George Ösapay

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

George Ösapay is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, George Ösapay has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Organic Chemistry and 7 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in George Ösapay's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (15 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (7 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (6 papers). George Ösapay is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (15 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (7 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (6 papers). George Ösapay collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and Germany. George Ösapay's co-authors include John W. Taylor, Michael E. Selsted, André J. Ouellette, Dat Q. Tran, Jun Yuan, Klára Ősapay, Yi‐Quan Tang, Christopher J. Miller, Murray Goodman and Patti Tran and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

George Ösapay

29 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

A Cyclic Antimicrobial Peptide Produced in Primate Leukocytes by the Ligation of Two Truncated α-Defensins

1999 565 citations Yi‐Quan Tang, Jun Yuan et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
George Ösapay United States	17	1.1k	700	395	277	87	30	1.5k
Osamu Murase Japan	10	1.8k 1.6×	1.6k 2.3×	295 0.7×	368 1.3×	68 0.8×	11	2.2k
Dorit Avrahami Israel	16	892 0.8×	843 1.2×	273 0.7×	198 0.7×	29 0.3×	25	1.3k
Carol L. Friedrich Canada	6	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.8×	200 0.5×	329 1.2×	28 0.3×	6	1.5k
Jimut Kanti Ghosh India	25	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.4×	153 0.4×	379 1.4×	64 0.7×	73	1.7k
David I. Chan Canada	8	892 0.8×	747 1.1×	187 0.5×	194 0.7×	43 0.5×	8	1.2k
N. Sitaram India	18	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.8×	138 0.3×	361 1.3×	29 0.3×	29	1.5k
Györgyi Váradi Hungary	15	625 0.5×	522 0.7×	57 0.1×	193 0.7×	30 0.3×	42	959
Václav Čeřovský Czechia	22	866 0.8×	632 0.9×	173 0.4×	107 0.4×	72 0.8×	82	1.5k
Catherine L. Grimes United States	20	538 0.5×	184 0.3×	230 0.6×	304 1.1×	49 0.6×	55	1.0k
Subbalakshmi S. Malladi United States	22	324 0.3×	351 0.5×	234 0.6×	890 3.2×	79 0.9×	27	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Ösapay

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Schaal, Justin B., Dat Q. Tran, Patti Tran, et al.. (2012). Rhesus Macaque Theta Defensins Suppress Inflammatory Cytokines and Enhance Survival in Mouse Models of Bacteremic Sepsis. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e51337–e51337. 59 indexed citations

Vasudevan, Sheeja V., Jun Yuan, George Ösapay, et al.. (2008). Synthesis, Structure, and Activities of an Oral Mucosal α-Defensin from Rhesus Macaque. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(51). 35869–35877. 8 indexed citations

Ösapay, George, et al.. (2002). Antimicrobial properties of the R1 plasmid host killing peptide. Journal of Biotechnology. 100(1). 1–12. 23 indexed citations

Medzihradszky, Katalin F., Nicholas P. Ambulos, Ashok Khatri, et al.. (2001). Mass spectrometry analysis for the determination of side reactions for cyclic peptides prepared from an Fmoc/tBu/Dmab protecting group strategy. International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics. 8(1). 1–12. 1 indexed citations

Medzihradszky, Katalin F., Nicholas P. Ambulos, Ashok Khatri, et al.. (2001). Mass spectrometry analysis for the determination of side reactions for cyclic peptides prepared from an Fmoc/t}Bu/Dmab protecting group strategy. Letters in Peptide Science. 8(1). 1–12. 3 indexed citations

Tang, Yi‐Quan, Jun Yuan, George Ösapay, et al.. (1999). A Cyclic Antimicrobial Peptide Produced in Primate Leukocytes by the Ligation of Two Truncated α-Defensins. Science. 286(5439). 498–502. 565 indexed citations breakdown →

Ösapay, George & Klára Ősapay. (1998). Therapeutic applications of somatostatin analogues. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 8(7). 855–870. 17 indexed citations

Ösapay, George, László Prókai, Ho-Seung Kim, et al.. (1997). Lanthionine−Somatostatin Analogs: Synthesis, Characterization, Biological Activity, and Enzymatic Stability Studies. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 40(14). 2241–2251. 93 indexed citations

Melacini, Giuseppe, Qin Zhu, George Ösapay, & Murray Goodman. (1997). A Refined Model for the Somatostatin Pharmacophore: Conformational Analysis of Lanthionine−Sandostatin Analogs. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 40(14). 2252–2258. 58 indexed citations

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Moroder, Luis, Jürgen Lutz, Frank Grams, et al.. (1996). A new efficient method for the synthesis of 1,4‐benzodiazepine‐2,5‐dione diversomers. Biopolymers. 38(3). 295–300. 5 indexed citations

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Ösapay, George, et al.. (1995). Synthesis, crystal structure and conformation in solution of four stereoisomeric cyclo‐lanthionine derivatives. International journal of peptide & protein research. 46(3-4). 290–301. 16 indexed citations

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Chadha, Raj K. & George Ösapay. (1995). (S)-[1-(Benzyloxycarbonylamino)ethyl]phosphonic Acid. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 51(11). 2340–2342. 2 indexed citations

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Goodman, Murray, Seonggu Ro, George Ösapay, Toshimasa Yamazaki, & Alexander Polinsky. (1993). The Molecular Basis of Opioid Potency and Selectivity: Morphiceptins, Dermorphins, Deltorphins, and Enkephalins. PsycEXTRA Dataset. 134. 195–209. 3 indexed citations

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Ösapay, George, et al.. (1993). Inhibitory effect of synthetic aminophosphonic acid derivatives on human carbonic anhydrase. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 28(5). 355–361. 4 indexed citations

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Ösapay, George & Murray Goodman. (1993). New application of peptide cyclization on an oxime resin (the PCOR method): preparation of lanthionine peptides. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 1599–1600. 21 indexed citations

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Polinsky, Alexander, et al.. (1992). Synthesis and conformational properties of the lanthionine-bridged opioid peptide [D-AlaL2,AlaL5]enkephalin as determined by NMR and computer simulations. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 35(22). 4185–4194. 60 indexed citations

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Ösapay, George, Adam A. Profit, & John W. Taylor. (1990). Synthesis of tyrocidine a: Use of oxime resin for peptide chain assembly and cyclization. Tetrahedron Letters. 31(43). 6121–6124. 64 indexed citations

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Taylor, John W. & George Ösapay. (1990). Determining the functional conformations of biologically active peptides. Accounts of Chemical Research. 23(10). 338–344. 19 indexed citations

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Ösapay, George, et al.. (1990). Synthesis of N-(phosphonoacetyl)-dipeptide derivatives and evaluation of their antihypertensive activity.. PubMed. 45(9). 666–8.

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Ösapay, George, et al.. (1987). Conversion of amino acids and dipeptides into their phosphonic analogs. Tetrahedron. 43(13). 2977–2983. 12 indexed citations

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