Luigi Gorini

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Luigi Gorini is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Luigi Gorini has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Luigi Gorini's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (27 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (11 papers). Luigi Gorini is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (27 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (16 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (11 papers). Luigi Gorini collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Denmark. Luigi Gorini's co-authors include Julian Davies, Roland Rosset, Walter Gilbert, Bernard D. Davis, George A. Jacoby, Werner K. Maas, Debajit K. Biswas, Paolo Strigini, Robert A. Zimmermann and Dirk Elseviers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Luigi Gorini

79 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

STREPTOMYCIN, SUPPRESSION, AND THE CODE 1964 2026 1984 2005 1964 100 200 300
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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.

  1. STREPTOMYCIN, SUPPRESSION, AND THE CODE
    1964 366 citations Julian Davies, Luigi Gorini et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Luigi Gorini United States 33 3.2k 1.1k 535 284 268 80 3.9k
Jonathan Gallant United States 38 3.9k 1.2× 2.0k 1.7× 649 1.2× 255 0.9× 511 1.9× 98 4.6k
S. E. Luria United States 28 2.1k 0.6× 1.3k 1.2× 1.1k 2.0× 105 0.4× 235 0.9× 68 3.1k
Austin L. Taylor United States 18 2.9k 0.9× 1.7k 1.5× 1.1k 2.0× 368 1.3× 401 1.5× 33 3.6k
Agnès Ullmann France 27 2.8k 0.9× 1.7k 1.5× 527 1.0× 136 0.5× 426 1.6× 72 4.0k
Katsumi Isono Japan 29 3.3k 1.0× 1.8k 1.6× 734 1.4× 171 0.6× 384 1.4× 66 4.0k
Werner K. Maas United States 37 2.7k 0.8× 1.5k 1.3× 941 1.8× 700 2.5× 415 1.5× 99 4.1k
Brian P. Nichols United States 30 1.8k 0.6× 778 0.7× 317 0.6× 206 0.7× 445 1.7× 48 2.4k
H.S. Moyed United States 26 1.5k 0.5× 756 0.7× 292 0.5× 185 0.7× 156 0.6× 44 2.2k
C R Raetz United States 51 4.1k 1.3× 1.3k 1.2× 278 0.5× 980 3.5× 238 0.9× 87 6.0k
Charles Gilvarg United States 35 2.2k 0.7× 521 0.5× 205 0.4× 413 1.5× 621 2.3× 80 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luigi Gorini

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luigi Gorini

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Luigi Gorini. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Luigi Gorini based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Luigi Gorini. Luigi Gorini is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gorini, Luigi & Mina J. Bissell. (1988). Gene expression and regulation : the legacy of Luigi Gorini. Elsevier eBooks. 31 indexed citations
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Gorini, Luigi, et al.. (1975). A link between streptomycin and rifampicin mutation.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 72(6). 2084–2087. 37 indexed citations
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Duncan, Marilyn J. & Luigi Gorini. (1975). A ribonucleoprotein precursor of both the 30S and 50S ribosomal sunbunits of Escherichia coli.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 72(4). 1533–1537. 5 indexed citations
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Elseviers, Dirk & Luigi Gorini. (1975). Direct selection of mutants restricting efficiency of suppression and misreading levels inE. coli B. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 137(4). 277–287. 12 indexed citations
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Gorini, Luigi. (1974). Streptomycin and Misreading of the Genetic Code. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 4. 791–803. 102 indexed citations
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Biswas, Debajit K. & Luigi Gorini. (1972). Restriction, de-restriction and mistranslation in missense suppression. Ribosomal discrimination of transfer RNA's. Journal of Molecular Biology. 64(1). 119–134. 62 indexed citations
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Biswas, Debajit K. & Luigi Gorini. (1972). The Attachment Site of Streptomycin to the 30S Ribosomal Subunit. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 69(8). 2141–2144. 43 indexed citations
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Gorini, Luigi, et al.. (1970). GENETIC ANALYSIS OF STREPTOMYCIN RESISTANCE IN ESCHERICHIA COLI. Genetics. 65(1). 9–25. 113 indexed citations
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Gorini, Luigi, et al.. (1969). THE DOMINANCE OF STREPTOMYCIN SENSITIVITY RE-EXAMINED. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 62(3). 979–985. 11 indexed citations
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Yashphe, Jacob & Luigi Gorini. (1965). Phosphorylation of Carbamate in Vivo and in Vitro. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 240(4). 1681–1686. 20 indexed citations
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Davies, Julian, Luigi Gorini, & Bernard D. Davis. (1965). Misreading of RNA Codewords Induced by Aminoglycoside Antibiotics. Molecular Pharmacology. 1(1). 93–106. 329 indexed citations
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Old, D. C. & Luigi Gorini. (1965). Amino Acid Changes Provoked by Streptomycin in a Polypeptide Synthesized in vitro. Science. 150(3701). 1290–1292. 18 indexed citations
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Anderson, W.F., et al.. (1965). Role of ribosomes in streptomycin-activated suppression.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 54(4). 1076–1083. 40 indexed citations
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Gorini, Luigi & Sumner M. Kalman. (1963). Control by uracil of carbamyl phosphate synthesis in Escherichia coli. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 69. 355–360. 19 indexed citations
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Gorini, Luigi. (1963). III. CONTROL BY REPRESSION OF A BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY. Bacteriological Reviews. 27(2). 182–190. 19 indexed citations
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Gorini, Luigi, et al.. (1961). Genetics of Regulation of Enzyme Synthesis in the Arginine Biosynthetic Pathway of Escherichia coli. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 26(0). 173–182. 114 indexed citations
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Gorini, Luigi, et al.. (1960). Selecting Bacterial Mutants by the Penicillin Method. Science. 131(3400). 604–605. 223 indexed citations
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Gorini, Luigi. (1958). [Feedback control of arginine synthesis by Escherichia coli].. PubMed. 40(12). 1939–52. 20 indexed citations
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Gorini, Luigi & Werner K. Maas. (1957). The potential for the formation of a biosynthetic enzyme in Escherichia coli. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 25(1). 208–209. 133 indexed citations
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Gorini, Luigi, et al.. (1954). Sur les facteurs conditionnant l'activité enzymatique de la carboxypeptidase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 13(2). 291–293. 6 indexed citations

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