W. Hayes McDonald

17.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
138 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

W. Hayes McDonald is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Hayes McDonald has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Spectroscopy and 23 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in W. Hayes McDonald's work include Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (24 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (22 papers) and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (14 papers). W. Hayes McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (24 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (22 papers) and Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (14 papers). W. Hayes McDonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. W. Hayes McDonald's co-authors include John R. Yates, David L. Tabb, Kathleen L. Gould, Paul Russell, Michael N. Boddy, Raymond J. Deshaies, Rati Verma, Robert Oania, Eugene V. Koonin and L. Aravind and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

W. Hayes McDonald

136 papers receiving 11.1k citations

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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.

DTASelect and Contrast: Tools for Assembling and Comparing Protein Identifications from Shotgun Proteomics

2002 1.1k citations W. Hayes McDonald, John R. Yates et al. profile →
Role of Rpn11 Metalloprotease in Deubiquitination and Degradation by the 26 S Proteasome

2002 810 citations Rati Verma, L. Aravind et al. Science profile →
Sirt3-Mediated Deacetylation of Evolutionarily Conserved Lysine 122 Regulates MnSOD Activity in Response to Stress

2010 735 citations W. Hayes McDonald et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Shotgun identification of protein modifications from protein complexes and lens tissue

2002 506 citations W. Hayes McDonald, Kathleen L. Gould et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Hayes McDonald United States	55	8.6k	2.0k	1.7k	1.0k	883	138	11.3k
Stefka Tyanova Germany	17	7.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	834 0.9×	25	11.8k
Tamar Geiger Israel	43	8.9k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	2.7k 1.6×	1.4k 1.4×	767 0.9×	100	12.8k
Martin R. Larsen Denmark	59	8.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	4.0k 2.3×	955 0.9×	827 0.9×	260	13.0k
Albert Sickmann Germany	72	11.0k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	3.1k 1.8×	839 0.8×	789 0.9×	320	15.9k
Florian Gnad Germany	37	11.3k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	3.3k 1.9×	1.9k 1.9×	785 0.9×	54	13.6k
Edward L. Huttlin United States	35	7.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	2.4k 1.4×	946 0.9×	1.5k 1.7×	55	9.2k
Chanchal Kumar Germany	26	8.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	2.8k 1.6×	1.4k 1.4×	758 0.9×	35	10.8k
Alexandre Zougman United Kingdom	24	6.2k 0.7×	827 0.4×	2.1k 1.2×	693 0.7×	532 0.6×	36	9.3k
Boris Maček Germany	55	10.7k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	3.6k 2.1×	1.1k 1.1×	916 1.0×	203	14.7k
Ole Vorm Germany	16	7.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	3.3k 1.9×	583 0.6×	478 0.5×	23	11.2k

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Frick-Cheng, Arwen E., Heather K. Kroh, W. Hayes McDonald, et al.. (2025). Species-specific components of the Helicobacter pylori Cag type IV secretion system. Infection and Immunity. 93(5). e0049324–e0049324.

Choi, Hyehun, Michael R. Miller, Jeffrey Rohrbough, et al.. (2023). LRRC8A anion channels modulate vascular reactivity via association with myosin phosphatase rho interacting protein. The FASEB Journal. 37(7). e23028–e23028. 9 indexed citations

Paul, Sanjoy, et al.. (2022). Biochemical Identification of a Nuclear Coactivator Protein Required for AtrR-Dependent Gene Regulation in Aspergillus fumigatus. mSphere. 7(6). e0047622–e0047622. 4 indexed citations

McDonald, W. Hayes, Ali İ. Kaya, Karren Hyde, et al.. (2021). Specificities of Gβγ subunits for the SNARE complex before and after stimulation of α _2a -adrenergic receptors. Science Signaling. 14(714). eabc4970–eabc4970. 3 indexed citations

Loh, John T., A. Malcolm Campbell, W. Hayes McDonald, et al.. (2021). Delineation of the pH-Responsive Regulon Controlled by the Helicobacter pylori ArsRS Two-Component System. Infection and Immunity. 89(4). 18 indexed citations

