Gregory L. Blatch

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Gregory L. Blatch is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregory L. Blatch has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 22 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Gregory L. Blatch's work include Heat shock proteins research (84 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (26 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (22 papers). Gregory L. Blatch is often cited by papers focused on Heat shock proteins research (84 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (26 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (22 papers). Gregory L. Blatch collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and Germany. Gregory L. Blatch's co-authors include Adrienne L. Edkins, Aileen Boshoff, Victoria M. Longshaw, Addmore Shonhai, Michael E. Cheetham, Odutayo O. Odunuga, Fritha Hennessy, William Nicoll, Richard Zimmermann and Jude M. Przyborski and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Biochemical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Gregory L. Blatch

120 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

The tetratricopeptide repeat: a structural motif mediating protein-protein interactions

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gregory L. Blatch South Africa	40	3.7k	921	625	543	457	123	5.1k
Alper Küçükural United States	20	5.5k 1.5×	409 0.4×	462 0.7×	673 1.2×	255 0.6×	35	8.1k
Ambrish Roy United States	17	5.2k 1.4×	302 0.3×	463 0.7×	630 1.2×	928 2.0×	21	7.5k
Ramneek Gupta Denmark	24	4.7k 1.3×	383 0.4×	536 0.9×	893 1.6×	130 0.3×	62	7.1k
Nikolaj Blom Denmark	25	5.6k 1.5×	267 0.3×	736 1.2×	741 1.4×	174 0.4×	44	8.5k
Richard A. Scheltema Netherlands	34	5.3k 1.4×	329 0.4×	822 1.3×	605 1.1×	94 0.2×	62	7.5k
Christopher M. Yates United States	20	5.2k 1.4×	360 0.4×	556 0.9×	618 1.1×	197 0.4×	29	8.8k
Balaji Santhanam United States	35	4.2k 1.1×	288 0.3×	305 0.5×	382 0.7×	95 0.2×	59	5.5k
Laurence Lins Belgium	38	2.7k 0.7×	280 0.3×	214 0.3×	357 0.7×	116 0.3×	138	5.0k
Nicola Buso United Kingdom	5	3.1k 0.8×	226 0.2×	355 0.6×	421 0.8×	99 0.2×	5	5.2k
Joseph Schrével France	37	1.5k 0.4×	1.4k 1.5×	325 0.5×	367 0.7×	116 0.3×	130	3.9k

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Al-Bashaireh, Ahmad M., et al.. (2024). Exploring Risk Perception, Mental Health, Mental Fatigue, Stigma, and the Quality of Life among UAE Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Multicentric Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(9). 1124–1124.

Singh, Harpreet, et al.. (2023). In silico identification of modulators of J domain protein-Hsp70 interactions in Plasmodium falciparum: a drug repurposing strategy against malaria. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 10. 1158912–1158912. 5 indexed citations

Kaur, Rupinder, et al.. (2023). The Plasmodium falciparum exported J domain proteins fine-tune human and malarial Hsp70s: pathological exploitation of proteostasis machinery. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 10. 4 indexed citations

Hunter, Morgan Campbell, et al.. (2020). STIP1/HOP Regulates the Actin Cytoskeleton through Interactions with Actin and Changes in Actin-Binding Proteins Cofilin and Profilin. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(9). 3152–3152. 14 indexed citations

Edkins, Adrienne L., John T. Price, A. Graham Pockley, & Gregory L. Blatch. (2017). Heat shock proteins as modulators and therapeutic targets of chronic disease: an integrated perspective. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 373(1738). 20160521–20160521. 47 indexed citations

Njunge, James M., et al.. (2015). PFB0595w is a Plasmodium falciparum J protein that co-localizes with PfHsp70-1 and can stimulate its in vitro ATP hydrolysis activity. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 62. 47–53. 15 indexed citations

Gomes, Inês, Miguel Cavadas, Isabel Gonçalves Silva, et al.. (2011). Gold nanoparticle-based fluorescence immunoassay for malaria antigen detection. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 402(3). 1019–1027. 53 indexed citations

Stephens, Linda L., Addmore Shonhai, & Gregory L. Blatch. (2011). Co-expression of the Plasmodium falciparum molecular chaperone, PfHsp70, improves the heterologous production of the antimalarial drug target GTP cyclohydrolase I, PfGCHI. Protein Expression and Purification. 77(2). 159–165. 15 indexed citations

Chiang, Annette, Patrick G. Needham, Linda L. Stephens, et al.. (2010). Plasmodium falciparum encodes a single cytosolic type I Hsp40 that functionally interacts with Hsp70 and is upregulated by heat shock. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 16(4). 389–401. 43 indexed citations

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Pesce, Eva-Rachele & Gregory L. Blatch. (2009). The Hsp40-Hsp70 chaperone machinery of Plasmodium falciparum. African Journal of Biochemistry Research. 3(5). 154–163. 2 indexed citations

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Blatch, Gregory L., et al.. (2008). Dimerization of the yeast eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A requires hypusine and is RNA dependent. FEBS Journal. 276(3). 695–706. 18 indexed citations

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Csermely, Péter, Csaba Sőti, & Gregory L. Blatch. (2007). Chaperones as Parts of Cellular Networks. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 594. 55–63. 19 indexed citations

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Amemiya, Chris T., et al.. (2006). Molecular biology studies on the coelacanth: a review. Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University). 3 indexed citations

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Sinclair, Brent J., John S. Terblanche, Matthew B. Scott, et al.. (2005). Environmental physiology of three species of Collembola at Cape Hallett, North Victoria Land, Antarctica. Journal of Insect Physiology. 52(1). 29–50. 72 indexed citations

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Limson, Janice, et al.. (2004). The use of a quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation for the measurement of protein-protein interactions: A qualitative and quantitative analysis of the interactions between molecular chaperones. South African Journal of Science. 100. 678–682. 19 indexed citations

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Boshoff, Aileen, William Nicoll, Fritha Hennessy, et al.. (2004). Molecular chaperones in biology, medicine and protein biotechnology. Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University). 8 indexed citations

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Gray, Vincent M., et al.. (2002). Green fluorescent protein as a reporter of early transformation events in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University). 1 indexed citations

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Hennessy, Fritha, Michael E. Cheetham, Heini W. Dirr, & Gregory L. Blatch. (2000). Analysis of the levels of conservation of the J domain among the various types of DnaJ-like proteins. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 5(4). 347–347. 64 indexed citations

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Blatch, Gregory L., et al.. (1997). Isolation of a mouse cDNA encoding mSTI1, a stress-inducible protein containing the TPR motif. Gene. 194(2). 277–282. 50 indexed citations

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Zappe, Harold, Gregory L. Blatch, & D. R. Woods. (1992). Expression of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens amylase and Vibrio alginolyticus protease A fusion genes. Journal of General Microbiology. 138(2). 319–327. 1 indexed citations

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