Ronald S. Cole

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Ronald S. Cole is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald S. Cole has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Organic Chemistry and 4 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ronald S. Cole's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (8 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (6 papers) and Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (4 papers). Ronald S. Cole is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (8 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (6 papers) and Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (4 papers). Ronald S. Cole collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ronald S. Cole's co-authors include Richard R. Sinden, George S. Hammond, Déborah Levitan, Paul Howard-Flanders, Brian M. Wilkins, George H. Yoakum, W. Dean Rupp, Steven Murov and John F. Garst and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ronald S. Cole

20 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Light-induced cross-linking of DNA in the presence of a furocoumarin (psoralen)

1970 288 citations Ronald S. Cole Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ronald S. Cole United States	15	1.1k	313	262	260	176	20	1.6k
S. Marciani Italy	16	543 0.5×	354 1.1×	345 1.3×	108 0.4×	22 0.1×	34	1.1k
H. T. Andrew Cheung Australia	19	649 0.6×	241 0.8×	154 0.6×	85 0.3×	29 0.2×	75	1.2k
W. Kersten Germany	14	825 0.8×	146 0.5×	75 0.3×	55 0.2×	81 0.5×	40	1.1k
Terry A. Beerman United States	27	2.0k 1.9×	546 1.7×	59 0.2×	246 0.9×	94 0.5×	93	2.5k
YASUHIKO MURAOKA Japan	19	803 0.7×	557 1.8×	154 0.6×	69 0.3×	56 0.3×	65	1.4k
Allen M. Gold United States	18	877 0.8×	250 0.8×	155 0.6×	62 0.2×	95 0.5×	27	1.6k
Edward J. Merino United States	19	1.8k 1.7×	118 0.4×	146 0.6×	156 0.6×	155 0.9×	43	2.3k
Roselyn Lipman United States	18	1.1k 1.1×	434 1.4×	68 0.3×	210 0.8×	67 0.4×	26	1.5k
Ingar Leiros Norway	21	1.3k 1.2×	106 0.3×	104 0.4×	109 0.4×	229 1.3×	49	1.7k
Jean‐Louis Fourrey France	22	1.0k 0.9×	827 2.6×	68 0.3×	51 0.2×	29 0.2×	96	1.6k

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Yoakum, George H. & Ronald S. Cole. (1978). Cross-linking and relaxation of supercoiled DNA by psoralen and light. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 521(2). 529–546. 21 indexed citations

Sinden, Richard R. & Ronald S. Cole. (1978). Topography and kinetics of genetic recombination in Escherichia coli treated with psoralen and light. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 75(5). 2373–2377. 21 indexed citations

Sinden, Richard R. & Ronald S. Cole. (1978). Repair of cross-linked DNA and survival of Escherichia coli treated with psoralen and light: effects of mutations influencing genetic recombination and DNA metabolism. Journal of Bacteriology. 136(2). 538–547. 87 indexed citations

Yoakum, George H. & Ronald S. Cole. (1977). Role of ATP in removal of psoralen cross-links from DNA of Escherichia coli permeabilized by treatment with toluene.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 252(20). 7023–7030. 27 indexed citations

Cole, Ronald S., Déborah Levitan, & Richard R. Sinden. (1976). Removal of psoralen interstrand cross-links from DNA of Escherichia coli: Mechanism and genetic control. Journal of Molecular Biology. 103(1). 39–59. 172 indexed citations

Cole, Ronald S. & Richard R. Sinden. (1975). Repair of Cross-Linked DNA in Escherichia coli. PubMed. 5B. 487–495. 32 indexed citations

Cole, Ronald S.. (1973). Repair of DNA Containing Interstrand Crosslinks in Escherichia coli: Sequential Excision and Recombination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 70(4). 1064–1068. 249 indexed citations

Howard-Flanders, Paul, et al.. (1973). Excision and recombination in the repair of DNA in bacteria treated with ultraviolet light or cross-linking agents. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

Cole, Ronald S.. (1971). Inactivation of Escherichia coli , F′ Episomes at Transfer, and Bacteriophage Lambda by Psoralen Plus 360-nm Light: Significance of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Cross-Links. Journal of Bacteriology. 107(3). 846–852. 144 indexed citations

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Cole, Ronald S.. (1971). Psoralen monoadducts and interstrand cross-links in DNA. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 254(1). 30–39. 177 indexed citations

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Cole, Ronald S.. (1971). Properties of F′ Factor Deoxyribonucleic Acid Transferred from Ultraviolet-Irradiated Donors: Photoreactivation in the Recipient and the Influence of recA, recB, recC , and uvr Genes. Journal of Bacteriology. 106(1). 143–149. 20 indexed citations

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Cole, Ronald S.. (1970). Light-induced cross-linking of DNA in the presence of a furocoumarin (psoralen). Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 217(1). 30–39. 288 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cole, Ronald S., et al.. (1970). Sedimentation properties of phage DNA molecules containing light-induced psoralen cross-links. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 224(2). 660–662. 40 indexed citations

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Howard-Flanders, Paul, W. Dean Rupp, Brian M. Wilkins, & Ronald S. Cole. (1968). DNA Replication and Recombination after UV Irradiation. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 33(0). 195–207. 94 indexed citations

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Murov, Steven, Ronald S. Cole, & George S. Hammond. (1968). Mechanisms of photochemical reactions in solution. LIV. A new mechanism of photosensitization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 90(11). 2957–2958. 45 indexed citations

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Hammond, George S. & Ronald S. Cole. (1965). Asymmetric Induction during Energy Transfer¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 87(14). 3256–3257. 121 indexed citations

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Garst, John F., et al.. (1964). Disproportionation of Monosodium Tetraphenylethylene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 86(11). 2257–2261. 13 indexed citations

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Garst, John F. & Ronald S. Cole. (1963). Reactivity of phenyl radicals toward aromatic solvents.. Tetrahedron Letters. 4(11). 679–683. 4 indexed citations

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Garst, John F. & Ronald S. Cole. (1963). REACTIVITY OF PHENYL RADICALS TOWARD AROMATIC SOLVENTS. ON “CAGE” PHENYLATION BY PHENYLAZOTRIPHENYLMETHANE. Tetrahedron Letters. 4(11). 679–683. 1 indexed citations

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Garst, John F. & Ronald S. Cole. (1962). Solvent Effect on the Disproportionation of Monosodium Tetraphenylethylene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 84(22). 4352–4353. 12 indexed citations

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