Larry Reitzer

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Larry Reitzer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Larry Reitzer has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Genetics and 17 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Larry Reitzer's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (30 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (17 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers). Larry Reitzer is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (30 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (17 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers). Larry Reitzer collaborates with scholars based in United States and Spain. Larry Reitzer's co-authors include Boris Magasanik, David Kennell, Burton M. Wice, Barbara L. Schneider, Alexander J. Ninfa, Greg A. Somerville, Michael S. Chaussee, James M. Musser, Hualin Simon Xi and Philippe E. Zimmern and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Larry Reitzer

53 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Evidence that glutamine, not sugar, is the major energy source for cultured HeLa cells.

1979 1.0k citations Larry Reitzer, Burton M. Wice et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Larry Reitzer United States	33	3.1k	1.5k	517	484	462	57	4.5k
Tim Clausen Austria	47	4.7k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	566 1.1×	380 0.8×	195 0.4×	102	7.1k
Wim J. Quax Netherlands	53	7.4k 2.4×	2.1k 1.3×	259 0.5×	1.0k 2.1×	297 0.6×	239	9.7k
Jean‐François Collet Belgium	42	3.8k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	472 0.9×	430 0.9×	90 0.2×	110	6.0k
Atsushi Nakazawa Japan	42	2.6k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	180 0.3×	359 0.7×	128 0.3×	120	4.9k
Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar United States	48	4.6k 1.5×	860 0.6×	168 0.3×	316 0.7×	242 0.5×	105	7.1k
C R Raetz United States	51	4.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	980 1.9×	278 0.6×	159 0.3×	87	6.0k
Laura Baldomà Spain	37	2.4k 0.8×	571 0.4×	182 0.4×	290 0.6×	145 0.3×	115	4.2k
Carmelo B. Bruni Italy	42	3.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	111 0.2×	392 0.8×	311 0.7×	127	5.4k
Irving P. Crawford United States	43	3.9k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	395 0.8×	528 1.1×	159 0.3×	101	5.4k
Barry R. Bochner United States	26	2.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	181 0.4×	698 1.4×	84 0.2×	34	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Larry Reitzer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Larry Reitzer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Larry Reitzer

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Zimmern, Philippe E., et al.. (2025). Control of pili synthesis and putrescine homeostasis in Escherichia coli. eLife. 13.

Zimmern, Philippe E., et al.. (2024). Control of pili synthesis and putrescine homeostasis in Escherichia coli. eLife. 13.

Christie, Alana, et al.. (2024). Daily and Weekly Urine Variations in Bacterial Growth Susceptibility in Postmenopausal Women With no History of Urinary Tract Infection: A Pilot Study. Urology. 194. 82–88. 1 indexed citations

Zimmern, Philippe E., et al.. (2023). Facile transduction with P1 phage in Escherichia coli associated with urinary tract infections. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 208. 106722–106722. 2 indexed citations

Xuan, Zhenyu, et al.. (2023). The distinct transcriptome of virulence-associated phylogenetic group B2 Escherichia coli. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(5). e0208523–e0208523. 6 indexed citations

Christie, Alana, et al.. (2022). Bacterial Growth of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli in Pooled Urine Is Much Higher than Predicted from the Average Growth in Individual Urine Samples. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(5). e0201622–e0201622. 7 indexed citations

Zimmern, Philippe E., et al.. (2021). Nutrient and Energy Pathway Requirements for Surface Motility of Nonpathogenic and Uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 203(11). 8 indexed citations

Reitzer, Larry & Philippe E. Zimmern. (2019). Rapid Growth and Metabolism of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli in Relation to Urine Composition. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 33(1). 57 indexed citations

Tocilj, Ante, Joseph D. Schrag, Yunge Li, et al.. (2005). Crystal Structure of N-Succinylarginine Dihydrolase AstB, Bound to Substrate and Product, an Enzyme from the Arginine Catabolic Pathway of Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(16). 15800–15808. 19 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiaofeng, Youngran Ji, Barbara L. Schneider, & Larry Reitzer. (2004). Phosphorylation-independent Dimer-Dimer Interactions by the Enhancer-binding Activator NtrC of Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(35). 36708–36714. 15 indexed citations

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Harrod, Carson, Xiaofeng Yang, Matthew Junker, & Larry Reitzer. (2004). Evidence for a Second Interaction between the Regulatory Amino-terminal and Central Output Domains of the Response Regulator NtrC (Nitrogen Regulator I) in Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(4). 2350–2359. 5 indexed citations

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Rintoul, Marı́a R., et al.. (2002). Regulation of the Escherichia coli Allantoin Regulon: Coordinated Function of the Repressor AllR and the Activator AllS. Journal of Molecular Biology. 324(4). 599–610. 37 indexed citations

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Reitzer, Larry, et al.. (2002). ArgR-Independent Induction and ArgR-Dependent Superinduction of theastCADBEOperon inEscherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 184(11). 2940–2950. 72 indexed citations

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Schneider, Barbara L., et al.. (1995). Utilization of Aspartate as a Nitrogen Source in Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(2). 638–646. 10 indexed citations

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Reitzer, Larry, et al.. (1993). Effects of insertions and deletions in glnG (ntrC) of Escherichia coli on nitrogen regulator I-dependent DNA binding and transcriptional activation. Journal of Bacteriology. 175(1). 190–199. 14 indexed citations

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Schneider, Barbara L., et al.. (1992). Role of nitrogen regulator I (NtrC), the transcriptional activator of glnA in enteric bacteria, in reducing expression of glnA during nitrogen-limited growth. Journal of Bacteriology. 174(1). 179–185. 23 indexed citations

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Reitzer, Larry, et al.. (1987). Mutations that create new promoters suppress the sigma 54 dependence of glnA transcription in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 169(9). 4279–4284. 37 indexed citations

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Mango, Susan E., et al.. (1984). Identification and regulation of the glnL operator-promoter of the complex glnALG operon of Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 160(1). 379–384. 66 indexed citations

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Reitzer, Larry & Boris Magasanik. (1983). Isolation of the nitrogen assimilation regulator NR _I , the product of the glnG gene of Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80(18). 5554–5558. 97 indexed citations

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Wice, Burton M., Larry Reitzer, & David Kennell. (1981). The continuous growth of vertebrate cells in the absence of sugar.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 256(15). 7812–7819. 102 indexed citations

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