William P. Donovan

2.0k total citations
21 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

William P. Donovan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William P. Donovan has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Insect Science and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in William P. Donovan's work include Insect Resistance and Genetics (13 papers), Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (9 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (7 papers). William P. Donovan is often cited by papers focused on Insect Resistance and Genetics (13 papers), Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control (9 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (7 papers). William P. Donovan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Malaysia and Sweden. William P. Donovan's co-authors include Sidney R. Kushner, Richard Losick, Michel Gilbert, P. C. Fitz-James, Lin Zheng, Liangbiao Zheng, Kathleen Sandman, Changlin Fu, Robert H. Cole and Xudong Ye and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

William P. Donovan

21 papers receiving 1.5k 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 P. Donovan United States 18 1.4k 573 540 385 378 21 1.6k
Erlendur Helgason Norway 7 1.2k 0.9× 410 0.7× 198 0.4× 557 1.4× 122 0.3× 7 1.4k
John Kuzio Canada 18 2.3k 1.7× 381 0.7× 1.1k 2.0× 130 0.3× 232 0.6× 26 2.5k
Reinhild Wurm Germany 17 1.5k 1.1× 644 1.1× 201 0.4× 448 1.2× 112 0.3× 21 1.6k
Anita Marchfelder Germany 33 2.6k 1.9× 579 1.0× 112 0.2× 426 1.1× 207 0.5× 100 2.8k
Claudine Parquet France 18 606 0.4× 333 0.6× 447 0.8× 215 0.6× 71 0.2× 21 1.4k
Martin R. Boocock United Kingdom 25 1.6k 1.2× 757 1.3× 61 0.1× 292 0.8× 308 0.8× 51 2.0k
Ryan N. Jackson United States 19 1.7k 1.2× 359 0.6× 273 0.5× 236 0.6× 149 0.4× 24 1.8k
Nicholas Delihas United States 25 1.4k 1.0× 522 0.9× 53 0.1× 462 1.2× 276 0.7× 76 1.9k
Hao‐Ching Wang Taiwan 21 600 0.4× 124 0.2× 214 0.4× 228 0.6× 134 0.4× 46 1.6k
Georg Mohr United States 22 1.7k 1.3× 373 0.7× 49 0.1× 435 1.1× 239 0.6× 39 1.9k

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All Works

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Fu, Changlin, et al.. (2014). Hot Fusion: An Efficient Method to Clone Multiple DNA Fragments as Well as Inverted Repeats without Ligase. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e115318–e115318. 140 indexed citations
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Donovan, William P., Yuanji Zhang, & Miya D. Howell. (2011). Large-Scale Sequencing of Plant Small RNAs. Methods in molecular biology. 744. 159–173. 5 indexed citations
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Donovan, William P., James A. Baum, Greg J. Bunkers, et al.. (2006). Discovery and characterization of Sip1A: a novel secreted protein from Bacillus thuringiensis with activity against coleopteran larvae. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 72(4). 713–719. 61 indexed citations
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Baum, James A., Mark Rupar, William P. Donovan, et al.. (2004). Binary Toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis Active against the Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70(8). 4889–4898. 34 indexed citations
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Donovan, William P., et al.. (2001). Gene Knockout Demonstrates That vip3A Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Bacillus thuringiensis toward Agrotis ipsilon and Spodoptera exigua. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 78(1). 45–51. 68 indexed citations
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Donovan, William P., et al.. (2000). Deletion of aprA and nprA genes for alkaline protease A and neutral protease A from Bacillus thuringiensis: effect on insecticidal crystal proteins. Journal of Biotechnology. 84(1). 67–72. 22 indexed citations
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Donovan, William P., et al.. (1997). Cloning of the nprA gene for neutral protease A of Bacillus thuringiensis and effect of in vivo deletion of nprA on insecticidal crystal protein. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 63(6). 2311–2317. 30 indexed citations
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Donovan, William P., et al.. (1992). Characterization of two genes encoding Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal crystal proteins toxic to Coleoptera species. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 58(12). 3921–3927. 68 indexed citations
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Rupar, Mark, William P. Donovan, R. Gene Groat, et al.. (1991). Two novel strains of Bacillus thuringiensis toxic to coleopterans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 57(11). 3337–3344. 26 indexed citations
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Gawron-Burke, C, James Chambers, Agnieszka Jeleń, et al.. (1990). Molecular biology and genetics of Bacillus thuringiensis.. 456–460. 1 indexed citations
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Donovan, William P., et al.. (1988). Isolation and characterization of EG2158, a new strain of Bacillus thuringiensis toxic to coleopteran larvae, and nucleotide sequence of the toxin gene. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 214(3). 365–372. 86 indexed citations
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Donovan, William P., et al.. (1988). Amino acid sequence and entomocidal activity of the P2 crystal protein. An insect toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263(1). 561–567. 94 indexed citations
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Donovan, William P., et al.. (1988). Molecular characterization of a gene encoding a 72-kilodalton mosquito-toxic crystal protein from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Journal of Bacteriology. 170(10). 4732–4738. 97 indexed citations
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Zheng, Lin, William P. Donovan, P. C. Fitz-James, & Richard Losick. (1988). Gene encoding a morphogenic protein required in the assembly of the outer coat of the Bacillus subtilis endospore.. Genes & Development. 2(8). 1047–1054. 178 indexed citations
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Donovan, William P., Liangbiao Zheng, Kathleen Sandman, & Richard Losick. (1987). Genes encoding spore coat polypeptides from Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Molecular Biology. 196(1). 1–10. 163 indexed citations
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Donovan, William P. & Sidney R. Kushner. (1986). Polynucleotide phosphorylase and ribonuclease II are required for cell viability and mRNA turnover in Escherichia coli K-12.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(1). 120–124. 368 indexed citations
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Donovan, William P. & Sidney R. Kushner. (1983). Purification and characterization of orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase from Escherichia coli K-12.. Journal of Bacteriology. 156(2). 620–624. 20 indexed citations
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Donovan, William P. & Sidney R. Kushner. (1983). Cloning and physical analysis of the pyrF gene (coding for orotidine-5′-phosphate decarboxylase) from Escherichia coli K-12. Gene. 25(1). 39–48. 24 indexed citations

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