2026 Murray P. Deutscher: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	76	1160	1033	601	522	217	17638

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

1035
Citations
Degradation of RNA in bacteria: comparison of mRNA and stable RNA

Murray P. Deutscher

599
Citations
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

578
Citations
Exoribonuclease superfamilies: structural analysis and phylogenetic distribution

Yuhong Zuo;Murray P. Deutscher

576
Citations
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

363
Citations
Substrate recognition and catalysis by the exoribonuclease RNase R.

Helen A. Vincent;Murray P. Deutscher

326
Citations
An Important Role for RNase R in mRNA Decay

Zhuan Fen Cheng;Murray P. Deutscher

312
Citations
Protein translation components are colocalized in granules in oligodendrocytes

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

304
Citations
Complex of aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetases.

Alok Kumar Bandyopadhyay;Murray P. Deutscher

275
Citations
Quality control of ribosomal RNA mediated by polynucleotide phosphorylase and RNase R

Zhuan Fen Cheng;Murray P. Deutscher

270
Citations
Purification and characterization of the Escherichia coli exoribonuclease RNase R: Comparison with RNase II

Zhuan Fen Cheng;Murray P. Deutscher

266
Citations
Channeling of aminoacyl-tRNA for protein synthesis in vivo.

Boris S. Negrutskii;Murray P. Deutscher

260
Citations
RNase E plays an essential role in the maturation of Escherichia coli tRNA precursors.

Zhongwei Li;Murray P. Deutscher

255
Citations
3‧ Exoribonucleolytic trimming is a common feature of the maturation of small, stable RNAs in Escherichia coli

Zhongwei Li;Shilpa Pandit;Murray P. Deutscher

255
Citations
Degradation of stable RNA in bacteria.

Murray P. Deutscher

251
Citations
Maturation Pathways for E. coli tRNA Precursors: A Random Multienzyme Process In Vivo

Zhongwei Li;Murray P Deutscher

245
Citations
RNA quality control: degradation of defective transfer RNA.

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

242
Citations
Oligoribonuclease is an essential component of the mRNA decay pathway

Sandip Ghosh;Murray P. Deutscher

238
Citations
Chapter 9 Maturation and Degradation of Ribosomal RNA in Bacteria

Murray P. Deutscher

235
Citations
ENZYMATIC BASIS FOR HYDROLYTIC VERSUS PHOSPHOROLYTIC MRNA DEGRADATION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI AND BACILLUS SUBTILIS

Murray P. Deutscher;Nina Bacher Reuven

219
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Setlow University of Connecticut Health Center

Eugene V. Koonin National Institutes of Health

Richard R. Burgess University of Wisconsin–Madison

John F. Hunt Columbia University

Cecília M. Arraiano Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Uriel Z. Littauer Weizmann Institute of Science

James Ofengand University of Miami

Arthur Kornberg Stanford University

Melanie H. Cobb The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Zihai Li The Ohio State University

External Links

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