J Beckwith

5.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
35 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

J Beckwith is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, J Beckwith has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in J Beckwith's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (18 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (8 papers). J Beckwith is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (18 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (8 papers). J Beckwith collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. J Beckwith's co-authors include Colin Manoil, James C.A. Bardwell, Karen McGovern, Thomas J. Silhavy, Sydney Brenner, K L Strauch, K Johnson, S Froshauer, Dana Boyd and Ethan R. Signer and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

J Beckwith

35 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

TnphoA: a transposon probe for protein export signals.

1985 909 citations Colin Manoil, J Beckwith Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Identification of a protein required for disulfide bond formation in vivo

1991 822 citations James C.A. Bardwell, Karen McGovern et al. Cell profile →
Ochre mutants, a new class of suppressible nonsense mutants

1965 203 citations Sydney Brenner, J Beckwith Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J Beckwith United States	26	3.3k	2.2k	849	846	604	35	4.7k
Claude Lazdunski France	44	3.8k 1.1×	2.7k 1.2×	359 0.4×	893 1.1×	767 1.3×	154	5.2k
Shôji Mizushima Japan	37	3.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.0×	327 0.4×	887 1.0×	400 0.7×	121	4.6k
Bauke Oudega Netherlands	42	3.5k 1.1×	2.9k 1.3×	287 0.3×	1.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.9×	114	5.1k
S. J. S. Hardy United Kingdom	32	3.5k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	255 0.3×	699 0.8×	635 1.1×	51	4.4k
Toshifumi Tomoyasu Japan	30	3.5k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	497 0.6×	632 0.7×	544 0.9×	65	4.8k
Agnès Ullmann France	27	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	225 0.3×	527 0.6×	569 0.9×	72	4.0k
Marjorie Russel United States	41	3.1k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	318 0.4×	1.7k 2.0×	640 1.1×	60	4.6k
James Erickson United States	26	3.2k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	297 0.3×	470 0.6×	366 0.6×	52	4.3k
D B Oliver United States	26	2.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	260 0.3×	838 1.0×	439 0.7×	37	3.3k
Gary R. Jacobson United States	27	2.7k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	430 0.5×	396 0.5×	176 0.3×	57	4.1k

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Beckwith, J. (2000). [1] The all purpose gene fusion. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 326. 3–7. 13 indexed citations

Alper, Joseph S. & J Beckwith. (1999). Racism: A Central Problem for the Human Genome Diversity Project. Politics and the Life Sciences. 18(2). 285–288. 6 indexed citations

Beckwith, J, et al.. (1994). Residues essential for the function of SecE, a membrane component of the Escherichia coli secretion apparatus, are located in a conserved cytoplasmic region.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(7). 2557–2561. 57 indexed citations

Clarke, Valerie A., Victoria White, J Beckwith, Ron Borland, & David Hill. (1993). Are attitudes towards smoking different for males and females?. Tobacco Control. 2(3). 201–201. 11 indexed citations

Bardwell, James C.A., Karen McGovern, & J Beckwith. (1991). Identification of a protein required for disulfide bond formation in vivo. Cell. 67(3). 581–589. 822 indexed citations breakdown →

Beckwith, J, Carol A. Kumamoto, Shôji Mizushima, et al.. (1991). The primary pathway of protein export in E. coli. Cell. 65(3). 367–368. 41 indexed citations

Signer, Ethan R. & J Beckwith. (1990). Roots: Cloning with ø80lac: The french connection. BioEssays. 12(10). 503–507. 1 indexed citations

Boyd, Dana & J Beckwith. (1989). Positively charged amino acid residues can act as topogenic determinants in membrane proteins.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 86(23). 9446–9450. 109 indexed citations

Froshauer, S, et al.. (1988). Genetic analysis of the membrane insertion and topology of MalF, a cytoplasmic membrane protein of Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 200(3). 501–511. 153 indexed citations

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Boquet, P, Colin Manoil, & J Beckwith. (1987). Use of TnphoA to detect genes for exported proteins in Escherichia coli: identification of the plasmid-encoded gene for a periplasmic acid phosphatase. Journal of Bacteriology. 169(4). 1663–1669. 51 indexed citations

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Ebright, Richard H., Annie Kolb, H. Buc, et al.. (1987). Role of glutamic acid-181 in DNA-sequence recognition by the catabolite gene activator protein (CAP) of Escherichia coli: altered DNA-sequence-recognition properties of [Val181]CAP and [Leu181]CAP.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(17). 6083–6087. 84 indexed citations

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Manoil, Colin & J Beckwith. (1985). TnphoA: a transposon probe for protein export signals.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82(23). 8129–8133. 909 indexed citations breakdown →

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Froshauer, S & J Beckwith. (1984). The nucleotide sequence of the gene for malF protein, an inner membrane component of the maltose transport system of Escherichia coli. Repeated DNA sequences are found in the malE-malF intercistronic region.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 259(17). 10896–10903. 123 indexed citations

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Lopilato, Jane, Jeffrey L. Garwin, Scott D. Emr, Thomas J. Silhavy, & J Beckwith. (1984). D-ribose metabolism in Escherichia coli K-12: genetics, regulation, and transport. Journal of Bacteriology. 158(2). 665–673. 83 indexed citations

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Sarthy, Aparna V., S Michaelis, & J Beckwith. (1981). Deletion map of the Escherichia coli structural gene for alkaline phosphatase, phoA. Journal of Bacteriology. 145(1). 288–292. 28 indexed citations

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Sarthy, Aparna V., S Michaelis, & J Beckwith. (1981). Use of gene fusions to determine the orientation of gene phoA on the Escherichia coli chromosome. Journal of Bacteriology. 145(1). 293–298. 20 indexed citations

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Sarthy, Aparna V., C. Andrew Fowler, Irving Zabin, & J Beckwith. (1979). Use of gene fusions to determine a partial signal sequence of alkaline phosphatase. Journal of Bacteriology. 139(3). 932–939. 38 indexed citations

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Wanner, Barry L., Aparna V. Sarthy, & J Beckwith. (1979). Escherichia coli pleiotropic mutant that reduces amounts of several periplasmic and outer membrane proteins. Journal of Bacteriology. 140(1). 229–239. 106 indexed citations

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Brenner, Sydney & J Beckwith. (1965). Ochre mutants, a new class of suppressible nonsense mutants. Journal of Molecular Biology. 13(3). 629–637. 203 indexed citations breakdown →

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Signer, Ethan R., J Beckwith, & Sydney Brenner. (1965). Mapping of suppressor loci in Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 14(1). 153–166. 145 indexed citations

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