Irina Massova

9.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
34 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Irina Massova is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Irina Massova has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Molecular Medicine and 12 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Irina Massova's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (14 papers), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (8 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers). Irina Massova is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (14 papers), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (8 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (6 papers). Irina Massova collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Russia. Irina Massova's co-authors include Peter A. Kollman, Shahriar Mobashery, Shuanghong Huo, Yong Duan, Lillian T. Chong, Tai‐Sung Lee, Bernd Kuhn, Matthew Lee, David A. Case and Oreola Donini 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

Irina Massova

34 papers receiving 7.7k 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.

Calculating Structures and Free Energies of Complex Molecules: Combining Molecular Mechanics and Continuum Models

2000 4.0k citations Peter A. Kollman, Irina Massova et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
Combined molecular mechanical and continuum solvent approach (MM-PBSA/GBSA) to predict ligand binding

2000 849 citations Irina Massova, Peter A. Kollman profile →
Computational Alanine Scanning To Probe Protein−Protein Interactions: A Novel Approach To Evaluate Binding Free Energies

1999 660 citations Irina Massova, Peter A. Kollman Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Matrix metalloproteinases: structures, evolution, and diversification

1998 644 citations Irina Massova, Lakshmi P. Kotra et al. The FASEB Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Irina Massova United States	21	5.0k	1.4k	1.0k	976	837	34	7.8k
John E. Ladbury United Kingdom	56	9.1k 1.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	767 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	175	12.3k
Paul J. Hergenrother United States	51	6.0k 1.2×	485 0.3×	1.4k 1.3×	2.8k 2.9×	451 0.5×	199	10.1k
A. D’Arcy Switzerland	41	4.0k 0.8×	320 0.2×	932 0.9×	619 0.6×	958 1.1×	61	7.0k
Mark B. Swindells United Kingdom	27	5.2k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	634 0.6×	802 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	50	7.6k
Michael N.G. James Canada	63	8.8k 1.8×	666 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	2.6k 3.2×	229	12.7k
Bruno O. Villoutreix France	49	3.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.7×	616 0.6×	907 0.9×	439 0.5×	221	8.5k
Andrew C. Wallace United States	11	5.0k 1.0×	909 0.7×	579 0.6×	887 0.9×	928 1.1×	12	7.0k
Mee Shelley Canada	16	5.5k 1.1×	3.0k 2.1×	848 0.8×	2.0k 2.0×	902 1.1×	37	9.0k
Daan M. F. van Aalten United Kingdom	66	14.1k 2.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	3.6k 3.7×	1.5k 1.8×	214	18.2k
Jonathan B. Baell Australia	39	5.1k 1.0×	2.2k 1.6×	665 0.6×	2.5k 2.5×	494 0.6×	177	9.2k

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Massova, Irina & Peter A. Kollman. (2002). pK_a, MM, and QM studies of mechanisms of β‐lactamases and penicillin‐binding proteins: Acylation step. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 23(16). 1559–1576. 28 indexed citations

Huo, Shuanghong, Irina Massova, & Peter A. Kollman. (2001). Computational alanine scanning of the 1:1 human growth hormone–receptor complex. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 23(1). 15–27. 256 indexed citations

Kollman, Peter A., Irina Massova, Carolina Reyes, et al.. (2000). Calculating Structures and Free Energies of Complex Molecules: Combining Molecular Mechanics and Continuum Models. Accounts of Chemical Research. 33(12). 889–897. 4039 indexed citations breakdown →

Lee, Tai‐Sung, Irina Massova, Bernd Kuhn, & Peter A. Kollman. (2000). QM and QM–FE simulations on reactions of relevance to enzyme catalysis: trypsin, catechol O-methyltransferase, β-lactamase and pseudouridine synthase. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 409–415. 9 indexed citations

Golemi, Dasantila, Laurent Maveyraud, Akihiro Ishiwata, et al.. (2000). 6-(Hydroxyalkyl)penicillanates as Probes for Mechanisms of .BETA.-Lactamases.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 53(10). 1022–1027. 16 indexed citations

