Sydney Kustu

Sydney Kustu 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 Sydney Kustu sits on this spectrum.

Sydney Kustu 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 Sydney Kustu sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 1993 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1993 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Best Publications

• Expression of sigma 54 (ntrA)-dependent genes is probably united by a common mechanism.

  S Kustu;E Santero;J Keener;D Popham

  698
  Citations

• Function of a Bacterial Activator Protein that Binds to Transcriptional Enhancers

  David L. Popham;Daniel Szeto;John Keener;Sydney Kustu

  545
  Citations

• Nitrogen regulatory protein C-controlled genes of Escherichia coli: Scavenging as a defense against nitrogen limitation

  Daniel P. Zimmer;Eric Soupene;Haidy L. Lee;Volker F. Wendisch

  469
  Citations

• The integration host factor stimulates interaction of RNA polymerase with NIFA, the transcriptional activator for nitrogen fixation operons

  Timothy R. Hoover;Eduardo Santero;Susan Porter;Sydney Kustu

  415
  Citations

• The phosphorylated form of the enhancer-binding protein NTRC has an ATPase activity that is essential for activation of transcription

  David S. Weiss;Jacques Batut;Karl E. Klose;John Keener

  398
  Citations

• Unusual Oligomerization Required for Activity of NtrC, a Bacterial Enhancer-Binding Protein

  Claire Wyman;Irene Rombel;Anne K. North;Carlos Bustamante

  351
  Citations

• DNA-looping and enhancer activity: association between DNA-bound NtrC activator and RNA polymerase at the bacterial glnA promoter.

  Wen Su;Susan Porter;Sydney Kustu;Harrison Echols

  347
  Citations

• Structure of a transiently phosphorylated switch in bacterial signal transduction

  Dorothee Kern;Brian F. Volkman;Peter Luginbühl;Michael J. Nohaile

  282
  Citations

• Salmonella typhimurium apparently perceives external nitrogen limitation as internal glutamine limitation.

  Timothy P. Ikeda;Andrea E. Shauger;Sydney Kustu

  260
  Citations

• Regulation of the transcriptional activator NtrC1: structural studies of the regulatory and AAA+ ATPase domains.

  Seok Yong Lee;Armando De La Torre;Armando De La Torre;Dalai Yan;Sydney Kustu

  253
  Citations

• Glutamate at the Site of Phosphorylation of Nitrogen-regulatory Protein NTRC Mimics Aspartyl-Phosphate and Activates the Protein

  Karl E. Klose;David S. Weiss;Sydney Kustu

  251
  Citations

• A bacterial enhancer functions to tether a transcriptional activator near a promoter

  Andrew Wedel;David S. Weiss;David Popham;Peter Dröge

  250
  Citations

• Prokaryotic transcriptional enhancers and enhancer-binding proteins.

  Sydney Kustu;Anne K. North;David S. Weiss

  250
  Citations

• Oligomerization of NTRC at the glnA enhancer is required for transcriptional activation.

  Susan C. Porter;Anne K. North;Andrew B. Wedel;Sydney Kustu

  248
  Citations

• Ammonia acquisition in enteric bacteria: Physiological role of the ammonium/methylammonium transport B (AmtB) protein

  Eric Soupene;Luhong He;Dalai Yan;Sydney Kustu

  246
  Citations

• Lack of the Rhesus protein Rh1 impairs growth of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii at high CO2.

  Eric Soupene;William Inwood;Sydney Kustu

  241
  Citations

• Physiological studies of Escherichia coli strain MG1655: growth defects and apparent cross-regulation of gene expression

  Eric Soupene;Wally C. van Heeswijk;Jacqueline Plumbridge;Valley Stewart

  240
  Citations

• Toward a protein profile of Escherichia coli: comparison to its transcription profile.

  Rebecca W. Corbin;Oleg Paliy;Feng Yang;Jeffrey Shabanowitz

  228
  Citations

• Crystal structure of an activated response regulator bound to its target.

  Seok-Yong Lee;Ho S. Cho;Ho S. Cho;Jeffrey G. Pelton;Dalai Yan

  222
  Citations

• The bacterial enhancer-binding protein NTRC is a molecular machine: ATP hydrolysis is coupled to transcriptional activation.

  Andrew Wedel;Andrew Wedel;Sydney Kustu

  206
  Citations