Alexander I. Taylor

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Alexander I. Taylor is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander I. Taylor has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 5 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Alexander I. Taylor's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (14 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers). Alexander I. Taylor is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (14 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers). Alexander I. Taylor collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Belgium. Alexander I. Taylor's co-authors include Philipp Holliger, Sew‐Yeu Peak‐Chew, Piet Herdewijn, Christopher Cozens, Vitor B. Pinheiro, Mikhail Abramov, Marleen Renders, John C. Chaput, Jesper Wengel and Su Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Alexander I. Taylor

23 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Synthetic Genetic Polymers Capable of Heredity and Evolution

2012 546 citations Vitor B. Pinheiro, Alexander I. Taylor et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander I. Taylor United Kingdom	17	1.2k	175	122	109	109	24	1.4k
Phillip Ordoukhanian United States	23	1.6k 1.3×	225 1.3×	94 0.8×	21 0.2×	230 2.1×	42	2.0k
Shuichi Hoshika United States	21	1.7k 1.4×	191 1.1×	256 2.1×	64 0.6×	122 1.1×	53	1.8k
Daniel J.‐F. Chinnapen United States	19	1.0k 0.8×	57 0.3×	121 1.0×	11 0.1×	87 0.8×	25	1.5k
Jerod L. Ptacin United States	14	990 0.8×	376 2.1×	141 1.2×	15 0.1×	596 5.5×	19	1.4k
Alexei A. Koshkin Denmark	13	2.8k 2.2×	262 1.5×	128 1.0×	20 0.2×	104 1.0×	17	3.0k
John Pelletier United States	8	679 0.5×	85 0.5×	73 0.6×	39 0.4×	133 1.2×	10	813
Fabio Parmeggiani United States	15	944 0.8×	117 0.7×	29 0.2×	14 0.1×	48 0.4×	24	1.1k
Mario Mencı́a Spain	20	1.1k 0.9×	339 1.9×	94 0.8×	40 0.4×	399 3.7×	40	1.3k
V.D. Vasiliev Russia	19	956 0.8×	144 0.8×	67 0.5×	7 0.1×	175 1.6×	49	1.0k
Sean M. West United States	10	1.6k 1.3×	200 1.1×	42 0.3×	4 0.0×	260 2.4×	13	1.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Taylor, Alexander I., et al.. (2025). Sources of mismeasurement of RNA knockdown by DNAzymes and XNAzymes. RSC Chemical Biology. 6(10). 1595–1606.

Schofield, Peter, Alexander I. Taylor, Jennifer Jackson, et al.. (2023). Characterization of an HNA aptamer suggests a non-canonical G-quadruplex motif. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(15). 7736–7748. 8 indexed citations

Gerber, Pehuén Pereyra, et al.. (2022). XNAzymes targeting the SARS-CoV-2 genome inhibit viral infection. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6716–6716. 11 indexed citations

Taylor, Alexander I., Sebastian Arangundy‐Franklin, Nithya Subramanian, et al.. (2022). A two-residue nascent-strand steric gate controls synthesis of 2′-O-methyl- and 2′-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-RNA. Nature Chemistry. 15(1). 91–100. 39 indexed citations

Taylor, Alexander I., et al.. (2022). A modular XNAzyme cleaves long, structured RNAs under physiological conditions and enables allele-specific gene silencing. Nature Chemistry. 14(11). 1295–1305. 45 indexed citations

Taylor, Alexander I., et al.. (2022). Targeting non-coding RNA family members with artificial endonuclease XNAzymes. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1010–1010. 11 indexed citations

Houlihan, Gillian, Sebastian Arangundy‐Franklin, Benjamin T. Porebski, et al.. (2020). Discovery and evolution of RNA and XNA reverse transcriptase function and fidelity. Nature Chemistry. 12(8). 683–690. 45 indexed citations

Taylor, Alexander I., Gillian Houlihan, & Philipp Holliger. (2019). Beyond DNA and RNA: The Expanding Toolbox of Synthetic Genetics. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 11(6). a032490–a032490. 48 indexed citations

Arangundy‐Franklin, Sebastian, Alexander I. Taylor, Benjamin T. Porebski, et al.. (2019). A synthetic genetic polymer with an uncharged backbone chemistry based on alkyl phosphonate nucleic acids. Nature Chemistry. 11(6). 533–542. 73 indexed citations

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Taylor, Alexander I. & Philipp Holliger. (2018). Selecting Fully‐Modified XNA Aptamers Using Synthetic Genetics. PubMed. 10(2). e44–e44. 19 indexed citations

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Cozens, Christopher, Hannes Mutschler, Geoffrey M. Nelson, et al.. (2015). Enzymatic Synthesis of Nucleic Acids with Defined Regioisomeric 2′‐5′ Linkages. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(51). 15570–15573. 21 indexed citations

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Cozens, Christopher, Hannes Mutschler, Geoffrey M. Nelson, et al.. (2015). Enzymatische Synthese von Nukleinsäuren mit definierten regioisomeren 2′‐5′‐Verknüpfungen. Angewandte Chemie. 127(51). 15791–15794. 1 indexed citations

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Taylor, Alexander I. & Philipp Holliger. (2015). Directed evolution of artificial enzymes (XNAzymes) from diverse repertoires of synthetic genetic polymers. Nature Protocols. 10(10). 1625–1642. 40 indexed citations

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Taylor, Alexander I., Vitor B. Pinheiro, Matthew J. Smola, et al.. (2014). Catalysts from synthetic genetic polymers. Nature. 518(7539). 427–430. 212 indexed citations

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Taylor, Alexander I., Sebastian Arangundy‐Franklin, & Philipp Holliger. (2014). Towards applications of synthetic genetic polymers in diagnosis and therapy. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 22. 79–84. 38 indexed citations

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Pinheiro, Vitor B., Alexander I. Taylor, Christopher Cozens, et al.. (2012). Synthetic Genetic Polymers Capable of Heredity and Evolution. Science. 336(6079). 341–344. 546 indexed citations breakdown →

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Taylor, Alexander I., Brian J. Sutton, & Rosaleen A. Calvert. (2009). Mutations in an avian IgY-Fc fragment reveal the locations of monocyte Fc receptor binding sites. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 34(2). 97–101. 16 indexed citations

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Taylor, Alexander I., Rebecca L. Beavil, Brian J. Sutton, & Rosaleen A. Calvert. (2009). A Monomeric Chicken IgY Receptor Binds IgY with 2:1 Stoichiometry. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(36). 24168–24175. 15 indexed citations

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Taylor, Alexander I., Hannah J. Gould, Brian J. Sutton, & Rosaleen A. Calvert. (2008). Avian IgY Binds to a Monocyte Receptor with IgG-like Kinetics Despite an IgE-like Structure. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(24). 16384–16390. 35 indexed citations

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Taylor, Alexander I., Hannah J. Gould, Brian J. Sutton, & Rosaleen A. Calvert. (2007). The first avian Ig-like Fc receptor family member combines features of mammalian FcR and FCRL. Immunogenetics. 59(4). 323–328. 22 indexed citations

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