Michael Blaber

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Blaber is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Blaber has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Molecular Biology, 41 papers in Materials Chemistry and 38 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Michael Blaber's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (40 papers), Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema (38 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (36 papers). Michael Blaber is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (40 papers), Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema (38 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (36 papers). Michael Blaber collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Japan. Michael Blaber's co-authors include Brian W. Matthews, Sachiko I. Blaber, Isobel A. Scarisbrick, Jihun Lee, Xuejun Zhang, Dirk W. Heinz, A.E. Sauer-Eriksson, Enoch P. Baldwin, W.A. Baase and Liam M. Longo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Michael Blaber

136 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Response of a Protein Structure to Cavity-Creating Mutations and Its Relation to the Hydrophobic Effect

1992 804 citations A.E. Sauer-Eriksson, Dirk W. Heinz et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Blaber United States	42	3.7k	1.4k	1.3k	1.1k	650	137	5.9k
Pramod S. Pandey United States	43	5.3k 1.4×	376 0.3×	400 0.3×	858 0.8×	1.2k 1.8×	95	7.2k
Vittorio Bellotti Italy	47	6.8k 1.8×	497 0.3×	957 0.8×	431 0.4×	938 1.4×	195	8.7k
Athan Kuliopulos United States	48	2.9k 0.8×	957 0.7×	227 0.2×	2.5k 2.4×	777 1.2×	94	6.6k
Stuart R. Stone Switzerland	49	3.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	442 0.3×	3.6k 3.3×	1.1k 1.7×	141	8.2k
Thomas E. Smithgall United States	52	4.3k 1.2×	662 0.5×	295 0.2×	1.1k 1.0×	1.9k 2.9×	175	7.7k
Klaus Scheffzek Germany	43	5.2k 1.4×	364 0.3×	797 0.6×	389 0.4×	991 1.5×	78	7.1k
Markus A. Seeliger United States	33	3.1k 0.8×	513 0.4×	453 0.4×	760 0.7×	792 1.2×	74	4.5k
Bryson D. Bennett United States	20	6.2k 1.7×	1.9k 1.3×	412 0.3×	926 0.9×	651 1.0×	29	9.3k
John H. Bushweller United States	44	4.9k 1.3×	227 0.2×	453 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	545 0.8×	113	6.1k
Andrei Goga United States	45	4.9k 1.3×	534 0.4×	444 0.4×	745 0.7×	2.1k 3.3×	94	8.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Blaber, Michael. (2021). Cooperative hydrophobic core interactions in the β‐trefoil architecture. Protein Science. 30(5). 956–965. 4 indexed citations

Harper, Kathleen, et al.. (2018). Fine-Sampled Photographic Quantitation of Dermal Wound Healing Senescence in Aged BALB/cByJ Mice and Therapeutic Intervention with Fibroblast Growth Factor-1. Advances in Wound Care. 7(12). 409–418. 2 indexed citations

Arai, Shigeki, Matsujiro Ishibashi, Fumiko Matsumoto, et al.. (2014). Structural characteristics of alkaline phosphatase from the moderately halophilic bacterium Halomonas sp. 593. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 70(3). 811–820. 13 indexed citations

Longo, Liam M., et al.. (2013). Alternative Folding Nuclei Definitions Facilitate the Evolution of a Symmetric Protein Fold from a Smaller Peptide Motif. Structure. 21(11). 2042–2050. 12 indexed citations

Lee, Jihun & Michael Blaber. (2013). Increased Functional Half-life of Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 by Recovering a Vestigial Disulfide Bond. Journal of Proteins and Proteomics. 1(2). 14 indexed citations

Longo, Liam M., et al.. (2013). BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A THERMOALKALOPHILIC ESTERASE FROM Geobacillus sp.. Journal of Proteins and Proteomics. 4(2). 1 indexed citations

Lee, Jihun & Michael Blaber. (2010). Experimental support for the evolution of symmetric protein architecture from a simple peptide motif. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(1). 126–130. 87 indexed citations

Lee, Jihun, et al.. (2009). X-ray structure and biophysical properties of rabbit fibroblast growth factor 1. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 65(11). 1097–1104. 1 indexed citations

Li, Haixin, Bum‐Yeol Hwang, Gurunathan Laxmikanthan, et al.. (2008). Substrate specificity of human kallikreins 1 and 6 determined by phage display. Protein Science. 17(4). 664–672. 30 indexed citations

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Vandell, Alexander G., et al.. (2008). Protease‐activated receptor dependent and independent signaling by kallikreins 1 and 6 in CNS neuron and astroglial cell lines. Journal of Neurochemistry. 107(3). 855–870. 54 indexed citations

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Οικονομοπούλου, Κατερίνα, Kristina K. Hansen, Mahmoud Saifeddine, et al.. (2006). Proteinase-activated Receptors, Targets for Kallikrein Signaling. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(43). 32095–32112. 202 indexed citations

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Blaber, Sachiko I., et al.. (2005). Substrate Specificity of Human Kallikrein 6. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(6). 3116–3126. 85 indexed citations

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Laxmikanthan, Gurunathan, Sachiko I. Blaber, Matthew J. Bernett, et al.. (2005). 1.70 Å X‐ray structure of human apo kallikrein 1: Structural changes upon peptide inhibitor/substrate binding. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 58(4). 802–814. 54 indexed citations

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Christophi, George P., Paul J. Isackson, Sachiko I. Blaber, et al.. (2004). Distinct promoters regulate tissue‐specific and differential expression of kallikrein 6 in CNS demyelinating disease. Journal of Neurochemistry. 91(6). 1439–1449. 51 indexed citations

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Blaber, Michael. (2003). Nano-dynamics: engineering allostery via tandem duplication and turn energetics. Trends in biotechnology. 22(1). 1–2. 2 indexed citations

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Scarisbrick, Isobel A., Sachiko I. Blaber, Claudia F. Lucchinetti, et al.. (2002). Activity of a newly identified serine protease in CNS demyelination. Brain. 125(6). 1283–1296. 109 indexed citations

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Blaber, Sachiko I., et al.. (2001). Reduction of wobble-position GC bases in Corynebacteria genes and enhancement of PCR and heterologous expression.. PubMed. 3(1). 123–6. 10 indexed citations

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Heinz, Dirk W., Walter A. Baase, Xuejun Zhang, et al.. (1994). Accommodation of Amino Acid Insertions in an α-Helix of T4 Lysozyme. Journal of Molecular Biology. 236(3). 869–886. 42 indexed citations

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Blaber, Michael, Paul J. Isackson, Ralph Bradshaw, John P. Burnier, & James C. Marsters. (1993). Synthetic chimeras of mouse growth factor‐associated glandular kallikreins. I. Kinetic properties. Protein Science. 2(8). 1210–1219. 5 indexed citations

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Baase, Walter A., A.E. Sauer-Eriksson, Xuejun Zhang, et al.. (1992). Dissection of protein structure and folding by directed mutagenesis. Faraday Discussions. 93(93). 173–173. 23 indexed citations

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