Anne E. Willis

15.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
158 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Anne E. Willis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Anne E. Willis has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Oncology and 22 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Anne E. Willis's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (68 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (57 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (39 papers). Anne E. Willis is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (68 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (57 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (39 papers). Anne E. Willis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Anne E. Willis's co-authors include Martin Bushell, Keith A. Spriggs, Mark Stoneley, Sally A. Mitchell, Becky M. Pickering, Mark J. Coldwell, Richard N. Perham, John Le Quesne, Tomas Lindahl and Giovanna R. Mallucci and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Anne E. Willis

155 papers receiving 11.2k 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.

Translational Regulation of Gene Expression during Conditions of Cell Stress

2010 565 citations Keith A. Spriggs, Martin Bushell et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Sustained translational repression by eIF2α-P mediates prion neurodegeneration

2012 489 citations Anne E. Willis, Martin Bushell et al. Nature profile →
Oral Treatment Targeting the Unfolded Protein Response Prevents Neurodegeneration and Clinical Disease in Prion-Infected Mice

2013 453 citations Anne E. Willis, Peter M. Fischer et al. profile →
N1-methylpseudouridylation of mRNA causes +1 ribosomal frameshifting

2023 116 citations Thomas E. Mulroney, Tuija Pöyry et al. Nature profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Anne E. Willis	8.9k	1.5k	1.1k	1.1k	926	158	11.3k
Sylvain Meloche	7.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.9k 2.1×	151	10.6k
Todd Evans	9.0k 1.0×	721 0.5×	717 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	784 0.8×	161	11.7k
Lorenzo Silengo	5.6k 0.6×	832 0.5×	565 0.5×	2.0k 1.8×	895 1.0×	145	9.1k
Ye‐Guang Chen	8.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	387 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	2.2k 2.4×	178	12.2k
Angela Bachi	7.4k 0.8×	983 0.6×	281 0.2×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	200	11.2k
Raija Sormunen	5.3k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	300 0.3×	1.0k 0.9×	891 1.0×	177	9.0k
James F. Collawn	4.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	367 0.3×	1.7k 1.5×	406 0.4×	144	7.6k
Fiorella Altruda	5.1k 0.6×	577 0.4×	628 0.6×	1.7k 1.5×	822 0.9×	156	9.0k
Gordon Campbell	3.9k 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	587 0.6×	162	11.0k
Masafumi Tsujimoto	6.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	366 0.3×	1.0k 0.9×	2.1k 2.2×	191	11.0k

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Quintas, Ana, Robert F. Harvey, Gavin D. Garland, et al.. (2024). Eukaryotic initiation factor 4B is a multi-functional RNA binding protein that regulates histone mRNAs. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(19). 12039–12054. 5 indexed citations

Monti, Mie, Leonardo Mancini, Charlotte Capitanchik, et al.. (2024). Interrogation of RNA-protein interaction dynamics in bacterial growth. Molecular Systems Biology. 20(5). 573–589. 2 indexed citations

Screen, Michael, Louise S. Matheson, Andrew J.M. Howden, et al.. (2023). RNA helicase EIF4A1-mediated translation is essential for the GC response. Life Science Alliance. 7(2). e202302301–e202302301. 3 indexed citations

Mulroney, Thomas E., Tuija Pöyry, Juan Carlos Yam‐Puc, et al.. (2023). N1-methylpseudouridylation of mRNA causes +1 ribosomal frameshifting. Nature. 625(7993). 189–194. 116 indexed citations breakdown →

Strader, Lucia C., Max V. Staller, Anne E. Willis, et al.. (2023). The complexity of transferring genetic information. Molecular Cell. 83(3). 320–323. 2 indexed citations

Villanueva, Eneko, Tom Smith, Mariavittoria Pizzinga, et al.. (2023). System-wide analysis of RNA and protein subcellular localization dynamics. Nature Methods. 21(1). 60–71. 29 indexed citations

Gerber, Pehuén Pereyra, Lidia M. Duncan, Edward JD Greenwood, et al.. (2022). A protease-activatable luminescent biosensor and reporter cell line for authentic SARS-CoV-2 infection. PLoS Pathogens. 18(2). e1010265–e1010265. 22 indexed citations

Roobol, Anne, et al.. (2020). Engineered transient and stable overexpression of translation factors eIF3i and eIF3c in CHOK1 and HEK293 cells gives enhanced cell growth associated with increased c-Myc expression and increased recombinant protein synthesis. Metabolic Engineering. 59. 98–105. 26 indexed citations

Harvey, Robert F., Kenneth R. Pryde, Riccardo Serreli, et al.. (2020). Identification of a novel toxicophore in anti-cancer chemotherapeutics that targets mitochondrial respiratory complex I. eLife. 9. 15 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Louise, Kirsteen J. Campbell, Rachel A. Ridgway, et al.. (2019). Brf1 loss and not overexpression disrupts tissues homeostasis in the intestine, liver and pancreas. Cell Death and Differentiation. 26(12). 2535–2550. 6 indexed citations

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Marini, Alberto, Barak Rotblat, Thomas Sbarrato, et al.. (2018). TAp73 contributes to the oxidative stress response by regulating protein synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(24). 6219–6224. 27 indexed citations

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Sbarrato, Thomas, Ruth V. Spriggs, Lindsay A. Wilson, et al.. (2017). An improved analysis methodology for translational profiling by microarray. RNA. 23(11). 1601–1613. 2 indexed citations

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Delaunay, Sylvain, Francesca Rapino, Lars Tharun, et al.. (2016). Elp3 links tRNA modification to IRES-dependent translation of LEF1 to sustain metastasis in breast cancer. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 213(11). 2503–2523. 131 indexed citations

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Meijer, Hedda A., Yi Wen Kong, Wei-Ting Lu, et al.. (2013). Translational Repression and eIF4A2 Activity Are Critical for MicroRNA-Mediated Gene Regulation. Science. 340(6128). 82–85. 252 indexed citations

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Roberts, Lisa O., Catherine L. Jopling, Richard J. Jackson, & Anne E. Willis. (2009). Chapter 9 Viral Strategies to Subvert the Mammalian Translation Machinery. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 90. 313–367. 24 indexed citations

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Kong, Yi Wen, Ian G. Cannell, Cornelia H. de Moor, et al.. (2008). The mechanism of micro-RNA-mediated translation repression is determined by the promoter of the target gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(26). 8866–8871. 153 indexed citations

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Jopling, Catherine L., Keith A. Spriggs, Sally A. Mitchell, Mark Stoneley, & Anne E. Willis. (2004). L-Myc protein synthesis is initiated by internal ribosome entry. RNA. 10(2). 287–298. 44 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sally A., Keith A. Spriggs, Mark J. Coldwell, Richard J. Jackson, & Anne E. Willis. (2003). The Apaf-1 Internal Ribosome Entry Segment Attains the Correct Structural Conformation for Function via Interactions with PTB and unr. Molecular Cell. 11(3). 757–771. 211 indexed citations

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Stoneley, Mark, Stephen A. Chappell, Catherine L. Jopling, et al.. (2000). c-Myc Protein Synthesis Is Initiated from the Internal Ribosome Entry Segment during Apoptosis. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(4). 1162–1169. 187 indexed citations

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Lehmann, Alan R., Anne E. Willis, Bernard C. Broughton, et al.. (1988). Relation between the human fibroblast strain 46BR and cell lines representative of Bloom's syndrome.. PubMed. 48(22). 6343–7. 55 indexed citations

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