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Dwight L. Anderson 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 Dwight L. Anderson sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 140 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Dwight L. Anderson 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 Dwight L. Anderson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dwight L. Anderson is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their academic profile includes various contributions to research, though specific details on recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, and fields of study are not listed.

There is no detailed information available regarding the main fields or subfields of study, nor topics frequently addressed in their research. Similarly, there are no recorded frequent co-authors or publication venues associated with their work at this time.

No book publications or awards have been documented in the available data for Dwight L. Anderson. This profile reflects the current publicly accessible records without additional details on research output or recognitions.

Best Publications

  • The bacteriophage φ29 portal motor can package DNA against a large internal force

    Douglas E. Smith;Sander J. Tans;Steven B. Smith;Shelley N Grimes

  • Structure of the bacteriophage φ29 DNA packaging motor

    Alan A. Simpson;Yizhi Jane Tao;Yizhi Jane Tao;Petr G Leiman;Mohammed O. Badasso

  • A small viral RNA is required for in vitro packaging of bacteriophage phi 29 DNA

    Peixuan Guo;Stephen Erickson;Dwight Anderson

  • Mechanism of force generation of a viral DNA packaging motor.

    Yann R. Chemla;K. Aathavan;Jens Michaelis;Shelley Grimes

  • Intersubunit coordination in a homomeric ring ATPase

    Jeffrey R. Moffitt;Yann R. Chemla;K. Aathavan;Shelley Grimes

  • Prohead and DNA-gp3-dependent ATPase activity of the DNA packaging protein gp16 of bacteriophage φ29☆

    Peixuan Guo;Charlene Peterson;Dwight Anderson

  • Assembly of a Tailed Bacterial Virus and Its Genome Release Studied in Three Dimensions

    Yizhi Tao;Norman H Olson;Wei Xu;Dwight L Anderson

  • Conservation of the Capsid Structure in Tailed dsDNA Bacteriophages: the Pseudoatomic Structure of ϕ29

    Marc C. Morais;Kyung H. Choi;Jaya S. Koti;Paul R. Chipman

  • Measurements of Single DNA Molecule Packaging Dynamics in Bacteriophage λ Reveal High Forces, High Motor Processivity, and Capsid Transformations

    Derek N. Fuller;Dorian M. Raymer;John Peter Rickgauer;Rae M. Robertson

  • A defined system for in vitro packaging of DNA-gp3 of the Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage phi 29

    Peixuan Guo;Shelley Grimes;Dwight Anderson

  • Function of Hexameric RNA in Packaging of Bacteriophage φ29 DNA In Vitro

    Feng Zhang;Sébastien Lemieux;Xiling Wu;Daniel St.-Arnaud

  • Ionic effects on viral DNA packaging and portal motor function in bacteriophage φ29

    Derek N. Fuller;John Peter Rickgauer;Paul J Jardine;Shelley N Grimes

  • Experimental Test of Connector Rotation during DNA Packaging into Bacteriophage φ29 Capsids

    Thorsten Hugel;Jens Michaelis;Craig L Hetherington;Craig L Hetherington;Paul J Jardine

  • Portal Motor Velocity and Internal Force Resisting Viral DNA Packaging in Bacteriophage ϕ29

    John Peter Rickgauer;Derek N. Fuller;Shelley Grimes;Paul J. Jardine

  • Structural changes of bacteriophage φ29 upon DNA packaging and release

    Ye Xiang;Marc C Morais;Anthony J Battisti;Shelley Grimes

  • Regulation of the phage φ29 prohead shape and size by the portal vertex

    Peixuan Guo;Stephen Erickson;Wei Xu;Norman Olson

  • Bacteriophage φ29 scaffolding protein gp7 before and after prohead assembly

    Marc C Morais;Shuji Kanamaru;Mohammed O Badasso;Jaya S Koti

  • Analysis of gene function of bacteriophage phi 29 of Bacillus subtilis: identification of cistrons essential for viral assembly.

    E W Hagen;B E Reilly;M E Tosi;D L Anderson

  • Substrate interactions and promiscuity in a viral DNA packaging motor

    K. Aathavan;Adam T. Politzer;Ariel Kaplan;Jeffrey R. Moffitt

  • Cryoelectron-Microscopy Image Reconstruction of Symmetry Mismatches in Bacteriophage φ29

    Marc C. Morais;Yizhi Tao;Yizhi Tao;Norman H. Olson;Shelley Grimes

  • motor can package DNA against a large internal force

    Douglas E. Smith;Sander J. Tans;Steven B. Smith;Shelley Grimes

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Bustamante
Carlos Bustamante Stanford University
Michael G. Rossmann
Michael G. Rossmann Purdue University West Lafayette
Peixuan Guo
Peixuan Guo The Ohio State University
Timothy S. Baker
Timothy S. Baker University of California, San Diego
Cynthia T. McMurray
Cynthia T. McMurray Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Edward H. Egelman
Edward H. Egelman University of Virginia
Anthony J. Faras
Anthony J. Faras University of Minnesota
Paul R. Chipman
Paul R. Chipman University of Florida
Venigalla B. Rao
Venigalla B. Rao Catholic University of America

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