W. L. Carrier

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

W. L. Carrier is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. L. Carrier has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cancer Research and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in W. L. Carrier's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (17 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (16 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (7 papers). W. L. Carrier is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (17 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (16 papers) and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (7 papers). W. L. Carrier collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. W. L. Carrier's co-authors include R. B. Setlow, James D. Regan, James E. Trosko, James German, P. A. Swenson, F.J. Bollum, E.H.Y. Chu, Andrew Francis, Alan H. Haber and Donald E. Foard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

W. L. Carrier

41 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THYMINE DIMERS FROM DNA: AN ERROR-CORRECTING MECHANISM

1964 786 citations R. B. Setlow, W. L. Carrier Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Pyrimidine dimers in ultraviolet-irradiated DNA's

1966 465 citations R. B. Setlow, W. L. Carrier profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. L. Carrier United States	24	3.1k	891	489	400	382	41	3.8k
James D. Regan United States	31	2.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	482 1.0×	364 0.9×	247 0.6×	86	3.6k
Kendric C. Smith United States	45	4.3k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	616 1.3×	409 1.0×	1.1k 2.8×	148	5.8k
Franklin Hutchinson United States	30	2.5k 0.8×	652 0.7×	404 0.8×	364 0.9×	442 1.2×	104	3.5k
Jane K. Setlow United States	31	2.6k 0.9×	315 0.4×	472 1.0×	288 0.7×	628 1.6×	115	3.9k
Meyrick J. Peak United States	32	1.9k 0.6×	701 0.8×	413 0.8×	166 0.4×	176 0.5×	114	3.4k
Tsukasa Matsunaga Japan	34	3.4k 1.1×	805 0.9×	648 1.3×	580 1.4×	317 0.8×	80	4.3k
Osamu Nikaido Japan	39	3.3k 1.1×	961 1.1×	789 1.6×	530 1.3×	297 0.8×	136	5.2k
A Sancar United States	28	3.3k 1.1×	524 0.6×	1.2k 2.4×	445 1.1×	576 1.5×	35	4.0k
Évelyne Sage France	33	2.7k 0.9×	783 0.9×	473 1.0×	345 0.9×	188 0.5×	80	4.4k
John‐Stephen Taylor United States	47	5.7k 1.8×	716 0.8×	864 1.8×	398 1.0×	629 1.6×	143	6.9k

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Kaiser, Ralf I., W. L. Carrier, Yoshihiro Osamura, & R. M. Mahfouz. (2010). Infrared spectroscopic detection of the methylgermyl (H2GeCH3) radical and its perdeuterated counterpart in low temperature matrices. Chemical Physics Letters. 492(4-6). 226–234. 6 indexed citations

Carrier, W. L., Yoshihiro Osamura, Wei‐Jun Zheng, & Ralf I. Kaiser. (2006). Laboratory Investigations on the Infrared Absorptions of Germanium‐bearing Molecules—Directing the Identification of Organo‐Germanium Molecules in the Atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn. The Astrophysical Journal. 654(1). 687–692. 5 indexed citations

Carrier, W. L., Wei‐Jun Zheng, Yoshihiro Osamura, & Ralf I. Kaiser. (2006). First infrared spectroscopic characterization of digermyl (Ge2H5) and d5-digermyl (Ge2D5) radicals in low temperature germane matrices. Chemical Physics. 325(2-3). 499–508. 6 indexed citations

Brown, Gilbert M., David P. Allison, R. J. Warmack, et al.. (1991). Electrochemically induced adsorption of radio-labeled DNA on gold and HOPG substrates for STM investigations. Ultramicroscopy. 38(3-4). 253–264. 12 indexed citations

Regan, James D., Larry H. Thompson, W. L. Carrier, et al.. (1990). Cyclobutane-pyrimidine dimer excision in UV-sensitive CHO mutants and the effect of the human ERCC2 repair gene. Mutation Research/DNA Repair. 235(3). 157–163. 23 indexed citations

