T.A. Steitz

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

T.A. Steitz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, T.A. Steitz has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in T.A. Steitz's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (10 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers). T.A. Steitz is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (10 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers). T.A. Steitz collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Korea. T.A. Steitz's co-authors include Adrian Goldman, Donald M. Engelman, Jonathan M. Friedman, Lori A. Kohlstaedt, J Wang, Mark R. Sanderson, C. M. Anderson, William S. Bennett, Peter B. Moore and Betty Freeborn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

T.A. Steitz

30 papers receiving 5.5k citations

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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.

Crystal Structure at 3.5 Å Resolution of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Complexed with an Inhibitor

1992 1.6k citations Lori A. Kohlstaedt, J Wang et al. Science profile →
IDENTIFYING NONPOLAR TRANSBILAYER HELICES IN AMINO ACID SEQUENCES OF MEMBRANE PROTEINS

1986 1.3k citations T.A. Steitz, Adrian Goldman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
T.A. Steitz United States	23	4.3k	1.5k	1.3k	702	626	31	5.7k
Jonathan M. Friedman United States	35	3.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	384 0.5×	346 0.6×	70	5.0k
Robert Esnouf United Kingdom	34	3.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	454 0.6×	845 1.3×	76	6.7k
Steven A. Short United States	41	2.7k 0.6×	868 0.6×	557 0.4×	553 0.8×	670 1.1×	79	4.0k
Ben M. Dunn United States	44	3.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	242 0.3×	410 0.7×	214	6.1k
Stewart R. Durell United States	44	5.8k 1.3×	660 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	365 0.5×	763 1.2×	96	7.9k
Jacob Lebowitz United States	32	2.8k 0.7×	350 0.2×	644 0.5×	618 0.9×	296 0.5×	74	4.3k
Irwin Chaiken United States	42	3.9k 0.9×	987 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	185 0.3×	455 0.7×	221	6.6k
William A. Beard United States	53	7.5k 1.7×	1.0k 0.7×	507 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	384 0.6×	151	8.3k
Deborah Fass Israel	39	3.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	610 0.9×	377 0.6×	84	6.8k
Jens Schneider Germany	26	2.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	227 0.3×	389 0.6×	71	4.2k

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Moore, Peter B. & T.A. Steitz. (2010). The Roles of RNA in the Synthesis of Protein. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 3(11). a003780–a003780. 52 indexed citations

Cheetham, G.M.T., David Jeruzalmi, & T.A. Steitz. (1998). Transcription Regulation, Initiation, and "DNA Scrunching" by T7 RNA Polymerase. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 63(0). 263–268. 16 indexed citations

Correll, Carl C., Betty Freeborn, Peter B. Moore, & T.A. Steitz. (1997). Metals, Motifs, and Recognition in the Crystal Structure of a 5S rRNA Domain. Cell. 91(5). 705–712. 331 indexed citations

Steitz, T.A., et al.. (1996). DNA and RNA polymerases: structural diversity and common mechanisms.. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 7. 1 indexed citations

Eom, Soo Hyun, Hyun Kyu Song, Se Won Suh, et al.. (1995). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of DNA polymerase fromThermus aquaticus. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 51(6). 1086–1088. 3 indexed citations

Wang, J, Stephen J. Smerdon, J. Jäger, et al.. (1994). Structural basis of asymmetry in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase heterodimer.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(15). 7242–7246. 153 indexed citations

Steitz, T.A., et al.. (1994). Model for a DNA-mediated synaptic complex suggested by crystal packing of gamma delta resolvase subunits.. The EMBO Journal. 13(7). 1514–1524. 50 indexed citations

Steitz, T.A., et al.. (1993). A DNA Dodecamer Containing an Adenine Tract Crystallizes in a Unique Lattice and Exhibits a New Bend. Journal of Molecular Biology. 231(4). 1024–1039. 119 indexed citations

Kriwacki, Richard W., S.C. Schultz, T.A. Steitz, & John P. Caradonna. (1992). Sequence-specific recognition of DNA by zinc-finger peptides derived from the transcription factor Sp1.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89(20). 9759–9763. 125 indexed citations

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Kohlstaedt, Lori A., et al.. (1992). Crystal Structure at 3.5 Å Resolution of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Complexed with an Inhibitor. Science. 256(5065). 1783–1790. 1612 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kohlstaedt, Lori A. & T.A. Steitz. (1992). Reverse transcriptase of human immunodeficiency virus can use either human tRNA(3Lys) or Escherichia coli tRNA(2Gln) as a primer in an in vitro primer-utilization assay.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89(20). 9652–9656. 69 indexed citations

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Perona, John J., et al.. (1991). Structural similarities in glutaminyl- and methionyl-tRNA synthetases suggest a common overall orientation of tRNA binding.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 88(7). 2903–2907. 61 indexed citations

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Sanderson, Mark R., Paul S. Freemont, Phoebe A. Rice, et al.. (1990). The crystal structure of the catalytic domain of the site-specific recombination enzyme γδ resolvase at 2.7 Å resolution. Cell. 63(6). 1323–1329. 96 indexed citations

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Sanderson, Mark R., et al.. (1989). Crystal lattice packing is important in determining the bend of a DNA dodecamer containing an adenine tract.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 86(6). 1816–1820. 203 indexed citations

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Freemont, Paul S., Jonathan M. Friedman, L.S. Beese, Mark R. Sanderson, & T.A. Steitz. (1988). Cocrystal structure of an editing complex of Klenow fragment with DNA.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 85(23). 8924–8928. 282 indexed citations

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Steitz, T.A., L.S. Beese, Paul S. Freemont, Jonathan M. Friedman, & Mark R. Sanderson. (1987). Structural Studies of Klenow Fragment: An Enzyme with Two Active Sites. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 52(0). 465–471. 33 indexed citations

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Steitz, T.A., Irene T. Weber, David L. Ollis, & P. Brick. (1983). Crystallographic Studies of Protein-Nucleic Acid Interaction: Catabolite Gene Activator Protein and the Large Fragment of DNA Polymerase I. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 1(4). 1023–1037. 11 indexed citations

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Steitz, T.A., Irene T. Weber, & James B. Matthew. (1983). Catabolite Gene Activator Protein: Structure, Homology with Other Proteins, and Cyclic AMP and DNA Binding. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 47(0). 419–426. 36 indexed citations

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Fletterick, Robert J., David Bates, & T.A. Steitz. (1975). The structure of a yeast hexokinase monomer and its complexes with substrates at 2.7-A resolution.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 72(1). 38–42. 71 indexed citations

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Steitz, T.A.. (1968). A new method of locating heavy atoms bound to protein crystals. Acta Crystallographica Section B. 24(4). 504–507. 11 indexed citations

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