Guy A. Thompson

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

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Guy A. Thompson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Guy A. Thompson has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Biochemistry and 24 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Guy A. Thompson's work include Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (42 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (27 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (27 papers). Guy A. Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis (42 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (27 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (27 papers). Guy A. Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Guy A. Thompson's co-authors include Yoshinori Nozawa, Daniel V. Lynch, Yasuo Kitajima, Charles E. Martin, K J Einspahr, Benjamin F. Dickens, Lars Skriver, C S Ramesha, M Maeda and Helen Norman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Guy A. Thompson

126 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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Membrane formation in Tetrahymena pyriformis. 4. Lipid composition and biochemical properties of Tetrahymena pyriformis membrane systems

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guy A. Thompson United States	36	3.4k	1.3k	809	684	605	126	5.2k
Martha Ludwig United States	53	5.8k 1.7×	491 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	1.5k 2.2×	599 1.0×	153	9.1k
Uri Pick Israel	41	3.7k 1.1×	460 0.4×	1.8k 2.2×	770 1.1×	280 0.5×	125	5.3k
Raymond C. Valentine United States	34	2.1k 0.6×	326 0.3×	595 0.7×	922 1.3×	735 1.2×	124	4.2k
Stéphane D. Lemaire France	47	4.9k 1.5×	642 0.5×	985 1.2×	1.7k 2.5×	246 0.4×	131	6.6k
Hajime Wada Japan	48	5.0k 1.5×	2.2k 1.8×	1.9k 2.4×	1.4k 2.1×	457 0.8×	145	6.4k
David J. Kyle United States	36	2.5k 0.7×	491 0.4×	641 0.8×	956 1.4×	158 0.3×	88	4.9k
James A. Bassham United States	41	3.2k 1.0×	431 0.3×	1.2k 1.4×	1.9k 2.7×	194 0.3×	140	4.7k
Francisco J. Florencio Spain	44	4.5k 1.3×	517 0.4×	1.8k 2.2×	1.6k 2.4×	1.1k 1.9×	124	6.2k
Bennett M. Shapiro United States	43	2.9k 0.9×	825 0.7×	154 0.2×	422 0.6×	764 1.3×	97	6.4k
Hervé Moreau France	42	3.0k 0.9×	301 0.2×	659 0.8×	874 1.3×	1.9k 3.2×	90	5.1k

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Memon, Abdul Razaque, Seongbin Hwang, Nita N. Deshpande, Guy A. Thompson, & David L. Herrin. (1995). Novel aspects of the regulation of a cDNA (Arf1) from Chlamydomonas with high sequence identity to animal ADP-ribosylation factor 1. Plant Molecular Biology. 29(3). 567–577. 26 indexed citations

Ko, Young Gyu & Guy A. Thompson. (1995). Purification of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Proteins by Modified Triton X-114 Partitioning and Preparative Gel Electrophoresis. Analytical Biochemistry. 224(1). 166–172. 35 indexed citations

Memon, Abdul Razaque, Gregory B. Clark, & Guy A. Thompson. (1993). Identification of an ARF Type Low Molecular Mass GTP-Binding Protein in Pea (Pisum sativum). Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 193(3). 809–813. 25 indexed citations

Memon, Abdul Razaque, David L. Herrin, & Guy A. Thompson. (1993). Intracellular translocation of a 28 kDa GTP-binding protein during osmotic shock-induced cell volume regulation in Dunaliella salina. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1179(1). 11–22. 14 indexed citations

Clark, Gregory B., Abdul Razaque Memon, Chii‐Gong Tong, Guy A. Thompson, & Stanley J. Roux. (1993). Phytochrome regulates GTP‐binding protein activity in the envelope of pea nuclei. The Plant Journal. 4(2). 399–402. 8 indexed citations

Rodríguez‐Rosales, María Pilar, David L. Herrin, & Guy A. Thompson. (1992). Identification of Low Molecular Mass GTP-Binding Proteins in Membranes of the Halotolerant Alga Dunaliella salina. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 98(2). 446–451. 15 indexed citations

Ko, Young‐Gyu & Guy A. Thompson. (1992). Immobilization Antigens from Tetrahymena thermophila Are Glycosyl‐Phosphatidylinositol‐Linked Proteins. The Journal of Protozoology. 39(6). 719–723. 31 indexed citations

Thompson, Guy A.. (1989). Membrane acclimation by unicellular organisms in response to temperature change. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 21(1). 43–60. 24 indexed citations

Thompson, Guy A., et al.. (1988). Protein acylation in Tetrahymena. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 266(2). 408–415. 11 indexed citations

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Vı́gh, László, Ibolya Horváth, & Guy A. Thompson. (1988). Recovery of Dunaliella salina cells following hydrogenation of lipids in specific membranes by a homogeneous palladium catalyst. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 937(1). 42–50. 19 indexed citations

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Roughan, P. Grattan, et al.. (1987). Metabolism of exogenous long-chain fatty acids by spinach leaves. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 259(2). 481–496. 23 indexed citations

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Thompson, Guy A., P. Grattan Roughan, John Browse, C. R. Slack, & Susan E. Gardiner. (1986). Spinach Leaves Desaturate Exogenous [¹⁴C]Palmitate to Hexadecatrienoate. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 82(2). 357–362. 14 indexed citations

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Lynch, Daniel V. & Guy A. Thompson. (1984). Microsomal Phospholipid Molecular Species Alterations during Low Temperature Acclimation in Dunaliella. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 74(2). 193–197. 51 indexed citations

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Lynch, Daniel V., Robert E. Gundersen, & Guy A. Thompson. (1983). Separation of Galactolipid Molecular Species by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 72(3). 903–905. 27 indexed citations

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Ramesha, C S & Guy A. Thompson. (1983). Cold stress induces in situ phospholipid molecular species changes in cell surface membranes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 731(2). 251–260. 29 indexed citations

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Lynch, Daniel V. & Guy A. Thompson. (1982). Low Temperature-Induced Alterations in the Chloroplast and Microsomal Membranes of Dunaliella salina. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 69(6). 1369–1375. 103 indexed citations

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Williams, Norman E., P. V. Subbaiah, & Guy A. Thompson. (1980). Studies of membrane formation in Tetrahymena. The identification of membrane proteins and turnover rates in nongrowing cells.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 255(1). 296–303. 22 indexed citations

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Thompson, Guy A., et al.. (1980). Lipid Composition and Metabolism of Volvox carteri. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 65(2). 260–265. 30 indexed citations

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Thompson, Guy A.. (1968). The biosynthesis of ether-containing phospholipids in the slug, Arion ater. III. Origin of the vinylic ether bond of plasmalogens. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism. 152(2). 409–411. 57 indexed citations

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Thompson, Guy A., Albert E. Purcell, & James Bonner. (1960). A Carotene Precursor: Its Proposed Structure and Place in Biosynthetic Sequence. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 35(5). 678–682. 7 indexed citations

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