Mitchell Lewis

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
44 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Mitchell Lewis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mitchell Lewis has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Mitchell Lewis's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (17 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (10 papers). Mitchell Lewis is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (18 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (17 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (10 papers). Mitchell Lewis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Italy. Mitchell Lewis's co-authors include Carl O. Pabo, Nancy C. Horton, T.M. Penning, Joseph M. Jez, Brian P. Schlegel, M. J. Bennett, Charles E. Bell, Steven E. Stayrook, Helen C. Pace and Michele A. Kercher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Mitchell Lewis

44 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Crystal Structure of the Lactose Operon Repressor and Its Complexes with DNA and Inducer

1996 636 citations Mitchell Lewis, Geoffrey Chang et al. Science profile →
Comparative anatomy of the aldo–keto reductase superfamily

1997 526 citations Joseph M. Jez, M. J. Bennett et al. profile →
The operator-binding domain of λ repressor: structure and DNA recognition

1982 471 citations Mitchell Lewis et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mitchell Lewis United States	31	3.5k	1.3k	799	599	581	44	4.5k
Roberto Sánchez United States	32	5.6k 1.6×	695 0.5×	307 0.4×	175 0.3×	1.0k 1.8×	66	7.2k
Avner Schlessinger United States	41	4.2k 1.2×	551 0.4×	360 0.5×	173 0.3×	658 1.1×	110	6.0k
David Drew Sweden	37	4.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	433 0.5×	414 0.7×	422 0.7×	77	5.7k
Alan Peterkofsky United States	42	4.2k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	200 0.3×	358 0.6×	1.4k 2.5×	157	5.5k
Milton Adesnik United States	44	5.1k 1.5×	946 0.7×	1.7k 2.1×	246 0.4×	75 0.1×	78	7.9k
Gilles Labesse France	43	3.1k 0.9×	446 0.3×	524 0.7×	180 0.3×	562 1.0×	127	4.9k
Fabian Glaser Israel	34	4.6k 1.3×	707 0.5×	459 0.6×	529 0.9×	787 1.4×	76	6.2k
Leonard Banaszak United States	52	5.2k 1.5×	341 0.3×	826 1.0×	138 0.2×	1.9k 3.2×	125	6.9k
Yuequan Shen China	35	3.0k 0.9×	636 0.5×	448 0.6×	97 0.2×	254 0.4×	101	4.4k
Maurice Bessman United States	43	4.9k 1.4×	1.0k 0.8×	210 0.3×	615 1.0×	794 1.4×	109	6.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mitchell Lewis

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Chure, Griffin, Nathan M. Belliveau, Tal Einav, et al.. (2019). Predictive shifts in free energy couple mutations to their phenotypic consequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(37). 18275–18284. 21 indexed citations

Barnes, Stephanie L., Nathan M. Belliveau, Griffin Chure, et al.. (2018). Tuning Transcriptional Regulation through Signaling: A Predictive Theory of Allosteric Induction. Cell Systems. 6(4). 456–469.e10. 51 indexed citations

Hochschild, Ann & Mitchell Lewis. (2009). The bacteriophage λ CI protein finds an asymmetric solution. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 19(1). 79–86. 35 indexed citations

Daber, Robert & Mitchell Lewis. (2009). A Novel Molecular Switch. Journal of Molecular Biology. 391(4). 661–670. 20 indexed citations

Daber, Robert, Kim A. Sharp, & Mitchell Lewis. (2009). One Is Not Enough. Journal of Molecular Biology. 392(5). 1133–1144. 25 indexed citations

Stayrook, Steven E., et al.. (2008). Crystal structure of the λ repressor and a model for pairwise cooperative operator binding. Nature. 452(7190). 1022–1025. 82 indexed citations

Daber, Robert, Steven E. Stayrook, Allison F. Rosenberg, & Mitchell Lewis. (2007). Structural Analysis of Lac Repressor Bound to Allosteric Effectors. Journal of Molecular Biology. 370(4). 609–619. 69 indexed citations

Stayrook, Steven E., et al.. (2007). Prevalence of the EH1 Groucho interaction motif in the metazoan Fox family of transcriptional regulators. BMC Genomics. 8(1). 201–201. 33 indexed citations

Pinkett, Heather W., Keith E. Shearwin, Steven E. Stayrook, et al.. (2006). The Structural Basis of Cooperative Regulation at an Alternate Genetic Switch. Molecular Cell. 21(5). 605–615. 27 indexed citations

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Penning, T.M., Yi Jin, Vladi V. Heredia, & Mitchell Lewis. (2003). Structure–function relationships in 3α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases: a comparison of the rat and human isoforms. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 85(2-5). 247–255. 57 indexed citations

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Huang, Steve S., Brian R. Gibney, Steven E. Stayrook, P. Leslie Dutton, & Mitchell Lewis. (2003). X-ray Structure of a Maquette Scaffold. Journal of Molecular Biology. 326(4). 1219–1225. 43 indexed citations

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Bell, Charles E. & Mitchell Lewis. (2001). The Lac repressor: a second generation of structural and functional studies. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 11(1). 19–25. 61 indexed citations

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Bell, Charles E., Jennifer K. Barry, Kathleen S. Matthews, & Mitchell Lewis. (2001). Structure of a variant of lac repressor with increased thermostability and decreased affinity for operator 1 1Edited by D. Rees. Journal of Molecular Biology. 313(1). 99–109. 25 indexed citations

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Bell, Charles E., et al.. (2000). Crystal Structure of the λ Repressor C-Terminal Domain Provides a Model for Cooperative Operator Binding. Cell. 101(7). 801–811. 111 indexed citations

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Summa, Christopher M., Angela Lombardi, Mitchell Lewis, & William F. DeGrado. (1999). Tertiary templates for the design of diiron proteins. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 9(4). 500–508. 54 indexed citations

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Arakane, Futoshi, Caleb B. Kallen, Hidemichi Watari, et al.. (1998). The Mechanism of Action of Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein (StAR). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(26). 16339–16345. 164 indexed citations

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Kallen, Caleb B., Jeffrey T. Billheimer, Scott A. Summers, et al.. (1998). Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein (StAR) Is A Sterol Transfer Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(41). 26285–26288. 181 indexed citations

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Penning, T.M., et al.. (1997). Structure and function of 3α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. Steroids. 62(1). 101–111. 52 indexed citations

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Lewis, Mitchell, Geoffrey Chang, Nancy C. Horton, et al.. (1996). Crystal Structure of the Lactose Operon Repressor and Its Complexes with DNA and Inducer. Science. 271(5253). 1247–1254. 636 indexed citations breakdown →

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Penning, T.M., John E. Pawlowski, Brian P. Schlegel, et al.. (1996). Mammalian 3α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases. Steroids. 61(9). 508–523. 55 indexed citations

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