Robert Kamen

16.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
69 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

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Robert Kamen is a scholar working on Oncology, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Kamen has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Oncology, 33 papers in Ecology and 31 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert Kamen's work include Polyomavirus and related diseases (42 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (33 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (23 papers). Robert Kamen is often cited by papers focused on Polyomavirus and related diseases (42 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (33 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (23 papers). Robert Kamen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Robert Kamen's co-authors include Gray D. Shaw, Steven C. Clark, Jennifer M. Favaloro, Richard Treisman, Alison Cowie, Winnie W. Wong, Tariq Ghayur, Chiara Tyndall, Daniel E. Tracey and Michael Paskind and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Robert Kamen

69 papers receiving 13.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

A conserved AU sequence from the 3′ untranslated region of GM-CSF mRNA mediates selective mRNA degradation

1986 3.7k citations Gray D. Shaw, Robert Kamen Cell profile →
The Human Hematopoietic Colony-Stimulating Factors

1987 1.4k citations Steven C. Clark, Robert Kamen profile →
[68] Transcription maps of polyoma virus-specific RNA: Analysis by two-dimensional nuclease S1 gel mapping

1980 1.3k citations Jennifer M. Favaloro, Richard Treisman et al. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →
Mice deficient in IL-1β-converting enzyme are defective in production of mature IL-1β and resistant to endotoxic shock

1995 1.2k citations Ping Li, Hamish Allen et al. Cell profile →
Caspase-1 processes IFN-γ-inducing factor and regulates LPS-induced IFN- γ production

1997 1.0k citations Tariq Ghayur, Subhashis Banerjee et al. Nature profile →
Proteolytic activation of protein kinase C delta by an ICE-like protease in apoptotic cells.

1995 612 citations Tariq Ghayur, Robert Kamen et al. profile →
Transformation of rat cells by an altered polyoma virus genome expressing only the middle-T protein

1981 372 citations Richard Treisman, Jennifer M. Favaloro et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Kamen United Kingdom	40	8.4k	3.8k	3.5k	2.9k	1.4k	69	14.3k
John Brady United States	66	6.0k 0.7×	3.2k 0.8×	4.9k 1.4×	1.7k 0.6×	765 0.5×	264	14.9k
Larry R. Pease United States	48	9.3k 1.1×	1.7k 0.5×	5.2k 1.5×	2.5k 0.9×	827 0.6×	189	18.3k
Louis Siminovitch Canada	54	6.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	2.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	163	10.5k
Ellson Y. Chen United States	29	7.8k 0.9×	1.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	2.5k 0.9×	543 0.4×	48	12.8k
Steffan N. Ho United States	31	9.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.4×	2.2k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	708 0.5×	51	14.6k
C Gorman United States	20	6.8k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	2.9k 1.0×	290 0.2×	23	11.5k
Corrado Baglioni United States	64	6.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	3.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	350 0.2×	256	12.3k
Kim Orth United States	64	7.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.4×	3.7k 1.1×	2.0k 0.7×	534 0.4×	168	14.4k
Peter F. Johnson United States	64	11.2k 1.3×	2.4k 0.6×	3.4k 1.0×	2.6k 0.9×	254 0.2×	127	17.0k
Ueli Gubler United States	39	5.1k 0.6×	2.4k 0.6×	7.3k 2.1×	1.5k 0.5×	267 0.2×	66	14.9k

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Shaw, Gray D. & Robert Kamen. (2012). Pillars article: a conserved AU sequence from the 3' untranslated region of GM-CSF mRNA mediates selective mRNA degradation. Cell. 1986. 46: 659-667.. PubMed. 189(1). 5–13. 5 indexed citations

Ghayur, Tariq, Subhashis Banerjee, Margaret Hugunin, et al.. (1997). Caspase-1 processes IFN-γ-inducing factor and regulates LPS-induced IFN- γ production. Nature. 386(6625). 619–623. 1037 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Ping, Hamish Allen, Subhashis Banerjee, et al.. (1995). Mice deficient in IL-1β-converting enzyme are defective in production of mature IL-1β and resistant to endotoxic shock. Cell. 80(3). 401–411. 1225 indexed citations breakdown →

