Robert E. Webster

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Robert E. Webster is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert E. Webster has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 54 papers in Ecology and 37 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Robert E. Webster's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (53 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (37 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (29 papers). Robert E. Webster is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (53 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (37 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (29 papers). Robert E. Webster collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Robert E. Webster's co-authors include Norton D. Zinder, Hugh D. Robertson, Tai‐ping Sun, Dean Engelhardt, E M Click, B K Chamberlain, William H. Konigsberg, Wayne F. Beyer, Mary Osborn and Raymond A. Grant and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Webster

82 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Purification and Properties of Ribonuclease III from Escherichia coli

1968 412 citations Hugh D. Robertson, Robert E. Webster et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert E. Webster United States	39	3.0k	1.8k	1.7k	520	517	83	4.0k
Allan Campbell United States	39	4.1k 1.3×	2.4k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	287 0.6×	265 0.5×	100	5.5k
Norton D. Zinder United States	52	5.7k 1.9×	3.9k 2.1×	2.8k 1.7×	369 0.7×	774 1.5×	137	7.6k
Shôji Mizushima Japan	37	3.8k 1.3×	887 0.5×	2.3k 1.4×	400 0.8×	124 0.2×	121	4.6k
A.D. Kaiser United States	34	4.2k 1.4×	2.6k 1.4×	2.0k 1.2×	174 0.3×	246 0.5×	40	5.1k
Amos B. Oppenheim Israel	41	4.1k 1.4×	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	336 0.6×	139 0.3×	102	5.3k
N. Nanninga Netherlands	38	2.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	352 0.7×	80 0.2×	123	4.3k
Arthur Landy United States	47	6.3k 2.1×	2.6k 1.4×	3.4k 2.0×	297 0.6×	139 0.3×	111	7.3k
Harris D. Bernstein United States	42	3.9k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	2.9k 1.7×	898 1.7×	172 0.3×	93	5.4k
Anthony R. Poteete United States	31	2.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	216 0.4×	128 0.2×	64	3.0k
James W. Coulton Canada	30	2.1k 0.7×	620 0.3×	1.6k 0.9×	251 0.5×	159 0.3×	76	3.6k

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Webster, Robert E., et al.. (1999). The pI and pXI assembly proteins serve separate and essential roles in filamentous phage assembly 1 1Edited by M. Gottesman. Journal of Molecular Biology. 293(5). 1017–1027. 20 indexed citations

Müller, Matthias & Robert E. Webster. (1997). Characterization of the tol-pal and cyd region of Escherichia coli K-12: transcript analysis and identification of two new proteins encoded by the cyd operon. Journal of Bacteriology. 179(6). 2077–2080. 26 indexed citations

Webster, Robert E., et al.. (1992). Membrane localization and topology of a viral assembly protein. Journal of Bacteriology. 174(8). 2460–2465. 42 indexed citations

Webster, Robert E.. (1991). The tol gene products and the import of macronmolecules into Escherichia coli. Molecular Microbiology. 5(5). 1005–1011. 217 indexed citations

Horabin, Jamila I. & Robert E. Webster. (1988). An amino acid sequence which directs membrane insertion causes loss of membrane potential.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263(23). 11575–11583. 34 indexed citations

Webster, Robert E.. (1983). Relation of Lower Morrow Sandstone and Porosity Trends to Chester Paleogeomorphology, Persimmon Creek Field Area, Northwestern Oklahoma. AAPG Bulletin. 67. 1 indexed citations

Model, Peter, Robert E. Webster, & Norton D. Zinder. (1979). Characterization of Op3, a lysis-defective mutant of bacteriophage f2. Cell. 18(2). 235–246. 53 indexed citations

Webster, Robert E., et al.. (1978). Morphogenesis of the Filamentous Single-stranded DNA Phages. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 8. 557–569. 8 indexed citations

Webster, Robert E., Mary Osborn, & Klaus Weber. (1978). Visualization of the same PtK2 cytoskeletons by both immunofluorescence and low power electron microscopy. Experimental Cell Research. 117(1). 47–61. 81 indexed citations

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Capecchi, Mario R. & Robert E. Webster. (1975). 10 Bacteriophage RNA as Template for In Vitro Protein Synthesis. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 5. 279–299. 1 indexed citations

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Woolford, John L., et al.. (1974). f1 Coat protein synthesis and altered phospholipid metabolism in f1 infected Escherichia coli. Virology. 58(2). 544–560. 34 indexed citations

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Webster, Robert E., et al.. (1973). A new species of small covalently closed f1 DNA in Escherichia coli infected with an amber mutant of bacteriophage f1. Virology. 55(1). 14–19. 14 indexed citations

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Webster, Robert E., et al.. (1973). Abortive infection of Escherichia coli with the bacteriophage f1: Cytoplasmic membrane proteins and the f1 DNA-gene 5 protein complex. Virology. 55(1). 20–38. 57 indexed citations

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Webster, Robert E., et al.. (1973). Abortive infection of Escherichia coli with the bacteriophage f1: DNA synthesis associated with the membrane. Virology. 55(1). 39–52. 11 indexed citations

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Horiuchi, Kensuke, Robert E. Webster, & Sachiko Matsuhashi. (1971). Gene products of bacteriophage Qβ. Virology. 45(2). 429–439. 60 indexed citations

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Webster, Robert E. & Norton D. Zinder. (1969). Fate of the message-ribosome complex upon translation of termination signals. Journal of Molecular Biology. 42(3). 425–439. 80 indexed citations

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Robertson, Hugh D., Robert E. Webster, & Norton D. Zinder. (1967). A nuclease specific for double-stranded RNA. Virology. 32(4). 718–719. 53 indexed citations

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Webster, Robert E., Dean Engelhardt, Norton D. Zinder, & William H. Konigsberg. (1967). Amber mutants and chain termination in vitro. Journal of Molecular Biology. 29(1). 27–43. 80 indexed citations

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Webster, Robert E., Dean Engelhardt, & Norton D. Zinder. (1966). In vitro protein synthesis: chain initiation.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 55(1). 155–161. 135 indexed citations

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Webster, Robert E., et al.. (1965). The α-Isopropylmalate Synthetase of Neurospora. II. The Relation between Structure and Complementation Interactions^*. Biochemistry. 4(11). 2319–2327. 14 indexed citations

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