Howard Gamper

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Howard Gamper is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Howard Gamper has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Oncology and 10 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Howard Gamper's work include RNA modifications and cancer (42 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (42 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (40 papers). Howard Gamper is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (42 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (42 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (40 papers). Howard Gamper collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Czechia. Howard Gamper's co-authors include John E. Hearst, Ya‐Ming Hou, George D. Cimino, Stephen T. Isaacs, Bennett Van Houten, Aziz Sancar, Rich B. Meyer, Igor V. Kutyavin, Yun‐Bo Shi and Jacques Piette and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Howard Gamper

93 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

PSORALENS AS PHOTOACTIVE ... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 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. PSORALENS AS PHOTOACTIVE PROBES OF NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, PHOTOCHEMISTRY, AND BIOCHEMISTRY
    1985 647 citations Howard Gamper, John E. Hearst et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Howard Gamper 3.6k 610 374 306 275 98 4.1k
Michael W. Van Dyke 2.9k 0.8× 506 0.8× 184 0.5× 212 0.7× 132 0.5× 69 3.3k
A.G. Evdokimov 1.5k 0.4× 539 0.9× 306 0.8× 150 0.5× 201 0.7× 51 2.4k
Alessandro Vannini 2.6k 0.7× 331 0.5× 203 0.5× 95 0.3× 240 0.9× 40 2.8k
Tao‐shih Hsieh 2.9k 0.8× 257 0.4× 230 0.6× 133 0.4× 430 1.6× 68 3.1k
Marina A. Zenkova 2.8k 0.8× 298 0.5× 237 0.6× 499 1.6× 99 0.4× 287 3.6k
A. Richard Morgan 2.5k 0.7× 306 0.5× 451 1.2× 180 0.6× 148 0.5× 68 3.1k
Steven R. Jordan 2.2k 0.6× 406 0.7× 247 0.7× 550 1.8× 107 0.4× 46 3.2k
Traian Sulea 1.8k 0.5× 173 0.3× 329 0.9× 265 0.9× 138 0.5× 113 2.9k
Dirk Kostrewa 3.0k 0.8× 473 0.8× 252 0.7× 70 0.2× 427 1.6× 42 3.9k
Robert D. Kuchta 2.7k 0.7× 567 0.9× 257 0.7× 135 0.4× 140 0.5× 97 3.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Howard Gamper

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Howard Gamper

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Haixing, et al.. (2025). An RNA modification prevents extended codon-anticodon interactions from facilitating +1 frameshifting. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7392–7392.
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Nakano, Yuko, Howard Gamper, Jiatong Li, et al.. (2025). Genome-wide profiling of tRNA modifications by Induro-tRNAseq reveals coordinated changes. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1047–1047. 2 indexed citations
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Gamper, Howard, Thomas Christian, Robert Y. Henley, et al.. (2024). Post-transcriptional methylation of mitochondrial-tRNA differentially contributes to mitochondrial pathology. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9008–9008.
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Fallahi, Ali, Howard Gamper, Miten Jain, et al.. (2024). Nanopore signal deviations from pseudouridine modifications in RNA are sequence-specific: quantification requires dedicated synthetic controls. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 22457–22457. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Yunlong, Manjuli R. Sharma, Howard Gamper, et al.. (2023). Starvation sensing by mycobacterial RelA/SpoT homologue through constitutive surveillance of translation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(22). e2302006120–e2302006120. 5 indexed citations
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Gamper, Howard, et al.. (2023). Semi-quantitative detection of pseudouridine modifications and type I/II hypermodifications in human mRNAs using direct long-read sequencing. Nature Communications. 14(1). 334–334. 64 indexed citations
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Gamper, Howard, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of Stably Charged Arg-tRNAArg for Structural Analysis. Methods in molecular biology. 2620. 263–271. 1 indexed citations
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Demo, Gabriel, Howard Gamper, A.B. Loveland, et al.. (2021). Structural basis for +1 ribosomal frameshifting during EF-G-catalyzed translocation. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4644–4644. 19 indexed citations
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Loveland, A.B., et al.. (2021). Time-resolved cryo-EM visualizes ribosomal translocation with EF-G and GTP. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7236–7236. 66 indexed citations
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Masuda, Isao, Thomas Christian, Fuad Mohammad, et al.. (2021). Loss of N1-methylation of G37 in tRNA induces ribosome stalling and reprograms gene expression. eLife. 10. 25 indexed citations
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Gamper, Howard, Christine Polte, Zoya Ignatova, et al.. (2020). tRNAArg-Derived Fragments Can Serve as Arginine Donors for Protein Arginylation. Cell chemical biology. 27(7). 839–849.e4. 21 indexed citations
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Gamper, Howard & Ya‐Ming Hou. (2018). tRNA 3′-amino-tailing for stable amino acid attachment. RNA. 24(12). 1878–1885. 19 indexed citations
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Hou, Ya‐Ming, Howard Gamper, & Wei Yang. (2015). Post-transcriptional modifications to tRNA—a response to the genetic code degeneracy. RNA. 21(4). 642–644. 32 indexed citations
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Walvoord, Ryan R., et al.. (2014). Amino acid–dependent stability of the acyl linkage in aminoacyl-tRNA. RNA. 20(6). 758–764. 38 indexed citations
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Christian, Thomas, Howard Gamper, & Ya‐Ming Hou. (2013). Conservation of structure and mechanism by Trm5 enzymes. RNA. 19(9). 1192–1199. 30 indexed citations
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Liu, Cuiping, et al.. (2009). Distinct kinetic determinants for the stepwise CCA addition to tRNA. RNA. 15(10). 1827–1836. 17 indexed citations
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Liu, Hanqing, et al.. (2007). Fluorescent labeling of tRNAs for dynamics experiments. RNA. 13(9). 1594–1601. 32 indexed citations
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Gamper, Howard. (2000). The DNA strand of chimeric RNA/DNA oligonucleotides can direct gene repair/conversion activity in mammalian and plant cell-free extracts. Nucleic Acids Research. 28(21). 4332–4339. 121 indexed citations
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Gamper, Howard, Niles Lehman, Jacques Piette, & John E. Hearst. (1985). Purification of Circular DNA Using Benzoylated Naphthoylated DEAE-Cellulose. DNA. 4(2). 157–164. 19 indexed citations

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