Fred Winston

25.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
148 papers, 21.1k citations indexed

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Fred Winston is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Fred Winston has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 21.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Fred Winston's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (96 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (92 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (50 papers). Fred Winston is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (96 papers), Fungal and yeast genetics research (92 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (50 papers). Fred Winston collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Fred Winston's co-authors include Charles S. Hoffman, Mark D. Rose, Philip Hieter, Catherine Dollard, Joseph A. Martens, Stephanie L. Ricupero‐Hovasse, Lisa Laprade, Marian Carlson, Priya Sudarsanam and Craig D. Kaplan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Fred Winston

147 papers receiving 20.8k 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.

A ten-minute DNA preparation from yeast efficiently releases autonomous plasmids for transformaion of Escherichia coli

1987 2.3k citations Fred Winston et al. profile →
Methods in Yeast Genetics: A Laboratory Course Manual

1990 1.8k citations Fred Winston, Philip Hieter et al. profile →
Yeast Gcn5 functions in two multisubunit complexes to acetylate nucleosomal histones: characterization of an Ada complex and the SAGA (Spt/Ada) complex.

1997 906 citations Fred Winston et al. Genes & Development profile →
Construction of a set of convenient saccharomyces cerevisiae strains that are isogenic to S288C

1995 816 citations Fred Winston, Stephanie L. Ricupero‐Hovasse et al. profile →
DSIF, a novel transcription elongation factor that regulates RNA polymerase II processivity, is composed of human Spt4 and Spt5 homologs

1998 603 citations Grant A. Hartzog, Fred Winston et al. Genes & Development profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Fred Winston	19.8k	3.2k	1.5k	1.4k	785	148	21.1k
R. Daniel Gietz	12.3k 0.6×	2.9k 0.9×	979 0.7×	2.0k 1.4×	1.4k 1.8×	44	14.5k
Jasper Rine	14.1k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	2.0k 1.3×	2.2k 1.6×	313 0.4×	203	16.8k
Bernard Dujon	13.7k 0.7×	3.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	924 0.7×	600 0.8×	174	15.5k
Alan G. Hinnebusch	23.5k 1.2×	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	2.7k 1.9×	346 0.4×	269	26.3k
Philip Hieter	18.3k 0.9×	3.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	5.0k 3.6×	775 1.0×	167	21.8k
Peter Philippsen	17.4k 0.9×	3.7k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	5.0k 3.6×	1.3k 1.6×	102	19.0k
Rodney Rothstein	21.6k 1.1×	3.5k 1.1×	2.7k 1.8×	2.8k 2.0×	748 1.0×	158	22.9k
Jeffrey N. Strathern	8.0k 0.4×	1.4k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	950 0.7×	465 0.6×	113	8.9k
Francesc Posas	7.6k 0.4×	2.1k 0.6×	468 0.3×	1.5k 1.1×	905 1.2×	124	9.1k
Gary C. Hon	9.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	558 0.4×	405 0.5×	24	12.5k

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Weiner, Catherine L., et al.. (2023). Insights into Spt6: a histone chaperone that functions in transcription, DNA replication, and genome stability. Trends in Genetics. 39(11). 858–872. 17 indexed citations

Chuang, James, et al.. (2022). Suppressor mutations that make the essential transcription factor Spn1/Iws1 dispensable in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics. 222(2). 5 indexed citations

Chuang, James, et al.. (2020). The conserved elongation factor Spn1 is required for normal transcription, histone modifications, and splicing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(18). 10241–10258. 21 indexed citations

Kallgren, Scott P., Carina Demel, Kerstin C. Maier, et al.. (2017). Spt5 Plays Vital Roles in the Control of Sense and Antisense Transcription Elongation. Molecular Cell. 66(1). 77–88.e5. 74 indexed citations

Winston, Fred & Douglas Koshland. (2016). Back to the Future: Mutant Hunts Are Still the Way To Go. Genetics. 203(3). 1007–1010. 5 indexed citations

Neumüller, Ralph A., Thomas P. Gross, Anastasia Samsonova, et al.. (2013). Conserved Regulators of Nucleolar Size Revealed by Global Phenotypic Analyses. Science Signaling. 6(289). ra70–ra70. 65 indexed citations

Marguerat, Samuel, et al.. (2011). Spt6 Is Required for Heterochromatic Silencing in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 31(20). 4193–4204. 30 indexed citations

Hickman, Mark J. & Fred Winston. (2007). Heme Levels Switch the Function of Hap1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae between Transcriptional Activator and Transcriptional Repressor. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 27(21). 7414–7424. 113 indexed citations

Winston, Fred, et al.. (2007). Analysis of Transcriptional Activation at a Distance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 27(15). 5575–5586. 87 indexed citations

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Nourani, Amine, François Robert, & Fred Winston. (2006). Evidence that Spt2/Sin1, an HMG-Like Factor, Plays Roles in Transcription Elongation, Chromatin Structure, and Genome Stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 26(4). 1496–1509. 74 indexed citations

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Larschan, Erica & Fred Winston. (2004). The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Srb8-Srb11 Complex Functions with the SAGA Complex during Gal4-Activated Transcription. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 25(1). 114–123. 70 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Craig D., Lisa Laprade, & Fred Winston. (2003). Transcription Elongation Factors Repress Transcription Initiation from Cryptic Sites. Science. 301(5636). 1096–1099. 483 indexed citations

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Larschan, Erica & Fred Winston. (2001). The S. cerevisiae SAGA complex functions in vivo as a coactivator for transcriptional activation by Gal4. Genes & Development. 15(15). 1946–1956. 258 indexed citations

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Madison, Jon M., Aimée M. Dudley, & Fred Winston. (1998). Identification and Analysis of Mot3, a Zinc Finger Protein That Binds to the Retrotransposon Ty Long Terminal Repeat (δ) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 18(4). 1879–1890. 24 indexed citations

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Madison, Jon M. & Fred Winston. (1997). Evidence that Spt3 Functionally Interacts with Mot1, TFIIA, and TATA-Binding Protein To Confer Promoter-Specific Transcriptional Control in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 17(1). 287–295. 102 indexed citations

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Hartzog, Grant A., et al.. (1996). Identification and Analysis of a Functional Human Homolog of the SPT4 Gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 16(6). 2848–2856. 31 indexed citations

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Winston, Fred. (1992). 47 Analysis of SPT Genes: A Genetic Approach toward Analysis of TFIID, Histones, and Other Transcription Factors of Yeast. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 1271–1293. 60 indexed citations

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Arndt, Karen M., et al.. (1992). Biochemical and Genetic Characterization of a Yeast TFIID Mutant That Alters Transcription In Vivo and DNA Binding In Vitro. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12(5). 2372–2382. 9 indexed citations

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Swanson, Michele S., Marian Carlson, & Fred Winston. (1990). SPT6, an Essential Gene That Affects Transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Encodes a Nuclear Protein with an Extremely Acidic Amino Terminus. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 10(9). 4935–4941. 20 indexed citations

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Fassler, Jan S. & Fred Winston. (1989). The Saccharomyces cerevisiae SPT13/GAL11 Gene Has Both Positive and Negative Regulatory Roles in Transcription. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 9(12). 5602–5609. 34 indexed citations

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