Daan C. Swarts

5.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
34 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Daan C. Swarts is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daan C. Swarts has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Daan C. Swarts's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (23 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers). Daan C. Swarts is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (23 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (16 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (11 papers). Daan C. Swarts collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Switzerland and United States. Daan C. Swarts's co-authors include Martin Jínek, John van der Oost, Stan J. J. Brouns, Yanli Wang, Dinshaw J. Patel, Jorrit W. Hegge, Edze R. Westra, Cas Mosterd, Mark W. J. van Passel and Matthijs M. Jore and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Daan C. Swarts

32 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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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.

Structural Basis for Guide RNA Processing and Seed-Dependent DNA Targeting by CRISPR-Cas12a

2017 458 citations Daan C. Swarts, John van der Oost et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Mechanistic Insights into the cis- and trans-Acting DNase Activities of Cas12a

2019 431 citations Daan C. Swarts, Martin Jínek Molecular Cell profile →
The evolutionary journey of Argonaute proteins

2014 381 citations Daan C. Swarts, Yanli Wang et al. profile →
DNA-guided DNA interference by a prokaryotic Argonaute

2014 359 citations Daan C. Swarts, Matthijs M. Jore et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cyanobacterial Argonautes and Cas4 family nucleases cooperate to interfere with invading DNA 2025 ·Molecular Cell ·(unknown), Susan A. Halter, Sumanth Mutte, (unknown), (unknown), Ilya M. Terenin, (unknown), Balwina Koopal, Mark Roosjen, Sjef Boeren, Vasili Hauryliuk, Martin Jínek, Adrie H. Westphal, Daan C. Swarts	0
2	Distribution of bacterial DNA repair proteins and their co-occurrence with immune systems 2025 ·Cell Reports ·Sumanth Mutte, (unknown), (unknown), Daan C. Swarts	2
3	RNA-guided RNA silencing by an Asgard archaeal Argonaute 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Kijun Kim, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Stephan Köstlbacher, Daniel Tamarit, Thijs J. G. Ettema, Martin Jínek, Ian J. MacRae, Chirlmin Joo, Daan C. Swarts, Fabai Wu	14
4	Distribution of specific prokaryotic immune systems correlates with host optimal growth temperature 2024 ·NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics ·(unknown), Dolf Weijers, Daan C. Swarts	6
5	Gene editing of NCF1 loci is associated with homologous recombination and chromosomal rearrangements 2024 ·Communications Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Carla Fuster‐García, (unknown), (unknown), Katja Bargsten, Lucas Kissling, Daan C. Swarts, Geoffroy Andrieux, Toni Cathomen, (unknown), Martin Jínek, Ulrich Siler, Janine Reichenbach	6
6	Target DNA-dependent activation mechanism of the prokaryotic immune system SPARTA 2023 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), Balwina Koopal, (unknown), (unknown), Adrie H. Westphal, Martin Jínek, Daan C. Swarts	13
7	Argonaute proteins confer immunity in all domains of life 2023 ·Current Opinion in Microbiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Daan C. Swarts	41
8	Short prokaryotic Argonaute systems trigger cell death upon detection of invading DNA 2022 ·Cell ·Balwina Koopal, (unknown), Sumanth Mutte, Cristian Aparicio-Maldonado, Simon Lindhoud, Jacques Vervoort, Stan J. J. Brouns, Daan C. Swarts	123
9	Mechanistic Insights into the cis- and trans-Acting DNase Activities of Cas12a breakdown → 2019 ·Molecular Cell ·Daan C. Swarts, Martin Jínek	431
10	DNA-guided DNA cleavage at moderate temperatures by Clostridium butyricum Argonaute 2019 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Jorrit W. Hegge, Daan C. Swarts, Stanley D. Chandradoss, Tao Cui, Jeroen Kneppers, Martin Jínek, Chirlmin Joo, John van der Oost	139
11	Preparation and electroporation of Cas12a/Cpf1-guide RNA complexes for introducing large gene deletions in mouse embryonic stem cells 2019 ·Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Lucas Kissling, Asun Monfort, Daan C. Swarts, Anton Wutz, Martin Jínek	16
12	Making the cut(s): how Cas12a cleaves target and non-target DNA 2019 ·Biochemical Society Transactions ·Daan C. Swarts	54
13	Cas9 versus Cas12a/Cpf1: Structure–function comparisons and implications for genome editing 2018 ·Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - RNA ·Daan C. Swarts, Martin Jínek	181
14	Prokaryotic Argonaute proteins: novel genome-editing tools? 2017 ·Nature Reviews Microbiology ·Jorrit W. Hegge, Daan C. Swarts, John van der Oost	141
15	Autonomous Generation and Loading of DNA Guides by Bacterial Argonaute 2017 ·Molecular Cell ·Daan C. Swarts, Malwina Szczepaniak, Gang Sheng, Stanley D. Chandradoss, Yifan Zhu, (unknown), Yong Zhang, Hongtu Zhao, Jizhong Lou, Yanli Wang, Chirlmin Joo, John van der Oost	98
16	Bacteriophage DNA glucosylation impairs target DNA binding by type I and II but not by type V CRISPR–Cas effector complexes 2017 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Marnix Vlot, (unknown), (unknown), Daan C. Swarts, (unknown), Tim Künne, Prarthana Mohanraju, Carolin Anders, Martin Jínek, John van der Oost, Mark J. Dickman, Stan J. J. Brouns	55
17	Effects of Argonaute on Gene Expression in Thermus thermophilus 2015 ·PLoS ONE ·Daan C. Swarts, Jasper J. Koehorst, Edze R. Westra, Peter J. Schaap, John van der Oost	38
18	DNA-guided DNA interference by a prokaryotic Argonaute breakdown → 2014 ·Nature ·Daan C. Swarts, Matthijs M. Jore, Edze R. Westra, Yifan Zhu, Jorijn H. Janssen, Ambrosius P. Snijders, Yanli Wang, Dinshaw J. Patel, José Berenguer, Stan J. J. Brouns, John van der Oost	359
19	Complete genome sequence of Syntrophobacter fumaroxidans strain (MPOBT) 2012 ·Standards in Genomic Sciences ·Caroline M. Plugge, Anne M. Henstra, Petra Worm, Daan C. Swarts, Astrid H. Paulitsch‐Fuchs, Johannes C. M. Scholten, Athanasios Lykidis, Alla Lapidus, Eugene Goltsman, Edwin Kim, Erin McDonald, Lars Rohlin, Bryan R. Crable, Robert P. Gunsalus, Alfons J. M. Stams, Michael J. McInerney	54
20	CRISPR Interference Directs Strand Specific Spacer Acquisition 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Daan C. Swarts, Cas Mosterd, Mark W. J. van Passel, Stan J. J. Brouns	284

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