Fiona E. Benson

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Fiona E. Benson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fiona E. Benson has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Fiona E. Benson's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (23 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (12 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers). Fiona E. Benson is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (23 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (12 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (6 papers). Fiona E. Benson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Fiona E. Benson's co-authors include Stephen C. West, Peter Baumann, Robert G. Lloyd, Andrzej Stasiak, Jean‐Yves Masson, Alicja Z. Stasiak, Gary J. Sharples, Claire E. Shurvinton, Carol A. Parsons and Michael J. McIlwraith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Fiona E. Benson

35 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.

Human Rad51 Protein Promotes ATP-Dependent Homologous Pairing and Strand Transfer Reactions In Vitro

1996 573 citations Peter Baumann, Fiona E. Benson et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fiona E. Benson United Kingdom	24	3.4k	1.1k	606	547	307	35	3.7k
Frédéric Chédin United States	41	5.5k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	424 0.7×	426 0.8×	563 1.8×	58	6.0k
Benoit Coulombe Canada	35	3.4k 1.0×	545 0.5×	505 0.8×	366 0.7×	140 0.5×	96	4.1k
Fujiko Watt Australia	15	3.0k 0.9×	835 0.7×	284 0.5×	303 0.6×	296 1.0×	25	3.6k
Joe Lewis Germany	29	4.6k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	303 0.5×	199 0.4×	334 1.1×	62	5.6k
Lucio Comai United States	33	3.1k 0.9×	275 0.2×	367 0.6×	258 0.5×	476 1.6×	67	3.7k
Sandra B. Hake Germany	32	4.2k 1.3×	368 0.3×	294 0.5×	272 0.5×	487 1.6×	54	4.9k
Philip Avner France	40	5.0k 1.5×	3.3k 2.9×	213 0.4×	833 1.5×	753 2.5×	116	6.4k
Yuliang Wu Canada	25	2.3k 0.7×	382 0.3×	136 0.2×	256 0.5×	300 1.0×	67	2.7k
Sharon Y. Roth United States	28	5.6k 1.7×	567 0.5×	481 0.8×	232 0.4×	742 2.4×	39	6.1k
Aengus Stewart United Kingdom	31	2.5k 0.7×	585 0.5×	268 0.4×	290 0.5×	170 0.6×	41	3.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Benson, Fiona E., et al.. (2024). VEGF expression disparities in brainstem motor neurons of the SOD1G93A ALS model: Correlations with neuronal vulnerability. Neurotherapeutics. 21(3). e00340–e00340. 2 indexed citations

Qi, Xin, et al.. (2017). Variation in Basal Body Localisation and Targeting of Trypanosome RP2 and FOR20 Proteins. Protist. 168(4). 452–466. 6 indexed citations

Benson, Fiona E., Vera Nierkens, Marc C. Willemsen, & Karien Stronks. (2015). Smoking cessation behavioural therapy in disadvantaged neighbourhoods: an explorative analysis of recruitment channels. Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy. 10(1). 28–28. 10 indexed citations

Benson, Fiona E., et al.. (2014). Wanting to attend isn’t just wanting to quit: why some disadvantaged smokers regularly attend smoking cessation behavioural therapy while others do not: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 695–695. 15 indexed citations

Foulds, Penelope G., Yvonne S. Davidson, Manjari Mishra, et al.. (2009). Plasma phosphorylated-TDP-43 protein levels correlate with brain pathology in frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Acta Neuropathologica. 118(5). 647–658. 76 indexed citations

Braybrooke, Jeremy, et al.. (2003). Functional Interaction between the Bloom's Syndrome Helicase and the RAD51 Paralog, RAD51L3 (RAD51D). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(48). 48357–48366. 73 indexed citations

Masson, Jean‐Yves, Madalena Tarsounas, Alicja Z. Stasiak, et al.. (2001). Identification and purification of two distinct complexes containing the five RAD51 paralogs. Genes & Development. 15(24). 3296–3307. 302 indexed citations

Masson, Jean‐Yves, Alicja Z. Stasiak, Andrzej Stasiak, Fiona E. Benson, & Stephen C. West. (2001). Complex formation by the human RAD51C and XRCC3 recombination repair proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(15). 8440–8446. 109 indexed citations

Tan, Thomas, Jeroen Essers, Elisabetta Citterio, et al.. (1999). Mouse Rad54 affects DNA conformation and DNA-damage-induced Rad51 foci formation. Current Biology. 9(6). 325–328. 176 indexed citations

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Masson, Jean‐Yves, Adelina A. Davies, Nasser Hajibagheri, et al.. (1999). The meiosis-specific recombinase hDmc1 forms ring structures and interacts with hRad51. The EMBO Journal. 18(22). 6552–6560. 104 indexed citations

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Baumann, Peter, Fiona E. Benson, Nasser Hajibagheri, & Stephen C. West. (1997). Purification of human Rad51 protein by selective spermidine precipitation. Mutation Research/DNA Repair. 384(2). 65–72. 64 indexed citations

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Baumann, Peter, Fiona E. Benson, & Stephen C. West. (1996). Human Rad51 Protein Promotes ATP-Dependent Homologous Pairing and Strand Transfer Reactions In Vitro. Cell. 87(4). 757–766. 573 indexed citations breakdown →

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Flygare, Jenny, Fiona E. Benson, & Dennis Hellgren. (1996). Expression of the human RAD51 gene during the cell cycle in primary human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1312(3). 231–236. 64 indexed citations

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Benson, Fiona E., Andrzej Stasiak, & Stephen C. West. (1994). Purification and characterization of the human Rad51 protein, an analogue of E. coli RecA.. The EMBO Journal. 13(23). 5764–5771. 391 indexed citations

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West, Stephen C., Irina R. Tsaneva, Kevin Hiom, & Fiona E. Benson. (1993). Late Steps in Genetic Recombination: Branch Migration and Holliday Junction Resolution by RuvA, RuvB, and RuvC Proteins. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 58(0). 525–531. 5 indexed citations

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Benson, Fiona E., Simon Collier, & Robert G. Lloyd. (1991). Evidence of abortive recombination in ruv mutants of Escherichia coli K12. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 225(2). 266–272. 60 indexed citations

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Benson, Fiona E., et al.. (1991). Formation and resolution of recombination intermediates by E. coliRecA and RuvC proteins. Nature. 354(6354). 506–510. 206 indexed citations

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Sharples, Gary J., et al.. (1990). Molecular and functional analysis of the ruv region of Escherichia coli K-12 reveals three genes involved in DNA repair and recombination. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 221(2). 219–226. 117 indexed citations

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Benson, Fiona E., et al.. (1988). Nucleotide sequencing of theruvregion ofEscherichia coliK-12 reveals a LexA regulated operon encoding two genes. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(4). 1541–1549. 84 indexed citations

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Lloyd, Robert G., Carol Buckman, & Fiona E. Benson. (1987). Genetic Analysis of Conjugational Recombination in Escherichia coli K12 Strains Deficient in RecBCD Enzyme. Microbiology. 133(9). 2531–2538. 108 indexed citations

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