George J. Thomas

5.5k total citations
121 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

George J. Thomas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, George J. Thomas has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Ecology and 21 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in George J. Thomas's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (55 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (43 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (37 papers). George J. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (55 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (43 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (37 papers). George J. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Finland. George J. Thomas's co-authors include Stacy A. Overman, James M. Benevides, Masamichi Tsuboi, Zai Qing Wen, B. Prescott, Takashi Miura, Huimin Li, Liviu Movileanu, K. A. Hartman and Loren A. Day and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

George J. Thomas

117 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George J. Thomas United States 39 3.1k 947 847 591 493 121 4.6k
James M. Benevides United States 30 2.4k 0.8× 441 0.5× 509 0.6× 338 0.6× 246 0.5× 55 3.1k
G.J. Thomas United States 26 2.1k 0.7× 317 0.3× 491 0.6× 311 0.5× 288 0.6× 37 2.8k
Marcus A. Hemminga Netherlands 35 2.1k 0.7× 565 0.6× 629 0.7× 425 0.7× 555 1.1× 166 4.0k
Roman Tůma United Kingdom 37 2.3k 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 271 0.3× 360 0.6× 163 0.3× 107 3.9k
Ronald N. McElhaney Canada 58 7.8k 2.5× 320 0.3× 239 0.3× 315 0.5× 631 1.3× 168 9.5k
Miquel Pons Spain 40 3.3k 1.1× 201 0.2× 214 0.3× 1.0k 1.7× 1.1k 2.2× 173 5.2k
Richard C. Willson United States 36 2.4k 0.8× 334 0.4× 131 0.2× 874 1.5× 220 0.4× 209 4.4k
W. Curtis Johnson United States 40 6.3k 2.0× 284 0.3× 128 0.2× 1.3k 2.2× 1.3k 2.7× 123 8.5k
John Paul Pezacki Canada 40 2.9k 0.9× 96 0.1× 679 0.8× 264 0.4× 162 0.3× 165 6.2k
Struther Arnott United States 53 7.3k 2.3× 819 0.9× 129 0.2× 914 1.5× 716 1.5× 125 10.3k

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All Works

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Němeček, Daniel, Gabriel C. Lander, John E. Johnson, Sherwood Casjens, & George J. Thomas. (2008). Assembly Architecture and DNA Binding of the Bacteriophage P22 Terminase Small Subunit. Journal of Molecular Biology. 383(3). 494–501. 39 indexed citations
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Němeček, Daniel, Stacy A. Overman, Roger W. Hendrix, & George J. Thomas. (2008). Unfolding Thermodynamics of the Δ-Domain in the Prohead I Subunit of Phage HK97: Determination by Factor Analysis of Raman Spectra. Journal of Molecular Biology. 385(2). 628–641. 8 indexed citations
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Sun, Ying, Stacy A. Overman, & George J. Thomas. (2007). Impact of in vitro assembly defects on in vivo function of the phage P22 portal. Virology. 365(2). 336–345. 6 indexed citations
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Němeček, Daniel, Eddie B. Gilcrease, Sebyung Kang, et al.. (2007). Subunit Conformations and Assembly States of a DNA-translocating Motor: The Terminase of Bacteriophage P22. Journal of Molecular Biology. 374(3). 817–836. 37 indexed citations
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Tsuboi, Masamichi, James M. Benevides, & George J. Thomas. (2006). The Complex of Ethidium Bromide with Genomic DNA: Structure Analysis by Polarized Raman Spectroscopy. Biophysical Journal. 92(3). 928–934. 34 indexed citations
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Yu, Xiong, et al.. (2006). The Structure of a Filamentous Bacteriophage. Journal of Molecular Biology. 361(2). 209–215. 79 indexed citations
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Tsuboi, Masamichi, Stacy A. Overman, Koji Nakamura, Arantxa Rodríguez‐Casado, & George J. Thomas. (2003). Orientation and Interactions of an Essential Tryptophan (Trp-38) in the Capsid Subunit of Pf3 Filamentous Virus. Biophysical Journal. 84(3). 1969–1976. 17 indexed citations
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Raso, Stephen W., Patricia L. Clark, Cameron Haase‐Pettingell, Jonathan King, & George J. Thomas. (2001). Distinct cysteine sulfhydryl environments detected by analysis of Raman S-H markers of Cys→Ser mutant proteins11Edited by P. E. Wright. Journal of Molecular Biology. 307(3). 899–911. 71 indexed citations
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Tůma, Roman, Matthew H. Parker, Peter Weigele, et al.. (1998). A helical coat protein recognition domain of the bacteriophage P22 scaffolding protein. Journal of Molecular Biology. 281(1). 81–94. 48 indexed citations
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Overman, Stacy A. & George J. Thomas. (1998). Amide Modes of the α-Helix:  Raman Spectroscopy of Filamentous Virus fd Containing Peptide 13C and 2H Labels in Coat Protein Subunits. Biochemistry. 37(16). 5654–5665. 81 indexed citations
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Tůma, Roman & George J. Thomas. (1997). Mechanisms of virus assembly probed by Raman spectroscopy: the icosahedral bacteriophage P22. Biophysical Chemistry. 68(1-3). 17–31. 31 indexed citations
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Miura, Takashi & George J. Thomas. (1994). Structural Polymorphism of Telomere DNA: Interquadruplex and Duplex-Quadruplex Conversions Probed by Raman Spectroscopy. Biochemistry. 33(25). 7848–7856. 94 indexed citations
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Bamford, Jaana K. H., et al.. (1993). Structural Studies of the Enveloped dsRNA Bacteriophage θ6 of Pseudomonas syringae by Raman Spectroscopy. Journal of Molecular Biology. 230(2). 473–482. 27 indexed citations
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Bamford, Dennis H., et al.. (1993). Structural Studies of the Enveloped dsRNA Bacteriophage θof Pseudomonas syringae by Raman Spectroscopy. Journal of Molecular Biology. 230(2). 461–472. 25 indexed citations
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Thomas, George J., et al.. (1988). Sugar pucker and phosphodiester conformations in viral genomes of filamentous bacteriophages: fd, If1, IKe, Pf1, Xf, and Pf3. Biochemistry. 27(12). 4350–4357. 24 indexed citations
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Day, Loren A., Arturo Casadevall, B. Prescott, & George J. Thomas. (1988). Raman spectroscopy of mercury(II) binding to two filamentous viruses: Ff (fd, M13, f1) and Pf1. Biochemistry. 27(2). 706–711. 11 indexed citations
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Finer-Moore, Janet, Robert M. Stroud, B. Prescott, & George J. Thomas. (1984). Subunit Secondary Structure in Filamentous Viruses: Predictions and Observations. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 2(1). 93–100. 11 indexed citations

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