Stephen B. H. Kent

35.7k citations

261 papers · 29.0k indexed · 17 hit papers · h-index 77

Molecular Biology top 0.05%
Organic Chemistry top 0.05%
Oncology top 0.5%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 0.2%
Infectious Diseases top 0.5%

Co-authors: Philip E. Dawson Tom W. Muir Ian Clark‐Lewis Leroy Hood Duhee Bang R. B. Merrifield Martina Schnölzer Erik C. B. Johnson
Topics: Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (124 papers)Click Chemistry and Applications (59 papers)Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (39 papers)
Cited by: Virology Organic Chemistry Molecular Biology
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States Australia Japan

In The Last Decade

Stephen B. H. Kent

260 papers receiving 28.1k 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.

Synthesis of Proteins by Native Chemical Ligation

1994 3.4k citations Tom W. Muir, Stephen B. H. Kent et al. profile →
A cellular gene encodes scrapie PrP 27-30 protein

1985 1.2k citations Stephen B. H. Kent, Ronald A. Barry et al. profile →
Fluorescence detection in automated DNA sequence analysis

1986 1.1k citations Stephen B. H. Kent, Leroy Hood et al. profile →
Efficient method for the preparation of peptoids [oligo(N-substituted glycines)] by submonomer solid-phase synthesis

1992 1.1k citations Stephen B. H. Kent et al. profile →
In situ neutralization in Boc‐chemistry solid phase peptide synthesis

1992 966 citations Dianne Alewood, Stephen B. H. Kent et al. profile →
Quantitative monitoring of solid-phase peptide synthesis by the ninhydrin reaction

1981 957 citations Stephen B. H. Kent et al. profile →
Conserved Folding in Retroviral Proteases: Crystal Structure of Synthetic HIV-1 Protease

1989 937 citations Stephen B. H. Kent et al. profile →
Synthesis of Native Proteins by Chemical Ligation

2000 919 citations Stephen B. H. Kent et al. profile →
Total chemical synthesis of proteins

2008 799 citations Stephen B. H. Kent profile →
Internal amino acid sequence analysis of proteins separated by one- or two-dimensional gel electrophoresis after in situ protease digestion on nitrocellulose.

1987 695 citations Ruedi H. Aebersold, John Leavitt et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Structure of Complex of Synthetic HIV-1 Protease with a Substrate-Based Inhibitor at 2.3 Å Resolution

1989 551 citations Stephen B. H. Kent et al. profile →
The conserved SOCS box motif in suppressors of cytokine signaling binds to elongins B and C and may couple bound proteins to proteasomal degradation

1999 530 citations Stephen B. H. Kent et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Insights into the Mechanism and Catalysis of the Native Chemical Ligation Reaction

2006 529 citations Erik C. B. Johnson, Stephen B. H. Kent profile →
Identification and chemical synthesis of a host cell receptor binding site on hepatitis B virus

1986 438 citations Stephen B. H. Kent et al. profile →
Purification and structural studies of a major scrapie prion protein

1984 387 citations Stephen B. H. Kent, Leroy Hood et al. profile →
Fmoc-Based Synthesis of Peptide-^αThioesters: Application to the Total Chemical Synthesis of a Glycoprotein by Native Chemical Ligation

1999 320 citations Stephen B. H. Kent et al. profile →
A new synthetic route to tert-butyloxycarbonylaminoacyl-4-(oxymethyl)phenylacetamidomethyl-resin, an improved support for solid-phase peptide synthesis

