Terrance Leighton

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Terrance Leighton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Terrance Leighton has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Terrance Leighton's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (26 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (18 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers). Terrance Leighton is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (26 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (18 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers). Terrance Leighton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Terrance Leighton's co-authors include Roy H. Doi, Katherine E. Wheeler, Alexander J. Malkin, Marco Plomp, Bob B. Buchanan, Sasha H. Shafikhani, Kayoko Nishi, Carlos Garbisu, John W.B. Hershey and Joachim Schnier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Terrance Leighton

63 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Stability of Messenger Ribonucleic Acid during Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

1971 395 citations Terrance Leighton, Roy H. Doi profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Terrance Leighton United States	28	1.4k	824	682	321	297	64	2.5k
R.J. Doyle United States	30	1.4k 1.0×	684 0.8×	515 0.8×	294 0.9×	241 0.8×	117	3.0k
A. Eisenstark United States	31	1.8k 1.3×	749 0.9×	628 0.9×	354 1.1×	430 1.4×	125	3.2k
Phillip E. Klebba United States	37	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.7×	461 0.7×	459 1.4×	138 0.5×	72	3.0k
Alain Bernadac France	30	1.9k 1.3×	961 1.2×	694 1.0×	273 0.9×	107 0.4×	70	3.1k
Pietro Alifano Italy	34	1.9k 1.4×	744 0.9×	588 0.9×	479 1.5×	193 0.6×	178	3.9k
Cécile Wandersman France	32	2.1k 1.5×	1.4k 1.7×	441 0.6×	407 1.3×	128 0.4×	48	3.7k
Christian Baron Canada	34	1.6k 1.1×	802 1.0×	516 0.8×	556 1.7×	212 0.7×	73	3.4k
Dirk Albrecht Germany	40	2.6k 1.8×	882 1.1×	892 1.3×	359 1.1×	349 1.2×	114	4.3k
Ronald E. Yasbin United States	34	2.5k 1.7×	2.1k 2.5×	1.0k 1.5×	274 0.9×	200 0.7×	91	3.3k
Anne Farewell Sweden	22	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	496 0.7×	166 0.5×	261 0.9×	52	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Terrance Leighton

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Weber, Peter, G. A. Graham, Nick E. Teslich, et al.. (2009). NanoSIMS imaging ofBacillusspores sectioned by focused ion beam. Journal of Microscopy. 238(3). 189–199. 18 indexed citations

Mello, Luciane V., James Littlejohn, Barbara Setlow, et al.. (2006). Structure and Molecular Mechanism of Bacillus anthracis Cofactor-Independent Phosphoglycerate Mutase: A Crucial Enzyme for Spores and Growing Cells of Bacillus Species. Biophysical Journal. 92(3). 977–988. 18 indexed citations

Plomp, Marco, Terrance Leighton, Katherine E. Wheeler, & Alexander J. Malkin. (2005). Architecture and High-Resolution Structure of Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus c ereus Spore Coat Surfaces. Langmuir. 21(17). 7892–7898. 46 indexed citations

Budowle, Bruce, Martin D. Johnson, Claire M. Fraser, et al.. (2005). Genetic Analysis and Attribution of Microbial Forensics Evidence. Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 31(4). 233–254. 39 indexed citations

Plomp, Marco, Terrance Leighton, Katherine E. Wheeler, & Alexander J. Malkin. (2004). The High-Resolution Architecture and Structural Dynamics of Bacillus Spores. Biophysical Journal. 88(1). 603–608. 87 indexed citations

Wang, Taia T., Patricia Fellows, Terrance Leighton, & Alexander H. Lucas. (2004). Induction of opsonic antibodies to the Î³-d-glutamic acid capsule ofBacillus anthracisby immunization with a synthetic peptide-carrier protein conjugate. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology. 40(3). 231–237. 35 indexed citations

Shafikhani, Sasha H. & Terrance Leighton. (2004). AbrB and Spo0E Control the Proper Timing of Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Current Microbiology. 48(4). 262–269. 32 indexed citations

Shafikhani, Sasha H., et al.. (2004). Hpr (ScoC) and the phosphorelay couple cell cycle and sporulation inBacillus subtilis. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 231(1). 99–110. 9 indexed citations

Shafikhani, Sasha H., et al.. (2003). ScoC Mediates Catabolite Repression of Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Current Microbiology. 47(4). 327–336. 11 indexed citations

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Robertson, Channing R., et al.. (1992). Physiological and Genetic Strategies for Enhanced Subtilisin Production by Bacillus subtilis. Biotechnology Progress. 8(3). 211–218. 23 indexed citations

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Ginther, Charles, et al.. (1990). Distribution of mutagenic activity in aperitif, fruit and dessert wines. Journal of Wine Research. 1(1). 25–34. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Charles, et al.. (1985). Suppression of defective-sporulation phenotypes by mutations in the major sigma factor gene (rpoD) of Bacillus subtilis. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 201(1). 96–98. 16 indexed citations

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Sharrock, Robert, et al.. (1984). Intergenic suppression of spoO phenotypes by the Bacillus subtilis mutation rvtA. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 194(1-2). 260–264. 45 indexed citations

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Sharrock, Robert, Terrance Leighton, & H. G. Wittmann. (1981). Macrolide and aminoglycoside antibiotic resistance mutations in the Bacillus subtilis ribosome resulting in temperature-sensitive sporulation. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 183(3). 538–543. 20 indexed citations

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Price, Chester W., et al.. (1981). Physiological suppression of the temperature-sensitive sporulation defect in a Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase mutant. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 183(3). 544–549. 9 indexed citations

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Sharrock, Robert & Terrance Leighton. (1981). Intergenic suppressors of temperature-sensitive sporulation in Bacillus subtilis are allele non-specific. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 183(3). 532–537. 19 indexed citations

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Leighton, Terrance, et al.. (1976). The similarities of ribosomal and basic chromosomal proteins from fungi. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 432(3). 381–394. 10 indexed citations

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Leighton, Terrance, et al.. (1972). Physiological and Biochemical Changes Associated with Macroconidial Germination in Microsporum gypseum. Applied Microbiology. 24(6). 977–985. 5 indexed citations

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Leighton, Terrance, et al.. (1972). Ultrastructural Analysis of Sporulation in a Conditional Serine Protease Mutant of Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology. 111(1). 248–253. 13 indexed citations

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Leighton, Terrance, et al.. (1970). Macroconidial Germination in Microsporum gypseum. Journal of Bacteriology. 103(2). 439–446. 6 indexed citations

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