R. John Collier

25.2k citations

287 papers · 20.4k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 78

Impact in

Biotechnology top 0.01%
- Transgenic Plants and Applications
- Microbial Inactivation Methods
Immunology top 0.1%
- Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins

Papers in

Biotechnology 91
- Transgenic Plants and Applications 70
- Microbial Inactivation Methods 30
Immunology 138
- Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins 135

Co-authors: John A. T. Young Stephen F. Carroll Jeremy Mogridge Michaël Mourez D. Borden Lacy Alan Finkelstein Judith Kandel Robert Liddington
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry (38 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (38 papers)Biochemistry (31 papers)Infection and Immunity (18 papers)Science (9 papers)
Partner nations: United States Czechia Canada

In The Last Decade

R. John Collier

280 papers receiving 19.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Identification of the cellular receptor for anthrax toxin 2001 · 686 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2001 Nature
1997 Nature
1992 Nature
1975 Bacteriological Reviews

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1	Receptor-Directed Chimeric Toxins Created by Sortase-Mediated Protein Fusion Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Andrew J. McCluskey, R. John Collier	2013	31
2	Three dimensional structure of the anthrax toxin translocon–lethal factor complex by cryo‐electron microscopy Protein Science ·Edward P. Gogol, Narahari Akkaladevi, Grupo Editorial; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana RIS, S. Mukherjee, Lynn Chollet‐Hinton, Hirotake Katayama, Brad L. Pentelute, R. John Collier, Mark T. Fisher	2013	25
3	Replacement of C-Terminal Histidines Uncouples Membrane Insertion and Translocation in Diphtheria Toxin T-Domain Biophysical Journal ·Alreem A Al-Qahtani, Mykola V. Rodnin, Alexander Kyrychenko, Paul K. Kienker, Onkar Sharma, R. John Collier, Alan Finkelstein, Alexey S. Ladokhin	2012	0
4	Replacement of C-Terminal Histidines Uncouples Membrane Insertion and Translocation in Diphtheria Toxin T-Domain Biophysical Journal ·Mykola V. Rodnin, Alexander Kyrychenko, Paul K. Kienker, Onkar Sharma, Alreem A Al-Qahtani, R. John Collier, Alan Finkelstein, Alexey S. Ladokhin	2011	27
5	Disulfide Bonds in the Ectodomain of Anthrax Toxin Receptor 2 Are Required for the Receptor-Bound Protective-Antigen Pore to Function PLoS ONE ·Jianjun Sun, R. John Collier	2010	15
6	Evidence for a Proton–Protein Symport Mechanism in the Anthrax Toxin Channel The Journal of General Physiology ·Daniel Basilio, Stephen Juris, R. John Collier, Alan Finkelstein	2009	35
7	Effect of Continuous Milking and Bovine Somatotropin Supplementation on Mammary Epithelial Cell Turnover Journal of Dairy Science ·S. Jadda, 玲子武舎, Paula Gentry, Mary Anne McGuire, A.V. Capuco, L.H. Baumgard, R. John Collier	2007	46
8	Receptor-specific requirements for anthrax toxin delivery into cells Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·G. Jonah Rainey, Darran J. Wigelsworth, Le Tran Thi Hai, Heather M. Scobie, R. John Collier, John A. T. Young	2005	107
9	Structural Determinants for the Binding of Anthrax Lethal Factor to Oligomeric Protective Antigen Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Roman A. Melnyk, Krissi M. Hewitt, D. Borden Lacy, Henry C. Lin, RA Persad, Sheng Li, Virgil L. Woods, R. John Collier	2005	34
10	Protein Translocation through Anthrax Toxin Channels Formed in Planar Lipid Bilayers Biophysical Journal ·Sen Zhang, Risdy Absari Indah Pratiwi, Zhengyan Wu, R. John Collier, Alan Finkelstein	2004	91
11	Exchange characteristics of calcium ions bound to anthrax protective antigen Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Serge NGuessan, Chaima Aouiche, R. John Collier	2003	18
12	[33] Use of anthrax toxin fusions to stimulate immune responses Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·F. Cremonesi, R. John Collier, Michael N. Starnbach	2000	1
13	Association of the Protein Kinases c-Bcr and Bcr-Abl with Proteins of the 14-3-3 Family Science ·Gary W. Reuther, T. B. Shelaeva, Larry D. Cripe, R. John Collier, Ann Marie Pendergast	1994	198
14	Pharmacokinetic and galactopoietic response to recombinant variants of bovine growth hormone Journal of Endocrinology ·P.J. Eppard, Hozumi Hamada, Bruce K. Birmingham, Raymond L. Hintz, Larry A. Bentle, David C. Wood, W. J. Salsgiver, Edwin Rowold, Margaret A. Miller, Supriya Ganguli, Michael Hale, Gwen G. Krivi, R. John Collier, Giovanni Lanza	1993	3
15	Locating a residue in the diphtheria toxin channel Biophysical Journal ·Joseph A. Mindell, Jared Silverman, R. John Collier, Alexei V. Finkelstein	1992	20
16	Stimulation of body weight gain of the mature female rat by bovine GH and bovine placental lactogen Journal of Endocrinology ·John C. Byatt, Nicholas R. Staten, Jon J. Schmuke, F. C. Buonomo, Sybille Galosy, Daniel F. Curran, Gwen G. Krivi, R. John Collier	1991	27
17	The production and function of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) by bovine mammary cells grown in collagen gel culture. Journal of Dairy Science ·Michael McGrath, Karen Blackie, David Rosa Mendonça, R. John Collier	1990	2
18	Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A: effects of mutating tyrosine-470 and tyrosine-481 to phenylalanine Biochemistry ·Maja Lukač, R. John Collier	1988	30
19	[11] Diphtheria toxin: Purification and properties Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Stephen F. Carroll, Joseph Barbieri, R. John Collier	1988	47
20	Effects of dietary caffeine on the testis of the domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus Reproduction ·R.L. Ax, R. John Collier, J.R. Lodge	1976	11

About R. John Collier

R. John Collier is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Immunology, Genetics, Endocrinology and Virology, having authored 287 papers that have together received 20.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (135 papers), Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research (109 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (91 papers), Transgenic Plants and Applications (70 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (40 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (32 papers), Microbial Inactivation Methods (30 papers) and Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (30 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biotechnology (4.9k citations), Immunology (7.5k citations), Endocrinology (1.4k citations), Genetics (6.7k citations) and Molecular Biology (13.4k citations). R. John Collier has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include John A. T. Young, Stephen F. Carroll, Jeremy Mogridge, Michaël Mourez, D. Borden Lacy, Alan Finkelstein, Judith Kandel, Robert Liddington, Carlo Petosa and John J. Mekalanos. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Biochemistry, Infection and Immunity and Science.

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