J.W. Knill-Jones

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

J.W. Knill-Jones is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, J.W. Knill-Jones has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Ecology and 1 paper in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in J.W. Knill-Jones's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (6 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers). J.W. Knill-Jones is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (6 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (3 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers). J.W. Knill-Jones collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and Germany. J.W. Knill-Jones's co-authors include Alan R. Fersht, Greg Winter, Jianping Shi, P. Brick, Anthony J. Wilkinson, D. M. Blow, Denise M. Lowe, Paul Carter, Mary Miu Yee Waye and Alan R. Fersht and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

J.W. Knill-Jones

8 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Hydrogen bonding and biological specificity analysed by protein engineering

1985 887 citations Alan R. Fersht, Jianping Shi et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J.W. Knill-Jones United Kingdom	8	1.2k	280	277	127	124	8	1.5k
Denise M. Lowe United Kingdom	11	1.0k 0.8×	289 1.0×	130 0.5×	136 1.1×	122 1.0×	18	1.4k
Fernando Marchiori Italy	25	1.6k 1.3×	231 0.8×	194 0.7×	183 1.4×	151 1.2×	89	1.9k
Eric Hébert France	13	729 0.6×	221 0.8×	128 0.5×	67 0.5×	114 0.9×	25	1.1k
Edward E. Hazen United States	15	952 0.8×	275 1.0×	208 0.8×	142 1.1×	136 1.1×	17	1.2k
Shin‐ichi Tate Japan	26	1.5k 1.2×	213 0.8×	173 0.6×	204 1.6×	104 0.8×	83	1.9k
Catherine K. Smith United States	13	1.2k 0.9×	360 1.3×	127 0.5×	96 0.8×	128 1.0×	15	1.3k
Ulrike Wagner Austria	19	1.2k 1.0×	296 1.1×	610 2.2×	110 0.9×	220 1.8×	65	1.9k
G.D. Brayer Canada	19	954 0.8×	302 1.1×	166 0.6×	108 0.9×	113 0.9×	29	1.6k
H.P.C. Driessen United Kingdom	24	1.7k 1.4×	456 1.6×	160 0.6×	89 0.7×	137 1.1×	41	1.9k
G.G. Dodson United Kingdom	14	849 0.7×	268 1.0×	115 0.4×	130 1.0×	73 0.6×	23	1.3k

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Wells, Timothy N. C., et al.. (1991). Kinetic and thermodynamic properties of wild-type and engineered mutants of tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase analyzed by pyrophosphate-exchange kinetics. Biochemistry. 30(21). 5151–5156. 29 indexed citations

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Fersht, Alan R., J.W. Knill-Jones, Hugues Bedouelle, & Greg Winter. (1988). Reconstruction by site-directed mutagenesis of the transition state for the activation of tyrosine by the tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase: a mobile loop envelopes the transition state in an induced-fit mechanism. Biochemistry. 27(5). 1581–1587. 140 indexed citations

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Fersht, Alan R., Jianping Shi, J.W. Knill-Jones, et al.. (1985). Hydrogen bonding and biological specificity analysed by protein engineering. Nature. 314(6008). 235–238. 887 indexed citations breakdown →

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Große, Frank, G. Krauß, J.W. Knill-Jones, & Alan R. Fersht. (1983). Accuracy of DNA polymerase-alpha in copying natural DNA.. The EMBO Journal. 2(9). 1515–1519. 45 indexed citations

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Fersht, Alan R. & J.W. Knill-Jones. (1983). Fidelity of replication of bacteriophage X174 DNA in vitro and in Vivo. Journal of Molecular Biology. 165(4). 633–654. 55 indexed citations

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Fersht, Alan R. & J.W. Knill-Jones. (1983). Contribution of 3′ → 5′ exonuclease activity of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme from Escherichia coli to specificity. Journal of Molecular Biology. 165(4). 669–682. 79 indexed citations

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Fersht, Alan R., J.W. Knill-Jones, & Wing-Cheong Tsui. (1982). Kinetic basis of spontaneous mutation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 156(1). 37–51. 159 indexed citations

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Fersht, Alan R. & J.W. Knill-Jones. (1981). DNA polymerase accuracy and spontaneous mutation rates: frequencies of purine.purine, purine.pyrimidine, and pyrimidine.pyrimidine mismatches during DNA replication.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 78(7). 4251–4255. 82 indexed citations

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