Sanford A. Lacks

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

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Sanford A. Lacks is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sanford A. Lacks has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Molecular Biology, 37 papers in Epidemiology and 27 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Sanford A. Lacks's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (31 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (24 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (23 papers). Sanford A. Lacks is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (31 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (24 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (23 papers). Sanford A. Lacks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Germany. Sanford A. Lacks's co-authors include Bill Greenberg, S S Springhorn, Rollin D. Hotchkiss, Paloma López, Manuel Espinosa, Allan Rosenthal, J.P. Claverys, Diane L. Stassi, Antonio Puyet and John J. Dunn and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sanford A. Lacks

88 papers receiving 5.5k citations

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A study of the genetic material determining an enzyme activity in Pneumococcus

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sanford A. Lacks United States	42	4.0k	2.0k	1.8k	1.1k	833	88	6.0k
Klaus Jann Germany	49	3.6k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	660 0.4×	1.7k 1.6×	722 0.9×	197	7.8k
Rodney A. Welch United States	44	3.0k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.5×	89	7.4k
Bernard Martin France	36	2.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	674 0.6×	778 0.9×	72	5.1k
Howard A. Shuman United States	60	5.1k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	819 0.5×	770 0.7×	819 1.0×	121	9.7k
J.P. Claverys France	29	1.7k 0.4×	987 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	487 0.5×	697 0.8×	39	3.4k
Derek W. Hood United Kingdom	43	3.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	945 0.9×	536 0.6×	126	6.6k
Igor Stojiljković United States	37	2.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	411 0.2×	459 0.4×	516 0.6×	58	5.1k
Issar Smith United States	54	5.3k 1.3×	3.1k 1.6×	3.5k 1.9×	2.1k 2.0×	818 1.0×	178	10.2k
Anthony J. Clarke Canada	41	2.2k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	363 0.2×	737 0.7×	630 0.8×	140	4.7k
Ellen Murphy United States	38	3.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	765 0.4×	536 0.5×	757 0.9×	56	6.1k

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Lacks, Sanford A., Sahlu Ayalew, Adela G. de la Campa, & Bill Greenberg. (2000). Regulation of competence for genetic transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae: expression of dpnA, a late competence gene encoding a DNA methyltransferase of the DpnII restriction system. Molecular Microbiology. 35(5). 1089–1098. 38 indexed citations

Korszun, Z. R., et al.. (1998). Crystal structure of the DpnM DNA adenine methyltransferase from the DpnII restriction system of Streptococcus pneumoniae bound to S-adenosylmethionine. Structure. 6(12). 1563–1575. 76 indexed citations

Lacks, Sanford A., et al.. (1992). Streptococcus pneumoniae DNA polymerase I lacks 3'-to-5' exonuclease activity: localization of the 5'-to-3' exonucleolytic domain. Journal of Bacteriology. 174(6). 2014–2024. 13 indexed citations

Puyet, Antonio, Bill Greenberg, & Sanford A. Lacks. (1990). Genetic and structural characterization of endA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 213(4). 727–738. 111 indexed citations

López, Paloma, Bill Greenberg, & Sanford A. Lacks. (1990). DNA sequence of folate biosynthesis gene sulD, encoding hydroxymethyldihydropterin pyrophosphokinase in Streptococcus pneumoniae, and characterization of the enzyme. Journal of Bacteriology. 172(9). 4766–4774. 20 indexed citations

Puyet, Antonio, Bill Greenberg, & Sanford A. Lacks. (1989). The exoA gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae and its product, a DNA exonuclease with apurinic endonuclease activity. Journal of Bacteriology. 171(5). 2278–2286. 47 indexed citations

Cerritelli, Susana M., S S Springhorn, & Sanford A. Lacks. (1989). DpnA, a methylase for single-strand DNA in the Dpn II restriction system, and its biological function.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 86(23). 9223–9227. 56 indexed citations

González, Susana Martínez, Paloma López, Manuel Espinosa, & Sanford A. Lacks. (1987). Complementation of Bacillus subtilis polA mutants by DNA polymerase I from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 210(2). 203–210. 15 indexed citations

Ballester, Sara, Paloma López, Juan C. Alonso, Manuel Espinosa, & Sanford A. Lacks. (1986). Selective advantage of deletions enhancing chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae plasmids. Gene. 41(2-3). 153–163. 52 indexed citations

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López, Paloma, Manuel Espinosa, Bill Greenberg, & Sanford A. Lacks. (1984). Generation of deletions in pneumococcal mal genes cloned in Bacillus subtilis.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 81(16). 5189–5193. 54 indexed citations

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Lacks, Sanford A. & S S Springhorn. (1984). Transfer of recombinant plasmids containing the gene for DpnII DNA methylase into strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae that produce DpnI or DpnII restriction endonucleases. Journal of Bacteriology. 158(3). 905–909. 20 indexed citations

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Stassi, Diane L., John J. Dunn, & Sanford A. Lacks. (1982). Nucleotide sequence of DNA controlling expression of genes for maltosaccharide utilization in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Gene. 20(3). 359–366. 30 indexed citations

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Lacks, Sanford A.. (1981). Deoxyribonuclease I in mammalian tissues. Specificity of inhibition by actin.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 256(6). 2644–2648. 136 indexed citations

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Lacks, Sanford A.. (1980). [17] Purification and properties of the complementary endonucleases DpnI and DpnII. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 138–146. 26 indexed citations

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Lacks, Sanford A. & Bill Greenberg. (1976). Single-strand breakage on binding of DNA to cells in the genetic transformation of Diplococcus pneumoniae. Journal of Molecular Biology. 101(2). 255–275. 56 indexed citations

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Lacks, Sanford A.. (1970). Mutants of Diplococcus pneumoniae that Lack Deoxyribonucleases and Other Activities Possibly Pertinent to Genetic Transformation. Journal of Bacteriology. 101(2). 373–383. 172 indexed citations

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Guild, Walter R., Allen Cato, & Sanford A. Lacks. (1968). Transformation and DNA Size: Two Controlling Parameters and the Efficiency of the Single Strand Intermediate. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 33(0). 643–645. 24 indexed citations

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Lacks, Sanford A.. (1966). INTEGRATION EFFICIENCY AND GENETIC RECOMBINATION IN PNEUMOCOCCAL TRANSFORMATION. Genetics. 53(1). 207–235. 245 indexed citations

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Wald, George, et al.. (1962). twenty-six afternoons of biology : an introductory laboratory manual. Addison-Wesley eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Lacks, Sanford A.. (1962). Molecular fate of DNA in genetic transformation of Pneumococcus. Journal of Molecular Biology. 5(1). 119–131. 215 indexed citations

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