Deanna Ojala

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Deanna Ojala is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Deanna Ojala has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Oncology and 2 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Deanna Ojala's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (11 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (10 papers). Deanna Ojala is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (15 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (11 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (10 papers). Deanna Ojala collaborates with scholars based in United States. Deanna Ojala's co-authors include Giuseppe Attardi, Julio Montoya, Donner F. Babcock, W. M. Ballantyne, Ralph G. Yount, R. Gelfand, Christian Merkel, Stephen T. Crews, James W. Posakony and Anne Chomyn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Deanna Ojala

22 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

tRNA punctuation model of RNA processing in human mitochondria

1981 2.1k citations Deanna Ojala, Julio Montoya et al. Nature profile →
Adenylyl imidiodiphosphate, an adenosine triphosphate analog containing a P-N-P linkage

1971 474 citations Ralph G. Yount, Donner F. Babcock et al. Biochemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deanna Ojala United States	18	3.3k	686	497	449	282	23	3.9k
Aurelio Reyes United Kingdom	41	4.6k 1.4×	1.1k 1.6×	1.4k 2.7×	656 1.5×	308 1.1×	75	5.7k
Jean‐Claude Mounolou France	26	1.3k 0.4×	713 1.0×	218 0.4×	430 1.0×	164 0.6×	58	2.0k
James B. Stewart Germany	38	4.5k 1.3×	952 1.4×	1.4k 2.9×	339 0.8×	447 1.6×	60	5.3k
Dan Mishmar Israel	31	3.3k 1.0×	1.5k 2.2×	918 1.8×	429 1.0×	184 0.7×	66	4.4k
Mark W. Walberg United States	8	1.9k 0.6×	484 0.7×	379 0.8×	258 0.6×	97 0.3×	8	2.3k
Everett Anderson United States	44	2.2k 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	43 0.1×	702 1.6×	490 1.7×	90	5.3k
Richard G. Kessel United States	35	1.7k 0.5×	575 0.8×	36 0.1×	568 1.3×	296 1.0×	94	3.6k
Jean S. Deutsch France	24	1.5k 0.5×	415 0.6×	51 0.1×	313 0.7×	437 1.5×	57	2.2k
Réjean Morais Canada	14	1.4k 0.4×	708 1.0×	252 0.5×	247 0.6×	151 0.5×	32	1.8k
Kazuo Moriwaki Japan	37	2.4k 0.7×	2.3k 3.4×	64 0.1×	458 1.0×	330 1.2×	156	4.6k

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Attardi, Giuseppe, Palmiro Cantatore, Anne Chomyn, et al.. (1982). A Comprehensive View of Mitochondrial Gene Expression in Human Cells. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 12. 51–71. 18 indexed citations

Attardi, Giuseppe, Anne Chomyn, Julio Montoya, & Deanna Ojala. (1982). Identification and mapping of human mitochondrial genes. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 32(1-4). 85–98. 17 indexed citations

Montoya, Julio, Deanna Ojala, & Giuseppe Attardi. (1981). Distinctive features of the 5′-terminal sequences of the human mitochondrial mRNAs. Nature. 290(5806). 465–470. 299 indexed citations

Ojala, Deanna, Julio Montoya, & Giuseppe Attardi. (1981). tRNA punctuation model of RNA processing in human mitochondria. Nature. 290(5806). 470–474. 2076 indexed citations breakdown →

Ojala, Deanna, Julio Montoya, & Giuseppe Attardi. (1980). The putative mRNA for subunit II of human cytochrome c oxidase starts directly at the translation initiator codon. Nature. 287(5777). 79–82. 31 indexed citations

Ojala, Deanna & Giuseppe Attardi. (1980). Fine mapping of the ribosomal RNA genes of HeLa cell mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 138(2). 411–420. 20 indexed citations

Ojala, Deanna, Christian Merkel, R. Gelfand, & Giuseppe Attardi. (1980). The tRNA genes punctuate the reading of genetic information in human mitochondrial DNA. Cell. 22(2). 393–403. 268 indexed citations

Attardi, Giuseppe, et al.. (1979). Mitochondrial and nuclear gene interaction in HeLa cells.. PubMed. 16–35.

Crews, Stephen T., et al.. (1979). Nucleotide sequence of a region of human mitochondrial DNA containing the precisely identified origin of replication. Nature. 277(5693). 192–198. 127 indexed citations

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Attardi, Giuseppe, et al.. (1979). Nucleotide Sequence of a Fragment of HeLa-cell Mitochondrial DNA Containing the Precisely Localized Origin of Replication. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 43(0). 179–192. 11 indexed citations

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Ojala, Deanna & Giuseppe Attardi. (1978). Precise localization of the origin of replication in a physical map of HeLa cell mitochondrial DNA and isolation of a small fragment that contains it. Journal of Molecular Biology. 122(3). 301–319. 21 indexed citations

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Ojala, Deanna & Giuseppe Attardi. (1977). A detailed physical map of HeLa cell mitochondrial DNA and its alignment with the positions of known genetic markers. Plasmid. 1(1). 78–105. 36 indexed citations

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Ojala, Deanna & Giuseppe Attardi. (1974). Identification of Discrete Polyadenylate-containing RNA Components Transcribed from HeLa Cell Mitochondrial DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 71(2). 563–567. 29 indexed citations

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Ojala, Deanna & Giuseppe Attardi. (1974). Expression of the mitochondrial genome in HeLa cells. Journal of Molecular Biology. 82(2). 151–174. 57 indexed citations

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Ojala, Deanna & Giuseppe Attardi. (1974). Identification and partial characterization of multiple discrete polyadenylic acid-containing RNA components coded for by Hela cell mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Molecular Biology. 88(1). 205–219. 60 indexed citations

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Attardi, Giuseppe, Paolo Costantino, James M. England, et al.. (1973). MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN HeLa CELLS. European Journal of Endocrinology. 74(Suppl). S263–S293. 11 indexed citations

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Ojala, Deanna & Giuseppe Attardi. (1972). Expression of the mitochondrial genome in HeLa cells. Journal of Molecular Biology. 65(2). 273–289. 52 indexed citations

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Ojala, Deanna, et al.. (1971). Interaction of P-N-P and P-C-P analogs of adenosine triphosphate with heavy meromyosin, myosin, and actomyosin. Biochemistry. 10(13). 2490–2496. 171 indexed citations

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Yount, Ralph G., Donner F. Babcock, W. M. Ballantyne, & Deanna Ojala. (1971). Adenylyl imidiodiphosphate, an adenosine triphosphate analog containing a P-N-P linkage. Biochemistry. 10(13). 2484–2489. 474 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aloni, Yosef, Barbara Attardi, Deanna Ojala, et al.. (1970). Transcription of Mitochondrial DNA in HeLa Cells. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 35(0). 599–619. 15 indexed citations

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