Rowena G. Matthews

19.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
146 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Rowena G. Matthews is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Rheumatology and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Rowena G. Matthews has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Molecular Biology, 98 papers in Rheumatology and 32 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Rowena G. Matthews's work include Folate and B Vitamins Research (98 papers), Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (77 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (32 papers). Rowena G. Matthews is often cited by papers focused on Folate and B Vitamins Research (98 papers), Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders (77 papers) and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (32 papers). Rowena G. Matthews collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Rowena G. Matthews's co-authors include Martha Ludwig, Ruma Banerjee, Joseph M. Calvo, Celia W. Goulding, James T. Drummond, Rima Rozen, Robert Blumenthal, George Wald, Paul K. Brown and Ruth Hubbard and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Rowena G. Matthews

146 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Tautomeric Forms of Metarhodopsin

1963 521 citations Rowena G. Matthews et al. profile →
The production of superoxide anion radicals in the reaction of reduced flavins and flavoproteins with molecular oxygen

1969 340 citations Rowena G. Matthews et al. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rowena G. Matthews United States	56	6.8k	3.9k	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	146	9.8k
Udo Oppermann United Kingdom	65	8.8k 1.3×	669 0.2×	489 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	241	13.8k
Giorgio Federici Italy	55	6.8k 1.0×	718 0.2×	508 0.4×	699 0.6×	818 0.7×	308	12.2k
Nathan Brot United States	48	4.9k 0.7×	798 0.2×	360 0.3×	572 0.5×	386 0.3×	136	7.8k
Roland Lill Germany	93	16.1k 2.4×	852 0.2×	1.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.4×	1.4k 1.2×	232	22.4k
K.V. Rajagopalan United States	68	6.7k 1.0×	783 0.2×	863 0.7×	354 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	224	13.9k
Torgeir Flatmark Norway	49	5.0k 0.7×	293 0.1×	2.0k 1.7×	339 0.3×	756 0.7×	231	7.8k
S. Granick United States	44	6.4k 0.9×	984 0.3×	504 0.4×	236 0.2×	957 0.9×	82	8.1k
G. Schneider Sweden	57	6.4k 0.9×	306 0.1×	1.3k 1.1×	354 0.3×	1.8k 1.6×	276	10.9k
Esmond E. Snell United States	53	6.3k 0.9×	490 0.1×	1.1k 1.0×	368 0.3×	2.6k 2.3×	242	10.0k
B.L. Horecker United States	61	6.2k 0.9×	319 0.1×	802 0.7×	549 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	233	10.8k

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Deng, Liyuan, et al.. (2008). Methionine synthase reductase deficiency results in adverse reproductive outcomes and congenital heart defects in mice. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 94(3). 336–342. 33 indexed citations

Green, Jacalyn M. & Rowena G. Matthews. (2007). Folate Biosynthesis, Reduction, and Polyglutamylation and the Interconversion of Folate Derivatives. EcoSal Plus. 2(2). 52 indexed citations

Chapman, Eli, George W. Farr, Renata Usaite, et al.. (2006). Global aggregation of newly translated proteins in an Escherichia coli strain deficient of the chaperonin GroEL. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(43). 15800–15805. 119 indexed citations

Bandarian, Vahe, Martha Ludwig, & Rowena G. Matthews. (2003). Factors modulating conformational equilibria in large modular proteins: A case study with cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(14). 8156–8163. 45 indexed citations

Hall, D A, Craig W. Vander Kooi, Chad N. Stasik, et al.. (2001). Mapping the interactions between flavodoxin and its physiological partners flavodoxin reductase and cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(17). 9521–9526. 74 indexed citations

Matthews, Rowena G., Christal A. Sheppard, & Celia W. Goulding. (1998). Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and methionine\nsynthase: Biochemistry and molecular biology. Insecta mundi. 68 indexed citations

Jarrett, Joseph T., et al.. (1997). Purification and assay of cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase from Escherichia coli. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 281. 196–213. 36 indexed citations

Dixon, M.M., Sha Huang, Rowena G. Matthews, & Martha Ludwig. (1996). The structure of the C-terminal domain of methionine synthase: presenting S-adenosylmethionine for reductive methylation of B12. Structure. 4(11). 1263–1275. 97 indexed citations

Blumenthal, Robert, et al.. (1996). Experimental Analysis of Global Gene Regulation in Escherichia coli. Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology. 1–86. 5 indexed citations

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Jarrett, Joseph T., Catherine L. Drennan, Mohan Amaratunga, et al.. (1996). A protein radical cage slows photolysis of methylcobalamin in methionine synthase from Escherichia coli. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 4(8). 1237–1246. 24 indexed citations

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Ludwig, Martha, Catherine L. Drennan, & Rowena G. Matthews. (1996). The reactivity of B12 cofactors: the proteins make a difference. Structure. 4(5). 505–512. 36 indexed citations

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Webb, Heather K. & Rowena G. Matthews. (1995). 4-Chlorothreonine Is Substrate, Mechanistic Probe, and Mechanism-based Inactivator of Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(29). 17204–17209. 30 indexed citations

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Eichel, Johannes, et al.. (1995). Vitamin‐B₁₂‐Independent Methionine Synthase from a Higher Plant (Catharanthus Roseus). European Journal of Biochemistry. 230(3). 1053–1058. 25 indexed citations

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Drummond, James T. & Rowena G. Matthews. (1994). Nitrous Oxide Degradation by Cobalamin-Dependent Methionine Synthase: Characterization of the Reactants and Products in the Inactivation Reaction. Biochemistry. 33(12). 3732–3741. 63 indexed citations

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Drummond, James T. & Rowena G. Matthews. (1994). Nitrous Oxide Inactivation of Cobalamin-Dependent Methionine Synthase from Escherichia coli: Characterization of the Damage to the Enzyme and Prosthetic Group. Biochemistry. 33(12). 3742–3750. 37 indexed citations

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Bianchi, Vera, R. Eliasson, Marc Fontecave, et al.. (1993). Flavodoxin Is Required for the Activation of the Anaerobic Ribonucleotide Reductase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 197(2). 792–797. 92 indexed citations

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Banerjee, Ruma, et al.. (1992). Comparison of cobalamin-independent and cobalamin-dependent methionine synthases from Escherichia coli: two solutions to the same chemical problem. Biochemistry. 31(26). 6045–6056. 124 indexed citations

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Matthews, Rowena G., et al.. (1992). Stereochemistry and mechanism of hydrogen transfer between NADPH and methylenetetrahydrofolate in the reaction catalyzed by methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase from pig liver. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 114(18). 6949–6956. 30 indexed citations

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Matthews, Rowena G.. (1986). [58] Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase from pig liver. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 122. 372–381. 53 indexed citations

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Cordes, Eugene H., Victor A. Bloomfield, Joseph J. Villafranca, & Rowena G. Matthews. (1984). Abstracts, Division of Biological Chemistry, 188th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, August 26-31, 1984. Biochemistry. 23(14). 3346–3382. 2 indexed citations

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