Stephen B. H. Kent

35.7k total citations · 17 hit papers
261 papers, 29.0k citations indexed

About

Stephen B. H. Kent is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen B. H. Kent has authored 261 papers receiving a total of 29.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 199 papers in Molecular Biology, 89 papers in Organic Chemistry and 34 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Stephen B. H. Kent's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (124 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (59 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (39 papers). Stephen B. H. Kent is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (124 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (59 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (39 papers). Stephen B. H. Kent collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Japan. Stephen B. H. Kent's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Stephen B. H. Kent

260 papers receiving 28.1k citations

Hit Papers

Synthesis of Proteins by Native Chemical Ligation 1978 2026 1994 2010 1994 1985 1986 1992 1992 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. Synthesis of Proteins by Native Chemical Ligation
    1994 3.4k citations Philip E. Dawson, Stephen B. H. Kent et al. profile →
  2. A cellular gene encodes scrapie PrP 27-30 protein
    1985 1.2k citations Stephen B. H. Kent, Ronald A. Barry et al. profile →
  3. Fluorescence detection in automated DNA sequence analysis
    1986 1.1k citations Stephen B. H. Kent, Leroy Hood et al. profile →
  4. 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 →
  5. In situ neutralization in Boc‐chemistry solid phase peptide synthesis
    1992 966 citations Stephen B. H. Kent et al. profile →
  6. Quantitative monitoring of solid-phase peptide synthesis by the ninhydrin reaction
    1981 957 citations Stephen B. H. Kent et al. profile →
  7. Conserved Folding in Retroviral Proteases: Crystal Structure of Synthetic HIV-1 Protease
    1989 937 citations Stephen B. H. Kent et al. profile →
  8. Synthesis of Native Proteins by Chemical Ligation
    2000 919 citations Philip E. Dawson, Stephen B. H. Kent profile →
  9. Total chemical synthesis of proteins
    2008 799 citations Stephen B. H. Kent profile →
  10. 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 →
  11. 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 →
  12. 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 →
  13. Insights into the Mechanism and Catalysis of the Native Chemical Ligation Reaction
    2006 529 citations Erik C. B. Johnson, Stephen B. H. Kent profile →
  14. 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 →
  15. Purification and structural studies of a major scrapie prion protein
    1984 387 citations Stephen B. H. Kent, Leroy Hood et al. profile →
  16. 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 →
  17. 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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen B. H. Kent United States 77 22.2k 9.3k 3.4k 2.9k 2.3k 261 29.0k
Richard A. Lerner United States 95 22.2k 1.0× 6.5k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 10.5k 3.7× 1.5k 0.7× 417 38.4k
Carlos F. Barbas United States 108 23.4k 1.1× 20.4k 2.2× 2.3k 0.7× 8.8k 3.1× 1.8k 0.8× 368 44.8k
Zbyszek Otwinowski United States 40 27.2k 1.2× 5.7k 0.6× 4.0k 1.2× 1.4k 0.5× 2.5k 1.1× 109 43.4k
Stephen J. Benkovic United States 84 20.8k 0.9× 3.2k 0.3× 1.3k 0.4× 2.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.9× 457 28.6k
W. Minor United States 52 25.8k 1.2× 6.1k 0.7× 4.3k 1.3× 1.3k 0.5× 2.4k 1.1× 233 42.5k
Richard A. Houghten United States 74 14.6k 0.7× 3.5k 0.4× 1.5k 0.5× 3.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.5× 416 22.3k
Pauline M. Rudd United Kingdom 90 21.1k 1.0× 5.9k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 7.8k 2.7× 1.3k 0.6× 353 28.9k
Raymond A. Dwek United Kingdom 110 29.4k 1.3× 13.3k 1.4× 1.8k 0.5× 8.0k 2.8× 2.5k 1.1× 564 46.1k
William F. DeGrado United States 111 32.1k 1.4× 8.1k 0.9× 2.2k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 788 0.3× 538 43.5k
Warren L. DeLano United States 15 24.4k 1.1× 2.2k 0.2× 2.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.6× 2.0k 0.9× 17 33.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kent, Stephen B. H., Inge R. Konings, Vincent van der Noort, et al.. (2024). 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). Annals of Oncology. 35. S364–S364. 1 indexed citations
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Gates, Zachary P., Michael C. Baxa, Wookyung Yu, et al.. (2017). Perplexing cooperative folding and stability of a low-sequence complexity, polyproline 2 protein lacking a hydrophobic core. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(9). 2241–2246. 27 indexed citations
