Erumbi S. Rangarajan

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Erumbi S. Rangarajan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Erumbi S. Rangarajan has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Cell Biology and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Erumbi S. Rangarajan's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (16 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (10 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (6 papers). Erumbi S. Rangarajan is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (16 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (10 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (6 papers). Erumbi S. Rangarajan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and India. Erumbi S. Rangarajan's co-authors include Tina Izard, Allan Matte, Mirosław Cygler, Christoph Rader, Krishna Chinthalapudi, Lizhou Zhang, Haiyong Peng, Brian D. Quinlan, Cody B. Jackson and Michael Farzan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Erumbi S. Rangarajan

39 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

SARS-CoV-2 spike-protein D614G mutation increases virion spike density and infectivity

2020 662 citations Lizhou Zhang, Cody B. Jackson et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erumbi S. Rangarajan United States	22	873	616	366	160	145	40	1.8k
Gabriela C. Pérez-Alvarado United States	16	1.4k 1.6×	189 0.3×	156 0.4×	132 0.8×	277 1.9×	17	1.8k
Roger A. Poorman United States	23	1.3k 1.5×	256 0.4×	181 0.5×	174 1.1×	124 0.9×	42	2.2k
Peter V. Pallai United States	19	836 1.0×	297 0.5×	98 0.3×	193 1.2×	59 0.4×	30	1.8k
Daniel Gillet France	27	971 1.1×	343 0.6×	219 0.6×	222 1.4×	53 0.4×	77	2.2k
Francisco Gavilanes Spain	25	1.1k 1.3×	130 0.2×	236 0.6×	111 0.7×	106 0.7×	83	2.0k
Stephen P. Chambers United States	18	1.7k 1.9×	294 0.5×	186 0.5×	124 0.8×	113 0.8×	26	2.5k
Nobuo Maita Japan	20	937 1.1×	142 0.2×	121 0.3×	236 1.5×	89 0.6×	41	1.6k
Yingfang Liu China	25	1.5k 1.7×	298 0.5×	147 0.4×	140 0.9×	66 0.5×	56	2.6k
Ya Ha United States	25	1.6k 1.8×	334 0.5×	297 0.8×	205 1.3×	165 1.1×	34	2.8k
Ejvind Mørtz Denmark	16	995 1.1×	165 0.3×	108 0.3×	105 0.7×	60 0.4×	27	1.7k

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Nwachukwu, J.C., Yingwei Hou, Jian Min, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric allostery in estrogen receptor-α homodimers drives responses to the ensemble of estrogens in the hormonal milieu. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(24). e2321344121–e2321344121. 4 indexed citations

Rangarajan, Erumbi S., et al.. (2024). High-resolution snapshots of the talin auto-inhibitory states suggest roles in cell adhesion and signaling. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9270–9270. 3 indexed citations

Gupta, Jyoti, Erumbi S. Rangarajan, Regina B. Troyanovsky, et al.. (2023). Plakophilin-3 Binds the Membrane and Filamentous Actin without Bundling F-Actin. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(11). 9458–9458. 1 indexed citations

Rangarajan, Erumbi S., et al.. (2023). Distinct inter-domain interactions of dimeric versus monomeric α-catenin link cell junctions to filaments. Communications Biology. 6(1). 276–276. 3 indexed citations

Primi, Marina Candido, Erumbi S. Rangarajan, Dipak N. Patil, & Tina Izard. (2021). Conformational flexibility determines the Nf2/merlin tumor suppressor functions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12. 100074–100074. 9 indexed citations

Rangarajan, Erumbi S., Marina Candido Primi, Lesley A. Colgan, et al.. (2020). A distinct talin2 structure directs isoform specificity in cell adhesion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(37). 12885–12899. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Lizhou, Cody B. Jackson, Huihui Mou, et al.. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 spike-protein D614G mutation increases virion spike density and infectivity. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6013–6013. 662 indexed citations breakdown →

Patil, Dipak N., Erumbi S. Rangarajan, Scott J. Novick, et al.. (2018). Structural organization of a major neuronal G protein regulator, the RGS7-Gβ5-R7BP complex. eLife. 7. 19 indexed citations

Nwachukwu, J.C., Sathish Srinivasan, Nelson E. Bruno, et al.. (2016). Systems Structural Biology Analysis of Ligand Effects on ERα Predicts Cellular Response to Environmental Estrogens and Anti-hormone Therapies. Cell chemical biology. 24(1). 35–45. 35 indexed citations

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Rangarajan, Erumbi S. & Tina Izard. (2013). Dimer asymmetry defines α-catenin interactions. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 20(2). 188–193. 92 indexed citations

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Yogesha, S.D., Erumbi S. Rangarajan, Clemens Vonrhein, G. Bricogne, & Tina Izard. (2012). Crystal structure of vinculin in complex with vinculin binding site 50 (VBS50), the integrin binding site 2 (IBS2) of talin. Protein Science. 21(4). 583–588. 11 indexed citations

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Rangarajan, Erumbi S., Ariane Proteau, Joseph D. Schrag, et al.. (2011). Structural and enzymatic characterization of NanS (YjhS), a 9‐O‐Acetyl N‐acetylneuraminic acid esterase from Escherichia coli O157:H7. Protein Science. 20(7). 1208–1219. 32 indexed citations

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Rangarajan, Erumbi S., Jun Hyuck Lee, S.D. Yogesha, & Tina Izard. (2010). A Helix Replacement Mechanism Directs Metavinculin Functions. PLoS ONE. 5(5). e10679–e10679. 30 indexed citations

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Rangarajan, Erumbi S., et al.. (2010). Mechanism of Aldolase Control of Sorting Nexin 9 Function in Endocytosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(16). 11983–11990. 31 indexed citations

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Lee, Jun Hyuck, Erumbi S. Rangarajan, S.D. Yogesha, & Tina Izard. (2009). Raver1 Interactions with Vinculin and RNA Suggest a Feed-Forward Pathway in Directing mRNA to Focal Adhesions. Structure. 17(6). 833–842. 38 indexed citations

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Rangarajan, Erumbi S., Smita Bhatia, David C. Watson, et al.. (2007). Structural context for protein N‐glycosylation in bacteria: The structure of PEB3, an adhesin from Campylobacter jejuni. Protein Science. 16(5). 990–995. 28 indexed citations

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Hung, Ming‐Ni, et al.. (2006). Crystal Structure of TDP-Fucosamine Acetyltransferase (WecD) from Escherichia coli , an Enzyme Required for Enterobacterial Common Antigen Synthesis. Journal of Bacteriology. 188(15). 5606–5617. 25 indexed citations

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Rangarajan, Erumbi S., Yunge Li, John Wagner, et al.. (2006). The Structure of the Exopolyphosphatase (PPX) from Escherichia coli O157:H7 Suggests a Binding Mode for Long Polyphosphate Chains. Journal of Molecular Biology. 359(5). 1249–1260. 50 indexed citations

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Rangarajan, Erumbi S. & V. Shankar. (2004). Nuclease Rsn from Rhizopus stolonifer: specificity and mode of action. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 317(1). 265–268.

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Rangarajan, Erumbi S., J. Sivaraman, Allan Matte, & Mirosław Cygler. (2002). Crystal structure of D‐ribose‐5‐phosphate isomerase (RpiA) from Escherichia coli. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 48(4). 737–740. 29 indexed citations

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