Gareth A. Roberts

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Gareth A. Roberts is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gareth A. Roberts has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gareth A. Roberts's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (11 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers). Gareth A. Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers), Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques (11 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers). Gareth A. Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and South Sudan. Gareth A. Roberts's co-authors include Peter F. Leadlay, Jesús Cortés, Stephen Haydock, Debra J. Bevitt, James Staunton, Sabine L. Flitsch, Nicholas J. Turner, John H. White, David T. F. Dryden and Gideon Grogan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Gareth A. Roberts

51 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

An unusually large multifunctional polypeptide in the erythromycin-producing polyketide synthase of Saccharopolyspora erythraea

1990 504 citations Jesús Cortés, Stephen Haydock et al. Nature profile →

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Yinhua Lü China

Margherita Sosio Italy

Jean‐Luc Pernodet France

Juan-Francisco Martı́n Spain

Masayuki Igarashi Japan

Amy M. Gehring United States

Keqiang Fan China

MAYUMI SHINOSE Japan

Jesús F. Aparicio Spain

Till F. Schäberle Germany

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Roberts, Gareth A., et al.. (2021). Dissecting OCT4 defines the role of nucleosome binding in pluripotency. Nature Cell Biology. 23(8). 834–845. 34 indexed citations

Cooper, Laurie P., Gareth A. Roberts, John H. White, et al.. (2017). DNA target recognition domains in the Type I restriction and modification systems of Staphylococcus aureus. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(6). 3395–3406. 26 indexed citations

Kanwar, Nisha, et al.. (2016). The evolutionary pathway from a biologically inactive polypeptide sequence to a folded, active structural mimic of DNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 44(9). 4289–4303. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Kai, Gareth A. Roberts, Laurie P. Cooper, et al.. (2013). ArdA proteins from different mobile genetic elements can bind to the EcoKI Type I DNA methyltransferase of E. coli K12. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1844(3). 505–511. 21 indexed citations

Roberts, Gareth A. & David T. F. Dryden. (2013). DNA Electrophoresis: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives. Methods in molecular biology. 1054. 1–9. 4 indexed citations

Taylor, James E., Chun Song, William V. Nicholson, et al.. (2012). Structure and operation of the DNA-translocating type I DNA restriction enzymes. Genes & Development. 26(1). 92–104. 42 indexed citations

Herbert, Andrew P., Gareth A. Roberts, Dinesh C. Soares, et al.. (2009). The structure of the KlcA and ArdB proteins reveals a novel fold and antirestriction activity against Type I DNA restriction systems in vivo but not in vitro. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(5). 1723–1737. 54 indexed citations

Roberts, Gareth A., Federico Sabbadin, Gideon Grogan, et al.. (2009). Engineering and improvement of the efficiency of a chimeric [P450cam-RhFRed reductase domain] enzyme. Chemical Communications. 2478–2478. 55 indexed citations

Roberts, Gareth A., Laurie P. Cooper, David J. Clarke, et al.. (2009). Dissection of the DNA Mimicry of the Bacteriophage T7 Ocr Protein using Chemical Modification. Journal of Molecular Biology. 391(3). 565–576. 12 indexed citations

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Roberts, Gareth A., Laurie P. Cooper, John H. White, et al.. (2008). The Orf18 Gene Product from Conjugative Transposon Tn916 Is an ArdA Antirestriction Protein that Inhibits Type I DNA Restriction–Modification Systems. Journal of Molecular Biology. 383(5). 970–981. 39 indexed citations

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Çelik, Ayhan, Gareth A. Roberts, John H. White, et al.. (2006). Probing the substrate specificity of the catalytically self-sufficient cytochrome P450 RhF from a Rhodococcus sp.. Chemical Communications. 4492–4494. 29 indexed citations

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Hunter, Dominic J. B., Gareth A. Roberts, Tobias W. B. Ost, et al.. (2005). Analysis of the domain properties of the novel cytochrome P450 RhF. FEBS Letters. 579(10). 2215–2220. 48 indexed citations

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Roberts, Gareth A., Gideon Grogan, Nicholas J. Turner, & Sabine L. Flitsch. (2004). Nucleotide Sequence of a Portion of the Camphor-degrading Gene Cluster fromRhodococcussp. NCIMB 9784. DNA sequence. 15(2). 96–103. 3 indexed citations

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Grogan, Gideon, Gareth A. Roberts, Simon Parsons, Nicholas J. Turner, & Sabine L. Flitsch. (2002). P450 camr , a cytochrome P450 catalysing the stereospecific 6- endo -hydroxylation of (1 R )-(+)-camphor. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 59(4-5). 449–454. 19 indexed citations

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Grogan, Gideon, Gareth A. Roberts, Despina J. Bougioukou, Nicholas J. Turner, & Sabine L. Flitsch. (2001). The Desymmetrization of Bicyclic β-Diketones by an Enzymatic Retro-Claisen Reaction. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(16). 12565–12572. 35 indexed citations

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Roberts, Gareth A., et al.. (1998). Antisense expression of a desmocollin gene in MDCK cells alters desmosome plaque assembly but does not affect desmoglein expression. European Journal of Cell Biology. 76(3). 192–203. 16 indexed citations

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Staunton, James, et al.. (1996). Evidence for a double-helical structure for modular polyketide synthases. Nature Structural Biology. 3(2). 188–192. 97 indexed citations

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Roberts, Gareth A., et al.. (1995). AUDIT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EPISIOTOMY AND RISK OF MAJOR PERINEAL LACERATION DURING CHILDBIRTH. International Journal of Clinical Practice. 49(1). 40–41. 3 indexed citations

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Roberts, Gareth A., James Staunton, & Peter F. Leadlay. (1993). Heterologous expression in Escherichia coli of an intact multienzyme component of the erythromycin‐producing polyketide synthase. European Journal of Biochemistry. 214(1). 305–311. 51 indexed citations

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Cortés, Jesús, Stephen Haydock, Gareth A. Roberts, Debra J. Bevitt, & Peter F. Leadlay. (1990). An unusually large multifunctional polypeptide in the erythromycin-producing polyketide synthase of Saccharopolyspora erythraea. Nature. 348(6297). 176–178. 504 indexed citations breakdown →

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