Kenneth H. Downing

22.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
179 papers, 17.2k citations indexed

About

Kenneth H. Downing is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Structural Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth H. Downing has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 17.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Molecular Biology, 45 papers in Structural Biology and 41 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Kenneth H. Downing's 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). Kenneth H. Downing is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (45 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (38 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (33 papers). Kenneth H. Downing collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Kenneth H. Downing's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth H. Downing

176 papers receiving 16.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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 →

Peers

Kenneth H. Downing

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Thomas Walz United States

Michael W. Davidson United States

Yifan Cheng United States

Eva Nogales United States

Andreas Engel Switzerland

Elizabeth Villa United States

Daniel J. Müller Switzerland

Nikolaus Grigorieff United States

Arie J. Verkleij Netherlands

Taekjip Ha United States

Thomas Walz United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth H. Downing

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kenneth H. Downing. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kenneth H. Downing based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kenneth H. Downing. Kenneth H. Downing is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Kellogg, Elizabeth H., et al.. (2018). Near-atomic model of microtubule-tau interactions. Science. 360(6394). 1242–1246. 272 indexed citations

Luef, Birgit, Kyle R. Frischkorn, Kelly Wrighton, et al.. (2015). Diverse uncultivated ultra-small bacterial cells in groundwater. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6372–6372. 296 indexed citations

Sindelar, Charles V. & Kenneth H. Downing. (2010). An atomic-level mechanism for activation of the kinesin molecular motors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(9). 4111–4116. 136 indexed citations

Amat, Fernando, Luis R. Comolli, Farshid Moussavi, et al.. (2010). Subtomogram alignment by adaptive Fourier coefficient thresholding. Journal of Structural Biology. 171(3). 332–344. 23 indexed citations

Sindelar, Charles V., et al.. (2008). The kinesin-1 motor protein is regulated by a direct interaction of its head and tail. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(26). 8938–8943. 88 indexed citations

Downing, Kenneth H.. (2008). RESTORATION OF WEAK PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGES RECORDED WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF DEFOCUS: THE"TWIN IMAGE" PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH CTF CORRECTION. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 30 indexed citations

Bowman, Grant R., Luis R. Comolli, Jian Zhu, et al.. (2008). A Polymeric Protein Anchors the Chromosomal Origin/ParB Complex at a Bacterial Cell Pole. Cell. 134(6). 945–955. 251 indexed citations

Downing, Kenneth H.. (2007). Structural insights into microtubule doublet interactions inaxonemes. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 26 indexed citations

Downing, Kenneth H., et al.. (2007). Electron Tomography: A 3D View of the Subcellular World. Analytical Chemistry. 79(21). 7949–7957. 13 indexed citations

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Typke, Dieter, Christopher J. Gilpin, Kenneth H. Downing, & Robert M. Glaeser. (2006). STROBOSCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURE: REDUCING THE DOSE PER FRAME BY A FACTOR OF 30 DOES NOT PREVENT \nBEAM-INDUCED SPECIMEN MOVEMENT IN PARAFFIN. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 18 indexed citations

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Cambié, Rossana, Kenneth H. Downing, Dieter Typke, Robert M. Glaeser, & Jian Jin. (2006). DESIGN OF A MICROFABRICATED, TWO-ELECTRODE PHASE-CONTRAST ELEMENT SUITABLE FOR ELECTRON \nMICROSCOPY. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 80 indexed citations

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Comolli, Luis R. & Kenneth H. Downing. (2005). Dose tolerance at helium and nitrogen temperatures for whole cell electron tomography. Journal of Structural Biology. 152(3). 149–156. 38 indexed citations

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Paluh, Janet L., Alison N. Killilea, H. William Detrich, & Kenneth H. Downing. (2003). Meiosis-specific Failure of Cell Cycle Progression in Fission Yeast by Mutation of a Conserved β-Tubulin Residue. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15(3). 1160–1171. 15 indexed citations

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Li, Huilin, David J. DeRosier, William V. Nicholson, Eva Nogales, & Kenneth H. Downing. (2002). Microtubule Structure at 8 Å Resolution. Structure. 10(10). 1317–1328. 326 indexed citations

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Löwe, Jan, et al.. (2001). Refined structure of ab-tubulin at 3.5A resolution. Journal of Molecular Biology. 313(5). 45–57. 3 indexed citations

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Nogales, Eva, Michael Whittaker, Ronald A. Milligan, & Kenneth H. Downing. (1999). High-Resolution Model of the Microtubule. Cell. 96(1). 79–88. 942 indexed citations breakdown →

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Downing, Kenneth H., et al.. (1999). Performance of a 2k CCD camera designed for electron crystallography at 400kV. Ultramicroscopy. 75(4). 215–233. 46 indexed citations

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Barnakov, Alexander N., Kenneth H. Downing, & Gerald L. Hazelbauer. (1994). Studies of the Structural Organization of a Bacterial Chemoreceptor by Electron Microscopy. Journal of Structural Biology. 112(2). 117–124. 10 indexed citations

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Glaeser, Robert M. & Kenneth H. Downing. (1993). High-resolution electron crystallography of protein molecules. Ultramicroscopy. 52(3-4). 478–486. 37 indexed citations

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Wolf, Sharon G., Gervaise Mosser, & Kenneth H. Downing. (1993). Tubulin Conformation in Zinc-Induced Sheets and Macrotubes. Journal of Structural Biology. 111(3). 190–199. 29 indexed citations

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