Rusty J. Mans

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Rusty J. Mans is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rusty J. Mans has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Rusty J. Mans's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (7 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers). Rusty J. Mans is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (7 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (4 papers). Rusty J. Mans collaborates with scholars based in United States. Rusty J. Mans's co-authors include G. David Novelli, Joan A. Steitz, Otto Hagenbüchle, Melvin Santer, Cary Thrall, Janet L. Stein, Gary Stein, John R. Laughnan, Susan Gabay-Laughnan and Ernest R. Stout and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Rusty J. Mans

32 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Measurement of the incorporation of radioactive amino aci... 1961 2026 1982 2004 1961 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Measurement of the incorporation of radioactive amino acids into protein by a filter-paper disk method
    1961 1.9k citations Rusty J. Mans, G. David Novelli Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rusty J. Mans United States 19 2.4k 586 352 308 218 32 3.5k
Wayne Wray United States 15 2.7k 1.1× 484 0.8× 521 1.5× 530 1.7× 193 0.9× 35 4.2k
Hans Noll United States 31 3.0k 1.2× 282 0.5× 384 1.1× 230 0.7× 334 1.5× 66 4.2k
Virginia P. Wray United States 6 2.2k 0.9× 329 0.6× 416 1.2× 445 1.4× 180 0.8× 9 3.4k
Kenneth D. Munkres United States 19 1.8k 0.7× 246 0.4× 216 0.6× 317 1.0× 127 0.6× 55 2.7k
Ken C. Reed Australia 19 1.8k 0.8× 498 0.8× 765 2.2× 215 0.7× 186 0.9× 31 3.0k
Luis Glaser United States 38 2.8k 1.1× 325 0.6× 664 1.9× 588 1.9× 297 1.4× 97 4.4k
Ronald Lee Hancock United States 2 2.1k 0.9× 322 0.5× 405 1.2× 435 1.4× 177 0.8× 3 3.4k
George Brawerman United States 45 5.2k 2.1× 572 1.0× 647 1.8× 311 1.0× 450 2.1× 98 6.4k
Michael A. Sirover United States 33 3.3k 1.3× 339 0.6× 312 0.9× 226 0.7× 137 0.6× 69 4.5k
U.I. Flügge Germany 16 3.0k 1.2× 844 1.4× 252 0.7× 566 1.8× 149 0.7× 17 4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rusty J. Mans

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mans, Rusty J., et al.. (1982). Physical mapping of homologous segments of mitochondrial episomes from S male-sterile maize. Plasmid. 7(1). 1–14. 20 indexed citations
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Hagenbüchle, Otto, Melvin Santer, Joan A. Steitz, & Rusty J. Mans. (1978). Conservation of the primary structure at the 3′ end of 18S rRNA from eucaryotic cells. Cell. 13(3). 551–563. 391 indexed citations
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Mans, Rusty J., et al.. (1975). A Rapid Technique for the Estimation of Polynucleotide Adenylyltransferase and Ribonucleic Acid Polymerase in Plant Tissues. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 56(6). 821–825. 2 indexed citations
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Stein, Gary S., et al.. (1975). Evidence for fidelity of chromatin reconstitution. Biochemistry. 14(9). 1859–1866. 56 indexed citations
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Stein, Gary S., et al.. (1975). Cell cycle stage-specific transcription of histone genes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 63(4). 945–949. 25 indexed citations
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Thrall, Cary, et al.. (1974). Invitro synthesis of DNA complementary to polyadenylated histone messenger RNA. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 61(4). 1443–1449. 32 indexed citations
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Mans, Rusty J.. (1973). Rifampicin inhibition of poly(dT)·Poly (A)‐primed poly (A) synthesis by HeLa AMP polynucleotidylexotransferase. FEBS Letters. 33(2). 245–246. 4 indexed citations
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Brooks, Robert R. & Rusty J. Mans. (1973). Selection of repeated sequences of homologous and heterologous DNA during invitro transcription by maize RNA polymerase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 52(2). 608–613. 2 indexed citations
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Mans, Rusty J. & Cláudia M. Calvet. (1971). Gel electrophoretic assay for trace amounts of ribonuclease. Analytical Biochemistry. 41(2). 560–566. 1 indexed citations
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Mans, Rusty J., et al.. (1971). Transfer RNA-primed oligoadenylate synthesis in maize seedlings. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 247(1). 113–121. 14 indexed citations
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Mans, Rusty J.. (1971). Transfer RNA-primed oligoadenylate synthesis in maize seedlings. III. Deoxyoligonucleotide primers. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 45(4). 980–983. 18 indexed citations
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Mans, Rusty J., et al.. (1970). Transfer RNA-primed oligoadenylate synthesis in maize seedlings. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 217(1). 72–82. 24 indexed citations
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Stout, Ernest R. & Rusty J. Mans. (1968). Template Requirement of Maize RNA Polymerase. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 43(3). 405–410. 9 indexed citations
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Stout, Ernest R., et al.. (1967). An increase in RNA polymerase activity after illumination of dark-grown maize seedlings. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 29(3). 322–326. 10 indexed citations
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Stout, Ernest R. & Rusty J. Mans. (1967). Partial purification and properties of RNA polymerase from maize. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 134(2). 327–336. 45 indexed citations
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Mans, Rusty J., et al.. (1964). The Involvement of Soluble Ribonucleic Acid in Amino Acid Incorporation by a Maize System. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 239(6). 1762–1768. 18 indexed citations
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Mans, Rusty J. & G. David Novelli. (1964). Stabilization of the maize seedling amino acid incorporating system. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Specialized Section on Nucleic Acids and Related Subjects. 80(1). 127–136. 25 indexed citations
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Jacobson, K. Bruce, Susumu Nishimura, W. Edgar Barnett, et al.. (1964). On the lack of a uniform specificity of aminoacyl ribonucleic acid synthetases from different organisms. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Specialized Section on Nucleic Acids and Related Subjects. 91(2). 305–312. 19 indexed citations
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Mans, Rusty J. & G. David Novelli. (1961). In vitro amino acid incorporation into particle protein from maize seedlings. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 50(2). 287–300. 37 indexed citations
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Mans, Rusty J. & G. David Novelli. (1961). Measurement of the incorporation of radioactive amino acids into protein by a filter-paper disk method. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 94(1). 48–53. 1927 indexed citations breakdown →

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