John Kay

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
143 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

John Kay is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Kay has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Biotechnology and 26 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in John Kay's work include Enzyme Production and Characterization (27 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (22 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (20 papers). John Kay is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Production and Characterization (27 papers), HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (22 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (20 papers). John Kay collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. John Kay's co-authors include Ben M. Dunn, Beatrice Kassell, Colin Berry, Anthony Cryer, Lowri H. Phylip, Peter Kille, John Mills, Anthony D. Richards, Dafydd G. Thomas and J.F. de L.G. Solbé and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

John Kay

143 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Rational Design of Peptid... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 200 400 600
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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. Rational Design of Peptide-Based HIV Proteinase Inhibitors
    1990 726 citations John Kay, John Mills et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John Kay 2.1k 1.3k 1.2k 594 560 143 5.1k
Maurice Hofnung 5.4k 2.5× 561 0.4× 160 0.1× 516 0.9× 169 0.3× 205 9.0k
Hideo Shinagawa 6.1k 2.9× 434 0.3× 216 0.2× 256 0.4× 163 0.3× 102 8.0k
Yogendra Singh 3.9k 1.8× 1.7k 1.3× 156 0.1× 86 0.1× 132 0.2× 264 5.8k
Xavier Robert 3.6k 1.7× 633 0.5× 130 0.1× 50 0.1× 252 0.5× 42 5.8k
Donald T. Dubin 3.8k 1.8× 855 0.7× 413 0.3× 28 0.0× 251 0.4× 81 5.5k
P. Venkata Rao 1.1k 0.5× 1.7k 1.3× 162 0.1× 134 0.2× 1.8k 3.3× 115 4.2k
Yiqun Deng 1.4k 0.7× 398 0.3× 336 0.3× 302 0.5× 53 0.1× 115 3.0k
Markus Wiederstein 3.6k 1.7× 614 0.5× 101 0.1× 54 0.1× 292 0.5× 22 5.1k
Michael J. Currens 1.7k 0.8× 694 0.5× 641 0.5× 32 0.1× 96 0.2× 26 3.9k
Richard K. Plemper 2.1k 1.0× 1.9k 1.5× 447 0.4× 25 0.0× 248 0.4× 128 6.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Kay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Kay

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Phylip, Lowri H., et al.. (2007). N‐terminal extension of the yeast IA3 aspartic proteinase inhibitor relaxes the strict intrinsic selectivity. FEBS Journal. 274(14). 3685–3694. 4 indexed citations
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Lees, Wendy E., et al.. (2002). Aspartic proteinase inhibitors from tomato and potato are more potent against yeast proteinase A than cathepsin D. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1596(1). 76–82. 24 indexed citations
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Coombs, Graham H., Daniel E. Goldberg, Michael Klemba, et al.. (2001). Aspartic proteases of Plasmodium falciparum and other parasitic protozoa as drug targets. Trends in Parasitology. 17(11). 532–537. 250 indexed citations
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Phylip, Lowri H., Wendy E. Lees, Brian G. Brownsey, et al.. (2001). The Potency and Specificity of the Interaction between the IA3 Inhibitor and Its Target Aspartic Proteinase fromSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(3). 2023–2030. 31 indexed citations
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Moon, Richard P., Daniel Bur, Hansruedi Loetscher, et al.. (1998). Studies on Plasmepsins I and II from the Malarial Parasite Plasmodium falciparum and their Exploitation as Drug Targets. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 436. 397–406. 15 indexed citations
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Tigue, Natalie J. & John Kay. (1998). Autoprocessing and Peptide Substrates for Human Herpesvirus 6 Proteinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(41). 26441–26446. 12 indexed citations
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Capasso, Clemente, Marilisa Riggio, Rosaria Scudiero, et al.. (1998). Molecular cloning and sequence determination of a novel aspartic proteinase from Antarctic fish. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1387(1-2). 457–461. 21 indexed citations
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Powell, David J., Daniel Bur, Alexander Wlodawer, et al.. (1998). The Aspartic Proteinase from Equine Infectious Anaemia Virus. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 436. 41–45. 2 indexed citations
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Tatnell, Peter J., Wendy E. Lees, & John Kay. (1997). Cloning, expression and characterisation of murine procathepsin E. FEBS Letters. 408(1). 62–66. 18 indexed citations
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Gustchina, Alla, Jukka Kervinen, David J. Powell, et al.. (1996). Structure of equine infectious anemia virus proteinase complexed with an inhibitor. Protein Science. 5(8). 1453–1465. 38 indexed citations
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Kay, John, et al.. (1995). Monomeric human cathepsin E. FEBS Letters. 366(1). 72–74. 19 indexed citations
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Dame, John B., et al.. (1994). Sequence, expression and modeled structure of an aspartic proteinase from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 64(2). 177–190. 91 indexed citations
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Dunn, Ben M., Alla Gustchina, Alexander Wlodawer, & John Kay. (1994). [14]Subsite preferences of retroviral proteinases. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 241. 254–IN12. 61 indexed citations
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Kille, Peter, John Kay, & Glen E. Sweeney. (1993). Analysis of regulatory elements flanking metallothionein genes in Cd-tolerant fish (pike and stone loach). Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1216(1). 55–64. 30 indexed citations
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Phylip, Lowri H., et al.. (1992). Intrinsic activity of precursor forms of HIV‐1 proteinase. FEBS Letters. 314(3). 449–454. 22 indexed citations
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Clements, Gary, Molly Price-Jones, Paul E. Stephens, et al.. (1991). The V3 Loops of the HIV-1 and HTV-2 Surface Glycoproteins Contain Proteolytic Cleavage Sites: A Possible Function in Viral Fusion?. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 7(1). 3–16. 219 indexed citations
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Moelling, Karin, et al.. (1990). In vitro inhibition of HIV‐1 proteinase by cerulenin. FEBS Letters. 261(2). 373–377. 24 indexed citations
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Kay, John, Dafydd G. Thomas, M. W. Brown, et al.. (1986). Cadmium accumulation and protein binding patterns in tissues of the rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 65. 133–139. 44 indexed citations
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Reid, William A., Christine N. Liddle, Jisnuson Svasti, & John Kay. (1985). Gastricsin in the benign and malignant prostate.. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 38(6). 639–643. 11 indexed citations
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Sánchez, Jorge, Brian R. Jordan, John Kay, & John L. Harwood. (1982). Lipase-induced alterations of fatty acid synthesis by subcellular fractions from germinating pea (Pisum sativum L.). Biochemical Journal. 204(2). 463–470. 3 indexed citations

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