Wayne S. Kontur

890 total citations
19 papers, 666 citations indexed

About

Wayne S. Kontur is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wayne S. Kontur has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 666 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Wayne S. Kontur's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (4 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (4 papers). Wayne S. Kontur is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (4 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (4 papers). Wayne S. Kontur collaborates with scholars based in United States. Wayne S. Kontur's co-authors include Timothy J. Donohue, Daniel R. Noguera, M. Thomas Record, Ruth M. Saecker, W. Michael, Jose M. Perez, Steven D. Karlen, Daniel L. Gall, Shannon S. Stahl and Manar Alherech and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Wayne S. Kontur

19 papers receiving 664 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wayne S. Kontur United States 16 386 249 149 130 124 19 666
Birgit Veith Germany 4 520 1.3× 202 0.8× 144 1.0× 116 0.9× 68 0.5× 7 747
Lars Lilge Germany 15 393 1.0× 153 0.6× 79 0.5× 92 0.7× 86 0.7× 32 634
Angélique Chanal France 13 481 1.2× 207 0.8× 122 0.8× 201 1.5× 75 0.6× 14 766
Stefan M. Gaida United States 10 813 2.1× 422 1.7× 81 0.5× 192 1.5× 37 0.3× 11 976
Stanton Martin United States 11 407 1.1× 236 0.9× 77 0.5× 46 0.4× 158 1.3× 17 589
Melinda E. Clark United States 11 419 1.1× 226 0.9× 103 0.7× 55 0.4× 41 0.3× 13 668
Yehia A. Osman Egypt 11 534 1.4× 256 1.0× 73 0.5× 118 0.9× 91 0.7× 35 728
David J. Saul New Zealand 12 450 1.2× 351 1.4× 318 2.1× 69 0.5× 96 0.8× 15 678
Daehwan Chung United States 20 829 2.1× 860 3.5× 468 3.1× 67 0.5× 158 1.3× 38 1.2k
Seung-Oh Seo United States 14 778 2.0× 448 1.8× 55 0.4× 130 1.0× 29 0.2× 21 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Wayne S. Kontur

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wayne S. Kontur

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wayne S. Kontur

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Vilbert, Avery, et al.. (2023). Engineering Novosphingobium aromaticivorans to produce cis,cis -muconic acid from biomass aromatics. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 90(1). e0166023–e0166023. 13 indexed citations
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Kontur, Wayne S., et al.. (2023). Production of carotenoids from aromatics and pretreated lignocellulosic biomass by Novosphingobium aromaticivorans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 89(12). e0126823–e0126823. 9 indexed citations
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Perez, Jose M., Wayne S. Kontur, Manar Alherech, et al.. (2019). Funneling aromatic products of chemically depolymerized lignin into 2-pyrone-4-6-dicarboxylic acid withNovosphingobium aromaticivorans. Green Chemistry. 21(6). 1340–1350. 95 indexed citations
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Kontur, Wayne S., C.A. Bingman, Arne Ulbrich, et al.. (2018). Novosphingobium aromaticivorans uses a Nu-class glutathione S-transferase as a glutathione lyase in breaking the β-aryl ether bond of lignin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(14). 4955–4968. 53 indexed citations
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Kontur, Wayne S., Emily T. Beebe, Kirk A. Vander Meulen, et al.. (2018). A heterodimeric glutathione S-transferase that stereospecifically breaks lignin's β(R)-aryl ether bond reveals the diversity of bacterial β-etherases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(6). 1877–1890. 38 indexed citations
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Gall, Daniel L., Wayne S. Kontur, Wu Lan, et al.. (2017). In Vitro Enzymatic Depolymerization of Lignin with Release of Syringyl, Guaiacyl, and Tricin Units. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84(3). 43 indexed citations
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Ruff, Emily F., Wayne S. Kontur, & M. Thomas Record. (2015). Using Solutes and Kinetics to Probe Large Conformational Changes in the Steps of Transcription Initiation. Methods in molecular biology. 1276. 241–261. 4 indexed citations
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Kontur, Wayne S., Arne Ulbrich, Weiping Zhang, et al.. (2015). Metabolism of Multiple Aromatic Compounds in Corn Stover Hydrolysate by Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(14). 8914–8922. 47 indexed citations
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Santos, Thiago M. A., et al.. (2015). A Cardiolipin-Deficient Mutant of Rhodobacter sphaeroides Has an Altered Cell Shape and Is Impaired in Biofilm Formation. Journal of Bacteriology. 197(21). 3446–3455. 23 indexed citations
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Guinn, Emily J., Wayne S. Kontur, Oleg V. Tsodikov, Irina A. Shkel, & M. Thomas Record. (2013). Probing the protein-folding mechanism using denaturant and temperature effects on rate constants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(42). 16784–16789. 29 indexed citations
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Kontur, Wayne S., Wendy Schackwitz, Natalia Ivanova, et al.. (2012). Revised Sequence and Annotation of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 Genome. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(24). 7016–7017. 32 indexed citations
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Kontur, Wayne S., Daniel R. Noguera, & Timothy J. Donohue. (2011). Maximizing reductant flow into microbial H2 production. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 23(3). 382–389. 17 indexed citations
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Kontur, Wayne S., et al.. (2011). Pathways Involved in Reductant Distribution during Photobiological H 2 Production by Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(20). 7425–7429. 29 indexed citations
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Kontur, Wayne S., et al.. (2010). Electron Partitioning During Light- and Nutrient-Powered Hydrogen Production by Rhodobacter sphaeroides. BioEnergy Research. 3(1). 55–66. 43 indexed citations
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Kontur, Wayne S., et al.. (2010). One-step DNA melting in the RNA polymerase cleft opens the initiation bubble to form an unstable open complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(23). 10418–10423. 43 indexed citations
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Kontur, Wayne S., Ruth M. Saecker, W. Michael, & M. Thomas Record. (2007). Late Steps in the Formation of E. coli RNA Polymerase—λPR Promoter Open Complexes: Characterization of Conformational Changes by Rapid [Perturbant] Upshift Experiments. Journal of Molecular Biology. 376(4). 1034–1047. 34 indexed citations
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