Kim, Byungil, Katherine Rothamel, Kristie L. Rose, et al.. (2020). Discovery of Widespread Host Protein Interactions with the Pre-replicated Genome of CHIKV Using VIR-CLASP. Molecular Cell. 78(4). 624–640.e7. 77 indexed citations

Loh, John T., Bradley J. Voss, W. Hayes McDonald, et al.. (2019). Effect of environmental salt concentration on the Helicobacter pylori exoproteome. Journal of Proteomics. 202. 103374–103374. 17 indexed citations

McDonald, W. Hayes, Ralf Gilsbach, Yunjia Chen, et al.. (2019). The in vivo specificity of synaptic Gβ and Gγ subunits to the α2a adrenergic receptor at CNS synapses. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1718–1718. 13 indexed citations

McNeil, J. Brennan, Ciara M. Shaver, V. Eric Kerchberger, et al.. (2017). Novel Method for Noninvasive Sampling of the Distal Airspace in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 197(8). 1027–1035. 28 indexed citations

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Frick-Cheng, Arwen E., et al.. (2016). Molecular and Structural Analysis of the Helicobacter pylori cag Type IV Secretion System Core Complex. mBio. 7(1). e02001–15. 96 indexed citations

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Gelfand, Bradley D., Charles B. Wright, Young‐Hee Kim, et al.. (2015). Iron Toxicity in the Retina Requires Alu RNA and the NLRP3 Inflammasome. Cell Reports. 11(11). 1686–1693. 70 indexed citations

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McKinley, Eliot T., Huiling Liu, W. Hayes McDonald, et al.. (2013). Global Phosphotyrosine Proteomics Identifies PKCδ as a Marker of Responsiveness to Src Inhibition in Colorectal Cancer. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e80207–e80207. 14 indexed citations

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Viquez, Olga M., Samuel Caito, W. Hayes McDonald, David B. Friedman, & William M. Valentine. (2012). Electrophilic Adduction of Ubiquitin Activating Enzyme E1 byN,N-Diethyldithiocarbamate Inhibits Ubiquitin Activation and Is Accompanied by Striatal Injury in the Rat. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 25(11). 2310–2321. 13 indexed citations

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Sekhar, Konjeti R., P. Narsimha Reddy, Peter A. Crooks, et al.. (2011). The Novel Chemical Entity YTR107 Inhibits Recruitment of Nucleophosmin to Sites of DNA Damage, Suppressing Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks and Enhancing Radiosensitization. Clinical Cancer Research. 17(20). 6490–6499. 21 indexed citations

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McDonald, W. Hayes & David J. Friedman. (2010). Leveraging Technologies: DIGE and MudPIT.. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques JBT. 21. 746881–746881. 1 indexed citations

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Torres, Victor J., Ahmed S. Attia, William J. Mason, et al.. (2010). Staphylococcus aureus fur regulates the expression of virulence factors that contribute to the pathogenesis of pneumonia. Infection. 7 indexed citations

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Tomasiak, Thomas, Tara L. Archuleta, Juni Andréll, et al.. (2010). Geometric Restraint Drives On- and Off-pathway Catalysis by the Escherichia coli Menaquinol:Fumarate Reductase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(4). 3047–3056. 21 indexed citations

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Wolfe, Benjamin, et al.. (2008). The Clp1/Cdc14 phosphatase contributes to the robustness of cytokinesis by association with anillin-related Mid1. The Journal of Cell Biology. 181(1). 79–88. 76 indexed citations

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Jessani, Nadim, Mark Humphrey, W. Hayes McDonald, et al.. (2004). Carcinoma and stromal enzyme activity profiles associated with breast tumor growth in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(38). 13756–13761. 157 indexed citations

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Verma, Rati, L. Aravind, Robert Oania, et al.. (2002). Role of Rpn11 Metalloprotease in Deubiquitination and Degradation by the 26 S Proteasome. Science. 298(5593). 611–615. 810 indexed citations breakdown →

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