Jens J. Birktoft

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
66 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Jens J. Birktoft is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jens J. Birktoft has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jens J. Birktoft's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (24 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (19 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (16 papers). Jens J. Birktoft is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (24 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (19 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (16 papers). Jens J. Birktoft collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Denmark. Jens J. Birktoft's co-authors include D. M. Blow, B. S. Hartley, Leonard Banaszak, Richard A. Alden, Nadrian C. Seeman, Joseph Kraut, Ruojie Sha, Chengde Mao, Jianping Zheng and Jon D. Robertus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jens J. Birktoft

65 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Role of a Buried Acid Group in the Mechanism of Action of... 1969 2026 1988 2007 1969 2009 1972 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Role of a Buried Acid Group in the Mechanism of Action of Chymotrypsin
    1969 830 citations D. M. Blow, Jens J. Birktoft et al. Nature profile →
  2. From molecular to macroscopic via the rational design of a self-assembled 3D DNA crystal
    2009 778 citations Jianping Zheng, Jens J. Birktoft et al. Nature profile →
  3. Structure of crystalline α-chymotrypsin
    1972 608 citations Jens J. Birktoft, D. M. Blow Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jens J. Birktoft United States 35 4.3k 1.5k 504 485 483 66 5.8k
M. Chruszcz United States 35 4.4k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 270 0.5× 221 0.5× 589 1.2× 163 7.2k
Stanley C. Gill United States 19 5.8k 1.3× 832 0.6× 228 0.5× 204 0.4× 458 0.9× 40 7.2k
Duncan E. McRee United States 43 5.8k 1.3× 1.9k 1.3× 474 0.9× 272 0.6× 770 1.6× 86 9.1k
Gerald R. Grimsley United States 24 5.5k 1.3× 1.6k 1.1× 550 1.1× 107 0.2× 514 1.1× 31 7.3k
P. Brick United Kingdom 27 5.2k 1.2× 1.0k 0.7× 415 0.8× 112 0.2× 890 1.8× 40 6.3k
Marc Whitlow United States 34 3.9k 0.9× 720 0.5× 269 0.5× 215 0.4× 803 1.7× 63 5.9k
Miguel Llinás United States 33 4.5k 1.1× 890 0.6× 835 1.7× 426 0.9× 451 0.9× 112 6.3k
Barry S. Cooperman United States 48 5.5k 1.3× 814 0.5× 435 0.9× 311 0.6× 921 1.9× 245 7.3k
Lawrence P. McIntosh Canada 48 5.8k 1.3× 1.1k 0.7× 683 1.4× 117 0.2× 489 1.0× 145 7.5k
John F. Brandts United States 39 6.1k 1.4× 1.8k 1.2× 913 1.8× 163 0.3× 526 1.1× 71 8.0k

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All Works

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Lara‐González, Samuel, Ana Carolina Dantas Machado, Andrew Napoli, et al.. (2020). The RNA Polymerase α Subunit Recognizes the DNA Shape of the Upstream Promoter Element. Biochemistry. 59(48). 4523–4532. 12 indexed citations
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Ohayon, Yoel P., Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, Xinyu Wang, et al.. (2019). Designing Higher Resolution Self-Assembled 3D DNA Crystals via Strand Terminus Modifications. ACS Nano. 13(7). 7957–7965. 52 indexed citations
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Sha, Ruojie, Jens J. Birktoft, Nam Q. Nguyen, et al.. (2013). Self-Assembled DNA Crystals: The Impact on Resolution of 5′-Phosphates and the DNA Source. Nano Letters. 13(2). 793–797. 47 indexed citations
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Wang, Tong, Ruojie Sha, Jens J. Birktoft, et al.. (2010). A DNA Crystal Designed to Contain Two Molecules per Asymmetric Unit. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(44). 15471–15473. 66 indexed citations
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Zheng, Jianping, Jens J. Birktoft, Yi Chen, et al.. (2009). From molecular to macroscopic via the rational design of a self-assembled 3D DNA crystal. Nature. 461(7260). 74–77. 778 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mao, Chengde, Pamela E. Constantinou, Furong Liu, et al.. (2005). The design of self-assembled 3D DNA networks. 509–519. 1 indexed citations
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Paukstelis, Paul J., Jacek Nowakowski, Jens J. Birktoft, & Nadrian C. Seeman. (2004). Crystal Structure of a Continuous Three-Dimensional DNA Lattice. Chemistry & Biology. 11(8). 1119–1126. 107 indexed citations
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Liao, Shiping, Chengde Mao, Jens J. Birktoft, Stewart Shuman, & Nadrian C. Seeman. (2004). Resolution of Undistorted Symmetric Immobile DNA Junctions by Vaccinia Topoisomerase I. Biochemistry. 43(6). 1520–1531. 8 indexed citations
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Barycki, Joseph, et al.. (1999). Pig heart short chain L‐3‐hydroxyacyl‐CoA dehydrogenase revisited: Sequence analysis and crystal structure determination. Protein Science. 8(10). 2010–2018. 16 indexed citations
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Stennicke, Henning R., Klaus Breddam, & Jens J. Birktoft. (1996). Characterization of the S1 binding site of the glutamic acid‐specific protease from Streptomyces griseus. Protein Science. 5(11). 2266–2275. 20 indexed citations
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Birktoft, Jens J., et al.. (1995). High Affinity Ca2+-binding Site in the Serine Protease Domain of Human Factor VIIa and Its Role in Tissue Factor Binding and Development of Catalytic Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(26). 15523–15530. 51 indexed citations
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Birktoft, Jens J. & Klaus Breddam. (1994). [8] Glutamyl endopeptidases. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 244. 114–126. 31 indexed citations
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Sarfaty, Steve, et al.. (1991). Preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of a crystallizable mutant of malate dehydrogenase from the thermophile Thermus flavus. Journal of Molecular Biology. 221(2). 383–385. 5 indexed citations
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Birktoft, Jens J., et al.. (1989). Comparison of the molecular structures of cytoplasmic and mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase. Biochemical Society Transactions. 17(2). 301–304. 31 indexed citations
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Birktoft, Jens J. & Leonard Banaszak. (1983). The presence of a histidine-aspartic acid pair in the active site of 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenases. X-ray refinement of cytoplasmic malate dehydrogenase.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 258(1). 472–482. 126 indexed citations
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Birktoft, Jens J., et al.. (1970). I. Serine proteinases. The structure of α-chymotrypsin. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 257(813). 67–76. 75 indexed citations

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