M H O'Dea

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
23 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

M H O'Dea is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, M H O'Dea has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in M H O'Dea's work include Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (20 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (16 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (11 papers). M H O'Dea is often cited by papers focused on Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (20 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (16 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (11 papers). M H O'Dea collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. M H O'Dea's co-authors include Martin Gellert, Kiyoshi Mizuuchi, Jun-ichi Tomizawa, H A Nash, Toshiki Itoh, Tateo Itoh, L. Mark Fisher, H. Ohmori, Michiyo Mizuuchi and Anthony Maxwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

M H O'Dea

23 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

DNA gyrase: an enzyme that introduces superhelical turns into DNA.

1976 965 citations Martin Gellert, Kiyoshi Mizuuchi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Nalidixic acid resistance: A second genetic character involved in DNA gyrase activity

1977 713 citations Martin Gellert, Kiyoshi Mizuuchi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Novobiocin and coumermycin inhibit DNA supercoiling catalyzed by DNA gyrase.

1976 628 citations Martin Gellert, M H O'Dea 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						Papers	Cites
M H O'Dea United States	22	3.6k	1.1k	669	573	552	23	4.2k
Kenneth N. Kreuzer United States	36	4.5k 1.2×	568 0.5×	1.8k 2.7×	294 0.5×	1.0k 1.8×	89	5.0k
Craig L. Peebles United States	24	3.2k 0.9×	385 0.3×	368 0.6×	199 0.3×	442 0.8×	36	3.5k
Valakunja Nagaraja India	36	3.1k 0.9×	664 0.6×	991 1.5×	192 0.3×	783 1.4×	189	4.4k
N. Patrick Higgins United States	33	3.1k 0.9×	357 0.3×	1.4k 2.2×	120 0.2×	1.1k 1.9×	69	3.5k
Yuk‐Ching Tse‐Dinh United States	30	1.7k 0.5×	410 0.4×	224 0.3×	139 0.2×	159 0.3×	97	2.1k
Claudine Mayer France	28	1.6k 0.4×	503 0.5×	397 0.6×	179 0.3×	233 0.4×	62	2.5k
Lloyd G. Czaplewski United Kingdom	21	981 0.3×	551 0.5×	468 0.7×	315 0.5×	389 0.7×	35	2.2k
Charles L. Turnbough United States	39	3.2k 0.9×	247 0.2×	1.7k 2.6×	144 0.3×	1.2k 2.2×	80	4.1k
Molly B. Schmid United States	26	1.6k 0.4×	333 0.3×	873 1.3×	185 0.3×	371 0.7×	51	2.2k
Sara N. Richter Italy	44	3.7k 1.0×	279 0.3×	143 0.2×	114 0.2×	515 0.9×	123	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by M H O'Dea

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Melek, Meni, Jessica M. Jones, M H O'Dea, et al.. (2001). Effect of HIV integrase inhibitors on the RAG1/2 recombinase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(1). 134–137. 36 indexed citations

Bahassi, El Mustapha, et al.. (1999). Interactions of CcdB with DNA Gyrase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(16). 10936–10944. 97 indexed citations

Krah, Regis, M H O'Dea, & Martin Gellert. (1997). Reverse Gyrase from Methanopyrus kandleri. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(21). 13986–13990. 19 indexed citations

Critchlow, Susan E., M H O'Dea, Alison J. Howells, et al.. (1997). The interaction of the F plasmid killer protein, CcdB, with DNA gyrase: induction of DNA cleavage and blocking of transcription 1 1J. Karn. Journal of Molecular Biology. 273(4). 826–839. 75 indexed citations

O'Dea, M H, James Tamura, & Martin Gellert. (1996). Mutations in the B Subunit of Escherichia coli DNA Gyrase That Affect ATP-dependent Reactions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(16). 9723–9729. 35 indexed citations

Bates, Andrew D., M H O'Dea, & Martin Gellert. (1996). Energy Coupling in Escherichia coli DNA Gyrase: the Relationship between Nucleotide Binding, Strand Passage, and DNA Supercoiling. Biochemistry. 35(5). 1408–1416. 49 indexed citations

Krueger, Susan, Giuseppe Zaccaı̈, Alexander Wlodawer, et al.. (1990). Neutron and light-scattering studies of DNA gyrase and its complex with DNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 211(1). 211–220. 41 indexed citations

Westerhoff, Hans V., M H O'Dea, Anthony Maxwell, & Martin Gellert. (1988). DNA supercoiling by DNA gyrase. Cell Biophysics. 12(1). 157–181. 77 indexed citations

Garner, Mark M., Gary Felsenfeld, M H O'Dea, & Martin Gellert. (1987). Effects of DNA supercoiling on the topological properties of nucleosomes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(9). 2620–2623. 39 indexed citations

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Adachi, Toshiro, Michiyo Mizuuchi, Elizabeth A. Robinson, et al.. (1987). DNA sequence of theE. coli gyrB gene: application of a new sequencing strategy. Nucleic Acids Research. 15(2). 771–784. 149 indexed citations

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Friedman, David I., et al.. (1984). Mutations in the DNA gyrB gene that are temperature sensitive for lambda site-specific recombination, Mu growth, and plasmid maintenance. Journal of Bacteriology. 157(2). 490–497. 34 indexed citations

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Mizuuchi, Kiyoshi, Michiyo Mizuuchi, M H O'Dea, & Martin Gellert. (1984). Cloning and simplified purification of Escherichia coli DNA gyrase A and B proteins.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 259(14). 9199–9201. 135 indexed citations

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Gellert, Martin, M H O'Dea, & Kiyoshi Mizuuchi. (1983). Slow cruciform transitions in palindromic DNA.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80(18). 5545–5549. 102 indexed citations

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Gellert, Martin, Rolf Menzel, Kiyoshi Mizuuchi, M H O'Dea, & David I. Friedman. (1983). Regulation of DNA Supercoiling in Escherichia coli. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 47(0). 763–767. 58 indexed citations

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Fisher, L. Mark, Kiyoshi Mizuuchi, M H O'Dea, H. Ohmori, & Martin Gellert. (1981). Site-specific interaction of DNA gyrase with DNA.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 78(7). 4165–4169. 138 indexed citations

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Gellert, Martin, Kiyoshi Mizuuchi, M H O'Dea, H. Ohmori, & Jun-ichi Tomizawa. (1979). DNA Gyrase and DNA Supercoiling. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 43(0). 35–40. 143 indexed citations

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Gellert, Martin, L. Mark Fisher, & M H O'Dea. (1979). DNA gyrase: purification and catalytic properties of a fragment of gyrase B protein.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 76(12). 6289–6293. 141 indexed citations

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Mizuuchi, Kiyoshi, M H O'Dea, & Martin Gellert. (1978). DNA gyrase: subunit structure and ATPase activity of the purified enzyme.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 75(12). 5960–5963. 243 indexed citations

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Gellert, Martin, Kiyoshi Mizuuchi, M H O'Dea, & H A Nash. (1976). DNA gyrase: an enzyme that introduces superhelical turns into DNA.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 73(11). 3872–3876. 965 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gellert, Martin, M H O'Dea, Toshiki Itoh, & Jun-ichi Tomizawa. (1976). Novobiocin and coumermycin inhibit DNA supercoiling catalyzed by DNA gyrase.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 73(12). 4474–4478. 628 indexed citations breakdown →

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