Iain W. Mattaj

27.8k citations

194 papers · 23.7k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 86

Molecular Biology top 0.05%
Cell Biology top 0.2%
Genetics top 1%
Plant Science top 2%
Immunology top 2%

Co-authors: Mutsuhito Ohno Maarten Fornerod Ludwig Englmeier Elisa Izaurralde Dirk Görlich Jörg Hamm Minoru Yoshida Wilbert C. Boelens
Topics: RNA Research and Splicing (147 papers)RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (83 papers)Nuclear Structure and Function (76 papers)
Cited by: Molecular Biology Cell Biology Virology
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: Germany United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Iain W. Mattaj

193 papers receiving 23.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

CRM1 Is an Export Receptor for Leucine-Rich Nuclear Export Signals

1997 1.8k citations Mutsuhito Ohno, Iain W. Mattaj et al. Cell profile →
NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT: The Soluble Phase

1998 1.0k citations Iain W. Mattaj et al. profile →
Nucleocytoplasmic Transport

1996 982 citations Dirk Görlich, Iain W. Mattaj profile →
The HIV-1 Rev Activation Domain is a nuclear export signal that accesses an export pathway used by specific cellular RNAs

1995 974 citations Iain W. Mattaj, Reinhard Lührmann et al. Cell profile →
Ran Induces Spindle Assembly by Reversing the Inhibitory Effect of Importin α on TPX2 Activity

2001 501 citations Oliver J. Gruß, Matthias Wilm et al. Cell profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	CHD4 Is a RanGTP-Dependent MAP that Stabilizes Microtubules and Regulates Bipolar Spindle Formation 2013 ·Current Biology ·Hideki Yokoyama,Κωνσταντίνος Νάκος,Rachel Santarella‐Mellwig,(unknown),Jeroen Krijgsveld,Μaria Κoffa,Iain W. Mattaj	21
2	The Nup107-160 Nucleoporin Complex Promotes Mitotic Events via Control of the Localization State of the Chromosome Passenger Complex 2009 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Melpomeni Platani,Rachel Santarella‐Mellwig,Markus Posch,(unknown),Jason R. Swedlow,Iain W. Mattaj	66
3	Chapter 21 Electron Microscopy of Lamin and the Nuclear Lamina in Caenorhabditis elegans 2008 ·Methods in cell biology ·Merav Cohen,Rachel Santarella,(unknown),Iain W. Mattaj,Yosef Gruenbaum	11
4	Nup53 Is Required for Nuclear Envelope and Nuclear Pore Complex Assembly 2008 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·(unknown),Melpomeni Platani,Rachel Santarella,Richard W. Wozniak,Iain W. Mattaj	60
5	40LoVe interacts with Vg1RBP/Vera and hnRNP I in binding the Vg1-Localization Element 2005 ·RNA ·Kevin Czaplinski,Iain W. Mattaj	26
6	The strategy for coupling the RanGTP gradient to nuclear protein export 2003 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Attila Becskei,Iain W. Mattaj	40
7	The Conserved Nup107-160 Complex Is Critical for Nuclear Pore Complex Assembly 2003 ·Cell ·Tobias C. Walther,Annabelle Alves,Helen Pickersgill,Isabelle Loı̈odice,Martin W. Hetzer,Vincent Galy,Bastian B. Hülsmann,Thomas Köcher,Matthias Wilm,Terry D. Allen,Iain W. Mattaj,Valérie Doye	337
8	Ran GTPase Cycle and Importins α and β Are Essential for Spindle Formation and Nuclear Envelope Assembly in LivingCaenorhabditis elegansEmbryos 2002 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Peter Askjaer,Vincent Galy,Eva Hannak,Iain W. Mattaj	154
9	Chromosome-induced microtubule assembly mediated by TPX2 is required for spindle formation in HeLa cells 2002 ·Nature Cell Biology ·Oliver J. Gruß,(unknown),Hideki Yokoyama,Rainer Pepperkok,Thomas A. Kufer,Herman H.W. Silljé,Eric Karsenti,Iain W. Mattaj,Isabelle Vernos	263
10	Co-crystallization of the human nuclear cap-binding complex with a m⁷GpppG cap analogue using protein engineering 2002 ·Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography ·Catherine Mazza,Alexandra Segref,Iain W. Mattaj,S. Cusack	19
11	Distinct AAA-ATPase p97 complexes function in discrete steps of nuclear assembly 2001 ·Nature Cell Biology ·Martin W. Hetzer,Hemmo Meyer,Tobias C. Walther,Daniel Bilbao,Graham Warren,Iain W. Mattaj	260
12	The evolutionarily conserved region of the U snRNA export mediator PHAX is a novel RNA-binding domain that is essential for U snRNA export 2001 ·RNA ·Alexandra Segref,Iain W. Mattaj,Mutsuhito Ohno	35
13	PHAX, a Mediator of U snRNA Nuclear Export Whose Activity Is Regulated by Phosphorylation 2000 ·Cell ·Mutsuhito Ohno,Alexandra Segref,Angela Bachi,Matthias Wilm,Iain W. Mattaj	284
14	Conserved Loop I of U5 Small Nuclear RNA Is Dispensable for Both Catalytic Steps of Pre-mRNA Splicing in HeLa Nuclear Extracts 1999 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Véronique Ségault,Cindy L. Will,Maria Polycarpou‐Schwarz,Iain W. Mattaj,Christiane Branlant,Reinhard Lührmann	43
15	U1 snRNP Inhibits Pre-mRNA Polyadenylation through a Direct Interaction between U1 70K and Poly(A) Polymerase 1998 ·Molecular Cell ·Samuel Gunderson,Maria Polycarpou‐Schwarz,Iain W. Mattaj	246
16	Interaction between the Human Nuclear Cap-Binding Protein Complex and hnRNP F 1997 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Chiara Gamberi,Elisa Izaurralde,(unknown),Iain W. Mattaj	47
17	Importin Provides a Link between Nuclear Protein Import and U snRNA Export 1996 ·Cell ·Dirk Görlich,Regine Kraft,Susanne Kostka,Frank Vogel,Enno Hartmann,Ronald A. Laskey,Iain W. Mattaj,Elisa Izaurralde	167
18	The trimethylguanosine cap structure of U1 snRNA is a component of a bipartite nuclear targeting signal 1990 ·Cell ·Jörg Hamm,Edward Darżynkiewicz,Stanley M. Tahara,Iain W. Mattaj	256
19	The Xenopus laevis U2 Gene Distal Sequence Element (Enhancer) Is Composed of Four Subdomains That Can Act Independently and Are Partly Functionally Redundant 1989 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Graham Tebb,Iain W. Mattaj	23
20	U snRNA gene families in Xenopus laevis. 1985 ·PubMed ·Iain W. Mattaj,Rolf Zeller,(unknown),Milan Jamrich,Susanne Lienhard,(unknown)	8

About Iain W. Mattaj

Iain W. Mattaj is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Aging, having authored 194 papers that have together received 23.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA Research and Splicing (147 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (83 papers) and Nuclear Structure and Function (76 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (21.7k citations), Cell Biology (3.1k citations) and Virology (708 citations). Iain W. Mattaj has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Mutsuhito Ohno, Maarten Fornerod, Ludwig Englmeier, Elisa Izaurralde, Dirk Görlich, Jörg Hamm, Minoru Yoshida, Wilbert C. Boelens, Martin W. Hetzer and Oliver J. Gruß. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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