Wayne J. Becktel

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Wayne J. Becktel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wayne J. Becktel has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Materials Chemistry and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Wayne J. Becktel's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (17 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (13 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (5 papers). Wayne J. Becktel is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (17 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (13 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (5 papers). Wayne J. Becktel collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. Wayne J. Becktel's co-authors include Brian W. Matthews, John A. Schellman, H. Nicholson, David E. Anderson, Frederick W. Dahlquist, Masazumi Matsumura, Walter A. Baase, Masaru Matsumura, Malcolm H. Levitt and Ronald Wetzel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Wayne J. Becktel

25 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Protein stability curves

1987 856 citations Wayne J. Becktel, John A. Schellman Biopolymers profile →
Enhanced protein thermostability from site-directed mutations that decrease the entropy of unfolding.

1987 647 citations Brian W. Matthews, H. Nicholson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Comparison of van der Waals and semiempirical calculations of the molecular volumes of small molecules and proteins 1997 ·Biopolymers ·(unknown), Wayne J. Becktel	28
2	Comparison of van der Waals and semiempirical calculations of the molecular volumes of small molecules and proteins 1997 ·Biopolymers ·(unknown), Wayne J. Becktel	1
3	Structure and Stability of Histone HMf from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Methanothermus fervidus 1995 ·Biochemistry ·Rowan A. Grayling, Wayne J. Becktel, John N. Reeve	15
4	[17] Molecular volume 1995 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·(unknown), Wayne J. Becktel	4
5	Osmolyte Mediation of T7 DNA Polymerase and Plasmid DNA Stability 1994 ·Biochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Wayne J. Becktel	9
6	Purification and N-Terminal Sequence-Analysis of Pea Chloroplast Protein Synthesis Factor EF-G 1994 ·Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics ·Mahinur S. Akkaya, Piri Welcsh, M. A. Wolfe, (unknown), Wayne J. Becktel, Caroline A. Breitenberger	11
7	pH-Induced Conformational Transitions of Cry IA(a), Cry IA(c), and Cry IIIA .delta.-Endotoxins in Bacillus thuringiensis 1994 ·Biochemistry ·Feng Qi, Wayne J. Becktel	22
8	Dissection of helix capping in T4 lysozyme by structural and thermodynamic analysis of six amino acid substitutions at Thr 59 1992 ·Biochemistry ·Jeffrey A. Bell, Wayne J. Becktel, Uwe H. Sauer, Walter A. Baase, Brian W. Matthews	94
9	Analysis of the effectiveness of proline substitutions and glycine replacements in increasing the stability of phage T4 lysozyme 1992 ·Biopolymers ·H. Nicholson, Dale E. Tronrud, Wayne J. Becktel, Brian W. Matthews	50
10	pH-Induced denaturation of proteins: a single salt bridge contributes 3-5 kcal/mol to the free energy of folding of T4 lysozyme 1990 ·Biochemistry ·David E. Anderson, Wayne J. Becktel, Frederick W. Dahlquist	441
11	Stabilization of phage T4 lysozyme by engineered disulfide bonds. 1989 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Masaru Matsumura, Wayne J. Becktel, Malcolm H. Levitt, Brian W. Matthews	213
12	Hydrophobic stabilization in T4 lysozyme determined directly by multiple substitutions of Ile 3 1988 ·Nature ·Masazumi Matsumura, Wayne J. Becktel, Brian W. Matthews	315
13	Enhanced protein thermostability from designed mutations that interact with α-helix dipoles 1988 ·Nature ·H. Nicholson, Wayne J. Becktel, Brian W. Matthews	244
14	Protein stability curves breakdown → 1987 ·Biopolymers ·Wayne J. Becktel, John A. Schellman	856
15	A lysoplate assay for Escherichia coli cell wall-active enzymes 1985 ·Analytical Biochemistry ·Wayne J. Becktel, Walter A. Baase	17
16	Solvation effects on the ³¹P‐nmr chemical shifts and infrared spectra of phosphate diesters 1984 ·Biopolymers ·(unknown), Wayne J. Becktel, (unknown), Murray Goodman, David R. Kearns	29
17	Polydepsipeptides. 10. Helix-coil transitions of sequential polydepsipeptides having protected polar side chains 1982 ·Macromolecules ·(unknown), Ryoichi Katakai, Wayne J. Becktel, Murray Goodman	8
18	Spectroscopic studies on acetylcholinesterase: influence of peripheral-site occupation on active-center conformation 1981 ·Biochemistry ·Harvey Alan Berman, Wayne J. Becktel, Palmer Taylor	40
19	Polydepsipeptides. 8. Configurational contributions to the conformation of polydepsipeptides and analogous polypeptides 1981 ·Macromolecules ·Wayne J. Becktel, Lon J. Mathias, Murray Goodman	6
20	Polydepsipeptides. 7. Conformational Analysis of Poly(L-alanyl-L-alanyl-L-lactic acid) 1978 ·Macromolecules ·R. T. Ingwall, Chaim Gilon, Wayne J. Becktel, Murray Goodman	14

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