal of Bacteriology. 161(3). 1017–1022. 10 indexed citations

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Grenier, Frank C., Jonathan Reizer, E. Bruce Waygood, & Milton H. Saier. (1985). Evidence for covalently cross-linked dimers and trimers of enzyme I of the Escherichia coli phosphotransferase system. Journal of Bacteriology. 163(1). 243–247. 3 indexed citations

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Saier, Milton H., Frank C. Grenier, Catherine A. Lee, & E. Bruce Waygood. (1985). Evidence for the evolutionary relatedness of the proteins of the bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate:Sugar phosphotransferase system. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 27(1). 43–56. 73 indexed citations

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Grenier, Frank C., E. Bruce Waygood, & Milton H. Saier. (1985). Bacterial phosphotransferase system: regulation of the glucose and mannose enzymes II by sulfhydryl oxidation. Biochemistry. 24(18). 4872–4876. 12 indexed citations

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Grenier, Frank C., E. Bruce Waygood, & Milton H. Saier. (1985). Bacterial phosphotransferase system: regulation of mannitol enzyme II activity by sulfhydryl oxidation. Biochemistry. 24(1). 47–51. 16 indexed citations

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Grenier, Frank C., et al.. (1984). Genetic evidence for glucitol-specific enzyme III, an essential phosphocarrier protein of the Salmonella typhimurium glucitol phosphotransferase system. Journal of Bacteriology. 157(3). 953–955. 16 indexed citations

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Grenier, Frank C., Margaret L. Allen, & William L. Smith. (1982). Interrelationships among prostaglandins, vasopressin and cAMP in renal papillary collecting tubile cells in culture. Prostaglandins. 24(4). 547–565. 29 indexed citations

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Grenier, Frank C., Thomas E. Rollins, & William L. Smith. (1981). Kinin-induced prostaglandin synthesis by renal papillary collecting tubule cells in culture. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 241(1). F94–F104. 108 indexed citations

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Grenier, Frank C. & William L. Smith. (1978). Formation of 6-keto-PGF1α by collecting tubule cells isolated from rabbit renal papillae. Prostaglandins. 16(5). 759–772. 39 indexed citations

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