Terry Platt

8.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
88 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Terry Platt is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Terry Platt has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Molecular Biology, 47 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Terry Platt's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (58 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (47 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (18 papers). Terry Platt is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (58 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (47 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (18 papers). Terry Platt collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Terry Platt's co-authors include Klaus Weber, Kenneth H. Nealson, J. Woodland Hastings, Alan M. Weiner, Peggy Farnham, Gail E. Christie, Alicia J. Dombroski, Catherine A. Brennan, Charles Yanofsky and Heidi Horowitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Terry Platt

88 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

Cellular Control of the Synthesis and Activity of the Bacterial Luminescent System

1970 903 citations Terry Platt et al. profile →
TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION AND THE REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION

1986 732 citations Terry Platt profile →
Amino-terminal Sequence Analysis of Proteins Purified on a Nanomole Scale by Gel Electrophoresis

1972 617 citations Terry Platt, Klaus Weber et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Terry Platt United States	39	5.8k	2.7k	1.1k	478	443	88	7.1k
Robert M. Horton United States	22	7.8k 1.3×	2.0k 0.7×	793 0.7×	523 1.1×	1.1k 2.6×	64	12.6k
George B. Spiegelman Canada	35	2.6k 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	295 0.6×	444 1.0×	110	4.2k
Michael M. Cox United States	68	12.7k 2.2×	6.7k 2.5×	1.4k 1.2×	733 1.5×	932 2.1×	239	14.2k
Bernard D. Davis United States	48	5.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	842 0.7×	481 1.0×	429 1.0×	184	7.5k
Kevin M. Devine Ireland	36	2.5k 0.4×	1.6k 0.6×	980 0.9×	269 0.6×	355 0.8×	81	3.7k
Jon Beckwith United States	37	5.0k 0.9×	3.1k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	678 1.4×	372 0.8×	70	6.9k
Hans Groß Germany	38	4.9k 0.8×	631 0.2×	434 0.4×	271 0.6×	2.1k 4.7×	189	9.4k
Anne Moir United Kingdom	32	2.2k 0.4×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	247 0.5×	460 1.0×	69	3.4k
S A Benson United States	24	1.3k 0.2×	1.0k 0.4×	381 0.3×	114 0.2×	123 0.3×	52	2.1k
Franklin W. Stahl United States	50	7.8k 1.3×	3.4k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	176 0.4×	1.4k 3.1×	125	9.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Terry Platt

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Eberlein, Thomas H., J. A. Kampmeier, Vicky Minderhout, et al.. (2008). Pedagogies of engagement in science. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 36(4). 262–273. 295 indexed citations

Platt, Terry, Eugene D. Barber, Antoine Yoshinaka, & Vicki Roth. (2003). An innovative selection and training program for problem‐based learning (PBL) workshop leaders in biochemistry*. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 31(2). 132–136. 14 indexed citations

Platt, Terry. (1998). RNA Structure in Transcription Elongation, Termination, and Antitermination. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 35. 541–574. 11 indexed citations

Pereira, Shalini & Terry Platt. (1995). Analysis ofE. coliRho Factor: Mutations Affecting Secondary-site Interactions. Journal of Molecular Biology. 251(1). 30–40. 20 indexed citations

Pereira, Shalini & Terry Platt. (1995). A Mutation in the ATP Binding Domain of Rho Alters Its RNA Binding Properties and Uncouples ATP Hydrolysis from Helicase Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(51). 30401–30407. 17 indexed citations

Nehrke, Keith & Terry Platt. (1994). A Quaternary Transcription Termination Complex. Journal of Molecular Biology. 243(5). 830–839. 43 indexed citations

Sadhale, Parag P. & Terry Platt. (1992). Unusual Aspects of In Vitro RNA Processing in the 3' Regions of the GAL1, GAL7 , and GAL10 Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12(10). 4262–4270. 11 indexed citations

Platt, Terry & John P. Richardson. (1992). 14 Escherichia coli Rho Factor: Protein and Enzyme of Transcription Termination. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 365–388. 2 indexed citations

Nehrke, Keith, Steven E. Seifried, & Terry Platt. (1992). Overproduced rho factor from p39AS has lysine replacing glutamic acid at residue 155 in the linker region between its RNA and ATP binding domains. Nucleic Acids Research. 20(22). 6107–6107. 25 indexed citations

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Sadhale, Parag P., Ronald J. Sapolsky, Ronald W. Davis, J. Scott Butler, & Terry Platt. (1991). Polymerase chain reaction mapping of yeastGAL7mRNA polyadenylation sites demonstrates that 3′ end processing invitrofaithfully reproduces the 3′ ends observedin vivo. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(13). 3683–3688. 23 indexed citations

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Butler, J. Scott, Parag P. Sadhale, & Terry Platt. (1990). RNA Processing In Vitro Produces Mature 3′ Ends of a Variety of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mRNAs. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 10(6). 2599–2605. 77 indexed citations

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Dombroski, Alicia J., Catherine A. Brennan, Patricia G. Spear, & Terry Platt. (1988). Site-directed alterations in the ATP-binding domain of rho protein affect its activities as a termination factor.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263(35). 18802–18809. 57 indexed citations

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Bear, David G., Jeffrey D. Singer, William D. Morgan, et al.. (1985). Escherichia coli transcription termination factor rho has a two-domain structure in its activated form.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82(7). 1911–1915. 40 indexed citations

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Platt, Terry & David G. Bear. (1983). Role of RNA Polymerase, ρ Factor, and Ribosomes in Transcription Termination. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 15. 123–161. 48 indexed citations

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Horowitz, Heidi, et al.. (1983). Nucleotide sequence of the trpD and trpC genes of salmonella typhimurium. Journal of Molecular Biology. 169(4). 775–797. 33 indexed citations

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Farnham, Peggy & Terry Platt. (1982). Effects of DNA base analogs on transcription termination at the tryptophan operon attenuator of Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 79(4). 998–1002. 13 indexed citations

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Platt, Terry. (1980). Regulation of Gene Expression in the Tryptophan Operon of Escherichia coli. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 7. 263–302. 17 indexed citations

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Pinkham, Jennifer L., Terry Platt, Lynn W. Enquist, & Robert A. Weisberg. (1980). The secondary attachment site for bacteriophage λ in the gene of Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 144(4). 587–592. 11 indexed citations

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Guarente, Leonard, et al.. (1979). A mutation distal to the messenger RNA endpoint reduces transcription termination in the tryptophan operon in Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 133(1). 189–197. 19 indexed citations

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Miller, Jeffrey H, Terry Platt, & Klaus Weber. (1970). Research Article 10: Strains with the Promoter Deletion L1 Synthesize An Altered lac Repressor. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 1. 343–351. 1 indexed citations

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