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David T. F. Dryden

David T. F. Dryden

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
47
Citations
8516
World Ranking
2745
National Ranking
215

David T. F. Dryden publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David T. F. Dryden sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 125 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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David T. F. Dryden D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David T. F. Dryden sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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

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

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

  • The biology of restriction and anti-restriction.

    Mark R Tock;David T F Dryden

  • 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

  • Type I restriction enzymes and their relatives

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

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

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

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

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

  • Nucleoside triphosphate-dependent restriction enzymes

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

  • 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

  • Type III restriction-modification enzymes: a historical perspective

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • DNA Recognition by the Methyl-CpG Binding Domain of MeCP2

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

  • 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

  • Super-resolution imaging of DNA labelled with intercalating dyes.

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

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

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

  • 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

  • On the structure and operation of type I DNA restriction enzymes

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Noreen E. Murray
Noreen E. Murray University of Edinburgh
Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper Charles Sturt University
Paul N. Barlow
Paul N. Barlow University of Edinburgh
J. Michael Edwardson
J. Michael Edwardson University of Cambridge
David A. Leigh
David A. Leigh University of Manchester
Wilson C. K. Poon
Wilson C. K. Poon University of Edinburgh
Sharon M. Kelly
Sharon M. Kelly University of Glasgow
John P. Atkinson
John P. Atkinson Washington University in St. Louis
Geoffrey G. Wilson
Geoffrey G. Wilson New England Biolabs
Malcolm D. Walkinshaw
Malcolm D. Walkinshaw University of Edinburgh

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