Thomas W. O’Brien

2.6k total citations
43 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas W. O’Brien is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas W. O’Brien has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Thomas W. O’Brien's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (24 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (11 papers). Thomas W. O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (30 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (24 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (11 papers). Thomas W. O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Thomas W. O’Brien's co-authors include George F. Kalf, Nancy D. Denslow, Peter W. Stacpoole, Jonathan J. Shuster, Eric A. E. Garber, Edward B. Mougey, James E. Sylvester, Nathan Fischel‐Ghodsian, Hanns‐Rüdiger Graack and David E. Matthews and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas W. O’Brien

43 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas W. O’Brien United States 25 1.7k 365 143 141 122 43 2.0k
Richard G. Sleight United States 19 1.5k 0.9× 200 0.5× 254 1.8× 106 0.8× 77 0.6× 27 1.9k
Götz Hofhaus Germany 24 2.2k 1.3× 473 1.3× 94 0.7× 86 0.6× 61 0.5× 30 2.7k
Harvey R. Knull United States 22 1.2k 0.7× 145 0.4× 112 0.8× 85 0.6× 32 0.3× 49 1.7k
Carolyn K. Suzuki United States 26 2.6k 1.6× 259 0.7× 47 0.3× 265 1.9× 340 2.8× 52 3.2k
Kaye N. Truscott Australia 31 3.8k 2.3× 745 2.0× 57 0.4× 235 1.7× 77 0.6× 50 4.1k
Katia Vancompernolle Belgium 19 1.2k 0.7× 138 0.4× 26 0.2× 78 0.6× 170 1.4× 21 1.7k
Maximilian Tropschug Germany 27 2.9k 1.8× 292 0.8× 92 0.6× 125 0.9× 527 4.3× 43 3.1k
Cesare Vesco Italy 20 1.2k 0.7× 117 0.3× 52 0.4× 206 1.5× 58 0.5× 45 1.7k
Wolfhard Bandlow Germany 27 1.9k 1.1× 85 0.2× 95 0.7× 87 0.6× 49 0.4× 83 2.2k
Jens Tyedmers Germany 18 1.7k 1.0× 90 0.2× 64 0.4× 191 1.4× 114 0.9× 28 2.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas W. O’Brien

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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O’Brien, Thomas W., et al.. (2012). The spectrum of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency: Clinical, biochemical and genetic features in 371 patients. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 106(3). 385–394. 137 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Thomas W., et al.. (2011). The spectrum of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency: Clinical, biochemical and genetic features in 371 patients. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 105(1). 34–43. 215 indexed citations
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Garber, Eric A. E., Jennifer L. Walker, & Thomas W. O’Brien. (2008). Detection of Abrin in Food Using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Electrochemiluminescence Technologies. Journal of Food Protection. 71(9). 1868–1874. 42 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Thomas W., et al.. (2005). Nuclear MRP genes and mitochondrial disease. Gene. 354. 147–151. 65 indexed citations
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Sylvester, James E., Nathan Fischel‐Ghodsian, Edward B. Mougey, & Thomas W. O’Brien. (2004). Mitochondrial ribosomal proteins: Candidate genes for mitochondrial disease. Genetics in Medicine. 6(2). 73–80. 87 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Thomas W.. (2003). Properties of Human Mitochondrial Ribosomes. IUBMB Life. 55(9). 505–513. 111 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Thomas W.. (2002). Evolution of a protein-rich mitochondrial ribosome: implications for human genetic disease. Gene. 286(1). 73–79. 100 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Thomas W., Jiguo Liu, James E. Sylvester, et al.. (2000). Mammalian Mitochondrial Ribosomal Proteins (4). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(24). 18153–18159. 73 indexed citations
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Bykhovskaya, Yelena, Andrey V. Kajava, Thomas W. O’Brien, et al.. (2000). Heart-specific splice-variant of a human mitochondrial ribosomal protein (mRNA processing; tissue specific splicing). Gene. 261(2). 229–234. 17 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Thomas W., Nancy D. Denslow, Bernd Thiede, et al.. (1999). Mammalian Mitochondrial Ribosomal Proteins (2). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(51). 36043–36051. 31 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Thomas W. & Nancy D. Denslow. (1996). [22] Bovine mitochondrial ribosomes. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 264. 237–248. 14 indexed citations
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Aroor, Annayya R., Nancy D. Denslow, Lalit P. Singh, Thomas W. O’Brien, & Albert J. Wahba. (1994). Phosphorylation of Rabbit Reticulocyte Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor In vivo. Identification of Putative Casein Kinase II Phosphorylation Sites. Biochemistry. 33(11). 3350–3357. 15 indexed citations
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Pietromonaco, Salvatore F., Nancy D. Denslow, & Thomas W. O’Brien. (1991). Proteins of mammalian mitochondrial ribosomes. Biochimie. 73(6). 827–835. 28 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Thomas W., et al.. (1990). The translation system of mammalian mitochondria. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1050(1-3). 174–178. 23 indexed citations
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Denslow, Nancy D., George S. Michaels, Julio Montoya, Giuseppe Attardi, & Thomas W. O’Brien. (1989). Mechanism of mRNA binding to bovine mitochondrial ribosomes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 264(14). 8328–8338. 28 indexed citations
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Denslow, Nancy D. & Thomas W. O’Brien. (1984). Organization of proteins in mammalian mitochondrial ribosomes. Accessibility to lactoperoxidase-catalyzed radioiodination.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 259(15). 9867–9873. 8 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Thomas W., et al.. (1982). Extraction of proteins from the large subunit of bovine mitochondrial ribosomes under nondenaturing conditions.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 257(15). 8781–8787. 17 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Thomas W.. (1972). OCCURRENCE OF ACTIVE 80 S RIBOSOMES IN SUBCELLULAR PARTICLES IN THE MITOCHONDRIAL FRACTION OF FETAL BOVINE LIVER. The Journal of Cell Biology. 53(2). 590–594. 3 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Thomas W. & George F. Kalf. (1967). Ribosomes from Rat Liver Mitochondria. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 242(9). 2180–2185. 80 indexed citations

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