Heather R. Keys

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Heather R. Keys is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather R. Keys has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Infectious Diseases and 2 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Heather R. Keys's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (5 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (3 papers). Heather R. Keys is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (5 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (3 papers). Heather R. Keys collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Heather R. Keys's co-authors include David M. Sabatini, Timothy C. Wang, Lynne Chantranupong, Nathanael S. Gray, Carson C. Thoreen, Nora Kory, Sze Ham Chan, Caroline A. Lewis, Jason R. Cantor and Gregory D. Cuny and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Heather R. Keys

17 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

A unifying model for mTORC1-mediated regulation of mRNA translation

2012 1.1k citations Carson C. Thoreen, Lynne Chantranupong et al. Nature profile →
Mitochondrial metabolism promotes adaptation to proteotoxic stress

2019 436 citations Peter Tsvetkov, Alexandre Detappe et al. Nature Chemical Biology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather R. Keys

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17 of 17 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Genetically encoded fluorescent reporter for polyamines 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Heather R. Keys, Shinya Imada, Anna Joseph, Luke S. Ferro, Tenzin Kunchok, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jing‐Ke Weng, (unknown)	1
2	SLC25A38 is required for mitochondrial pyridoxal 5’-phosphate (PLP) accumulation 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Izabella A. Pena, Ju Shi, Sarah Chang, (unknown), Samuel Block, Charles H. Adelmann, Heather R. Keys, Preston Ge, (unknown), (unknown), Grzegorz Sienski, Angus C. Nairn, David M. Sabatini, Caroline A. Lewis, Nora Kory, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Myriam Heiman	4
3	Functional genetics reveals modulators of antimicrotubule drug sensitivity 2024 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Kuan-Chung Su, (unknown), Nolan K. Maier, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Heather R. Keys, Iain M. Cheeseman	1
4	Coupled protein quality control during nonsense-mediated mRNA decay 2023 ·Journal of Cell Science ·Alison J. Inglis, Alina Guna, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Heather R. Keys, Evgeni M. Frenkel, Robert Oania, Jonathan S. Weissman, R.M. Voorhees	17
5	Collateral deletion of the mitochondrial AAA+ ATPase ATAD1 sensitizes cancer cells to proteasome dysfunction 2022 ·eLife ·Jacob M. Winter, (unknown), Corey N. Cunningham, (unknown), Heather R. Keys, Jordan A. Berg, Alex J. Bott, (unknown), Jeremy Ryan, Deepika Sirohi, Sheryl R. Tripp, (unknown), Neeraj Agarwal, Anthony Letai, David M. Sabatini, Matthew L. Wohlever, Jared Rutter	10
6	Genome-scale CRISPR screening in a single mouse liver 2022 ·Cell Genomics ·Heather R. Keys, Kristin A. Knouse	22
7	CRISPR screens in physiologic medium reveal conditionally essential genes in human cells 2021 ·Cell Metabolism ·(unknown), (unknown), Charles H. Adelmann, Heather R. Keys, (unknown), David M. Sabatini, Jason R. Cantor	71
8	Mitochondrial metabolism promotes adaptation to proteotoxic stress breakdown → 2019 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·Peter Tsvetkov, Alexandre Detappe, Kai Cai, Heather R. Keys, Zarina Brune, Weiwen Ying, Prathapan Thiru, Mairéad Reidy, Guillaume Kugener, Jordan Rossen, Mustafa Kocak, Nora Kory, Aviad Tsherniak, Sandro Santagata, Luke Whitesell, Irene M. Ghobrial, John L. Markley, Susan Lindquist, Todd R. Golub	436
9	Genome-wide CRISPR screen for Zika virus resistance in human neural cells 2019 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yun Li, Julien Muffat, Attya Omer, Heather R. Keys, Tenzin Lungjangwa, Irene Bosch, Mehreen Ali Khan, Maria Virgilio, Lee Gehrke, David M. Sabatini, Rudolf Jaenisch	88
10	Histidine catabolism is a major determinant of methotrexate sensitivity 2018 ·Nature ·Naama Kanarek, Heather R. Keys, Jason R. Cantor, Caroline A. Lewis, Sze Ham Chan, Tenzin Kunchok, Monther Abu-Remaileh, Elizaveta Freinkman, Lawrence D. Schweitzer, David M. Sabatini	226
11	SFXN1 is a mitochondrial serine transporter required for one-carbon metabolism 2018 ·Science ·Nora Kory, Gregory A. Wyant, Gyan Prakash, Jelmi uit de Bos, Francesca Bottanelli, Michael E. Pacold, Sze Ham Chan, Caroline A. Lewis, Timothy C. Wang, Heather R. Keys, Yang Guo, David M. Sabatini	169
12	Optimization of tricyclic Nec-3 necroptosis inhibitors for in vitro liver microsomal stability 2012 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Sung‐Woon Choi, Heather R. Keys, Richard J. Staples, Junying Yuan, Alexei Degterev, Gregory D. Cuny	17
13	A unifying model for mTORC1-mediated regulation of mRNA translation breakdown → 2012 ·Nature ·Carson C. Thoreen, Lynne Chantranupong, Heather R. Keys, Timothy C. Wang, Nathanael S. Gray, David M. Sabatini	1100
14	DExD/H-box Prp5 protein is in the spliceosome during most of the splicing cycle 2009 ·RNA ·(unknown), Heather R. Keys, (unknown), Stephanie W. Ruby	20
15	Structure–activity relationship and liver microsome stability studies of pyrrole necroptosis inhibitors 2008 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Xin Teng, Heather R. Keys, Junying Yuan, Alexei Degterev, Gregory D. Cuny	25
16	Structure–activity relationship study of [1,2,3]thiadiazole necroptosis inhibitors 2007 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Xin Teng, Heather R. Keys, Arumugasamy Jeevanandam, John A. Porco, Alexei Degterev, Junying Yuan, Gregory D. Cuny	41
17	Structure−Activity Relationship Study of Tricyclic Necroptosis Inhibitors 2007 ·Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Prakash G. Jagtap, Alexei Degterev, Sung‐Woon Choi, Heather R. Keys, Junying Yuan, Gregory D. Cuny	69

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