Peter N. Lewis

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Peter N. Lewis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter N. Lewis has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Peter N. Lewis's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (13 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (13 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (12 papers). Peter N. Lewis is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (13 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (13 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (12 papers). Peter N. Lewis collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Peter N. Lewis's co-authors include Harold A. Scheraga, Frank A. Momany, D. R. Crapper McLachlan, J. Guy Guillemette, G. Angus McQuibban, E. Morton Bradbury, Stephen J. Karlik, D. R. Crapper, G. Eichhorn and Walter J. Lukiw and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Peter N. Lewis

50 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Chain reversals in proteins

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Aviva Lapidot Israel

Joachim Krebs Switzerland

R. Heiner Schirmer Germany

Hugo L. Monaco Italy

J.F. Cutfield New Zealand

Michio Yazawa Japan

Anton O. Muijsers Netherlands

Claudette Briand France

Julius A. Gordon United States

K. Bruce Jacobson United States

Aviva Lapidot Israel

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Visanji, Naomi P., et al.. (2023). An AI-guided screen identifies probucol as an enhancer of mitophagy through modulation of lipid droplets. PLoS Biology. 21(3). e3001977–e3001977. 11 indexed citations

Bashkurov, Mikhail, et al.. (2020). ROCK inhibitors upregulate the neuroprotective Parkin-mediated mitophagy pathway. Nature Communications. 11(1). 88–88. 107 indexed citations

Suter, Bernhard, Oxana Pogoutse, Xinghua Guo, et al.. (2007). Association with the origin recognition complex suggests a novel role for histone acetyltransferase Hat1p/Hat2p. BMC Biology. 5(1). 38–38. 35 indexed citations

Lewis, Peter N., et al.. (2006). Use of Substrate Analogs and Mutagenesis to Study Substrate Binding and Catalysis in the Sir2 Family of NAD-dependent Protein Deacetylases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(17). 11702–11711. 21 indexed citations

Lewis, Peter N., et al.. (2005). Unstructured Conformations Are a Substrate Requirement for the Sir2 Family of NAD-dependent Protein Deacetylases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(43). 36073–36078. 37 indexed citations

McQuibban, G. Angus, et al.. (1998). Assembly, Remodeling, and Histone Binding Capabilities of Yeast Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(11). 6582–6590. 56 indexed citations

Lewis, Peter N., et al.. (1997). Histone-induced damage of a mammalian epithelium: the role of protein and membrane structure. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 273(6). C1925–C1936. 50 indexed citations

Kahr, Walter H.A., Peter N. Lewis, & David E. Pulleyblank. (1990). H3 Cys-110 is in close proximity to the C-terminal regions of H2B and H4 in a nucleosome core with an altered internal arrangement of histones. Biochemistry. 29(24). 5821–5829. 3 indexed citations

Lewis, Peter N., et al.. (1988). Histone accessibility determined by lysine‐specific acetylation in chicken erythrocyte nuclei. European Journal of Biochemistry. 172(1). 135–145. 18 indexed citations

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Attisano, Liliana, et al.. (1988). Histone H3 thiol reactivity and acetyltransferases in chicken erythrocyte nuclei.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263(30). 15643–15651. 25 indexed citations

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Lewis, Peter N., et al.. (1986). Internal architecture of the core nucleosome: fluorescence energy transfer studies at methionine-84 of histone H4. Biochemistry. 25(18). 5036–5042. 28 indexed citations

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Guillemette, J. Guy, L. Wong, D. R. Crapper McLachlan, & Peter N. Lewis. (1986). Characterization of Messenger RNA from the Cerebral Cortex of Control and Alzheimer‐Afflicted Brain. Journal of Neurochemistry. 47(3). 987–997. 71 indexed citations

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McLachlan, D. R. Crapper & Peter N. Lewis. (1985). Alzheimer’s Disease: Errors in Gene Expression. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 12(1). 1–5. 22 indexed citations

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Lewis, Peter N., et al.. (1985). Conformations of the core nucleosome: effects of ionic strength and high mobility group protein 14 and 17 binding on the fluorescence emission and polarization of dansylated methionine-84 of histone H4. Biochemistry. 24(27). 8028–8036. 13 indexed citations

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Niedźwiecki, A., Peter N. Lewis, & B. Cinader. (1985). Changes of Histone Hi Subtypes With Aging in Strains of Mice That Possess Different Immunological Characteristics. Journal of Gerontology. 40(6). 695–699. 10 indexed citations

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Lewis, Peter N., et al.. (1982). A novel method for reducing the RNA content of single cell protein isolates. Biotechnology Letters. 4(7). 441–446. 4 indexed citations

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Lewis, Peter N. & Susan S. Chiu. (1980). Effect of Histone H3 Sulfhydryl Modifications on Histone-Histone Interactions and Nucleosome Formation and Structure. European Journal of Biochemistry. 109(2). 369–376. 27 indexed citations

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Karlik, Stephen J., G. Eichhorn, Peter N. Lewis, & D. R. Crapper. (1980). Interaction of aluminum species with deoxyribonucleic acid. Biochemistry. 19(26). 5991–5998. 127 indexed citations

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Truax, D. Rodney, H. Wieser, Peter N. Lewis, & Rodney S. Roche. (1974). Conformational analysis of some fluoro alcohols. CNDO [complete neglect of differential overlap]/2 calculations, infrared evidence, and dipole moments. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 96(8). 2327–2338. 11 indexed citations

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Gō, Nobuhiro, Peter N. Lewis, Mitiko Gō, & Harold A. Scheraga. (1971). A Model for the Helix-Coil Transition in Specific-Sequence Copolymers of Amino Acids. Macromolecules. 4(6). 692–709. 27 indexed citations

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