Stephen Busby

18.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
257 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Stephen Busby is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Busby has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 202 papers in Molecular Biology, 202 papers in Genetics and 49 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Stephen Busby's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (195 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (148 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (44 papers). Stephen Busby is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (195 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (148 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (44 papers). Stephen Busby collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Stephen Busby's co-authors include Douglas F. Browning, Richard H. Ebright, David C. Grainger, Henri Buc, Annie Kolb, Jeffrey A. Cole, David J. Lee, Benoît De Crombrugghe, Andrew Bell and H. Buc and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Busby

256 papers receiving 14.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

The regulation of bacterial transcription initiation

2003 735 citations Douglas F. Browning, Stephen Busby profile →
TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION BY cAMP AND ITS RECEPTOR PROTEIN

1993 708 citations Stephen Busby et al. profile →
Transcription activation by catabolite activator protein (CAP)

1999 654 citations Stephen Busby et al. profile →
Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein: Role in Transcription Activation

1984 567 citations Stephen Busby et al. profile →
Observation of tissue metabolites using 31P nuclear magnetic resonance

1974 436 citations Stephen Busby et al. profile →
Local and global regulation of transcription initiation in bacteria

2016 337 citations Douglas F. Browning, Stephen Busby profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Busby United Kingdom	61	11.1k	8.7k	3.0k	1.4k	994	257	14.6k
Francisco Bolívar Mexico	52	11.8k 1.1×	6.4k 0.7×	2.7k 0.9×	899 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	173	15.6k
Alan D. Grossman United States	71	12.1k 1.1×	9.7k 1.1×	5.2k 1.7×	977 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	152	15.6k
Akira Ishihama Japan	77	16.8k 1.5×	12.1k 1.4×	4.9k 1.6×	2.1k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	453	21.8k
Ben F. Luisi United Kingdom	64	10.9k 1.0×	5.5k 0.6×	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	195	15.9k
Sankar Adhya United States	67	10.9k 1.0×	6.8k 0.8×	5.3k 1.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	204	15.4k
Tracy Palmer United Kingdom	59	7.2k 0.6×	4.8k 0.6×	3.5k 1.2×	798 0.6×	860 0.9×	179	10.9k
Guy Plunkett United States	22	7.3k 0.7×	4.3k 0.5×	2.7k 0.9×	2.3k 1.6×	684 0.7×	29	10.8k
John R. Roth United States	53	8.8k 0.8×	4.5k 0.5×	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	146	12.7k
Erhard Bremer Germany	62	7.3k 0.7×	4.4k 0.5×	2.8k 1.0×	875 0.6×	1.9k 1.9×	165	11.7k
Christopher F. Higgins United Kingdom	78	12.7k 1.1×	6.6k 0.8×	2.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	954 1.0×	166	22.1k

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Hothersall, Joanne, Rita E. Godfrey, Colin Robinson, et al.. (2022). Inexpensive protein overexpression driven by the NarL transcription activator protein. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 119(6). 1614–1623. 7 indexed citations

Blair, Jessica M. A., Pauline Siasat, Vito Ricci, et al.. (2022). EnvR is a potent repressor of acrAB transcription in Salmonella. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 78(1). 133–140. 2 indexed citations

Busby, Stephen, Joseph T. Wade, Jacques van Helden, et al.. (2020). Redefining fundamental concepts of transcription initiation in bacteria. Nature Reviews Genetics. 21(11). 699–714. 93 indexed citations

Busby, Stephen. (2019). Transcription activation in bacteria: ancient and modern. Microbiology. 165(4). 386–395. 30 indexed citations

Browning, Douglas F., et al.. (2019). Escherichia coli “TatExpress” strains export several g/L human growth hormone to the periplasm by the Tat pathway. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 116(12). 3282–3291. 20 indexed citations

Smith, Darren A., et al.. (2019). DNA barcodes for rapid, whole genome, single-molecule analyses. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(12). e68–e68. 14 indexed citations

Santos-Zavaleta, Alberto, Mishael Sánchez-Pérez, Heladia Salgado, et al.. (2018). A unified resource for transcriptional regulation in Escherichia coli K-12 incorporating high-throughput-generated binding data into RegulonDB version 10.0. BMC Biology. 16(1). 91–91. 34 indexed citations

Sellars, Laura, Jack A. Bryant, María Antonia Sánchez-Romero, et al.. (2017). Development of a new fluorescent reporter:operator system: location of AraC regulated genes in Escherichia coli K-12. BMC Microbiology. 17(1). 170–170. 5 indexed citations

Browning, Douglas F., et al.. (2017). Escherichia coli “TatExpress” strains super‐secrete human growth hormone into the bacterial periplasm by the Tat pathway. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 114(12). 2828–2836. 37 indexed citations

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Bingle, Lewis, Chrystala Constantinidou, Robert K. Shaw, et al.. (2014). Microarray Analysis of the Ler Regulon in Enteropathogenic and Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli Strains. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e80160–e80160. 26 indexed citations

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Ricci, Vito, et al.. (2013). Genetic inactivation of acrAB or inhibition of efflux induces expression of ramA. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 68(7). 1551–1557. 39 indexed citations

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Ricci, Vito, Stephen Busby, & Laura J. V. Piddock. (2012). Regulation of RamA by RamR in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium: Isolation of a RamR Superrepressor. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 56(11). 6037–6040. 26 indexed citations

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Busby, Stephen, et al.. (2009). Activation and Repression at the Escherichia coli ynfEFGHI Operon Promoter. Journal of Bacteriology. 191(9). 3172–3176. 10 indexed citations

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Velusamy, Senthil Kumar, Jeyaprakash Rajendhran, Stephen Busby, & P. Gunasekaran. (2009). Characterization of multiple promoters and transcript stability in the sacB–sacC gene cluster in Zymomonas mobilis. Archives of Microbiology. 191(6). 529–541. 7 indexed citations

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Lee, David J., et al.. (2009). A global view of Escherichia coli Rsd protein and its interactions. Molecular BioSystems. 5(12). 1943–1947. 46 indexed citations

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Lloyd, Georgina S., et al.. (2008). Transcription initiation in theEscherichia coliK-12malIâmalXintergenic region and the role of the cyclic AMP receptor protein. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 288(2). 250–257. 9 indexed citations

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Grainger, David C., Douglas Hurd, Marcus Harrison, Jolyon Holdstock, & Stephen Busby. (2005). Studies of the distribution of Escherichia coli cAMP-receptor protein and RNA polymerase along the E. coli chromosome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(49). 17693–17698. 237 indexed citations

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Grainger, David C., Tim W. Overton, Nikos B. Reppas, et al.. (2004). Genomic Studies with Escherichia coli MelR Protein: Applications of Chromatin Immunoprecipitation and Microarrays. Journal of Bacteriology. 186(20). 6938–6943. 83 indexed citations

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Darwin, Andrew J., Kerry Tyson, Stephen Busby, & Valley Stewart. (1997). Differential regulation by the homologous response regulators NarL and NarP of Escherichia coli K‐12 depends on DNA binding site arrangement. Molecular Microbiology. 25(3). 583–595. 91 indexed citations

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Lodge, Julia, Roy M. Williams, Andrew Bell, Bernard Chan, & Stephen Busby. (1990). Comparison of promoter activities in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: use of a new broad-host-range promoter-probe plasmid. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 67(1-2). 221–226. 47 indexed citations

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