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46
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7737
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4170
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1794

Sanford A. Lacks publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sanford A. Lacks sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 77 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Sanford A. Lacks D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sanford A. Lacks sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sanford A. Lacks is affiliated with Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States. Their professional work is primarily conducted within this institution, contributing to the research and development efforts carried out there.

Although there is no provided list of recent publications, co-authors, or detailed fields of study, the available data reflects a career associated with a prominent national research facility.

No specific recent papers, frequent publication venues, or book publications have been indicated in the available source information. Likewise, there is no detailed record of main or subfields of scientific study or primary research topics attributed to this individual.

The absence of recorded awards or honors means there is no documented recognition captured within this profile, and the scientist is currently living.

Best Publications

  • A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes

    Richard J. Roberts;Marlene Belfort;Timothy Bestor;Ashok S. Bhagwat

  • Complementary specificity of restriction endonucleases of Diplococcus pneumoniae with respect to DNA methylation

    Sanford Lacks;Bill Greenberg

  • Renaturation of enzymes after polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate.

    S.A. Lacks;S.S. Springhorn

  • Nuclease detection in SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

    Allan L. Rosenthal;Sanford A. Lacks

  • Identification and analysis of genes for tetracycline resistance and replication functions in the broad-host-range plasmid pLS1.

    Sanford A. Lacks;Paloma Lopez;Bill Greenberg;Manuel Espinosa

  • Molecular fate of DNA in genetic transformation of Pneumococcus.

    S. Lacks

  • MUTANTS OF DIPLOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE THAT LACK DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES POSSIBLY PERTINENT TO GENETIC TRANSFORMATION.

    Sanford Lacks

  • AN EXTENDED -10 PROMOTER ALONE DIRECTS TRANSCRIPTION OF THE DPNII OPERON OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE

    Alexander G. Sabelnikov;Bill Greenberg;Sanford A. Lacks

  • Sulfonamide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: DNA sequence of the gene encoding dihydropteroate synthase and characterization of the enzyme.

    P Lopez;M Espinosa;B Greenberg;S A Lacks

  • Identification of base mismatches recognized by the heteroduplex-DNA-repair system of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Sanford A. Lacks;John J. Dunn;Bill Greenberg

  • Cloning of chromosomal genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Diane L. Stassi;Paloma Lopez;Manuel Espinosa;Sanford A. Lacks

  • Genetic basis of the complementary DpnI and DpnII restriction systems of S. pneumoniae: an intercellular cassette mechanism.

    Sanford A. Lacks;Bruno M. Mannarelli;Sylvia S. Springhorn;Bill Greenberg

  • Region of the streptococcal plasmid pMV158 required for conjugative mobilization.

    S D Priebe;S A Lacks

  • Complementary action of restriction enzymes endo R-DpnI and Endo R-DpnII on bacteriophage f1 DNA.

    Gerald F. Vovis;Sanford Lacks

  • Genetic and structural characterization of endA. A membrane-bound nuclease required for transformation of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    Antonio Puyet;Bill Greenberg;Sanford A. Lacks

  • Fate of donor DNA in pneumococcal transformation

    Sanford Lacks;Bill Greenberg;Kathryn Carlson

  • Identification of a deoxyribonuclease implicated in genetic transformation of Diplococcus pneumoniae.

    S Lacks;B Greenberg;M Neuberger

  • Characterization of the polA gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae and comparison of the DNA polymerase I it encodes to homologous enzymes from Escherichia coli and phage T7.

    Paloma López;Susana Martínez;Asunción Díaz;Manuel Espinosa

  • Nucleotide sequence of the hexA gene for DNA mismatch repair in Streptococcus pneumoniae and homology of hexA to mutS of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium.

    S D Priebe;S M Hadi;B Greenberg;S A Lacks

  • A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyl transferases, homing endonucleases and their genes

    RJ Roberts;M Belford;T Bester;AS Bhagwat

Frequent Co-Authors

Paloma López
Paloma López Spanish National Research Council
Detlev H. Krüger
Detlev H. Krüger Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Todd R. Klaenhammer
Todd R. Klaenhammer North Carolina State University
Ichizo Kobayashi
Ichizo Kobayashi University of Tokyo
Noreen E. Murray
Noreen E. Murray University of Edinburgh
Alfred Pingoud
Alfred Pingoud University of Giessen
Eric U. Selker
Eric U. Selker University of Oregon
Albert Jeltsch
Albert Jeltsch University of Stuttgart
Richard J. Roberts
Richard J. Roberts New England Biolabs
Joseph Heitman
Joseph Heitman Duke University

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