Anita Cheng

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Anita Cheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anita Cheng has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Anita Cheng's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (8 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (4 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (2 papers). Anita Cheng is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (8 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (4 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (2 papers). Anita Cheng collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Czechia. Anita Cheng's co-authors include Jeremy M. Stark, Nick Huang, Amanda Gunn, Corentin Laulier, Paul Hasty, Pavel Janščák, Patrick Sung, Radhakrishnan Kanagaraj, Sybille Schwendener and I. A. Shevelev and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Anita Cheng

8 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

Alternative-NHEJ Is a Mechanistically Distinct Pathway of Mammalian Chromosome Break Repair

2008 659 citations Anita Cheng, Nick Huang et al. PLoS Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anita Cheng United States	8	1.0k	350	173	105	92	8	1.1k
Lan N. Truong United States	14	1.1k 1.1×	371 1.1×	175 1.0×	109 1.0×	143 1.6×	16	1.2k
Simon Magin Germany	7	676 0.7×	242 0.7×	186 1.1×	63 0.6×	82 0.9×	12	817
Sadia Rahman United States	10	817 0.8×	182 0.5×	106 0.6×	60 0.6×	104 1.1×	10	933
Arne Nedergaard Kousholt Denmark	13	850 0.8×	372 1.1×	104 0.6×	45 0.4×	144 1.6×	15	934
Nidhi Nair Denmark	7	796 0.8×	258 0.7×	89 0.5×	114 1.1×	104 1.1×	8	898
Thomas Schleker Switzerland	9	879 0.9×	306 0.9×	120 0.7×	71 0.7×	54 0.6×	10	962
Kizhakke Mattada Sathyan United States	16	734 0.7×	236 0.7×	103 0.6×	155 1.5×	74 0.8×	22	885
Nobuko Matsushita Japan	11	719 0.7×	124 0.4×	293 1.7×	89 0.8×	100 1.1×	17	811
Morgane Macheret Switzerland	5	846 0.8×	261 0.7×	147 0.8×	44 0.4×	114 1.2×	6	936
Elodie Hatchi France	9	706 0.7×	231 0.7×	101 0.6×	42 0.4×	74 0.8×	9	788

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anita Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Anita Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Anita Cheng based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Anita Cheng. Anita Cheng is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Cheng, Anita, et al.. (2013). Visualization of local DNA unwinding by Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1 using single-molecule FRET. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(47). 18868–18873. 55 indexed citations

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Laulier, Corentin, Amanda Gunn, Anita Cheng, et al.. (2012). Ring Finger Nuclear Factor RNF168 Is Important for Defects in Homologous Recombination Caused by Loss of the Breast Cancer Susceptibility Factor BRCA1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(48). 40618–40628. 42 indexed citations

3.

Gunn, Amanda, et al.. (2011). Correct End Use during End Joining of Multiple Chromosomal Double Strand Breaks Is Influenced by Repair Protein RAD50, DNA-dependent Protein Kinase DNA-PKcs, and Transcription Context. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(49). 42470–42482. 80 indexed citations

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Laulier, Corentin, Anita Cheng, & Jeremy M. Stark. (2011). The relative efficiency of homology-directed repair has distinct effects on proper anaphase chromosome separation. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(14). 5935–5944. 41 indexed citations

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Laulier, Corentin, Anita Cheng, Nick Huang, & Jeremy M. Stark. (2010). Mammalian Fbh1 is important to restore normal mitotic progression following decatenation stress. DNA repair. 9(6). 708–717. 18 indexed citations

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Schwendener, Sybille, Steven Raynard, Shreya Paliwal, et al.. (2010). Physical Interaction of RECQ5 Helicase with RAD51 Facilitates Its Anti-recombinase Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(21). 15739–15745. 83 indexed citations

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Gunn, Amanda, et al.. (2009). Limiting the Persistence of a Chromosome Break Diminishes Its Mutagenic Potential. PLoS Genetics. 5(10). e1000683–e1000683. 75 indexed citations

8.

Cheng, Anita, et al.. (2008). Alternative-NHEJ Is a Mechanistically Distinct Pathway of Mammalian Chromosome Break Repair. PLoS Genetics. 4(6). e1000110–e1000110. 659 indexed citations breakdown →

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