| The astrobiology primer v2. 0 SD Domagal-Goldman, KE Wright, SD Domagal-Goldman, KE Wright, ... Astrobiology 16 (8), 561-653, 2016 | 193 | 2016 |
| Exoplanet biosignatures: future directions SI Walker, W Bains, L Cronin, S DasSarma, S Danielache, ... Astrobiology 18 (6), 779-824, 2018 | 168 | 2018 |
| Reconstructing the evolutionary history of nitrogenases: Evidence for ancestral molybdenum‐cofactor utilization AK Garcia, H McShea, B Kolaczkowski, B Kacar Geobiology, 2020 | 119 | 2020 |
| Cofactors are remnants of life’s origin and early evolution AD Goldman, B Kacar Journal of molecular evolution 89 (3), 127-133, 2021 | 105 | 2021 |
| An Astrobiology Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe National Academies of Sciences, Medicine, Division on Engineering, ... National Academies Press, 2019 | 84 | 2019 |
| How to resurrect ancestral proteins as proxies for ancient biogeochemistry AK Garcia, B Kaçar Free Radical Biology and Medicine 140, 260-269, 2019 | 77 | 2019 |
| The curious consistency of carbon biosignatures over billions of years of Earth-life coevolution AK Garcia, CM Cavanaugh, B Kacar The ISME Journal 15 (8), 2183-2194, 2021 | 68 | 2021 |
| Enigmatic evolution of microbial nitrogen fixation: insights from Earth’s past HR Rucker, B Kaçar Trends in Microbiology 32 (6), 554-564, 2024 | 50 | 2024 |
| Experimental evolution of Escherichia coli harboring an ancient translation protein B Kaçar, X Ge, S Sanyal, EA Gaucher Journal of Molecular Evolution 84 (2), 69–84, 2017 | 50 | 2017 |
| Constraining the timing of the Great Oxidation Event within the Rubisco phylogenetic tree B Kacar, V Hanson-Smith, Z Adam, N Boekelheide Geobiology, 1–13., 2017 | 49 | 2017 |
| Reconstruction of nitrogenase predecessors suggests origin from maturase-like proteins AK Garcia, B Kolaczkowski, B Kaçar Genome Biology and Evolution 14 (3), evac031, 2022 | 43 | 2022 |
| Evolutionary stalling and a limit on the power of natural selection to improve a cellular module S Venkataram, R Monasky, SH Sikaroodi, S Kryazhimskiy, B Kacar Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020 | 43 | 2020 |
| Chance in evolution G Ramsey, CH Pence, B Kacar University of Chicago Press, 2016 | 43 | 2016 |
| Catalytic and inhibitor binding properties of zebrafish monoamine oxidase (zMAO): Comparisons with human MAO A and MAO B B Kacar, M Aldeco, DE Edmondson Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular …, 2011 | 43 | 2011 |
| Functional constraints on replacing an essential gene with its ancient and modern homologs B Kacar, E Garmendia, N Tuncbag, DI Andersson, D Hughes mBio 8 (4), e01276-17, 2017 | 42 | 2017 |
| Resurrected Rubisco suggests uniform carbon isotope signatures over geologic time M Kędzior, AK Garcia, M Li, A Taton, ZR Adam, JN Young, B Kaçar Cell Reports 39 (4), 110726, 2022 | 41* | 2022 |
| Expression of zebrafish Danio rerio monoamine oxidase (MAO) in Pichia pastoris: Purification and comparison with human MAO A and MAO B B Kacar, DE Edmondson Protein expression and purification 70 (2), 290-297, 2010 | 40 | 2010 |
| A concept for international societally relevant microbiology education and microbiology knowledge promulgation in society K Timmis, JE Hallsworth, TJ McGenity, R Armstrong, MF Colom, ... Microbial Biotechnology 17 (5), e14456, 2024 | 37 | 2024 |
| Evolutionary history of bioessential elements can guide the search for life in the universe B Kacar, AK Garcia, AD Anbar ChemBioChem 22 (1), 114-119, 2021 | 33 | 2021 |
| Resurrecting ancestral genes in bacteria to interpret ancient biosignatures B Kacar, L Guy, E Smith, J Baross Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical …, 2017 | 33 | 2017 |
