Gül H. Zerze

4.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
42 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Gül H. Zerze is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gül H. Zerze has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Gül H. Zerze's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (22 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (7 papers). Gül H. Zerze is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (22 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (7 papers). Gül H. Zerze collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and United Kingdom. Gül H. Zerze's co-authors include Jeetain Mittal, Nicolas L. Fawzi, Alexander E. Conicella, Gregory L. Dignon, Robert B. Best, Pablo G. Debenedetti, Francesco Sciortino, Anastasia C. Murthy, Sapun H. Parekh and Veronica H. Ryan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Gül H. Zerze

40 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

ALS Mutations Disrupt Phase Separation Mediated by α-Heli... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2017 2019 2018 2020 200 400 600
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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. ALS Mutations Disrupt Phase Separation Mediated by α-Helical Structure in the TDP-43 Low-Complexity C-Terminal Domain
    2016 611 citations Alexander E. Conicella, Gül H. Zerze et al. Structure profile →
  2. Phosphorylation of the FUS low‐complexity domain disrupts phase separation, aggregation, and toxicity
    2017 520 citations Zachary Monahan, Veronica H. Ryan et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
  3. Molecular interactions underlying liquid−liquid phase separation of the FUS low-complexity domain
    2019 483 citations Anastasia C. Murthy, Gregory L. Dignon et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →
  4. Mechanistic View of hnRNPA2 Low-Complexity Domain Structure, Interactions, and Phase Separation Altered by Mutation and Arginine Methylation
    2018 301 citations Veronica H. Ryan, Gregory L. Dignon et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  5. TDP-43 α-helical structure tunes liquid–liquid phase separation and function
    2020 254 citations Alexander E. Conicella, Gregory L. Dignon et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

Gül H. Zerze
Lin Guo United States
Diana M. Mitrea United States
Marcus Jahnel Germany
Gregory L. Dignon United States
Erik Martin United States
Shambaditya Saha Germany
José A. Rodríguez United States
Wenwei Zheng United States
Nicola Maghelli Germany
Avinash Patel Germany
Lin Guo United States
Gül H. Zerze
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gül H. Zerze

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zerze, Gül H., et al.. (2025). Optimizing On-the-Fly Probability Enhanced Sampling for Complex RNA Systems: Sampling Free Energy Surfaces of an H-Type Pseudoknot. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 65(7). 3605–3614.
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Karim, Alamgir, et al.. (2024). The molecular picture of the local environment in a stable model coacervate. Communications Chemistry. 7(1). 222–222. 3 indexed citations
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Piaggi, Pablo M., et al.. (2023). Comparison of On-the-Fly Probability Enhanced Sampling and Parallel Tempering Combined with Metadynamics for Atomistic Simulations of RNA Tetraloop Folding. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 127(21). 4722–4732. 8 indexed citations
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Zerze, Gül H., Frank H. Stillinger, & Pablo G. Debenedetti. (2021). Thermodynamics of DNA Hybridization from Atomistic Simulations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 125(3). 771–779. 16 indexed citations
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Conicella, Alexander E., Gregory L. Dignon, Gül H. Zerze, et al.. (2020). TDP-43 α-helical structure tunes liquid–liquid phase separation and function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(11). 5883–5894. 254 indexed citations breakdown →
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Conicella, Alexander E., Gregory L. Dignon, Gül H. Zerze, et al.. (2020). Alpha-Helical Structure in TDP-43 Tunes Liquid-liquid Phase Separation and Cellular Function. Biophysical Journal. 118(3). 5a–6a. 2 indexed citations
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Murthy, Anastasia C., Gregory L. Dignon, Gül H. Zerze, et al.. (2019). Molecular interactions underlying liquid−liquid phase separation of the FUS low-complexity domain. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 26(7). 637–648. 483 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zerze, Gül H., Pablo G. Debenedetti, & Frank H. Stillinger. (2019). Computational Investigation of the Effect of Backbone Chiral Inversions on Polypeptide Structure. Biophysical Journal. 116(3). 46a–46a. 1 indexed citations
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Zerze, Gül H., Wenwei Zheng, Robert B. Best, & Jeetain Mittal. (2019). Evolution of All-Atom Protein Force Fields to Improve Local and Global Properties. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(9). 2227–2234. 59 indexed citations
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Zerze, Gül H., Frank H. Stillinger, & Pablo G. Debenedetti. (2019). Effect of heterochiral inversions on the structure of a β‐hairpin peptide. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 87(7). 569–578. 10 indexed citations
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Zheng, Wenwei, Gül H. Zerze, Alessandro Borgia, et al.. (2018). Inferring Properties of Disordered Chains From FRET Transfer Efficiencies. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 367a–367a. 7 indexed citations
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Ryan, Veronica H., Gregory L. Dignon, Gül H. Zerze, et al.. (2018). Mechanistic View of hnRNPA2 Low-Complexity Domain Structure, Interactions, and Phase Separation Altered by Mutation and Arginine Methylation. Molecular Cell. 69(3). 465–479.e7. 301 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meng, Fanjie, Mathias M. J. Bellaiche, Jae Yeol Kim, et al.. (2018). Highly Disordered Amyloid-β Monomer Probed by Single-Molecule FRET and MD Simulation. Biophysical Journal. 114(4). 870–884. 82 indexed citations
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Harvey, Jackson D., Prakrit V. Jena, Hanan Baker, et al.. (2017). A carbon nanotube reporter of microRNA hybridization events in vivo. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 1(4). 157 indexed citations
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Monahan, Zachary, Veronica H. Ryan, Kathleen A. Burke, et al.. (2017). Phosphorylation of the FUS low‐complexity domain disrupts phase separation, aggregation, and toxicity. The EMBO Journal. 36(20). 2951–2967. 520 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zerze, Gül H., Jeetain Mittal, & Robert B. Best. (2016). Diffusive Dynamics of Contact Formation in Disordered Polypeptides. Physical Review Letters. 116(6). 68102–68102. 19 indexed citations
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Conicella, Alexander E., Gül H. Zerze, Jeetain Mittal, & Nicolas L. Fawzi. (2016). ALS Mutations Disrupt Phase Separation Mediated by α-Helical Structure in the TDP-43 Low-Complexity C-Terminal Domain. Structure. 24(9). 1537–1549. 611 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zerze, Gül H., Ryan Gotchy Mullen, Zachary A. Levine, Joan–Emma Shea, & Jeetain Mittal. (2015). To What Extent Does Surface Hydrophobicity Dictate Peptide Folding and Stability near Surfaces?. Langmuir. 31(44). 12223–12230. 20 indexed citations
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Zerze, Gül H., Robert B. Best, & Jeetain Mittal. (2014). Modest Influence of FRET Chromophores on the Properties of Unfolded Proteins. Biophysical Journal. 107(7). 1654–1660. 26 indexed citations
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Zerze, Gül H., Cayla M. Miller, & Jeetain Mittal. (2014). Correlation of Helical Propensity in Amylin Sequences with Known Aggregation Propensity. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 483a–483a. 2 indexed citations

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