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Murray P. Deutscher

Murray P. Deutscher

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
76
Citations
17638
World Ranking
1160
National Ranking
601

Murray P. Deutscher 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 Murray P. Deutscher sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 217 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Murray P. Deutscher 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 Murray P. Deutscher sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Murray P. Deutscher is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the broad domain of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Ecology as subfields of study.

The scientist's work concentrates on several interconnected research topics, including:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Among the recent publications attributed to Deutscher are the following papers:

  • "Hfq and RNase R Mediate rRNA Processing and Degradation in a Novel RNA Quality Control Process," 2020, published in mBio
  • "Regulation of Bacterial Ribonucleases," 2021, published in Annual Review of Microbiology
  • "Tribute to Sidney AltmanSIDNEY ALTMAN: AN EXEMPLARY SCIENTIST, TEACHER, AND FRIEND (1939-2022)SIDNEY ALTMAN'S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTA SHORT HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE ESSENTIAL RNA COMPONENT OF RNase PRECOLLECTIONS OF A GRADUATE STUDENT IN SIDNEY ALTMAN'S LABORATORYMEMORIES FROM THE EARLY YEARS OF THE SIDNEY ALTMAN LABORATORYTHE SPINACH CHLOROPLAST RNase P: THE FIRST PROTEIN-ONLY RNase P!SIDNEY ALTMAN: A BRIEF MEMOIRSIDNEY ALTMAN: IN MEMORIAM ET GRATITUDINEMTALES OF THE UNEXPECTED IN SIDNEY ALTMAN'S LABORATORYTO CLEAVE OR NOT TO CLEAVE, THAT IS THE QUESTIONSIDNEY ALTMAN: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY AND BEING AN ERUDITE SCHOLARTRIBUTE TO MY BELOVED MENTOR, SIDNEY ALTMANHAVING A MENTOR FOR AN ERAIN MEMORY OF PROFESSOR SIDNEY ALTMAN: INSPIRING PEOPLE TO THE FULLHALF A CENTURY WITH SIDNEY ALTMANRECOLLECTIONS OF MY FRIENDSHIP WITH SID ALTMANPERSONAL MEMORIES OF SIDNEY ALTMANA REMARKABLE CATALYSTREMEMBERING SIDNEY ALTMANSIDNEY ALTMAN-A SCIENTIFIC ODYSSEYSID ALTMAN: FRIEND, COLLEAGUE, AND GODFATHERSIDNEY ALTMAN-A REMEMBRANCERECOLLECTIONS OF MY SCIENTIFIC INTERACTIONS WITH SIDNEY ALTMANSIDNEY ALTMAN'S TIES TO CHINATARGETING RNA TO FIGHT ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIASIDNEY ALTMAN: IN HIS OWN WORDS," 2022, published in RNA

Research collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Venkat Gopalan, Ricardo F. dos Santos, José M. Andrade, Joana Pissarra, and Cecília M. Arraiano. Publication venues where Deutscher's work appears include:

  • mBio
  • Annual Review of Microbiology
  • RNA

In 1996, Murray P. Deutscher was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Guide to Protein Purification

    Murray P. Deutscher

  • Degradation of RNA in bacteria: comparison of mRNA and stable RNA

    Murray P. Deutscher

  • Enzymatic synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid. XXXII. Replication of duplex deoxyribonucleic acid by polymerase at a single strand break.

    Regis B. Kelly;Nicholas R. Cozzarelli;Murray P. Deutscher;I. R. Lehman

  • Exoribonuclease superfamilies: structural analysis and phylogenetic distribution

    Yuhong Zuo;Murray P. Deutscher

  • RNase G (CafA protein) and RNase E are both required for the 5′ maturation of 16S ribosomal RNA

    Zhongwei Li;Shilpa Pandit;Murray P. Deutscher

  • Substrate recognition and catalysis by the exoribonuclease RNase R.

    Helen A. Vincent;Murray P. Deutscher

  • An Important Role for RNase R in mRNA Decay

    Zhuan Fen Cheng;Murray P. Deutscher

  • Protein translation components are colocalized in granules in oligodendrocytes

    Elisa Barbarese;Dennis E. Koppel;Murray P. Deutscher;Candra L. Smith

  • Complex of aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetases.

    Alok Kumar Bandyopadhyay;Murray P. Deutscher

  • Quality control of ribosomal RNA mediated by polynucleotide phosphorylase and RNase R

    Zhuan Fen Cheng;Murray P. Deutscher

  • Purification and characterization of the Escherichia coli exoribonuclease RNase R: Comparison with RNase II

    Zhuan Fen Cheng;Murray P. Deutscher

  • Channeling of aminoacyl-tRNA for protein synthesis in vivo.

    Boris S. Negrutskii;Murray P. Deutscher

  • RNase E plays an essential role in the maturation of Escherichia coli tRNA precursors.

    Zhongwei Li;Murray P. Deutscher

  • 3‧ Exoribonucleolytic trimming is a common feature of the maturation of small, stable RNAs in Escherichia coli

    Zhongwei Li;Shilpa Pandit;Murray P. Deutscher

  • Degradation of stable RNA in bacteria.

    Murray P. Deutscher

  • Maturation Pathways for E. coli tRNA Precursors: A Random Multienzyme Process In Vivo

    Zhongwei Li;Murray P Deutscher

  • RNA quality control: degradation of defective transfer RNA.

    Zhongwei Li;Stephan Reimers;Shilpa Pandit;Murray P. Deutscher

  • Oligoribonuclease is an essential component of the mRNA decay pathway

    Sandip Ghosh;Murray P. Deutscher

  • Chapter 9 Maturation and Degradation of Ribosomal RNA in Bacteria

    Murray P. Deutscher

  • ENZYMATIC BASIS FOR HYDROLYTIC VERSUS PHOSPHOROLYTIC MRNA DEGRADATION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI AND BACILLUS SUBTILIS

    Murray P. Deutscher;Nina Bacher Reuven

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Setlow
Peter Setlow University of Connecticut Health Center
Eugene V. Koonin
Eugene V. Koonin National Institutes of Health
Richard R. Burgess
Richard R. Burgess University of Wisconsin–Madison
John F. Hunt
John F. Hunt Columbia University
Cecília M. Arraiano
Cecília M. Arraiano Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Uriel Z. Littauer
Uriel Z. Littauer Weizmann Institute of Science
James Ofengand
James Ofengand University of Miami
Arthur Kornberg
Arthur Kornberg Stanford University
Melanie H. Cobb
Melanie H. Cobb The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Zihai Li
Zihai Li The Ohio State University

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