Peggy T. Lowary

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Peggy T. Lowary is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peggy T. Lowary has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Genetics and 1 paper in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Peggy T. Lowary's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (13 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (6 papers). Peggy T. Lowary is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (13 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (6 papers). Peggy T. Lowary collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Canada. Peggy T. Lowary's co-authors include Jonathan Widom, Olke C. Uhlenbeck, Mikael Kubista, Hans R. Widlund, Hui Cao, Paul J. Romaniuk, J. D. Anderson, Jannette Carey, Gary D. Stormo and Kevin J. Polach and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Peggy T. Lowary

19 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

New DNA sequence rules for high affinity binding to histo... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. New DNA sequence rules for high affinity binding to histone octamer and sequence-directed nucleosome positioning
    1998 1.4k citations Peggy T. Lowary, Jonathan Widom Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peggy T. Lowary United States 18 2.8k 346 262 205 79 19 2.9k
David B. Haniford Canada 24 1.6k 0.6× 289 0.8× 558 2.1× 542 2.6× 59 0.7× 47 1.9k
Chris Oubridge United Kingdom 21 3.4k 1.2× 144 0.4× 402 1.5× 200 1.0× 37 0.5× 35 3.7k
Jianhua Fu United States 17 1.9k 0.7× 114 0.3× 428 1.6× 185 0.9× 36 0.5× 33 2.1k
Sy Redding United States 14 4.1k 1.5× 502 1.5× 492 1.9× 128 0.6× 89 1.1× 17 4.3k
Gregory D. Bowman United States 34 2.6k 0.9× 267 0.8× 369 1.4× 92 0.4× 181 2.3× 59 2.9k
Jacquelynn E. Larson United States 23 1.8k 0.6× 153 0.4× 351 1.3× 177 0.9× 122 1.5× 27 1.9k
Mikhaïl Grigoriev France 15 1.6k 0.6× 101 0.3× 237 0.9× 110 0.5× 200 2.5× 21 1.8k
Ky Lowenhaupt United States 33 3.0k 1.1× 362 1.0× 372 1.4× 176 0.9× 127 1.6× 53 3.5k
Tadaatsu Goto United States 13 1.4k 0.5× 311 0.9× 263 1.0× 193 0.9× 111 1.4× 15 1.8k
Phillip Ordoukhanian United States 23 1.6k 0.6× 132 0.4× 230 0.9× 225 1.1× 53 0.7× 42 2.0k

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Lowary, Peggy T., et al.. (2008). Detection of human virulence signatures in H5N1. Journal of Virological Methods. 154(1-2). 200–205. 5 indexed citations
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Lowary, Peggy T., et al.. (2004). Measurement of histone–DNA interaction free energy in nucleosomes. Methods. 33(1). 33–44. 93 indexed citations
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Anderson, J. D., Peggy T. Lowary, & Jonathan Widom. (2001). Effects of histone acetylation on the equilibrium accessibility of nucleosomal DNA target sites 1 1Edited by R. Ebright. Journal of Molecular Biology. 307(4). 977–985. 123 indexed citations
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Protacio, Reine U, et al.. (2000). Effects of Histone Tail Domains on the Rate of Transcriptional Elongation through a Nucleosome. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(23). 8866–8878. 59 indexed citations
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Polach, Kevin J., Peggy T. Lowary, & Jonathan Widom. (2000). Effects of core histone tail domains on the equilibrium constants for dynamic dna site accessibility in nucleosomes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 298(2). 211–223. 100 indexed citations
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Lowary, Peggy T., et al.. (1999). Sequence motifs and free energies of selected natural and non-natural nucleosome positioning DNA sequences. Journal of Molecular Biology. 288(2). 213–229. 317 indexed citations
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Lowary, Peggy T. & Jonathan Widom. (1998). New DNA sequence rules for high affinity binding to histone octamer and sequence-directed nucleosome positioning. Journal of Molecular Biology. 276(1). 19–42. 1386 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lowary, Peggy T. & Jonathan Widom. (1997). Nucleosome packaging and nucleosome positioning of genomic DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 94(4). 1183–1188. 100 indexed citations
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Yao, Jiaqi, Peggy T. Lowary, & Jonathan Widom. (1993). Twist constraints on linker DNA in the 30-nm chromatin fiber: implications for nucleosome phasing.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(20). 9364–9368. 38 indexed citations
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Lowary, Peggy T., et al.. (1992). Co-operative binding of the globular domain of histone H5 to DNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 225(4). 1105–1121. 47 indexed citations
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Yao, Jiaqi, Peggy T. Lowary, & Jonathan Widom. (1991). Linker DNA bending induced by the core histones of chromatin. Biochemistry. 30(34). 8408–8414. 58 indexed citations
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Yao, Jiaqi, Peggy T. Lowary, & Jonathan Widom. (1990). Direct detection of linker DNA bending in defined-length oligomers of chromatin.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 87(19). 7603–7607. 61 indexed citations
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Lowary, Peggy T. & Jonathan Widom. (1989). Higher-order structure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromatin.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 86(21). 8266–8270. 64 indexed citations
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Lowary, Peggy T. & Olke C. Uhlenbeck. (1987). An RNA mutation that increases the affinity of an RNA–protein interaction. Nucleic Acids Research. 15(24). 10483–10493. 105 indexed citations
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Romaniuk, Paul J., et al.. (1987). RNA binding site of R17 coat protein. Biochemistry. 26(6). 1563–1568. 179 indexed citations
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Uhlenbeck, Olke C., Jannette Carey, Paul J. Romaniuk, Peggy T. Lowary, & Dorothy Beckett. (1983). Interaction of R17 Coat Protein With Its RNA Binding Site For Translational Repression. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 1(2). 539–552. 59 indexed citations
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Lowary, Peggy T., et al.. (1983). Binding of yeast tRNAphe anticodon arm to Escherichia coli 30 S ribosomes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 167(1). 103–117. 50 indexed citations
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Carey, Jannette, Peggy T. Lowary, & Olke C. Uhlenbeck. (1983). Interaction of R17 coat protein with synthetic variants of its ribonucleic acid binding site. Biochemistry. 22(20). 4723–4730. 82 indexed citations
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Uhlenbeck, Olke C., et al.. (1982). Role of the constant uridine in binding of yeast tRNAPheanticodon arm to 30S ribosomes. Nucleic Acids Research. 10(11). 3341–3352. 19 indexed citations

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