Stephen J. Benkovic

4.1k citations

57 papers · 3.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 32

Molecular Biology top 2%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 2%
Genetics top 5%
Materials Chemistry
Organic Chemistry top 5%

Co-authors: R.A. Lerner Peter G. Schultz Patricia A. Benkovic Robert D. Kuchta Marlon Cowart David P. Millar Richard A. Lerner Carlos F. Barbas
Topics: DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (19 papers)DNA Repair Mechanisms (11 papers)Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (11 papers)
Cited by: Molecular Biology Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging Virology
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States India

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Stephen J. Benkovic

57 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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At the Crossroads of Chemistry and Immunology: Catalytic Antibodies

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Structural requirements for the biosynthesis of backbone cyclic peptide libraries 2001 ·Chemistry & Biology ·Charles P. Scott,Ernesto Abel‐Santos,A. Daniel Jones,Stephen J. Benkovic	76
2	Elucidation of the metal-binding properties of the Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli polymerase I and bacteriophage T4 DNA polymerase by lanthanide(III) luminescence spectroscopy 1996 ·Chemistry & Biology ·Michelle West Frey,Steven T. Frey,William DeW. Horrocks,Barbara Fenn Kaboord,Stephen J. Benkovic	13
3	Transition-state stabilization as a measure of the efficiency of antibody catalysis 1995 ·Nature ·(unknown),Stephen J. Benkovic	93
4	The nucleotide analog 2-aminopurine as a spectroscopic probe of nucleotide incorporation by the Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli polymerase I and bacteriophage T4 DNA polymerase 1995 ·Biochemistry ·Michelle West Frey,Lawrence C. Sowers,David P. Millar,Stephen J. Benkovic	117
5	Divalent cation modulation of the ribonuclease functions of human immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase 1995 ·Biochemistry ·Nick M. Cirino,Craig E. Cameron,Jeffrey S. Smith,Monica J. Roth,Stephen J. Benkovic,Stuart F.J. Le Grice	62
6	Molecular Basis for Nonadditive Mutational Effects in Escherichia coli Dihydrofolate Reductase 1995 ·Biochemistry ·(unknown),Zheng Huang,Scott F. Singleton,Stephen J. Benkovic	35
7	Site-Directed Mutagenesis of a Catalytic Antibody: An Arginine and a Histidine Residue Play Key Roles 1994 ·Biochemistry ·(unknown),Victoria A. Roberts,Neil R. Thomas,Elizabeth D. Getzoff,Stephen J. Benkovic	45
8	Identification of Metal Ligands in Cu(II)-Inhibited Chromobacterium violaceum Phenylalanine Hydroxylase by Electron Spin Echo Envelope Modulation Analysis of Histidine to Serine Mutations 1994 ·Biochemistry ·Shankar Balasubramanian,Robert T. Carr,Christopher J. Bender,J. Peisach,Stephen J. Benkovic	11
9	Cloning and Characterization of a New Purine Biosynthetic Enzyme: A Non-Folate Glycinamide Ribonucleotide Transformylase from E. coli 1994 ·Biochemistry ·Ariane E. Marolewski,(unknown),Stephen J. Benkovic	48
10	Recent Developments in Catalytic Antibodies 1993 ·International Reviews of Immunology ·(unknown),Stephen J. Benkovic	24
11	The minimal kinetic mechanism for misincorporation by DNA polymerase I (Klenow fragment) 1992 ·Biochemistry ·B.T. Eger,Stephen J. Benkovic	66
12	A handy enzyme for transcription 1992 ·Current Biology ·James A. Peliska,Stephen J. Benkovic	3
13	Evidence for two interconverting protein isomers in the methotrexate complex of dihydrofolate reductase from Escherichia coli 1991 ·Biochemistry ·(unknown),Peter E. Wright,Stephen J. Benkovic	36
14	Site directed mutagenesis: a tool for enzyme mechanism dissection 1990 ·Trends in biotechnology ·Conrad Wagner,Stephen J. Benkovic	31
15	Direct demonstration of the active salvage of preformed purines by murine tumors 1990 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Dana L. Johnson,Robert J. Mullin,David S. Duch,Stephen J. Benkovic	1
16	Inactivation of DNA polymerase I (Klenow fragment) by adenosine 2',3'-epoxide 5'-triphosphate: evidence for the formation of a tight-binding inhibitor 1989 ·Biochemistry ·Carlos E. Catalano,Stephen J. Benkovic	33
17	DNA substrate structural requirements for the exonuclease and polymerase activities of prokaryotic and phage DNA polymerases 1989 ·Biochemistry ·Marlon Cowart,Katharine J. Gibson,Dwayne J. Allen,Stephen J. Benkovic	86
18	Kinetic mechanism whereby DNA polymerase I (Klenow) replicates DNA with high fidelity 1988 ·Biochemistry ·Robert D. Kuchta,Patricia A. Benkovic,Stephen J. Benkovic	241
19	Kinetic mechanism of DNA polymerase I 1987 ·Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) ·Robert D. Kuchta,Valerie Mizrahi,Stephen J. Benkovic,Patricia A. Benkovic,Kenneth A. Johnson	30
20	Probing the functional role of phenylalanine-31 of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase by site-directed mutagenesis 1987 ·Biochemistry ·Jinfeng Chen,Kazunari Taira,(unknown),Stephen J. Benkovic	58

About Stephen J. Benkovic

Stephen J. Benkovic is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Genetics, having authored 57 papers that have together received 3.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (19 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (11 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (2.7k citations), Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (838 citations) and Virology (107 citations). Stephen J. Benkovic has collaborated with scholars based in United States and India. Frequent co-authors include R.A. Lerner, Peter G. Schultz, Patricia A. Benkovic, Robert D. Kuchta, Marlon Cowart, David P. Millar, Richard A. Lerner, Carlos F. Barbas, Kim D. Janda and Angray S. Kang. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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