J. Philip Thornber

7.2k citations

101 papers · 5.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 45

Molecular Biology top 1%
Plant Science top 1%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 1%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 1%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 2%

Co-authors: G. F. Peter John Markwell Randall S. Alberte H. R. Highkin Parag R. Chitnis Richard J. Cogdell Rachel Nechushtai Janice L. Bailey
Topics: Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (94 papers)Algal biology and biofuel production (37 papers)Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (22 papers)
Cited by: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Biochemistry Molecular Biology
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of the American Chemical Society
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Israel

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J. Philip Thornber

101 papers receiving 5.1k citations

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Chlorophyll-Proteins: Light-Harvesting and Reaction Center Components of Plants

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1	Analysis of the Pigment Stoichiometry of Pigment-Protein Complexes from Barley (Hordeum vulgare) (The Xanthophyll Cycle Intermediates Occur Mainly in the Light-Harvesting Complexes of Photosystem I and Photosystem II) 1995 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·(unknown),J. Philip Thornber	105
2	Thirty years of fun with antenna pigment-proteins and photochemical reaction centers: A tribute to the people who have influenced my career 1995 ·Photosynthesis Research ·J. Philip Thornber	5
3	Biochemical and spectroscopic characterization of the reaction center-LH1 complex and the carotenoid-containing B820 subunit of Chromatium purpuratum 1994 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Cheryl A. Kerfeld,Todd O. Yeates,J. Philip Thornber	9
4	Purification and characterization of the peripheral antenna of the purple-sulfur bacterium Chromatium purpuratum: Evidence of an unusual pigment-protein composition 1994 ·Biochemistry ·Cheryl A. Kerfeld,Todd O. Yeates,J. Philip Thornber	10
5	Identification of a novel light-harvesting complex II protein (LHC IIc?) 1994 ·Photosynthesis Research ·Daryl T. Morishige,J. Philip Thornber	8
6	Isolation and quaternary structure of the photosynthetic core of the marine purple sulfur bacteriumChromatium purpuratum 1993 ·FEMS Microbiology Letters ·(unknown),Frederick A. Eiserling,Cheryl A. Kerfeld,J. Philip Thornber	1
7	Light-Induced Biogenesis of Light-Harvesting Complex I (LHC I) during Chloroplast Development in Barley (Hordeum vulgare) (Studies Using cDNA Clones of the 21- and 20-Kilodalton LHC I Apoproteins) 1993 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Shivanthi Anandan,Daryl T. Morishige,J. Philip Thornber	20
8	The use of non-denaturing Deriphat-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to fractionate pigment-protein complexes of purple bacteria 1991 ·Photosynthesis Research ·Linda A. Ferguson,(unknown),(unknown),Richard J. Cogdell,Cheryl A. Kerfeld,Gary F. Peter,J. Philip Thornber	8
9	Amino‐terminal sequence of the 21 kDa apoprotein of a minor light‐ harvesting pigment‐protein complex of the Photosystem II antenna (LHC IId/CP24) 1990 ·FEBS Letters ·Daryl T. Morishige,Shivanthi Anandan,(unknown),J. Philip Thornber	10
10	Correlation of some published amino acid sequences for photosystem I polypeptides to a 17 kDa LHCI pigment‐protein and to subunits III and IV of the core complex 1989 ·FEBS Letters ·Shivanthi Anandan,Alexander Vainstein,J. Philip Thornber	28
11	Assembly of the barley light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b proteins in barley etiochloroplasts involves processing of the precursor on thylakoids 1988 ·Plant Molecular Biology ·Parag R. Chitnis,Daryl T. Morishige,Rachel Nechushtai,J. Philip Thornber	37
12	The major light-harvesting complex of Photosystem II: aspects of its molecular and cell biology 1988 ·Photosynthesis Research ·Parag R. Chitnis,J. Philip Thornber	84
13	Evidence for multiple protein kinase activities in tobacco thylakoids 1983 ·Photobiochemistry and photobiophysics. ·John Markwell,Neil R. Baker,J. Philip Thornber	7
14	Adenine Nucleotide Inhibition of Phosphorylation of the Light-Harvesting Chlorophyll a/b-Protein Complex 1982 ·Photobiochemistry and photobiophysics. ·N. R. Baker,John Markwell,J. Philip Thornber	11
15	Treatment of the Thylakoid Membrane with Surfactants 1982 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·John Markwell,J. Philip Thornber	21
16	Effect of Nuclear Mutation in Maize on Photosynthetic Activity and Content of Chlorophyll-Protein Complexes 1979 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·C. Donald Miles,John Markwell,J. Philip Thornber	38
17	Water Stress Effects on the Content and Organization of Chlorophyll in Mesophyll and Bundle Sheath Chloroplasts of Maize 1977 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Randall S. Alberte,J. Philip Thornber,Edwin L. Fiscus	111
18	The Light-harvesting Chlorophyll a/b-Protein Complex of Chlamydomonas reinhardii 1976 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·(unknown),J. Philip Thornber	49
19	Biosynthesis of the Photosystem I Chlorophyll-Protein Complex in Greening Leaves of Higher Plants 1973 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Randall S. Alberte,J. Philip Thornber,Aubrey W. Naylor	16
20	Nuclear DNA codes for the photosystem II chlorophyll—protein of chloroplast membranes 1972 ·FEBS Letters ·S. D. Kung,J. Philip Thornber,S. G. Wildman	67

About J. Philip Thornber

J. Philip Thornber is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, having authored 101 papers that have together received 5.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (94 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (37 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (1.5k citations), Biochemistry (468 citations) and Molecular Biology (4.9k citations). J. Philip Thornber has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Frequent co-authors include G. F. Peter, John Markwell, Randall S. Alberte, H. R. Highkin, Parag R. Chitnis, Richard J. Cogdell, Rachel Nechushtai, Janice L. Bailey, Beth Welty Dreyfuss and Beverly K. Pierson. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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