Ellis Jaffray

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Ellis Jaffray is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellis Jaffray has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Oncology and 11 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ellis Jaffray's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (41 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (13 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (9 papers). Ellis Jaffray is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (41 papers), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (13 papers) and Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (9 papers). Ellis Jaffray collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Ellis Jaffray's co-authors include Ronald T. Hay, Michael H. Tatham, Anna Plechanovová, James H. Naismith, Marie‐Claude Geoffroy, Joana Desterro, Neil Hattersley, O. Anthony Vaughan, Linnan Shen and Catherine H. Botting and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Ellis Jaffray

57 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Polymeric Chains of SUMO-2 and SUMO-3 Are Conjugated to Protein Substrates by SAE1/SAE2 and Ubc9

2001 689 citations Michael H. Tatham, Ellis Jaffray et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
RNF4 is a poly-SUMO-specific E3 ubiquitin ligase required for arsenic-induced PML degradation

2008 678 citations Michael H. Tatham, Marie‐Claude Geoffroy et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ellis Jaffray United Kingdom	39	4.6k	1.6k	744	576	576	57	5.3k
Alfred C.O. Vertegaal Netherlands	44	5.5k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	664 0.9×	527 0.9×	534 0.9×	98	6.1k
Michael H. Tatham United Kingdom	31	4.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	680 0.9×	490 0.9×	288 0.5×	53	4.9k
Erica S. Johnson United States	26	5.6k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	477 0.6×	625 1.1×	345 0.6×	33	5.9k
Dieter A Wolf United States	35	3.5k 0.8×	751 0.5×	336 0.5×	378 0.7×	520 0.9×	81	4.4k
Maria Gaczyńska United States	33	3.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	990 1.3×	334 0.6×	367 0.6×	92	4.2k
Sebastian Nijman Austria	26	5.7k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	804 1.1×	710 1.2×	1.4k 2.4×	40	7.3k
Eric J. Bennett United States	36	6.4k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	684 0.9×	585 1.0×	446 0.8×	69	7.7k
Yuval Reiss Israel	24	4.7k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	793 1.1×	278 0.5×	573 1.0×	37	6.1k
Lilian Phu United States	22	2.8k 0.6×	625 0.4×	466 0.6×	388 0.7×	443 0.8×	34	3.5k
Klavs B. Hendil Denmark	36	3.2k 0.7×	940 0.6×	564 0.8×	412 0.7×	238 0.4×	57	4.0k

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Jaffray, Ellis, Michael H. Tatham, Barbara Mojsa, et al.. (2025). PML mutants from arsenic-resistant patients reveal SUMO1-TOPORS and SUMO2/3-RNF4 degradation pathways. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(6). 1 indexed citations

Jaffray, Ellis, Michael H. Tatham, Barbara Mojsa, et al.. (2023). The p97/VCP segregase is essential for arsenic-induced degradation of PML and PML-RARA. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(4). 11 indexed citations

Murphy, Paul, Yingqi Xu, Sarah L. Rouse, et al.. (2020). Functional 3D architecture in an intrinsically disordered E3 ligase domain facilitates ubiquitin transfer. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3807–3807. 8 indexed citations

Pelisch, Federico, et al.. (2019). Sumoylation regulates protein dynamics during meiotic chromosome segregation in C. elegans oocytes. Journal of Cell Science. 132(14). 19 indexed citations

Pelisch, Federico, Triin Tammsalu, Bin Wang, et al.. (2016). A SUMO-Dependent Protein Network Regulates Chromosome Congression during Oocyte Meiosis. Molecular Cell. 65(1). 66–77. 55 indexed citations

Hattersley, Neil, Linnan Shen, Ellis Jaffray, & Ronald T. Hay. (2010). The SUMO protease SENP6 is a direct regulator of PML nuclear bodies. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22(1). 78–90. 60 indexed citations

Geoffroy, Marie‐Claude, et al.. (2010). Arsenic-Induced SUMO-Dependent Recruitment of RNF4 into PML Nuclear Bodies. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 21(23). 4227–4239. 79 indexed citations

Geoffroy, Marie‐Claude, Ellis Jaffray, Kaye Walker, & Ronald T. Hay. (2010). Arsenic-Induced SUMO-Dependent Recruitment of RNF4 into PML Nuclear Bodies. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 14 indexed citations

Frade, Raquel F. M., Tomáš Lébl, Ellis Jaffray, et al.. (2009). Iso‐seco‐tanapartholides: Isolation, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2009(33). 5711–5715. 24 indexed citations

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Santos, Vera Lúcia Pereira dos, Fernando Ferreira, Rafael M. Costa, et al.. (2008). Conjugation of Human Topoisomerase 2α with Small Ubiquitin-like Modifiers 2/3 in Response to Topoisomerase Inhibitors: Cell Cycle Stage and Chromosome Domain Specificity. Cancer Research. 68(7). 2409–2418. 49 indexed citations

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Wallace, Karen, Roben G. Gieling, Derek Manas, et al.. (2008). NF-κB is a critical regulator of the survival of rodent and human hepatic myofibroblasts. Journal of Hepatology. 48(4). 589–597. 45 indexed citations

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Tatham, Michael H., Marie‐Claude Geoffroy, Linnan Shen, et al.. (2008). RNF4 is a poly-SUMO-specific E3 ubiquitin ligase required for arsenic-induced PML degradation. Nature Cell Biology. 10(5). 538–546. 678 indexed citations breakdown →

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Miles, Wayne, Ellis Jaffray, Susan G. Campbell, et al.. (2008). Medea SUMOylation restricts the signaling range of the Dpp morphogen in the Drosophila embryo. Genes & Development. 22(18). 2578–2590. 40 indexed citations

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Osses, Nelson, Ellis Jaffray, O. Anthony Vaughan, et al.. (2006). Repression of SOX6 transcriptional activity by SUMO modification. FEBS Letters. 580(5). 1215–1221. 24 indexed citations

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Boyer‐Guittaut, Michaël, Kıvanç Birsoy, Gill Elliott, et al.. (2005). SUMO-1 Modification of Human Transcription Factor (TF) IID Complex Subunits. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(11). 9937–9945. 33 indexed citations

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Jaffray, Ellis & Ronald T. Hay. (2005). Detection of modification by ubiquitin-like proteins. Methods. 38(1). 35–38. 33 indexed citations

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Vertegaal, Alfred C.O., Stephen C. Ogg, Ellis Jaffray, et al.. (2004). A Proteomic Study of SUMO-2 Target Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(32). 33791–33798. 184 indexed citations

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Yang, Shen‐Hsi, Ellis Jaffray, Ronald T. Hay, & Andrew D Sharrocks. (2003). Dynamic Interplay of the SUMO and ERK Pathways in Regulating Elk-1 Transcriptional Activity. Molecular Cell. 12(1). 63–74. 214 indexed citations

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Bell, Stefan, James R. Matthews, Ellis Jaffray, & Ronald T. Hay. (1996). IκBγ Inhibits DNA Binding of NF-κB p50 Homodimers by Interacting with Residues That Contact DNA. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16(11). 6477–6485. 13 indexed citations

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Matthews, James R., et al.. (1995). Conformational changes induced by DNA binding of NF-κB. Nucleic Acids Research. 23(17). 3393–3402. 30 indexed citations

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