Balaji Santhanam

9.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Balaji Santhanam is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Balaji Santhanam has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Balaji Santhanam's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (8 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (8 papers). Balaji Santhanam is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (8 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (8 papers). Balaji Santhanam collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and India. Balaji Santhanam's co-authors include L. Aravind, Lakshminarayan M. Iyer, M. Madan Babu, Eugene V. Koonin, Vivek Anantharaman, Tilman Flock, Guilhem Chalancon, Marc Vidal, Lakshminarayan M. Iyer and Ganesh Babu Malli Mohan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Balaji Santhanam

59 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Evolutionary genomics of nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA viruses

2006 478 citations Lakshminarayan M. Iyer, Balaji Santhanam et al. profile →
Ubiquitylation of lipopolysaccharide by RNF213 during bacterial infection

2021 229 citations Balaji Santhanam et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Balaji Santhanam United States	35	4.2k	676	596	514	468	59	5.5k
Ambrish Roy United States	17	5.2k 1.2×	758 1.1×	658 1.1×	430 0.8×	327 0.7×	21	7.5k
Edouard de Castro Switzerland	21	3.4k 0.8×	996 1.5×	455 0.8×	504 1.0×	417 0.9×	32	5.3k
Kevin Bryson United Kingdom	21	5.4k 1.3×	617 0.9×	758 1.3×	530 1.0×	243 0.5×	41	7.1k
Jaap Heringa Netherlands	12	4.3k 1.0×	950 1.4×	837 1.4×	531 1.0×	220 0.5×	29	6.1k
Fabian Glaser Israel	34	4.6k 1.1×	479 0.7×	707 1.2×	529 1.0×	237 0.5×	76	6.2k
Yoshitaka Moriwaki Japan	13	3.7k 0.9×	649 1.0×	615 1.0×	494 1.0×	234 0.5×	32	5.5k
Alper Küçükural United States	20	5.5k 1.3×	750 1.1×	974 1.6×	374 0.7×	311 0.7×	35	8.1k
C. Geourjon France	28	3.7k 0.9×	786 1.2×	683 1.1×	376 0.7×	203 0.4×	48	5.6k
Nicola Buso United Kingdom	5	3.1k 0.7×	944 1.4×	594 1.0×	582 1.1×	170 0.4×	5	5.2k
Konstantin Schütze Germany	6	3.5k 0.8×	536 0.8×	590 1.0×	485 0.9×	227 0.5×	9	5.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Balaji Santhanam

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Li, Xiaohan, C. Yu, Natalia Gómez‐Navarro, et al.. (2023). Dynamic conformational changes of a tardigrade group-3 late embryogenesis abundant protein modulate membrane biophysical properties. PNAS Nexus. 3(1). pgae006–pgae006. 3 indexed citations

Lau, Clinton K., Francis J. O’Reilly, Balaji Santhanam, et al.. (2021). Cryo‐EM reveals the complex architecture of dynactin's shoulder region and pointed end. The EMBO Journal. 40(8). e106164–e106164. 21 indexed citations

Stancheva, Viktoriya G., Xiaohan Li, Joshua Hutchings, et al.. (2020). Combinatorial multivalent interactions drive cooperative assembly of the COPII coat. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(11). 21 indexed citations

Masuho, Ikuo, Balaji Santhanam, Brian S. Muntean, et al.. (2020). A Global Map of G Protein Signaling Regulation by RGS Proteins. Cell. 183(2). 503–521.e19. 100 indexed citations

Ravarani, Charles N. J., Tilman Flock, Sreenivas Chavali, et al.. (2020). Molecular determinants underlying functional innovations of TBP and their impact on transcription initiation. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2384–2384. 23 indexed citations

Anandapadamanaban, Madhanagopal, Glenn R. Masson, Olga Perišić, et al.. (2019). Architecture of human Rag GTPase heterodimers and their complex with mTORC1. Science. 366(6462). 203–210. 92 indexed citations

Pruneda, Jonathan N., Robert J. Bastidas, Kirby N. Swatek, et al.. (2018). A Chlamydia effector combining deubiquitination and acetylation activities induces Golgi fragmentation. Nature Microbiology. 3(12). 1377–1384. 49 indexed citations

Sente, Andrija, Ashish Srivastava, Mithu Baidya, et al.. (2018). Molecular mechanism of modulating arrestin conformation by GPCR phosphorylation. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 25(6). 538–545. 75 indexed citations

Chavali, Sreenivas, Pavithra L. Chavali, Guilhem Chalancon, et al.. (2017). Constraints and consequences of the emergence of amino acid repeats in eukaryotic proteins. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 24(9). 765–777. 44 indexed citations

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Chaiboonchoe, Amphun, Lila Ghamsari, Patrick P. Ng, et al.. (2016). Systems level analysis of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii metabolic network reveals variability in evolutionary co-conservation. Molecular BioSystems. 12(8). 2394–2407. 11 indexed citations

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Pasternak, Michał, et al.. (2015). Live imaging RNAi screen reveals genes essential for meiosis in mammalian oocytes. Nature. 524(7564). 239–242. 67 indexed citations

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Hunt, Ryan, S. Geetha, Courtni E. Allen, et al.. (2011). Detection of a secreted metalloprotease within the nuclei of liver cells. Molecular BioSystems. 7(6). 2012–2018. 5 indexed citations

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Venâncio, Thiago M., Balaji Santhanam, S. Geetha, & L. Aravind. (2010). Robustness and evolvability in natural chemical resistance: identification of novel systems properties, biochemical mechanisms and regulatory interactions. Molecular BioSystems. 6(8). 1475–1491. 9 indexed citations

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Santhanam, Balaji, Lakshminarayan M. Iyer, & L. Aravind. (2009). HPC2 and ubinuclein define a novel family of histone chaperones conserved throughout eukaryotes. Molecular BioSystems. 5(3). 269–275. 45 indexed citations

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Venâncio, Thiago M., Balaji Santhanam, & L. Aravind. (2009). High-confidence mapping of chemical compounds and protein complexes reveals novel aspects of chemical stress response in yeast. Molecular BioSystems. 6(1). 175–181. 14 indexed citations

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Santhanam, Balaji & Narayanaswamy Srinivasan. (2007). Comparison of sequence-based and structure-based phylogenetic trees of homologous proteins: Inferences on protein evolution. Journal of Biosciences. 32(1). 83–96. 31 indexed citations

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Santhanam, Balaji, M. Madan Babu, Lakshminarayan M. Iyer, Nicholas M. Luscombe, & L. Aravind. (2006). Comprehensive Analysis of Combinatorial Regulation using the Transcriptional Regulatory Network of Yeast. Journal of Molecular Biology. 360(1). 213–227. 187 indexed citations

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Anantharaman, Vivek, Balaji Santhanam, & L. Aravind. (2006). The signaling helix: a common functional theme in diverse signaling proteins. Biology Direct. 1(1). 25–25. 109 indexed citations

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Babu, M. Madan, Balaji Santhanam, Lakshminarayan M. Iyer, & L. Aravind. (2006). Estimating the Prevalence and Regulatory Potential of the Telomere Looping Effect in Yeast Transcription Regulation. Cell Cycle. 5(20). 2354–2363. 6 indexed citations

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Babu, M. Madan, Lakshminarayan M. Iyer, Balaji Santhanam, & L. Aravind. (2006). The natural history of the WRKY–GCM1 zinc fingers and the relationship between transcription factors and transposons. Nucleic Acids Research. 34(22). 6505–6520. 136 indexed citations

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