Gary R. Kunkel

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Gary R. Kunkel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary R. Kunkel has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Cell Biology and 3 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Gary R. Kunkel's work include RNA Research and Splicing (23 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (9 papers). Gary R. Kunkel is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (23 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (14 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (9 papers). Gary R. Kunkel collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Gary R. Kunkel's co-authors include Jian Min Deng, Benoît De Crombrugghe, Zhaoping Zhang, Kazuhisa Nakashima, Richard R. Behringer, Xin Zhou, Thoru Pederson, Harold G. Martinson, James P. Calvet and Robin L. Maser and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Gary R. Kunkel

31 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Novel Zinc Finger-Containing Transcription Factor Ost... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. The Novel Zinc Finger-Containing Transcription Factor Osterix Is Required for Osteoblast Differentiation and Bone Formation
    2002 2.9k citations Kazuhisa Nakashima, Xin Zhou et al. Cell profile →

Peers

Gary R. Kunkel
Xiaolin Tu United States
Agamemnon E. Grigoriadis United Kingdom
Philip Osdoby United States
Ellen Filvaroff United States
Bjørn R. Olsen United States
Shuying Yang United States
Patricia Collin‐Osdoby United States
Tessa Crompton United Kingdom
Yoichi Kato Japan
Robert A. Dodds United States
Xiaolin Tu United States
Gary R. Kunkel
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gary R. Kunkel

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All Works

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Kunkel, Gary R., et al.. (2020). The human chd8 gene is transcribed from two distant upstream promoters. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 532(2). 190–194. 1 indexed citations
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Kunkel, Gary R., et al.. (2020). The ubiquitous transcriptional protein ZNF143 activates a diversity of genes while assisting to organize chromatin structure. Gene. 769. 145205–145205. 8 indexed citations
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Lekven, Arne C., et al.. (2012). The transcriptional activator ZNF143 is essential for normal development in zebrafish. BMC Molecular Biology. 13(1). 3–3. 29 indexed citations
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Curran, Kevin J., James Lister, Gary R. Kunkel, et al.. (2010). Interplay between Foxd3 and Mitf regulates cell fate plasticity in the zebrafish neural crest. Developmental Biology. 344(1). 107–118. 122 indexed citations
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Lekven, Arne C., et al.. (2008). Zebrafish U6 small nuclear RNA gene promoters contain a SPH element in an unusual location. Gene. 421(1-2). 89–94. 10 indexed citations
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Barski, Oleg A., et al.. (2003). Regulation of aldehyde reductase expression by STAF and CHOP. Genomics. 83(1). 119–129. 29 indexed citations
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Nakashima, Kazuhisa, Xin Zhou, Gary R. Kunkel, et al.. (2002). The Novel Zinc Finger-Containing Transcription Factor Osterix Is Required for Osteoblast Differentiation and Bone Formation. Cell. 108(1). 17–29. 2890 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kapler, Geoffrey M., et al.. (1999). Identification of an essential proximal sequence element in the promoter of the telomerase RNA gene of Tetrahymena thermophila. Nucleic Acids Research. 27(21). 4269–4275. 14 indexed citations
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Kunkel, Gary R., et al.. (1998). The distal elements, OCT and SPH, stimulate the formation of preinitiation complexes on a human U6 snRNA gene promoter in vitro. Nucleic Acids Research. 26(6). 1536–1543. 18 indexed citations
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Kunkel, Gary R., et al.. (1996). Identification of a SPH element in the distal region of a human U6 small nuclear RNA gene promoter and characterization of the SPH binding factor in HeLa cell extracts.. PubMed. 6(2). 59–72. 19 indexed citations
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Goomer, Randal S., et al.. (1994). A complex that contains proteins binding to the PSE and TATA sites in a human U6 small nuclear RNA promoter. Gene. 148(2). 269–275. 4 indexed citations
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Kunkel, Gary R., et al.. (1993). Functional Characterization of Elements in a Human U6 Small Nuclear RNA Gene Distal Control Region. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 13(8). 4670–4678. 17 indexed citations
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Kunkel, Gary R., et al.. (1993). Pre-messenger RNA Splicing of Transcripts Synthesized from Human Small Nuclear RNA Gene Promoters. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 195(3). 1394–1400. 2 indexed citations
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Kunkel, Gary R., et al.. (1993). Functional characterization of elements in a human U6 small nuclear RNA gene distal control region.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 13(8). 4670–4678. 36 indexed citations
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Goomer, Randal S. & Gary R. Kunkel. (1992). The transcriptional start site for a human U6 small nuclear RNA gene is dictated by a compound promoter element consisting of the PSE and the TATA box. Nucleic Acids Research. 20(18). 4903–4912. 48 indexed citations
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Kunkel, Gary R. & Thoru Pederson. (1989). Transcription of a human U6 small nuclear RNA genein vivowithstands deletion of intragenic sequences but not of an upetream TATATA box. Nucleic Acids Research. 17(18). 7371–7379. 57 indexed citations

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