2026 David T. F. Dryden: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	47	2745	2489	215	196	125	8516

Overview

David T. F. Dryden is a researcher affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their work spans several areas within the broad fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on microbial interactions and bacterial genetics.

Dryden's research interests cover multiple main topics, including:

Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Their work is further situated within prominent fields and subfields, such as:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Environmental Science

Ecology
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Plant Science
Infectious Diseases

Dryden has contributed to a range of recent publications. Notable papers include:

"Structure and rational engineering of the PglX methyltransferase and specificity factor for BREX phage defence," 2024, Nature Communications
"Generation of tools for expression and purification of the phage-encoded Type I restriction enzyme inhibitor, Ocr," 2024, Microbiology
"Structure and rational engineering of the PglX methyltransferase and specificity factor for BREX phage defence," 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
"The phage defence island of a multidrug resistant plasmid uses both BREX and type IV restriction for complementary protection from viruses," 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
"Structural basis of transcription inhibition by the DNA mimic protein Ocr of bacteriophage T7," 2020, eLife

Their research has been published in venues such as:

Nucleic Acids Research
eLife
Nature Communications
Microbiology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Dryden collaborates regularly with several frequent co-authors, including:

David M. Picton
Richard Morgan
Andrew Nelson
Darren Smith
Jay C. D. Hinton

Best Publications

Allostery without conformational change. A plausible model.

A. Cooper;D. T. F. Dryden

935
Citations
A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes

Richard J. Roberts;Marlene Belfort;Timothy Bestor;Ashok S. Bhagwat

934
Citations
The biology of restriction and anti-restriction.

Mark R Tock;David T F Dryden

686
Citations
Highlights of the DNA cutters: a short history of the restriction enzymes

Wil A. M. Loenen;David T. F. Dryden;Elisabeth A. Raleigh;Geoffrey G. Wilson

371
Citations
Type I restriction enzymes and their relatives

Wil A. M. Loenen;David T. F. Dryden;Elisabeth A. Raleigh;Geoffrey G. Wilson

256
Citations
Structure of Ocr from bacteriophage T7, a protein that mimics B-form DNA.

Malcolm Walkinshaw;Paul Taylor;S S Sturrock;C Atanasiu

237
Citations
A Generic Basis for Some Simple Light-Operated Mechanical Molecular Machines

Emilio M. Perez;David T. F. Dryden;David A. Leigh;Gilberto Teobaldi

229
Citations
Nucleoside triphosphate-dependent restriction enzymes

D. T. F. Dryden;Noreen E. Murray;D. N. Rao

226
Citations
Fast-scan atomic force microscopy reveals that the type III restriction enzyme EcoP15I is capable of DNA translocation and looping

Neal Crampton;Masatoshi Yokokawa;David T. F. Dryden;J. Michael Edwardson

170
Citations
Type III restriction-modification enzymes: a historical perspective

Desirazu N. Rao;David T. F. Dryden;Shivakumara Bheemanaik

168
Citations
Selective turn-on fluorescence detection of cyanide in water using hydrophobic CdSe quantum dots

Angeles Touceda-Varela;Emily I. Stevenson;José A. Galve-Gasión;David T. F. Dryden

166
Citations
The Scottish Structural Proteomics Facility: targets, methods and outputs.

Muse Oke;Lester G. Carter;Lester G. Carter;Kenneth A. Johnson;Kenneth A. Johnson;Huanting Liu

139
Citations
The in vitro assembly of the EcoKI type I DNA restriction/modification enzyme and its in vivo implications.

David T. F. Dryden;Laurie P. Cooper;Peter H. Thorpe;Olwyn Byron

121
Citations
Extensive DNA mimicry by the ArdA anti-restriction protein and its role in the spread of antibiotic resistance

Stephen A. McMahon;Gareth A. Roberts;Kenneth A. Johnson;Laurie P. Cooper

120
Citations
DNA Recognition by the Methyl-CpG Binding Domain of MeCP2

Andrew Free;Robert I.D. Wakefield;Brian O. Smith;David T.F. Dryden

118
Citations
PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE METHYLTRANSFERASE FROM THE TYPE-1 RESTRICTION AND MODIFICATION SYSTEM OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI K12

D. T. F. Dryden;L. P. Cooper;N. E. Murray

115
Citations
Super-resolution imaging of DNA labelled with intercalating dyes.

Cristina Flors;Charles N. J. Ravarani;David. T. F. Dryden

113
Citations
A mutational analysis of the two motifs common to adenine methyltransferases.

D. F. Willcock;D. T. F. Dryden;N. E. Murray

113
Citations
Time-resolved fluorescence of 2-aminopurine as a probe of base flipping in M.HhaI–DNA complexes

Robert K. Neely;Dalia Daujotyte;Saulius Grazulis;Steven W. Magennis

110
Citations
On the structure and operation of type I DNA restriction enzymes

Graham P Davies;Ina Martin;Shane S Sturrock;Andrew Cronshaw

109
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Noreen E. Murray University of Edinburgh

Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University

Paul N. Barlow University of Edinburgh

J. Michael Edwardson University of Cambridge

David A. Leigh University of Manchester

Wilson C. K. Poon University of Edinburgh

Sharon M. Kelly University of Glasgow

John P. Atkinson Washington University in St. Louis

Geoffrey G. Wilson New England Biolabs

Malcolm D. Walkinshaw University of Edinburgh

External Links

Personal website of David T. F. Dryden

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