John Leavitt

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

John Leavitt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Leavitt has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in John Leavitt's work include Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (23 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (20 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (10 papers). John Leavitt is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications (23 papers), Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (20 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (10 papers). John Leavitt collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. John Leavitt's co-authors include Larry Kedes, Peter W. Gunning, S Y Ng, Ruedi H. Aebersold, Stephen B. H. Kent, George E.O. Muscat, Ching‐Shwun Lin, Leroy Hood, Rafael Saavedra and Takeo Kakunaga and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John Leavitt

65 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

A human beta-actin expression vector system directs high-level accumulation of antisense transcripts.

1987 720 citations Peter W. Gunning, John Leavitt et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Internal amino acid sequence analysis of proteins separated by one- or two-dimensional gel electrophoresis after in situ protease digestion on nitrocellulose.

1987 695 citations Ruedi H. Aebersold, John Leavitt et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Leavitt United States	32	2.9k	930	694	521	510	65	4.4k
Richard A. Kammerer Switzerland	43	3.5k 1.2×	1.5k 1.7×	372 0.5×	308 0.6×	271 0.5×	101	5.2k
Francis H. Martin United States	23	2.7k 0.9×	337 0.4×	602 0.9×	729 1.4×	299 0.6×	28	4.7k
Roger J.A. Grand United Kingdom	40	3.3k 1.1×	468 0.5×	1.3k 1.8×	450 0.9×	1.0k 2.0×	130	5.0k
Monique Arpin France	43	3.3k 1.1×	1.9k 2.1×	379 0.5×	590 1.1×	612 1.2×	73	6.0k
D D Sabatini United States	26	3.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	592 0.9×	358 0.7×	318 0.6×	31	4.5k
Yoav I. Henis Israel	49	5.3k 1.8×	1.7k 1.8×	423 0.6×	468 0.9×	862 1.7×	159	7.3k
Antonia T. Destree United States	21	2.4k 0.8×	798 0.9×	271 0.4×	433 0.8×	846 1.7×	28	3.9k
François Amalric France	42	3.6k 1.2×	498 0.5×	380 0.5×	750 1.4×	455 0.9×	76	4.7k
David M. Helfman United States	51	6.3k 2.1×	1.9k 2.0×	511 0.7×	479 0.9×	757 1.5×	107	8.0k
Inger Helene Madshus Norway	34	2.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	261 0.4×	729 1.4×	845 1.7×	67	4.3k

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Peng, Xiaohua, Jong-Ho Won, Thomas Rutherford, et al.. (2001). The use of the L-plastin promoter for adenoviral-mediated, tumor-specific gene expression in ovarian and bladder cancer cell lines.. PubMed. 61(11). 4405–13. 50 indexed citations

Chung, Injae, Peter E. Schwartz, Ronald G. Crystal, et al.. (1999). Use of L-plastin promoter to develop an adenoviral system that confers transgene expression in ovarian cancer cells but not in normal mesothelial cells. Cancer Gene Therapy. 6(2). 99–106. 43 indexed citations

Adams, A.E., Wenyan Shen, Ching-Shwun Lin, John Leavitt, & Paul Matsudaira. (1995). Isoform-Specific Complementation of the Yeast sac6 Null Mutation by Human Fimbrin. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(1). 69–75. 44 indexed citations

Leavitt, John, et al.. (1994). Regulation of synthesis of the transformation-induced protein, leukocyte plastin, by ovarian steroid hormones.. PubMed. 54(13). 3447–54. 12 indexed citations

Aebersold, Ruedi & John Leavitt. (1990). Sequence analysis of proteins separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis: Towards an integrated protein database. Electrophoresis. 11(7). 517–527. 56 indexed citations

Ng, S Y, Peter W. Gunning, Shuhui Liu, John Leavitt, & Larry Kedes. (1989). Regulation of the human β-actin promoter by upstream and intron domains. Nucleic Acids Research. 17(2). 601–615. 67 indexed citations

Varma, Madhu & John Leavitt. (1988). Macromolecular changes accompanying immortalization and tumorigenic conversion in a human fibroblast model system. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 199(2). 437–447. 7 indexed citations

Ng, S Y, Harry P. Erba, Gerald Latter, Larry Kedes, & John Leavitt. (1988). Modulation of microfilament protein composition by transfected cytoskeletal actin genes.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 8(4). 1790–1794. 20 indexed citations

Aebersold, Ruedi H., John Leavitt, Rafael Saavedra, Leroy Hood, & Stephen B. H. Kent. (1987). Internal amino acid sequence analysis of proteins separated by one- or two-dimensional gel electrophoresis after in situ protease digestion on nitrocellulose.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(20). 6970–6974. 695 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leavitt, John, S Y Ng, Ueli Aebi, et al.. (1987). Expression of Transfected Mutant β-actin Genes: Alterations of Cell Morphology and Evidence for Autoregulation in Actin Pools. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 7(7). 2457–2466. 17 indexed citations

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Leavitt, John, S Y Ng, Madhu Varma, et al.. (1987). Expression of Transfected Mutant β-actin Genes: Transitions Toward the Stable Tumorigenic State. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 7(7). 2467–2476. 60 indexed citations

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Varma, Madhu, Ueli Aebi, James E. Fleming, & John Leavitt. (1987). A 60-kDa polypeptide in mammalian cells with epitopes related to actin. Experimental Cell Research. 173(1). 163–173. 14 indexed citations

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Kedes, Larry, S Y Ng, Peter W. Gunning, et al.. (1985). The human beta-actin multigene family.. PubMed. 98. 42–6. 3 indexed citations

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Goldstein, D., Julie Y. Djeu, Gerald Latter, Stephen Burbeck, & John Leavitt. (1985). Abundant synthesis of the transformation-induced protein of neoplastic human fibroblasts, plastin, in normal lymphocytes.. PubMed. 45(11 Pt 2). 5643–7. 75 indexed citations

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Leavitt, John, et al.. (1984). Molecular cloning and characterization of mutant and wild-type human beta-actin genes.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 4(10). 1961–1969. 97 indexed citations

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Leavitt, John, et al.. (1984). A mutation in actin associated with neoplastic transformation.. PubMed. 43(8). 2275–9. 18 indexed citations

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Leavitt, John. (1983). Tumorigenic potential of human fibroblasts as a function of ability to express a novel form of influenza A nucleocapsid protein. Carcinogenesis. 4(10). 1229–1237. 13 indexed citations

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Leavitt, John, David Goldman, Carl R. Merril, & Takeo Kakunaga. (1982). Changes in gene expression accompanying chemically-induced malignant transformation of human fibroblasts. Carcinogenesis. 3(1). 61–70. 54 indexed citations

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Vandekerckhove, Joël, John Leavitt, Takeo Kakunaga, & Klaus Weber. (1980). Coexpression of a mutant β-actin and the two normal β- and γ-cytoplasmic actins in a stably transformed human cell line. Cell. 22(3). 893–899. 117 indexed citations

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Leavitt, John, Leonard M. Schechtman, Paul O. P. Ts’o, Ellen Borenfreund, & Aaron Bendich. (1976). The attachment and penetration of T7 in Syrian hamster embryonic cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 435(2). 167–183. 5 indexed citations

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