M. Thomas Record

23.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
187 papers, 19.7k citations indexed

About

M. Thomas Record is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Thomas Record has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 19.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Molecular Biology, 56 papers in Genetics and 39 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in M. Thomas Record's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (101 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (55 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (52 papers). M. Thomas Record is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (101 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (55 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (52 papers). M. Thomas Record collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. M. Thomas Record's co-authors include Charles Anderson, Timothy M. Lohman, Laurel M. Pegram, Pieter L. deHaseth, Ruth M. Saecker, Richard R. Burgess, Scott Cayley, Jeung‐Hoi Ha, Irina A. Shkel and Oleg V. Tsodikov and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

M. Thomas Record

185 papers receiving 19.1k citations

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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.

Thermodynamic analysis of ion effects on the binding and conformational equilibria of proteins and nucleic acids: the roles of ion association or release, screening, and ion effects on water activity

1978 1.5k citations M. Thomas Record, Charles Anderson et al. profile →
Coupling of Local Folding to Site-Specific Binding of Proteins to DNA

1994 1.2k citations M. Thomas Record et al. profile →
Ion effects on ligand-nucleic acid interactions

1976 921 citations M. Thomas Record et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Thomas Record United States	74	16.1k	5.0k	2.6k	2.5k	2.4k	187	19.7k
Ignacio Tinoco United States	74	16.5k 1.0×	2.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	2.1k 0.9×	224	21.2k
Peter H. von Hippel United States	82	23.1k 1.4×	6.5k 1.3×	2.3k 0.9×	804 0.3×	3.2k 1.3×	250	28.3k
Daniel Herschlag United States	85	19.6k 1.2×	1.6k 0.3×	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	291	23.3k
Richard E. Dickerson United States	76	18.6k 1.2×	1.7k 0.3×	3.0k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	162	22.4k
Donald M. Crothers United States	85	25.7k 1.6×	5.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	3.2k 1.3×	244	29.5k
Éric Westhof France	85	21.5k 1.3×	2.4k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	2.5k 1.0×	334	24.6k
J. Deisenhofer United States	72	19.4k 1.2×	2.3k 0.5×	4.4k 1.7×	1.4k 0.5×	734 0.3×	134	27.5k
Timothy M. Lohman United States	76	16.3k 1.0×	5.6k 1.1×	1.0k 0.4×	876 0.3×	2.0k 0.8×	195	18.1k
Stephen J. Benkovic United States	84	20.8k 1.3×	2.7k 0.5×	4.4k 1.7×	606 0.2×	1.6k 0.6×	457	28.6k
Ben de Kruijff Netherlands	84	22.3k 1.4×	3.0k 0.6×	818 0.3×	562 0.2×	1.5k 0.6×	378	28.0k

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Tomko, Eric J., et al.. (2023). High-throughput, fluorescent-aptamer-based measurements of steady-state transcription rates for the Mycobacterium tuberculosis RNA polymerase. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(19). e99–e99. 2 indexed citations

Dyke, S.C., et al.. (2019). RNA Polymerase: Step-by-Step Kinetics and Mechanism of Transcription Initiation. Biochemistry. 58(18). 2339–2352. 18 indexed citations

Ruff, Emily F., et al.. (2015). E. coli RNA Polymerase Determinants of Open Complex Lifetime and Structure. Journal of Molecular Biology. 427(15). 2435–2450. 37 indexed citations

Sochacki, Kem A., Irina A. Shkel, M. Thomas Record, & James C. Weisshaar. (2011). Protein Diffusion in the Periplasm of E. coli under Osmotic Stress. Biophysical Journal. 100(1). 22–31. 81 indexed citations

Meulen, Kirk A. Vander, Jared Davis, Trenton R. Foster, M. Thomas Record, & Samuel E. Butcher. (2008). Thermodynamics and Folding Pathway of Tetraloop Receptor-Mediated RNA Helical Packing. Journal of Molecular Biology. 384(3). 702–717. 27 indexed citations

