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Overview

James P. Allen is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research spans diverse fields including Arts and Humanities, with 39 publications, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with 12 publications. This interdisciplinary approach reflects in their work across several subfields, such as Archeology, Language and Linguistics, Molecular Biology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Linguistics and Language.

The scientist's body of work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
  • Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
  • Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Archaeology and Historical Studies
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Linguistic Variation and Morphology
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Among their recent scholarly papers are:

  • Identification of amino acid residues in a proton release pathway near the bacteriochlorophyll dimer in reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, 2022, published in Photosynthesis Research
  • Skeletal muscle structure, function and pathology, 2024, published in Orthopaedics and Trauma
  • Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production by Hybrid Streptavidin-Diiron Catalysts, 2020, published in Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Fibroadipogenic Progenitors Regulate the Basal Proliferation of Satellite Cells and Homeostasis of Pharyngeal Muscles via HGF Secretion, 2022, published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • J. C. Williams
  • K. D. Chamberlain
  • Adrian Andronic
  • Eunhye Kim
  • Fang Wu

The scientist has contributed to books published by Cambridge University Press and Penn State University Press. Among these are:

  • Ancient Egyptian Phonology, 2020, published by Cambridge University Press
  • Coptic, 2020, published by Penn State University Press

James P. Allen's work appears in multiple academic journals, with recurring publications in:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Photosynthesis Research
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Orthopaedics and Trauma
  • Chemistry - A European Journal

Best Publications

  • Structure of the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26: the cofactors

    J P Allen;G Feher;T O Yeates;H Komiya

  • Structure and function of bacterial photosynthetic reaction centres

    G. Feher;J. P. Allen;M. Y. Okamura;D. C. Rees

  • Structure of the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26: the protein subunits

    J. P. Allen;G. Feher;T. O. Yeates;H. Komiya

  • Structural homology of reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides and Rhodopseudomonas viridis as determined by x-ray diffraction.

    James P. Allen;G. Feher;T.O. Yeates;D.C. Rees

  • Structure of the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26: protein-cofactor (quinones and Fe2+) interactions

    J P Allen;G Feher;T O Yeates;H Komiya

  • Structure of the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26 and 2.4.1: protein-cofactor (bacteriochlorophyll, bacteriopheophytin, and carotenoid) interactions.

    T. O. Yeates;H. Komiya;A. Chirino;D. C. Rees

  • Structure of the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26 and 2.4.1: symmetry relations and sequence comparisons between different species.

    H. Komiya;T. O. Yeates;D. C. Rees;J. P. Allen

  • Specific alteration of the oxidation potential of the electron donor in reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

    X. Lin;H. A. Murchison;V. Nagarajan;W. W. Parson

  • Structure of the reaction center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides R-26: membrane-protein interactions.

    T O Yeates;H Komiya;D C Rees;J P Allen

  • Protein dynamics control the kinetics of initial electron transfer in photosynthesis

    Haiyu Wang;Su Lin;James P. Allen;JoAnn C. Williams

  • Crystal structure of the bacteriochlorophyll a protein from Chlorobium tepidum

    Yi Fen Li;Wenli Zhou;Robert E. Blankenship;James P. Allen

  • The Bacterial Photosynthetic Reaction Center as a Model for Membrane Proteins

    D. C. Rees;H. Komiya;T. O. Yeates;J. P. Allen

  • Effects of mutations near the bacteriochlorophylls in reaction centers from Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

    Joann Williams;R. G. Alden;H. A. Murchison;J. M. Peloquin

  • Fractal Form of Proteins

    H. J. Stapleton;James Paul Allen;C. P. Flynn;D. G. Stinson

  • Crystallographic Analyses of Site-Directed Mutants of the Photosynthetic Reaction Center from Rhodobacter sphaeroides

    Arthur J. Chirino;Erik J. Lous;Erik J. Lous;Martina Huber;Martina Huber;James P. Allen

  • Crystallization of reaction center from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides: preliminary characterization.

    J P Allen;G Feher

  • Interactions between lipids and bacterial reaction centers determined by protein crystallography.

    A. Camara-Artigas;D. Brune;James Allen

  • The Pathway, Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Electron Transfer in Wild Type and Mutant Reaction Centers of Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria

    Neal W. Woodbury;James P. Allen

  • The structure of the FMO protein from Chlorobium tepidum at 2.2 A resolution.

    Ana Camara-Artigas;Robert E. Blankenship;James P. Allen

  • Photosynthetic reaction centers

    James Allen;Joann Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Neal W. Woodbury
Neal W. Woodbury Arizona State University
Su Lin
Su Lin Arizona State University
Douglas C. Rees
Douglas C. Rees California Institute of Technology
Todd O. Yeates
Todd O. Yeates University of California, Los Angeles
Wolfgang Lubitz
Wolfgang Lubitz Max Planck Society
David B. Knaff
David B. Knaff Texas Tech University
Ethan P. White
Ethan P. White University of Florida
Michael K. Johnson
Michael K. Johnson University of Georgia
Pauline Barmby
Pauline Barmby University of Western Ontario
Robert E. Blankenship
Robert E. Blankenship Washington University in St. Louis

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