J. Fraser McBlane

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

J. Fraser McBlane is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Fraser McBlane has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Immunology, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in J. Fraser McBlane's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (2 papers). J. Fraser McBlane is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (2 papers). J. Fraser McBlane collaborates with scholars based in United States. J. Fraser McBlane's co-authors include Martin Gellert, Dik C. van Gent, Dale A. Ramsden, Moshe J. Sadofsky, Joanne E. Hesse, Christina A. Cuomo, Charles Romeo, Marjorie A. Oettinger and John D. Hansen and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

J. Fraser McBlane

8 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Cleavage at a V(D)J recombination signal requires only RAG1 and RAG2 proteins and occurs in two steps

1995 555 citations J. Fraser McBlane, Dik C. van Gent et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Fraser McBlane United States	7	817	732	199	123	104	8	1.3k
Moshe J. Sadofsky United States	23	1.5k 1.9×	827 1.1×	356 1.8×	243 2.0×	114 1.1×	29	2.1k
B.R. Jordan France	24	886 1.1×	751 1.0×	124 0.6×	204 1.7×	269 2.6×	53	1.6k
Cees J. M. Melief Netherlands	9	472 0.6×	801 1.1×	322 1.6×	108 0.9×	67 0.6×	11	1.3k
John M. Jarvis United Kingdom	15	616 0.8×	631 0.9×	77 0.4×	64 0.5×	453 4.4×	17	1.1k
Amy Kenter United States	22	736 0.9×	930 1.3×	104 0.5×	83 0.7×	154 1.5×	46	1.4k
Ted A. Torrey United States	16	538 0.7×	294 0.4×	235 1.2×	221 1.8×	36 0.3×	22	996
Andrea C. Becker Germany	16	531 0.6×	414 0.6×	110 0.6×	145 1.2×	69 0.7×	29	1.2k
C S King United States	5	402 0.5×	194 0.3×	130 0.7×	91 0.7×	124 1.2×	7	614
P A Sharp United States	18	1.7k 2.1×	307 0.4×	143 0.7×	252 2.0×	26 0.3×	21	2.1k
Béatrice Kunz Switzerland	17	674 0.8×	366 0.5×	123 0.6×	114 0.9×	30 0.3×	26	1.2k

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Hansen, John D. & J. Fraser McBlane. (2000). Recombination-Activating Genes, Transposition, and the Lymphoid-Specific Combinatorial Immune System: A Common Evolutionary Connection. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 248. 111–135. 21 indexed citations

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Gent, Dik C. van, J. Fraser McBlane, Dale A. Ramsden, et al.. (1996). Initiation of V(D)J Recombination in a Cell-Free System by RAG1 and RAG2 Proteins. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 217. 1–10. 22 indexed citations

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Ramsden, Dale A., J. Fraser McBlane, Dik C. van Gent, & Martin Gellert. (1996). Distinct DNA sequence and structure requirements for the two steps of V(D)J recombination signal cleavage.. The EMBO Journal. 15(12). 3197–3206. 146 indexed citations

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Gellert, Martin & J. Fraser McBlane. (1995). Steps along the pathway of V(D)J recombination. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 347(1319). 43–47. 5 indexed citations

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McBlane, J. Fraser, Dik C. van Gent, Dale A. Ramsden, et al.. (1995). Cleavage at a V(D)J recombination signal requires only RAG1 and RAG2 proteins and occurs in two steps. Cell. 83(3). 387–395. 555 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gent, Dik C. van, J. Fraser McBlane, Dale A. Ramsden, et al.. (1995). Initiation of V(D)J recombination in a cell-free system. Cell. 81(6). 925–934. 247 indexed citations

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Sadofsky, Moshe J., Joanne E. Hesse, J. Fraser McBlane, & Martin Gellert. (1994). Expression and V(D)J recombination activity of mutated RAG-1 proteins. Nucleic Acids Research. 22(3). 550–550. 171 indexed citations

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Sadofsky, Moshe J., et al.. (1993). Expression and V(D)J recombination activity of mutated RAG-1 proteins. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(24). 5644–5650. 142 indexed citations

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