John W. Little

10.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
161 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

John W. Little is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, John W. Little has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 49 papers in Genetics and 34 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in John W. Little's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (44 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (22 papers). John W. Little is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (44 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (25 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (22 papers). John W. Little collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Israel. John W. Little's co-authors include David W. Mount, Baek Kim, R. Barrett Noone, Lih-Ling Lin, David K. Wellisch, Wendy S. Schain, Scott L. Spear, Martin Gellert, Christine B. Michalowski and Steven B. Zimmerman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

John W. Little

157 papers receiving 7.8k 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.

The SOS regulatory system of Escherichia coli

1982 1.3k citations John W. Little et al. Cell profile →
Cleavage of the Escherichia coli lexA protein by the recA protease.

1980 466 citations John W. Little et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Lifting the Anterior Midcheek and Nasolabial Fold: Introduction to the Melo Fat Pad Anatomy and Its Role in Longevity and Recurrence 2023 ·Aesthetic Surgery Journal ·(unknown), Cameron Brown, Richard J. Warren, Berend van der Lei, Bryan C. Mendelson, John W. Little	11
2	Stability and Instability in the Lysogenic State of Phage Lambda 2010 ·Journal of Bacteriology ·John W. Little, Christine B. Michalowski	46
3	Evolution of Complex Gene Regulatory Circuits by Addition of Refinements 2010 ·Current Biology ·John W. Little	15
4	Conservation and diversity in the immunity regions of wild phages with the immunity specificity of phage λ 2007 ·Molecular Microbiology ·Patrick H. Degnan, Christine B. Michalowski, (unknown), Matthew Cordes, John W. Little	14
5	Regulatory circuit design and evolution using phage λ 2004 ·Genes & Development ·Shota Atsumi, John W. Little	33
6	Crystal Structure of LexA 2001 ·Cell ·Yu Luo, Richard A. Pfuetzner, (unknown), Mark Paetzel, Elizabeth A. Frey, M.M. Cherney, Baek Kim, John W. Little, N.C.J. Strynadka	175
7	[20] Cleavage of LexA repressor 1994 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·John W. Little, Baek Kim, Kenneth L. Roland, (unknown), Lih-Ling Lin, Steve N. Slilaty	49
8	Cooperative DNA-Protein Interactions 1994 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Chunhong Mao, Noel G. Carlson, John W. Little	19
9	Highly Cooperative DNA Binding by the Coliphage HK022 Repressor 1993 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Noel G. Carlson, John W. Little	35
10	In vitro analysis of mutant LexA proteins with an increased rate of specific cleavage 1992 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Kenneth L. Roland, (unknown), John A. Rupley, John W. Little	28
11	Saturation mutagenesis of specific codons: elimination of molecules with stop codons from mixed pools of DNA 1990 ·Gene ·John W. Little	4
12	The temporal fossa in head and neck reconstruction: Twenty‐two flaps of scalp, fascia, and full‐thickness cranial bone 1988 ·The Laryngoscope ·Howard M. Matsuba, (unknown), John W. Little, Scott L. Spear	9
13	MODULATED TRANSMISSION IN GAAS DOPING SUPERLATTICE WAVEGUIDES. 1987 ·Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·(unknown), T.B. Simpson, M. S. Tobin, George J. Simonis, John W. Little, R. A. Wilson, (unknown)	1
14	The Psychological Contribution of Nipple Addition in Breast Reconstruction 1987 ·Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery ·David K. Wellisch, Wendy S. Schain, R. Barrett Noone, John W. Little	204
15	Airway hyperreactivity and peripheral airway dysfunction in influenza A infection. 1978 ·PubMed ·John W. Little, William J. Hall, Richard Douglas, G. S. Mudholkar, Donna M. Speers, Kartik Patel	134
16	Trematodes from the Barred Owl, Strix varia in Texas: Brachylaima mcintoshi Harkema, 1939, and Neodiplostomum reflexum Chandler and Rausch, 1947 1975 ·Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science ·John W. Little	6
17	Defective Lambda Particles Whose DNA Carries Only a Single Cohesive End 1971 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·John W. Little, Max E. Gottesman	25
18	New locality records for Taenia rileyi Loewen, 1929 and Taenia macrocystis Diesing, 1850, and a comparison of some hook measurements. 1969 ·Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington ·John W. Little, Sewell H. Hopkins	2
19	Monordotaenia nom.nov. for the badger taeniid cestodes with one row of hooks. 1967 ·Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington ·John W. Little	1
20	Acanthoparyphium spinulosum (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in Oysters at Port Isabel, Texas 1966 ·Journal of Parasitology ·John W. Little, Sewell H. Hopkins, (unknown)	11

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