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Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 103 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. The academic profile of Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames shows engagement in research activities within this institution, although specific fields of study or research topics are not detailed.

There is no available information on recent papers or publications by this scientist. Likewise, there are no listed frequent co-authors or publication venues that would provide further insight into the scope or focus of their research collaborations and contributions.

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Best Publications

  • Resolution of Bacterial Proteins by Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis on Slabs MEMBRANE, SOLUBLE, AND PERIPLASMIC FRACTIONS

    Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames

  • Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of membrane proteins

    Giovanna F. L. Ames;Kishiko Nikaido

  • Crystal structure of the ATP-binding subunit of an ABC transporter.

    Li-Wei Hung;Iris Xiaoyan Wang;Kishiko Nikaido;Pei-Qi Liu

  • Repetitive extragenic palindromic sequences: A major component of the bacterial genome

    Michael J. Stern;Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames;Noel H. Smith;E. Clare Robinson

  • Protein Composition of the Outer Membrane of Salmonella typhimurium: Effect of Lipopolysaccharide Mutations

    Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames;Elena Negri Spudich;Hiroshi Nikaido

  • Three-dimensional structures of the periplasmic lysine/arginine/ornithine-binding protein with and without a ligand.

    B H Oh;J Pandit;C H Kang;K Nikaido

  • Membranes and Transport

    H. R. Kaback;Jen-Shiang Hong;Giovanna Ames

  • Genome walking by single-specific-primer polymerase chain reaction: SSP-PCR

    Venkatakrishna Shyamala;Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames

  • Structure-function analysis of the histidine permease and comparison with cystic fibrosis mutations.

    V Shyamala;V Baichwal;E Beall;G F Ames

  • Structural model of the nucleotide-binding conserved component of periplasmic permeases.

    Carol S. Mimura;Stephen R. Holbrook;Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames

  • Bacterial periplasmic permeases belong to a family of transport proteins operating from Escherichia coli to human: Traffic ATPases

    Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames;Carol S. Mimura;Venkatakrishna Shyamala

  • A single amino acid substitution in a histidine-transport protein drastically alters its mobility in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

    K. Dale Noel;Kishiko Nikaido;Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames

  • Reconstitution of a bacterial periplasmic permease in proteoliposomes and demonstration of ATP hydrolysis concomitant with transport.

    Lauren Bishop;Romeo Agbayani;Suresh V. Ambudkar;Peter C. Maloney

  • DNA gyrase binds to the family of prokaryotic repetitive extragenic palindromic sequences

    Young Yang;Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames

  • Two periplasmic transport proteins which interact with a common membrane receptor show extensive homology: complete nucleotide sequences.

    Christopher F. Higgins;Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames

  • COMPONENTS OF HISTIDINE TRANSPORT: HISTIDINE-BINDING PROTEINS AND hisP PROTEIN

    Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames;Julia Lever

  • ATP-binding sites in the membrane components of histidine permease, a periplasmic transport system

    Ann C. Hobson;Robert Weatherwax;Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames

  • Traffic ATPases: a superfamily of transport proteins operating from Escherichia coli to humans.

    Giovanna Ferro‐Luzzi Ames;Carol S. Mimura;Stephen R. Holbrook;Venkatakrishna Shyamala

  • Characterization of the Adenosine Triphosphatase Activity of the Periplasmic Histidine Permease, a Traffic ATPase (ABC Transporter)

    Cheng Eureka Liu;Pei-Qi Liu;Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames

  • The membrane-bound proteins of periplasmic permeases form a complex. Identification of the histidine permease HisQMP complex.

    R E Kerppola;V K Shyamala;P Klebba;G F Ames

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher F. Higgins
Christopher F. Higgins Hammersmith Hospital
Sung-Hou Kim
Sung-Hou Kim University of California, Berkeley
Sean Parkin
Sean Parkin University of Kentucky
Byung-Ha Oh
Byung-Ha Oh Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Sydney Kustu
Sydney Kustu University of California, Berkeley
Eric R. Prossnitz
Eric R. Prossnitz University of New Mexico
Bruce N. Ames
Bruce N. Ames University of California, Berkeley
Jesse C. Rabinowitz
Jesse C. Rabinowitz University of California, Berkeley
Hiroshi Nikaido
Hiroshi Nikaido University of California, Berkeley
Robert Landick
Robert Landick University of Wisconsin–Madison

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