James A. Hoch

12.8k citations

121 papers · 10.1k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

Genetics top 0.1%
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Ecology top 0.5%
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Papers in

Genetics 92
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology 89
Ecology 55
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 52

Co-authors: Richard Losick Abraham L. Sonenshein Marta Perego Hendrik Szurmant D. Burbulys Céline Fabret Robert A. White Martin Weigt
Journals: Journal of Bacteriology (27 papers)Molecular Microbiology (19 papers)Biochemistry (7 papers)Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology (5 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Italy

In The Last Decade

James A. Hoch

121 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Identification of direct residue contacts in protein–protein interaction by message passing 2008 · 695 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.

2008 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2001 Bacillus Subtilis and Its Closest Relatives: From Genes to Cells
2000 Current Opinion in Microbiology
1993 Bacillus subtilis and other gram-positive bacteria : biochemistry, physiology, and molecular genetics
1991 Cell

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1	Structural basis of histidine kinase autophosphorylation deduced by integrating genomics, molecular dynamics, and mutagenesis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Angel E. Dago, Alexander Schug, Andrea Procaccini, James A. Hoch, Martin Weigt, Hendrik Szurmant	2012	110
2	Multiple orphan histidine kinases interact directly with Spo0A to control the initiation of endospore formation in Clostridium acetobutylicum Molecular Microbiology ·Elisabeth Steiner, Angel E. Dago, Danielle I. Young, John Heap, Nigel P. Minton, James A. Hoch, Michael Young	2011	107
3	Inference of Direct Residue Contacts in Two-Component Signaling Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Bryan Lunt, Hendrik Szurmant, Andrea Procaccini, James A. Hoch, Terence Hwa, Martin Weigt	2010	35
4	Two small c‐type cytochromes affect virulence gene expression in Bacillus anthracis Molecular Microbiology ·Adam C. Wilson, James A. Hoch, Marta Perego	2009	28
5	Identification of direct residue contacts in protein–protein interaction by message passing Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Martin Weigt, Robert A. White, Hendrik Szurmant, James A. Hoch, Terence Hwa Hit paper breakdown →	2008	695
6	The crystal structure of YycH involved in the regulation of the essential YycFG two‐component system in Bacillus subtilis reveals a novel tertiary structure Protein Science ·Hendrik Szurmant, Haiyan Zhao, Michael A. Mohan, James A. Hoch, Kottayil I. Varughese	2006	20
7	The Mechanism of Action of Inhibitors of Bacterial Two-component Signal Transduction Systems Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Keith Stephenson, Yasuchika Yamaguchi, James A. Hoch	2000	91
8	Identification of communication networks in Spo0F: a model for phosphorylation‐induced conformational change and implications for activation of multiple domain bacterial response regulators FEBS Letters ·Victoria A. Feher, Yih‐Ling Tzeng, James A. Hoch, John Cavanagh	1998	20
9	Phosphorylation of the Spo0B Response Regulator Phosphotransferase of the Phosphorelay Initiating Development in Bacillus subtilis Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yih‐Ling Tzeng, Xiao Zhen Zhou, James A. Hoch	1998	18
10	His–Asp Phosphorelay: Two Components or More? Cell ·James A. Hoch, Thomas J. Silhavy	1996	16
11	Aspartyl‐phosphate phosphatases deactivate the response regulator components of the sporulation signal transduction system in Bacillus subtilis Molecular Microbiology ·Marta Perego, Philippe Glaser, James A. Hoch	1996	120
12	Bacillus subtilis and other gram-positive bacteria : biochemistry, physiology, and molecular genetics Abraham L. Sonenshein, James A. Hoch, Richard Losick Hit paper breakdown →	1993	915
13	Multisensory activation of the phosphorelay initiating sporulation in Bacillus subtilis: identification and sequence of the protein kinase of the alternate pathway Molecular Microbiology ·Kathleen A. Trach, James A. Hoch	1993	127
14	REGULATION OF THE PHOSPHORELAY AND THE INITIATION OF SPORULATION IN BACILLUS SUBTILIS Annual Review of Microbiology ·James A. Hoch	1993	258
15	Signal transduction in Bacillus subtilis sporulation Current Opinion in Genetics & Development ·Mark A. Strauch, James A. Hoch	1993	17
16	The phosphorelay signal transduction pathway in the initiation of Bacillus subtilis sporulation Journal of Cellular Biochemistry ·James A. Hoch	1993	38
17	[13] Genetic analysis in Bacillus subtilis Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·James A. Hoch	1991	126
18	Mutational dissociation of the positive and negative regulatory properties of the SpoOA sporulation transcription factor of Bacillus subtilis Gene ·Marta Perego, Wu Jiunn-Jong, George B. Spiegelman, James A. Hoch	1991	44
19	Amino acid sequence of the signal peptide of mitochondrial nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase as determined from the sequence of its messenger RNA Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Mutsuo Yamaguchi, Youssef Hatefi, Kathleen A. Trach, James A. Hoch	1988	9
20	Molecular cloning and gene regulation in bacilli Academic Press eBooks ·A. T. Ganesan, Shing Chang, James A. Hoch	1982	35

About James A. Hoch

James A. Hoch is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, having authored 121 papers that have together received 10.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (89 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (52 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (27 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (15 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (14 papers), Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (11 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (6.0k citations), Ecology (3.2k citations), Molecular Biology (7.5k citations), Molecular Medicine (420 citations) and Endocrinology (354 citations). James A. Hoch has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Richard Losick, Abraham L. Sonenshein, Marta Perego, Hendrik Szurmant, D. Burbulys, Céline Fabret, Robert A. White, Martin Weigt, Terence Hwa and Keith Stephenson. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Bacteriology, Molecular Microbiology, Biochemistry, Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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