Lee Theriot

2.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
10 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Lee Theriot is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lee Theriot has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Lee Theriot's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers), Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (3 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (2 papers). Lee Theriot is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (3 papers), Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (3 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (2 papers). Lee Theriot collaborates with scholars based in United States. Lee Theriot's co-authors include Paul Howard-Flanders, Richard P. Boyce and Jack Levin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Lee Theriot

10 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

MUTANTS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12 DEFECTIVE IN DNA REPAIR AND IN GENETIC RECOMBINATION

1966 572 citations Paul Howard-Flanders, Lee Theriot Genetics profile →
THREE LOCI IN ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12 THAT CONTROL THE EXCISION OF PYRIMIDINE DIMERS AND CERTAIN OTHER MUTAGEN PRODUCTS FROM DNA

1966 520 citations Paul Howard-Flanders, Richard P. Boyce et al. Genetics profile →
A LOCUS THAT CONTROLS FILAMENT FORMATION AND SENSITIVITY TO RADIATION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12

1964 392 citations Paul Howard-Flanders, Lee Theriot et al. Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lee Theriot United States	10	1.6k	845	311	236	154	10	1.9k
Richard P. Boyce United States	18	2.2k 1.4×	845 1.0×	395 1.3×	377 1.6×	231 1.5×	25	2.6k
M. Demerec United States	25	1.4k 0.9×	629 0.7×	385 1.2×	123 0.5×	229 1.5×	44	2.1k
Irwin Tessman United States	28	1.9k 1.2×	837 1.0×	943 3.0×	119 0.5×	218 1.4×	82	2.3k
Hazel D. Barner United States	20	1.4k 0.9×	405 0.5×	216 0.7×	114 0.5×	115 0.7×	25	2.0k
R. H. Pritchard United Kingdom	26	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	384 1.2×	52 0.2×	249 1.6×	54	2.3k
Raymond Devoret France	34	2.2k 1.4×	1.5k 1.8×	452 1.5×	421 1.8×	239 1.6×	82	2.8k
Ann K. Ganesan United States	21	1.9k 1.2×	606 0.7×	176 0.6×	450 1.9×	214 1.4×	41	2.2k
Howard I. Adler United States	20	948 0.6×	644 0.8×	354 1.1×	59 0.3×	108 0.7×	39	1.5k
Adriana Bailone France	28	2.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.6×	375 1.2×	304 1.3×	220 1.4×	48	2.4k
Julian D. Gross United Kingdom	8	1.1k 0.7×	819 1.0×	313 1.0×	85 0.4×	63 0.4×	8	1.3k

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Howard-Flanders, Paul, et al.. (1969). Some Properties of Excision-defective Recombination-deficient Mutants of Escherichia coli K-12. Journal of Bacteriology. 97(3). 1134–1141. 119 indexed citations

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Howard-Flanders, Paul, Richard P. Boyce, & Lee Theriot. (1966). THREE LOCI IN ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12 THAT CONTROL THE EXCISION OF PYRIMIDINE DIMERS AND CERTAIN OTHER MUTAGEN PRODUCTS FROM DNA. Genetics. 53(6). 1119–1136. 520 indexed citations breakdown →

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Howard-Flanders, Paul & Lee Theriot. (1966). MUTANTS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12 DEFECTIVE IN DNA REPAIR AND IN GENETIC RECOMBINATION. Genetics. 53(6). 1137–1150. 572 indexed citations breakdown →

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Howard-Flanders, Paul, et al.. (1964). The excision of thymine dimers from DNA, filament formation and sensitivity to ultraviolet light in Escherichia coli K-12. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 1(3). 219–226. 30 indexed citations

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Howard-Flanders, Paul, et al.. (1964). A LOCUS THAT CONTROLS FILAMENT FORMATION AND SENSITIVITY TO RADIATION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12. Genetics. 49(2). 237–246. 392 indexed citations breakdown →

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Howard-Flanders, Paul, Jack Levin, & Lee Theriot. (1963). Reactions of deoxyribonucleic acid radicals with sulfhydryl compoundsin x-irradiated bacteriophage systems.. PubMed. 18. 593–606. 38 indexed citations

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Levin, Jack, et al.. (1963). Reactions of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Radicals with Sulfhydryl Compounds in X-Irradiated Bacteriophage Systems. Radiation Research. 18(4). 593–593. 26 indexed citations

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Howard-Flanders, Paul & Lee Theriot. (1962). A METHOD FOR SELECTING RADIATION-SENSITIVE MUTANTS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI. Genetics. 47(9). 1219–1224. 93 indexed citations

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Howard-Flanders, Paul, Richard P. Boyce, & Lee Theriot. (1962). Mechanism of Sensitization to Ultra-Violet Light of T1 Bacteriophage by the Incorporation of 5-Bromodeoxyuridine or by Pre-Irradiation of the Host Cell. Nature. 195(4836). 51–54. 49 indexed citations

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Howard-Flanders, Paul, et al.. (1962). A GENETIC LOCUS IN E. COLI K12 THAT CONTROLS THE REACTIVATION OF UV-PHOTOPRODUCTS ASSOCIATED WITH THYMINE IN DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 48(12). 2109–2115. 86 indexed citations

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