Nancy W. Downer

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Nancy W. Downer is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy W. Downer has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Nancy W. Downer's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (12 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (3 papers). Nancy W. Downer is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (12 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (3 papers). Nancy W. Downer collaborates with scholars based in United States. Nancy W. Downer's co-authors include S. W. Englander, Roderick Capaldi, Neal C. Robinson, S. Walter Englander, Bernd Ludwig, Jo H. Hazzard, John A. Rupley, Richard A. Cone, Joan J. Englander and Mark W. Bitensky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Annual Review of Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Nancy W. Downer

15 papers receiving 895 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.

Hydrogen Exchange

1972 379 citations S. W. Englander, Nancy W. Downer et al. Annual Review of Biochemistry profile →

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P. Cavatorta Italy

M. Groesbeek Netherlands

William C. Galley Canada

Joseph Y. Cassim United States

Philippe Wahl France

Martine Ziliox United States

G. Reid United Kingdom

Zygmunt Wasylewski Poland

Christoph Grathwohl United Kingdom

A. Jasaitis Russia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nancy W. Downer

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17 of 17 papers shown

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Tamanaha, Cy R., et al.. (2003). Humidity and cation dependency of purple membrane based biosensors. 9. 107–108.

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Downer, Nancy W., et al.. (2003). Surface-bound biomembrane assemblies. 1329–1330.

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Tamanaha, Cy R., et al.. (2002). An investigative study of membrane-based biosensors. 253–254. 1 indexed citations

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Downer, Nancy W., et al.. (1993). <title>Evanescent-wave infrared fiber optic biosensor</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1796. 349–359. 4 indexed citations

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Downer, Nancy W., et al.. (1992). Surface-bound biomembranes incorporating receptors: electrochemical and structural characterization. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 7(6). 429–440. 10 indexed citations

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Kowluru, Anjaneyulu, Douglas B. Heidorn, Stephen P. Edmondson, et al.. (1989). Glycation of calmodulin: chemistry and structural and functional consequences. Biochemistry. 28(5). 2220–2228. 24 indexed citations

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Downer, Nancy W., et al.. (1986). Infrared spectroscopic study of photoreceptor membrane and purple membrane. Protein secondary structure and hydrogen deuterium exchange.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 261(8). 3640–3647. 76 indexed citations

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Downer, Nancy W., et al.. (1985). Hydrogen exchange of lysozyme powders. Hydration dependence of internal motions. Biochemistry. 24(2). 352–366. 66 indexed citations

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Downer, Nancy W.. (1985). Cross-linking of dark-adapted frog photoreceptor disk membranes. Evidence for monomeric rhodopsin. Biophysical Journal. 47(3). 285–293. 43 indexed citations

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Downer, Nancy W. & Richard A. Cone. (1985). Transient dichroism in photoreceptor membranes indicates that stable oligomers of rhodopsin do not form during excitation. Biophysical Journal. 47(3). 277–284. 24 indexed citations

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Englander, Joan J., Nancy W. Downer, & S. Walter Englander. (1982). Re-examination of rhodopsin structure by hydrogen exchange.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 257(14). 7982–7986. 16 indexed citations

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Ludwig, Bernd, Nancy W. Downer, & Roderick Capaldi. (1979). Labeling of cytochrome c oxidase with [35S]diazobenzenesulfonate. Orientation of this electron transfer complex in the inner mitochondrial membrane. Biochemistry. 18(8). 1401–1407. 91 indexed citations

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Downer, Nancy W. & S. Walter Englander. (1977). Hydrogen exchange study of membrane-bound rhodopsin. II. Light-induced protein structure change.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 252(22). 8101–8104. 10 indexed citations

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Downer, Nancy W. & S. Walter Englander. (1977). Hydrogen exchange study of membrane-bound rhodopsin. I. Protein structure.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 252(22). 8092–8100. 24 indexed citations

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Downer, Nancy W., Neal C. Robinson, & Roderick Capaldi. (1976). Components of the mitochondrial inner membrane. 3. Characterization of a seventh different subunit of beef heart cytochrome c oxidase. Similarities between the beef heart enzyme and that from other species. Biochemistry. 15(13). 2930–2936. 220 indexed citations

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Downer, Nancy W. & S. Walter Englander. (1975). Molecular structure of membrane-bound rhodopsin. Nature. 254(5501). 625–627. 23 indexed citations

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Englander, S. W., et al.. (1972). Hydrogen Exchange. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 41(1). 903–924. 379 indexed citations breakdown →

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