Peter B. Moore

21.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
206 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

Peter B. Moore is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter B. Moore has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Materials Chemistry and 29 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Peter B. Moore's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (147 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (85 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (50 papers). Peter B. Moore is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (147 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (85 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (50 papers). Peter B. Moore collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Peter B. Moore's co-authors include Thomas A. Steitz, J.L. Hansen, Nenad Ban, Poul Nissen, David J. DeRosier, Joseph A. Ippolito, Daniel J. Klein, Alexander A. Szewczak, Gregor Blaha and Donald M. Engelman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Peter B. Moore

201 papers receiving 15.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Complete Atomic Structure of the La... 1970 2026 1988 2007 2000 2000 2001 1970 2002 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. The Complete Atomic Structure of the Large Ribosomal Subunit at 2.4 Å Resolution
    2000 2.5k citations Nenad Ban, Poul Nissen et al. profile →
  2. The Structural Basis of Ribosome Activity in Peptide Bond Synthesis
    2000 1.6k citations Poul Nissen, J.L. Hansen et al. profile →
  3. RNA tertiary interactions in the large ribosomal subunit: The A-minor motif
    2001 533 citations Poul Nissen, Joseph A. Ippolito et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Three-dimensional reconstruction of F-actin, thin filaments and decorated thin filaments
    1970 456 citations Peter B. Moore et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  5. The Structures of Four Macrolide Antibiotics Bound to the Large Ribosomal Subunit
    2002 422 citations J.L. Hansen, Joseph A. Ippolito et al. profile →
  6. Reconstruction of three-dimensional images from electron micrographs of structures with helical symmetry
    1970 414 citations Peter B. Moore et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  7. The Roles of Ribosomal Proteins in the Structure Assembly, and Evolution of the Large Ribosomal Subunit
    2004 368 citations Peter B. Moore, Thomas A. Steitz et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  8. Structures of MLSBK Antibiotics Bound to Mutated Large Ribosomal Subunits Provide a Structural Explanation for Resistance
    2005 343 citations Peter B. Moore, Thomas A. Steitz et al. profile →
  9. The crystal structure of elongation factor G complexed with GDP, at 2.7 A resolution.
    1994 329 citations Thomas A. Steitz, Peter B. Moore et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter B. Moore United States 54 14.0k 2.7k 1.8k 1.2k 964 206 16.3k
V. Ramakrishnan United Kingdom 77 20.3k 1.4× 4.3k 1.6× 1.7k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 1.2k 1.2× 167 22.2k
Paul Schimmel United States 82 21.9k 1.6× 3.5k 1.3× 1.6k 0.9× 783 0.6× 498 0.5× 422 24.3k
Éric Westhof France 85 21.5k 1.5× 2.4k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 2.5k 2.0× 1.0k 1.1× 334 24.6k
Nenad Ban Switzerland 66 15.1k 1.1× 2.8k 1.0× 1.7k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 667 0.7× 173 17.8k
Joachim Frank United States 94 20.7k 1.5× 3.1k 1.1× 3.1k 1.7× 1.5k 1.2× 2.0k 2.0× 401 27.8k
Andreas Engel Switzerland 85 16.5k 1.2× 2.3k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 308 0.3× 345 24.6k
Douglas H. Turner United States 67 18.6k 1.3× 2.0k 0.7× 856 0.5× 1.9k 1.5× 1.4k 1.4× 248 20.8k
Ignacio Tinoco United States 74 16.5k 1.2× 2.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 2.1k 1.8× 809 0.8× 224 21.2k
Daniel Herschlag United States 85 19.6k 1.4× 1.6k 0.6× 2.4k 1.3× 1.5k 1.2× 519 0.5× 291 23.3k
Taekjip Ha United States 91 22.5k 1.6× 2.3k 0.8× 2.8k 1.6× 1.5k 1.2× 802 0.8× 400 32.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Moore, Peter B.. (2024). On the response of elongating ribosomes to forces opposing translocation. Biophysical Journal. 123(18). 3010–3023.
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Rothman, Douglas L., Peter B. Moore, & Robert G. Shulman. (2023). The impact of metabolism on the adaptation of organisms to environmental change. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1197226–1197226. 9 indexed citations
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Moore, Peter B.. (2011). Neutrons, Magnets, and Photons: A Career in Structural Biology. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(2). 805–818.
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Moore, Peter B. & T.A. Steitz. (2010). The Roles of RNA in the Synthesis of Protein. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 3(11). a003780–a003780. 52 indexed citations
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Moore, Peter B.. (2007). Let's Call the Whole Thing Off: Some Thoughts on the Protein Structure Initiative. Structure. 15(11). 1350–1352. 4 indexed citations
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Moore, Peter B. & Thomas A. Steitz. (2006). 9 The Roles of RNA in the Synthesis of Protein. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 43. 257–285. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Jimin, et al.. (2004). The structure of a ribosomal protein S8/spc operon mRNA complex. RNA. 10(6). 954–964. 52 indexed citations
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Hansen, J.L., Peter B. Moore, & Thomas A. Steitz. (2003). STRUCTURES OF FIVE ANTIBIOTICS BOUND AT THE PEPTIDYL TRANFERASE CENTER OF THE LARGE RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(16). 1 indexed citations
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Hansen, J.L., et al.. (2002). Structural insights into peptide bond formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(18). 11670–11675. 210 indexed citations
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Nissen, Poul, Joseph A. Ippolito, Nenad Ban, Peter B. Moore, & Thomas A. Steitz. (2001). RNA tertiary interactions in the large ribosomal subunit: The A-minor motif. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(9). 4899–4903. 533 indexed citations breakdown →
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Warren, J.J. & Peter B. Moore. (2001). A Maximum Likelihood Method for Determining DaPQ and R for Sets of Dipolar Coupling Data. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 149(2). 271–275. 52 indexed citations
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Huber, Paul W., Jason P. Rife, & Peter B. Moore. (2001). The structure of helix III in Xenopus oocyte 5 S rRNA: an RNA stem containing a two-nucleotide bulge 1 1Edited by I. Tinoco. Journal of Molecular Biology. 312(4). 823–832. 14 indexed citations
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Söll, Dieter, Susumu Nishimura, & Peter B. Moore. (1999). Prebiotic chemistry, molecular fossils, nucleosides, and RNA. Elsevier eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Moore, Peter B., et al.. (1997). On the conformation of the anticodon loops of initiator and elongator methionine tRNAs. Journal of Molecular Biology. 267(3). 505–519. 42 indexed citations
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Moore, Peter B.. (1997). The conformation of ribosomes and rRNA. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 7(3). 343–347. 3 indexed citations
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Moore, Peter B.. (1993). 5 Ribosomes and the RNA World. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 24. 119–135. 2 indexed citations
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Capel, Malcolm, Morten Kjeldgaard, Donald M. Engelman, & Peter B. Moore. (1988). Positions of S2, S13, S16, S17, S19 and S21 in the 30 S ribosomal subunit of Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 200(1). 65–87. 88 indexed citations
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Moore, Peter B.. (1979). [50] The preparation of deuterated ribosomal materials for neutron scattering. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 59. 639–655. 33 indexed citations
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Moore, Peter B., Donald M. Engelman, & B. P. Schoenborn. (1973). Neutron Scattering Studies of the E. coli Ribosome. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 4. 601–613. 1 indexed citations

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