Kenneth H. Downing

22.9k citations

179 papers · 17.2k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 54

Molecular Biology top 0.2%
Cell Biology top 0.05%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.5%
Structural Biology top 0.02%
Oncology top 1%

Co-authors: Eva Nogales J.M. Baldwin Richard A. Henderson Sharon G. Wolf T.A. Ceska F. Zemlin E. Beckmann Huilin Li
Topics: Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (45 papers)Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (38 papers)Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (33 papers)
Cited by: Structural Biology Cell Biology Molecular Biology
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

Kenneth H. Downing

176 papers receiving 16.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Model for the structure of bacteriorhodopsin based on high-resolution electron cryo-microscopy

1990 2.4k citations Kenneth H. Downing et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
Structure of the αβ tubulin dimer by electron crystallography

1998 1.7k citations Eva Nogales, Sharon G. Wolf et al. profile →
Refined structure of αβ-tubulin at 3.5 Å resolution 1 1Edited by I. A. Wilson

2001 972 citations Jan Löwe, Huilin Li et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
High-Resolution Model of the Microtubule

1999 942 citations Eva Nogales, Michael Whittaker et al. Cell profile →
Electron-crystallographic Refinement of the Structure of Bacteriorhodopsin

1996 810 citations Kenneth H. Downing et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
Structure of purple membrane from halobacterium halobium: recording, measurement and evaluation of electron micrographs at 3.5 Å resolution

1986 563 citations Kenneth H. Downing et al. Ultramicroscopy profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Near-atomic model of microtubule-tau interactions 2018 ·Science ·Elizabeth H. Kellogg,(unknown),Simon Poepsel,Kenneth H. Downing,Frank DiMaio,Eva Nogales	272
2	Diverse uncultivated ultra-small bacterial cells in groundwater 2015 ·Nature Communications ·Birgit Luef,Kyle R. Frischkorn,Kelly Wrighton,Hoi‐Ying N. Holman,Giovanni Birarda,Brian C. Thomas,Andrea Singh,Kenneth H. Williams,Cristina Siegerist,Susannah G. Tringe,Kenneth H. Downing,Luis R. Comolli,Jillian F. Banfield	296
3	An atomic-level mechanism for activation of the kinesin molecular motors 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Charles V. Sindelar,Kenneth H. Downing	136
4	Subtomogram alignment by adaptive Fourier coefficient thresholding 2010 ·Journal of Structural Biology ·Fernando Amat,Luis R. Comolli,Farshid Moussavi,John Smit,Kenneth H. Downing,Mark Horowitz	23
5	The kinesin-1 motor protein is regulated by a direct interaction of its head and tail 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown),Charles V. Sindelar,Paul Duffield Brewer,Kenneth H. Downing,Christine Cremo,Sarah E. Rice	88
6	RESTORATION OF WEAK PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGES RECORDED WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF DEFOCUS: THE"TWIN IMAGE" PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH CTF CORRECTION 2008 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·Kenneth H. Downing	30
7	A Polymeric Protein Anchors the Chromosomal Origin/ParB Complex at a Bacterial Cell Pole 2008 ·Cell ·Grant R. Bowman,Luis R. Comolli,Jian Zhu,Michael Eckart,Marcelle Koenig,Kenneth H. Downing,W. E. Moerner,Thomas Earnest,Lucy Shapiro	251
8	Structural insights into microtubule doublet interactions inaxonemes 2007 ·University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) ·Kenneth H. Downing	26
9	Electron Tomography: A 3D View of the Subcellular World 2007 ·Analytical Chemistry ·Kenneth H. Downing,Haixin Sui,(unknown)	13
10	STROBOSCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURE: REDUCING THE DOSE PER FRAME BY A FACTOR OF 30 DOES NOT PREVENT \nBEAM-INDUCED SPECIMEN MOVEMENT IN PARAFFIN 2006 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Dieter Typke,Christopher J. Gilpin,Kenneth H. Downing,Robert M. Glaeser	18
11	DESIGN OF A MICROFABRICATED, TWO-ELECTRODE PHASE-CONTRAST ELEMENT SUITABLE FOR ELECTRON \nMICROSCOPY 2006 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Rossana Cambié,Kenneth H. Downing,Dieter Typke,Robert M. Glaeser,Jian Jin	80
12	Dose tolerance at helium and nitrogen temperatures for whole cell electron tomography 2005 ·Journal of Structural Biology ·Luis R. Comolli,Kenneth H. Downing	38
13	Meiosis-specific Failure of Cell Cycle Progression in Fission Yeast by Mutation of a Conserved β-Tubulin Residue 2003 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Janet L. Paluh,Alison N. Killilea,H. William Detrich,Kenneth H. Downing	15
14	Microtubule Structure at 8 Å Resolution 2002 ·Structure ·Huilin Li,David J. DeRosier,William V. Nicholson,Eva Nogales,Kenneth H. Downing	326
15	Refined structure of ab-tubulin at 3.5A resolution 2001 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Jan Löwe,(unknown),Kenneth H. Downing	3
16	High-Resolution Model of the Microtubulebreakdown → 1999 ·Cell ·Eva Nogales,Michael Whittaker,Ronald A. Milligan,Kenneth H. Downing	942
17	Performance of a 2k CCD camera designed for electron crystallography at 400kV 1999 ·Ultramicroscopy ·Kenneth H. Downing,(unknown)	46
18	Studies of the Structural Organization of a Bacterial Chemoreceptor by Electron Microscopy 1994 ·Journal of Structural Biology ·Alexander N. Barnakov,Kenneth H. Downing,Gerald L. Hazelbauer	10
19	High-resolution electron crystallography of protein molecules 1993 ·Ultramicroscopy ·Robert M. Glaeser,Kenneth H. Downing	37
20	Tubulin Conformation in Zinc-Induced Sheets and Macrotubes 1993 ·Journal of Structural Biology ·Sharon G. Wolf,Gervaise Mosser,Kenneth H. Downing	29

About Kenneth H. Downing

Kenneth H. Downing is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Cell Biology, having authored 179 papers that have together received 17.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (45 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (38 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (33 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Structural Biology (2.0k citations), Cell Biology (5.3k citations) and Molecular Biology (10.8k citations). Kenneth H. Downing has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Eva Nogales, J.M. Baldwin, Richard A. Henderson, Sharon G. Wolf, T.A. Ceska, F. Zemlin, E. Beckmann, Huilin Li, Robert M. Glaeser and Jan Löwe. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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