John S. Blanchard

13.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
215 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

John S. Blanchard is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, John S. Blanchard has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Molecular Biology, 77 papers in Materials Chemistry and 53 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in John S. Blanchard's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (77 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (71 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (49 papers). John S. Blanchard is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (77 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (71 papers) and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (49 papers). John S. Blanchard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. John S. Blanchard's co-authors include Sophie Magnet, M.W. Vetting, Subray S. Hegde, Argyrides Argyrou, Steven L. Roderick, Renjian Zheng, Jean‐Emmanuel Hugonnet, William R. Jacobs, L.W. Tremblay and Giovanna Scapin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John S. Blanchard

214 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Molecular Insights into Aminoglycoside Action and Resistance

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Author						Papers	Cites
John S. Blanchard	6.9k	2.6k	2.0k	1.9k	1.6k	215	10.5k
Charles O. Rock	13.6k 2.0×	2.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	2.0k 1.2×	273	20.5k
James C. Sacchettini	14.9k 2.2×	5.5k 2.1×	2.9k 1.4×	4.1k 2.2×	1.1k 0.7×	292	23.4k
N.C.J. Strynadka	8.5k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	3.2k 2.0×	219	15.5k
O. Dideberg	3.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	955 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	3.5k 2.2×	156	7.3k
Harold R. Powell	9.2k 1.3×	1.0k 0.4×	3.9k 1.9×	711 0.4×	422 0.3×	73	14.2k
Peter J. Tonge	5.2k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	655 0.3×	776 0.5×	227	8.6k
Gerald L. Newton	4.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	755 0.4×	949 0.5×	333 0.2×	93	6.8k
Scott G. Franzblau	7.4k 1.1×	5.0k 1.9×	383 0.2×	3.0k 1.6×	680 0.4×	387	17.2k
Luke W. Guddat	4.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	755 0.4×	986 0.5×	241 0.2×	211	7.7k
Charles Ballard	7.5k 1.1×	801 0.3×	2.8k 1.4×	547 0.3×	318 0.2×	17	10.6k

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Ceyssens, Pieter‐Jan, Jeroen De Smet, Jeroen Wagemans, et al.. (2020). The Phage-Encoded N-Acetyltransferase Rac Mediates Inactivation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Transcription by Cleavage of the RNA Polymerase Alpha Subunit. Viruses. 12(9). 976–976. 14 indexed citations

Vergnolle, Olivia, Travis Hartman, Kyu Y. Rhee, et al.. (2016). Central Role of Pyruvate Kinase in Carbon Co-catabolism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(13). 7060–7069. 30 indexed citations

Vetting, M.W., Subray S. Hegde, Yong Zhang, & John S. Blanchard. (2011). Pentapeptide-repeat proteins that act as topoisomerase poison resistance factors have a common dimer interface. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 67(3). 296–302. 28 indexed citations

Hugonnet, Jean‐Emmanuel, L.W. Tremblay, Helena I. Boshoff, Clifton E. Barry, & John S. Blanchard. (2009). Meropenem-Clavulanate Is Effective Against Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Science. 323(5918). 1215–1218. 382 indexed citations

Fan, Fan, M.W. Vetting, Patrick A. Frantom, & John S. Blanchard. (2009). Structures and mechanisms of the mycothiol biosynthetic enzymes. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 13(4). 451–459. 41 indexed citations

Vetting, M.W., Subray S. Hegde, & John S. Blanchard. (2009). Crystallization of a pentapeptide-repeat protein by reductive cyclic pentylation of free amines with glutaraldehyde. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 65(5). 462–469. 13 indexed citations

Vetting, M.W., Patrick A. Frantom, & John S. Blanchard. (2008). Structural and Enzymatic Analysis of MshA from Corynebacterium glutamicum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(23). 15834–15844. 107 indexed citations

Vetting, M.W., Subray S. Hegde, Keith Z. Hazleton, & John S. Blanchard. (2007). Structural characterization of the fusion of two pentapeptide repeat proteins, Np275 and Np276, from Nostoc punctiforme: Resurrection of an ancestral protein. Protein Science. 16(4). 755–760. 31 indexed citations

Yu, Michael, Luiz Pedro S. de Carvalho, Guangxing Sun, & John S. Blanchard. (2006). Activity-Based Substrate Profiling for Gcn5-Related N -Acetyltransferases: The Use of Chloroacetyl-Coenzyme A To Identify Protein Substrates. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(48). 15356–15357. 29 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Luiz Pedro S. de & John S. Blanchard. (2006). Kinetic analysis of the effects of monovalent cations and divalent metals on the activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis α-isopropylmalate synthase. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 451(2). 141–148. 21 indexed citations

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Errey, James C., et al.. (2006). Expression and initial characterization of WbbI, a putatived-Galf:α-d-Glc β-1,6-galactofuranosyltransferase from Escherichia coli K-12. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 4(21). 3945–3950. 33 indexed citations

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Hegde, Subray S., M.W. Vetting, Steven L. Roderick, et al.. (2005). A Fluoroquinolone Resistance Protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis That Mimics DNA. Science. 308(5727). 1480–1483. 216 indexed citations

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Diaper, C. M., Andrew Sutherland, Bindu Pillai, et al.. (2005). The stereoselective synthesis of aziridine analogues of diaminopimelic acid (DAP) and their interaction with dap epimerase. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 3(24). 4402–4402. 35 indexed citations

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Vetting, M.W., Michael Yu, Phillip M. Rendle, & John S. Blanchard. (2005). The Substrate-induced Conformational Change of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycothiol Synthase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(5). 2795–2802. 23 indexed citations

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Vetting, M.W., Sophie Magnet, Edward Nieves, Steven L. Roderick, & John S. Blanchard. (2004). A Bacterial Acetyltransferase Capable of Regioselective N-Acetylation of Antibiotics and Histones. Chemistry & Biology. 11(4). 565–573. 96 indexed citations

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Blanchard, John S.. (2003). Resisting Bacterial Drug Resistance. Chemistry & Biology. 10(2). 104–106. 1 indexed citations

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Beaman, Todd W., Kurt W. Vogel, Dale G. Drueckhammer, John S. Blanchard, & Steven L. Roderick. (2002). Acyl group specificity at the active site of tetrahydridipicolinate N‐succinyltransferase. Protein Science. 11(4). 974–979. 16 indexed citations

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Patel, Mehul, Jovita Marcinkeviciene, & John S. Blanchard. (1998). Enterococcus faecalis glutathione reductase: purification, characterization and expression under normal and hyperbaric O2 conditions. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 166(1). 155–163. 33 indexed citations

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Marcinkeviciene, Jovita & John S. Blanchard. (1997). Catalytic Properties of Lipoamide Dehydrogenase fromMycobacterium smegmatis. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 340(2). 168–176. 7 indexed citations

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Stoll, Vincent S. & John S. Blanchard. (1990). [4] Buffers: Principles and practice. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 182. 24–38. 203 indexed citations

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