J Beckwith

5.5k citations

35 papers · 4.7k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 26

Impact in

Endocrinology top 0.5%
- Escherichia coli research studies
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
Genetics top 0.5%
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Papers in

Genetics 20
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 18
Cell Biology 8
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease 5

Co-authors: Colin Manoil James C.A. Bardwell Karen McGovern Thomas J. Silhavy Sydney Brenner K L Strauch K Johnson S Froshauer
Journals: Journal of Bacteriology (9 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (7 papers)Journal of Molecular Biology (5 papers)The EMBO Journal (2 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States France United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

J Beckwith

35 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Identification of a protein required for disulfide bond formation in vivo 1991 · 822 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1991 Cell
1985 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1965 Journal of Molecular Biology

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	[1] The all purpose gene fusion Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·J Beckwith	2000	13
2	Racism: A Central Problem for the Human Genome Diversity Project Politics and the Life Sciences ·Joseph S. Alper, J Beckwith	1999	6
3	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 ·Ngo Thi Kim, J Beckwith	1994	57
4	Are attitudes towards smoking different for males and females? Tobacco Control ·Valerie A. Clarke, Victoria White, J Beckwith, Ron Borland, David Hill	1993	11
5	Identification of a protein required for disulfide bond formation in vivo Cell ·James C.A. Bardwell, Karen McGovern, J Beckwith Hit paper breakdown →	1991	822
6	The primary pathway of protein export in E. coli Cell ·雅秀大津, J Beckwith, Ritambhara Ganesh, Carol A. Kumamoto, Shôji Mizushima, D B Oliver, Linda L. Randall, Thomas J. Silhavy, Phang C. Tai, 春成伸之	1991	41
7	Roots: Cloning with ø80lac: The french connection BioEssays ·Ethan R. Signer, J Beckwith	1990	1
8	Positively charged amino acid residues can act as topogenic determinants in membrane proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Dana Boyd, J Beckwith	1989	109
9	Genetic analysis of the membrane insertion and topology of MalF, a cytoplasmic membrane protein of Escherichia coli Journal of Molecular Biology ·S Froshauer, Andrew Dominic Polican, Dermot McGovern, J Beckwith	1988	153
10	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 ·P Boquet, Colin Manoil, J Beckwith	1987	51
11	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 ·Richard H. Ebright, Annie Kolb, H. Buc, Thomas A. Kunkel, J.S. Krakow, J Beckwith	1987	84
12	TnphoA: a transposon probe for protein export signals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Colin Manoil, J Beckwith Hit paper breakdown →	1985	909
13	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 ·S Froshauer, J Beckwith	1984	123
14	D-ribose metabolism in Escherichia coli K-12: genetics, regulation, and transport Journal of Bacteriology ·Jane Lopilato, Jeffrey L. Garwin, Scott D. Emr, Thomas J. Silhavy, J Beckwith	1984	83
15	Deletion map of the Escherichia coli structural gene for alkaline phosphatase, phoA Journal of Bacteriology ·Aparna V. Sarthy, S Michaelis, J Beckwith	1981	28
16	Use of gene fusions to determine the orientation of gene phoA on the Escherichia coli chromosome Journal of Bacteriology ·Aparna V. Sarthy, S Michaelis, J Beckwith	1981	20
17	Use of gene fusions to determine a partial signal sequence of alkaline phosphatase Journal of Bacteriology ·Aparna V. Sarthy, C. Andrew Fowler, Irving Zabin, J Beckwith	1979	38
18	Escherichia coli pleiotropic mutant that reduces amounts of several periplasmic and outer membrane proteins Journal of Bacteriology ·Barry L. Wanner, Aparna V. Sarthy, J Beckwith	1979	106
19	Ochre mutants, a new class of suppressible nonsense mutants Journal of Molecular Biology ·Sydney Brenner, J Beckwith Hit paper breakdown →	1965	203
20	Mapping of suppressor loci in Escherichia coli Journal of Molecular Biology ·Ethan R. Signer, J Beckwith, Sydney Brenner	1965	145

About J Beckwith

J Beckwith is a scholar working on Genetics, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Ecology, having authored 35 papers that have together received 4.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (18 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (8 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (5 papers), Alkaline Phosphatase Research Studies (5 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrinology (604 citations), Genetics (2.2k citations), Cell Biology (849 citations), Molecular Medicine (253 citations) and Molecular Biology (3.3k citations). J Beckwith has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Bacteriology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Molecular Biology, The EMBO Journal and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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