Hilary Muirhead

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Hilary Muirhead is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hilary Muirhead has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cell Biology and 14 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Hilary Muirhead's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (19 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (14 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (13 papers). Hilary Muirhead is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (19 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (14 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (13 papers). Hilary Muirhead collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Hilary Muirhead's co-authors include M. F. Perutz, M. F. Perutz, A.C.T. North, Michael G. Rossmann, D.K. Stammers, Georg Will, David I. Stuart, Michael Levine, Jonathan Greer and L. Mazzarella and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Hilary Muirhead

42 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Structure of Hæmoglobin: A Three-Dimensional Fourier Synthesis at 5.5-Å. Resolution, Obtained by X-Ray Analysis

1960 889 citations M. F. Perutz, Michael G. Rossmann et al. Nature profile →
Crystal structure of cat muscle pyruvate kinase at a resolution of 2.6 Å

1979 389 citations David I. Stuart, Michael Levine et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hilary Muirhead United Kingdom	27	2.3k	1.2k	961	723	372	42	3.6k
H.C. Watson United Kingdom	35	3.8k 1.7×	1.2k 1.0×	1.9k 2.0×	395 0.5×	229 0.6×	68	5.4k
Barry A. Springer United States	23	3.2k 1.4×	2.7k 2.2×	422 0.4×	627 0.9×	538 1.4×	29	4.5k
Allen B. Edmundson United States	39	3.9k 1.7×	725 0.6×	531 0.6×	483 0.7×	62 0.2×	120	5.5k
Howard M. Dintzis United States	26	2.1k 0.9×	525 0.4×	492 0.5×	237 0.3×	85 0.2×	48	3.9k
Simon E. V. Phillips United Kingdom	43	5.6k 2.5×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	409 0.6×	209 0.6×	151	8.4k
Robert C. Ladner United States	29	2.1k 0.9×	517 0.4×	404 0.4×	157 0.2×	161 0.4×	48	3.3k
Gary K. Ackers United States	47	6.3k 2.8×	2.8k 2.3×	776 0.8×	980 1.4×	726 2.0×	144	8.4k
G. Fermi United Kingdom	20	1.7k 0.7×	2.1k 1.7×	340 0.4×	785 1.1×	639 1.7×	33	3.1k
Wayne A. Fenton United States	44	7.0k 3.1×	774 0.6×	3.1k 3.2×	208 0.3×	161 0.4×	89	8.1k
Eaton E. Lattman United States	32	3.1k 1.4×	625 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	227 0.3×	112 0.3×	81	3.9k

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Solomons, Julianna, et al.. (2004). The Crystal Structure of Mouse Phosphoglucose Isomerase at 1.6Å Resolution and its Complex with Glucose 6-Phosphate Reveals the Catalytic Mechanism of Sugar Ring Opening. Journal of Molecular Biology. 342(3). 847–860. 39 indexed citations

Davies, Christopher J., Hilary Muirhead, & John M. Chirgwin. (2003). The structure of human phosphoglucose isomerase complexed with a transition-state analogue. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 59(6). 1111–1113. 27 indexed citations

Davies, Christopher & Hilary Muirhead. (2003). Structure of native phosphoglucose isomerase from rabbit: conformational changes associated with catalytic function. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 59(3). 453–465. 15 indexed citations

Read, Jon, Jake T. M. Pearce, Xiaochun Li, et al.. (2001). The crystal structure of human phosphoglucose isomerase at 1.6 Å resolution: implications for catalytic mechanism, cytokine activity and haemolytic anaemia. Journal of Molecular Biology. 309(2). 447–463. 89 indexed citations

Kugler, Wilfried, Andreas Ohlenbusch, Petra Laspe, et al.. (2000). Eight novel mutations and consequences on mRNA and protein level in pyruvate kinase-deficient patients with nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia. Human Mutation. 15(3). 261–272. 16 indexed citations

Collins, Richard A., Sharon M. Kelly, Nicholas C. Price, Linda A. Fothergill‐Gilmore, & Hilary Muirhead. (1996). Ligand-induced conformational changes in wild-type and mutant yeast pyruvate kinase. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 9(12). 1203–1210. 8 indexed citations

Muirhead, Hilary & H.C. Watson. (1992). Glycolytic enzymes: from hexose to pyruvate. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 2(6). 870–876. 7 indexed citations

McNally, Teresa, et al.. (1991). Purification, characterisation and mutagenesis of highly expressed recombinant yeast pyruvate kinase. European Journal of Biochemistry. 198(2). 513–519. 11 indexed citations

Halsall, David, et al.. (1991). Design and synthesis of new enzymes based on the lactate dehydrogenase framework. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 332(1263). 177–184. 116 indexed citations

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Wigley, Dale B., Anthony R. Clarke, David A. Barstow, et al.. (1987). The engineering of a more thermally stable lactate dehydrogenase by reduction of the area of a water-accessible hydrophobic surface. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 916(1). 145–148. 41 indexed citations

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Muirhead, Hilary. (1983). Triose phosphate isomerase, pyruvate kinase and other α/β-barrel enzymes. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 8(9). 326–330. 35 indexed citations

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Stuart, David I., Michael Levine, Hilary Muirhead, & D.K. Stammers. (1979). Crystal structure of cat muscle pyruvate kinase at a resolution of 2.6 Å. Journal of Molecular Biology. 134(1). 109–142. 389 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stammers, D.K., Michael Levine, David I. Stuart, & Hilary Muirhead. (1977). Structure of Cat Muscle Pyruvate Kinase at 0.26 nm Resolution. Biochemical Society Transactions. 5(3). 654–657. 5 indexed citations

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Stammers, D.K. & Hilary Muirhead. (1975). Three-dimensional structure of cat muscle pyruvate kinase at 6 Å resolution. Journal of Molecular Biology. 95(2). 213–225. 36 indexed citations

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Muirhead, Hilary & Peter Shaw. (1974). Three-dimensional structure of pig muscle phosphoglucose isomerase at 6 Å resolution. Journal of Molecular Biology. 89(1). 195–203. 18 indexed citations

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Muirhead, Hilary & Jonathan Greer. (1970). Three-dimensional Fourier Synthesis of Human Deoxyhaemoglobin at 3.5 Å Resolution. Nature. 228(5271). 516–519. 108 indexed citations

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Muirhead, Hilary, et al.. (1962). The structure of haemoglobin. IX. A three-dimensional Fourier synthesis at 5.5 Å resolution: description of the structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 265(1321). 161–187. 71 indexed citations

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Muirhead, Hilary, et al.. (1961). The structure of haemoglobin VIII. A three-dimensional Fourier synthesis at 5.5 Å resolution: determination of the phase angles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 265(1320). 15–38. 50 indexed citations

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Perutz, M. F., et al.. (1960). Structure of Hæmoglobin: A Three-Dimensional Fourier Synthesis at 5.5-Å. Resolution, Obtained by X-Ray Analysis. Nature. 185(4711). 416–422. 889 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lock, W. O., P.V. March, Hilary Muirhead, & W. G. V. Rosser. (1955). Nuclear interactions of 950 MeV protons. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 230(1181). 215–222. 21 indexed citations

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