Bede Portz

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 931 citations indexed

About

Bede Portz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bede Portz has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 931 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Neurology and 1 paper in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Bede Portz's work include RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers). Bede Portz is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers). Bede Portz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Slovenia. Bede Portz's co-authors include James Shorter, Bo Lim Lee, David S. Gilmour, Katie E. Copley, Michael R. DeChellis-Marks, Amanda M. Gleixner, Bryan Hurtle, Edward Gomes, Lin Guo and Zachary P. Wills and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Bede Portz

13 papers receiving 926 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.

RNA Binding Antagonizes Neurotoxic Phase Transitions of TDP-43

2019 365 citations Jacob R. Mann, Amanda M. Gleixner et al. Neuron profile →
FUS and TDP-43 Phases in Health and Disease

2021 189 citations Bede Portz, Bo Lim Lee et al. Trends in Biochemical Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bede Portz United States	9	819	282	160	56	53	13	931
Shannon N. Rhoads United States	6	910 1.1×	268 1.0×	141 0.9×	74 1.3×	32 0.6×	8	1.0k
Zachary Monahan United States	7	706 0.9×	219 0.8×	123 0.8×	75 1.3×	37 0.7×	7	808
Benjamin Bourgeois Austria	14	876 1.1×	198 0.7×	128 0.8×	72 1.3×	33 0.6×	24	973
Lara Marrone Germany	10	858 1.0×	201 0.7×	113 0.7×	65 1.2×	76 1.4×	15	1.0k
Yuna M. Ayala United States	9	759 0.9×	378 1.3×	183 1.1×	56 1.0×	58 1.1×	14	901
Edward Gomes United States	6	1.2k 1.4×	449 1.6×	249 1.6×	114 2.0×	101 1.9×	6	1.4k
Manuela Pérez‐Berlanga Switzerland	8	530 0.6×	196 0.7×	70 0.4×	102 1.8×	65 1.2×	8	724
Emil Spreitzer Austria	7	587 0.7×	120 0.4×	76 0.5×	45 0.8×	23 0.4×	12	639
W. Michael Babinchak United States	8	629 0.8×	191 0.7×	53 0.3×	65 1.2×	42 0.8×	9	788
Charlotte M. Fare United States	11	547 0.7×	138 0.5×	71 0.4×	43 0.8×	28 0.5×	16	619

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bede Portz

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Zhang, Qian, Wantae Kim, Svetlana Panina, et al.. (2024). Variation of C-terminal domain governs RNA polymerase II genomic locations and alternative splicing in eukaryotic transcription. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7985–7985. 3 indexed citations

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Han, Tina W., Bede Portz, Richard A. Young, Ann Boija, & Isaac A. Klein. (2024). RNA and condensates: Disease implications and therapeutic opportunities. Cell chemical biology. 31(9). 1593–1609. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Matthew, Lynn A. Spruce, Hossein Fazelinia, et al.. (2024). CRISPR screen for protein inclusion formation uncovers a role for SRRD in the regulation of intermediate filament dynamics and aggresome assembly. PLoS Genetics. 20(2). e1011138–e1011138. 1 indexed citations

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Hallegger, Martina, Anob M. Chakrabarti, Flora Lee, et al.. (2021). TDP-43 condensation properties specify its RNA-binding and regulatory repertoire. Cell. 184(18). 4680–4696.e22. 137 indexed citations

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Poudyal, Raghav R., et al.. (2021). RNA sequence and structure control assembly and function of RNA condensates. RNA. 27(12). 1589–1601. 40 indexed citations

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Portz, Bede, Bo Lim Lee, & James Shorter. (2021). FUS and TDP-43 Phases in Health and Disease. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 46(7). 550–563. 189 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rubien, Jack D., Bede Portz, Liliya A. Yatsunyk, & Dawn M. Carone. (2020). RNA-Protein Phase Separation in Cancer: Investigating Human Satellite II RNA Structure and Function. Biophysical Journal. 118(3). 223a–223a. 1 indexed citations

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Portz, Bede & James Shorter. (2020). Biochemical Timekeeping Via Reentrant Phase Transitions. Journal of Molecular Biology. 433(12). 166794–166794. 24 indexed citations

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Portz, Bede, et al.. (2019). The C-Terminal Domain of RNA Polymerase II Is a Multivalent Targeting Sequence that Supports Drosophila Development with Only Consensus Heptads. Molecular Cell. 73(6). 1232–1242.e4. 43 indexed citations

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Mann, Jacob R., Amanda M. Gleixner, Jocelyn C. Mauna, et al.. (2019). RNA Binding Antagonizes Neurotoxic Phase Transitions of TDP-43. Neuron. 102(2). 321–338.e8. 365 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gibbs, Eric, Bede Portz, Michael J. Fisher, et al.. (2017). Phosphorylation induces sequence-specific conformational switches in the RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15233–15233. 64 indexed citations

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Portz, Bede, Eric Gibbs, Joshua E. Mayfield, et al.. (2017). Structural heterogeneity in the intrinsically disordered RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15231–15231. 50 indexed citations

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Gibbs, Eric, et al.. (2017). Substrate Specificity of the Kinase P-TEFb towards the RNA Polymerase II C-Terminal Domain. Biophysical Journal. 113(9). 1909–1911. 2 indexed citations

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