Alan D. Frankel

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

About

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 Canada. 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

Hit Papers

Cellular uptake of the ta... 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 1991 1998 1992 1996 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Cellular uptake of the tat protein from human immunodeficiency virus
    1988 2.3k citations Alan D. Frankel, Carl O. Pabo Cell profile →
  2. Arginine-Mediated RNA Recognition: the Arginine Fork
    1991 672 citations Derek Hudson, Alan D. Frankel et al. profile →
  3. HIV-1: Fifteen Proteins and an RNA
    1998 586 citations Alan D. Frankel et al. profile →
  4. Conformation of the TAR RNA-Arginine Complex by NMR Spectroscopy
    1992 526 citations Ruoying Tan, Alan D. Frankel et al. profile →
  5. 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. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alan D. Frankel 9.9k 4.2k 1.6k 1.6k 1.6k 114 12.5k
Jonathan Karn 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 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 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 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 10.7k 1.1× 1.4k 0.3× 692 0.4× 1.3k 0.8× 639 0.4× 229 12.3k
Min Lu 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 5.3k 0.5× 3.6k 0.9× 1.9k 1.2× 2.8k 1.7× 2.1k 1.3× 178 12.5k
Stephen Oroszlan 4.5k 0.5× 4.9k 1.2× 3.4k 2.1× 2.3k 1.4× 2.9k 1.8× 197 11.2k
Walther Mothes 3.6k 0.4× 2.8k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 2.8k 1.8× 102 8.8k
John J. Rossi 24.5k 2.5× 2.8k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 4.3k 2.7× 2.9k 1.9× 415 29.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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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
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Faust, T.B., Yang Li, Gwendolyn Μ. Jang, et al.. (2017). PJA2 ubiquitinates the HIV-1 Tat protein with atypical chain linkages to activate viral transcription. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 45394–45394. 23 indexed citations
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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
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Jayaraman, Bhargavi, Amber M. Smith, Jason D. Fernandes, & Alan D. Frankel. (2016). Oligomeric viral proteins: small in size, large in presence. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 51(5). 379–394. 21 indexed citations
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Fernandes, Jason D., Bhargavi Jayaraman, & Alan D. Frankel. (2012). The HIV-1 Rev response element. RNA Biology. 9(1). 6–11. 67 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Robert L., et al.. (2012). A Cell-Based Method for Screening RNA-Protein Interactions: Identification of Constitutive Transport Element-Interacting Proteins. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e48194–e48194. 5 indexed citations
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Jäger, Stefanie, Natali Gulbahce, Peter Cimermančič, et al.. (2010). Purification and characterization of HIV–human protein complexes. Methods. 53(1). 13–19. 44 indexed citations
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Pastuszak, Alexander W., Marcin P. Joachimiak, Marco Blanchette, et al.. (2010). An SF1 affinity model to identify branch point sequences in human introns. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(6). 2344–2356. 8 indexed citations
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Daugherty, Matthew D., et al.. (2010). Structural basis for cooperative RNA binding and export complex assembly by HIV Rev. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 17(11). 1337–1342. 136 indexed citations
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Daugherty, Matthew D., Iván D’Orso, & Alan D. Frankel. (2008). A Solution to Limited Genomic Capacity: Using Adaptable Binding Surfaces to Assemble the Functional HIV Rev Oligomer on RNA. Molecular Cell. 31(6). 824–834. 98 indexed citations
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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
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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
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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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Tan, Ruoying, et al.. (1993). RNA recognition by an isolated α helix. Cell. 73(5). 1031–1040. 245 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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Frankel, Alan D., Iain W. Mattaj, & Donald C. Rio. (1991). RNA-protein interactions. Cell. 67(6). 1041–1046. 67 indexed citations
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Frankel, Alan D. & Carl O. Pabo. (1988). Fingering too many proteins. Cell. 53(5). 675–675. 57 indexed citations
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Frankel, Alan D. & Carl O. Pabo. (1988). Cellular uptake of the tat protein from human immunodeficiency virus. Cell. 55(6). 1189–1193. 2281 indexed citations breakdown →

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