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Dang, Bobo, Rong Shen, Tomoya Kubota, et al.. (2017). Inversion of the Side‐Chain Stereochemistry of Indvidual Thr or Ile Residues in a Protein Molecule: Impact on the Folding, Stability, and Structure of the ShK Toxin. Angewandte Chemie. 129(12). 3372–3376. 1 indexed citations
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Okamoto, Ryo, Kalyaneswar Mandal, M.R. Sawaya, et al.. (2014). (Quasi‐)Racemic X‐ray Structures of Glycosylated and Non‐Glycosylated Forms of the Chemokine Ser‐CCL1 Prepared by Total Chemical Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(20). 5194–5198. 53 indexed citations
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Kubota, Tomoya, Bobo Dang, Rocio K. Finol‐Urdaneta, et al.. (2014). Searching for the Interaction Sites of the Beta1 Subunit with the Voltage-Sensing Domains of Sodium Channels Using LRET. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 133a–133a. 1 indexed citations
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Kent, Stephen B. H.. (2011). Mirror Image Proteins : the Natural World Reinvented Using Chemistry. 2010. 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Bang, Duhee, Valentina Tereshko, Anthony A. Kossiakoff, & Stephen B. H. Kent. (2009). 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. Molecular BioSystems. 5(7). 750–756. 12 indexed citations
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Johnson, Erik C. B. & Stephen B. H. Kent. (2007). Towards the total chemical synthesis of integral membrane proteins: a general method for the synthesis of hydrophobic peptide-αthioester building blocks. Tetrahedron Letters. 48(10). 1795–1799. 79 indexed citations
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Parker, Laurie L., Josh W. Kurutz, Stephen B. H. Kent, & Stephen J. Kron. (2006). Control of the Yeast Cell Cycle with a Photocleavable α‐Factor Analogue. Angewandte Chemie. 118(38). 6470–6473. 7 indexed citations
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Kent, Stephen B. H.. (2004). Novel forms of chemical protein diversity — in nature and in the laboratory. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 15(6). 607–614. 33 indexed citations
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Kent, Stephen B. H.. (2004). Total Chemical Synthesis of Enzymes. ChemInform. 35(16). 1 indexed citations
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Kent, Stephen B. H.. (2003). Total chemical synthesis of enzymes. Journal of Peptide Science. 9(9). 574–593. 52 indexed citations
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Low, Donald W., Michael G. Hill, Michael R. Carrasco, Stephen B. H. Kent, & Paolo Botti. (2001). Total synthesis of cytochrome b562 by native chemical ligation using a removable auxiliary. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(12). 6554–6559. 121 indexed citations
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Panzer, Ulf, André Schneider, Jill Wilken, et al.. (1999). The chemokine receptor antagonist AOP-RANTES reduces monocyte infiltration in experimental glomerulonephritis. Kidney International. 56(6). 2107–2115. 59 indexed citations
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Winston, Rachel L., David P. Millar, Joel Gottesfeld, & Stephen B. H. Kent. (1999). Characterization of the DNA Binding Properties of the bHLH Domain of Deadpan to Single and Tandem Sites. Biochemistry. 38(16). 5138–5146. 24 indexed citations
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Bolin, Kimberly A., Darren A. Thompson, Jill Wilken, et al.. (1999). NMR structure of a minimized human agouti related protein prepared by total chemical synthesis. FEBS Letters. 451(2). 125–131. 67 indexed citations
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Hackeng, Tilman M., Philip E. Dawson, Stephen B. H. Kent, & John H. Griffin. (1998). Chemical synthesis of human protein S thrombin-sensitive module and first epidermal growth factor module. Biopolymers. 46(2). 53–63. 16 indexed citations
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Sasaki, Atsushi, Paul Tempst, Anthony S. Liotta, et al.. (1988). Isolation and Characterization of a Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone-Like Peptide From Human Placenta. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 67(4). 768–773. 78 indexed citations
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Barry, Ronald A., M. Vincent, Stephen B. H. Kent, L Hood, & S. B. Prusiner. (1988). Characterization of prion proteins with monospecific antisera to synthetic peptides.. The Journal of Immunology. 140(4). 1188–1193. 39 indexed citations
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Aebersold, Ruedi H., John Leavitt, Rafael Saavedra, Leroy Hood, & Stephen B. H. Kent. (1987). Internal amino acid sequence analysis of proteins separated by one- or two-dimensional gel electrophoresis after in situ protease digestion on nitrocellulose.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 84(20). 6970–6974. 695 indexed citations breakdown →

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