W E O'Brien

3.3k total citations
66 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

W E O'Brien is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, W E O'Brien has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in W E O'Brien's work include Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (18 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (11 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (11 papers). W E O'Brien is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (18 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (11 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (11 papers). W E O'Brien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. W E O'Brien's co-authors include Arthur L. Beaudet, H G Bock, J. Edward Spence, A L Beaudet, David H. Ledbetter, M S Pollack, T S Su, Gillian Greig, J. Fielding Hejtmancik and H.F. Willard and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

W E O'Brien

64 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W E O'Brien United States 27 1.3k 675 558 382 346 66 2.6k
Perttì Aula Finland 30 1.5k 1.1× 939 1.4× 257 0.5× 123 0.3× 612 1.8× 134 3.4k
David Konecki United States 30 2.6k 2.0× 755 1.1× 815 1.5× 196 0.5× 110 0.3× 60 3.6k
Kirby D. Smith United States 39 4.6k 3.5× 1.5k 2.2× 879 1.6× 465 1.2× 247 0.7× 93 6.3k
Gail E. Herman United States 33 3.2k 2.5× 2.6k 3.8× 287 0.5× 221 0.6× 341 1.0× 102 5.7k
R S Sparkes United States 37 2.9k 2.2× 2.1k 3.1× 173 0.3× 181 0.5× 408 1.2× 142 5.1k
Pio D’Adamo Italy 24 1.6k 1.2× 349 0.5× 597 1.1× 106 0.3× 85 0.2× 84 2.8k
Brian Lake United Kingdom 38 1.9k 1.5× 278 0.4× 601 1.1× 178 0.5× 270 0.8× 140 4.4k
Margretta R. Seashore United States 24 943 0.7× 819 1.2× 511 0.9× 78 0.2× 441 1.3× 50 2.5k
Valentino Romano Italy 23 1.1k 0.8× 686 1.0× 595 1.1× 82 0.2× 108 0.3× 71 2.1k
Park S. Gerald United States 34 1.8k 1.4× 1.2k 1.7× 252 0.5× 47 0.1× 484 1.4× 111 3.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W E O'Brien

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fitz‐Gibbon, Kate & W E O'Brien. (2016). The Naming of Child Homicide Offenders in England and Wales: The need for a Change in Law and Practice. The British Journal of Criminology. azw042–azw042. 2 indexed citations
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Patejunas, Gerald, J. A. Dennis, P.J. Healy, et al.. (1998). Evaluation of gene therapy for citrullinaemia using murine and bovine models. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 21(S1). 138–150. 17 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jing, et al.. (1996). Patient selection may affect gene therapy success. Dominant negative effects observed for ornithine transcarbamylase in mouse and human hepatocytes.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 97(3). 826–832. 24 indexed citations
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Shuttleworth, C. William, Alan J. Burns, Sean M. Ward, W E O'Brien, & Kenton M. Sanders. (1995). Recycling of l-citrulline to sustain nitric oxide-dependent enteric neurotransmission. Neuroscience. 68(4). 1295–1304. 84 indexed citations
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Lee, Caroline, Anthony R. Gregg, & W E O'Brien. (1995). Localization of the neuronal form of nitric oxide synthase to mouse Chromosome 5. Mammalian Genome. 6(1). 56–57. 13 indexed citations
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Gregg, Anthony R., Caroline Lee, Gail E. Herman, & W E O'Brien. (1995). Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (Nos3) maps to the proximal region of mouse Chromosome 5. Mammalian Genome. 6(2). 152–152. 8 indexed citations
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Lee, Caroline & W E O'Brien. (1995). A unique member of the thymidylate kinase family that is induced during macrophage activation.. The Journal of Immunology. 154(11). 6094–6102. 13 indexed citations
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Alford, Raye Lynn, Joy B. Redman, W E O'Brien, & C. Thomas Caskey. (1995). Lesch—Nyhan syndrome: Carrier and prenatal diagnosis. Prenatal Diagnosis. 15(4). 329–338. 7 indexed citations
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Lee, Caroline, Debra J. Gilbert, W E O'Brien, N.A. Jenkins, & Neal G. Copeland. (1994). Localization of a novel, LPS-inducible member of the thymidylate kinase family to mouse Chromosome 12. Mammalian Genome. 5(11). 742–743. 2 indexed citations
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Wilson, Raymond W., Christie M. Ballantyne, C. Wayne Smith, et al.. (1993). Gene targeting yields a CD18-mutant mouse for study of inflammation.. The Journal of Immunology. 151(3). 1571–1578. 201 indexed citations
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Northrup, Hope, C L Rosenbloom, W E O'Brien, & A L Beaudet. (1989). Additional polymorphism for D7S8 linked to cystic fibrosis including detection by DNA amplification. Nucleic Acids Research. 17(4). 1784–1784. 14 indexed citations
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Ballantyne, Christie M., et al.. (1988). A human single copy DNA probe (ZB6-1) detects multiple polymorphisms on 6q. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(4). 1650–1650. 1 indexed citations
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Maddalena, A, J. Edward Spence, W E O'Brien, & Robert L. Nussbaum. (1988). Characterization of point mutations in the same arginine codon in three unrelated patients with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 82(4). 1353–1358. 52 indexed citations
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Piatigorsky, Joram, W E O'Brien, B. Norman, et al.. (1988). Gene sharing by delta-crystallin and argininosuccinate lyase.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 85(10). 3479–3483. 210 indexed citations
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Buffone, G J, et al.. (1988). Prenatal diagnosis of cystic fibrosis: microvillar enzymes and DNA analysis compared.. Clinical Chemistry. 34(5). 933–937. 12 indexed citations
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Jackson, Marian J., W E O'Brien, & Arthur L. Beaudet. (1986). Arginine-Mediated Regulation of an Argininosuccinate Synthetase Minigene in Normal and Canavanine-Resistant Human Cells. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 6(6). 2257–2261. 14 indexed citations
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Su, T S, Robert L. Nussbaum, Susan Airhart, et al.. (1984). Human chromosomal assignments for 14 argininosuccinate synthetase pseudogenes: cloned DNAs as reagents for cytogenetic analysis.. PubMed Central. 36(5). 954–64. 59 indexed citations
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Simard, Louise R., W E O'Brien, & Roderick R. McInnes. (1984). MOLECULAR HETEROGENEITY OF THE ARGININOSUCCINASE (ASAL) MONOMER FROM ASAL-DEFICIENT FIBROBLASTS. Pediatric Research. 18. 226A–226A. 1 indexed citations
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O'Brien, W E & Lars G. Ljungdahl. (1972). Fermentation of Fructose and Synthesis of Acetate from Carbon Dioxide by Clostridium formicoaceticum. Journal of Bacteriology. 109(2). 626–632. 59 indexed citations

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