Ally Yang

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ally Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ally Yang has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Plant Science and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ally Yang's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers). Ally Yang is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers). Ally Yang collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Ally Yang's co-authors include Timothy R. Hughes, Matthew T. Weirauch, Mihai Albu, Hamed S. Najafabadi, Sanié Mnaimneh, Philip M. Kim, Michael Garton, Ernest Radovani, Kathy N. Lam and Frank W. Schmitges and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Ally Yang

23 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Temporal transcriptional response to ethylene gas drives growth hormone cross-regulation in Arabidopsis

2013 334 citations Matthew T. Weirauch, Ally Yang et al. eLife profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ally Yang Canada	15	842	529	151	70	55	23	1.2k
Carlos C. Flores United States	14	828 1.0×	470 0.9×	150 1.0×	55 0.8×	28 0.5×	24	1.1k
Derek W. Barnett United States	7	660 0.8×	242 0.5×	280 1.9×	57 0.8×	47 0.9×	7	1.0k
Mary Bryk United States	16	1.5k 1.8×	268 0.5×	148 1.0×	38 0.5×	95 1.7×	22	1.6k
J. Armando Casas-Mollano United States	16	911 1.1×	467 0.9×	69 0.5×	29 0.4×	21 0.4×	19	1.3k
Giorgio Prantera Italy	21	1.1k 1.3×	410 0.8×	420 2.8×	51 0.7×	27 0.5×	53	1.5k
Corrado Caggese Italy	19	886 1.1×	508 1.0×	148 1.0×	65 0.9×	21 0.4×	41	1.1k
Maria Pia Bozzetti Italy	17	904 1.1×	518 1.0×	293 1.9×	54 0.8×	55 1.0×	41	1.2k
Rainer Dorn Germany	16	1.7k 2.0×	759 1.4×	260 1.7×	61 0.9×	42 0.8×	16	1.9k
Charles Yu United States	9	664 0.8×	171 0.3×	141 0.9×	59 0.8×	14 0.3×	20	814
Jin Sun China	12	698 0.8×	257 0.5×	223 1.5×	82 1.2×	123 2.2×	14	1.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Ally, et al.. (2024). Transcription factor binding specificities of the oomycete Phytophthora infestans reflect conserved and divergent evolutionary patterns and predict function. BMC Genomics. 25(1). 710–710. 1 indexed citations

Coyle, Maxwell C., Fredrick Leon, Semil P. Choksi, et al.. (2023). An RFX transcription factor regulates ciliogenesis in the closest living relatives of animals. Current Biology. 33(17). 3747–3758.e9. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Ally, et al.. (2023). The human genome contains over a million autonomous exons. Genome Research. 33(11). 1865–1878. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Ke, Jin Zhang, Yuqing Xiao, et al.. (2023). Structural insights into DNA recognition by the BEN domain of the transcription factor BANP. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(6). 104734–104734. 3 indexed citations

Weilert, Melanie, Sabrina Krueger, Anusri Pampari, et al.. (2023). Chromatin accessibility in the Drosophila embryo is determined by transcription factor pioneering and enhancer activation. Developmental Cell. 58(19). 1898–1916.e9. 27 indexed citations

Liu, Jingjing, Mohammad Kamran, Ally Yang, et al.. (2022). Distinct structural bases for sequence-specific DNA binding by mammalian BEN domain proteins. Genes & Development. 36(3-4). 225–240. 15 indexed citations

Lei, Ming, Qin Su, Aiping Dong, et al.. (2021). Crystal structure of the BRPF2 PWWP domain in complex with DNA reveals a different binding mode than the HDGF family of PWWP domains. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1864(3). 194688–194688. 14 indexed citations

Yang, Ally, et al.. (2021). Diverse Eukaryotic CGG-Binding Proteins Produced by Independent Domestications ofhATTransposons. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(5). 2070–2075. 7 indexed citations

Chakraborti, Soumyananda, Alexander J. Trotter, William H. Gittens, et al.. (2020). A bacteriophage mimic of the bacterial nucleoid-associated protein Fis. Biochemical Journal. 477(7). 1345–1362. 2 indexed citations

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Lambert, Samuel A., Ally Yang, Alexander Sasse, et al.. (2019). Similarity regression predicts evolution of transcription factor sequence specificity. Nature Genetics. 51(6). 981–989. 81 indexed citations

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Liu, Ke, Chao Xu, Ming Lei, et al.. (2018). Structural basis for the ability of MBD domains to bind methyl-CG and TG sites in DNA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(19). 7344–7354. 49 indexed citations

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Hong, Jungeui, et al.. (2018). An incoherent feedforward loop facilitates adaptive tuning of gene expression. eLife. 7. 17 indexed citations

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Ambrósio, Daniela Luz, Alejandro Montenegro‐Montero, Fernanda Zanolli Freitas, et al.. (2018). Neurospora crassa developmental control mediated by the FLB-3 transcription factor. Fungal Biology. 122(6). 570–582. 14 indexed citations

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Xu, Chao, Ke Liu, Ming Lei, et al.. (2017). DNA Sequence Recognition of Human CXXC Domains and Their Structural Determinants. Structure. 26(1). 85–95.e3. 62 indexed citations

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Townsend, Philip D., E.J. Slootweg, Octavina C. A. Sukarta, et al.. (2017). The intracellular immune receptor Rx1 regulates the DNA-binding activity of a Golden2-like transcription factor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(9). 3218–3233. 45 indexed citations

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Does, H. Charlotte van der, Like Fokkens, Ally Yang, et al.. (2016). Transcription Factors Encoded on Core and Accessory Chromosomes of Fusarium oxysporum Induce Expression of Effector Genes. PLoS Genetics. 12(11). e1006401–e1006401. 52 indexed citations

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Najafabadi, Hamed S., Sanié Mnaimneh, Frank W. Schmitges, et al.. (2015). C2H2 zinc finger proteins greatly expand the human regulatory lexicon. Nature Biotechnology. 33(5). 555–562. 234 indexed citations

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Ding, Pengfei, Kirsty A. McFarland, Shujuan Jin, et al.. (2015). A Novel AT-Rich DNA Recognition Mechanism for Bacterial Xenogeneic Silencer MvaT. PLoS Pathogens. 11(6). e1004967–e1004967. 46 indexed citations

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Schoberle, Taylor J., et al.. (2014). A Novel C2H2 Transcription Factor that Regulates gliA Expression Interdependently with GliZ in Aspergillus fumigatus. PLoS Genetics. 10(5). e1004336–e1004336. 29 indexed citations

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Sebé-Pedrós, Arnau, Matthew T. Weirauch, Sven Leininger, et al.. (2013). Early evolution of the T-box transcription factor family. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(40). 16050–16055. 60 indexed citations

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