William H. McClain

4.5k total citations
115 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

William H. McClain is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, William H. McClain has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Ecology and 20 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in William H. McClain's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (80 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (60 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (38 papers). William H. McClain is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (80 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (60 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (38 papers). William H. McClain collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. William H. McClain's co-authors include K. Foss, Gabriele Varani, Jay Schneider, J.G. Seidman, Sidney Altman, Cecilia Guerrier-Takada, Christine Guthrie, Kay Gabriel, B. G. Barrell and Hugh B. Nicholas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

William H. McClain

99 papers receiving 3.3k 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 H. McClain United States 34 3.3k 793 695 108 96 115 3.6k
John P. Richardson United States 36 2.7k 0.8× 1.4k 1.7× 584 0.8× 137 1.3× 113 1.2× 64 2.9k
Kazuya Nishikawa Japan 28 4.1k 1.2× 762 1.0× 498 0.7× 203 1.9× 145 1.5× 79 4.5k
Richard Gumport United States 33 2.0k 0.6× 868 1.1× 661 1.0× 134 1.2× 179 1.9× 69 2.3k
Audrey Stevens United States 30 2.4k 0.7× 472 0.6× 385 0.6× 83 0.8× 145 1.5× 58 2.7k
Takashi Yokogawa Japan 26 3.4k 1.0× 646 0.8× 328 0.5× 122 1.1× 92 1.0× 68 3.6k
R.A. Garrett Germany 33 2.5k 0.8× 682 0.9× 710 1.0× 170 1.6× 154 1.6× 56 2.7k
Ernest Jay Canada 21 1.8k 0.5× 540 0.7× 384 0.6× 53 0.5× 169 1.8× 48 2.1k
C M Steinberg United States 16 1.3k 0.4× 645 0.8× 685 1.0× 62 0.6× 182 1.9× 21 1.8k
Lasse Lindahl United States 37 3.7k 1.1× 1.8k 2.3× 786 1.1× 175 1.6× 171 1.8× 88 4.0k
Irwin Tessman United States 28 1.9k 0.6× 837 1.1× 943 1.4× 117 1.1× 218 2.3× 82 2.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kirsebom, Leif A., Fenyong Liu, & William H. McClain. (2024). The discovery of a catalytic RNA within RNase P and its legacy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(6). 107318–107318. 4 indexed citations
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McClain, William H., Lien B. Lai, & Venkat Gopalan. (2010). Trials, Travails and Triumphs: An Account of RNA Catalysis in RNase P. Journal of Molecular Biology. 397(3). 627–646. 20 indexed citations
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McClain, William H., Kay Gabriel, Dennis Lee, & S L Otten. (2004). Structure–function analysis of tRNAGln in an Escherichia coli knockout strain. RNA. 10(5). 795–804. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Dennis & William H. McClain. (2003). Aptamer redesigned tRNA is nonfunctional and degraded in cells. RNA. 10(1). 7–11. 4 indexed citations
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McClain, William H. & Kay Gabriel. (2001). Construction of an Escherichia coli knockout strain for functional analysis of tRNA Asp 1 1Edited by J. Karn. Journal of Molecular Biology. 310(3). 537–542. 7 indexed citations
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Strazewski, Peter, Ewa Biała, Kay Gabriel, & William H. McClain. (1999). The relationship of thermodynamic stability at a G•U recognition site to tRNA aminoacylation specificity. RNA. 5(11). 1490–1494. 19 indexed citations
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Gabriel, Kay & William H. McClain. (1999). A set of plasmids constitutively producing different RNA levels in Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Biology. 290(2). 385–389. 9 indexed citations
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Biała, Ewa, William H. McClain, & Peter Strazewski. (1999). Thermodynamics of Site-Specific Variant tRNAAlaAcceptor Stem Microhairpins. Nucleosides and Nucleotides. 18(6-7). 1575–1576. 1 indexed citations
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Cermakian, Nicolas, William H. McClain, & Robert Cedergren. (1998). tRNA nucleotide 47: An evolutionary enigma. RNA. 4(8). 928–936. 1 indexed citations
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Nicholas, Hugh B. & William H. McClain. (1995). Searching tRNA sequences for relatedness to aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase families. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 40(5). 482–486. 17 indexed citations
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McClain, William H., Jay Schneider, & Kay Gabriel. (1994). Distinctive acceptor-end structure and other determinants ofEscherichia colitRNAProidentity. Nucleic Acids Research. 22(3). 522–529. 26 indexed citations
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McClain, William H.. (1988). Specific duplications fostered by a DNA structure containing adjacent inverted repeat sequences. Journal of Molecular Biology. 204(1). 27–38. 4 indexed citations
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McClain, William H. & K. Foss. (1988). Nucleotides that contribute to the identity of Escherichia coli tRNAPhe. Journal of Molecular Biology. 202(4). 697–709. 79 indexed citations
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McClain, William H., John H. Wilson, & J.G. Seidman. (1988). Genetic analysis of structure and function in phage T4 tRNASer. Journal of Molecular Biology. 203(3). 549–553. 10 indexed citations
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McClain, William H. & Hugh B. Nicholas. (1987). Differences between transfer RNA molecules. Journal of Molecular Biology. 194(4). 635–642. 64 indexed citations
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McClain, William H. & J.G. Seidman. (1987). Genetic conversion of G · C base-pairs to A · U base-pairs in a transfer RNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 197(3). 605–608. 2 indexed citations
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Nicholas, Hugh B. & William H. McClain. (1987). An algorithm for discriminating sequences and its application to yeast transfer RNA. Computer applications in the biosciences. 3(3). 177–181. 21 indexed citations
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Foss, K. & William H. McClain. (1987). Rapid site-specific mutagenesis in plasmids. Gene. 59(2-3). 285–290. 42 indexed citations
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Robertson, Hugh D., Edward Pelle, & William H. McClain. (1980). RNA Processing in an Escherichia coli Strain Deficient in Both RNase P and RNase III. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 107–122. 5 indexed citations

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