Alex G. Johnson

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Alex G. Johnson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex G. Johnson has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Alex G. Johnson's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers) and Inflammasome and immune disorders (3 papers). Alex G. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers) and Inflammasome and immune disorders (3 papers). Alex G. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and France. Alex G. Johnson's co-authors include Joseph D. Puglisi, Rosslyn Grosely, Philip J. Kranzusch, Karim Majzoub, Jan E. Carette, Ryan A. Flynn, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Pedro J. Batista, Peter W. Villalta and Benjamin Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Alex G. Johnson

17 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Small RNAs are modified with N-glycans and displayed on the surface of living cells

2021 369 citations Ryan A. Flynn, Kayvon Pedram et al. Cell profile →
Bacterial gasdermins reveal an ancient mechanism of cell death

2022 165 citations Alex G. Johnson, Tanita Wein et al. Science profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex G. Johnson United States	14	830	196	152	148	143	17	1.2k
Madhumati Sevvana Germany	20	800 1.0×	159 0.8×	268 1.8×	71 0.5×	124 0.9×	38	1.6k
François Hoh France	22	1.0k 1.2×	199 1.0×	183 1.2×	62 0.4×	62 0.4×	42	1.6k
Shilpa R. Shenoy United States	14	743 0.9×	132 0.7×	199 1.3×	306 2.1×	103 0.7×	21	1.2k
C. Mark Fletcher United States	13	1.1k 1.3×	129 0.7×	48 0.3×	79 0.5×	70 0.5×	15	1.3k
Toyoyuki Ose Japan	23	906 1.1×	534 2.7×	215 1.4×	149 1.0×	33 0.2×	68	1.9k
Andrés Palencia France	20	899 1.1×	64 0.3×	85 0.6×	74 0.5×	34 0.2×	39	1.2k
Nobuo Maita Japan	20	937 1.1×	145 0.7×	142 0.9×	212 1.4×	61 0.4×	41	1.6k
Gwo‐Yu Chuang United States	25	1.2k 1.5×	443 2.3×	408 2.7×	77 0.5×	72 0.5×	44	2.0k
Sha Ha United States	20	726 0.9×	89 0.5×	141 0.9×	238 1.6×	100 0.7×	42	1.2k
Sarah Sainsbury United Kingdom	18	1.6k 1.9×	175 0.9×	249 1.6×	43 0.3×	163 1.1×	28	2.1k

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17 of 17 papers shown

Johnson, Alex G., et al.. (2024). Structure and assembly of a bacterial gasdermin pore. Nature. 628(8008). 657–663. 26 indexed citations

Boys, Ian N., et al.. (2023). Structural homology screens reveal host-derived poxvirus protein families impacting inflammasome activity. Cell Reports. 42(8). 112878–112878. 13 indexed citations

Lowey, B., Nitzan Tal, Alex G. Johnson, et al.. (2023). Cryo-EM structure of the RADAR supramolecular anti-phage defense complex. Cell. 186(5). 987–998.e15. 50 indexed citations

Antine, Sadie P., Alex G. Johnson, Azita Leavitt, et al.. (2023). Structural basis of Gabija anti-phage defence and viral immune evasion. Nature. 625(7994). 360–365. 59 indexed citations

Johnson, Alex G., Tanita Wein, Megan L. Mayer, et al.. (2022). Bacterial gasdermins reveal an ancient mechanism of cell death. Science. 375(6577). 221–225. 165 indexed citations breakdown →

Johnson, Alex G. & Philip J. Kranzusch. (2022). What bacterial cell death teaches us about life. PLoS Pathogens. 18(10). e1010879–e1010879. 12 indexed citations

Lapointe, Christopher P., Rosslyn Grosely, Alex G. Johnson, et al.. (2021). Dynamic competition between SARS-CoV-2 NSP1 and mRNA on the human ribosome inhibits translation initiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(6). 119 indexed citations

Flynn, Ryan A., Kayvon Pedram, Stacy A. Malaker, et al.. (2021). Small RNAs are modified with N-glycans and displayed on the surface of living cells. Cell. 184(12). 3109–3124.e22. 369 indexed citations breakdown →

Johnson, Alex G., Ryan A. Flynn, Christopher P. Lapointe, et al.. (2020). A memory of eS25 loss drives resistance phenotypes. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(13). 7279–7297. 9 indexed citations

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Johnson, Alex G., Christopher P. Lapointe, Jinfan Wang, et al.. (2019). RACK1 on and off the ribosome. RNA. 25(7). 881–895. 39 indexed citations

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Wang, Jinfan, Alex G. Johnson, Christopher P. Lapointe, et al.. (2019). eIF5B gates the transition from translation initiation to elongation. Nature. 573(7775). 605–608. 52 indexed citations

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Ooi, Yaw Shin, Karim Majzoub, Ryan A. Flynn, et al.. (2019). An RNA-centric dissection of host complexes controlling flavivirus infection. Nature Microbiology. 4(12). 2369–2382. 85 indexed citations

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Ortiz, Diana, W. Armand Guiguemde, Jared T. Hammill, et al.. (2017). Discovery of novel, orally bioavailable, antileishmanial compounds using phenotypic screening. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(12). e0006157–e0006157. 29 indexed citations

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Johnson, Alex G., Alexey Petrov, Gabriele Fuchs, et al.. (2017). Fluorescently-tagged human eIF3 for single-molecule spectroscopy. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(2). e8–e8. 10 indexed citations

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Johnson, Alex G., Rosslyn Grosely, Alexey Petrov, & Joseph D. Puglisi. (2017). Dynamics of IRES-mediated translation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 372(1716). 20160177–20160177. 77 indexed citations

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Ortiz, Diana, W. Armand Guiguemde, Alex G. Johnson, et al.. (2015). Identification of Selective Inhibitors of the Plasmodium falciparum Hexose Transporter PfHT by Screening Focused Libraries of Anti-Malarial Compounds. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0123598–e0123598. 27 indexed citations

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Leverett, Carolyn A., Vikram C. Purohit, Alex G. Johnson, et al.. (2012). Dyotropic Rearrangements of Fused Tricyclic β-Lactones: Application to the Synthesis of (−)-Curcumanolide A and (−)-Curcumalactone. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(32). 13348–13356. 71 indexed citations

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