WILLIAM J. D. WHISH

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

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WILLIAM J. D. WHISH is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, WILLIAM J. D. WHISH has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Oncology and 10 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in WILLIAM J. D. WHISH's work include PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (13 papers), Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (8 papers) and Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (7 papers). WILLIAM J. D. WHISH is often cited by papers focused on PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (13 papers), Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (8 papers) and Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (7 papers). WILLIAM J. D. WHISH collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Canada. WILLIAM J. D. WHISH's co-authors include Michael R. Purnell, Peter Stone, Sydney Shall, Michael D. Threadgill, Susan Kirk‐Bell, Alan R. Lehmann, Robert Eisenthal, John Hubble, M K O'Farrell and Ifat Parveen and has published in prestigious journals such as Analytical Biochemistry, Biochemical Journal and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

WILLIAM J. D. WHISH

41 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Novel inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase

1980 432 citations Michael R. Purnell, WILLIAM J. D. WHISH Biochemical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
WILLIAM J. D. WHISH United Kingdom	16	824	719	215	161	111	43	1.3k
Hector Juarez-Salinas United States	11	617 0.7×	533 0.7×	195 0.9×	149 0.9×	33 0.3×	11	919
Ann‐Sofie Jemth Sweden	17	1.4k 1.7×	813 1.1×	202 0.9×	90 0.6×	81 0.7×	35	1.8k
C. J. Skidmore United Kingdom	15	727 0.9×	419 0.6×	90 0.4×	93 0.6×	35 0.3×	33	1.0k
L. Tresaugues Sweden	16	771 0.9×	334 0.5×	97 0.5×	44 0.3×	60 0.5×	22	1.1k
Rajam S. Mani Canada	24	1.7k 2.0×	674 0.9×	55 0.3×	230 1.4×	36 0.3×	69	2.3k
John E. Kerrigan United States	24	1.2k 1.5×	416 0.6×	69 0.3×	69 0.4×	355 3.2×	53	2.0k
Lynne D. Zydowsky United States	13	1.2k 1.5×	307 0.4×	514 2.4×	26 0.2×	59 0.5×	15	1.5k
Marjolein Thunnissen Sweden	22	967 1.2×	341 0.5×	194 0.9×	17 0.1×	118 1.1×	44	1.7k
Anuradha S. Raghavan United States	12	1.0k 1.2×	234 0.3×	223 1.0×	42 0.3×	293 2.6×	15	1.4k
Cristina Lewis United States	16	935 1.1×	319 0.4×	93 0.4×	21 0.1×	219 2.0×	26	1.4k

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Abbot, Stewart, et al.. (1999). Tumour necrosis factor α stimulated rheumatoid synovial microvascular endothelial cells exhibit increased shear rate dependent leucocyte adhesion in vitro. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 58(9). 573–581. 18 indexed citations

WHISH, WILLIAM J. D., et al.. (1999). Synthesis of thiophenecarboxamides, thieno[3,4-c]pyridin-4(5H)-ones and thieno[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones and preliminary evaluation as inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP). Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 7(2). 297–308. 21 indexed citations

WHITE, CHRISTOPHER J. BRANFORD, et al.. (1995). INFLUENCE OF TRIFLUOPERAZINE ON TEGUMENT MEMBRANES IN HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA. Biochemical Society Transactions. 23(4). 572S–572S. 1 indexed citations

Branford-White, C., et al.. (1994). The distribution of calmodulin/calmodulin binding proteins in the rat tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry. 108(4). 487–500. 1 indexed citations

Branford-White, C., et al.. (1992). Calmodulin from the Eucestoda and its use as a probe for calmodulin binding proteins. Biochemical Society Transactions. 20(3). 300S–300S.

Jackman, Simon A., et al.. (1990). Identification of dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase in the procyclic form of Trypanosoma brucei. Biochemical Society Transactions. 18(5). 862–863. 4 indexed citations

WHISH, WILLIAM J. D., et al.. (1986). The response of Trypanosoma brucei to DNA-damaging agents. Biochemical Society Transactions. 14(1). 105–106. 1 indexed citations

WHISH, WILLIAM J. D., et al.. (1986). The response of cultured Trypanosmona brucei to DNA-damaging agents. Biochemical Society Transactions. 14(2). 486–487. 1 indexed citations

Lunec, John, et al.. (1983). Post-irradiation Inhibition of Scheduled DNA Synthesis and Stimulation of ADP-ribosylation in Sensitive and Resistant L5178Y Murine Lymphoma Cells. International Journal of Radiation Biology and Related Studies in Physics Chemistry and Medicine. 44(6). 645–651. 9 indexed citations

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Stone, Peter, Michael R. Purnell, & WILLIAM J. D. WHISH. (1981). A method for analyzing the ADP-ribosylation of nuclear proteins on polyacrylamide gels. Analytical Biochemistry. 110(1). 108–116. 6 indexed citations

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WHISH, WILLIAM J. D., et al.. (1980). Adenosine diphosphate ribosylation of proteins in rat pancreas. Biochemical Society Transactions. 8(2). 192–192. 1 indexed citations

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Purnell, Michael R. & WILLIAM J. D. WHISH. (1980). Novel inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase. Biochemical Journal. 185(3). 775–777. 432 indexed citations breakdown →

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WHISH, WILLIAM J. D., et al.. (1980). An inhibitor of poly(adenosine diphosphate ribose) glycohydrolase found in vivo in germinating wheat embryos. Biochemical Society Transactions. 8(2). 192–193. 4 indexed citations

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Purnell, Michael R., Peter Stone, & WILLIAM J. D. WHISH. (1980). ADP-ribosylation of nuclear proteins. Biochemical Society Transactions. 8(2). 215–227. 178 indexed citations

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Purnell, Michael R. & WILLIAM J. D. WHISH. (1980). The effect of phenones on poly(adenosine diphosphate ribose) synthetase from porcine thymus. Biochemical Society Transactions. 8(2). 175–176. 6 indexed citations

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WHISH, WILLIAM J. D., et al.. (1978). Poly(Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose) Glycohydrolase in Germinating Wheat Embryos. Biochemical Society Transactions. 6(3). 619–620. 3 indexed citations

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Gacesa, Peter & WILLIAM J. D. WHISH. (1977). A Novel Method of Coenzyme Immobilization. Biochemical Society Transactions. 5(5). 1407–1408. 3 indexed citations

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WHISH, WILLIAM J. D., et al.. (1977). Poly(Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose) in Wheat. Biochemical Society Transactions. 5(4). 948–949. 10 indexed citations

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WHISH, WILLIAM J. D., et al.. (1975). Stimulation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity by the anti-tumour antibiotic, streptozotocin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 65(2). 722–730. 74 indexed citations

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O'Farrell, M K, et al.. (1975). Poly(adenosine diphosphate ribose) polymerase in Physarum polycephalum. Biochemical Journal. 147(1). 119–129. 50 indexed citations

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