P. F. Crain

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

P. F. Crain is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, P. F. Crain has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Organic Chemistry and 6 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in P. F. Crain's work include RNA modifications and cancer (19 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (8 papers). P. F. Crain is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (19 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (8 papers). P. F. Crain collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. P. F. Crain's co-authors include James A. McCloskey, Jef Rozenski, Susumu Nishimura, Hiroshi Kasai, Yoshiyuki Kuchino, Hiroshi Tanooka, Akira Ootsuyama, J. A. MCCLOSKEY, Takeshi Hashizume and Paul F. Agris and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

P. F. Crain

39 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Formation of 8-hydroxyguanine moiety in cellular DNA by a... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 2010 250 500 750
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. Formation of 8-hydroxyguanine moiety in cellular DNA by agents producing oxygen radicals and evidence for its repair
    1986 830 citations Hiroshi Kasai, P. F. Crain et al. Carcinogenesis profile →
  2. The RNA modification database, RNAMDB: 2011 update
    2010 666 citations William A. Cantara, P. F. Crain et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Peers

P. F. Crain
Mary Ellen Jones United States
Carolyn D. Mitchell United States
Richard B. Honzatko United States
Kenneth Straub United States
Ziro Yamaizumi United Kingdom
James C. Osborne United States
Brian K. Hubbard United States
Ann Ginsburg United States
Roberts A. Smith United States
George W. Teebor United States
Mary Ellen Jones United States
P. F. Crain
Citations per year, relative to P. F. Crain P. F. Crain (= 1×) peers Mary Ellen Jones

Countries citing papers authored by P. F. Crain

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. F. Crain

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cantara, William A., P. F. Crain, Jef Rozenski, et al.. (2010). The RNA modification database, RNAMDB: 2011 update. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(Database). D195–D201. 666 indexed citations breakdown →
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McCloskey, James A., et al.. (2000). Posttranscriptional modification of transfer RNA in the submarine hyperthermophile Pyrolobus fumarii. Nucleic Acids Symposium Series. 44(1). 267–268. 20 indexed citations
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Tomita, Kozo, et al.. (1999). Codon reading patterns in Drosophila melanogaster mitochondria based on their tRNA sequences: a unique wobble rule in animal mitochondria. Nucleic Acids Research. 27(21). 4291–4297. 45 indexed citations
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Rozenski, Jef, P. F. Crain, & James A. McCloskey. (1999). The RNA Modification Database: 1999 update. Nucleic Acids Research. 27(1). 196–197. 334 indexed citations
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McCloskey, James A., et al.. (1999). New Techniques for the Rapid Characterization of Oligonucleotides by Mass Spectrometry. Nucleosides and Nucleotides. 18(6-7). 1549–1553. 21 indexed citations
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Crain, P. F. & James A. McCloskey. (1997). The RNA modification database. Nucleic Acids Research. 25(1). 126–127. 169 indexed citations
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Ushida, Chisato, T. Muramatsu, Hiroshi Mizushima, et al.. (1996). Structural feature of the initiator tRNA gene from Pyrodictium occultum and the thermal stability of its gene product, tRNAiMet. Biochimie. 78(10). 847–855. 12 indexed citations
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Limbach, Patrick A., P. F. Crain, Steven C. Pomerantz, & James A. McCloskey. (1995). Structures of posttranscriptionally modified nucleosides from RNA. Biochimie. 77(1-2). 135–138. 16 indexed citations
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Crain, P. F., et al.. (1995). Implications of a functional large ribosomal RNA with only three modified nucleotides. Biochimie. 77(1-2). 30–39. 48 indexed citations
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Nordhoff, Eckhard, Arnd Ingendoh, Rainer Cramer, et al.. (1992). Matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry of nucleic acids with wavelengths in the ultraviolet and infrared. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 6(12). 771–776. 238 indexed citations
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Kasai, Hiroshi, P. F. Crain, Yoshiyuki Kuchino, et al.. (1986). Formation of 8-hydroxyguanine moiety in cellular DNA by agents producing oxygen radicals and evidence for its repair. Carcinogenesis. 7(11). 1849–1851. 830 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carroll, Stephen F., J. A. MCCLOSKEY, P. F. Crain, et al.. (1985). Photoaffinity labeling of diphtheria toxin fragment A with NAD: structure of the photoproduct at position 148.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82(21). 7237–7241. 62 indexed citations
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Sethi, Satinder K., Jon R. Katze, P. F. Crain, et al.. (1983). Mass spectrometry of the nucleic acid base queuine. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Physics. 48. 121–124. 1 indexed citations
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Swinton, David, Stanley Hattman, P. F. Crain, et al.. (1983). Purification and characterization of the unusual deoxynucleoside, alpha-N-(9-beta-D-2'-deoxyribofuranosylpurin-6-yl)glycinamide, specified by the phage Mu modification function.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80(24). 7400–7404. 60 indexed citations
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Crain, P. F., Satinder K. Sethi, Jon R. Katze, & James A. McCloskey. (1980). Structure of an amniotic fluid component, 7-(4,5-cis-dihydroxy-1-cyclopenten-3-ylaminomethyl)-7-deazaguanine (queuine), a substrate for tRNA: guanine transglycosylase.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 255(18). 8405–8407. 27 indexed citations
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Isono, Kiyoshi, P. F. Crain, & James A. McCloskey. (1975). Isolation of structure of octosyl acids. Anhydrooctose uronic acid nucleosides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 97(4). 943–945. 54 indexed citations
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ISONO, K., et al.. (1973). Biosynthesis of the 5-fluoropolyoxins, aberrant nucleoside antibiotics. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 95(17). 5788–5789. 29 indexed citations
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Koenig, W. A., Larry A. Smith, P. F. Crain, & James A. McCloskey. (1972). Corrections - Mass Spectrometry of Trifluoroacetyl Derivatives of Nucleosides and Hydrolysates of Deoxyribonucleic Acid. Biochemistry. 11(6). 1122–1122. 2 indexed citations

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