Amar J. S. Klar

13.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
133 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Amar J. S. Klar is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Amar J. S. Klar has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Amar J. S. Klar's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (87 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (39 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (30 papers). Amar J. S. Klar is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (87 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (39 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (30 papers). Amar J. S. Klar collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Amar J. S. Klar's co-authors include Paul Nurse, Sergio Moreno, James Hicks, Jeffrey N. Strathern, Shiv I. S. Grewal, Jacob Z. Dalgaard, John M. Ivy, David Beach, Michael J Bonaduce and Seymour Fogel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Amar J. S. Klar

132 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

[56] Molecular genetic analysis of fission yeast Schizosa... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. [56] Molecular genetic analysis of fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
    1991 3.3k citations Sergio Moreno, Amar J. S. Klar et al. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Amar J. S. Klar United States 49 9.5k 1.9k 1.8k 1.3k 437 133 10.7k
Michael Brunner Germany 48 7.4k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 3.8k 2.1× 555 0.4× 110 0.3× 138 11.0k
Douglas Vollrath United States 36 4.4k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 734 0.4× 1.6k 1.2× 299 0.7× 73 6.5k
Oliver J. Rando United States 64 15.5k 1.6× 2.7k 1.4× 781 0.4× 1.9k 1.5× 155 0.4× 128 18.4k
Jennifer M. Taylor Australia 50 4.0k 0.4× 3.4k 1.8× 863 0.5× 1.6k 1.3× 78 0.2× 123 8.3k
Erik M. M. Manders Netherlands 30 3.8k 0.4× 584 0.3× 874 0.5× 497 0.4× 338 0.8× 69 6.1k
Naomi Habib United States 20 15.6k 1.6× 1.6k 0.8× 592 0.3× 3.2k 2.5× 494 1.1× 34 18.0k
Rita Gerardy‐Schahn Germany 57 6.5k 0.7× 361 0.2× 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 166 0.4× 194 10.0k
Donald L. Court United States 61 12.8k 1.3× 1.0k 0.6× 504 0.3× 7.8k 6.1× 313 0.7× 186 16.1k
Julie Ahringer United Kingdom 50 12.0k 1.3× 1.5k 0.8× 2.7k 1.5× 1.4k 1.1× 145 0.3× 88 17.6k
Barbara J Meyer United States 62 9.9k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 1.7k 1.0× 3.5k 2.8× 92 0.2× 219 14.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ishikawa, Ken, Scott H. Medina, Joel P. Schneider, & Amar J. S. Klar. (2017). Glycan Alteration Imparts Cellular Resistance to a Membrane-Lytic Anticancer Peptide. Cell chemical biology. 24(2). 149–158. 24 indexed citations
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Klar, Amar J. S.. (2004). A Genetic Mechanism Implicates Chromosome 11 in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Diseases. Genetics. 167(4). 1833–1840. 36 indexed citations
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Lee, Bum-Soo, Shiv I. S. Grewal, & Amar J. S. Klar. (2004). Biochemical Interactions between Proteins and mat1 cis -Acting Sequences Required for Imprinting in Fission Yeast. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 24(22). 9813–9822. 24 indexed citations
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Dalgaard, Jacob Z. & Amar J. S. Klar. (2001). A DNA replication-arrest site RTS1 regulates imprinting by determining the direction of replication at mat1 in S. pombe. Genes & Development. 15(16). 2060–2068. 99 indexed citations
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Klar, Amar J. S.. (2001). 2 Differentiated Parental DNA Chain Causes Stem Cell Pattern of Cell-type Switching in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 40. 17–35. 7 indexed citations
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Nakayama, Jun‐ichi, Amar J. S. Klar, & Shiv I. S. Grewal. (2000). A Chromodomain Protein, Swi6, Performs Imprinting Functions in Fission Yeast during Mitosis and Meiosis. Cell. 101(3). 307–317. 155 indexed citations
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Dalgaard, Jacob Z. & Amar J. S. Klar. (2000). swi1 and swi3 Perform Imprinting, Pausing, and Termination of DNA Replication in S. pombe. Cell. 102(6). 745–751. 136 indexed citations
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Dalgaard, Jacob Z. & Amar J. S. Klar. (1999). Orientation of DNA replication establishes mating-type switching pattern in S. pombe. Nature. 400(6740). 181–184. 117 indexed citations
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Singh, Jagmohan, et al.. (1998). A Novel Function of the DNA Repair Gene rhp6 in Mating-Type Silencing by Chromatin Remodeling in Fission Yeast. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 18(9). 5511–5522. 36 indexed citations
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Grewal, Shiv I. S. & Amar J. S. Klar. (1996). Chromosomal Inheritance of Epigenetic States in Fission Yeast During Mitosis and Meiosis. Cell. 86(1). 95–101. 207 indexed citations
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Klar, Amar J. S.. (1993). Lineage-dependent mating-type transposition in fission and budding yeast. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 3(5). 745–751. 11 indexed citations
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Klar, Amar J. S.. (1992). 13 Molecular Genetics of Fission Yeast Cell Type: Mating Type and Mating-type Interconversion. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 745–777. 12 indexed citations
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Thon, Geneviève & Amar J. S. Klar. (1992). The clr1 locus regulates the expression of the cryptic mating-type loci of fission yeast.. Genetics. 131(2). 287–296. 89 indexed citations
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Klar, Amar J. S.. (1992). Developmental choices in mating-type interconversion in fission yeast. Trends in Genetics. 8(6). 208–213. 30 indexed citations
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Moreno, Sergio, Amar J. S. Klar, & Paul Nurse. (1991). [56] Molecular genetic analysis of fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 194. 795–823. 3298 indexed citations breakdown →
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Klar, Amar J. S., Michael J Bonaduce, & Robert Cafferkey. (1991). The mechanism of fission yeast mating type interconversion: seal/replicate/cleave model of replication across the double-stranded break site at mat1.. Genetics. 127(3). 489–496. 32 indexed citations
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Klar, Amar J. S., Jeffrey N. Strathern, & James Hicks. (1984). Developmental Pathways in Yeast. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 16. 151–195. 36 indexed citations
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Klar, Amar J. S., Jeffrey N. Strathern, & Judith A. Abraham. (1984). Involvement of Double-strand Chromosomal Breaks for Mating-type Switching in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 49(0). 77–88. 86 indexed citations
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Kostriken, Richard, Jeffrey N. Strathern, Amar J. S. Klar, James Hicks, & Fred Heffron. (1983). A site-specific endonuclease essential for mating-type switching in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cell. 35(1). 167–174. 265 indexed citations
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Strathern, Jeffrey N., Amar J. S. Klar, James Hicks, et al.. (1982). Homothallic switching of yeast mating type cassettes is initiated by a double-stranded cut in the MAT locus. Cell. 31(1). 183–192. 349 indexed citations

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