John David Dignam

15.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

John David Dignam is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, John David Dignam has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in John David Dignam's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (8 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (6 papers). John David Dignam is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (8 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (6 papers). John David Dignam collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and United Kingdom. John David Dignam's co-authors include Russell M. Lebovitz, R G Roeder, Henry W. Strobel, Robert G. Roeder, Barkur S. Shastry, Paul L. Martin, Takashi Matsui, E. Slattery, L E Gentry and Ali S. Mohamed and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

John David Dignam

46 papers receiving 13.9k 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.

Accurate transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II in a soluble extract from isolated mammalian nuclei

1983 11.0k citations John David Dignam et al. profile →
[36] Eukaryotic gene transcription with purified components

1983 925 citations John David Dignam et al. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John David Dignam United States	22	10.2k	2.6k	2.1k	2.0k	1.9k	46	14.2k
Russell M. Lebovitz United States	26	9.9k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	49	14.9k
R G Roeder United States	38	14.3k 1.4×	3.1k 1.2×	3.0k 1.4×	2.8k 1.4×	2.2k 1.2×	48	18.6k
Michihiko Kuwano Japan	75	11.4k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	6.9k 3.4×	2.5k 1.3×	357	18.4k
Michael J. Weber United States	66	12.7k 1.2×	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	3.5k 1.7×	2.0k 1.1×	196	17.4k
Patrick Matthias Switzerland	52	9.3k 0.9×	3.4k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	109	13.6k
F Grignani Italy	50	10.2k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	172	14.9k
Robert G. Korneluk Canada	61	15.1k 1.5×	3.6k 1.4×	1.7k 0.8×	2.7k 1.4×	3.3k 1.7×	174	19.4k
Alan G. Porter Singapore	47	6.9k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	699 0.3×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	105	10.9k
Richard J. Ulevitch United States	51	9.6k 0.9×	4.7k 1.8×	726 0.3×	2.1k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	72	15.3k
Claus Scheidereit Germany	66	7.6k 0.7×	5.3k 2.0×	1.5k 0.7×	2.9k 1.4×	5.4k 2.8×	103	14.3k

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Correia, John J., Walter F. Stafford, Heidi Erlandsen, et al.. (2024). Hydrodynamic and thermodynamic analysis of PEGylated human serum albumin. Biophysical Journal. 123(16). 2506–2521. 1 indexed citations

Dignam, John David, et al.. (2012). Models for the Binary Complex of Bacteriophage T4 Gp59 Helicase Loading Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(22). 18608–18617. 4 indexed citations

Keller, Tracy, Davide Zocco, Mark S. Sundrud, et al.. (2012). Halofuginone and other febrifugine derivatives inhibit prolyl-tRNA synthetase. Nature Chemical Biology. 8(3). 311–317. 297 indexed citations

Rath, Oliver, Sungdae Park, Mark J. Banfield, et al.. (2008). The RKIP (Raf-1 Kinase Inhibitor Protein) conserved pocket binds to the phosphorylated N-region of Raf-1 and inhibits the Raf-1-mediated activated phosphorylation of MEK. Cellular Signalling. 20(5). 935–941. 41 indexed citations

Sampath, Prabha, Barsanjit Mazumder, Vasudevan Seshadri, et al.. (2004). Noncanonical Function of Glutamyl-Prolyl-tRNA Synthetase. Cell. 119(2). 195–208. 213 indexed citations

Timpe, Jennifer M., et al.. (2004). Identification of an Adeno-Associated Virus Rep Protein Binding Site in the Adenovirus E2a Promoter. Journal of Virology. 79(1). 28–38. 13 indexed citations

Dignam, John David, Xiaogang Qu, & Jonathan B. Chaires. (2001). Equilibrium Unfolding of Bombyx mori Glycyl-tRNA Synthetase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(6). 4028–4037. 20 indexed citations

Norcum, Mona Trempe & John David Dignam. (1999). Immunoelectron Microscopic Localization of Glutamyl-/ Prolyl-tRNA Synthetase within the Eukaryotic Multisynthetase Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(18). 12205–12208. 12 indexed citations

Mohamed, Ali S., John David Dignam, & Keith K. Schlender. (1998). Cardiac Myosin-Binding Protein C (MyBP-C): Identification of Protein Kinase A and Protein Kinase C Phosphorylation Sites. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 358(2). 313–319. 87 indexed citations

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McMahon, Grainne A., John David Dignam, & L E Gentry. (1996). Structural characterization of the latent complex between transforming growth factor β1 and β1-latency-associated peptide. Biochemical Journal. 313(1). 343–351. 67 indexed citations

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Wu, Hong, Shadia E. Nada, & John David Dignam. (1995). Analysis of Truncated Forms of Bombyx mori Glycyl-tRNA Synthetase: Function of an N-Terminal Structure in RNA Binding. Biochemistry. 34(50). 16327–16336. 10 indexed citations

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Dignam, John David, et al.. (1991). Alanyl‐tRNA synthetase from Escherichia coli, Bombyx mori and Ratus ratus. European Journal of Biochemistry. 198(1). 201–210. 6 indexed citations

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Dignam, John David. (1990). [15] Preparation of extracts from higher eukaryotes. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 182. 194–203. 221 indexed citations

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Chang, Perng‐Kuang & John David Dignam. (1990). Primary structure of alanyl-tRNA synthetase and the regulation of its mRNA levels in Bombyx mori.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 265(34). 20898–20906. 22 indexed citations

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Viswanathan, Sridhar, et al.. (1988). Control of the levels of alanyl-, glycyl-, and seryl-tRNA synthetases in the silkgland of Bombyx mori. Developmental Biology. 129(2). 350–357. 6 indexed citations

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Regan, Lynne, John David Dignam, & Paul Schimmel. (1986). A bacterial and silkworm aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase have a common epitope which maps to the catalytic domain of each.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 261(12). 5241–5244. 20 indexed citations

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Dignam, John David, et al.. (1984). Glycyl- and alanyl-tRNA synthetases from Bombyx mori. Purification and properties.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 259(7). 4043–4048. 28 indexed citations

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Strobel, Henry W. & John David Dignam. (1978). [7] Purification and properties of NADPH-Cytochrome P-450 reductase. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 52. 89–96. 287 indexed citations

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Knapp, Jörg, John David Dignam, & Henry W. Strobel. (1977). NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase. Circular dichroism and physical studies.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 252(2). 437–443. 38 indexed citations

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Dignam, John David & Henry W. Strobel. (1975). Preparation of homogeneous NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase from rat liver. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 63(4). 845–852. 157 indexed citations

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