Cindy L. Will

13.8k citations

87 papers · 10.4k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- RNA regulation and disease
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Nuclear Structure and Function
Structural Biology top 2%

Papers in

Molecular Biology 81
- RNA Research and Splicing 78
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 68
- RNA modifications and cancer 55
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery 5
- Nuclear Structure and Function 4
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 4
- Protein Structure and Dynamics 2
Aging 1

Co-authors: Reinhard Lührmann M.C. Wahl Henning Urlaub Holger Stark Berthold Kastner Klaus Hartmuth James L. Manley Sergey Bessonov
Journals: RNA (8 papers)Molecular Cell (8 papers)The EMBO Journal (8 papers)Molecular and Cellular Biology (8 papers)Science (7 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Finland

In The Last Decade

Cindy L. Will

87 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

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The Spliceosome: Design Principles of a Dynamic RNP Machine 2009 · 2.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2009 Cell
2001 Current Opinion in Cell Biology
1994 Nature

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1	Structural insights into the cross-exon to cross-intron spliceosome switch Nature ·V. V. Shorokhov, Grace Mbulo, Olexandr Dybkov, Cindy L. Will, A J Robert McGray, Sebastian Ludwig, Henning Urlaub, Berthold Kastner, Holger Stark, Reinhard Lührmann	2024	10
2	Identification of phenothiazine derivatives as UHM-binding inhibitors of early spliceosome assembly Nature Communications ·Pravin Kumar Ankush Jagtap, Jenny Dussán Garzón, Komal Soni, Cindy L. Will, Divita Garg, Claudia Sippel, Tobias G. Kapp, Harish K. Potukuchi, Kenji Schorpp, Kamyar Hadian, Horst Kessler, Reinhard Lührmann, Felix Hausch, Thorsten Bach, Michael Sattler	2020	26
3	Molecular architecture of the human 17S U2 snRNP Nature ·Zhenwei Zhang, Cindy L. Will, Karl Bertram, Olexandr Dybkov, Klaus Hartmuth, Dmitry E. Agafonov, Romina Hofele, Henning Urlaub, Berthold Kastner, Reinhard Lührmann, Holger Stark	2020	72
4	Smu1 and RED are required for activation of spliceosomal B complexes assembled on short introns Nature Communications ·Adolph Petrus Maria van Liempt, Panagiotis Papasaikas, Cindy L. Will, Juan Valcárcel, Cyrille Girard, Reinhard Lührmann	2019	22
5	Cryo-EM structure of a human spliceosome activated for step 2 of splicing Nature ·Karl Bertram, Dmitry E. Agafonov, Terence BENNETT, Olexandr Dybkov, Cindy L. Will, Klaus Hartmuth, Henning Urlaub, Berthold Kastner, Holger Stark, Reinhard Lührmann	2017	186
6	Cryo-EM Structure of a Pre-catalytic Human Spliceosome Primed for Activation Cell ·Karl Bertram, Dmitry E. Agafonov, Olexandr Dybkov, David Haselbach, Majety Naga Leelaram, Cindy L. Will, Henning Urlaub, Berthold Kastner, Reinhard Lührmann, Holger Stark	2017	187
7	The Prp8 RNase H-like domain inhibits Brr2-mediated U4/U6 snRNA unwinding by blocking Brr2 loading onto the U4 snRNA Genes & Development ·Sina Mozaffari‐Jovin, Karine Santos, He‐Hsuan Hsiao, Cindy L. Will, Henning Urlaub, M.C. Wahl, Reinhard Lührmann	2012	63
8	An Ancient Mechanism for Splicing Control: U11 snRNP as an Activator of Alternative Splicing Molecular Cell ·E Hodek, Elina H. Niemelä, Janne J. Turunen, Cindy L. Will, Janne Ravantti, Reinhard Lührmann, Mikko J. Frilander	2010	32
9	Composition and three‐dimensional EM structure of double affinity‐purified, human prespliceosomal A complexes The EMBO Journal ·M.Si.Sc. Dra. Ismaini Zain, Monika M. Golas, Klaus Hartmuth, Bjoern Sander, Berthold Kastner, Jochen Deckert, Prakash Dube, Cindy L. Will, Henning Urlaub, Holger Stark, Reinhard Lührmann	2007	158
