Michael A. Raftery

11.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
174 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Michael A. Raftery is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael A. Raftery has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 28 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael A. Raftery's work include Ion channel regulation and function (49 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (43 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (26 papers). Michael A. Raftery is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (49 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (43 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (26 papers). Michael A. Raftery collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Michael A. Raftery's co-authors include Bianca M. Conti‐Tronconi, J. Schmidt, R. David Cole, Catherine D. Strader, Michael W. Hunkapiller, Frederick W. Dahlquist, Susan M. J. Dunn, Wray H. Huestis, Stanley M. Parsons and Richard Vandlen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael A. Raftery

174 papers receiving 7.6k 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.

Primary structure of Electrophorus electricus sodium channel deduced from cDNA sequence

1984 1.0k citations Michael A. Raftery et al. profile →
A simple assay for the study of solubilized acetylcholine receptors

1973 376 citations Michael A. Raftery et al. Analytical Biochemistry profile →

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Arthur Karlin United States

Tadaaki Hirose Japan

Gregory J. Kaczorowski United States

Ferdinand Hucho Germany

Terumi Nakajima Japan

George P. Hess United States

Mohyee E. Eldefrawi United States

Nieng Yan China

Seiichi Inayama Japan

Efraim Racker United States

Arthur Karlin United States

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Kawai, Hideki & Michael A. Raftery. (2010). Kinetics of agonist-induced intrinsic fluorescence changes in the Torpedo acetylcholine receptor. The Journal of Biochemistry. 147(5). 743–749. 1 indexed citations

Kawai, Hideki, Susan M. J. Dunn, & Michael A. Raftery. (2007). Epibatidine binds to four sites on the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 366(3). 834–839. 9 indexed citations

Kawai, Hideki, et al.. (2006). Chain length dependence of the interactions of bisquaternary ligands with the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Biochemical Pharmacology. 73(3). 417–426. 8 indexed citations

Dunn, Susan M. J. & Michael A. Raftery. (2000). Roles of Agonist-Binding Sites in Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Function. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 279(2). 358–362. 7 indexed citations

Lei, Sijin, Michael A. Raftery, & Bianca M. Conti‐Tronconi. (1993). Monoclonal antibodies against synthetic sequences of the nicotinic receptor cross-react fully with the native receptor and reveal the transmembrane disposition of their epitopes. Biochemistry. 32(1). 91–100. 11 indexed citations

Dunn, Susan M. J. & Michael A. Raftery. (1993). Cholinergic binding sites on the pentameric acetylcholine receptor of Torpedo californica. Biochemistry. 32(33). 8608–8615. 15 indexed citations

Dunn, Susan M. J., Bianca M. Conti‐Tronconi, & Michael A. Raftery. (1993). A high-affinity site for acetylcholine occurs close to the .alpha.-.gamma. subunit interface of Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Biochemistry. 32(33). 8616–8621. 11 indexed citations

Manfredi, Amedea, et al.. (1993). An Assay for Simultaneous Multiple Determinations of Peptide Binding to MHC Class II Molecules. Analytical Biochemistry. 211(2). 267–273. 1 indexed citations

Carlson, Brian J. & Michael A. Raftery. (1993). Specific binding of ATP to extracellular sites on Torpedo acetylcholine receptor. Biochemistry. 32(29). 7329–7333. 14 indexed citations

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Kawanami, S, et al.. (1988). Isolation and characterization of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-like protein from fetal calf thymus. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 87(2-3). 195–209. 8 indexed citations

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Conti‐Tronconi, Bianca M., Cecilia Gotti, Michael W. Hunkapiller, & Michael A. Raftery. (1982). Mammalian Muscle Acetylcholine Receptor: A Supramolecular Structure Formed by Four Related Proteins. Science. 218(4578). 1227–1229. 69 indexed citations

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Conti‐Tronconi, Bianca M. & Michael A. Raftery. (1982). The Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptor: Correlation of Molecular Structure with Functional Properties. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 51(1). 491–530. 358 indexed citations

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Dunn, Susan M. J., Steven G. Blanchard, & Michael A. Raftery. (1981). Effects of local anesthetics and histrionicotoxin on the binding of carbamylcholine to membrane-bound acetylcholine receptor. Biochemistry. 20(19). 5617–5624. 7 indexed citations

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Elliott, Janet, Steven G. Blanchard, Wilson C.‐S. Wu, et al.. (1980). Purification of Torpedo californica post-synaptic membranes and fractionation of their constituent proteins. Biochemical Journal. 185(3). 667–677. 167 indexed citations

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Raftery, Michael A., et al.. (1979). Effect of cholinergic ligands and local anesthetics on acetylcholine receptor enriched membrane preparations from Torpedo californica electroplax. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 192(1). 250–259. 6 indexed citations

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Hartig, Paul & Michael A. Raftery. (1979). Preparation of right-side-out, acetylcholine receptor enriched intact vesicles from Torpedo californica electroplaque membranes. Biochemistry. 18(7). 1146–1150. 63 indexed citations

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Arnheim, Norman, Francis Millett, & Michael A. Raftery. (1974). Nuclear magnetic resonance and ultraviolet difference spectral studies of the binding properties of turkey egg white lysozyme. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 165(1). 281–287. 6 indexed citations

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Raftery, Michael A.. (1973). Isolation of acetylcholine receptor—α-Bungarotoxin complexes from Torpedo californica electroplax. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 154(1). 270–276. 31 indexed citations

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Huestis, Wray H. & Michael A. Raftery. (1972). The binding of n-butyl isocyanide to human hemoglobin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 48(3). 678–683. 22 indexed citations

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Raftery, Michael A., John T. Schmidt, Dave Clark, & Robert G. Wolcott. (1971). Demonstration of a specific α-bungarotoxin binding component in Electrophorus electricus electroplax membranes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 45(6). 1622–1629. 75 indexed citations

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