Jesper Q. Svejstrup

13.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Jesper Q. Svejstrup is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jesper Q. Svejstrup has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Oncology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Jesper Q. Svejstrup's work include RNA Research and Splicing (62 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (61 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (47 papers). Jesper Q. Svejstrup is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (62 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (61 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (47 papers). Jesper Q. Svejstrup collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Denmark. Jesper Q. Svejstrup's co-authors include Roger D. Kornberg, Hediye Erdjument‐Bromage, Paul Tempst, William J. Feaver, Arnold Kristjuhan, Jane Fellows, Ozan Aygün, Luke A. Selth, Stefán Sigurðsson and G. Sebastiaan Winkler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jesper Q. Svejstrup

124 papers receiving 9.8k citations

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Relationship of CDK-activating kinase and RNA polymerase II CTD kinase TFIIH/TFIIK

1994 369 citations William J. Feaver, Jesper Q. Svejstrup et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jesper Q. Svejstrup United Kingdom	61	9.2k	1.0k	890	854	728	127	9.9k
Michael Lisby Denmark	42	6.0k 0.7×	880 0.9×	743 0.8×	586 0.7×	696 1.0×	117	6.5k
Chikahide Masutani Japan	50	9.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	828 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	3.0k 4.1×	110	9.9k
Merl F. Hoekstra United States	38	6.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	471 0.5×	861 1.0×	866 1.2×	70	7.1k
Giuseppe Biamonti Italy	47	5.5k 0.6×	525 0.5×	457 0.5×	445 0.5×	688 0.9×	114	6.3k
Wolf‐Dietrich Heyer United States	52	8.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.6×	1.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.7×	128	9.0k
Régine Losson France	47	6.1k 0.7×	714 0.7×	470 0.5×	2.1k 2.4×	447 0.6×	84	7.2k
Grace Gill United States	36	5.6k 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	352 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	493 0.7×	53	6.6k
Jamal Tazi France	43	5.3k 0.6×	497 0.5×	259 0.3×	457 0.5×	511 0.7×	87	6.0k
Gloria A. Brar United States	23	6.1k 0.7×	279 0.3×	634 0.7×	770 0.9×	587 0.8×	40	6.6k
Philip Coffino United States	52	6.6k 0.7×	785 0.8×	376 0.4×	592 0.7×	279 0.4×	131	7.6k

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Martínez, David López, Izabela Todorovski, Daniel Blears, et al.. (2025). PAF1C-mediated activation of CDK12/13 kinase activity is critical for CTD phosphorylation and transcript elongation. Molecular Cell. 85(10). 1952–1967.e8.

Han, Zhong & Jesper Q. Svejstrup. (2024). Protocol to detect spontaneous termination of yeast RNAPII transcription in vitro. STAR Protocols. 5(4). 103369–103369.

Blears, Daniel, Jiangman Lou, Nova Fong, et al.. (2024). Redundant pathways for removal of defective RNA polymerase II complexes at a promoter-proximal pause checkpoint. Molecular Cell. 84(24). 4790–4807.e11. 5 indexed citations

Cugusi, Simona, Richard Mitter, Gavin Kelly, et al.. (2022). Heat shock induces premature transcript termination and reconfigures the human transcriptome. Molecular Cell. 82(8). 1573–1588.e10. 30 indexed citations

Gregersen, Lea H., Richard Mitter, & Jesper Q. Svejstrup. (2022). Elongation factor-specific capture of RNA polymerase II complexes. Cell Reports Methods. 2(12). 100368–100368. 2 indexed citations

Wan, Li, Szymon Juszkiewicz, Daniel Blears, et al.. (2021). Translation stress and collided ribosomes are co-activators of cGAS. Molecular Cell. 81(13). 2808–2822.e10. 64 indexed citations

Kantidakis, Theodoros, Marco Saponaro, Richard Mitter, et al.. (2016). Mutation of cancer driverMLL2results in transcription stress and genome instability. Genes & Development. 30(4). 408–420. 99 indexed citations

Wang, Yuming, Probir Chakravarty, Michael Ranes, et al.. (2014). Dysregulation of gene expression as a cause of Cockayne syndrome neurological disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(40). 14454–14459. 80 indexed citations

Close, Pierre, Magali Gillard, Aurélie Ladang, et al.. (2012). DERP6 (ELP5) and C3ORF75 (ELP6) Regulate Tumorigenicity and Migration of Melanoma Cells as Subunits of Elongator. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(39). 32535–32545. 43 indexed citations

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Ehrensberger, Andreas H. & Jesper Q. Svejstrup. (2012). Reprogramming chromatin. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 47(5). 464–482. 10 indexed citations

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Vispé, Stéphane, Laurent Créancier, Jesper Q. Svejstrup, et al.. (2009). Triptolide is an inhibitor of RNA polymerase I and II–dependent transcription leading predominantly to down-regulation of short-lived mRNA. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 8(10). 2780–2790. 141 indexed citations

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Uhler, Jay P., Christina Hertel, & Jesper Q. Svejstrup. (2007). A role for noncoding transcription in activation of the yeast PHO5 gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(19). 8011–8016. 132 indexed citations

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Somesh, Baggavalli P, et al.. (2007). Communication between Distant Sites in RNA Polymerase II through Ubiquitylation Factors and the Polymerase CTD. Cell. 129(1). 57–68. 64 indexed citations

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Svejstrup, Jesper Q.. (2002). Rescue of arrested RNA polymerase II complexes. Journal of Cell Science. 116(3). 447–451. 108 indexed citations

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Svejstrup, Jesper Q.. (2001). Transcription-coupled DNA repair without the transcription-coupling repair factor. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 26(3). 151–151. 2 indexed citations

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Otero, Gabriel, Jane Fellows, Yang Li, et al.. (1999). Elongator, a Multisubunit Component of a Novel RNA Polymerase II Holoenzyme for Transcriptional Elongation. Molecular Cell. 3(1). 109–118. 411 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhigang, Shuguang Wei, Simon H. Reed, et al.. (1997). The RAD7 , RAD16 , and RAD23 Genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae : Requirement for Transcription-Independent Nucleotide Excision Repair In Vitro and Interactions between the Gene Products. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 17(2). 635–643. 70 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhigang, Stephen Buratowski, Jesper Q. Svejstrup, et al.. (1995). The Yeast TFB1 and SSL1 Genes, Which Encode Subunits of Transcription Factor IIH, Are Required for Nucleotide Excision Repair and RNA Polymerase II Transcription. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(4). 2288–2293. 75 indexed citations

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Lund, Kaare, Anni H. Andersen, K. Christiansen, Jesper Q. Svejstrup, & Ole Westergaard. (1990). Minimal DNA requirement for topoisomerase II-mediated cleavage in vitro.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 265(23). 13856–13863. 26 indexed citations

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Svejstrup, Jesper Q., K. Christiansen, Anni H. Andersen, Kaare Lund, & Ole Westergaard. (1990). Minimal DNA duplex requirements for topoisomerase I-mediated cleavage in vitro.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 265(21). 12529–12535. 77 indexed citations

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