Nathan Sharon

35.9k total citations · 13 hit papers
346 papers, 28.5k citations indexed

About

Nathan Sharon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathan Sharon has authored 346 papers receiving a total of 28.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 247 papers in Molecular Biology, 114 papers in Organic Chemistry and 71 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Nathan Sharon's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (184 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (112 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (33 papers). Nathan Sharon is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (184 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (112 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (33 papers). Nathan Sharon collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Nathan Sharon's co-authors include Halina Lis, Itzhak Ofek, David Mirelman, Reuben Lotan, Irwin Goldstein, David M. Chipman, Irvin E. Liener, Yaīr Reisner, D. Danon and Ehud Skutelsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Nathan Sharon

341 papers receiving 25.9k citations

Hit Papers

Lectins:  Carbohydrate-Specific Proteins T... 1969 2026 1988 2007 1998 1972 1986 1989 1975 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Lectins:  Carbohydrate-Specific Proteins That Mediate Cellular Recognition
    1998 1.5k citations Halina Lis, Nathan Sharon profile →
  2. Lectins: Cell-Agglutinating and Sugar-Specific Proteins
    1972 1.5k citations Nathan Sharon, Halina Lis profile →
  3. The Lectins: Properties, Functions and Applications in Biology and Medicine
    1986 996 citations Nathan Sharon et al. profile →
  4. Lectins as Cell Recognition Molecules
    1989 985 citations Nathan Sharon, Halina Lis profile →
  5. The purification, composition, and specificity of the anti-T lectin from peanut (Arachis hypogaea).
    1975 872 citations Nathan Sharon et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  6. The Biochemistry of Plant Lectins (Phytohemagglutinins)
    1973 848 citations Halina Lis, Nathan Sharon profile →
  7. What should be called a lectin?
    1980 706 citations Nathan Sharon et al. profile →
  8. Protein glycosylation
    1993 657 citations Halina Lis, Nathan Sharon profile →
  9. LECTINS AS MOLECULES AND AS TOOLS
    1986 605 citations Halina Lis, Nathan Sharon profile →
  10. Adherence of Escherichia coli to human mucosal cells mediated by mannose receptors
    1977 558 citations Itzhak Ofek, Nathan Sharon et al. profile →
  11. The purification, composition and specificity of wheat-germ agglutinin
    1973 516 citations Nathan Sharon et al. profile →
  12. Mechanism of Lysozyme Action
    1969 505 citations Nathan Sharon et al. profile →
  13. Separation of mouse thymocytes into two subpopulations by the use of peanut agglutinin
    1976 451 citations Nathan Sharon et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nathan Sharon Israel 79 18.5k 7.2k 6.5k 3.6k 2.7k 346 28.5k
Anne Dell United Kingdom 88 18.0k 1.0× 5.7k 0.8× 5.9k 0.9× 2.4k 0.7× 1.5k 0.6× 501 28.6k
Johannes F.G. Vliegenthart Netherlands 72 12.0k 0.6× 2.3k 0.3× 7.0k 1.1× 3.3k 0.9× 1.9k 0.7× 522 22.5k
Anne Imberty France 74 11.7k 0.6× 2.4k 0.3× 5.7k 0.9× 2.2k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 371 18.0k
Mary Osborn Germany 90 27.5k 1.5× 2.9k 0.4× 1.7k 0.3× 2.8k 0.8× 2.3k 0.9× 315 48.2k
Paul Emsley United Kingdom 23 44.0k 2.4× 4.9k 0.7× 3.1k 0.5× 3.6k 1.0× 3.2k 1.2× 45 61.8k
Günther Jung Germany 79 13.4k 0.7× 6.7k 0.9× 3.7k 0.6× 947 0.3× 1.0k 0.4× 438 24.6k
T. Staehelin Switzerland 22 28.0k 1.5× 6.6k 0.9× 696 0.1× 4.0k 1.1× 2.0k 0.7× 27 52.5k
J. Gordon United Kingdom 23 27.6k 1.5× 6.4k 0.9× 719 0.1× 4.0k 1.1× 1.9k 0.7× 56 52.1k
Harry Towbin Switzerland 33 28.2k 1.5× 7.0k 1.0× 770 0.1× 4.0k 1.1× 2.0k 0.7× 73 53.7k
Raymond A. Dwek United Kingdom 110 29.4k 1.6× 9.9k 1.4× 13.3k 2.1× 1.4k 0.4× 2.4k 0.9× 564 46.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Itakura, Y., Sachiko Nakamura‐Tsuruta, Junko Kominami, et al.. (2007). Systematic Comparison of Oligosaccharide Specificity of Ricinus communis Agglutinin I and Erythrina Lectins: a Search by Frontal Affinity Chromatography. The Journal of Biochemistry. 142(4). 459–469. 76 indexed citations
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Sharon, Nathan. (2005). A life with lectins. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 62(10). 1057–1062. 4 indexed citations
