James P. Merryweather

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

James P. Merryweather is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, James P. Merryweather has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in James P. Merryweather's work include Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (6 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (4 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (3 papers). James P. Merryweather is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (6 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (4 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (3 papers). James P. Merryweather collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and United Kingdom. James P. Merryweather's co-authors include Anthony Cerami, Stephen D. Wolpe, Bruce Beutler, Kevin J. Tracey, Robert Hariri, G. Tom Shires, Thomas J. Fahey, Alejandro Zentella‐Dehesa, James D. Albert and Stephen F. Lowry and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James P. Merryweather

22 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Shock and Tissue Injury Induced by Recombinant Human Cachectin

1986 2.1k citations Bruce Beutler, James P. Merryweather et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James P. Merryweather United States	17	1.6k	1.4k	584	394	356	22	4.1k
Richard L. Kitchens United States	29	972 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	652 1.1×	251 0.6×	174 0.5×	43	3.4k
Carl K. Edwards United States	46	2.1k 1.3×	2.5k 1.8×	974 1.7×	415 1.1×	422 1.2×	114	6.2k
Steven Vonderfecht United States	34	2.0k 1.2×	494 0.3×	655 1.1×	321 0.8×	405 1.1×	88	4.1k
Larry W. Tjoelker United States	28	1.2k 0.7×	961 0.7×	330 0.6×	204 0.5×	239 0.7×	40	3.0k
David Hesse United States	11	901 0.5×	2.0k 1.4×	1.1k 1.8×	237 0.6×	211 0.6×	21	4.2k
William P. Lafuse United States	35	979 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	658 1.1×	128 0.3×	188 0.5×	98	3.6k
Takashi Yokochi Japan	41	1.9k 1.2×	2.5k 1.8×	827 1.4×	159 0.4×	374 1.1×	295	6.3k
Olof Sjöberg Sweden	34	755 0.5×	2.0k 1.4×	365 0.6×	231 0.6×	198 0.6×	82	4.0k
Richard F. Mortensen United States	30	839 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 1.7×	119 0.3×	175 0.5×	88	3.2k
Emily Rinderknecht Germany	18	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	305 0.5×	1.3k 3.2×	498 1.4×	28	4.2k

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Steube, Klaus G., Bhabatosh Chaudhuri, Walter Märki, James P. Merryweather, & Jutta Heim. (1991). α‐Factor‐leader‐directed secretion of recombinant human‐insulin‐like growth factor I from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. European Journal of Biochemistry. 198(3). 651–657. 27 indexed citations

Zapf, J., Michael Kiefer, James P. Merryweather, et al.. (1990). Isolation from adult human serum of four insulin-like growth factor (IGF) binding proteins and molecular cloning of one of them that is increased by IGF I administration and in extrapancreatic tumor hypoglycemia.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 265(25). 14892–14898. 104 indexed citations

Shuster, Jeffrey R., et al.. (1989). Yeast mutants conferring resistance to toxic effects of cloned human insulin-like growth factor I. Gene. 83(1). 47–55. 9 indexed citations

Davatelis, G., Patricia Tekamp-Olson, Stephen D. Wolpe, et al.. (1988). Cloning and characterization of a cDNA for murine macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP), a novel monokine with inflammatory and chemokinetic properties.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 167(6). 1939–1944. 258 indexed citations

Raschdorf, F., et al.. (1988). Location of disulphide bonds in human insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) synthesized by recombinant DNA technology. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 16(1-12). 3–8. 59 indexed citations

George-Nascimento, C, S. Mitchell Halloran, James P. Merryweather, et al.. (1988). Characterization of recombinant human epidermal growth factor produced in yeast. Biochemistry. 27(2). 797–802. 65 indexed citations

Eck, Michael J., Bruce Beutler, George Kuo, James P. Merryweather, & Stephen R. Sprang. (1988). Crystallization of trimeric recombinant human tumor necrosis factor (cachectin).. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263(26). 12816–12819. 38 indexed citations

Brightwell, J R, et al.. (1985). Biosynthetic human EGF accelerates healing of Neodecadron-treated primate corneas.. PubMed. 26(1). 105–10. 65 indexed citations

Graham, John S., Gregory Pearce, James P. Merryweather, et al.. (1985). Wound-induced proteinase inhibitors from tomato leaves. I. The cDNA-deduced primary structure of pre-inhibitor I and its post-translational processing.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 260(11). 6555–6560. 113 indexed citations

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Shaw, Andrew, et al.. (1985). Modulation of human natural killer cell activity by recombinant human interleukin 2. Cellular Immunology. 90(2). 547–554. 23 indexed citations

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Bleackley, R. Chris, P J Barr, C Havele, et al.. (1985). Biologic activities of recombinant human interleukin 2 on murine lymphocytes.. PubMed. 4(2). 117–31. 7 indexed citations

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Graham, John S., Gregory Pearce, James P. Merryweather, et al.. (1985). Wound-induced proteinase inhibitors from tomato leaves. II. The cDNA-deduced primary structure of pre-inhibitor II.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 260(11). 6561–6564. 126 indexed citations

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Bell, Graeme I., Leslie B. Rall, Ray Sánchez-Pescador, et al.. (1985). Human? 2-macroglobulin gene is located on chromosome 12. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics. 11(3). 285–289. 12 indexed citations

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Shaw, Andrew, R. Chris Bleackley, James P. Merryweather, & Philip J. Barr. (1985). Modulation of human natural killer cell activity by recombinant human interleukin 2. Cellular Immunology. 91(1). 193–200. 42 indexed citations

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Bell, Graeme I., James P. Merryweather, Ray Sánchez-Pescador, et al.. (1984). Sequence of a cDNA clone encoding human preproinsulin-like growth factor II. Nature. 310(5980). 775–777. 275 indexed citations

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Brake, A J, James P. Merryweather, Daniel G. Coit, et al.. (1984). Alpha-factor-directed synthesis and secretion of mature foreign proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 81(15). 4642–4646. 393 indexed citations

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Concino, Michael F., Richard F. Lee, James P. Merryweather, & Roberto Weinmann. (1984). The adenovirus major late promoter TATA box and initiation site are both necessary for transcriptionin vitro. Nucleic Acids Research. 12(19). 7423–7433. 88 indexed citations

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Urdea, M S, James P. Merryweather, Guy T. Mullenbach, et al.. (1983). Chemical synthesis of a gene for human epidermal growth factor urogastrone and its expression in yeast.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80(24). 7461–7465. 99 indexed citations

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Griswold, Michael D. & James P. Merryweather. (1982). Insulin Stimulates the Incorporation of³²P_iinto Ribonucleic Acid in Cultured Sertoli Cells*. Endocrinology. 111(2). 661–667. 15 indexed citations

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Merryweather, James P. & Michael Griswold. (1980). Synthesis of³H-FSH by Cultures Ovine Pituitary Cells. Hormone and Metabolic Research. 12(2). 87–88. 1 indexed citations

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