Peter B. Dervan

32.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
358 papers, 24.7k citations indexed

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Peter B. Dervan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter B. Dervan has authored 358 papers receiving a total of 24.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 312 papers in Molecular Biology, 60 papers in Organic Chemistry and 21 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Peter B. Dervan's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (247 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (113 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (113 papers). Peter B. Dervan is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (247 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (113 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (113 papers). Peter B. Dervan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Singapore. Peter B. Dervan's co-authors include Eldon E. Baird, Heinz E. Moser, Robert Hertzberg, Milan Mrksich, Michael W. Van Dyke, John W. Trauger, Peter A. Beal, Benjamin S. Edelson, Joel Gottesfeld and Nicholas G. Nickols and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter B. Dervan

355 papers receiving 23.9k citations

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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.

Sequence-Specific Cleavage of Double Helical DNA by Triple Helix Formation

1987 1.1k citations Peter B. Dervan et al. profile →
Molecular recognition of DNA by small molecules

2001 777 citations Peter B. Dervan Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry profile →
Design of Sequence-Specific DNA-Binding Molecules

1986 723 citations Peter B. Dervan profile →
Recognition of the DNA minor groove by pyrrole-imidazole polyamides

2003 538 citations Peter B. Dervan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter B. Dervan United States	82	21.5k	4.5k	2.3k	1.2k	1.1k	358	24.7k
Stephen Neidle United Kingdom	93	28.8k 1.3×	4.9k 1.1×	2.7k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	508 0.5×	478	32.8k
Jacques H. van Boom Netherlands	72	20.7k 1.0×	8.2k 1.8×	2.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	624	26.1k
Eric T. Kool United States	76	18.3k 0.9×	4.1k 0.9×	809 0.3×	2.0k 1.6×	873 0.8×	372	21.7k
Michael J. Waring United Kingdom	56	9.9k 0.5×	4.1k 0.9×	2.9k 1.3×	773 0.6×	431 0.4×	263	13.9k
Laurence H. Hurley United States	81	21.5k 1.0×	3.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	785 0.6×	361 0.3×	259	24.1k
Bengt Nordén Sweden	78	16.0k 0.7×	4.8k 1.1×	5.0k 2.2×	3.0k 2.4×	769 0.7×	464	21.9k
Gregory L. Verdine United States	74	18.2k 0.8×	3.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	850 0.7×	2.1k 1.9×	208	21.3k
Astrid Gräslund Sweden	70	10.7k 0.5×	1.4k 0.3×	2.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	637 0.6×	349	16.0k
Jonathan B. Chaires United States	64	13.4k 0.6×	4.0k 0.9×	5.1k 2.2×	1.1k 0.9×	248 0.2×	199	16.9k
Florante A. Quiocho United States	72	13.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.3×	2.4k 1.0×	4.8k 3.8×	2.3k 2.1×	205	19.1k

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Yang, Fei, et al.. (2018). Interference with DNA repair after ionizing radiation by a pyrrole-imidazole polyamide. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0196803–e0196803. 4 indexed citations

Yang, Fei, et al.. (2017). A Pyrrole-Imidazole Polyamide Is Active against Enzalutamide-Resistant Prostate Cancer. Cancer Research. 77(9). 2207–2212. 49 indexed citations

Szablowski, Jerzy O., et al.. (2016). A DNA-binding Molecule Targeting the Adaptive Hypoxic Response in Multiple Myeloma Has Potent Antitumor Activity. Molecular Cancer Research. 14(3). 253–266. 16 indexed citations

Szablowski, Jerzy O., Jevgenij A. Raskatov, & Peter B. Dervan. (2015). An HRE-Binding Py-Im Polyamide Impairs Hypoxic Signaling in Tumors. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 15(4). 608–617. 13 indexed citations

Nickols, Nicholas G., Jerzy O. Szablowski, Amanda E. Hargrove, et al.. (2013). Activity of a Py–Im Polyamide Targeted to the Estrogen Response Element. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 12(5). 675–684. 35 indexed citations

Betts, Laurie, Rebecca M. Pollet, Stephen M. Kwong, et al.. (2013). Molecular basis of antibiotic multiresistance transfer in Staphylococcus aureus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(8). 2804–2809. 40 indexed citations

Chou, C. James, et al.. (2008). Small molecules targeting histone H4 as potential therapeutics for chronic myelogenous leukemia. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 7(4). 769–778. 30 indexed citations

Warren, Christopher L., et al.. (2006). Defining the sequence-recognition profile of DNA-binding molecules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(4). 867–872. 177 indexed citations

Edayathumangalam, Rajeswari S., Philipp Weyermann, Joel Gottesfeld, Peter B. Dervan, & Karolin Luger. (2004). Molecular recognition of the nucleosomal “supergroove”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(18). 6864–6869. 82 indexed citations

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Olenyuk, Bogdan, Guo‐Jun Zhang, Jeffery M. Klco, et al.. (2004). Inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor with a sequence-specific hypoxia response element antagonist. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(48). 16768–16773. 181 indexed citations

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Philips, Brian J., Aileen Y. Chang, Peter B. Dervan, & Terry A. Beerman. (2004). DNA Damage Effects of a Polyamide-CBI Conjugate in SV40 Virions. Molecular Pharmacology. 67(3). 877–882. 11 indexed citations

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Briehn, Christoph A., Philipp Weyermann, & Peter B. Dervan. (2003). Alternative Heterocycles for DNA Recognition: The Benzimidazole/Imidazole Pair. Chemistry - A European Journal. 9(9). 2110–2122. 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Clay C. C., Ulf Ellervik, & Peter B. Dervan. (2001). Expanding the recognition of the minor groove of DNA by incorporation of β-alanine in hairpin polyamides. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 9(3). 653–657. 39 indexed citations

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Winston, Rachel L., et al.. (2000). Asymmetric DNA Binding by A Homodimeric bHLH Protein. Biochemistry. 39(31). 9092–9098. 18 indexed citations

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Trauger, John W., Eldon E. Baird, & Peter B. Dervan. (1998). Cooperative Hairpin Dimers for Recognition of DNA by Pyrrole-Imidazole Polyamides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(10). 1421–1423. 37 indexed citations

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White, S. M., Eldon E. Baird, & Peter B. Dervan. (1997). On the pairing rules for recognition in the minor groove of DNA by pyrrole-imidazole polyamides. Chemistry & Biology. 4(8). 569–578. 145 indexed citations

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Dervan, Peter B., et al.. (1994). Sequence specificity of the non-natural pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine nucleoside in triple helix formation. Nucleic Acids Research. 22(13). 2637–2642. 11 indexed citations

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Wade, Warren S., Milan Mrksich, & Peter B. Dervan. (1993). Binding affinities of synthetic peptides, pyridine-2-carboxamidonetropsin and 1-methylimidazole-2-carboxamidonetropsin, that form 2:1 complexes in the minor groove of double-helical DNA. Biochemistry. 32(42). 11385–11389. 75 indexed citations

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Strobel, Scott A. & Peter B. Dervan. (1992). [27] Triple helix-mediated single-site enzymatic cleavage of megabase genomic DNA. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 216. 309–321. 21 indexed citations

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Sylwester, Alan P. & Peter B. Dervan. (1984). Low-temperature matrix isolation of the 1,1-diazene H2NN. Electronic and infrared characterization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 106(16). 4648–4650. 34 indexed citations

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