Wayne J. Becktel

3.9k citations

26 papers · 3.4k · 2 hit papers · h-index 16

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 5%
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
- Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
- Protein purification and stability
Biotechnology top 2%
- Enzyme Production and Characterization

Papers in

Molecular Biology 24
- Protein Structure and Dynamics 17
- Biopolymer Synthesis and Applications 5
- Chemical Synthesis and Analysis 5
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 3
- DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry 2
Materials Chemistry 13
- Enzyme Structure and Function 13

Co-authors: Brian W. Matthews (6 shared papers)John A. Schellman (2 shared papers)Hale Nicholson (3 shared papers)David Eric Anderson (1 shared paper)Frederick W. Dahlquist (1 shared paper)Masazumi Matsumura (1 shared paper)Malcolm H. Levitt (1 shared paper)Walter A. Baase (3 shared papers)
Journals: Biopolymers (7 papers)Biochemistry (6 papers)Macromolecules (4 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)Nature (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan

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Wayne J. Becktel

25 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Wayne J. Becktel's Hit Papers

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Enhanced protein thermostability from site-directed mutations that decrease the entropy of unfolding. 1987 · 683 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

1987 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1987 Biopolymers

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1	Protein stability curves Biopolymers ·Wayne J. Becktel, John A. Schellman Hit paper breakdown →	1987	874
2	Enhanced protein thermostability from site-directed mutations that decrease the entropy of unfolding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Brian W. Matthews, Hale Nicholson, Wayne J. Becktel Hit paper breakdown →	1987	683
3	pH-Induced denaturation of proteins: a single salt bridge contributes 3-5 kcal/mol to the free energy of folding of T4 lysozyme Biochemistry ·David Eric Anderson, Wayne J. Becktel, Frederick W. Dahlquist	1990	450
4	Hydrophobic stabilization in T4 lysozyme determined directly by multiple substitutions of Ile 3 Nature ·Masazumi Matsumura, Wayne J. Becktel, Brian W. Matthews	1988	334
5	Enhanced protein thermostability from designed mutations that interact with α-helix dipoles Nature ·Hale Nicholson, Wayne J. Becktel, Brian W. Matthews	1988	254
6	Stabilization of phage T4 lysozyme by engineered disulfide bonds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Masaru Matsumura, Wayne J. Becktel, Malcolm H. Levitt, Brian W. Matthews	1989	225
7	Disulfide bonds and thermal stability in T4 lysozyme. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ronald B. Wetzel, L. Jeanne Perry, W.A. Baase, Wayne J. Becktel	1988	136
8	Dissection of helix capping in T4 lysozyme by structural and thermodynamic analysis of six amino acid substitutions at Thr 59 Biochemistry ·Jeffrey A. Bell, Wayne J. Becktel, Uwe H. Sauer, Walter A. Baase, Brian W. Matthews	1992	98
9	Thermal denaturation of bacteriophage T4 lysozyme at neutral pH Biopolymers ·Wayne J. Becktel, Walter A. Baase	1987	56
10	Analysis of the effectiveness of proline substitutions and glycine replacements in increasing the stability of phage T4 lysozyme Biopolymers ·Hale Nicholson, Dale E. Tronrud, Wayne J. Becktel, Brian W. Matthews	1992	54
11	Spectroscopic studies on acetylcholinesterase: influence of peripheral-site occupation on active-center conformation Biochemistry ·Harvey Alan Berman, Wayne J. Becktel, Palmer Taylor	1981	42
12	Solvation effects on the 31P‐nmr chemical shifts and infrared spectra of phosphate diesters Biopolymers ·Deborah B. Lerner, Wayne J. Becktel, Renata K. Everett, Murray Goodman, David R. Kearns	1984	30
13	Comparison of van der Waals and semiempirical calculations of the molecular volumes of small molecules and proteins Biopolymers ·Lorraine M. Rellick, Wayne J. Becktel	1997	28
14	pH-Induced Conformational Transitions of Cry IA(a), Cry IA(c), and Cry IIIA .delta.-Endotoxins in Bacillus thuringiensis Biochemistry ·Feng Qi, Wayne J. Becktel	1994	25
15	The optical activity of polypeptides Biopolymers ·John A. Schellman, Wayne J. Becktel	1983	22
16	A lysoplate assay for Escherichia coli cell wall-active enzymes Analytical Biochemistry ·Wayne J. Becktel, Walter A. Baase	1985	17
17	Structure and Stability of Histone HMf from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Methanothermus fervidus Biochemistry ·Rowan A. Grayling, Wayne J. Becktel, John N. Reeve	1995	16
18	Polydepsipeptides. 7. Conformational Analysis of Poly(L-alanyl-L-alanyl-L-lactic acid) Macromolecules ·Richard T. Ingwall, Chaim Gilon, Wayne J. Becktel, Murray Goodman	1978	14
19	Purification and N-Terminal Sequence-Analysis of Pea Chloroplast Protein Synthesis Factor EF-G Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics ·Mahinur Sezener Akkaya, Piri L. Welcsh, Michael A. Wolfe, Birgit Duerr, Wayne J. Becktel, Caroline A. Breitenberger	1994	11
20	Osmolyte Mediation of T7 DNA Polymerase and Plasmid DNA Stability Biochemistry ·Manjusha Thakar, Arkady Bilenko, Wayne J. Becktel	1994	9

About Wayne J. Becktel

Wayne J. Becktel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Ecology, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Spectroscopy, having authored 26 papers that have together received 3.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (17 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (13 papers), Biopolymer Synthesis and Applications (5 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (5 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (2 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (2.9k citations), Biotechnology (287 citations), Materials Chemistry (1.5k citations), Spectroscopy (309 citations) and Cell Biology (294 citations). Wayne J. Becktel has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Brian W. Matthews, John A. Schellman, Hale Nicholson, David Eric Anderson, Frederick W. Dahlquist, Masazumi Matsumura, Malcolm H. Levitt, Walter A. Baase, Masaru Matsumura and L. Jeanne Perry. Their work appears in journals such as Biopolymers, Biochemistry, Macromolecules, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature.

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