G.B. Petersen

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

G.B. Petersen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, G.B. Petersen has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in G.B. Petersen's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (17 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers). G.B. Petersen is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (17 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers). G.B. Petersen collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Denmark. G.B. Petersen's co-authors include Diana F. Hill, Alan Coulson, G. F. Hong, Frederick Sanger, K. Burton, Peter A. Stockwell, Richard N. Perham, Nicholas J. Short, Warren P. Tate and J.W. Lyttleton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

G.B. Petersen

28 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage λ DNA

1982 983 citations Diana F. Hill, G.B. Petersen et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
G.B. Petersen New Zealand	15	1.5k	663	584	178	77	29	1.8k
Wolfgang Rüger Germany	23	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.7×	560 1.0×	208 1.2×	124 1.6×	79	2.1k
Lucia B. Rothman‐Denes United States	28	1.9k 1.2×	1.0k 1.5×	797 1.4×	254 1.4×	119 1.5×	65	2.2k
Richard Gumport United States	33	2.0k 1.3×	661 1.0×	868 1.5×	179 1.0×	55 0.7×	69	2.3k
Ralph R. Meyer United States	21	1.7k 1.1×	235 0.4×	641 1.1×	124 0.7×	133 1.7×	43	2.0k
Janice M. Zengel United States	30	2.5k 1.6×	411 0.6×	1.1k 1.9×	131 0.7×	77 1.0×	71	2.8k
Roger M. Herriott United States	22	1.4k 0.9×	465 0.7×	417 0.7×	130 0.7×	81 1.1×	42	2.0k
Naomi C. Franklin United States	19	1.1k 0.7×	768 1.2×	702 1.2×	72 0.4×	26 0.3×	25	1.4k
Rolf Menzel United States	21	1.6k 1.0×	258 0.4×	646 1.1×	110 0.6×	51 0.7×	29	1.9k
Keith Backman United States	20	2.4k 1.6×	777 1.2×	1.4k 2.5×	290 1.6×	49 0.6×	29	3.0k
Albert J. Wahba United States	26	1.9k 1.2×	250 0.4×	396 0.7×	93 0.5×	71 0.9×	44	2.2k

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Agerholm, Inge, Søren Ziebe, Brett Williams, et al.. (2005). Sequential FISH analysis using competitive displacement of labelled peptide nucleic acid probes for eight chromosomes in human blastomeres. Human Reproduction. 20(4). 1072–1077. 11 indexed citations

Petersen, G.B., et al.. (1996). An improved method for the synthesis of mercurated dUTP. Enzymic synthesis of Hg-labelled DNA of high molecular weight suitable for use in an image based DNA sequencing strategy. DNA sequence. 6(4). 199–209. 1 indexed citations

Broom, Judy E., Diana F. Hill, Gillian Hughes, et al.. (1995). Sequence of a transposon identified as Tn1000 (γδ). DNA sequence. 5(3). 185–189. 13 indexed citations

Hill, Diana F., Nicholas J. Short, Richard N. Perham, & G.B. Petersen. (1991). DNA sequence of the filamentous bacteriophage Pf1. Journal of Molecular Biology. 218(2). 349–364. 78 indexed citations

Carne, Alan, Diana F. Hill, Peter A. Stockwell, Gillian Hughes, & G.B. Petersen. (1991). The putative single-stranded DNA-binding protein of the filamentous bacteriophage, If1. Amino acid sequence of the protein and structure of the gene. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 245(1312). 23–30. 6 indexed citations

Petersen, G.B., Peter A. Stockwell, & Diana F. Hill. (1988). Messenger RNA recognition in Escherichia coli: a possible second site of interaction with 16S ribosomal RNA.. The EMBO Journal. 7(12). 3957–3962. 67 indexed citations

Terzaghi, Betty E., William A. Laing, John T. Christeller, G.B. Petersen, & Diana F. Hill. (1986). Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase. Effect on the catalytic properties of changing methionine-330 to leucine in the Rhodospirillum rubrum enzyme. Biochemical Journal. 235(3). 839–846. 34 indexed citations

Cashmore, Anthony R. & G.B. Petersen. (1978). The degradation of DNA by hydrazine: identification of 3-ureidopyrazole as a product of the hydrazinolysis of deoxycytidylic acid residues. Nucleic Acids Research. 5(7). 2485–2491. 6 indexed citations

Bailey, G.S., et al.. (1977). Automated sequencing of insoluble peptides using detergent. Bacteriophage fl coat protein.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 252(7). 2218–2225. 31 indexed citations

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Tate, Warren P. & G.B. Petersen. (1974). The pyrimidine oligodeoxyribonucleotides from the DNA molecules of bacteriophages f1, fd, and M13. Virology. 57(1). 77–84. 8 indexed citations

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Tate, Warren P. & G.B. Petersen. (1974). Structure of the filamentous bacteriophages: Orientation of the DNA molecule within the phage particle. Virology. 62(1). 17–25. 6 indexed citations

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Tate, Warren P. & G.B. Petersen. (1974). A catalogue of the pyrimidine oligodeoxyribonucleotides found in bacteriophage f1 DNA. Virology. 57(1). 64–76. 10 indexed citations

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Sutton, W.D. & G.B. Petersen. (1971). Some structural properties of the DNA molecule from bacteriophage alpha. Virology. 44(2). 371–382. 5 indexed citations

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Petersen, G.B., et al.. (1969). The occurrence of long sequences of consecutive pyrimidine deoxyribonucleotides in the DNA of bacteriophage f1. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 179(2). 510–512. 16 indexed citations

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Cashmore, Anthony R. & G.B. Petersen. (1969). The degradation of DNA by hydrazine: A critical study of the suitability of the reaction for the quantitative determination of purine nucleotide sequences. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 174(2). 591–603. 14 indexed citations

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Sutton, W.D. & G.B. Petersen. (1969). Dialysis of pyrimidine oligodeoxynucleotides. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 174(1). 155–160. 7 indexed citations

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Petersen, G.B. & K. Burton. (1964). Sequences of consecutive cytosine deoxynucleotides in deoxyribonucleic acid. Biochemical Journal. 92(3). 666–672. 38 indexed citations

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Burton, K., et al.. (1963). Studies of Nucleotide Sequences in Deoxyribonucleic Acid. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 28(0). 27–34. 5 indexed citations

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Petersen, G.B.. (1961). The separation of pyrimidine oligonucleotides obtained from deoxyribonucleic acid. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 51(1). 212–214. 14 indexed citations

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Burton, K. & G.B. Petersen. (1957). The quantitative distribution of pyrimidine nucleotides in calf thymus deoxyribonucleic acid. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 26(3). 667–668. 42 indexed citations

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