Konopka, Michael, James C. Weisshaar, & M. Thomas Record. (2007). Methods of Changing Biopolymer Volume Fraction and Cytoplasmic Solute Concentrations for In Vivo Biophysical Studies. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 428. 487–504. 22 indexed citations

Saecker, Ruth M. & M. Thomas Record. (2002). Protein surface salt bridges and paths for DNA wrapping. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 12(3). 311–319. 56 indexed citations

Tsodikov, Oleg V., M. Thomas Record, & Yuri V. Sergeev. (2002). Novel computer program for fast exact calculation of accessible and molecular surface areas and average surface curvature. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 23(6). 600–609. 351 indexed citations

Capp, M.W., et al.. (2000). Thermodynamic analysis of interactions between denaturants and protein surface exposed on unfolding: Interpretation of urea and guanidinium chloridem-values and their correlation with changes in accessible surface area (ASA) using preferential interaction coefficients and the local-bulk domain model. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 41(S4). 72–85. 127 indexed citations

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Tsodikov, Oleg V. & M. Thomas Record. (1999). General Method of Analysis of Kinetic Equations for Multistep Reversible Mechanisms in the Single-Exponential Regime: Application to Kinetics of Open Complex Formation between Eσ70 RNA Polymerase and λPR Promoter DNA. Biophysical Journal. 76(3). 1320–1329. 34 indexed citations

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Padmanabhan, S., Wentao Zhang, W. Michael, Charles Anderson, & M. Thomas Record. (1997). Binding of Cationic (+4) Alanine- and Glycine-Containing Oligopeptides to Double-Stranded DNA: Thermodynamic Analysis of Effects of Coulombic Interactions and α-Helix Induction. Biochemistry. 36(17). 5193–5206. 26 indexed citations

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Bond, Jeffrey P., et al.. (1995). Grand canonical Monte Carlo molecular and thermodynamic predictions of ion effects on binding of an oligocation (L8+) to the center of DNA oligomers. Biophysical Journal. 68(2). 634–647. 70 indexed citations

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Cayley, Scott, et al.. (1995). K+-Ribosome interactions determine the large enhancements of 39K NMR transverse relaxation rates in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli K-12. Biochemistry. 34(4). 1393–1404. 13 indexed citations

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Bond, Jeffrey P., et al.. (1995). Importance of coulombic end effects on cation accumulation near oligoelectrolyte B-DNA: a demonstration using 23Na NMR. Biophysical Journal. 68(3). 1063–1072. 57 indexed citations

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Record, M. Thomas & Charles Anderson. (1995). Interpretation of preferential interaction coefficients of nonelectrolytes and of electrolyte ions in terms of a two-domain model. Biophysical Journal. 68(3). 786–794. 137 indexed citations

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Record, M. Thomas, et al.. (1992). Roles of magnesium in the mechanism of formation and dissociation of open complexes between Escherichia coli RNA polymerase and the .lambda.PR promoter: kinetic evidence for a second open complex requiring magnesium. Biochemistry. 31(34). 7815–7825. 53 indexed citations

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Record, M. Thomas, Jeung‐Hoi Ha, & Matthew A. Fisher. (1991). [16] Analysis of equilibrium and kinetic measurements to determine thermodynamic origins of stability and specificity and mechanism of formation of site-specific complexes between proteins and helical DNA. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 208. 291–343. 222 indexed citations

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Anderson, Charles, et al.. (1991). Importance of oligoelectrolyte end effects for the thermodynamics of conformational transitions of nucleic acid oligomers: A grand canonical Monte Carlo analysis. Biopolymers. 31(13). 1593–1604. 68 indexed citations

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Record, M. Thomas, et al.. (1990). Stable DNA Loops in Vivo and in Vitro: Roles in Gene Regulation at a Distance and in Biophysical Characterization of DNA. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 39. 81–128. 62 indexed citations

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Record, M. Thomas. (1985). Ions as regulators of protein-nucleic acid interactions in vitro and in vivo. Advances in Biophysics. 20. 109–135. 65 indexed citations

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