John Cavanagh

15.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
286 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

John Cavanagh is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, John Cavanagh has authored 286 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Genetics and 41 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in John Cavanagh's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (38 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (35 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (26 papers). John Cavanagh is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (38 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (35 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (26 papers). John Cavanagh collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Bulgaria. John Cavanagh's co-authors include Mark Rance, Arthur G. Palmer, Peter E. Wright, Jean M. Jacobs, Christian Melander, Victoria A. Feher, Richele J. Thompson, Chris Nolan, Ross Mellick and Benjamin G. Bobay and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

John Cavanagh

283 papers receiving 11.3k 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.

Protein NMR Spectroscopy: Principles and Practice

1995 1.4k citations John Cavanagh profile →
Sensitivity improvement in proton-detected two-dimensional heteronuclear correlation NMR spectroscopy

1991 844 citations Arthur G. Palmer, John Cavanagh et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
John Cavanagh	5.4k	1.7k	1.5k	1.0k	1.0k	286	11.9k
Peter Højrup	7.1k 1.3×	2.3k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	480 0.5×	524 0.5×	229	12.2k
Kym F. Faull	8.7k 1.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	298 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	309	17.2k
Julian P. Whitelegge	8.1k 1.5×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	459 0.4×	865 0.8×	277	12.8k
David F. Wilson	7.5k 1.4×	855 0.5×	2.7k 1.7×	1.3k 1.3×	396 0.4×	416	16.6k
A. S. Verkman	9.6k 1.8×	882 0.5×	2.2k 1.4×	543 0.5×	567 0.6×	258	21.6k
Robert M. Stroud	11.7k 2.2×	766 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	2.4k 2.3×	858 0.8×	296	17.8k
Friedrich Lottspeich	13.0k 2.4×	1.7k 1.0×	3.2k 2.1×	964 0.9×	2.0k 2.0×	320	20.5k
Elmar Krieger	7.1k 1.3×	410 0.2×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	544 0.5×	45	11.6k
Toshio Goto	7.7k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.9k 1.9×	1.4k 1.3×	754	19.7k
Roderick Capaldi	14.4k 2.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	558 0.5×	384 0.4×	238	16.7k

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Thompson, Richele J., et al.. (2025). Two-Component System Sensor Kinase Inhibitors Target the ATP-Lid of PmrB to Disrupt Colistin Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii. Biochemistry. 64(6). 1317–1327. 1 indexed citations

Cavanagh, John, et al.. (2024). Insights into DNA-binding motifs and mechanisms of Francisella tularensis novicida two-component system response regulator proteins QseB, KdpE, and BfpR. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 722. 150150–150150.

Zeczycki, Tonya N., et al.. (2022). 2-Aminoimidazole Analogs Target PhoP Altering DNA Binding Activity and Affect Outer Membrane Stability in Gram-Negative Bacteria. Biochemistry. 61(24). 2948–2960. 3 indexed citations

Bobay, Benjamin G., et al.. (2019). The Solution Structures and Interaction of SinR and SinI: Elucidating the Mechanism of Action of the Master Regulator Switch for Biofilm Formation in Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 432(2). 343–357. 21 indexed citations

Tucker, Ashley T., Benjamin G. Bobay, Erik J. Soderblom, et al.. (2014). Structure and DNA-Binding Traits of the Transition State Regulator AbrB. Structure. 22(11). 1650–1656. 13 indexed citations

Liu, Fan, et al.. (2013). Chemical crosslinking and LC/MS analysis to determine protein domain orientation: Application to AbrB. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 431(2). 253–257. 9 indexed citations

Melander, Christian, Peter Möeller, T. Eric Ballard, et al.. (2009). Evaluation of dihydrooroidin as an antifouling additive in marine paint. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 63(4). 529–532. 48 indexed citations

Huigens, Robert W., Z. Luyan, Peter Möeller, et al.. (2008). Control of bacterial biofilms with marine alkaloid derivatives. Molecular BioSystems. 4(6). 614–621. 65 indexed citations

Sullivan, Daniel M., Benjamin G. Bobay, Douglas J. Kojetin, et al.. (2008). Insights into the Nature of DNA Binding of AbrB-like Transcription Factors. Structure. 16(11). 1702–1713. 27 indexed citations

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Benson, Linda M., Rajiv Kumar, John Cavanagh, & Stephen Naylor. (2003). Protein‐metal ion interactions, stoichiometries and relative affinities determined by on‐line size exclusion gel filtration mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 17(4). 267–271. 15 indexed citations

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Cavanagh, John & Brian Harding. (1994). Pathogenic factors underlying the lesions in Leigh's disease. Brain. 117(6). 1357–1376. 76 indexed citations

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Falzone, Christopher J., John Cavanagh, Marlon Cowart, et al.. (1994). 1H, 15N and 13C resonance assignments, secondary structure, and the conformation of substrate in the binary folate complex of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 4(3). 349–366. 26 indexed citations

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Riechmann, Lutz, Mylène Weill, & John Cavanagh. (1992). Improving the antigen affinity of an antibody Fv-fragment by protein design. Journal of Molecular Biology. 224(4). 913–918. 19 indexed citations

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Fairbrother, Wayne J., John Cavanagh, H. Jane Dyson, et al.. (1991). Polypeptide backbone resonance assignments and secondary structure of Bacillus subtilis enzyme IIIglc determined by two-dimensional and three-dimensional heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy. Biochemistry. 30(28). 6896–6907. 41 indexed citations

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Smith, Walter T. & John Cavanagh. (1979). Recent advances in neuropathology. Churchill Livingstone eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Jean M., et al.. (1976). Vascular leakage in the dorsal root ganglia of the rat, studied with horseradish peroxidase. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 29(1). 95–107. 178 indexed citations

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Cavanagh, John. (1969). TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. British Medical Bulletin. 25(3). 268–273. 46 indexed citations

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Cavanagh, John & A Ridley. (1967). THE NATURE OF THE NEUROPATHY COMPLICATING ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA. The Lancet. 290(7524). 1023–1024. 25 indexed citations

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Cavanagh, John, et al.. (1961). SENSORY TERMINAL DEGENERATION IN ORTHO-CRESYL PHOSPHATE POISONING. The Lancet. 278(7202). 583–584. 11 indexed citations

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Cavanagh, John, David S. Greenbaum, A.H. Marshall, & Lucien J. Rubinstein. (1959). CEREBRAL DEMYELINATION ASSOCIATED WITH DISORDERS OF THE RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM. The Lancet. 274(7102). 524–529. 109 indexed citations

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