Malcolm L. Gefter

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

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Malcolm L. Gefter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Malcolm L. Gefter has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 17 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Malcolm L. Gefter's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (21 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (17 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (14 papers). Malcolm L. Gefter is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (21 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (17 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (14 papers). Malcolm L. Gefter collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Malcolm L. Gefter's co-authors include Thomas B. Kornberg, Matthew D. Scharff, David H. Margulies, Richard L. Russell, Ian J. Molineux, Ann Marshak‐Rothstein, Tim Manser, Thomas Gridley, Lawrence J. Wysocki and David H. Raulet and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Malcolm L. Gefter

68 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Properties and Applications of Monoclonal Antibodies Directed against Determinants of the Thy-1 Locus

1979 536 citations Thomas Gridley, Malcolm L. Gefter et al. The Journal of Immunology profile →
A simple method for polyethylene glycol-promoted hybridization of mouse myeloma cells

1977 533 citations Malcolm L. Gefter et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Malcolm L. Gefter United States	42	3.8k	1.7k	1.4k	1.3k	564	68	5.9k
Randolph Wall United States	41	4.6k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	830 0.6×	924 0.7×	323 0.6×	97	7.3k
B Dobberstein Germany	33	4.9k 1.3×	820 0.5×	451 0.3×	1.7k 1.2×	419 0.7×	38	6.4k
C. Milstein United Kingdom	31	2.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	284 0.2×	161 0.3×	65	5.1k
Dawn E. Kelley United States	36	4.5k 1.2×	872 0.5×	602 0.4×	540 0.4×	216 0.4×	46	5.6k
Jacques Baenziger United States	55	7.0k 1.8×	2.2k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	848 0.6×	86 0.2×	123	9.4k
Rosalind Kornfeld United States	31	6.5k 1.7×	1.8k 1.0×	831 0.6×	485 0.4×	152 0.3×	48	8.2k
Clifford P. Stanners Canada	42	3.5k 0.9×	777 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	801 0.6×	150 0.3×	99	5.9k
Anthony L. Tarentino United States	38	5.1k 1.3×	864 0.5×	671 0.5×	405 0.3×	130 0.2×	70	6.8k
Gernot Walter United States	47	4.5k 1.2×	483 0.3×	639 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	846 1.5×	108	6.3k
Frank R. Masiarz United States	39	5.5k 1.4×	890 0.5×	415 0.3×	1000 0.7×	317 0.6×	52	8.2k

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Fox, Barbara S., Kathleen M. Kantak, Melissa A. Edwards, et al.. (1996). Efficacy of a therapeutic cocaine vaccine in rodent models. Nature Medicine. 2(10). 1129–1132. 184 indexed citations

Wallner, Barbara & Malcolm L. Gefter. (1996). Peptide Therapy for Treatment of Allergic Diseases. Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology. 80(2). 105–109. 12 indexed citations

Briner, Thomas J., et al.. (1996). Peripheral tolerance in T cell receptor‐transgenic mice: Evidence for T cell anergy. European Journal of Immunology. 26(1). 130–135. 45 indexed citations

Wang, Yunsheng, et al.. (1992). Silencing of immunodominant epitopes by contiguous sequences in complex synthetic peptides. Cellular Immunology. 143(2). 284–297. 19 indexed citations

Perkins, David L., Gabriel F. Berriz, Yunsheng Wang, John A. Smith, & Malcolm L. Gefter. (1991). Comparison of class I‐ and II‐restricted T cell recognition of the identical peptide. European Journal of Immunology. 21(11). 2781–2789. 5 indexed citations

Ria, Francesco, Bosco M. C. Chan, Mark T. Scherer, John A. Smith, & Malcolm L. Gefter. (1990). Immunological activity of covalently linked T-cell epitopes. Nature. 343(6256). 381–383. 84 indexed citations

Chang, Ming-der Y., et al.. (1990). Genetic recombination in the α₂ domain of the E_α chain yields an E^d molecule with altered T cell activation. European Journal of Immunology. 20(12). 2571–2576. 3 indexed citations

Wysocki, Lawrence J. & Malcolm L. Gefter. (1989). The molecular basis of a VH gene polymorphism that determines the expression of a major idiotype. Molecular Immunology. 26(12). 1143–1150. 1 indexed citations

Wysocki, Lawrence J. & Malcolm L. Gefter. (1989). GENE CONVERSION AND THE GENERATION OF ANTIBODY DIVERSITY. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 58(1). 509–527. 82 indexed citations

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Coll, Miquel, et al.. (1989). Preliminary crystallographic studies of the Fab fragment of an anti-azophenylarsonate antibody. Journal of Molecular Biology. 206(4). 789–790. 1 indexed citations

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Manser, Tim, Lawrence J. Wysocki, Thomas Gridley, Richard I. Near, & Malcolm L. Gefter. (1985). The molecular evolution of the immune response. Immunology Today. 6(3). 94–101. 68 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Masataka, Tim Manser, Gregory D. Pearson, Michael J. Daley, & Malcolm L. Gefter. (1984). Effect of IFN-γ on the immune response in vivo and on gene expression in vitro. Nature. 307(5949). 381–382. 122 indexed citations

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Harris, John F., et al.. (1978). Regulation of Immunoglobulin Biosynthesis in the Murine Plasmacytoma MOPC 315. The Journal of Immunology. 121(5). 1808–1818. 10 indexed citations

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Molineux, Ian J. & Malcolm L. Gefter. (1975). Properties of the Escherichia coli DNA-binding (unwinding) protein interaction with nucleolytic enzymes and DNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 98(4). 811–825. 105 indexed citations

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Molineux, Ian J., Susan Friedman, & Malcolm L. Gefter. (1974). Purification and Properties of the Escherichia coli Deoxyribonucleic Acid-unwinding Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 249(19). 6090–6098. 108 indexed citations

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Gefter, Malcolm L., et al.. (1971). Analysis of DNA Polymerases II and III in Mutants of Escherichia coli Thermosensitive for DNA Synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 68(12). 3150–3153. 252 indexed citations

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Kornberg, Thomas B. & Malcolm L. Gefter. (1970). DNA synthesis in cell-free extracts of a DNA polymerase-defective mutant. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 40(6). 1348–1355. 78 indexed citations

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Gefter, Malcolm L.. (1969). The in vitro synthesis of 2′-omethylguanosine and 2-methylthio 6 N (γ,γ, dimethylallyl) adenosine in transfer RNA of Escherichia coli. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 36(3). 435–441. 34 indexed citations

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Novogrodsky, Abraham, Malcolm L. Gefter, Umadas Maitra, Marvin Gold, & Jerard Hurwitz. (1966). The Role of Deoxyribonucleic Acid in Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 241(9). 1977–1984. 12 indexed citations

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Hayaishi, Osamu, Malcolm L. Gefter, & Herbert Weissbach. (1963). Adenosine Diphosphate-dependent Threonine Dehydrase Activity in Extracts of Clostridium tetanomorphum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 238(6). 2040–2044. 37 indexed citations

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