Alan D. Frankel

15.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
114 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

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Alan D. Frankel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Virology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan D. Frankel has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Virology and 16 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Alan D. Frankel's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (62 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (53 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (52 papers). Alan D. Frankel is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (62 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (53 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (52 papers). Alan D. Frankel collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Alan D. Frankel's co-authors include Carl O. Pabo, Barbara J. Calnan, John A. T. Young, Ruoying Tan, James R. Williamson, Sara Biancalana, Joseph D. Puglisi, David A. Mann, Derek Hudson and Iván D’Orso and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Alan D. Frankel

114 papers receiving 12.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Cellular uptake of the tat protein from human immunodeficiency virus

1988 2.3k citations Alan D. Frankel et al. Cell profile →
Arginine-Mediated RNA Recognition: the Arginine Fork

1991 672 citations Barbara J. Calnan, Sara Biancalana et al. Science profile →
HIV-1: Fifteen Proteins and an RNA

1998 586 citations Alan D. Frankel et al. profile →
Conformation of the TAR RNA-Arginine Complex by NMR Spectroscopy

1992 526 citations Joseph D. Puglisi, Ruoying Tan et al. Science profile →
α Helix-RNA Major Groove Recognition in an HIV-1 Rev Peptide-RRE RNA Complex

1996 511 citations Ruoying Tan, Alan D. Frankel et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan D. Frankel United States	50	9.9k	4.2k	1.6k	1.6k	1.6k	114	12.5k
Jonathan Karn United States	62	8.1k 0.8×	5.1k 1.2×	2.5k 1.6×	955 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	133	12.5k
Christopher P. Hill United States	61	10.0k 1.0×	3.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	138	13.3k
Louis E. Henderson United States	49	4.5k 0.5×	4.4k 1.0×	2.5k 1.5×	871 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	94	8.9k
Terry D. Copeland United States	47	6.8k 0.7×	1.8k 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	92	10.2k
Michael J. Gait United Kingdom	64	10.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.3×	692 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	639 0.4×	229	12.3k
Min Lu United States	54	4.9k 0.5×	3.1k 0.7×	2.4k 1.5×	642 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	164	9.6k
John H. Elder United States	52	5.3k 0.5×	3.6k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	2.8k 1.7×	2.1k 1.3×	178	12.5k
John J. Rossi United States	83	24.5k 2.5×	2.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	4.3k 2.7×	2.9k 1.9×	415	29.6k
Walther Mothes United States	44	3.6k 0.4×	2.8k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	2.8k 1.8×	102	8.8k
Stephen Oroszlan United States	59	4.5k 0.5×	4.9k 1.2×	3.4k 2.1×	2.3k 1.4×	2.9k 1.8×	197	11.2k

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Smith, Amber M., et al.. (2025). The HIV-1 nuclear export complex reveals the role of RNA in CRM1 cargo recognition. Molecular Cell. 85(16). 3108–3122.e7. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yang, et al.. (2024). Enhanced NF-κB activation via HIV-1 Tat-TRAF6 cross-talk. Science Advances. 10(3). eadi4162–eadi4162. 19 indexed citations

Fernandes, Jason D., T.B. Faust, Nicolas Strauli, et al.. (2016). Functional Segregation of Overlapping Genes in HIV. Cell. 167(7). 1762–1773.e12. 40 indexed citations

Fahey, Marie E., Melanie J. Bennett, Cathal Mahon, et al.. (2011). GPS-Prot: A web-based visualization platform for integrating host-pathogen interaction data. BMC Bioinformatics. 12(1). 298–298. 62 indexed citations

Mokdad, Ali H. & Alan D. Frankel. (2008). ISFOLD: Structure Prediction of Base Pairs in Non-Helical RNA Motifs from Isostericity Signatures in Their Sequence Alignments. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 25(5). 467–472. 6 indexed citations

Hoffmann, Steve, Alan D. Frankel, Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen, et al.. (2008). Sequence assembly. Computational Biology and Chemistry. 33(2). 121–136. 33 indexed citations

Peled‐Zehavi, Hadas, Satoru Horiya, Chandreyee Manas Das, Kazuo Harada, & Alan D. Frankel. (2003). Selection of RRE RNA binding peptides using a kanamycin antitermination assay. RNA. 9(2). 252–261. 15 indexed citations

Das, Chandreyee Manas, Stephen P. Edgcomb, Ralph Peteranderl, Lily Chen, & Alan D. Frankel. (2003). Evidence for conformational flexibility in the Tat–TAR recognition motif of cyclin T1. Virology. 318(1). 306–317. 17 indexed citations

Peled‐Zehavi, Hadas, J. Andrew Berglund, Michael Rosbash, & Alan D. Frankel. (2001). Recognition of RNA Branch Point Sequences by the KH Domain of Splicing Factor 1 (Mammalian Branch Point Binding Protein) in a Splicing Factor Complex. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 21(15). 5232–5241. 36 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qing, Kazuo Harada, Ho S. Cho, Alan D. Frankel, & David E. Wemmer. (2001). Structural characterization of the complex of the Rev response element RNA with a selected peptide. Chemistry & Biology. 8(5). 511–520. 26 indexed citations

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Landt, Stephen G., Ruoying Tan, & Alan D. Frankel. (2000). [23] Screening RNA-binding libraries using tat-fusion system in mammalian cells. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 318. 350–363. 10 indexed citations

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McColl, Damian J., et al.. (1999). Structure-based design of an RNA-binding zinc finger. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(17). 9521–9526. 36 indexed citations

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Chen, Lianmin & Alan D. Frankel. (1995). A peptide interaction in the major groove of RNA resembles protein interactions in the minor groove of DNA.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(11). 5077–5081. 66 indexed citations

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Puglisi, Joseph D., Lily Chen, Scott C. Blanchard, & Alan D. Frankel. (1995). Solution Structure of a Bovine Immunodeficiency Virus Tat-TAR Peptide-RNA Complex. Science. 270(5239). 1200–1203. 287 indexed citations

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Frankel, Alan D.. (1992). Activation of HIV transcription by Tat. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 2(2). 293–298. 98 indexed citations

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Mann, David A. & Alan D. Frankel. (1991). Endocytosis and targeting of exogenous HIV-1 Tat protein.. The EMBO Journal. 10(7). 1733–1739. 424 indexed citations

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Calnan, Barbara J., Sara Biancalana, D. Hudson, & Alan D. Frankel. (1991). Analysis of arginine-rich peptides from the HIV Tat protein reveals unusual features of RNA-protein recognition.. Genes & Development. 5(2). 201–210. 300 indexed citations

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Daly, Thomas J., James R. Rusche, Theodore E. Maione, & Alan D. Frankel. (1990). Circular dichroism studies of the HIV-1 Rev protein and its specific RNA binding site. Biochemistry. 29(42). 9791–9795. 52 indexed citations

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Viscidi, Raphael P., Kumudini Mayur, Howard M. Lederman, & Alan D. Frankel. (1989). Inhibition of Antigen-Induced Lymphocyte Proliferation by Tat Protein from HIV-1. Science. 246(4937). 1606–1608. 303 indexed citations

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Frankel, Alan D. & Hamilton O. Smith. (1981). Restriction and modification enzymes detect no allosteric changes in DNA with bound lac repressor or RNA polymerase. Journal of Molecular Biology. 146(4). 611–619. 3 indexed citations

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