Nelson J. Leonard

14.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
349 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Nelson J. Leonard is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nelson J. Leonard has authored 349 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 174 papers in Organic Chemistry, 171 papers in Molecular Biology and 35 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Nelson J. Leonard's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (52 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (31 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (30 papers). Nelson J. Leonard is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (52 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (31 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (30 papers). Nelson J. Leonard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Slovenia. Nelson J. Leonard's co-authors include John A. Secrist, Jorge R. Barrio, Jorge R. Barrio, Gregorio Weber, Folke Skoog, Carl R. Johnson, Sidney M. Hecht, Richard D. Spencer, Ruth Y. Schmitz and Richard A. Laursen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Nelson J. Leonard

346 papers receiving 8.9k citations

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Fluorescent modification of adenosine-containing coenzymes. Biological activities and spectroscopic properties

1972 459 citations John A. Secrist, Jorge R. Barrio et al. Biochemistry profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Purification and characterization of the purE, purK, and purC gene products: identification of a previously unrecognized energy requirement in the purine biosynthetic pathway 1992 ·Biochemistry ·Ernest A. Meyer, Nelson J. Leonard, Balkrishen Bhat, J. Stubbe, John M. Smith	66
2	Template-directed oligomerization of 3-isoadenosine 5′-phosphate 1988 ·Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Aubrey R. Hill, Shiv Kumar, Nelson J. Leonard, Leslie E. Orgel	13
3	Synthetic peptide analogs differentially alter the binding affinities of cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinases for nucleotide substrates 1988 ·Biochemistry ·Deepak Bhatnagar, David B. Glass, Robert Roskoski, Ralph A. Lessor, Nelson J. Leonard	9
4	Synthesis and valence orbital structures of azacycl[3.3.3]azines in a systematic series 1985 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), Nelson J. Leonard, Shigeyuki Urano, Pierre Lebreton	38
5	Azido Auxins 1984 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·L. Lee Melhado, Alan M. Jones, Tsing‐Fen Ho, Nelson J. Leonard	7
6	Nitrogen-15 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of 5-azacytidine 1981 ·The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·John D. Roberts, Glenn R. Sullivan, (unknown), Nelson J. Leonard	3
7	Active Cytokinins 1979 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·(unknown), (unknown), Nelson J. Leonard, Ruth Y. Schmitz, (unknown), Folke Skoog	16
8	Photoproducts of thymine and uracil. Syntheses of the four bipyrimidine combinations 1978 ·The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Jerry D. Bryant, Nelson J. Leonard	10
9	Cytokinins in Corynebacterium fascians Cultures 1976 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Donald J. Armstrong, (unknown), Folke Skoog, Douglas L. Cole, Nelson J. Leonard	24
10	Stereochemically controlled photoreactions between two thymine rings 1974 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Nelson J. Leonard, (unknown)	29
11	Interactions of fluorescent analogs of adenine nucleotides with pyruvate kinase 1973 ·FEBS Letters ·Jorge R. Barrio, John A. Secrist, Yueh‐hsiu Chien, (unknown), James L. Robinson, Nelson J. Leonard	29
12	Comparison of Zeatin Indoleacetate with Zeatin and Indoleacetic Acid in the Tobacco Bioassay 1972 ·PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Ruth Y. Schmitz, Folke Skoog, Sidney M. Hecht, Nelson J. Leonard	9
13	Small charged rings. XIV. Dimer formation through 2‐arylaziridinium salts 1971 ·Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry ·Nelson J. Leonard, (unknown)	18
14	Cytokinins 1970 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·D. J. Armstrong, (unknown), William Burrows, Folke Skoog, J.F. Petit, June L. Dahl, (unknown), Jack L. Strominger, Nelson J. Leonard, Sidney M. Hecht, John L. Occolowitz	13
15	Cytokinins: Structure/activity relationships 1967 ·Phytochemistry ·Folke Skoog, (unknown), A. Szweykowska, Nelson J. Leonard, Kermit L. Carraway, Tozo Fujii, John P. Helgeson, Richard N. Loeppky	166
16	Synthesis and Properties of Analogs of Adenosine Diphosphate, Adenosine Triphosphate, and Nicotinamide-Adenine Dinucleotide Derived from 3-β-D-Ribofuranosyladenine (3-Isoadenosine)^* 1965 ·Biochemistry ·Nelson J. Leonard, Richard A. Laursen	38
17	The Chemistry of Triacanthine 1962 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Nelson J. Leonard, James A. Deyrup	73
18	Transannular Interaction between Sulfide and Ketone Groups¹ 1960 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Nelson J. Leonard, (unknown), Theodore L. Brown	57
19	TRANSANNULAR SULFUR-CARBONYL INTERACTION 1959 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Nelson J. Leonard, Theodore L. Brown, (unknown)	12
20	γ-Pyridones by Isomerization. Substituted 1-Methyl-3,5-dibenzyl-4-pyridones 1955 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Nelson J. Leonard, (unknown)	22

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