J. W. Pflugrath

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

J. W. Pflugrath is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, J. W. Pflugrath has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in J. W. Pflugrath's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (21 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (8 papers) and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (5 papers). J. W. Pflugrath is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (21 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (8 papers) and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (5 papers). J. W. Pflugrath collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. J. W. Pflugrath's co-authors include Florante A. Quiocho, Albrecht Messerschmidt, Xiaodong Cheng, Richard J. Roberts, Sanjay Kumar, János Pósfai, Robert Huber, Donald M. Miller, John S. Olson and F. William Studier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

J. W. Pflugrath

38 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The finer things in X-ray diffraction data collection

1999 1.1k citations J. W. Pflugrath Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography profile →
Crystal structure of the Hhal DNA methyltransferase complexed with S-adenosyl-l-methionine

1993 314 citations Xiaodong Cheng, Sanjay Kumar et al. Cell profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. W. Pflugrath United States	22	2.5k	1.3k	458	428	372	39	3.9k
Stephen J. Benkovic United States	33	3.2k 1.3×	789 0.6×	220 0.5×	477 1.1×	284 0.8×	83	4.4k
Karen N. Allen United States	43	4.0k 1.6×	1.9k 1.5×	304 0.7×	613 1.4×	473 1.3×	137	5.8k
Ryota Kuroki Japan	31	2.5k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	236 0.5×	328 0.8×	312 0.8×	114	4.1k
Marat Mustyakimov United States	19	4.0k 1.6×	1.7k 1.4×	279 0.6×	325 0.8×	536 1.4×	34	5.6k
Frits Abildgaard United States	22	2.8k 1.1×	663 0.5×	542 1.2×	242 0.6×	290 0.8×	50	3.8k
William M. Westler United States	41	3.4k 1.4×	865 0.7×	1.3k 2.8×	511 1.2×	322 0.9×	146	5.6k
Boguslaw Stec United States	38	3.1k 1.3×	903 0.7×	220 0.5×	310 0.7×	284 0.8×	106	5.3k
Louis T. J. Delbaere Canada	36	3.1k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	297 0.6×	709 1.7×	453 1.2×	132	4.3k
Gordon A. Leonard France	42	3.7k 1.5×	1.4k 1.1×	219 0.5×	366 0.9×	652 1.8×	130	5.2k
Hans Rudolf Bosshard Switzerland	39	4.1k 1.7×	667 0.5×	534 1.2×	319 0.7×	212 0.6×	105	6.2k

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Pflugrath, J. W.. (2015). Practical macromolecular cryocrystallography. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 71(6). 622–642. 63 indexed citations

Kelker, Matthew S., Colin Berry, Steven L. Evans, et al.. (2014). Structural and Biophysical Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis Insecticidal Proteins Cry34Ab1 and Cry35Ab1. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e112555–e112555. 56 indexed citations

Huang, Gilbert Y., Jeong Joo Kim, Albert S. Reger, et al.. (2013). Structural Basis for Cyclic-Nucleotide Selectivity and cGMP-Selective Activation of PKG I. Structure. 22(1). 116–124. 53 indexed citations

Huang, Gilbert Y., Jeong Jun Kim, Albert S. Reger, et al.. (2013). Structures of human PKG reveal cGMP-selectived activation mechanisms. BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology. 14(S1). 2 indexed citations

Xu, Hao, Cheng Yang, Lirong Chen, et al.. (2005). Away from the edge II: in-house Se-SAS phasing with chromium radiation. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 61(7). 960–966. 10 indexed citations

Phillips, John D., Frank G. Whitby, Christy A. Warby, et al.. (2004). Crystal Structure of the Oxygen-dependant Coproporphyrinogen Oxidase (Hem13p) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(37). 38960–38968. 62 indexed citations

Pflugrath, J. W.. (2004). Macromolecular cryocrystallography?methods for cooling and mounting protein crystals at cryogenic temperatures. Methods. 34(3). 415–423. 53 indexed citations

Pflugrath, J. W., R. G. Athay, David P. Edwards, et al.. (2002). ACTOR: automated crystal transport, orientation and retrieval. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 58(s1). c72–c72. 1 indexed citations

Mashhoon, Neda, Gilles Carmel, J. W. Pflugrath, & Jeff Kuret. (2001). Structure of the Unliganded cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Catalytic Subunit from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 387(1). 11–19. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Cheng & J. W. Pflugrath. (2001). Applications of anomalous scattering from S atoms for improved phasing of protein diffraction data collected at Cu Kα wavelength. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 57(10). 1480–1490. 9 indexed citations

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Pflugrath, J. W.. (1999). The finer things in X-ray diffraction data collection. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 55(10). 1718–1725. 1148 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lee, Yong‐Hwan, et al.. (1994). Preliminary X-ray Analysis of a Truncated Form of Recombinant Fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 235(3). 1147–1151. 7 indexed citations

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Cheng, Xiaodong, Sanjay Kumar, János Pósfai, J. W. Pflugrath, & Richard J. Roberts. (1993). Crystal structure of the Hhal DNA methyltransferase complexed with S-adenosyl-l-methionine. Cell. 74(2). 299–307. 314 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kumar, Sanjay, Xiaodong Cheng, J. W. Pflugrath, & Richard J. Roberts. (1992). Purification, crystallization, and preliminary x-ray diffraction analysis of an M.HhaI-AdoMet complex. Biochemistry. 31(36). 8648–8653. 55 indexed citations

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Westbrook, E.M., et al.. (1991). Large aperture CCD x ray detector for protein crystallography using a fiberoptic taper. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 91. 20464. 1 indexed citations

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Kuret, Jeff & J. W. Pflugrath. (1991). Crystallization and preliminary x-ray analysis of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochemistry. 30(43). 10595–10600. 6 indexed citations

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Mangel, Walter F., Paul Singer, Donna M. Cyr, et al.. (1990). Structure of an acyl-enzyme intermediate during catalysis: (guanidinobenzoyl)trypsin. Biochemistry. 29(36). 8351–8357. 41 indexed citations

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Pflugrath, J. W. & Florante A. Quiocho. (1988). The 2 Å resolution structure of the sulfate-binding protein involved in active transport in Salmonella typhimurium. Journal of Molecular Biology. 200(1). 163–180. 171 indexed citations

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Huber, Robert, Monika Schneider, O. Epp, et al.. (1987). Crystallization, crystal structure analysis and preliminary molecular model of the bilin binding protein from the insect Pieris brassicae. Journal of Molecular Biology. 195(2). 423–434. 148 indexed citations

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Quiocho, Florante A., William E. Meador, & J. W. Pflugrath. (1979). Preliminary crystallographic data of receptors for transport and chemotaxis in Escherichia coli: d-galactose and maltose-binding proteins. Journal of Molecular Biology. 133(1). 181–184. 30 indexed citations

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