William A. Gaines

1.5k total citations
22 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

William A. Gaines is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Gaines has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Biomaterials and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in William A. Gaines's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (7 papers), Silk-based biomaterials and applications (6 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (5 papers). William A. Gaines is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (7 papers), Silk-based biomaterials and applications (6 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (5 papers). William A. Gaines collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Japan. William A. Gaines's co-authors include Patrick Sung, James E. Anderson, Sherry A. Mueller, William R. Marcotte, Alissa Kendall, Youngho Kwon, James M. Daley, Michael G. Sehorn, Eric C. Greene and Ja Yil Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

William A. Gaines

22 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William A. Gaines United States 15 806 174 163 162 94 22 1.2k
Susanne Günther Germany 12 498 0.6× 44 0.3× 35 0.2× 65 0.4× 70 0.7× 20 975
Cresson D. Fraley United States 11 577 0.7× 74 0.4× 141 0.9× 44 0.3× 146 1.6× 11 1.1k
Yingying Wang China 17 504 0.6× 26 0.1× 89 0.5× 39 0.2× 49 0.5× 44 1.1k
Moon‐Sun Jang South Korea 18 388 0.5× 43 0.2× 46 0.3× 48 0.3× 46 0.5× 40 790
Xuemei Lu China 18 581 0.7× 29 0.2× 79 0.5× 13 0.1× 60 0.6× 71 903
Margaret K. Butler Australia 12 531 0.7× 10 0.1× 86 0.5× 75 0.5× 108 1.1× 22 1.6k
Damien Seyer France 17 250 0.3× 64 0.4× 28 0.2× 27 0.2× 28 0.3× 27 610
Jan Košťál United States 12 247 0.3× 9 0.1× 95 0.6× 163 1.0× 102 1.1× 16 708
Sebastian Bäumer Germany 16 815 1.0× 46 0.3× 28 0.2× 13 0.1× 150 1.6× 25 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William A. Gaines

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gaines, William A., et al.. (2016). Spider silk-like proteins derived from transgenic Nicotiana tabacum. Transgenic Research. 25(4). 517–526. 15 indexed citations
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Laureau, Raphaëlle, Lihong Wan, Xiangyu Chen, et al.. (2016). Mek1 Down Regulates Rad51 Activity during Yeast Meiosis by Phosphorylation of Hed1. PLoS Genetics. 12(8). e1006226–e1006226. 66 indexed citations
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Lee, Ja Yil, Tsuyoshi Terakawa, Zhi Qi, et al.. (2015). Base triplet stepping by the Rad51/RecA family of recombinases. Science. 349(6251). 977–981. 129 indexed citations
4.
Qi, Zhi, Sy Redding, Ja Yil Lee, et al.. (2015). DNA Sequence Alignment by Microhomology Sampling during Homologous Recombination. Cell. 160(5). 856–869. 158 indexed citations
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Gaines, William A., Stephen K. Godin, Timsi Rao, et al.. (2015). Promotion of presynaptic filament assembly by the ensemble of S. cerevisiae Rad51 paralogues with Rad52. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7834–7834. 54 indexed citations
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Gaines, William A., Valeria Busygina, Ashwini Oke, et al.. (2014). Down-Regulation of Rad51 Activity during Meiosis in Yeast Prevents Competition with Dmc1 for Repair of Double-Strand Breaks. PLoS Genetics. 10(1). e1004005–e1004005. 43 indexed citations
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Daley, James M., William A. Gaines, Youngho Kwon, & Patrick Sung. (2014). Regulation of DNA Pairing in Homologous Recombination. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 6(11). a017954–a017954. 142 indexed citations
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Busygina, Valeria, William A. Gaines, Yuanyuan Xu, et al.. (2013). Functional attributes of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae meiotic recombinase Dmc1. DNA repair. 12(9). 707–712. 22 indexed citations
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Gaines, William A. & William R. Marcotte. (2011). Recombinant Dragline Silk-Like Proteins-Expression and Purification.. PubMed. 11(2). 75–79. 9 indexed citations
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Gaines, William A., Michael G. Sehorn, & William R. Marcotte. (2010). Spidroin N-terminal Domain Promotes a pH-dependent Association of Silk Proteins during Self-assembly. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(52). 40745–40753. 94 indexed citations
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Gaines, William A.. (2010). SPIDROIN N-TERMINAL DOMAIN: A PH SENSOR IN THE SPIDER SILK ASSEMBLY PROCESS. TigerPrints (Clemson University). 1 indexed citations
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Parnham, Stuart, William A. Gaines, Brendan M. Duggan, William R. Marcotte, & M. Hennig. (2010). NMR assignments of the N-terminal domain of Nephila clavipes spidroin 1. Biomolecular NMR Assignments. 5(2). 131–133. 2 indexed citations
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Gaines, William A. & William R. Marcotte. (2008). Identification and characterization of multiple Spidroin 1 genes encoding major ampullate silk proteins in Nephila clavipes. Insect Molecular Biology. 17(5). 465–474. 42 indexed citations
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Anderson, James E., et al.. (2006). Design and Startup of a Membrane‐Biological‐Reactor System at a Ford‐Engine Plant for Treating Oily Wastewater. Water Environment Research. 78(4). 362–371. 6 indexed citations
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Mueller, Sherry A., et al.. (2003). Removal of Oil and Grease and Chemical Oxygen Demand from Oily Automotive Wastewater by Adsorption after Chemical De-emulsification. Practice Periodical of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste Management. 7(3). 156–162. 14 indexed citations
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Anderson, James E., et al.. (2002). Literature review—efficacy of various disinfectants against Legionella in water systems. Water Research. 36(18). 4433–4444. 293 indexed citations
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Gaines, William A., et al.. (2002). Removal of Heavy Metals from Automotive Wastewater by Sulfide Precipitation. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 128(7). 612–623. 43 indexed citations
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Mueller, Sherry A., et al.. (2001). REMOVAL OF OIL AND GREASE AND COD FROM OILY WASTEWATER BY ADSORPTION. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation. 2001(9). 522–528. 2 indexed citations
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Podsiadlik, Diane H., et al.. (1998). Photochemical Destruction of Cyanide in Landfill Leachate. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 124(11). 1108–1113. 23 indexed citations
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Candia, Oscar A., et al.. (1980). Inhibition of ionic transport and ATPase activities by serotonin analogues in the isolated toad lens. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 602(2). 389–400. 13 indexed citations

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