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 W.A. Baase 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

Hit Papers

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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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Wayne J. Becktel	2.8k	1.4k	287	286	267	26	3.3k
W.A. Baase	2.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	300 1.0×	289 1.0×	155 0.6×	21	3.1k
Katsuhide Yutani	3.8k 1.4×	2.1k 1.5×	279 1.0×	370 1.3×	314 1.2×	154	4.5k
Roger H. Pain	3.3k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	327 1.1×	449 1.6×	220 0.8×	122	4.3k
Walter A. Baase	3.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	277 1.0×	241 0.8×	108 0.4×	63	3.6k
David P. Goldenberg	2.7k 1.0×	981 0.7×	241 0.8×	556 1.9×	213 0.8×	58	3.2k
L.H. Weaver	2.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	225 0.8×	523 1.8×	351 1.3×	42	3.8k
J.N. Jansonius	2.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	221 0.8×	229 0.8×	271 1.0×	37	3.9k
C. Barberato	2.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	227 0.8×	286 1.0×	130 0.5×	9	3.1k
Véronique Receveur‐Brechot	2.5k 0.9×	976 0.7×	312 1.1×	291 1.0×	274 1.0×	52	3.5k
Philip N. Bryan	3.9k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	372 1.3×	306 1.1×	684 2.6×	78	4.5k

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Becktel, Wayne J., et al.. (1997). Comparison of van der Waals and semiempirical calculations of the molecular volumes of small molecules and proteins. Biopolymers. 42(2). 191–202. 28 indexed citations

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Becktel, Wayne J., et al.. (1997). Comparison of van der Waals and semiempirical calculations of the molecular volumes of small molecules and proteins. Biopolymers. 42(2). 191–202. 1 indexed citations

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Grayling, Rowan A., Wayne J. Becktel, & John N. Reeve. (1995). Structure and Stability of Histone HMf from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Methanothermus fervidus. Biochemistry. 34(26). 8441–8448. 15 indexed citations

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Becktel, Wayne J., et al.. (1995). [17] Molecular volume. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 259. 377–395. 4 indexed citations

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Becktel, Wayne J., et al.. (1994). Osmolyte Mediation of T7 DNA Polymerase and Plasmid DNA Stability. Biochemistry. 33(40). 12255–12259. 9 indexed citations

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Qi, Feng & Wayne J. Becktel. (1994). pH-Induced Conformational Transitions of Cry IA(a), Cry IA(c), and Cry IIIA .delta.-Endotoxins in Bacillus thuringiensis. Biochemistry. 33(28). 8521–8526. 22 indexed citations

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Akkaya, Mahinur S., et al.. (1994). Purification and N-Terminal Sequence-Analysis of Pea Chloroplast Protein Synthesis Factor EF-G. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 308(1). 109–117. 11 indexed citations

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Bell, Jeffrey A., Wayne J. Becktel, Uwe H. Sauer, Walter A. Baase, & Brian W. Matthews. (1992). Dissection of helix capping in T4 lysozyme by structural and thermodynamic analysis of six amino acid substitutions at Thr 59. Biochemistry. 31(14). 3590–3596. 94 indexed citations

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Nicholson, H., Dale E. Tronrud, Wayne J. Becktel, & Brian W. Matthews. (1992). Analysis of the effectiveness of proline substitutions and glycine replacements in increasing the stability of phage T4 lysozyme. Biopolymers. 32(11). 1431–1441. 50 indexed citations

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Anderson, David E., Wayne J. Becktel, & Frederick W. Dahlquist. (1990). pH-Induced denaturation of proteins: a single salt bridge contributes 3-5 kcal/mol to the free energy of folding of T4 lysozyme. Biochemistry. 29(9). 2403–2408. 441 indexed citations

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Matsumura, Masaru, Wayne J. Becktel, Malcolm H. Levitt, & Brian W. Matthews. (1989). Stabilization of phage T4 lysozyme by engineered disulfide bonds.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 86(17). 6562–6566. 213 indexed citations

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Matsumura, Masazumi, Wayne J. Becktel, & Brian W. Matthews. (1988). Hydrophobic stabilization in T4 lysozyme determined directly by multiple substitutions of Ile 3. Nature. 334(6181). 406–410. 315 indexed citations

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Nicholson, H., Wayne J. Becktel, & Brian W. Matthews. (1988). Enhanced protein thermostability from designed mutations that interact with α-helix dipoles. Nature. 336(6200). 651–656. 244 indexed citations

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Becktel, Wayne J. & Walter A. Baase. (1985). A lysoplate assay for Escherichia coli cell wall-active enzymes. Analytical Biochemistry. 150(2). 258–263. 17 indexed citations

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Becktel, Wayne J., et al.. (1984). Solvation effects on the ³¹P‐nmr chemical shifts and infrared spectra of phosphate diesters. Biopolymers. 23(11). 2157–2172. 29 indexed citations

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Schellman, John A. & Wayne J. Becktel. (1983). The optical activity of polypeptides. Biopolymers. 22(1). 171–187. 19 indexed citations

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Katakai, Ryoichi, et al.. (1982). Polydepsipeptides. 10. Helix-coil transitions of sequential polydepsipeptides having protected polar side chains. Macromolecules. 15(1). 31–35. 8 indexed citations

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Berman, Harvey Alan, Wayne J. Becktel, & Palmer Taylor. (1981). Spectroscopic studies on acetylcholinesterase: influence of peripheral-site occupation on active-center conformation. Biochemistry. 20(16). 4803–4810. 40 indexed citations

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Becktel, Wayne J., Lon J. Mathias, & Murray Goodman. (1981). Polydepsipeptides. 8. Configurational contributions to the conformation of polydepsipeptides and analogous polypeptides. Macromolecules. 14(1). 203–207. 6 indexed citations

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Ingwall, R. T., Chaim Gilon, Wayne J. Becktel, & Murray Goodman. (1978). Polydepsipeptides. 7. Conformational Analysis of Poly(L-alanyl-L-alanyl-L-lactic acid). Macromolecules. 11(3). 540–545. 14 indexed citations

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