Elena A. Lesnik

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Elena A. Lesnik is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elena A. Lesnik has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Organic Chemistry and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Elena A. Lesnik's work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (36 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (27 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (18 papers). Elena A. Lesnik is often cited by papers focused on DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (36 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (27 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (18 papers). Elena A. Lesnik collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Slovakia. Elena A. Lesnik's co-authors include Susan M. Freier, P. Dan Cook, Andrew M. Kawasaki, Charles J. Guinosso, Brett P. Monia, Sandra Freier, Henri Sasmor, D. P. C. MCGEE, Lendell L. Cummins and C. Gonzalez and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Elena A. Lesnik

45 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Evaluation of 2‘-modified oligonucleotides containing 2‘-deoxy gaps as antisense inhibitors of gene expression

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elena A. Lesnik United States	24	3.4k	326	308	230	175	46	3.7k
Henri Sasmor United States	23	2.5k 0.7×	99 0.3×	256 0.8×	179 0.8×	125 0.7×	35	2.9k
Dwight D. Weller United States	22	1.8k 0.5×	117 0.4×	310 1.0×	117 0.5×	385 2.2×	44	2.4k
Achim Dickmanns Germany	33	2.4k 0.7×	206 0.6×	375 1.2×	130 0.6×	167 1.0×	70	3.1k
John F. Milligan United States	13	3.7k 1.1×	456 1.4×	482 1.6×	109 0.5×	173 1.0×	16	4.0k
Melissa S. Jurica United States	25	3.2k 0.9×	121 0.4×	264 0.9×	234 1.0×	145 0.8×	54	3.5k
Janusz Stȩpiński Poland	33	3.3k 0.9×	99 0.3×	324 1.1×	154 0.7×	267 1.5×	116	3.7k
Michael W. Van Dyke United States	30	2.9k 0.8×	202 0.6×	506 1.6×	212 0.9×	184 1.1×	69	3.3k
Alexei A. Koshkin Denmark	13	2.8k 0.8×	262 0.8×	104 0.3×	262 1.1×	229 1.3×	17	3.0k
Marc Graille France	36	3.1k 0.9×	185 0.6×	274 0.9×	404 1.8×	57 0.3×	93	3.7k
Jane Z. Sanders United States	6	1.3k 0.4×	185 0.6×	303 1.0×	99 0.4×	57 0.3×	6	1.9k

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Lesnik, Elena A., Gary B. Fogel, Dana Weekes, et al.. (2004). Identification of conserved regulatory RNA structures in prokaryotic metabolic pathway genes. Biosystems. 80(2). 145–154. 14 indexed citations

Prakash, Thazha P., Ask Püschl, Elena A. Lesnik, et al.. (2004). 2‘-O-[2-(Guanidinium)ethyl]-Modified Oligonucleotides: Stabilizing Effect on Duplex and Triplex Structures. Organic Letters. 6(12). 1971–1974. 49 indexed citations

Manoharan, Muthiah, Gopal B. Inamati, Elena A. Lesnik, Namir Sioufi, & Susan M. Freier. (2002). Improving Antisense Oligonucleotide Binding to Human Serum Albumin: Dramatic Effect of Ibuprofen Conjugation. ChemBioChem. 3(12). 1257–1260. 9 indexed citations

Chen, Shawn, Elena A. Lesnik, Thomas A. Hall, et al.. (2002). A bioinformatics based approach to discover small RNA genes in the Escherichia coli genome. Biosystems. 65(2-3). 157–177. 176 indexed citations

Prakash, Thazha P., Muthiah Manoharan, Andrew M. Kawasaki, et al.. (2001). ChemInform Abstract: 2′‐O‐{2‐[N,N‐(Dialkyl)aminooxy]ethyl}‐Modified Antisense Oligonucleotides.. ChemInform. 32(9). 2 indexed citations

Lesnik, Elena A.. (2001). Prediction of rho-independent transcriptional terminators in Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Research. 29(17). 3583–3594. 191 indexed citations

Brown‐Driver, Vickie, et al.. (1999). Inhibition of Translation of Hepatitis C Virus RNA by 2′-Modified Antisense Oligonucleotides. Antisense and Nucleic Acid Drug Development. 9(2). 145–154. 32 indexed citations

Mohan, V., et al.. (1998). Biophysical and antisense properties of oligodeoxynucleotides containing 7-propynyl-, 7-iodo- and 7-cyano-7-deaza-2-amino-2'-deoxyadenosines. Nucleic Acids Research. 26(14). 3350–3357. 32 indexed citations

Ross, Bruce S., et al.. (1997). Synthesis and Incorporation of 2′-O-Methyl-Pseudouridine into Oligonucleotides. Nucleosides and Nucleotides. 16(7-9). 1547–1549. 2 indexed citations

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Lesnik, Elena A.. (1997). Evaluation of pyrimidine PNA binding to ssDNA targets from nonequilibrium melting experiments. Nucleic Acids Research. 25(3). 568–574. 14 indexed citations

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Lesnik, Elena A., et al.. (1997). Positioning of Functionalities in a Heteroduplex Major Groove: Synthesis of 7-Deaza-2-Amino-2′-deoxyadenosines. Nucleosides and Nucleotides. 16(7-9). 941–944. 1 indexed citations

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Griffey, Richard H., Brett P. Monia, Susan M. Freier, et al.. (1996). 2‘-O-Aminopropyl Ribonucleotides: A Zwitterionic Modification That Enhances the Exonuclease Resistance and Biological Activity of Antisense Oligonucleotides. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 39(26). 5100–5109. 115 indexed citations

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Cummins, Lendell L., Stephen R. Owens, Lisa M. Risen, et al.. (1995). Characterization of fully 2'-modified oligoribonucleotide hetero- and homoduplex hybridization and nuclease sensitivity. Nucleic Acids Research. 23(11). 2019–2024. 292 indexed citations

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Lesnik, Elena A., Charles J. Guinosso, Andrew M. Kawasaki, et al.. (1993). Oligodeoxynucleotides containing 2'-O-modified adenosine: Synthesis and effects on stability of DNA:RNA duplexes. Biochemistry. 32(30). 7832–7838. 181 indexed citations

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Kawasaki, Andrew M., Martin D. Casper, Susan M. Freier, et al.. (1993). Uniformly modified 2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-phosphorothioate oligonucleotides as nuclease-resistant antisense compounds with high affinity and specificity for RNA targets. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 36(7). 831–841. 344 indexed citations

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Graham, Mark J., et al.. (1993). Tritium labeling of antisense oligonucleotides by exchange with tritiated water. Nucleic Acids Research. 21(16). 3737–3743. 53 indexed citations

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Lesnik, Elena A., et al.. (1991). The inhibition of restriction endonucleases due to Z‐DNA in negatively supercoiled plasmid. FEBS Letters. 280(1). 91–93. 3 indexed citations

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Lesnik, Elena A., et al.. (1987). Conformational Peculiarities of Polynucleotides with a Nonrandom Base Sequence According to the¹H→³H Exchange Rate in C8H Groups of Purinic Residues. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 5(3). 601–614. 4 indexed citations

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Lesnik, Elena A., et al.. (1974). Hydrogen exchange rate in C₍₈₎H groups of purine residues as a tool for estimation of their pK_a values in nucleic acids. FEBS Letters. 49(2). 181–187. 6 indexed citations

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Lesnik, Elena A., et al.. (1973). Influence of tertiary structure upon the rate of isotope hydrogen exchange in C₍₈₎H groups of tRNA purine residues. FEBS Letters. 33(1). 7–10. 10 indexed citations

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