William V. Shaw

6.6k citations

120 papers · 5.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

Molecular Medicine top 0.5%
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Genetics top 1%
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Papers in

Molecular Medicine 21
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria 21
Clinical Biochemistry 9

Co-authors: Iain A. Murray Andrew G. W. Leslie Ann Lewendon Christopher D. Thomas P.C.E. Moody Colin Kleanthous J.E. Fitton Anne Dell
Journals: Biochemistry (15 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (10 papers)Biochemical Journal (10 papers)Biochemical Society Transactions (9 papers)Journal of Bacteriology (8 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States South Africa

In The Last Decade

William V. Shaw

119 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Solving the structure of human H ferritin by genetically engineering intermolecular crystal contacts 1991 · 639 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1991 Nature
1975 Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology

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1	A Pilot Study of Computed Tomography Simulator Downtime at an African Cancer Conference: Survey Results From AORTIC 2023 International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics ·Michael Dykstra, Tucker Netherton, Reda Fatma, Morinaga Keigo, Dong An Bui, 伊藤雅規, Peter Balter, A Melancon, Donald E. Roberts, Jennifer Shah, Y. Liu, Takayuki Aisaka, 海风, Lynn Tai, Pierre Roegiers, William V. Shaw, Sarah T. Hawley, Lauren P. Wallner, Laurence E. Court	2025	0
2	Volume-dependent dose–response of the intestinal stem cell niche and lymphoid tissue Radiotherapy and Oncology ·Emanuel Bahn, Hari Widiyantoro, Mamad Kasmad, John Gueulette, Jacobus Slabbert, M. Alber, William V. Shaw	2020	2
3	Reserve stem cell population in intestinal crypts found to be consistently small by analysis of in vivo clonogenic assays with a biomathematical dynamic model Radiotherapy and Oncology ·Emanuel Bahn, Hari Widiyantoro, John Gueulette, Jacobus Slabbert, William V. Shaw, Jürgen Debus, M. Alber	2018	3
4	A dosimetric evaluation of IGART strategies for cervix cancer treatment Physica Medica ·Bullfrog Films., William V. Shaw	2016	12
5	Monte Carlo electron source model validation for an Elekta Precise linac Medical Physics ·Kristi Michels, Alex Taylor, William V. Shaw, Bullfrog Films., 江川治彦	2011	5
6	Purification and Characterization of Phosphopantetheine Adenylyltransferase from Escherichia coli Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Arie Geerlof, Ann Lewendon, William V. Shaw	1999	101
7	Properties of Hybrid Active Sites in Oligomeric Proteins: Kinetic and Ligand Binding Studies with Chloramphenicol Acetyltransferase Trimers Biochemistry ·Philip J. Day, Iain A. Murray, William V. Shaw	1995	6
8	Tryptophan Fluorescence of Chloramphenicol Acetyltransferase: Resolution of Individual Excited-State Lifetimes by Site-Directed Mutagenesis and Multifrequency Phase Fluorometry Biochemistry ·Jacqueline Ellis, Clive R. Bagshaw, William V. Shaw	1995	5
9	Determination of Sequence Specificity between a Plasmid Replication Initiator Protein and the Origin of Replication Journal of Molecular Biology ·Christopher D. Thomas, Theo T. Nikiforov, Bernard A. Connolly, William V. Shaw	1995	28
10	Structural and Mechanistic Studies of Galactoside Acetyltransferase, the Escherichia coli LacA Gene Product Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Ann Lewendon, Jacqueline Ellis, William V. Shaw	1995	43
11	Analysis of the binding of 1,3-diacetylchloramphenicol to chloramphenicol acetyltransferase by isotope-edited proton NMR and site-directed mutagenesis Biochemistry ·Jeremy P. Derrick, Lu‐Yun Lian, Gordon C. K. Roberts, William V. Shaw	1992	16
12	Solving the structure of human H ferritin by genetically engineering intermolecular crystal contacts Nature ·David M. Lawson, Peter J. Artymiuk, S J Yewdall, John M. Smith, J. Livingstone, Amyra Treffry, Alessandra Luzzago, Sonia Levi, Paolo Arosio, Gianni Cesareni, Christopher D. Thomas, William V. Shaw, Pauline M. Harrison Hit paper breakdown →	1991	639
13	Intrinsic fluorescence of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase: responses to ligand binding and assignment of the contributions of tryptophan residues by site-directed mutagenesis Biochemistry ·Jacqueline Ellis, Iain A. Murray, William V. Shaw	1991	7
14	Alternative binding modes for chloramphenicol and 1-substituted chloramphenicol analogs revealed by site-directed mutagenesis and x-ray crystallography of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase Biochemistry ·Iain A. Murray, Ann Lewendon, John A. Williams, Paul M. Cullis, William V. Shaw, Andrew G. W. Leslie	1991	17
15	Identification of the C2‐¹H histidine NMR resonances in chloramphenicol acetyltransferase by a ¹³C‐¹H heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence method FEBS Letters ·Jeremy P. Derrick, Lu‐Yun Lian, Gordon C. K. Roberts, William V. Shaw	1991	4
16	Isolation ofAgrobacteriumsp., strain from theAzollaleaf cavity FEMS Microbiology Letters ·Jacek Plazinski, M. A. Ahmadov, William V. Shaw, E.S. Lee, Barry G. Rolfe, Brian E. S. Gunning	1990	15
17	Nucleotide sequence of therep gene of staphylococcal plasmid pCW7 Plasmid ·Kyung-In Cho, William V. Shaw	1990	10
18	Evidence for transition-state stabilization by serine-148 in the catalytic mechanism of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase Biochemistry ·Ann Lewendon, Iain A. Murray, William V. Shaw, M.R.J. Gibbs, Andrew G. W. Leslie	1990	40
19	The serine acetyltransferase from Escherichia coli FEBS Letters ·Dale B. Wigley, Jeremy P. Derrick, William V. Shaw	1990	22
20	Substitutions in the active site of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase: role of a conserved aspartate Biochemistry ·Ann Lewendon, Iain A. Murray, Colin Kleanthous, Paul M. Cullis, William V. Shaw	1988	52

About William V. Shaw

William V. Shaw is a scholar working on Molecular Medicine, Clinical Biochemistry, Radiation, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology, having authored 120 papers that have together received 5.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (26 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (21 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (21 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (19 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (17 papers), Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (16 papers), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (14 papers) and Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Medicine (909 citations), Genetics (1.4k citations), Molecular Biology (3.3k citations), Endocrinology (203 citations) and Microbiology (230 citations). William V. Shaw has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. Frequent co-authors include Iain A. Murray, Andrew G. W. Leslie, Ann Lewendon, Christopher D. Thomas, P.C.E. Moody, Colin Kleanthous, J.E. Fitton, Anne Dell, Amyra Treffry and David M. Lawson. Their work appears in journals such as Biochemistry, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemical Journal, Biochemical Society Transactions and Journal of Bacteriology.

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