1978 285 citations Stephen B. H. Kent et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	352P Cost-effectiveness of CDK4/6 inhibitors in first- vs second-line for advanced breast cancer (ABC) in the phase III SONIA trial (BOOG 2017-03) 2024 ·Annals of Oncology ·(unknown),Stephen B. H. Kent,Inge R. Konings,(unknown),Vincent van der Noort,E. van den Pol,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Frans Erdkamp,Danny Houtsma,Hendrika M. Oosterkamp,(unknown),(unknown),J. Tol,Annette A. van Zweeden,A. Elise van Leeuwen‐Stok,Gabe S. Sonke,Agnes Jager,Hedwig M. Blommestein	1
2	Perplexing cooperative folding and stability of a low-sequence complexity, polyproline 2 protein lacking a hydrophobic core 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Zachary P. Gates,Michael C. Baxa,Wookyung Yu,Joshua A. Riback,Hui Li,Benoı̂t Roux,Stephen B. H. Kent,Tobin R. Sosnick	27
3	(Quasi‐)Racemic X‐ray Structures of Glycosylated and Non‐Glycosylated Forms of the Chemokine Ser‐CCL1 Prepared by Total Chemical Synthesis 2014 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Ryo Okamoto,Kalyaneswar Mandal,M.R. Sawaya,Yasuhiro Kajihara,Todd O. Yeates,Stephen B. H. Kent	53
4	Searching for the Interaction Sites of the Beta1 Subunit with the Voltage-Sensing Domains of Sodium Channels Using LRET 2014 ·Biophysical Journal ·Tomoya Kubota,Bobo Dang,Rocio K. Finol‐Urdaneta,Jérôme J. Lacroix,(unknown),Robert J. French,Stephen B. H. Kent,Ana M. Correa,Francisco Bezanilla	1
5	Total Chemical Synthesis of the Enzyme Sortase A_ΔN59 with Full Catalytic Activity 2014 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown),Liang Zhang,Yating Wang,Olaf Schneewind,Stephen B. H. Kent	26
6	Deciphering a Molecular Mechanism of Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus by the Chemical Synthesis of a Protein Diastereomer, [d-AlaB8]Human Proinsulin 2014 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown),Jonathan Whittaker,Michael A. Weiss,Stephen B. H. Kent	15
7	Mirror Image Proteins : the Natural World Reinvented Using Chemistry 2011 ·Stephen B. H. Kent	1
8	Role of a salt bridge in the model protein crambin explored by chemical protein synthesis: X-ray structure of a unique protein analogue, [V15A]crambin-α-carboxamide 2009 ·Molecular BioSystems ·Duhee Bang,Valentina Tereshko,Anthony A. Kossiakoff,Stephen B. H. Kent	12
9	Towards the total chemical synthesis of integral membrane proteins: a general method for the synthesis of hydrophobic peptide-αthioester building blocks 2007 ·Tetrahedron Letters ·Erik C. B. Johnson,Stephen B. H. Kent	79
10	Total chemical synthesis and biophysical characterization of the minimal isoform of the KChIP2 potassium channel regulatory subunit 2007 ·Protein Science ·Sudarshan Rajagopal,Stephen B. H. Kent	10
11	Exploratory synthesis of peptide–α‐thioester segments spanning the polypeptide sequence of the δ‐opioid receptor, a G protein‐coupled receptor 2006 ·Biopolymers ·Erik C. B. Johnson,Stephen B. H. Kent	2
12	Novel forms of chemical protein diversity — in nature and in the laboratory 2004 ·Current Opinion in Biotechnology ·Stephen B. H. Kent	33
13	Total chemical synthesis of enzymes 2003 ·Journal of Peptide Science ·Stephen B. H. Kent	52
14	Total synthesis of cytochrome b562 by native chemical ligation using a removable auxiliary 2001 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Donald W. Low,Michael G. Hill,Michael R. Carrasco,Stephen B. H. Kent,Paolo Botti	121
15	The chemokine receptor antagonist AOP-RANTES reduces monocyte infiltration in experimental glomerulonephritis 1999 ·Kidney International ·Ulf Panzer,André Schneider,Jill Wilken,Darren A. Thompson,Stephen B. H. Kent,Rolf A.K. Stahl	59
16	[13] Protein synthesis by chemical ligation of unprotected peptides in aqueous solution 1997 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Tom W. Muir,(unknown),Stephen B. H. Kent	84
17	An ¹H NMR determination of the three‐dimensional structures of mirror‐image forms of a Leu‐5 variant of the trypsin inhibitor from Ecballium elaterium (EETI‐II) 1994 ·Protein Science ·Katherine J. Nielsen,Dianne Alewood,John L. Andrews,Stephen B. H. Kent,David J. Craik	33
18	Characterization of prion proteins with monospecific antisera to synthetic peptides. 1988 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Ronald A. Barry,M. Vincent,Stephen B. H. Kent,L Hood,S. B. Prusiner	39
19	Isolation and Characterization of a Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone-Like Peptide From Human Placenta 1988 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Atsushi Sasaki,Paul Tempst,Anthony S. Liotta,Andrew N. Margioris,Leroy Hood,Stephen B. H. Kent,Shuichi Sato,Osamu Shinkawa,KAORU YOSHINAGA,Dorothy T. Krieger	78
20	Internal amino acid sequence analysis of proteins separated by one- or two-dimensional gel electrophoresis after in situ protease digestion on nitrocellulose.breakdown → 1987 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ruedi H. Aebersold,John Leavitt,Rafael Saavedra,Leroy Hood,Stephen B. H. Kent	695

About Stephen B. H. Kent

Stephen B. H. Kent is a scholar working on Virology, Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology, having authored 261 papers that have together received 29.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (124 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (59 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (39 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Virology (2.0k citations), Organic Chemistry (9.3k citations) and Molecular Biology (22.2k citations). Stephen B. H. Kent has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Philip E. Dawson, Tom W. Muir, Ian Clark‐Lewis, Leroy Hood, Duhee Bang, R. B. Merrifield, Martina Schnölzer, Erik C. B. Johnson, Brad L. Pentelute and Jens Schneider. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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