Thomas E. Creighton

17.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
141 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Thomas E. Creighton is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas E. Creighton has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Molecular Biology, 58 papers in Cell Biology and 44 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas E. Creighton's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (68 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (44 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (28 papers). Thomas E. Creighton is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (68 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (44 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (28 papers). Thomas E. Creighton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Thomas E. Creighton's co-authors include Nigel J. Darby, David P. Goldenberg, Johan Kemmink, André Zapun, Jonathan J. Ewbank, Tanja Kortemme, Charles Yanofsky, Carlo P. M. van Mierlo, Robert B. Freedman and Jeffrey W. Nelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas E. Creighton

140 papers receiving 13.8k 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.

Proteins: Structures and Molecular Properties

1986 2.2k citations Thomas E. Creighton profile →
Protein Folding

1992 1.3k citations Thomas E. Creighton profile →
Experimental studies of protein folding and unfolding

1979 462 citations Thomas E. Creighton Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology profile →
Stability of alpha-helices

1987 329 citations Thomas E. Creighton profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Thomas E. Creighton	12.0k	4.4k	3.8k	1.2k	973	141	14.6k
Rainer Jaenicke	13.0k 1.1×	6.1k 1.4×	2.5k 0.7×	942 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	312	15.9k
Christian B. Anfinsen	15.8k 1.3×	4.5k 1.0×	2.8k 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	1.5k 1.6×	176	20.5k
Guy Dodson	10.4k 0.9×	2.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	159	13.4k
Yuji Goto	15.7k 1.3×	4.2k 1.0×	1.9k 0.5×	1.7k 1.5×	1.3k 1.4×	377	21.7k
Cyrus Chothia	21.0k 1.7×	6.7k 1.5×	2.5k 0.7×	1.8k 1.5×	1.4k 1.5×	116	25.4k
P. Kraulis	12.1k 1.0×	4.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.4×	678 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	18	16.1k
Joël Janin	14.3k 1.2×	6.0k 1.4×	1.2k 0.3×	1.0k 0.9×	950 1.0×	166	17.1k
G.N. Phillips	11.3k 0.9×	3.1k 0.7×	5.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	622 0.6×	300	16.5k
C. Nick Pace	15.7k 1.3×	6.1k 1.4×	1.8k 0.5×	1.8k 1.5×	1.4k 1.4×	202	21.1k
Frederic M. Richards	11.1k 0.9×	4.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.4×	1.8k 1.6×	603 0.6×	106	14.2k

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Creighton, Thomas E.. (1997). Protein folding: Does diffusion determine the folding rate?. Current Biology. 7(6). R380–R383. 16 indexed citations

Creighton, Thomas E.. (1997). How important is the molten globule for correct protein folding?. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 22(1). 6–10. 80 indexed citations

Kortemme, Tanja, Michelle Hollecker, Johan Kemmink, & Thomas E. Creighton. (1996). Comparison of the (30-51, 14-38) Two-disulphide Folding Intermediates of the Homologous Proteins Dendrotoxin K and Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor by Two-dimensional1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Journal of Molecular Biology. 257(1). 188–198. 8 indexed citations

Creighton, Thomas E.. (1995). Disulphide-coupled protein folding pathways. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 348(1323). 5–10. 22 indexed citations

Darby, Nigel J. & Thomas E. Creighton. (1995). Characterization of the active site cysteine residues of the thioredoxin-like domains of protein disulfide isomerase. Biochemistry. 34(51). 16770–16780. 106 indexed citations

Zapun, André, Dominique Missiakas, Satish Raina, & Thomas E. Creighton. (1995). Structural and Functional Characterization of DsbC, a Protein Involved in Disulfide Bond Formation in Escherichia coli. Biochemistry. 34(15). 5075–5089. 214 indexed citations

Goldenberg, David P. & Thomas E. Creighton. (1994). Phage Tailspike Protein: A fishy tale of protein folding. Current Biology. 4(11). 1026–1029. 6 indexed citations

Creighton, Thomas E. & David Shortle. (1994). Electrophoretic Characterization of the Denatured States of Staphylococcal Nuclease. Journal of Molecular Biology. 242(5). 670–682. 28 indexed citations

Creighton, Thomas E. & Robert B. Freedman. (1993). Protein-structure - a model catalyst of protein disulfide bond formation. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 1 indexed citations

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Ewbank, Jonathan J. & Thomas E. Creighton. (1992). Protein folding by stages. Current Biology. 2(7). 347–349. 10 indexed citations

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Darby, Nigel J., et al.. (1992). Kinetic roles and conformational properties of the non-native two-disulphide intermediates in the refolding of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor. Journal of Molecular Biology. 224(4). 905–911. 28 indexed citations

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Creighton, Thomas E. & Peter S. Kim. (1991). Folding and binding. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 1(1). 3–4. 14 indexed citations

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Darby, Nigel J., Carlo P. M. van Mierlo, & Thomas E. Creighton. (1991). The 5–55 single‐disulphide intermediate in folding of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor. FEBS Letters. 279(1). 61–64. 34 indexed citations

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Creighton, Thomas E.. (1991). Characterizing intermediates in protein folding. Current Biology. 1(1). 8–10. 26 indexed citations

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Mierlo, Carlo P. M. van, Nigel J. Darby, David Neuhaus, & Thomas E. Creighton. (1991). (14–38, 30–51) Double-disulphide intermediate in folding of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor: A two-dimensional 1H nuclear magnetic resonance study. Journal of Molecular Biology. 222(2). 353–371. 63 indexed citations

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States, David J., Thomas E. Creighton, Christopher M. Dobson, & Martin Karplus. (1987). Conformations of intermediates in the folding of the pancreatic trypsin inhibitor. Journal of Molecular Biology. 195(3). 731–739. 85 indexed citations

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Creighton, Thomas E.. (1986). [5]Disulfide bonds as probes of protein folding pathways. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 131. 83–106. 181 indexed citations

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Creighton, Thomas E.. (1984). Disulfide bond formation in proteins. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 107. 305–329. 165 indexed citations

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Creighton, Thomas E.. (1983). Proteins : structures and molecular principles. 305 indexed citations

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Creighton, Thomas E.. (1979). Experimental studies of protein folding and unfolding. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 33(3). 231–297. 462 indexed citations breakdown →

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