Gene‐Wei Li

11.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
42 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Gene‐Wei Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gene‐Wei Li has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Gene‐Wei Li's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (29 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (24 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers). Gene‐Wei Li is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (29 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (24 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers). Gene‐Wei Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Gene‐Wei Li's co-authors include Jonathan S. Weissman, X. Sunney Xie, Johan Elf, Xiao Xie, Carol A. Gross, David H. Burkhardt, Paul Choi, Yuichi Taniguchi, Mohan Babu and Huiyi Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Gene‐Wei Li

41 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Quantifying E. coli Proteome and Transcriptome with Single-Molecule Sensitivity in Single Cells

2010 1.5k citations Yuichi Taniguchi, Paul Choi et al. Science profile →
Dynamic Imaging of Genomic Loci in Living Human Cells by an Optimized CRISPR/Cas System

2013 1.4k citations Baohui Chen, Luke A. Gilbert et al. Cell profile →
Quantifying Absolute Protein Synthesis Rates Reveals Principles Underlying Allocation of Cellular Resources

2014 929 citations Gene‐Wei Li, David H. Burkhardt et al. Cell profile →
Probing Transcription Factor Dynamics at the Single-Molecule Level in a Living Cell

2007 826 citations Gene‐Wei Li et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gene‐Wei Li United States	25	6.9k	2.3k	853	718	464	42	7.9k
Harley H. McAdams United States	44	7.8k 1.1×	4.2k 1.8×	1.7k 2.0×	507 0.7×	510 1.1×	58	9.3k
Zemer Gitai United States	46	5.4k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	1.6k 1.9×	284 0.4×	632 1.4×	99	7.4k
Johan Paulsson United States	35	6.4k 0.9×	2.9k 1.2×	503 0.6×	861 1.2×	699 1.5×	57	7.4k
Christine Jacobs‐Wagner United States	44	4.8k 0.7×	3.4k 1.4×	1.8k 2.1×	563 0.8×	444 1.0×	89	7.1k
Achillefs N. Kapanidis United Kingdom	41	4.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	801 0.9×	1.9k 2.6×	567 1.2×	122	5.9k
Siyuan Wang China	26	4.3k 0.6×	736 0.3×	362 0.4×	785 1.1×	435 0.9×	116	5.5k
Mark C. Leake United Kingdom	37	3.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	507 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	780 1.7×	128	5.3k
Jie Xiao United States	31	2.5k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	656 0.8×	620 0.9×	314 0.7×	116	3.9k
Jörg Langowski Germany	53	7.0k 1.0×	792 0.3×	614 0.7×	948 1.3×	730 1.6×	192	8.7k
Farren J. Isaacs United States	38	7.2k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	656 0.8×	161 0.2×	721 1.6×	63	8.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gene‐Wei Li

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Taggart, James, Jean‐Benoît Lalanne, Sylvain Durand, et al.. (2025). A high-resolution view of RNA endonuclease cleavage in Bacillus subtilis. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(3). 1 indexed citations

Keating, Amy E., et al.. (2025). High-throughput discovery of inhibitory protein fragments with AlphaFold. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(6). e2322412122–e2322412122. 3 indexed citations

Schaening-Burgos, Cassandra, et al.. (2024). RluA is the major mRNA pseudouridine synthase in Escherichia coli. PLoS Genetics. 20(9). e1011100–e1011100. 6 indexed citations

Li, Gene‐Wei, et al.. (2024). How do bacteria tune transcription termination efficiency?. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 82. 102557–102557.

Herzel, Lydia, et al.. (2022). Ubiquitous mRNA decay fragments in E. coli redefine the functional transcriptome. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(9). 5029–5046. 17 indexed citations

Mori, Matteo, Zhongge Zhang, Amir Banaei‐Esfahani, et al.. (2021). From coarse to fine: the absolute Escherichia coli proteome under diverse growth conditions. Molecular Systems Biology. 17(5). e9536–e9536. 79 indexed citations

Lalanne, Jean‐Benoît, et al.. (2021). Differential translation of mRNA isoforms transcribed with distinct sigma factors. RNA. 27(7). 791–804. 4 indexed citations

Lalanne, Jean‐Benoît, et al.. (2020). Growth-Optimized Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Levels Prevent Maximal tRNA Charging. Cell Systems. 11(2). 121–130.e6. 26 indexed citations

Lalanne, Jean‐Benoît, et al.. (2020). Functionally uncoupled transcription–translation in Bacillus subtilis. Nature. 585(7823). 124–128. 111 indexed citations

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Taggart, James, Henrik Zauber, Matthias Selbach, Gene‐Wei Li, & Erik McShane. (2020). Keeping the Proportions of Protein Complex Components in Check. Cell Systems. 10(2). 125–132. 62 indexed citations

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Lalanne, Jean‐Benoît, et al.. (2018). Maturation of polycistronic mRNAs by the endoribonuclease RNase Y and its associated Y-complex inBacillus subtilis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(24). E5585–E5594. 54 indexed citations

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Babina, Arianne M., et al.. (2018). Fitness advantages conferred by the L20-interacting RNAcis-regulator of ribosomal protein synthesis inBacillus subtilis. RNA. 24(9). 1133–1143. 6 indexed citations

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Burkhardt, David H., Silvi Rouskin, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2017). Operon mRNAs are organized into ORF-centric structures that predict translation efficiency. eLife. 6. 110 indexed citations

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Li, Gene‐Wei. (2015). How do bacteria tune translation efficiency?. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 24. 66–71. 54 indexed citations

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Li, Gene‐Wei, David H. Burkhardt, Carol A. Gross, & Jonathan S. Weissman. (2014). Quantifying Absolute Protein Synthesis Rates Reveals Principles Underlying Allocation of Cellular Resources. Cell. 157(3). 624–635. 929 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Baohui, Luke A. Gilbert, Beth A. Cimini, et al.. (2013). Dynamic Imaging of Genomic Loci in Living Human Cells by an Optimized CRISPR/Cas System. Cell. 155(7). 1479–1491. 1422 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brandman, Onn, Jacob Stewart-Ornstein, Daisy Y.L. Wong, et al.. (2012). A Ribosome-Bound Quality Control Complex Triggers Degradation of Nascent Peptides and Signals Translation Stress. Cell. 151(5). 1042–1054. 485 indexed citations

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Chen, Chongyi, Wenqin Wang, Gene‐Wei Li, Xiaowei Zhuang, & X. Sunney Xie. (2012). Chromosome Organization by a Nucleoid-Associated Protein in Live Bacteria. Biophysical Journal. 102(3). 479a–479a. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Wenqin, Gene‐Wei Li, Chongyi Chen, X. Sunney Xie, & Xiaowei Zhuang. (2011). Chromosome Organization by a Nucleoid-Associated Protein in Live Bacteria. Science. 333(6048). 1445–1449. 312 indexed citations

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Taniguchi, Yuichi, Paul Choi, Gene‐Wei Li, et al.. (2010). Quantifying E. coli Proteome and Transcriptome with Single-Molecule Sensitivity in Single Cells. Science. 329(5991). 533–538. 1505 indexed citations breakdown →

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