Anita K. Hopper

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Anita K. Hopper is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anita K. Hopper has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Anita K. Hopper's work include RNA modifications and cancer (95 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (89 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (87 papers). Anita K. Hopper is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (95 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (89 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (87 papers). Anita K. Hopper collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and France. Anita K. Hopper's co-authors include Eric M. Phizicky, Nicola Martin, Nancy Martín, Hussam Shaheen, Srimonti Sarkar, Hsiao‐Yun Huang, David R. Stanford, Magdalena Boguta, Benjamin D. Hall and Nigel S. Atkinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Anita K. Hopper

123 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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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.

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2010 623 citations Eric M. Phizicky, Anita K. Hopper Genes & Development profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anita K. Hopper United States	51	6.9k	493	456	367	312	123	7.2k
Paul L. Bartel United States	15	2.8k 0.4×	454 0.9×	543 1.2×	193 0.5×	329 1.1×	18	3.3k
Susan L. Forsburg United States	38	5.3k 0.8×	1.5k 3.1×	492 1.1×	304 0.8×	826 2.6×	114	5.9k
Barbara Garvik United States	15	2.8k 0.4×	351 0.7×	232 0.5×	177 0.5×	297 1.0×	17	3.6k
Jorge E. Allende Chile	36	2.8k 0.4×	448 0.9×	429 0.9×	123 0.3×	308 1.0×	121	3.6k
Mark Goebl United States	28	4.7k 0.7×	1.4k 2.8×	573 1.3×	190 0.5×	798 2.6×	37	5.3k
J.E. Dixon United States	18	2.6k 0.4×	577 1.2×	277 0.6×	110 0.3×	264 0.8×	20	3.3k
Traude H. Beilharz Australia	33	2.9k 0.4×	730 1.5×	148 0.3×	284 0.8×	284 0.9×	73	3.7k
Pradman K. Qasba United States	33	3.0k 0.4×	341 0.7×	422 0.9×	92 0.3×	178 0.6×	107	4.0k
Oscar M. Aparicio United States	34	6.9k 1.0×	720 1.5×	374 0.8×	511 1.4×	1.1k 3.5×	55	7.5k
Sarah Maslen United Kingdom	38	3.7k 0.5×	1.1k 2.1×	655 1.4×	253 0.7×	383 1.2×	78	4.8k

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Nostramo, Regina, et al.. (2025). Free introns of tRNAs as complementarity-dependent regulators of gene expression. Molecular Cell. 85(4). 726–741.e6. 4 indexed citations

Hopper, Anita K. & Jinwei Zhang. (2023). Captured: the elusive eukaryotic tRNA splicing enzyme. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 30(6). 711–713. 2 indexed citations

Schmidt, Casey A., et al.. (2019). Molecular determinants of metazoan tricRNA biogenesis. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(12). 6452–6465. 93 indexed citations

Hopper, Anita K., et al.. (2018). From powerhouse to processing plant: conserved roles of mitochondrial outer membrane proteins in tRNA splicing. Genes & Development. 32(19-20). 1309–1314. 20 indexed citations

Phizicky, Eric M. & Anita K. Hopper. (2015). tRNA processing, modification, and subcellular dynamics: past, present, and future. RNA. 21(4). 483–485. 33 indexed citations

Hurto, Rebecca L. & Anita K. Hopper. (2011). P-body components, Dhh1 and Pat1, are involved in tRNA nuclear-cytoplasmic dynamics. RNA. 17(5). 912–924. 17 indexed citations

Turowski, Tomasz W., et al.. (2011). Maf1 Protein, Repressor of RNA Polymerase III, Indirectly Affects tRNA Processing. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(45). 39478–39488. 40 indexed citations

Shaheen, Hussam, et al.. (2007). Retrograde nuclear accumulation of cytoplasmic tRNA in rat hepatoma cells in response to amino acid deprivation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(21). 8845–8850. 80 indexed citations

Hurto, Rebecca L., et al.. (2007). Rapid and Reversible Nuclear Accumulation of Cytoplasmic tRNA in Response to Nutrient Availability. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 18(7). 2678–2686. 87 indexed citations

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Hopper, Anita K.. (2006). Cellular Dynamics of Small RNAs. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 41(1). 3–19. 23 indexed citations

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Shaheen, Hussam & Anita K. Hopper. (2005). Retrograde movement of tRNAs from the cytoplasm to the nucleus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(32). 11290–11295. 138 indexed citations

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Hopper, Anita K., et al.. (2002). A Los1p-independent pathway for nuclear export of intronless tRNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(8). 5412–5417. 59 indexed citations

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Kamińska, Joanna, Beata Gajewska, Anita K. Hopper, & Teresa Żołądek. (2002). Rsp5p, a New Link between the Actin Cytoskeleton and Endocytosis in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22(20). 6946–6948. 49 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Srimonti & Anita K. Hopper. (1998). tRNA Nuclear Export inSaccharomyces cerevisiae: In Situ Hybridization Analysis. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 9(11). 3041–3055. 150 indexed citations

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Stanford, David R., et al.. (1996). Loslp, Involved in Yeast Pre-tRNA Splicing, Positively Regulates Members of the SOL Gene Family. Genetics. 143(2). 699–712. 16 indexed citations

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Żołądek, Teresa, et al.. (1995). Mutations Altering the Mitochondrial-Cytoplasmic Distribution of Mod5p Implicate the Actin Cytoskeleton and mRNA 3′ Ends and/or Protein Synthesis in Mitochondrial Delivery. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(12). 6884–6894. 65 indexed citations

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Tung, Kuei-Shu, et al.. (1992). SRN1, a Yeast Gene Involved in RNA Processing, Is Identical to HEX2/REG1, a Negative Regulator in Glucose Repression. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12(6). 2673–2680. 15 indexed citations

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Slusher, Leslie B., et al.. (1991). MOD5 Translation Initiation Sites Determine N ⁶ -Isopentenyladenosine Modification of Mitochondrial and Cytoplasmic tRNA. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11(5). 2382–2390. 26 indexed citations

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Ellis, Steven R., Anita K. Hopper, & Nicola Martin. (1989). Amino-Terminal Extension Generated from an Upstream AUG Codon Increases the Efficiency of Mitochondrial Import of Yeast N ² , N ² -Dimethylguanosine-Specific tRNA Methyltransferases. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 9(4). 1611–1620. 38 indexed citations

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Atkinson, Nigel S., et al.. (1985). Characterization of an Essential Saccharomyces cerevisiae Gene Related to RNA Processing: Cloning of RNA1 and Generation of a New Allele with a Novel Phenotype. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 5(5). 907–915. 16 indexed citations

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