James R. Williamson

22.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
251 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

James R. Williamson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, James R. Williamson has authored 251 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 173 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Genetics and 24 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in James R. Williamson's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (125 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (89 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (61 papers). James R. Williamson is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (125 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (89 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (61 papers). James R. Williamson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. James R. Williamson's co-authors include M. K. Raghuraman, Thomas R. Cech, Daniel K. Treiber, David M. Prescott, Alan M. Zahler, Thomas R. Cech, Alan D. Frankel, Patrick P. Zarrinkar, Joseph D. Puglisi and Joseph H. Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

James R. Williamson

244 papers receiving 16.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Monovalent cation-induced structure of telomeric DNA: The G-quartet model

1989 1.1k citations James R. Williamson et al. profile →
Inhibition of telomerase by G-quartet DMA structures

1991 982 citations James R. Williamson et al. profile →
G-Quartet Structures in Telomeric DNA

1994 618 citations James R. Williamson profile →
Addressing preferred specimen orientation in single-particle cryo-EM through tilting

2017 601 citations Joseph H. Davis, James R. Williamson et al. profile →
Conformation of the TAR RNA-Arginine Complex by NMR Spectroscopy

1992 526 citations Joseph D. Puglisi, James R. Williamson et al. Science profile →
α Helix-RNA Major Groove Recognition in an HIV-1 Rev Peptide-RRE RNA Complex

1996 511 citations James R. Williamson et al. Science profile →
Overflow metabolism in Escherichia coli results from efficient proteome allocation

2015 485 citations Markus Basan, Sheng Hui et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Non-canonical resource allocation in heterotrophically growing Thermoanaerobacter kivui 2025 ·Nature Communications ·F. MUELLER, Albert Müller, Wenyu Gu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kerwyn Casey Huang, James R. Williamson, Alfred M. Spormann	0
2	Anti-sense oligonucleotide probing as a structural platform for studying ribonucleoprotein complex assembly 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Sriram Aiyer, (unknown), (unknown), Dmitry Lyumkis, James R. Williamson	0
3	Proteome partitioning constraints in long-term laboratory evolution 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Matteo Mori, Vadim Patsalo, (unknown), James R. Williamson, Matthew P. Scott	5
4	Assembly of the bacterial ribosome with circularly permuted rRNA 2024 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Luca F. R. Gebert, Sriram Aiyer, Ian J. MacRae, Dmitry Lyumkis, James R. Williamson	3
5	Complete list of canonical post-transcriptional modifications in the Bacillus subtilis ribosome and their link to RbgA driven large subunit assembly 2024 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·A.M. Popova, Nikhil Jain, (unknown), (unknown), Robert Britton, James R. Williamson	3
6	Inherited chitinases enable sustained growth and rapid dispersal of bacteria from chitin particles 2023 ·Nature Microbiology ·(unknown), Vadim Patsalo, Rohan Balakrishnan, (unknown), James R. Williamson, Terence Hwa	7
7	Assembly landscape for the bacterial large ribosomal subunit 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Ning Li, Jessica N. Rabuck-Gibbons, (unknown), Dmitry Lyumkis, James R. Williamson	17
8	Quantitative mining of compositional heterogeneity in cryo-EM datasets of ribosome assembly intermediates 2022 ·Structure ·Jessica N. Rabuck-Gibbons, Dmitry Lyumkis, James R. Williamson	20
9	Pytheas: a software package for the automated analysis of RNA sequences and modifications via tandem mass spectrometry 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Luigi D’Ascenzo, A.M. Popova, (unknown), (unknown), Patrick A. Limbach, James R. Williamson	22
10	Discrimination between Functional and Non-functional Cellular Gag Complexes involved in HIV-1 Assembly 2021 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·(unknown), John A. Hammond, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jessica N. Rabuck-Gibbons, Rajan Lamichhane, Scott C. Henderson, David P. Millar, Bruce E. Torbett, James R. Williamson	8
11	Role of Era in assembly and homeostasis of the ribosomal small subunit 2019 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Aida Razi, Joseph H. Davis, Yumeng Hao, Dushyant Jahagirdar, (unknown), Kaustuv Basu, Nikhil Jain, Josué Gómez-Blanco, Robert A. Britton, Javier Vargas, Alba Guarné, Sarah A. Woodson, James R. Williamson, Joaquı́n Ortega	27
12	Real-time assembly of ribonucleoprotein complexes on nascent RNA transcripts 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Olivier Duss, Galina A. Stepanyuk, Annette Grot, Seán E. O’Leary, Joseph D. Puglisi, James R. Williamson	39
13	Translation attenuation by minocycline enhances longevity and proteostasis in old post-stress-responsive organisms 2018 ·eLife ·Gregory M. Solis, Rozina Kardakaris, Elizabeth R. Valentine, Liron Bar‐Peled, (unknown), Megan M. Blewett, Mark A. McCormick, James R. Williamson, Brian K. Kennedy, Benjamin F. Cravatt, Michael Petrascheck	46
14	Generalized Two-Stage Rank Regression Framework for Depression Score Prediction from Speech 2017 ·IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing ·Nicholas Cummins, Vidhyasaharan Sethu, Julien Epps, James R. Williamson, Thomas F. Quatieri, Jarek Krajewski	33
15	ArcA overexpression induces fermentation and results in enhanced growth rates of E. coli 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Markus Basan, Sheng Hui, James R. Williamson	28
16	Quantitation of ten 30S ribosomal assembly intermediates using fluorescence triple correlation spectroscopy 2012 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), David P. Millar, James R. Williamson	26
17	Measuring the dynamics of E. coli ribosome biogenesis using pulse-labeling and quantitative mass spectrometry 2012 ·Molecular BioSystems ·Stephen S. Chen, Edit Sperling, (unknown), Joseph H. Davis, James R. Williamson	52
18	Visualizing Ribosome Biogenesis: Parallel Assembly Pathways for the 30 S Subunit 2010 ·Science ·Anke M. Mulder, Craig Yoshioka, A. Beck, Anne E. Bunner, Ronald A. Milligan, Clinton S. Potter, Bridget Carragher, James R. Williamson	159
19	Central domain assembly: thermodynamics and kinetics of S6 and S18 binding to an S15-RNA complex 1 1Edited by D. Draper 2001 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Michael I. Recht, James R. Williamson	52
20	Synthesis and Trapping of 3,4,3',4'-Tetradehydrobiphenyl (Bisbenzyne) 1991 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·James R. Williamson, Shadpour Mallakpour	2

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