Olson, Matthew W., M. Margarida Bernardo, David C. Gervasi, et al.. (2000). Characterization of the Monomeric and Dimeric Forms of Latent and Active Matrix Metalloproteinase-9. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(4). 2661–2668. 133 indexed citations

Massova, Irina & Shahriar Mobashery. (1999). Structural and Mechanistic Aspects of Evolution of β-Lactamases and Penicillin-Binding Proteins. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 5(11). 929–937. 20 indexed citations

Vakulenko, Sergei B., et al.. (1999). Effects on Substrate Profile by Mutational Substitutions at Positions 164 and 179 of the Class A TEMpUC19 β-Lactamase from Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(33). 23052–23060. 60 indexed citations

Chong, Lillian T., Yong Duan, Lu Wang, Irina Massova, & Peter A. Kollman. (1999). Molecular dynamics and free-energy calculations applied to affinity maturation in antibody 48G7. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(25). 14330–14335. 225 indexed citations

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Massova, Irina, Alexey Bulychev, Laurent Maveyraud, et al.. (1999). Elucidation of Mechanism of Inhibition and X-ray Structure of the TEM-1 β-Lactamase from Escherichia coli Inhibited by a N-Sulfonyloxy-β-lactam. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 121(23). 5353–5359. 19 indexed citations

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Massova, Irina & Shahriar Mobashery. (1999). Structural and mechanistic aspects of evolution of beta-lactamases and penicillin-binding proteins.. PubMed. 5(11). 929–37. 24 indexed citations

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Massova, Irina & Peter A. Kollman. (1999). Computational Alanine Scanning To Probe Protein−Protein Interactions: A Novel Approach To Evaluate Binding Free Energies. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 121(36). 8133–8143. 660 indexed citations breakdown →

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Massova, Irina, et al.. (1998). Templates for design of inhibitors for serine proteases: Application of the program dock to the discovery of novel inhibitors for thrombin. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 8(18). 2463–2466. 5 indexed citations

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Massova, Irina, Lakshmi P. Kotra, Rafael Fridman, & Shahriar Mobashery. (1998). Matrix metalloproteinases: structures, evolution, and diversification. The FASEB Journal. 12(12). 1075–1095. 644 indexed citations breakdown →

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Massova, Irina, Lakshmi P. Kotra, & Shahriar Mobashery. (1998). Structural insight into the binding motifs for the calcium ion and the non-catalytic zinc in matrix metalloproteases. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 8(7). 853–858. 19 indexed citations

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Massova, Irina, et al.. (1996). Crystallographic and Computational Insight on the Mechanism of Zinc-Ion-Dependent Inactivation of Carboxypeptidase A by 2-Benzyl-3-iodopropanoate. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118(49). 12479–12480. 17 indexed citations

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Bulychev, Alexey, E O’Brien, Irina Massova, et al.. (1995). Potent mechanism-based inhibition of the TEM-1 .beta.-lactamase by novel N-sulfonyloxy .beta.-lactams. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117(22). 5938–5943. 23 indexed citations

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Horwitz, Jerome P., Irina Massova, Thomas Wiese, Brent Besler, & Thomas H. Corbett. (1994). Comparative Molecular Field Analysis of the Antitumor Activity of 9H-Thiioxanthen-9-one Derivatives against Pancreatic Ductal Carcinoma 03. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 37(6). 781–786. 34 indexed citations

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Horwitz, Jerome P., Irina Massova, Thomas Wiese, et al.. (1993). Comparative molecular field analysis of in vitro growth inhibition of L1210 and HCT-8 cells by some pyrazoloacridines. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 36(23). 3511–3516. 18 indexed citations

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Ovchinnikov, Alexander, et al.. (1989). Structural basis of steroid compounds interaction with “digitalis”-receptor sites of Na,K-dependent ATPase. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 32(6). 857–863. 3 indexed citations

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