Norman Davidson

32.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
322 papers, 27.7k citations indexed

About

Norman Davidson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Norman Davidson has authored 322 papers receiving a total of 27.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 220 papers in Molecular Biology, 61 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 43 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Norman Davidson's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (76 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (62 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (57 papers). Norman Davidson is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (76 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (62 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (57 papers). Norman Davidson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and United Kingdom. Norman Davidson's co-authors include Henry A. Lester, James M. Bailey, James G. Wetmur, Alexander Rich, Linus Pauling, James W. Casey, Craig A. Doupnik, Cesar Labarca, William F. Dove and Eric Fyrberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Norman Davidson

319 papers receiving 25.0k 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.

Structural chemistry and molecular biology

1968 1.3k citations Norman Davidson et al. profile →
Methylmercury as a reversible denaturing agent for agarose gel electrophoresis

1976 1.2k citations James M. Bailey, Norman Davidson Analytical Biochemistry profile →
Kinetics of renaturation of DNA

1968 1.2k citations Norman Davidson et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
Cloning and Expression of a Rat Brain GABA Transporter

1990 731 citations Linda Czyzyk, Norman Davidson et al. profile →
Rates of formation and thermal stabilities of RNA:DNA and DNA:DNA duplexes at high concentrations of formamide

1977 634 citations Norman Davidson et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Norman Davidson	19.2k	6.5k	3.7k	2.5k	2.2k	322	27.7k
Melvin I. Simon	25.6k 1.3×	7.4k 1.1×	7.7k 2.1×	2.8k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	320	34.8k
Morris J. Karnovsky	16.9k 0.9×	4.9k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	2.0k 0.9×	224	40.0k
Russell F. Doolittle	23.3k 1.2×	1.9k 0.3×	4.9k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	3.2k 1.5×	221	37.7k
Richard A. Lerner	22.2k 1.2×	1.8k 0.3×	2.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	417	38.4k
A. Klug	17.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.2×	2.3k 0.6×	3.8k 1.5×	3.1k 1.4×	209	25.2k
Gregory S. Couch	28.6k 1.5×	2.1k 0.3×	4.1k 1.1×	2.8k 1.1×	3.0k 1.4×	11	44.5k
Jack Kyte	15.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.2×	2.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	34	21.8k
Sergio Grinstein	28.9k 1.5×	4.5k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	578	53.1k
Ernesto Carafoli	24.4k 1.3×	7.3k 1.1×	1.3k 0.3×	575 0.2×	1.6k 0.7×	493	33.3k
John E. Walker	30.8k 1.6×	1.5k 0.2×	2.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	356	38.7k

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Figl, Antonio, Cesar Labarca, Norman Davidson, Henry A. Lester, & Bruce Cohen. (1996). Voltage-jump relaxation kinetics for wild-type and chimeric beta subunits of neuronal nicotinic receptors.. The Journal of General Physiology. 107(3). 369–379. 15 indexed citations

Kofuji, Paulo, Magdalena Hofer, Kathleen J. Millen, et al.. (1996). Functional Analysis of the weaver Mutant GIRK2 K+ Channel and Rescue of weaver Granule Cells. Neuron. 16(5). 941–952. 170 indexed citations

Doupnik, Craig A., Nancy Lim, Paulo Kofuji, Norman Davidson, & Henry A. Lester. (1995). Intrinsic gating properties of a cloned G protein-activated inward rectifier K+ channel.. The Journal of General Physiology. 106(1). 1–23. 33 indexed citations

Cohen, Bruce, Antonio Figl, Michael W. Quick, et al.. (1995). Regions of beta 2 and beta 4 responsible for differences between the steady state dose-response relationships of the alpha 3 beta 2 and alpha 3 beta 4 neuronal nicotinic receptors.. The Journal of General Physiology. 105(6). 745–764. 50 indexed citations

Karschin, Andreas, et al.. (1994). Fast Inhibition of Inwardly Rectifying K⁺ Channels by Multiple Neurotransmitter Receptors in Oligodendroglia. European Journal of Neuroscience. 6(11). 1756–1764. 29 indexed citations

McCarty, Nael A., Stefan McDonough, Bruce Cohen, et al.. (1993). Voltage-dependent block of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator Cl- channel by two closely related arylaminobenzoates.. The Journal of General Physiology. 102(1). 1–23. 132 indexed citations

Cohen, Bruce, Cesar Labarca, Linda Czyzyk, Norman Davidson, & Henry A. Lester. (1992). Tris+/Na+ permeability ratios of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are reduced by mutations near the intracellular end of the M2 region.. The Journal of General Physiology. 99(4). 545–572. 59 indexed citations

Cohen, Bruce, Cesar Labarca, Norman Davidson, & Henry A. Lester. (1992). Mutations in M2 alter the selectivity of the mouse nicotinic acetylcholine receptor for organic and alkali metal cations.. The Journal of General Physiology. 100(3). 373–400. 104 indexed citations

Labarca, Cesar, et al.. (1991). Low molecular weight mRNA encodes a protein that controls serotonin 5-HT1c and acetylcholine M1 receptor sensitivity in Xenopus oocytes.. The Journal of General Physiology. 98(2). 399–417. 8 indexed citations

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Fong, Tung M., Norman Davidson, & Henry A. Lester. (1989). Further evidence demonstrating that N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate and kainate activate distinct ion channels. Synapse. 4(1). 88–95. 7 indexed citations

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Krafte, D S, et al.. (1988). Evidence for the involvement of more than one mRNA species in controlling the inactivation process of rat and rabbit brain Na channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Journal of Neuroscience. 8(8). 2859–2868. 85 indexed citations

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Yu, Liang, et al.. (1987). Equilibrium properties of mouse-Torpedo acetylcholine receptor hybrids expressed in Xenopus oocytes.. The Journal of General Physiology. 90(4). 553–573. 47 indexed citations

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Hu, M C, Sandra B. Sharp, & Norman Davidson. (1986). The Complete Sequence of the Mouse Skeletal α-Actin Gene Reveals Several Conserved and Inverted Repeat Sequences Outside of the Protein-Coding Region. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 6(1). 15–25. 89 indexed citations

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Parker, Vann P., S Falkenthal, & Norman Davidson. (1985). Characterization of the Myosin Light-Chain-2 Gene of Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 5(11). 3058–3068. 25 indexed citations

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Mattox, William & Norman Davidson. (1984). Isolation and Characterization of the Beadex Locus of Drosophila melanogaster : a Putative cis -acting Negative Regulatory Element for the heldup-a Gene. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 4(7). 1343–1353. 13 indexed citations

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Bailey, James M. & Norman Davidson. (1976). Methylmercury as a reversible denaturing agent for agarose gel electrophoresis. Analytical Biochemistry. 70(1). 75–85. 1225 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ohtsubo, Eiichi, et al.. (1974). Electron microscope heteroduplex studies of sequence relations among plasmids of Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 89(4). 565–584. 73 indexed citations

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Hsu, Ming‐Ta & Norman Davidson. (1974). Electron microscope heteroduplex study of the heterogeneity of Mu phage and prophage DNA. Virology. 58(1). 229–239. 67 indexed citations

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Davidson, Norman & Waclaw Szybalski. (1971). Chapter 3 Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Lambda DNA. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 2. 45–82. 93 indexed citations

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Simon, Martha N., Ronald W. Davis, & Norman Davidson. (1971). Heteroduplexes of DNA Molecules of Lambdoid Phages: Physical Mapping of Their Base Sequence Relationships by Electron Microscopy. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 2. 313–328. 72 indexed citations

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