Byung Ran So

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Byung Ran So is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Byung Ran So has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Genetics and 1 paper in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Byung Ran So's work include RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers). Byung Ran So is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers). Byung Ran So collaborates with scholars based in United States. Byung Ran So's co-authors include Gideon Dreyfuss, Chao Di, Lili Wan, Chie Arai, Jung‐Min Oh, Ihab Younis, Zhiqiang Cai, Jingqi Duan, Anna Maria Pinto and Pilong Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Byung Ran So

14 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

U1 snRNP regulates cancer cell migration and invasion in vitro

2020 5.9k citations Jung‐Min Oh, Chao Di et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Jung‐Min Oh South Korea

Zhiqiang Cai China

Chie Arai United States

Jingqi Duan China

Anna Maria Pinto Italy

Chao Di China

Teresa J. Feo United States

Dakota E. McCoy United States

Todd Alan Harvey United States

Ihab Younis United States

Jung‐Min Oh South Korea

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Countries citing papers authored by Byung Ran So

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Byung Ran So

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Raj, Ritu, et al.. (2025). The U1 snRNP-specific protein U1C is a key regulator of SMN complex–mediated snRNP formation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(9). 110514–110514. 1 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Hiep H., et al.. (2024). 3D Bioprinting Using Universal Fugitive Network Bioinks. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 7(10). 7040–7050. 1 indexed citations

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Cai, Zhiqiang, Byung Ran So, & Gideon Dreyfuss. (2021). Comprehensive RNP profiling in cells identifies U1 snRNP complexes with cleavage and polyadenylation factors active in telescripting. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 655. 325–347. 2 indexed citations

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Oh, Jung‐Min, Chao Di, Anna Maria Pinto, et al.. (2020). U1 snRNP regulates cancer cell migration and invasion in vitro. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1–1. 5945 indexed citations breakdown →

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Oh, Jung‐Min, et al.. (2019). U1 snRNP Telescripting: Suppression of Premature Transcription Termination in Introns as a New Layer of Gene Regulation. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 11(2). a032235–a032235. 57 indexed citations

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So, Byung Ran, Chao Di, Zhiqiang Cai, et al.. (2019). A Complex of U1 snRNP with Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors Controls Telescripting, Regulating mRNA Transcription in Human Cells. Molecular Cell. 76(4). 590–599.e4. 75 indexed citations

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Di, Chao, Byung Ran So, Zhiqiang Cai, et al.. (2019). U1 snRNP Telescripting Roles in Transcription and Its Mechanism. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 84. 115–122. 23 indexed citations

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So, Byung Ran & Gideon Dreyfuss. (2019). Myriad RNAs and RNA-Binding Proteins Control Cell Functions, Explain Diseases, and Guide New Therapies. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 84. 239–242. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Lin, Byung Ran So, Marina Bakhtina, et al.. (2018). Stoichiometry of triple-sieve tRNA editing complex ensures fidelity of aminoacyl-tRNA formation. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(2). 929–940. 15 indexed citations

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Oh, Jung‐Min, Chao Di, Jiannan Guo, et al.. (2017). U1 snRNP telescripting regulates a size–function-stratified human genome. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 24(11). 993–999. 89 indexed citations

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So, Byung Ran, Lili Wan, Zhenxi Zhang, et al.. (2016). A U1 snRNP–specific assembly pathway reveals the SMN complex as a versatile hub for RNP exchange. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 23(3). 225–230. 64 indexed citations

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Zhang, Rundong, Byung Ran So, Pilong Li, et al.. (2011). Structure of a Key Intermediate of the SMN Complex Reveals Gemin2's Crucial Function in snRNP Assembly. Cell. 146(3). 384–395. 96 indexed citations

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So, Byung Ran, et al.. (2011). Substrate-mediated Fidelity Mechanism Ensures Accurate Decoding of Proline Codons. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(36). 31810–31820. 25 indexed citations

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So, Byung Ran. (2010). Characterization of the Cys-tRNA Pro Editing Mechanism and Functional Interactions of Bacterial YbaK Protein.

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Ling, Jiqiang, Byung Ran So, Srujana S. Yadavalli, et al.. (2009). Resampling and Editing of Mischarged tRNA Prior to Translation Elongation. Molecular Cell. 33(5). 654–660. 76 indexed citations

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