Herbert Tabor

14.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
127 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

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Herbert Tabor is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Herbert Tabor has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Molecular Biology, 63 papers in Biochemistry and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Herbert Tabor's work include Polyamine Metabolism and Applications (86 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (63 papers) and Enzyme function and inhibition (18 papers). Herbert Tabor is often cited by papers focused on Polyamine Metabolism and Applications (86 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (63 papers) and Enzyme function and inhibition (18 papers). Herbert Tabor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Malaysia. Herbert Tabor's co-authors include Celia White Tabor, C W Tabor, Sanford M. Rosenthal, Alan H. Mehler, Manas K. Chattopadhyay, Edmund W. Hafner, Lillian J. Wyngarden, George D. Markham, M.S. Cohn and David Balasundaram and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Herbert Tabor

126 papers receiving 11.2k 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.

POLYAMINES

1984 2.8k citations Celia White Tabor, Herbert Tabor profile →
1,4-Diaminobutane (Putrescine), Spermidine, and Spermine

1976 1.1k citations C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor profile →
Polyamines in microorganisms

1985 780 citations C W Tabor, Herbert Tabor profile →
PURIFICATION OF AMINE OXIDASE FROM BEEF PLASMA

1954 658 citations Celia White Tabor, Herbert Tabor et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
SPERMIDINE, SPERMINE, AND RELATED AMINES

1964 497 citations Herbert Tabor, Celia White Tabor profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Herbert Tabor United States	49	10.1k	4.4k	1.4k	1.2k	776	127	12.1k
Celia White Tabor United States	31	5.9k 0.6×	2.6k 0.6×	734 0.5×	878 0.7×	374 0.5×	60	6.9k
R. M. C. Dawson Slovakia	58	7.4k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	741 0.6×	390 0.5×	219	13.5k
G. Schneider Sweden	57	6.4k 0.6×	3.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	843 0.7×	218 0.3×	276	10.9k
Eugene P. Kennedy United States	70	9.0k 0.9×	3.9k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	420 0.3×	449 0.6×	236	16.9k
Juhani Jänne Finland	52	7.9k 0.8×	4.5k 1.0×	532 0.4×	1.8k 1.5×	118 0.2×	279	9.7k
Fritz Lipmann United States	61	8.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.2×	519 0.4×	654 0.5×	471 0.6×	172	11.0k
Robert L. Lester United States	60	8.5k 0.8×	2.2k 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	319 0.3×	273 0.4×	110	11.1k
A Meister United States	52	6.4k 0.6×	5.7k 1.3×	875 0.6×	285 0.2×	126 0.2×	111	13.2k
D. Spackman United States	17	5.7k 0.6×	989 0.2×	1.4k 1.0×	280 0.2×	381 0.5×	30	12.1k
Friedrich Spener Germany	52	8.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.4×	548 0.4×	545 0.5×	167 0.2×	234	12.4k

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Chattopadhyay, Manas K., Chithra Keembiyehetty, Weiping Chen, & Herbert Tabor. (2015). Polyamines Stimulate the Level of the σ38 Subunit (RpoS) of Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase, Resulting in the Induction of the Glutamate Decarboxylase-dependent Acid Response System via the gadE Regulon. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(29). 17809–17821. 26 indexed citations

Chattopadhyay, Manas K., Celia White Tabor, & Herbert Tabor. (2006). Methylthioadenosine and polyamine biosynthesis in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae meu1Δ mutant. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 343(1). 203–207. 17 indexed citations

Kresge, Nicole, Herbert Tabor, Robert Simoni, & Robert L. Hill. (2005). An Escape from Italy, the Discovery of S-Adenosylmethionine, and the Biosynthesis of Creatine by Giulio L. Cantoni. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(38). e35–e36. 6 indexed citations

Chattopadhyay, Manas K., Celia White Tabor, & Herbert Tabor. (2003). Polyamines protect Escherichia coli cells from the toxic effect of oxygen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(5). 2261–2265. 178 indexed citations

Tabor, Herbert. (1999). Prions of Mammals and Fungi Minireview Series. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(1). 1–1. 25 indexed citations

Xie, Q W, Celia White Tabor, & Herbert Tabor. (1993). Deletion mutations in the speED operon: spermidine is not essential for the growth of Escherichia coli. Gene. 126(1). 115–117. 23 indexed citations

Kashiwagi, Keiko, et al.. (1988). S-Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase from Escherichia Coli and from Saccharomyces Cerevisiae: Cloning and Overexpression of the Genes. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 250. 73–79. 4 indexed citations

Tabor, C W, Herbert Tabor, & Q W Xie. (1986). Spermidine synthase of Escherichia coli: localization of the speE gene.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(16). 6040–6044. 46 indexed citations

Demetriou, Achilles A., M. Wayne Flye, Celia White Tabor, & Herbert Tabor. (1979). AN ENZYMATIC METHOD PERMITTING EARLY DETERMINATION OF HISTOCOMPATIBILITY IN MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE. Transplantation. 27(3). 190–193. 9 indexed citations

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Tabor, Herbert, Edmund W. Hafner, & C W Tabor. (1977). Localized mutagenesis with bacteriophage Mu: method for increasing the frequency of specific bacterial mutants. Journal of Bacteriology. 132(1). 359–361. 6 indexed citations

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Tabor, Herbert & Celia White Tabor. (1977). An automated assay of γ-carboxyglutamate with an anion-exchange column. Analytical Biochemistry. 78(2). 554–556. 24 indexed citations

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Tabor, Herbert, et al.. (1976). Glutathionylspermidine in Escherichia coli.. PubMed. 25(1). 70–6. 9 indexed citations

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Tabor, Herbert & Celia White Tabor. (1972). Biosynthesis and Metabolism of 1,4‐diaminobutane, Spermidine, Spermine, and Related Amines. Advances in enzymology and related areas of molecular biology/Advances in enzymology and related subjects. 36. 203–268. 154 indexed citations

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Tabor, Herbert & Celia White Tabor. (1970). Metabolism of amino acids and amines. Academic Press eBooks. 40 indexed citations

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Campello, Annibal P., C W Tabor, & Herbert Tabor. (1965). Resolution of spermidine dehydrogenase from Serratiamarcescens: Requirements for flavin adenine dinucleotide and an additional electron carrier. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 19(1). 6–9. 12 indexed citations

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Tabor, Herbert & Lillian J. Wyngarden. (1959). The Enzymatic Formation of Formiminotetrahydrofolic Acid, 5,10-Methenyltetrahydrofolic Acid, and 10-Formyltetrahydrofolic Acid in the Metabolism of Formiminoglutamic Acid. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 234(7). 1830–1846. 133 indexed citations

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Tabor, Celia White, Herbert Tabor, & Sanford M. Rosenthal. (1954). PURIFICATION OF AMINE OXIDASE FROM BEEF PLASMA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 208(2). 645–661. 658 indexed citations breakdown →

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Seegmiller, J. Edwin, M. Silverman, Herbert Tabor, & Alan H. Mehler. (1954). Synthesis of a Metabolic Product of Histidine. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 76(23). 6205–6205. 20 indexed citations

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Mehler, Alan H., Herbert Tabor, & Hugo Bauer. (1952). THE OXIDATION OF HISTAMINE TO IMIDAZOLEACETIC ACID IN VIVO. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 197(1). 475–480. 36 indexed citations

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Tabor, Herbert. (1951). DIAMINE OXIDASE. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 188(1). 125–136. 62 indexed citations

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