Husain, Intisar, W. L. Carrier, James D. Regan, & Aziz Sancar. (1988). PHOTOREACTIVATION OF KILLING INE. coliK–12 phr^‐ CELLS IS NOT CAUSED BY PYRIMIDINE DIMER REVERSAL. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 48(2). 233–234. 14 indexed citations

Carrier, W. L., et al.. (1986). Effects of Extremely Low Frequency (Elf) Electric Fields On Cell Growth and Dna Repair In Human Skin Fibroblasts. Cell Proliferation. 19(1). 39–47. 22 indexed citations

Houten, Bennett Van, Warren E. Masker, W. L. Carrier, & James D. Regan. (1986). Quantitation of carcinogen-induced DNA damage and repair in human cells with the UVR ABC excision nuclease from Escherichia coli. Carcinogenesis. 7(1). 83–87. 18 indexed citations

Snyder, Ronald D., W. L. Carrier, & James D. Regan. (1981). Application of arabinofuranosyl cytosine in the kinetic analysis and quantitation of DNA repair in human cells after ultraviolet irradiation. Biophysical Journal. 35(2). 339–350. 59 indexed citations

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Francis, Andrew, R. Dean Blevins, W. L. Carrier, David P. Smith, & James D. Regan. (1979). Inhibition of DNA repair in ultraviolet-irradiated human cells by hydroxyurea. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis. 563(2). 385–392. 97 indexed citations

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Regan, James D., et al.. (1978). Pyrimidine dimer excision in human cells and skin cancer.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 141–3. 8 indexed citations

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Koenig, Virgil L., W. L. Carrier, & Ronald O. Rahn. (1974). Viscosity studies on dna and the observation of double-stranded and single-stranded breaks in a 40% dmso-phosphate buffer system. International Journal of Biochemistry. 5(7-8). 601–611. 10 indexed citations

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Setlow, R. B. & W. L. Carrier. (1973). Endonuclease Activity toward DNA irradiated in vitro by Gamma Rays. Nature New Biology. 241(110). 170–172. 40 indexed citations

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Charlier, Michel, C. Hélène, & W. L. Carrier. (1972). PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS OF AROMATIC KETONES WITH NUCLEIC ACIDS AND THEIR COMPONENTS–III. CHAIN BREAKAGE AND THYMINE DIMERIZATION IN BENZOPHENONE PHOTOSENSITIZED DNA*. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 15(6). 527–536. 26 indexed citations

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Carrier, W. L. & R. B. Setlow. (1971). Paper strip method for assaying gradient fractions containing radioactive macromolecules. Analytical Biochemistry. 43(2). 427–432. 192 indexed citations

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Setlow, R. B., James D. Regan, James German, & W. L. Carrier. (1969). EVIDENCE THAT XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM CELLS DO NOT PERFORM THE FIRST STEP IN THE REPAIR OF ULTRAVIOLET DAMAGE TO THEIR DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 64(3). 1035–1041. 388 indexed citations

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Regan, James D., James E. Trosko, & W. L. Carrier. (1968). Evidence for Excision of Ultraviolet-Induced Pyrimidine Dimers from the DNA of Human Cells In Vitro. Biophysical Journal. 8(3). 319–325. 259 indexed citations

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Sutherland, Betsy M., W. L. Carrier, & R. B. Setlow. (1967). Photoreactivation in vivo of Pyrimidine Dimers in Paramecium DNA. Science. 158(3809). 1699–1700. 22 indexed citations

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Setlow, R. B., W. L. Carrier, & F.J. Bollum. (1964). Nuclease-resistant sequences in ultraviolet-irradiated deoxyribonucleic acid. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Specialized Section on Nucleic Acids and Related Subjects. 91(3). 446–461. 58 indexed citations

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Setlow, R. B., P. A. Swenson, & W. L. Carrier. (1963). Thymine Dimers and Inhibition of DNA Synthesis by Ultraviolet Irradiation of Cells. Science. 142(3598). 1464–1466. 283 indexed citations

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