Robert L. Kerby

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Robert L. Kerby is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert L. Kerby has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Robert L. Kerby's work include Hemoglobin structure and function (27 papers), Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (21 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (18 papers). Robert L. Kerby is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobin structure and function (27 papers), Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide (21 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (18 papers). Robert L. Kerby collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Singapore. Robert L. Kerby's co-authors include Gary P. Roberts, Federico E. Rey, G P Roberts, J. G. Zeikus, Paul W. Ludden, Hwan Youn, Kimberly A. Dill‐McFarland, Kaj Blennow, Sterling C. Johnson and Sandra Harding and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Robert L. Kerby

61 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Gut microbiome alterations in Alzheimer’s disease

2017 1.5k citations N. Vogt, Robert L. Kerby et al. Scientific Reports profile →
Interactions between Roseburia intestinalis and diet modulate atherogenesis in a murine model

2018 385 citations Kazuyuki Kasahara, Kymberleigh A. Romano et al. profile →
Gut bacterial metabolism contributes to host global purine homeostasis

2023 118 citations Kazuyuki Kasahara, Robert L. Kerby et al. profile →

Peers

Robert L. Kerby

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Hiroyuki Arai Japan

Grzegorz Bartosz Poland

Tomoya Hino Japan

Zhigang Liu China

Shinji Oikawa Japan

Paolo Sarti Italy

Joel N. Meyer United States

Yasukazu Yoshida Japan

Alessandro Giuffrè Italy

Joaquim Ros Spain

Hiroyuki Arai Japan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert L. Kerby

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert L. Kerby

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert L. Kerby. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert L. Kerby 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 Robert L. Kerby. Robert L. Kerby is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Lucas, Lauren N., et al.. (2026). Investigation of bile salt hydrolase activity in human gut bacteria reveals production of conjugated secondary bile acids. Nature Communications.

Dill‐McFarland, Kimberly A., Zheng-Zheng Tang, Robert L. Kerby, et al.. (2019). Close social relationships correlate with human gut microbiota composition. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 703–703. 148 indexed citations

Bresciani, Letizia, Donato Angelino, Eugenio I. Vivas, et al.. (2019). Differential Catabolism of an Anthocyanin-Rich Elderberry Extract by Three Gut Microbiota Bacterial Species. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 68(7). 1837–1843. 30 indexed citations

Pei, Ruisong, Derek Martin, Robert L. Kerby, et al.. (2018). Dietary Prevention of Colitis by Aronia Berry is Mediated Through Increased Th17 and Treg. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 63(5). e1800985–e1800985. 22 indexed citations

Romano, Kymberleigh A., Kimberly A. Dill‐McFarland, Kazuyuki Kasahara, et al.. (2018). Fecal Aliquot Straw Technique (FAST) allows for easy and reproducible subsampling: assessing interpersonal variation in trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) accumulation. Microbiome. 6(1). 91–91. 15 indexed citations

Vogt, N., Robert L. Kerby, Kimberly A. Dill‐McFarland, et al.. (2017). Gut microbiome alterations in Alzheimer’s disease. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 13537–13537. 1506 indexed citations breakdown →

Smith, Aaron T., et al.. (2012). Identification of Cys94 as the distal ligand to the Fe(III) heme in the transcriptional regulator RcoM-2 from Burkholderia xenovorans. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 17(7). 1071–1082. 21 indexed citations

Kerby, Robert L., Hwan Youn, & Gary P. Roberts. (2008). RcoM: A New Single-Component Transcriptional Regulator of CO Metabolism in Bacteria. Journal of Bacteriology. 190(9). 3336–3343. 58 indexed citations

Clark, Robert W., Nicholas D. Lanz, Andrea J. Lee, et al.. (2006). Unexpected NO-dependent DNA binding by the CooA homolog from Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(4). 891–896. 21 indexed citations

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Youn, Hwan, et al.. (2006). A C-helix Residue, Arg-123, Has Important Roles in Both the Active and Inactive Forms of the cAMP Receptor Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(6). 3632–3639. 11 indexed citations

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Youn, Hwan, Robert L. Kerby, Mary Conrad, & Gary P. Roberts. (2005). Study of Highly Constitutively Active Mutants Suggests How cAMP Activates cAMP Receptor Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(2). 1119–1127. 44 indexed citations

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Roberts, Greg, Robert L. Kerby, Hwan Youn, & Mark F. Conrad. (2004). CooA, a paradigm for gas sensing regulatory proteins. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 99(1). 280–292. 78 indexed citations

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Puranik, Mrinalini, Hwan Youn, Steen Brøndsted Nielsen, et al.. (2003). Activation Mechanism of the CO Sensor CooA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(37). 35384–35393. 40 indexed citations

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Kerby, Robert L., Hwan Youn, Marc V. Thorsteinsson, & Gary P. Roberts. (2002). Repositioning about the Dimer Interface of the Transcription Regulator CooA: A Major Signal Transduction Pathway between the Effector and DNA-binding Domains. Journal of Molecular Biology. 325(4). 809–823. 41 indexed citations

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Youn, Hwan, Robert L. Kerby, Marc V. Thorsteinsson, et al.. (2001). The Heme Pocket Afforded by Gly117 Is Crucial for Proper Heme Ligation and Activity of CooA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(45). 41603–41610. 23 indexed citations

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Thorsteinsson, Marc V., Robert L. Kerby, Hwan Youn, et al.. (2001). Redox-mediated Transcriptional Activation in a CooA Variant. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(29). 26807–26813. 14 indexed citations

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Thorsteinsson, Marc V., Robert L. Kerby, Mary Conrad, et al.. (2000). Characterization of Variants Altered at the N-terminal Proline, a Novel Heme-Axial Ligand in CooA, the CO-sensing Transcriptional Activator. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(50). 39332–39338. 38 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Mark F., Judith N. Burstyn, Daniel Shelver, et al.. (1999). Electronic Absorption, EPR, and Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of CooA, a CO-Sensing Transcription Activator from R. rubrum, Reveals a Five-Coordinate NO-Heme. Biochemistry. 39(2). 388–396. 76 indexed citations

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Spangler, Nathan J., et al.. (1998). Substitution of Valine for Histidine 265 in Carbon Monoxide Dehydrogenase from Rhodospirillum rubrum Affects Activity and Spectroscopic States. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(7). 4059–4064. 27 indexed citations

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Kerby, Robert L.. (1977). The Militia System and the State Militias in the War of 1812. Indiana Magazine of History. 3 indexed citations

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