R F Gesteland

5.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
27 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

R F Gesteland is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, R F Gesteland has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in R F Gesteland's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (5 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers). R F Gesteland is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (5 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (5 papers). R F Gesteland collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Belgium. R F Gesteland's co-authors include Peter Baum, Carl W. Anderson, Robert B. Weiss, Diane M. Dunn, Jeff Stevens, Margaret Robertson, P. O’Connell, David Viskochil, Richard Cawthon and R. White and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

R F Gesteland

26 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The neurofibromatosis type 1 gene encodes a protein related to GAP

1990 907 citations Gangfeng Xu, P. O’Connell et al. Cell profile →
A major segment of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene: cDNA sequence, genomic structure, and point mutations

1990 866 citations Richard Cawthon, Robert B. Weiss et al. Cell profile →
Processing of Adenovirus 2-Induced Proteins

1973 710 citations Carl W. Anderson, Peter Baum et al. Journal of Virology profile →
The catalytic domain of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene product stimulates ras GTPase and complements ira mutants of S. cerevisiae

1990 582 citations Gangfeng Xu, Boris K. Lin et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R F Gesteland United States	19	2.4k	1.5k	764	538	480	27	4.1k
Ann M. Saulino United States	6	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	468 0.6×	420 0.8×	242 0.5×	9	3.1k
Robin Clark United States	24	2.2k 0.9×	709 0.5×	576 0.8×	551 1.0×	586 1.2×	37	3.6k
Ute Felbor Germany	26	1.7k 0.7×	978 0.6×	405 0.5×	505 0.9×	429 0.9×	84	4.2k
K H Scheidtmann Germany	34	1.9k 0.8×	251 0.2×	721 0.9×	177 0.3×	324 0.7×	62	3.0k
F W Alt United States	28	2.9k 1.2×	209 0.1×	768 1.0×	207 0.4×	233 0.5×	33	4.8k
Alane Gray United States	18	2.6k 1.1×	159 0.1×	627 0.8×	172 0.3×	257 0.5×	20	4.4k
Carl W. Rettenmier United States	29	2.1k 0.9×	148 0.1×	694 0.9×	212 0.4×	236 0.5×	44	3.9k
Hervé Prats France	42	4.5k 1.9×	121 0.1×	730 1.0×	417 0.8×	916 1.9×	89	5.8k
David Cobrinik United States	34	3.0k 1.3×	196 0.1×	510 0.7×	282 0.5×	367 0.8×	74	4.8k
Ulrike Novak Australia	33	1.6k 0.7×	113 0.1×	701 0.9×	133 0.2×	331 0.7×	61	3.3k

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Weiss, Robert B., et al.. (2020). Transcriptional slippage occurs during elongation at runs of adenine or thymine in Escherichia coli. Europe PMC (PubMed Central).

Giddings, Michael C., et al.. (2002). Genome-based peptide fingerprint scanning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(1). 20–25. 32 indexed citations

Buchanan, Michelle V., Frank W. Larimer, H Wiley, et al.. (2002). Genomes to Life "Center for Molecular and Cellular Systems": A Research Program for Identification and Characterization of Protein Complexes. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 6(4). 287–303. 7 indexed citations

Zhou, Jiadong, John F. Atkins, & R F Gesteland. (1999). Structure of human ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 2 gene. Gene. 232(2). 165–171. 8 indexed citations

Gesteland, R F, et al.. (1994). An automated film reader for DNA sequencing based on homomorphic deconvolution. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 41(6). 509–519. 10 indexed citations

Cotter, N.E., et al.. (1991). Neural network based pattern recognition for sequenced DNA autoradiograms. 909 vol.2–909 vol.2. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Gangfeng, P. O’Connell, David Viskochil, et al.. (1990). The neurofibromatosis type 1 gene encodes a protein related to GAP. Cell. 62(3). 599–608. 907 indexed citations breakdown →

Cawthon, Richard, Robert B. Weiss, David Viskochil, et al.. (1990). A major segment of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene: cDNA sequence, genomic structure, and point mutations. Cell. 62(1). 193–201. 866 indexed citations breakdown →

Wagner, Lori A., et al.. (1990). Transcriptional slippage occurs during elongation at runs of adenine or thymine inEscherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Research. 18(12). 3529–3535. 115 indexed citations

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Xu, Gangfeng, Boris K. Lin, Kazuma Tanaka, et al.. (1990). The catalytic domain of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene product stimulates ras GTPase and complements ira mutants of S. cerevisiae. Cell. 63(4). 835–841. 582 indexed citations breakdown →

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Naylor, Susan L., Bernhard Zabel, Tim Manser, R F Gesteland, & A.Y. Sakaguchi. (1984). Localization of human U1 small nuclear RNA genes to band p36.3 of chromosome 1 by in situ hybridization. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics. 10(3). 307–313. 37 indexed citations

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Laughon, Allen, Robert Driscoll, Norma M. Wills, & R F Gesteland. (1984). Identification of two proteins encoded by the Saccharomyces cerevisiae GAL4 gene.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 4(2). 268–275. 36 indexed citations

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Wills, Norma M., et al.. (1983). The genes sup-7 X and sup-5 III of C. elegans suppress amber nonsense mutations via altered transfer RNA. Cell. 33(2). 575–583. 70 indexed citations

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Manser, Tim & R F Gesteland. (1982). Human U1 Loci: Genes for human U1 RNA have dramatically similar genomic environments. Cell. 29(1). 257–264. 124 indexed citations

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Laughon, Allen & R F Gesteland. (1982). Isolation and preliminary characterization of the GAL4 gene, a positive regulator of transcription in yeast.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 79(22). 6827–6831. 165 indexed citations

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Gesteland, R F, Norma M. Wills, James B. Lewis, & Terri Grodzicker. (1977). Identification of amber and ochre mutants of the human virus Ad2+ND1.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 74(10). 4567–4571. 25 indexed citations

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Atkins, John F., et al.. (1976). Location and Identification of the Genes for Adenovirus Type 2 Polypeptides. Biochemical Society Transactions. 4(5). 859–859. 1 indexed citations

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Anderson, Carl W., Peter Baum, & R F Gesteland. (1973). Processing of Adenovirus 2-Induced Proteins. Journal of Virology. 12(2). 241–252. 710 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spahr, P F, et al.. (1969). Binding Site on R17 RNA for Coat Protein. Nature. 222(5192). 455–458. 40 indexed citations

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Suttie, John W., R F Gesteland, & Paul H. Phillips. (1961). Effects of Dietary Sodium Fluoride on Dairy Cows. VI. In Young Heifers. Journal of Dairy Science. 44(12). 2250–2258. 12 indexed citations

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