Bryant Villeponteau

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Bryant Villeponteau is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bryant Villeponteau has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Physiology and 14 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Bryant Villeponteau's work include Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (16 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (13 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (9 papers). Bryant Villeponteau is often cited by papers focused on Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (16 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (13 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (9 papers). Bryant Villeponteau collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Bryant Villeponteau's co-authors include Walter D. Funk, Carol W. Greider, Junli Feng, Richard Allsopp, Michael D. West, Choy‐Pik Chiu, Calvin B. Harley, William H. Andrews, Harold G. Martinson and Jinghua Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Bryant Villeponteau

45 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

The RNA Component of Human Telomerase

1995 1.9k citations Junli Feng, Walter D. Funk et al. Science profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bryant Villeponteau United States	24	2.7k	2.5k	470	450	400	45	4.2k
Murray O. Robinson United States	24	2.7k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	465 1.0×	441 1.0×	249 0.6×	43	4.1k
Lea Harrington Canada	35	3.4k 1.2×	3.2k 1.3×	380 0.8×	237 0.5×	594 1.5×	78	5.0k
Karen Chapman United States	26	2.6k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	420 0.9×	291 0.6×	170 0.4×	43	4.0k
John P. Murnane United States	34	2.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	420 0.9×	164 0.4×	174 0.4×	82	3.5k
Shu‐Chun Teng Taiwan	31	3.7k 1.4×	1.2k 0.5×	239 0.5×	283 0.6×	375 0.9×	72	4.7k
Nelson S. Yew United States	31	2.7k 1.0×	558 0.2×	982 2.1×	380 0.8×	142 0.4×	59	3.6k
Edward C. Goodwin United States	20	1.4k 0.5×	700 0.3×	540 1.1×	523 1.2×	114 0.3×	24	2.9k
Baktiar Karim United States	25	1.7k 0.6×	600 0.2×	333 0.7×	291 0.6×	141 0.4×	59	2.8k
Wieteke A. M. Hoeijmakers Netherlands	13	1.5k 0.6×	826 0.3×	126 0.3×	811 1.8×	139 0.3×	14	2.9k
Ernst Jarosch Germany	26	2.4k 0.9×	302 0.1×	199 0.4×	337 0.7×	118 0.3×	31	3.8k

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Phillips, Mark, Anthony D. Long, Lee F. Greer, et al.. (2016). Genome-wide analysis of long-term evolutionary domestication in Drosophila melanogaster. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 39281–39281. 14 indexed citations

Villeponteau, Bryant, et al.. (2015). Herbal Supplement Extends Life Span Under Some Environmental Conditions and Boosts Stress Resistance. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0119068–e0119068. 9 indexed citations

Villeponteau, Bryant, et al.. (2000). Nutraceutical interventions may delay aging and the age-related diseases. Experimental Gerontology. 35(9-10). 1405–1417. 20 indexed citations

Hinkley, Craig S., Marı́a A. Blasco, Walter D. Funk, et al.. (1998). The mouse telomerase RNA 5'-end lies just upstream of the telomerase template sequence. Nucleic Acids Research. 26(2). 532–536. 34 indexed citations

Saretzki, Gabriele, Jian-Hu Feng, Thomas von Zglinicki, & Bryant Villeponteau. (1998). Similar Gene Expression Pattern in Senescent and Hyperoxic-Treated Fibroblasts. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 53A(6). B438–B442. 63 indexed citations

Anton, Martina, et al.. (1997). Reprogramming of Telomerase by Expression of Mutant Telomerase RNA Template in Human Cells Leads to Altered Telomeres That Correlate with Reduced Cell Viability. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 17(11). 6394–6401. 61 indexed citations

Makarova, Olga, F Wu, Bryant Villeponteau, et al.. (1996). Incorporation of nuclear matrix attachment regions into the herpes simplex virus type 1 genome does not induce long-term expression of a foreign gene during latency.. PubMed. 3(9). 829–33. 7 indexed citations

Kim, Sangkyu, Bryant Villeponteau, & S. Michal Jazwinski. (1996). Effect of Replicative Age on Transcriptional Silencing Near Telomeres inSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 219(2). 370–376. 63 indexed citations

Effros, Rita B., Richard Allsopp, Choy‐Pik Chiu, et al.. (1996). Shortened telomeres in the expanded CD28-CD8+ cell subset in HIV disease implicate replicative senescence in HIV pathogenesis. AIDS. 10(8). F17–22. 371 indexed citations

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Villeponteau, Bryant. (1995). Telomere loss, telomerase, and cancer. Radiation Oncology Investigations. 3(6). 290–293. 1 indexed citations

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Blasco, Marı́a A., Walter D. Funk, Bryant Villeponteau, & Carol W. Greider. (1995). Functional Characterization and Developmental Regulation of Mouse Telomerase RNA. Science. 269(5228). 1267–1270. 301 indexed citations

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Zimrin, Ann B., Bryant Villeponteau, & T Maciag. (1995). Models of in Vitro Angiogenesis: Endothelial Cell Differentiation on Fibrin But Not Matrigel Is Transcriptionally Dependent. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 213(2). 630–638. 51 indexed citations

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Linskens, Maarten H.K., Junli Feng, William H. Andrews, et al.. (1995). Cataloging altered gene expression in young and senescent cells using enhanced differential display. Nucleic Acids Research. 23(16). 3244–3251. 197 indexed citations

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Villeponteau, Bryant. (1992). Heparin increases chromatin accessibility by binding the trypsin-sensitive basic residues in histones. Biochemical Journal. 288(3). 953–958. 29 indexed citations

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Villeponteau, Bryant, et al.. (1992). Nucleosome spacing is compressed in active chromatin domains of chick erythroid cells. Biochemistry. 31(5). 1554–1563. 24 indexed citations

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Irving, John, et al.. (1992). An altered repertoire of (AP-1) at the onset of replicative senescence. Experimental Cell Research. 202(1). 161–166. 63 indexed citations

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Feng, Junli & Bryant Villeponteau. (1992). High-resolution analysis of c-fos chromatin accessibility using a novel DNase I-PCR assay. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1130(3). 253–258. 23 indexed citations

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Pikaart, Michael J., John Irving, & Bryant Villeponteau. (1991). Decline in histone H5 phosphorylation during erythroid senescence in chick embryos. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 59(1-2). 189–195. 4 indexed citations

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Villeponteau, Bryant & Harold G. Martinson. (1987). Gamma Rays and Bleomycin Nick DNA and Reverse the DNase I Sensitivity of β-Globin Gene Chromatin in Vivo. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 7(5). 1917–1924. 14 indexed citations

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Villeponteau, Bryant & Harold G. Martinson. (1981). Isolation and characterization of the complete chicken β-globin gene region: frequent deletion of the adult β-globin genes in λ. Nucleic Acids Research. 9(15). 3731–3746. 34 indexed citations

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