Lawrence A. Tabak

11.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
148 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

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Lawrence A. Tabak is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence A. Tabak has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Physiology and 33 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lawrence A. Tabak's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (75 papers), Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions (38 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (33 papers). Lawrence A. Tabak is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (75 papers), Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions (38 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (33 papers). Lawrence A. Tabak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Canada. Lawrence A. Tabak's co-authors include Francis S. Collins, Fred K. Hagen, Timothy A. Fritz, Thomas Gerken, Michael Levine, Irwin D. Mandel, Kelly G. Ten Hagen, Henrik Clausen, Michael J. Levine and Eric Bennett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence A. Tabak

147 papers receiving 7.9k 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.

Policy: NIH plans to enhance reproducibility

2014 827 citations Lawrence A. Tabak et al. profile →
Control of mucin-type O-glycosylation: A classification of the polypeptide GalNAc-transferase gene family

2011 650 citations Thomas Gerken, Timothy A. Fritz et al. Glycobiology profile →
Role of salivary mucins in the protection of the oral cavity

1982 431 citations Lawrence A. Tabak et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lawrence A. Tabak United States	52	4.5k	1.9k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	148	8.2k
Yoshio Hayashi Japan	49	4.3k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	157 0.1×	1.9k 1.3×	379	10.0k
Enno Christophers Germany	66	3.7k 0.8×	2.6k 1.4×	10.1k 6.6×	365 0.2×	357 0.2×	362	18.9k
Min Wang China	56	9.0k 2.0×	473 0.2×	2.4k 1.5×	389 0.3×	324 0.2×	702	16.6k
Timothy J. Mitchell United Kingdom	67	3.5k 0.8×	467 0.2×	2.5k 1.6×	218 0.1×	284 0.2×	355	14.2k
Ralph Snyderman United States	77	7.8k 1.7×	1.9k 1.0×	7.7k 5.0×	429 0.3×	191 0.1×	286	18.5k
Rakesh Kumar Australia	46	1.6k 0.4×	2.3k 1.2×	2.0k 1.3×	94 0.1×	500 0.3×	271	7.6k
Jan Pohl United States	51	4.8k 1.1×	461 0.2×	1.8k 1.2×	94 0.1×	315 0.2×	158	9.1k
Maria Grazia Cifone Italy	46	3.0k 0.7×	888 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	152 0.1×	156 0.1×	183	7.1k
Robert A. Schwartz United States	63	1.4k 0.3×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	549 0.4×	86 0.1×	551	15.8k
Emanual Maverakis United States	39	1.5k 0.3×	367 0.2×	2.2k 1.4×	279 0.2×	249 0.2×	183	6.1k

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Yang, Weiming, et al.. (2024). In vivo mapping of the mouse Galnt3-specific O-glycoproteome. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(9). 107628–107628. 4 indexed citations

Oldoni, Federico, Antoine Rimbert, E Tian, et al.. (2022). A novel role for GalNAc-T2 dependent glycosylation in energy homeostasis. Molecular Metabolism. 60. 101472–101472. 7 indexed citations

Syed, Zulfeqhar A., E Tian, N.L. Samara, et al.. (2021). Furin cleavage of the SARS-CoV-2 spike is modulated by O -glycosylation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(47). 102 indexed citations

Bernard, Marie, et al.. (2021). The US National Institutes of Health approach to inclusive excellence. Nature Medicine. 27(11). 1861–1864. 18 indexed citations

Zheng, Wei, Thomas M. Beres, Adina L. Milac, et al.. (2017). Characterization and expression analysis of Galnts in developing Strongylocentrotus purpuratus embryos. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0176479–e0176479. 5 indexed citations

Raman, Jayalakshmi, et al.. (2011). UDP-N-acetyl-α-d-galactosamine:polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferases: Completion of the family tree. Glycobiology. 22(6). 768–777. 72 indexed citations

Tabak, Lawrence A.. (2010). The role of mucin-type O-glycans in eukaryotic development. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 21(6). 616–621. 53 indexed citations

Wu, Peng, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Timothy A. Fritz, et al.. (2009). Glycopeptide-preferring Polypeptide GalNAc Transferase 10 (ppGalNAc T10), Involved in Mucin-type O-Glycosylation, Has a Unique GalNAc-O-Ser/Thr-binding Site in Its Catalytic Domain Not Found in ppGalNAc T1 or T2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(30). 20387–20397. 51 indexed citations

García, Isabel & Lawrence A. Tabak. (2009). A View of the Future. The Journal of the American Dental Association. 140. 44S–48S. 10 indexed citations

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Raman, Jayalakshmi, Timothy A. Fritz, Thomas Gerken, et al.. (2008). The Catalytic and Lectin Domains of UDP-GalNAc:Polypeptide α-N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferase Function in Concert to Direct Glycosylation Site Selection. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(34). 22942–22951. 70 indexed citations

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Milac, Adina L., Nicolae‐Viorel Buchete, Timothy A. Fritz, Gerhard Hummer, & Lawrence A. Tabak. (2007). Substrate-induced Conformational Changes and Dynamics of UDP-N-Acetylgalactosamine:Polypeptide N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-2. Journal of Molecular Biology. 373(2). 439–451. 25 indexed citations

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Hart, Tessa, Bruce Lee Pihlstrom, & Lawrence A. Tabak. (2004). Oral Health Research at the Crossroads: Translate We Must!. Journal of Endodontics. 30(10). 684–688. 7 indexed citations

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Tabak, Lawrence A., et al.. (2004). Mouth to mouth. Natural history. 113(9). 33–37. 1 indexed citations

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Pratt, Matthew R., Howard C. Hang, Kelly G. Ten Hagen, et al.. (2004). Deconvoluting the Functions of Polypeptide N-α-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferase Family Members by Glycopeptide Substrate Profiling. Chemistry & Biology. 11(7). 1009–1016. 76 indexed citations

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Kukuruzinska, Maria A. & Lawrence A. Tabak. (1998). Salivary gland biogenesis and function. New York Academy of Sciences eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Nehrke, Keith, Kelly G. Ten Hagen, Fred K. Hagen, & Lawrence A. Tabak. (1997). Charge distribution of flanking amino acids inhibits O-glycosylation of several single-site acceptors in vivo. Glycobiology. 7(8). 1053–1060. 26 indexed citations

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Sharma, Ashu, Brian O’Connell, Lawrence A. Tabak, & Gurrinder S. Bedi. (1995). Expression of a functional rat salivary cystatin S polypeptide in Escherichia coli. Archives of Oral Biology. 40(7). 639–644. 8 indexed citations

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Tabak, Lawrence A.. (1995). In Defense of the Oral Cavity: Structure, Biosynthesis, and Function of Salivary Mucins. Annual Review of Physiology. 57(1). 547–564. 303 indexed citations

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He, Xinjun, et al.. (1990). Establishment and characterization of 12S adenoviral E1A immortalized rat submandibular gland epithelial cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 170(1). 336–343. 16 indexed citations

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Tabak, Lawrence A., et al.. (1982). Structures of the O-glycosidic Units of a Mucin-gycoprotein from Rat Submandibular Glands. Journal of Dental Research. 61. 240. 3 indexed citations

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