Leonard E. Mortenson

7.9k total citations
133 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Leonard E. Mortenson is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonard E. Mortenson has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 47 papers in Molecular Biology and 40 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Leonard E. Mortenson's work include Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (73 papers), Hydrogen Storage and Materials (26 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (22 papers). Leonard E. Mortenson is often cited by papers focused on Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (73 papers), Hydrogen Storage and Materials (26 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (22 papers). Leonard E. Mortenson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Poland. Leonard E. Mortenson's co-authors include Michael W. W. Adams, Jiann-Shin Chen, Walter G. Zumft, Raymond C. Valentine, J E Carnahan, Graham Palmer, George Nakos, Stephen P. Cramer, Keith O. Hodgson and W. O. Gillum and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Leonard E. Mortenson

131 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leonard E. Mortenson United States 46 3.6k 2.1k 1.4k 1.1k 688 133 5.9k
William H. Orme‐Johnson United States 50 2.5k 0.7× 2.5k 1.2× 964 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 606 0.9× 136 6.3k
Richard Cammack United Kingdom 49 3.9k 1.1× 3.6k 1.7× 1.5k 1.0× 1.6k 1.5× 292 0.4× 233 8.7k
Paul W. Ludden United States 48 3.4k 0.9× 3.0k 1.4× 947 0.7× 940 0.9× 696 1.0× 142 6.5k
Robert R. Eady United Kingdom 47 3.3k 0.9× 2.4k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 1.8k 1.7× 1.2k 1.8× 162 6.6k
R. N. F. Thorneley United Kingdom 41 1.8k 0.5× 2.1k 1.0× 944 0.7× 833 0.8× 734 1.1× 122 5.7k
William E. Newton United States 45 3.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 1.5k 1.4× 1.1k 1.6× 163 7.5k
E. Claude Hatchikian France 37 5.2k 1.4× 1.4k 0.7× 1.7k 1.2× 1.2k 1.2× 511 0.7× 83 6.9k
Paulette M. Vignais France 44 3.7k 1.0× 3.9k 1.9× 971 0.7× 382 0.4× 316 0.5× 147 8.0k
Simon P. J. Albracht Netherlands 60 6.3k 1.7× 3.6k 1.7× 2.1k 1.5× 1.2k 1.1× 704 1.0× 152 9.6k
Bruce A. Averill United States 44 1.5k 0.4× 2.0k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 1.7k 1.6× 243 0.4× 140 6.1k

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All Works

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Ryle, Matthew J., William N. Lanzilotta, Leonard E. Mortenson, Gerald D. Watt, & Lance C. Seefeldt. (1995). Evidence for a Central Role of Lysine 15 of Azotobacter vinelandii Nitrogenase Iron Protein in Nucleotide Binding and Protein Conformational Changes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(22). 13112–13117. 32 indexed citations
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Drożdżewski, Piotr, Túlio Morgan, Leonard E. Mortenson, et al.. (1993). Resonance Raman studies of iron-only hydrogenases. Biochemistry. 32(18). 4813–4819. 21 indexed citations
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Mortenson, Leonard E., et al.. (1993). The Role of Metal Clusters and MgATP in Nitrogenase Catalysis. Advances in enzymology and related areas of molecular biology/Advances in enzymology and related subjects. 67. 299–374. 13 indexed citations
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Bolin, Jeffrey T., Alicia E. Ronco, Túlio Morgan, Leonard E. Mortenson, & Nguyen‐Huu Xuong. (1993). The unusual metal clusters of nitrogenase: structural features revealed by x-ray anomalous diffraction studies of the MoFe protein from Clostridium pasteurianum.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(3). 1078–1082. 84 indexed citations
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Gollin, David J., Leonard E. Mortenson, & Robert L. Robson. (1992). Carboxyl‐terminal processing may be essential for production of active NiFe hydrogenase in Azotobacter vinelandii. FEBS Letters. 309(3). 371–375. 48 indexed citations
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Mortenson, Leonard E., et al.. (1992). Identification of six open reading frames from a region of the Azotobacter vinelandii genome likely involved in dihydrogen metabolism. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1131(2). 199–202. 31 indexed citations
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Hyman, Michael R., Lance C. Seefeldt, Túlio Morgan, Daniel J. Arp, & Leonard E. Mortenson. (1992). Kinetic and spectroscopic analysis of the inactivating effects of nitric oxide on the individual components of Azotobacter vinelandii nitrogenase. Biochemistry. 31(11). 2947–2955. 11 indexed citations
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Morgan, Túlio, et al.. (1991). Resonance Raman studies of the [4Fe‐4S] to [2Fe‐2S] cluster conversion in the iron protein of nitrogenase. FEBS Letters. 284(2). 165–168. 27 indexed citations
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Morgan, Túlio, John McCracken, William H. Orme‐Johnson, et al.. (1990). Pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance studies of the interaction of magnesium-ATP and deuterium oxide with the iron protein of nitrogenase. Biochemistry. 29(12). 3077–3082. 20 indexed citations
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Morgan, Túlio, Leonard E. Mortenson, John W. McDonald, & Gerald D. Watt. (1988). Comparison of redox and EPR properties of the molybdenum iron proteins of Clostridium pasteurianum and Azotobacter vinelandii nitrogenases. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 33(2). 111–120. 18 indexed citations
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Morgan, Túlio, Roger C. Prince, & Leonard E. Mortenson. (1986). Electrochemical titration of the S = 3/2 and S = ½ states of the iron protein of nitrogenase. FEBS Letters. 206(1). 4–8. 24 indexed citations
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Telser, Joshua, Michael J. Benecky, Michael W. W. Adams, Leonard E. Mortenson, & Brian M. Hoffman. (1986). An EPR and electron nuclear double resonance investigation of carbon monoxide binding to hydrogenase I (bidirectional) from Clostridium pasteurianum W5.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 261(29). 13536–13541. 33 indexed citations
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Johnson, M K, et al.. (1985). The iron-sulfur cluster composition of Escherichia coli nitrate reductase.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 260(9). 5456–5463. 46 indexed citations
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Zumft, Walter G. & Leonard E. Mortenson. (1973). Evidence for a Catalytic‐Centre Heterogeneity of Molybdoferredoxin from Clostridium pasteurianum. European Journal of Biochemistry. 35(3). 401–409. 43 indexed citations
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Mortenson, Leonard E.. (1965). Nitrogen fixation in extracts of Clostridium pasteurianum. 22–24243259. 4 indexed citations
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Carnahan, J E, Leonard E. Mortenson, & J. E. Castle. (1960). SELECTIVE INHIBITION OF NITROGEN FIXATION IN CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM. Journal of Bacteriology. 80(3). 311–315. 2 indexed citations
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Mortenson, Leonard E. & Helmut Beinert. (1953). APPEARANCE OF SULFHYDRYL GROUPS DURING GROWTH OF BACILLUS GLOBIGII. Journal of Bacteriology. 66(1). 101–104. 13 indexed citations

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