Donahue, Robert E., Steven C. Clark, & Robert Kamen. (1987). Hematopoietic Growth Factors as Therapeutic Agents. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 511(1). 10–16. 1 indexed citations

Cowie, Alison, Jean de Villiers, & Robert Kamen. (1986). Immortalization of Rat Embryo Fibroblasts by Mutant Polyomavirus Large T Antigens Deficient in DNA Binding. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 6(12). 4344–4352. 4 indexed citations

Donahue, Robert E., Elizabeth A. Wang, David K. Stone, et al.. (1986). Stimulation of haematopoiesis in primates by continuous infusion of recombinant human GM-CSF. Nature. 321(6073). 872–875. 339 indexed citations

Cowie, Alison, et al.. (1986). Immortalization of rat embryo fibroblasts by mutant polyomavirus large T antigens deficient in DNA binding.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 6(12). 4344–4352. 39 indexed citations

Veldman, Geertruida M., et al.. (1985). Polyomavirus enhancer contains multiple redundant sequence elements that activate both DNA replication and gene expression.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 5(4). 649–658. 188 indexed citations

Villiers, Jean de, et al.. (1984). Polyoma virus DNA replication requires an enhancer. Nature. 312(5991). 242–246. 229 indexed citations

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Kamen, Robert, Parmjit Jat, Richard Treisman, Jennifer M. Favaloro, & William R. Folk. (1982). 5′ termini of polyoma virus early region transcripts synthesized in vivo by wild-type virus and viable deletion mutants. Journal of Molecular Biology. 159(2). 189–224. 69 indexed citations

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Treisman, Richard & Robert Kamen. (1981). Structure of polyoma virus late nuclear RNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 148(3). 273–301. 38 indexed citations

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Cowie, Alison, Chiara Tyndall, & Robert Kamen. (1981). Sequences at the capped 5′-ends of polyoma virus late region mRNAs: an example of extreme terminal heterogeneity. Nucleic Acids Research. 9(23). 6305–6322. 69 indexed citations

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Kamen, Robert, Jennifer M. Favaloro, Richard Treisman, et al.. (1980). Comparison of Polyoma Virus Transcription in Productively Infected Mouse Cells and Transformed Rodent Cell Lines. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 44(0). 63–75. 74 indexed citations

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Favaloro, Jennifer M., Richard Treisman, & Robert Kamen. (1980). [68] Transcription maps of polyoma virus-specific RNA: Analysis by two-dimensional nuclease S1 gel mapping. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 65(1). 718–749. 1320 indexed citations breakdown →

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Legon, Steve, Andrew J. Flavell, Alison Cowie, & Robert Kamen. (1979). Amplification in the leader sequence of late polyoma virus mRNAs. Cell. 16(2). 373–388. 72 indexed citations

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Condit, R C, Alison Cowie, Robert Kamen, & F Birg. (1977). Polyoma virus transcription in vitro. Journal of Molecular Biology. 115(2). 215–235. 18 indexed citations

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Smith, Alan E., et al.. (1976). Location of the sequences coding for capsid proteins VP1 and VP2 on polyoma virus DNA. Cell. 9(3). 481–487. 38 indexed citations

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Kamen, Robert, Hans‐Jürg Monstein, & C. Weissmann. (1974). The host factor requirement of Qβ RNA replicase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 366(3). 292–299. 10 indexed citations

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Kamen, Robert. (1969). Infectivity of Bacteriophage R17 RNA after Sequential Removal of 3′ Terminal Nucleotides. Nature. 221(5178). 321–325. 32 indexed citations

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Ephrussi-Taylor, Harriett, A M Sicard, & Robert Kamen. (1965). GENETIC RECOMBINATION IN DNA-INDUCED TRANSFORMATION OF PNEUMOCOCCUS. I. THE PROBLEM OF RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF TRANSFORMING FACTORS. Genetics. 51(3). 455–475. 81 indexed citations

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