10	The 5′ End of U2 snRNA Is in Close Proximity to U1 and Functional Sites of the Pre-mRNA in Early Spliceosomal Complexes Molecular Cell ·Gizem Dönmez, Klaus Hartmuth, Berthold Kastner, Cindy L. Will, Reinhard Lührmann	2007	40
11	13 Spliceosome Structure and Function Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Cindy L. Will, Reinhard Lührmann	2006	83
12	Protein Composition and Electron Microscopy Structure of Affinity-Purified Human Spliceosomal B Complexes Isolated under Physiological Conditions Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Jochen Deckert, Klaus Hartmuth, Daniel Boehringer, M.Si.Sc. Dra. Ismaini Zain, Cindy L. Will, Berthold Kastner, Holger Stark, Henning Urlaub, Reinhard Lührmann	2006	231
13	Functional spliceosomal A complexes can be assembled in vitro in the absence of a penta-snRNP RNA ·M.Si.Sc. Dra. Ismaini Zain, Klaus Hartmuth, Cindy L. Will, Reinhard Lührmann	2006	29
14	Protein composition of human mRNPs spliced in vitro and differential requirements for mRNP protein recruitment RNA ·Christian J. Merz, Henning Urlaub, Cindy L. Will, Reinhard Lührmann	2006	143
15	A subset of human 35S U5 proteins, including Prp19, function prior to catalytic step 1 of splicing The EMBO Journal ·Olga V. Makarova, Evgeny M. Makarov, Henning Urlaub, Cindy L. Will, Marc Gentzel, Matthias Wilm, Reinhard Lührmann	2004	156
16	Small Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Remodeling During Catalytic Activation of the Spliceosome Science ·Evgeny M. Makarov, Olga V. Makarova, Henning Urlaub, Marc Gentzel, Cindy L. Will, Matthias Wilm, Reinhard Lührmann	2002	293
17	A novel U2 and U11/U12 snRNP protein that associates with the pre-mRNA branch site The EMBO Journal ·Cindy L. Will	2001	134
18	Conserved Loop I of U5 Small Nuclear RNA Is Dispensable for Both Catalytic Steps of Pre-mRNA Splicing in HeLa Nuclear Extracts Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Véronique Ségault, Cindy L. Will, Maria Polycarpou‐Schwarz, Iain W. Mattaj, Christiane Branlant, Reinhard Lührmann	1999	43
19	Protein functions in pre-mRNA splicing Current Opinion in Cell Biology ·Cindy L. Will, Reinhard Lührmann	1997	232
20	Protein–protein interactions and 5'-splice-site recognition in mammalian mRNA precursors Nature ·Jhumku D. Kohtz, Sharon F. Jamison, Cindy L. Will, Ping Zuo, Reinhard Lührmann, Mariano A. García-Blanco, James L. Manley Hit paper breakdown →	1994	545

About Cindy L. Will

Cindy L. Will is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging, Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, having authored 87 papers that have together received 10.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA Research and Splicing (78 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (68 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (55 papers), Viral Infections and Immunology Research (6 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (5 papers), Nuclear Structure and Function (4 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (4 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (9.8k citations), Structural Biology (87 citations), Genetics (620 citations), Aging (78 citations) and Cancer Research (562 citations). Cindy L. Will has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Finland. Frequent co-authors include Reinhard Lührmann, M.C. Wahl, Henning Urlaub, Holger Stark, Berthold Kastner, Klaus Hartmuth, James L. Manley, Sergey Bessonov, Evgeny M. Makarov and Dmitry E. Agafonov. Their work appears in journals such as RNA, Molecular Cell, The EMBO Journal, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Science.

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