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D-Index
75
Citations
15911
World Ranking
4559
National Ranking
1436

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1990 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his pioneering studies of protein conformation and devotion to the scientific enterprise of this Nation.", Presented by President Bush at a White House East Room Ceremony on November 13, 1990.
  • 1980 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1969 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1958 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Elkan R. Blout was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research contributions appear primarily in the journal Biopolymers, where multiple papers listed as "Issue Information" were published between 2021 and 2023.

Notable papers include:

  • Issue Information, 2021, Biopolymers
  • Issue Information, 2022, Biopolymers
  • Issue Information, 2023, Biopolymers
  • Issue Information, 2023, Biopolymers
  • Issue Information, 2023, Biopolymers

Frequent co-authors during Blout's career included:

  • Murray Goodman
  • Ephraim Katchalski
  • David N. Beratan
  • Stephen C. Blacklow
  • Axel T. Brünger

Blout's publication record focused heavily within the Biopolymers journal. Their scientific focus, while not detailed here by subfields or specific topics, was connected to studies within the domain covered by this venue.

Blout received several honors throughout their career. These included membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 1969 and the National Academy of Medicine since 1980. They were also made a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1958.

Among the awards, Blout was a recipient of the US President's National Medal of Science in 1990. This award was presented by President Bush at a White House East Room ceremony with citation recognizing Blout's pioneering studies of protein conformation and devotion to the scientific enterprise of the nation.

Best Publications

  • The Infrared Spectra of Polypeptides in Various Conformations: Amide I and II Bands1

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  • Infrared spectroscopy of collagen and collagen‐like polypeptides

    Barbara Brodsky Doyle;E. G. Bendit;Elkan R. Blout

  • The conformation of gramicidin A.

    William R. Veatch;Eric T. Fossel;Elkan R. Blout

  • Polypeptides. VIII. Molecular configurations of poly‐L‐glutamic acid in water‐dioxane solution

    Paul Doty;A. Wada;Jen Tsi Yang;E. R. Blout

  • REVERSIBLE CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES OF MYOGLOBIN AND APOMYOGLOBIN.

    S.C. Harrison;E.R. Blout

  • Optical Rotatory Dispersion of Dyes Bound to Macromolecules. Cationic Dyes: Polyglutamic Acid Complexes2,3

    Lubert Stryer;E. R. Blout

  • Polypeptides. III. The Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Poly-γ-benzyl-L-glutamates1

    Unknown

  • Why cyclic peptides? Complementary approaches to conformations

    Charles M. Deber;Vincent Madison;Elkan R. Blout

  • Conformations of (X-L-Pro-Y)2 cyclic hexapeptides. Preferred beta-turn conformers and implications for beta turns in proteins.

    Lila M. Gierasch;Charles M. Deber;Vincent Madison;Chien-Hua Niu

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance evidence for cis-peptide bonds in proline oligomers.

    C. M. Deber;F. A. Bovey;J. P. Carver;Elkan R. Blout

  • The use of p-nitrophenyl N-tert-butyloxycarbonyl-L-alaninate as substrate for elastase.

    Leon Visser;Elkan R. Blout

  • THE DEPENDENCE OF THE CONFORMATIONS OF SYNTHETIC POLYPEPTIDES ON AMINO ACID COMPOSITION1,2

    E. R. Blout;C. de Lozé;S. M. Bloom;G. D. Fasman

  • POLYPEPTIDES. II. THE CONFIGURATION OF POLYMERS OF γ-BENZYL-L-GLUTAMATE IN SOLUTION1

    Paul Doty;A. M. Holtzer;J. H. Bradbury;E. R. Blout

  • Conformation of gramicidin A channel in phospholipid vesicles: a 13C and 19F nuclear magnetic resonance study.

    S Weinstein;B A Wallace;E R Blout;J S Morrow

  • Aggregation of gramicidin A in solution

    William R. Veatch;Elkan R. Blout

  • Conformation of gramicidin A in phospholipid vesicles: circular dichroism studies of effects of ion binding, chemical modification, and lipid structure

    B. A. Wallace;W. R. Veatch;E. R. Blout

  • The Deuterium Exchange of Water-soluble Polypeptides and Proteins as Measured by Infrared Spectroscopy

    Unknown

  • Cyclic peptides. IX. Conformations of a synthetic ion-binding cyclic peptide, cyclo-(Pro-Gly)3, from circular dichroism and proton and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance

    V. Madison;M. Atreyi;C. M. Deber;E. R. Blout

  • Analysis of the Optical Rotatory Dispersion of Polypeptides and Proteins. IV. A Digital Computer Analysis for the Region 190-600 mμ1,2

    J. P. Carver;E. Shechter;E. R. Blout

  • ENERGY TRANSFER. A SYSTEM WITH RELATIVELY FIXED DONOR-ACCEPTOR SEPARATION.

    Unknown

  • Dependence of the kinetic parameters for elastase-catalyzed amide hydrolysis on the length of peptide substrates.

    Robert C. Thompson;Elkan R. Blout

  • Fluorescence polarization and viscosities of membrane lipids of 3T3 cells.

    Pinhas Fuchs;Abraham Parola;P. W. Robbins;E. R. Blout

  • Absorption Spectra. VIII. The Infrared Spectra of Some Purines and Pyrimidines1,2

    Elkan R. Blout;Melvin Fields

  • Elastase. II. Optical properties and the effects of sodium dodecyl sulfate.

    Elkan R. Blout;L. Visser

  • The Helical Sense of Poly-β-benzyl-L-aspartate. Synthesis and Rotatory Dispersion of Copolymers of β-Benzyl-L and D-Aspartate with γ-Benzyl-L-glutamate1

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles M. Deber
Charles M. Deber University of Toronto
Dennis A. Torchia
Dennis A. Torchia National Institutes of Health
Robert C. Thompson
Robert C. Thompson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Elizabeth R. Simons
Elizabeth R. Simons Boston University
Nelson J. Leonard
Nelson J. Leonard University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bonnie A. Wallace
Bonnie A. Wallace Birkbeck, University of London
Phillips W. Robbins
Phillips W. Robbins Boston University
Thomas E. Creighton
Thomas E. Creighton European Molecular Biology Laboratory
John H. Griffin
John H. Griffin Scripps Research Institute
Darwin J. Prockop
Darwin J. Prockop University of Pennsylvania

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