Daekyu Sun

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Daekyu Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Toxicology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daekyu Sun has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Organic Chemistry and 5 papers in Toxicology. Recurrent topics in Daekyu Sun's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (38 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (25 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (22 papers). Daekyu Sun is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (38 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (25 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (22 papers). Daekyu Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia. Daekyu Sun's co-authors include Laurence H. Hurley, Richard T. Wheelhouse, Kexiao Guo, Miguel Salazar, Sean M. Kerwin, Thomas S. Dexheimer, Haiyong Han, Vijay Gokhale, Brian E. Cathers and Terence C. Jenkins and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Daekyu Sun

65 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Inhibition of Human Telomerase by a G-Quadruplex-Interact... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Inhibition of Human Telomerase by a G-Quadruplex-Interactive Compound
    1997 664 citations Daekyu Sun, Miguel Salazar et al. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daekyu Sun United States 29 4.7k 392 317 272 218 65 5.1k
Anthony P. Reszka United Kingdom 29 4.2k 0.9× 522 1.3× 305 1.0× 154 0.6× 100 0.5× 38 4.5k
Toshikazu Bando Japan 37 3.3k 0.7× 1.2k 3.1× 127 0.4× 282 1.0× 215 1.0× 158 4.2k
Luigi E. Xodo Italy 36 3.8k 0.8× 268 0.7× 48 0.2× 180 0.7× 356 1.6× 123 4.5k
Hariprasad Vankayalapati United States 21 1.5k 0.3× 280 0.7× 115 0.4× 257 0.9× 75 0.3× 61 2.2k
Anusch Peyman Germany 22 2.6k 0.6× 1.1k 2.8× 126 0.4× 252 0.9× 152 0.7× 51 3.7k
P. Ann Boriack‐Sjodin United States 25 2.6k 0.6× 316 0.8× 55 0.2× 273 1.0× 162 0.7× 48 2.9k
Linda H. Malkas United States 29 2.3k 0.5× 178 0.5× 97 0.3× 866 3.2× 69 0.3× 95 2.8k
Rob L. M. van Montfort United Kingdom 17 1.8k 0.4× 231 0.6× 142 0.4× 201 0.7× 316 1.4× 31 2.1k
B. Bhattacharyya India 22 1.3k 0.3× 542 1.4× 85 0.3× 365 1.3× 130 0.6× 53 1.9k
John Skidmore United Kingdom 19 1.1k 0.2× 813 2.1× 111 0.4× 160 0.6× 206 0.9× 32 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Daekyu Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daekyu Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daekyu Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Daekyu Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Daekyu Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Daekyu Sun. Daekyu Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Alqahtani, Tariq, Vishnu Kumarasamy, Sahar S. Alghamdi, et al.. (2023). Adefovir Dipivoxil as a Therapeutic Candidate for Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Targeting RET and STAT3 Proto-Oncogenes. Cancers. 15(7). 2163–2163. 3 indexed citations
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Kumarasamy, Vishnu & Daekyu Sun. (2017). Demonstration of a potent RET transcriptional inhibitor for the treatment of medullary thyroid carcinoma based on an ellipticine derivative. International Journal of Oncology. 51(1). 145–157. 13 indexed citations
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Kumarasamy, Vishnu, et al.. (2015). Selective repression of RET proto-oncogene in medullary thyroid carcinoma by a natural alkaloid berberine. BMC Cancer. 15(1). 599–599. 29 indexed citations
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Sun, Daekyu. (2009). In vitro Footprinting of Promoter Regions Within Supercoiled Plasmid DNA. Methods in molecular biology. 613. 223–233. 11 indexed citations
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Sun, Daekyu, et al.. (2009). Synthesis and antiproliferating activity of iron chelators of hydroxyamino-1,3,5-triazine family. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 20(2). 458–460. 15 indexed citations
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Sun, Daekyu & Laurence H. Hurley. (2009). Biochemical Techniques for the Characterization of G-Quadruplex Structures: EMSA, DMS Footprinting, and DNA Polymerase Stop Assay. Methods in molecular biology. 608. 65–79. 111 indexed citations
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Wood, Stacey, et al.. (2005). Evidence for the Presence of a Guanine Quadruplex Forming Region within a Polypurine Tract of the Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1α Promoter. Biochemistry. 44(49). 16341–16350. 241 indexed citations
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Sun, Daekyu, et al.. (2004). Cellular response and molecular mechanism of antitumor activity by leinamycin in MiaPaCa human pancreatic cancer cells. Anti-Cancer Drugs. 15(7). 689–696. 20 indexed citations
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Sun, Daekyu, et al.. (2002). Induction of DNA Ligase I by 1-β-d-Arabinosylcytosine and Aphidicolin in MiaPaCa Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Experimental Cell Research. 280(1). 90–96. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Daekyu, et al.. (2002). Effects of cisplatin on expression of DNA ligases in MiaPaCa human pancreatic cancer cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 298(4). 537–544. 9 indexed citations
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Kerwin, Sean M., Daekyu Sun, Jonathan Kern, Anupama Rangan, & Pei W. Thomas. (2001). G-Quadruplex DNA binding by a series of carbocyanine dyes. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 11(18). 2411–2414. 42 indexed citations
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Hurley, Laurence H., Richard T. Wheelhouse, Daekyu Sun, et al.. (2000). G-quadruplexes as targets for drug design. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 85(3). 141–158. 197 indexed citations
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Sun, Daekyu & Laurence H. Hurley. (1995). TBP binding to the TATA box induces a specific downstream unwinding site that is targeted by pluramycin. Chemistry & Biology. 2(7). 457–469. 24 indexed citations
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Hurley, Laurence H. & Daekyu Sun. (1994). (+)‐CC‐1065 as a probe for intrinsic and protein‐induced bending of DNA. Journal of Molecular Recognition. 7(2). 123–132. 6 indexed citations
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Aristoff, Paul A., et al.. (1993). Synthesis and biochemical evaluation of the CBI-PDE-I-dimer, a benzannelated analog of (+)-CC-1065 that also produces delayed toxicity in mice. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 36(14). 1956–1963. 33 indexed citations
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Sun, Daekyu, et al.. (1992). Structure-activity relationships of (+)-CC-1065 analogs in the inhibition of helicase-catalyzed unwinding of duplex DNA. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 35(10). 1773–1782. 21 indexed citations

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