Athar Ansari

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Athar Ansari is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Athar Ansari has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Athar Ansari's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (25 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (21 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers). Athar Ansari is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (25 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (21 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (19 papers). Athar Ansari collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and India. Athar Ansari's co-authors include Michael Hampsey, Marc R. Gartenberg, Danny Reinberg, Ronny Drapkin, Aziz Sancar, Joyce T. Reardon, Leigh Zawel, Neha Agarwal, Alexey G. Ryazanov and Scott Medler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Athar Ansari

37 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Dual role of TFIIH in DNA excision repair and in transcription by RNA polymerase II

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Athar Ansari United States	20	1.4k	264	157	131	130	39	1.7k
Alexandre Nesterov United States	15	886 0.6×	170 0.6×	168 1.1×	38 0.3×	57 0.4×	16	1.3k
Claire-Lise Rosenfield United States	15	572 0.4×	172 0.7×	101 0.6×	32 0.2×	172 1.3×	27	1.1k
Jens Lichtenberg United States	15	649 0.5×	315 1.2×	79 0.5×	46 0.4×	72 0.6×	41	962
Li Cao China	10	547 0.4×	323 1.2×	98 0.6×	22 0.2×	53 0.4×	19	831
Paola Campomenosi Italy	20	768 0.5×	37 0.1×	376 2.4×	45 0.3×	73 0.6×	51	1.1k
Maria Vogelauer United States	14	1.3k 0.9×	167 0.6×	195 1.2×	52 0.4×	85 0.7×	16	1.5k
Masayoshi Iizuka Japan	15	1.0k 0.7×	183 0.7×	90 0.6×	75 0.6×	175 1.3×	36	1.3k
Preeti Goyal Canada	14	1.5k 1.1×	438 1.7×	105 0.7×	155 1.2×	280 2.2×	25	1.8k
Margrét H. Ögmundsdóttir Iceland	16	503 0.4×	43 0.2×	56 0.4×	46 0.4×	70 0.5×	28	890

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O’Brien, Michael J., Jared M. Schrader, & Athar Ansari. (2024). TFIIB–Termination Factor Interaction Affects Termination of Transcription on Genome-Wide Scale. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(16). 8643–8643.

Ansari, Athar, et al.. (2024). Ssu72: a versatile protein with functions in transcription and beyond. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 11. 1332878–1332878.

O’Brien, Michael J., Katherine Gurdziel, & Athar Ansari. (2023). Global Run-On sequencing to measure nascent transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Methods. 217. 18–26. 2 indexed citations

O’Brien, Michael J. & Athar Ansari. (2021). Beyond the canonical role of TFIIB in eukaryotic transcription. Current Genetics. 68(1). 61–67. 7 indexed citations

Dhoondia, Zuzer, et al.. (2021). A termination-independent role of Rat1 in cotranscriptional splicing. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(10). 5520–5536. 3 indexed citations

O’Brien, Michael J. & Athar Ansari. (2021). Critical Involvement of TFIIB in Viral Pathogenesis. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 8. 669044–669044. 7 indexed citations

Agarwal, Neha, et al.. (2021). Proximity to the Promoter and Terminator Regions Regulates the Transcription Enhancement Potential of an Intron. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 8. 712639–712639. 11 indexed citations

Agarwal, Neha, et al.. (2021). Gene Architecture Facilitates Intron-Mediated Enhancement of Transcription. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 8. 669004–669004. 19 indexed citations

Al-Husini, Nadra, Scott Medler, & Athar Ansari. (2020). Crosstalk of promoter and terminator during RNA polymerase II transcription cycle. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1863(12). 194657–194657. 19 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Michael J., et al.. (2019). RNA polymerase II plays an active role in the formation of gene loops through the Rpb4 subunit. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(17). 8975–8987. 33 indexed citations

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Sepehrimanesh, Masood, et al.. (2017). Relationship Between the Types of the Extraction Buffer with Quality of the 2-Dimensional Electrophoresis Proteomic Map. 2(1). 1–3. 1 indexed citations

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Al-Husini, Nadra, Ali Sharifi‐Zarchi, Seyed Ahmad Mousavi, Hamidreza Chitsaz, & Athar Ansari. (2017). Genomewide Analysis of Clp1 Function in Transcription in Budding Yeast. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6894–6894. 2 indexed citations

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Dhoondia, Zuzer, et al.. (2017). Analysis of Termination of Transcription Using BrUTP-strand-specific Transcription Run-on (TRO) Approach. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 6 indexed citations

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Medler, Scott & Athar Ansari. (2015). Gene looping facilitates TFIIH kinase-mediated termination of transcription. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 12586–12586. 17 indexed citations

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Ansari, Athar, et al.. (2013). Srb5/Med18-mediated Termination of Transcription Is Dependent on Gene Looping. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(16). 11384–11394. 28 indexed citations

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Ansari, Athar, et al.. (2013). A Role for CF1A 3′ End Processing Complex in Promoter-Associated Transcription. PLoS Genetics. 9(8). e1003722–e1003722. 22 indexed citations

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Ansari, Athar, et al.. (2011). Novel Role for Mediator Complex Subunit Srb5/Med18 in Termination of Transcription. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(43). 37053–37057. 47 indexed citations

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Singh, Badri Nath, Athar Ansari, & Michael Hampsey. (2009). Detection of gene loops by 3C in yeast. Methods. 48(4). 361–367. 25 indexed citations

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Ryazanova, Lillia V., Maxim V. Dorovkov, Athar Ansari, & Alexey G. Ryazanov. (2004). Characterization of the Protein Kinase Activity of TRPM7/ChaK1, a Protein Kinase Fused to the Transient Receptor Potential Ion Channel. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(5). 3708–3716. 151 indexed citations

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Andrulis, Erik D., et al.. (2002). Esc1, a Nuclear Periphery Protein Required for Sir4-Based Plasmid Anchoring and Partitioning. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22(23). 8292–8301. 118 indexed citations

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