Donald C. Rio

12.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
134 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Donald C. Rio is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald C. Rio has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Plant Science and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Donald C. Rio's work include RNA Research and Splicing (63 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (60 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (55 papers). Donald C. Rio is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (63 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (60 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (55 papers). Donald C. Rio collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Donald C. Rio's co-authors include Gerald M. Rubin, Yeon Lee, Timothy W. Nilsen, Manuel Ares, Gregory J. Hannon, Frank A. Laski, Robert Tjian, Eileen L. Beall, Christian W. Siebel and Roland Kanaar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Donald C. Rio

131 papers receiving 9.3k 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.

Purification of RNA Using TRIzol (TRI Reagent)

2010 1.3k citations Donald C. Rio et al. profile →
Mechanisms and Regulation of Alternative Pre-mRNA Splicing

2015 868 citations Donald C. Rio et al. profile →

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Michael Grunstein United States

Lars Bolund Denmark

Robert E. Rhoads United States

Paul D. Siebert United States

Marvin Wickens United States

Dapeng Zhang China

Stephen Buratowski United States

Yutaka Suzuki Japan

Matthew S. Sachs United States

Yasuhiro Furuichi Japan

Michael Grunstein United States

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García-Ruiz, Sonia, David Zhang, Emil K. Gustavsson, et al.. (2025). Splicing accuracy varies across human introns, tissues, age and disease. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1068–1068. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Yeon J. & Donald C. Rio. (2024). A mutation in the low-complexity domain of splicing factor hnRNPA1 linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disrupts distinct neuronal RNA splicing networks. Genes & Development. 38(1-2). 11–30. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Qingqing, Erin G. Conlon, James L. Manley, & Donald C. Rio. (2020). Widespread intron retention impairs protein homeostasis in C9orf72 ALS brains. Genome Research. 30(12). 1705–1715. 33 indexed citations

Wang, Qingqing & Donald C. Rio. (2018). JUM is a computational method for comprehensive annotation-free analysis of alternative pre-mRNA splicing patterns. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(35). E8181–E8190. 50 indexed citations

Lee, Yeon J., Qingqing Wang, & Donald C. Rio. (2018). Coordinate regulation of alternative pre-mRNA splicing events by the human RNA chaperone proteins hnRNPA1 and DDX5. Genes & Development. 32(15-16). 1060–1074. 49 indexed citations

Teixeira, Felipe Karam, et al.. (2017). piRNA-mediated regulation of transposon alternative splicing in the soma and germ line. Nature. 552(7684). 268–272. 95 indexed citations

Cho, Michael Jeffrey, et al.. (2016). Drosophila IRBP bZIP heterodimer binds P-element DNA and affects hybrid dysgenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(46). 13003–13008. 22 indexed citations

Taliaferro, J. Matthew, et al.. (2013). The Drosophila Splicing Factor PSI Is Phosphorylated by Casein Kinase II and Tousled-Like Kinase. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e56401–e56401. 2 indexed citations

Taliaferro, J. Matthew, et al.. (2011). Evolution of a tissue-specific splicing network. Genes & Development. 25(6). 608–620. 15 indexed citations

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Rio, Donald C., et al.. (2010). A green fluorescent protein solubility screen in E. coli reveals domain boundaries of the GTP‐binding domain in the P element transposase. Protein Science. 19(11). 2210–2218. 4 indexed citations

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Song, Eun Joo, Shannon L. Werner, Frank Stegmeier, et al.. (2010). The Prp19 complex and the Usp4^Sart3 deubiquitinating enzyme control reversible ubiquitination at the spliceosome. Genes & Development. 24(13). 1434–1447. 183 indexed citations

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Lyubimov, Artem Y., et al.. (2009). THAP proteins target specific DNA sites through bipartite recognition of adjacent major and minor grooves. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 17(1). 117–123. 58 indexed citations

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Hansen, Kasper D., Liana F. Lareau, Marco Blanchette, et al.. (2009). Genome-Wide Identification of Alternative Splice Forms Down-Regulated by Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay in Drosophila. PLoS Genetics. 5(6). e1000525–e1000525. 68 indexed citations

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Sharma, Shalini, Lori A. Kohlstaedt, Andrey Damianov, Donald C. Rio, & Douglas L. Black. (2008). Polypyrimidine tract binding protein controls the transition from exon definition to an intron defined spliceosome. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 15(2). 183–191. 130 indexed citations

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Chmiel, Nikolas H., Donald C. Rio, & Jennifer A. Doudna. (2006). Distinct contributions of KH domains to substrate binding affinity of Drosophila P-element somatic inhibitor protein. RNA. 12(2). 283–291. 30 indexed citations

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Labourier, Emmanuel, et al.. (2002). The KH-type RNA-binding protein PSI is required for Drosophila viability, male fertility, and cellular mRNA processing. Genes & Development. 16(1). 72–84. 29 indexed citations

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Hammond, Linda E., David Z. Rudner, Roland Kanaar, & Donald C. Rio. (1997). Mutations in the hrp48 Gene, Which Encodes a Drosophila Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Particle Protein, Cause Lethality and Developmental Defects and Affect P-Element Third-Intron Splicing In Vivo. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 17(12). 7260–7267. 57 indexed citations

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Beall, Eileen L. & Donald C. Rio. (1996). Drosophila IRBP/Ku p70 corresponds to the mutagen-sensitive mus309 gene and is involved in P-element excision in vivo.. Genes & Development. 10(8). 921–933. 94 indexed citations

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Rio, Donald C., Georjana Barnes, Frank A. Laski, Jasper Rine, & Gerald M. Rubin. (1988). Evidence for Drosophila P element transposase activity in mammalian cells and yeast. Journal of Molecular Biology. 200(2). 411–415. 37 indexed citations

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Robbins, Paul D., Donald C. Rio, & Michael R. Botchan. (1986). trans Activation of the Simian Virus 40 Enhancer. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 6(4). 1283–1295. 14 indexed citations

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