Robert B. Bourret

5.5k total citations
73 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Robert B. Bourret is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert B. Bourret has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert B. Bourret's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (46 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (25 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (22 papers). Robert B. Bourret is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (46 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (25 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (22 papers). Robert B. Bourret collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Robert B. Bourret's co-authors include Melvin I. Simon, Judith Hess, Ruth E. Silversmith, Katherine A. Borkovich, M I Simon, John S. Parkinson, Ann Stock, Ronald V. Swanson, D. Bray and Martín Schuster and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert B. Bourret

71 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert B. Bourret United States 33 3.5k 2.2k 611 572 404 73 4.4k
Philip Matsumura United States 40 3.2k 0.9× 2.5k 1.1× 779 1.3× 289 0.5× 410 1.0× 74 4.3k
Martha N. Simon United States 37 3.9k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 1.4k 2.3× 520 0.9× 227 0.6× 60 6.3k
George Ordal United States 41 3.5k 1.0× 2.6k 1.2× 1.3k 2.1× 434 0.8× 604 1.5× 114 4.8k
Kenji Oosawa Japan 27 2.0k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 504 0.8× 320 0.6× 412 1.0× 46 2.9k
Gerald L. Hazelbauer United States 43 4.5k 1.3× 3.1k 1.4× 668 1.1× 405 0.7× 1.0k 2.5× 105 5.8k
Frank Bernhard Germany 47 4.1k 1.2× 891 0.4× 422 0.7× 407 0.7× 518 1.3× 138 5.4k
Michael D. Manson United States 39 2.8k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 625 1.0× 216 0.4× 578 1.4× 76 4.2k
Erich M. Schwarz United States 33 3.2k 0.9× 836 0.4× 630 1.0× 677 1.2× 334 0.8× 61 5.1k
Irmgard Sinning Germany 53 7.3k 2.1× 1.9k 0.9× 699 1.1× 609 1.1× 325 0.8× 179 8.4k
Andreas Kühn Germany 43 4.4k 1.3× 2.6k 1.2× 1.2k 2.0× 246 0.4× 139 0.3× 146 5.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert B. Bourret

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bourret, Robert B., et al.. (2025). A clarifying perspective on bacterial pseudo-receiver domains. Journal of Bacteriology. 207(11). e0026125–e0026125. 1 indexed citations
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Schwarcz, Steven L. & Robert B. Bourret. (2023). Fractionalizing Investment Securities: Using FinTech to Expand Financial Inclusion. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Johnson, Richard, et al.. (2022). Phosphorylation chemistry of the Bordetella PlrSR TCS and its contribution to bacterial persistence in the lower respiratory tract. Molecular Microbiology. 119(2). 174–190. 3 indexed citations
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Bourret, Robert B., et al.. (2022). General strategies for using amino acid sequence data to guide biochemical investigation of protein function. Biochemical Society Transactions. 50(6). 1847–1858. 3 indexed citations
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Levin, Matthew D., Robert B. Bourret, Ruth E. Silversmith, & Elmar Schilling. (2021). Kinetic Characterization of Catalysis by the Chemotaxis Phosphatase CheZ: MODULATION OF ACTIVITY BY THE PHOSPHORYLATED CheY SUBSTRATE. UNC Libraries.
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Bourret, Robert B. & Ruth E. Silversmith. (2018). Measuring the Activities of Two-Component Regulatory System Phosphatases. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 607. 321–351.
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Silversmith, Ruth E. & Robert B. Bourret. (2018). Fluorescence Measurement of Kinetics of CheY Autophosphorylation with Small Molecule Phosphodonors. Methods in molecular biology. 1729. 321–335. 2 indexed citations
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Silversmith, Ruth E., et al.. (2013). A Link between Dimerization and Autophosphorylation of the Response Regulator PhoB. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(30). 21755–21769. 35 indexed citations
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Pennington, J. Daniel, et al.. (2003). A search for amino acid substitutions that universally activate response regulators. Molecular Microbiology. 51(3). 887–901. 46 indexed citations
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Bourret, Robert B. & Ann Stock. (2002). Molecular Information Processing: Lessons from Bacterial Chemotaxis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(12). 9625–9628. 187 indexed citations
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Schuster, Martín, Ruth E. Silversmith, & Robert B. Bourret. (2001). Conformational coupling in the chemotaxis response regulator CheY. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(11). 6003–6008. 71 indexed citations
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Silversmith, Ruth E., et al.. (1999). Throwing the switch in bacterial chemotaxis. Trends in Microbiology. 7(1). 16–22. 47 indexed citations
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Bourret, Robert B., et al.. (1998). Proposed Signal Transduction Role for Conserved CheY Residue Thr87, a Member of the Response Regulator Active-Site Quintet. Journal of Bacteriology. 180(14). 3563–3569. 68 indexed citations
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Parkinson, John S., et al.. (1996). Signal Transduction via the Multi-Step Phosphorelay: Not Necessarily a Road Less Traveled. Cell. 86(6). 845–848. 343 indexed citations
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Bourret, Robert B.. (1995). Two-component signal transduction. Trends in Microbiology. 3(12). 490–491. 376 indexed citations
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Schuster, Stephan C., Ronald V. Swanson, Lisa A. Alex, Robert B. Bourret, & Melvin I. Simon. (1993). Assembly and function of a quaternary signal transduction complex monitored by surface plasmon resonance. Nature. 365(6444). 343–347. 219 indexed citations
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Bray, D., Robert B. Bourret, & Melvin I. Simon. (1993). Computer simulation of the phosphorylation cascade controlling bacterial chemotaxis.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4(5). 469–482. 149 indexed citations
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Bourret, Robert B., Steven K. Drake, Stephen A. Chervitz, Melvin I. Simon, & Joseph J. Falke. (1993). Activation of the phosphosignaling protein CheY. II. Analysis of activated mutants by 19F NMR and protein engineering. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 268(18). 13089–13096. 85 indexed citations
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Simon, Melvin I., Katherine A. Borkovich, Robert B. Bourret, & Judith Hess. (1989). Protein phosphorylation in the bacterial chemotaxis system. Biochimie. 71(9-10). 1013–1019. 15 indexed citations
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Hess, Judith, Robert B. Bourret, & Melvin I. Simon. (1988). Histidine phosphorylation and phosphoryl group transfer in bacterial chemotaxis. Nature. 336(6195). 139–143. 272 indexed citations

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