Keith Backman

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Keith Backman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith Backman has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Keith Backman's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers). Keith Backman is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (5 papers). Keith Backman collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Keith Backman's co-authors include Francisco Bolívar, Mark Ptashne, W Gilbert, Boris Magasanik, Yuezhou Chen, Robert T. Sauer, Barbara J Meyer, Andrea Jeffrey, Russell Maurer and Herbert W. Boyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Keith Backman

29 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

[16] Plasmids of Escherichia coli as cloning vectors

1979 609 citations Francisco Bolívar, Keith Backman Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith Backman United States	20	2.4k	1.4k	777	290	278	29	3.0k
Katsumi Isono Japan	29	3.3k 1.4×	1.8k 1.2×	734 0.9×	292 1.0×	384 1.4×	66	4.0k
Akiko Higa United States	7	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	618 0.8×	285 1.0×	221 0.8×	17	2.8k
Maxime Schwartz France	24	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	672 0.9×	153 0.5×	388 1.4×	40	2.5k
John B. Perkins United States	22	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	947 1.2×	229 0.8×	244 0.9×	35	2.4k
Austin L. Taylor United States	18	2.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	216 0.7×	401 1.4×	33	3.6k
Donna L. Daniels United States	20	1.5k 0.6×	848 0.6×	516 0.7×	245 0.8×	242 0.9×	25	2.0k
Russell Maurer United States	23	2.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	755 1.0×	172 0.6×	135 0.5×	32	3.2k
Nancy G. Nossal United States	35	3.0k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	169 0.6×	195 0.7×	58	3.4k
Hans‐Joachim Fritz Germany	27	2.8k 1.2×	948 0.7×	404 0.5×	234 0.8×	252 0.9×	62	3.3k
Atsuo Nakata Japan	28	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	420 0.5×	272 0.9×	190 0.7×	53	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Keith Backman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Keith Backman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keith Backman

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20 of 20 papers shown

Backman, Keith, Wendy Mears, Joseph de Nanassy, et al.. (2021). A splice site and copy number variant responsible for TTC25-related primary ciliary dyskinesia. European Journal of Medical Genetics. 64(5). 104193–104193. 5 indexed citations

Shimer, George H. & Keith Backman. (2003). Ligase Chain Reaction. Humana Press eBooks. 46. 269–278. 1 indexed citations

Backman, Keith. (2001). The advent of genetic engineering. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 26(4). 268–270. 1 indexed citations

Balakrishnan, R., et al.. (1994). A gene cassette for adapting Escherichia coli strains as hosts for att-Int-mediated rearrangement and pL expression vectors. Gene. 138(1-2). 101–104. 5 indexed citations

Balakrishnan, R., Mirjam Fröhlich, P Rahaim, Keith Backman, & R. Rogers Yocum. (1993). Appendix. Cloning and sequence of the gene encoding enzyme E-1 from the methionine salvage pathway of Klebsiella oxytoca.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 268(33). 24792–24795. 19 indexed citations

Backman, Keith, A Maruya, Diane L. McKay, et al.. (1990). Genetic Engineering of Metabolic Pathways Applied to the Production of Phenylalanine. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 589(1). 16–24. 51 indexed citations

Balakrishnan, R. & Keith Backman. (1988). Controllable alteration of cell genotype in bacterial cultures using an excision vector. Gene. 67(1). 97–103. 12 indexed citations

Miller, Judith E., et al.. (1987). Production of phenylalanine and organic acids by phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase-deficient mutants ofEscherichia coli. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 2(3). 143–149. 32 indexed citations

Backman, Keith, et al.. (1984). Use of Synchronous Site-Specific Recombination in Vivo to Regulate Gene Expression. Bio/Technology. 2(12). 1045–1049. 12 indexed citations

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Backman, Keith & Herbert W. Boyer. (1983). Tetracycline resistance determined by pBR322 is mediated by one polypeptide. Gene. 26(2-3). 197–203. 41 indexed citations

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Backman, Keith, et al.. (1983). Regulation at the glnL -Operator-Promoter of the Complex glnALG Operon of Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 153(3). 1247–1251. 38 indexed citations

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Backman, Keith, et al.. (1983). The Product of glnL Is Not Essential for Regulation of Bacterial Nitrogen Assimilation. Journal of Bacteriology. 154(1). 516–519. 28 indexed citations

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Chen, Yuezhou, Keith Backman, & Boris Magasanik. (1982). Characterization of a gene, glnL, the product of which is involved in the regulation of nitrogen utilization in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 150(1). 214–220. 108 indexed citations

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Backman, Keith, Yuezhou Chen, & Boris Magasanik. (1981). Physical and genetic characterization of the glnA--glnG region of the Escherichia coli chromosome.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 78(6). 3743–3747. 210 indexed citations

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Roberts, Thomas M., Stephen L. Swanberg, Anthony R. Poteete, Gerard E. Riedel, & Keith Backman. (1980). A plasmid cloning vehicle allowing a positive selection for inserted fragments. Gene. 12(1-2). 123–127. 96 indexed citations

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Bolívar, Francisco & Keith Backman. (1979). [16] Plasmids of Escherichia coli as cloning vectors. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 68. 245–267. 609 indexed citations breakdown →

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Backman, Keith, Mary C. Betlach, H W Boyer, & Stephen Yanofsky. (1979). Genetic and Physical Studies on the Replication of ColE1-type Plasmids. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 43(0). 69–76. 71 indexed citations

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Greene, Patricia J., Herbert L. Heyneker, Francisco Bolívar, et al.. (1978). A general method for the purification of restriction enzymes. Nucleic Acids Research. 5(7). 2373–2380. 296 indexed citations

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Ptashne, Mark, Keith Backman, Andrea Jeffrey, et al.. (1976). Autoregulation and Function of a Repressor in Bacteriophage Lambda. Science. 194(4261). 156–161. 327 indexed citations

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Maniatis, Tom, Mark Ptashne, Keith Backman, et al.. (1975). Recognition sequences of repressor and polymerase in the operators of bacteriophage lambda. Cell. 5(2). 109–113. 180 indexed citations

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