Jerry L. Slightom

8.0k citations

92 papers · 6.5k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 44

Molecular Biology top 1%
Plant Science top 1%
Genetics top 2%
Biotechnology top 0.5%
Genetics top 2%

Co-authors: Morris Goodman Oliver Smithies Ben F. Koop Dennis Gonsalves Shi‐Hsiang Shen Paula P. Chee Timothy C. Hall Michael M. Miyamoto
Topics: Plant tissue culture and regeneration (21 papers)Transgenic Plants and Applications (15 papers)RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers)
Cited by: Biotechnology Molecular Biology Plant Science
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States France Canada

In The Last Decade

Jerry L. Slightom

92 papers receiving 5.9k citations

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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.

Human fetal gγ- and Aγ-globin genes: Complete nucleotide sequences suggest that DNA can be exchanged between these duplicated genes

1980 857 citations Jerry L. Slightom profile →
Cloning Human Fetal γ Globin and Mouse α-Type Globin DNA: Preparation and Screening of Shotgun Collections

1978 326 citations Jerry L. Slightom et al. profile →
A history of the human fetal globin gene duplication

1981 307 citations Jerry L. Slightom et al. profile →
The Structure and Evolution of the Human /?-Globin Gene Family

1980 253 citations Jerry L. Slightom et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Line 63-1: A New Virus-resistant Transgenic Papaya 2005 ·HortScience ·Paula Tennant,Manoel Teixeira Souza,Dennis Gonsalves,Maureen M. M. Fitch,Richard M. Manshardt,Jerry L. Slightom	6
2	A unique phenotype of 5‐HT_2C, agonist‐induced GTPγ³⁵S binding, transferable to 5‐HT_2A and 5‐HT_2B, upon swapping intracellular regions 2003 ·British Journal of Pharmacology ·Glen L Alberts,Christopher L. Chio,Wha Bin Im,Jerry L. Slightom	4
3	Transformation of Soybean (Glycine max) via Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Analysis of Transformed Plants 2003 ·Humana Press eBooks ·Paula P. Chee,Jerry L. Slightom	8
4	Discovery of a protein sequence in the N-terminal region of the human neuronal α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor involved in homomeric interactions. 2002 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Christopher L. Chio,Glen L Alberts,Wha Bin Im,Jerry L. Slightom,(unknown)	2
5	The stachydrine catabolism region in Sinorhizobium meliloti encodes a multi-enzyme complex similar to the xenobiotic degrading systems in other bacteria 2000 ·Gene ·Michael Burnet,Arlette Goldmann,(unknown),Roger F. Drong,Abdelhak El Amrani,Olivier Loreau,Jerry L. Slightom,David Tepfer	27
6	Processing of the Human Heparanase Precursor and Evidence That the Active Enzyme Is a Heterodimer 1999 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Michael B. Fairbanks,Ana M. Mildner,Joseph W. Leone,(unknown),W. Rodney Mathews,Roger F. Drong,Jerry L. Slightom,Michael J. Bienkowski,Clark W. Smith,Carol A. Bannow,Robert L. Heinrikson	167
7	Evolution and Selection of Primate T Cell Antigen Receptor BV8 Gene Subfamily 1997 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·W. D. Funkhouser,Ben F. Koop,Patrick Charmley,Duane W. Martindale,Jerry L. Slightom,Leroy Hood	6
8	Locus control regions of mammalian β-globin gene clusters: combining phylogenetic analyses and experimental results to gain functional insights 1997 ·Gene ·Ross C. Hardison,Jerry L. Slightom,Deborah L. Gumucio,Morris Goodman,(unknown),Webb Miller	197
9	Nucleotide sequence analysis of the human KCNJ1 potassium channel locus 1997 ·Gene ·Jeffrey H. Bock,Mary E. Shuck,C W Benjamin,(unknown),Michael J. Bienkowski,Jerry L. Slightom	13
10	Evolutionary Strategies for the Elucidation ofcisandtransFactors That Regulate the Developmental Switching Programs of the β-like Globin Genes 1996 ·Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Deborah L. Gumucio,David Shelton,Wei Zhu,(unknown),Todd A. Gray,Jeffrey H. Bock,Jerry L. Slightom,Morris Goodman	57
11	Cloning of a canine cDNA homologous to the human transforming growth factor-β1-encoding gene 1995 ·Gene ·Anthony Manning,John A. Auchampach,Roger F. Drong,Jerry L. Slightom	13
12	Analyses of genes that encode the 15-kDa zein protein of maize: identification of potential gene regulatory elements 1993 ·Gene ·Roger F. Drong,Jerry L. Slightom	1
13	Sequence analysis of linked maize 22 kDa ?-zein genes 1992 ·Plant Molecular Biology ·Gary A. Thompson,David Siemieniak,Leang C. Sieu,Jerry L. Slightom,Brian A. Larkins	16
14	Fetal recruitment of anthropoid γ-globin genes 1992 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Kenji Hayasaka,David Fitch,Jerry L. Slightom,(unknown)	19
15	Transformation of cucumber tissues by microprojectile bombardment: identification of plants containing functional and non-functional transferred genes 1992 ·Gene ·Paula P. Chee,Jerry L. Slightom	16
16	Molecular Biology of Legume Vicilin-Type Seed Storage Protein Genes 1991 ·Sub-cellular biochemistry ·Paula P. Chee,Jerry L. Slightom	6
17	Primate evolution at the DNA level and a classification of hominoids 1990 ·Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Morris Goodman,Danilo A. Tagle,David Fitch,Wendy Bailey,John Czelusniak,Ben F. Koop,Philip Benson,Jerry L. Slightom	97
18	Nucleotide sequence of Streptomyces fradiae transposable element Tn4556: a class-II transposon related to Tn3 1990 ·Gene ·David Siemieniak,Jerry L. Slightom,(unknown)	30
19	Analysis of TR-DNA/plant junctions in the genome of a Convolvulus arvensis clone transformed by Agrobacterium rhizogenes strain A4 1989 ·Plant Molecular Biology ·Lise Jouanin,David Bouchez,Roger F. Drong,David Tepfer,Jerry L. Slightom	23
20	Embryonic ε and γ globin genes of a prosimian primate (Galago crassicaudatus) 1988 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Danilo A. Tagle,Ben F. Koop,Morris Goodman,Jerry L. Slightom,David L. Hess,Richard T. Jones	307

About Jerry L. Slightom

Jerry L. Slightom is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Molecular Biology and Plant Science, having authored 92 papers that have together received 6.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant tissue culture and regeneration (21 papers), Transgenic Plants and Applications (15 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biotechnology (677 citations), Molecular Biology (4.8k citations) and Plant Science (2.1k citations). Jerry L. Slightom has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Morris Goodman, Oliver Smithies, Ben F. Koop, Dennis Gonsalves, Shi‐Hsiang Shen, Paula P. Chee, Timothy C. Hall, Michael M. Miyamoto, Danilo A. Tagle and Roger F. Drong. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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