Leon Levintow

3.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
38 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Leon Levintow is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Leon Levintow has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 11 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Leon Levintow's work include Viral Infections and Immunology Research (12 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (10 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers). Leon Levintow is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Immunology Research (12 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (10 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (6 papers). Leon Levintow collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and Ukraine. Leon Levintow's co-authors include J. Michael Bishop, Hermann Oppermann, Harold Varmus, Arthur D. Levinson, James Darnell, Alton Meister, Jesse P. Greenstein, Harry Eagle, Sanford M. Birnbaum and Matthew D. Scharff and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Leon Levintow

38 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Evidence that the transforming gene of avian sarcoma virus encodes a protein kinase associated with a phosphoprotein

1978 570 citations Arthur D. Levinson, Hermann Oppermann et al. Cell profile →
Uninfected vertebrate cells contain a protein that is closely related to the product of the avian sarcoma virus transforming gene (src).

1979 327 citations Hermann Oppermann, Arthur D. Levinson et al. profile →
SPECIFICITY OF AMINO ACID ACYLASES

1952 299 citations Sanford M. Birnbaum, Leon Levintow 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
Leon Levintow United States	28	1.9k	742	406	394	326	38	3.1k
Mary L. Stephenson United States	24	3.7k 1.9×	448 0.6×	96 0.2×	127 0.3×	173 0.5×	31	4.9k
Richard A. Zakour United States	10	4.0k 2.1×	1.1k 1.5×	59 0.1×	147 0.4×	281 0.9×	11	5.4k
M C Komaromy United States	14	1.8k 0.9×	474 0.6×	66 0.2×	234 0.6×	100 0.3×	22	2.8k
Paul R. Caron United States	26	4.0k 2.1×	391 0.5×	73 0.2×	179 0.5×	431 1.3×	40	5.2k
R.J. Fletterick United States	16	2.9k 1.5×	223 0.3×	76 0.2×	192 0.5×	306 0.9×	20	3.8k
Reinhard Brossmer Germany	35	3.0k 1.5×	246 0.3×	181 0.4×	53 0.1×	235 0.7×	209	4.2k
Theophil Staehelin United States	24	2.0k 1.1×	222 0.3×	62 0.2×	116 0.3×	91 0.3×	31	2.6k
Robert R. Traut United States	46	5.1k 2.6×	1.1k 1.5×	49 0.1×	166 0.4×	80 0.2×	108	5.9k
Daniel Meruelo United States	35	1.6k 0.8×	944 1.3×	137 0.3×	50 0.1×	288 0.9×	128	3.7k
Robert F. Weaver United States	24	2.2k 1.2×	598 0.8×	95 0.2×	81 0.2×	91 0.3×	51	2.9k

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Oppermann, Hermann, Arthur D. Levinson, Leon Levintow, et al.. (1981). Two cellular proteins that immunoprecipitate with the transforming protein of Rous sarcoma virus. Virology. 113(2). 736–751. 101 indexed citations

Oppermann, Hermann, J. Michael Bishop, Harold Varmus, & Leon Levintow. (1977). A joint product of the genes gag and pol of Avian Sarcoma Virus: a possible precursor of reverse transcriptase. Cell. 12(4). 993–1005. 153 indexed citations

Levintow, Leon, et al.. (1970). Kinetics of appearance of the products of poliovirus-induced RNA polymerase. Virology. 42(4). 999–1006. 20 indexed citations

Levintow, Leon, et al.. (1970). Dynamics of poliovirus-specific RNA synthesis and the effects of inhibitors of virus replication. Virology. 40(3). 634–642. 48 indexed citations

Darnell, James, et al.. (1970). A brief chronicle on Harry Eagle. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 76(3). 241–252. 1 indexed citations

Levintow, Leon, et al.. (1969). Analysis of poliovirus-specific RNA in infected HeLa cells by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Virology. 37(4). 535–544. 20 indexed citations

Levintow, Leon. (1965). The Biochemistry of Virus Replication. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 34(1). 487–526. 39 indexed citations

Scharff, Matthew D., et al.. (1963). Interruption of poliovirus RNA synthesis by p-fluorophenylalanine and puromycin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 10(2). 127–132. 27 indexed citations

Scharff, Matthew D. & Leon Levintow. (1963). Quantitative study of the formation of poliovirus antigens in infected HeLa cells. Virology. 19(4). 491–500. 41 indexed citations

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Levintow, Leon, Marilyn M. Thorén, James Darnell, & Joel Hooper. (1962). Effect of p-fluorophenylalanine and puromycin on the replication of poliovirus. Virology. 16(3). 220–229. 62 indexed citations

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Levintow, Leon & Harry Eagle. (1961). Biochemistry of Cultured Mammalian Cells. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 30(1). 605–640. 97 indexed citations

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Levintow, Leon & James Darnell. (1960). A Simplified Procedure for Purification of Large Amounts of Poliovirus: Characterization and Amino Acid Analysis of Type 1 Poliovirus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 235(1). 70–73. 171 indexed citations

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Levintow, Leon. (1957). Evidence that Glutamine Is a Precursor of Asparagine in a Human Cell in Tissue Culture. Science. 126(3274). 611–612. 42 indexed citations

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Meister, Alton, et al.. (1955). HYDROLYSIS AND TRANSFER REACTIONS CATALYZED BY ω-AMIDASE PREPARATIONS. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 215(1). 441–460. 118 indexed citations

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Levintow, Leon, Alton Meister, George H. Hogeboom, & Edward L. Kuff. (1955). Studies on the Relationship between the Enzymatic Synthesis of Glutamine and the Glutamyl Transfer Reaction¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 77(20). 5304–5308. 50 indexed citations

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Levintow, Leon. (1954). The Glutamyltransferase Activity of Normal and Neoplastic Tissues. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 15(2). 347–52. 56 indexed citations

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Levintow, Leon & G. David Novelli. (1954). THE SYNTHESIS OF COENZYME A FROM PANTETHEINE: PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF PANTETHEINE KINASE. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 207(2). 761–765. 24 indexed citations

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Levintow, Leon & Alton Meister. (1954). REVERSIBILITY OF THE ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF GLUTAMINE. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 209(1). 265–280. 137 indexed citations

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Birnbaum, Sanford M., et al.. (1952). SPECIFICITY OF AMINO ACID ACYLASES. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 194(1). 455–470. 299 indexed citations breakdown →

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Levintow, Leon & Jesse P. Greenstein. (1951). PREPARATION OF d-ORNITHINE, d-CITRULLINE, AND d-ARGININE. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 188(2). 643–646. 12 indexed citations

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