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Ofek, Itzhak, David L. Hasty, Soman N. Abraham, & Nathan Sharon. (2005). Role of Bacterial Lectins in Urinary Tract Infections. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 485. 183–192. 11 indexed citations
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Ofek, Itzhak, David L. Hasty, & Nathan Sharon. (2003). Anti-adhesion therapy of bacterial diseases: prospects and problems. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology. 38(3). 181–191. 346 indexed citations
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Weiss, Ervin I., et al.. (2002). Inhibition ofHelicobacter pyloriAdhesion to Human Gastric Mucus by a High-Molecular-Weight Constituent of Cranberry Juice. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 42(sup3). 279–284. 104 indexed citations
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Adar, Rivka, Hansjörg Streicher, Nathan Sharon, et al.. (1998). Structural features of the combining site region of Erythrina corallodendron lectin: Role of tryptophan 135. Protein Science. 7(1). 52–63. 17 indexed citations
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Sharon, Nathan. (1998). Glycoproteins Now and Then: A Personal Account. Cells Tissues Organs. 161(1-4). 7–17. 32 indexed citations
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Sharon, Nathan. (1997). Albert Neuberger (1908-96): founder of modern glycoprotein research.. PubMed. 14(2). 155–8. 2 indexed citations
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Ofek, Itzhak, Janina Goldhar, & Nathan Sharon. (1996). Anti-Escherichia Coli Adhesin Activity of Cranberry and Blueberry Juices. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 408. 179–183. 176 indexed citations
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Adar, Rivka, Rafael Arango, Nathan Sharon, et al.. (1995). C-terminal Post-translational Proteolysis of Plant Lectins and Their Recombinant Forms Expressed in Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(6). 2563–2570. 51 indexed citations
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Berkowicz, Miriam, Amos Toren, Miriam Biniaminov, et al.. (1995). Translocation (2;14)(p13;q32) in CD10+;CD13+ acute lymphatic leukemia. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 83(2). 140–143. 3 indexed citations
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Lis, Halina & Nathan Sharon. (1994). Moluccella laevis Lectin. An Unusual Protein with a Unique Specificity.. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 6(27). 65–74. 11 indexed citations
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Sharon, Nathan & Halina Lis. (1993). Carbohydrates in Cell Recognition. Scientific American. 268(1). 82–89. 319 indexed citations
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Ofek, Itzhak & Nathan Sharon. (1990). Adhesins as Lectins: Specificity and Role in Infection. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 151. 91–113. 115 indexed citations
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Arango, Rafael, Shmuel Rozenblatt, & Nathan Sharon. (1990). Cloning and sequence analysis of the Erythrina corallodendron lectin cDNA. FEBS Letters. 264(1). 109–111. 29 indexed citations
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Sharon, Nathan. (1988). Lectins: Properties, Functions and Applications in Biology and Medicine(第111回北里医学会招待学術講演会要旨). 18(1). 109–110. 1 indexed citations
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Kogel, K.-H., Friedemann Schrenk, Nathan Sharon, & H. J. Reisener. (1985). Suppression of the Hypersensitive Response in Wheat Stem Rust Interaction by Reagents with Affinity for Wheat Plasma Membrane Galactoconjugates. Journal of Plant Physiology. 118(4). 343–352. 17 indexed citations
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Jakobovits, Aya, Nathan Sharon, & Israel Zan‐Bar. (1982). Acquisition of mitogenic responsiveness by nonresponding lymphocytes upon insertion of appropriate membrane components.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 156(4). 1274–1279. 40 indexed citations
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Pecht, Israel, Vivian I. Teichberg, & Nathan Sharon. (1970). Fluorescence study of the binding dynamics of saccharides to lysozymes. FEBS Letters. 10(4). 241–245. 8 indexed citations

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