Ralph Reid

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Ralph Reid is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph Reid has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Pharmacology and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ralph Reid's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (12 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (5 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers). Ralph Reid is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (12 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (5 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers). Ralph Reid collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Russia. Ralph Reid's co-authors include Daniel V. Santi, Michael G. LaCelle, Ralph H. Lambalot, Mohamed A. Marahiel, Christopher T. Walsh, Peter Zuber, Chaitan Khosla, Amy M. Gehring, Zhihao Hu and John R. Carney and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Ralph Reid

24 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A new enzyme superfamily — the phosphopantetheinyl transferases

1996 677 citations Ralph H. Lambalot, Amy M. Gehring et al. Chemistry & Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ralph Reid United States	18	1.8k	1.5k	532	450	269	24	2.6k
Amy M. Gehring United States	21	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	484 0.9×	386 0.9×	307 1.1×	23	2.7k
Yi‐Qiang Cheng United States	31	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	404 0.8×	422 0.9×	397 1.5×	72	2.8k
Keqian Yang China	32	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	609 1.1×	539 1.2×	298 1.1×	89	2.6k
Evelyn Wendt-Pienkowski United States	28	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	518 1.0×	393 0.9×	271 1.0×	40	2.0k
Pekka Mäntsälä Finland	37	2.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	534 1.0×	673 1.5×	483 1.8×	113	3.2k
Kinya Hotta Japan	25	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	417 0.8×	313 0.7×	157 0.6×	45	1.9k
Robert McDaniel United States	28	2.0k 1.1×	2.4k 1.6×	866 1.6×	635 1.4×	464 1.7×	43	3.0k
Gong‐Li Tang China	29	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	747 1.4×	408 0.9×	163 0.6×	118	2.3k
Steven G. Van Lanen United States	32	2.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 2.0×	397 0.9×	145 0.5×	80	3.3k
Ming Ma China	29	1.2k 0.7×	868 0.6×	697 1.3×	254 0.6×	255 0.9×	86	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Ralph Reid

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralph Reid

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ralph Reid. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ralph Reid based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ralph Reid. Ralph Reid is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Reeves, Christopher D., Zhihao Hu, Ralph Reid, & James T. Kealey. (2008). Genes for the Biosynthesis of the Fungal Polyketides Hypothemycin from Hypomyces subiculosus and Radicicol from Pochonia chlamydosporia. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74(16). 5121–5129. 112 indexed citations

Julien, Bryan, Zong‐Qiang Tian, Ralph Reid, & Christopher D. Reeves. (2006). Analysis of the Ambruticin and Jerangolid Gene Clusters of Sorangium cellulosum Reveals Unusual Mechanisms of Polyketide Biosynthesis. Chemistry & Biology. 13(12). 1277–1286. 104 indexed citations

Schirmer, Andreas, Jonathan Kennedy, Sumati Murli, Ralph Reid, & Daniel V. Santi. (2006). Targeted covalent inactivation of protein kinases by resorcylic acid lactone polyketides. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(11). 4234–4239. 146 indexed citations

Menzella, Hugo G., Sarah J. Reisinger, Mark Welch, et al.. (2005). Redesign, synthesis and functional expression of the 6-deoxyerythronolide B polyketide synthase gene cluster. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 33(1). 22–28. 41 indexed citations

Reid, Ralph, et al.. (2005). The biosynthetic genes for disorazoles, potent cytotoxic compounds that disrupt microtubule formation. Gene. 359. 91–98. 56 indexed citations

Menzella, Hugo G., Ralph Reid, John R. Carney, et al.. (2005). Combinatorial polyketide biosynthesis by de novo design and rearrangement of modular polyketide synthase genes. Nature Biotechnology. 23(9). 1171–1176. 243 indexed citations

Hu, Zhihao, Ralph Reid, & Hugo Gramajo. (2005). The Leptomycin Gene Cluster and Its Heterologous Expression in Streptomyces lividans. The Journal of Antibiotics. 58(10). 625–633. 16 indexed citations

Reid, Ralph, et al.. (2005). GeMS: an advanced software package for designing synthetic genes. Nucleic Acids Research. 33(9). 3011–3016. 66 indexed citations

Patel, Kedar G., et al.. (2004). Total synthesis of long DNA sequences: Synthesis of a contiguous 32-kb polyketide synthase gene cluster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(44). 15573–15578. 192 indexed citations

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Ward, Shannon L., Zhihao Hu, Andreas Schirmer, et al.. (2004). Chalcomycin Biosynthesis Gene Cluster from Streptomyces bikiniensis : Novel Features of an Unusual Ketolide Produced through Expression of the chm Polyketide Synthase in Streptomyces fradiae. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 48(12). 4703–4712. 65 indexed citations

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Hu, Zhihao, N. Viswanathan, Andreas Schirmer, et al.. (2003). Cloning and characterization of a gene cluster for geldanamycin production inStreptomyces hygroscopicusNRRL 3602. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 218(2). 223–230. 135 indexed citations

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Tang, Li, Shannon L. Ward, Loleta Chung, et al.. (2003). Elucidating the Mechanism of cis Double Bond Formation in Epothilone Biosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126(1). 46–47. 63 indexed citations

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Reid, Ralph, Eduardo Rodrı́guez, Gary W. Ashley, et al.. (2002). A Model of Structure and Catalysis for Ketoreductase Domains in Modular Polyketide Synthases. Biochemistry. 42(1). 72–79. 272 indexed citations

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Ivanetich, Kathryn M., Ralph Reid, Kathy M. Perry, et al.. (1999). Automated Purification and Quantification of Oligonucleotides. BioTechniques. 27(4). 810–823. 4 indexed citations

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Reid, Ralph, P J Greene, & Daniel V. Santi. (1999). Exposition of a family of RNA m5C methyltransferases from searching genomic and proteomic sequences. Nucleic Acids Research. 27(15). 3138–3145. 116 indexed citations

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Lambalot, Ralph H., Amy M. Gehring, Peter Zuber, et al.. (1996). A new enzyme superfamily — the phosphopantetheinyl transferases. Chemistry & Biology. 3(11). 923–936. 677 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yu, Pak‐Lam, Jia Zhao, Ming Yu, Ralph Reid, & Daniel V. Santi. (1996). Functional Expression of the Dihydrofolate Reductase Domain ofLeishmania majorDihydrofolate Reductase–Thymidylate Synthase Bifunctional Protein. Protein Expression and Purification. 8(1). 23–27. 3 indexed citations

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Scanlan, Thomas S. & Ralph Reid. (1995). Evolution in action. Chemistry & Biology. 2(2). 71–75. 44 indexed citations

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Zeebèrg, Barry R., Ralph Reid, Katherine A. Murphy, & Richard C. Reba. (1988). Theoretical effects of radioligand diffusional gradients and microscopic neuroreceptor distribution inin vivo kinetic studies. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 50(5). 423–444. 5 indexed citations

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Zeebèrg, Barry R., Ralph Reid, & Michael Caplow. (1980). Incorporation of radioactive tubulin into microtubules at steady state. Experimental and theoretical analyses of diffusional and directional flux.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 255(20). 9891–9899. 47 indexed citations

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