John Abelson

19.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
212 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

John Abelson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, John Abelson has authored 212 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 193 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Ecology and 20 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in John Abelson's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (171 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (121 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (113 papers). John Abelson is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (171 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (121 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (113 papers). John Abelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. John Abelson's co-authors include Soo-Chen Cheng, Usha Vijayraghavan, Jennifer Normanly, Ray Kit Ng, Edward N. Brody, Ren-Jang Lin, Peter Gegenheimer, Craig L. Peebles, Richard C. Ogden and Peter F. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

John Abelson

211 papers receiving 15.3k citations

Hit Papers

Isolation and sequence of the gene for actin in Saccharom... 1968 2026 1987 2006 1980 1975 1968 1970 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Isolation and sequence of the gene for actin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
    1980 516 citations John Abelson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Genetic Regulation: The Lac Control Region
    1975 438 citations John Abelson, William S. Reznikoff et al. Science profile →
  3. Amber Suppression: a Nucleotide Change in the Anticodon of a Tyrosine Transfer RNA
    1968 357 citations John Abelson et al. profile →
  4. Duplicate genes for tyrosine transfer RNA in Escherichia coli
    1970 201 citations John Abelson et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Abelson United States 73 15.3k 2.0k 1.5k 824 502 212 16.3k
Uttam L. RajBhandary United States 62 10.6k 0.7× 1.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 851 1.0× 228 0.5× 199 11.8k
Volker A. Erdmann Germany 55 8.2k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 560 0.7× 211 0.4× 290 9.6k
C. G. Kurland Sweden 65 13.1k 0.9× 4.0k 2.0× 2.4k 1.6× 1.0k 1.3× 249 0.5× 158 15.1k
Max L. Birnstiel Switzerland 68 14.0k 0.9× 4.2k 2.1× 975 0.7× 1.9k 2.3× 416 0.8× 177 16.7k
W Gilbert United States 36 11.3k 0.7× 3.3k 1.6× 1.4k 0.9× 2.6k 3.2× 954 1.9× 55 15.3k
Murray P. Deutscher United States 61 9.9k 0.6× 3.7k 1.9× 2.1k 1.4× 445 0.5× 199 0.4× 214 10.8k
G.G. Brownlee United Kingdom 48 8.3k 0.5× 2.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 809 1.0× 546 1.1× 104 12.2k
Wendy V. Gilbert United States 31 9.2k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 1.0k 0.7× 963 1.2× 364 0.7× 60 11.1k
Keiichi Itakura United States 47 8.6k 0.6× 2.0k 1.0× 958 0.6× 373 0.5× 406 0.8× 111 10.9k
John W.B. Hershey United States 72 16.3k 1.1× 2.2k 1.1× 867 0.6× 949 1.2× 1.4k 2.8× 215 18.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Abelson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Hadjivassiliou, Haralambos, Erica A. Moehle, Senén D. Mendoza, et al.. (2017). Structural toggle in the RNaseH domain of Prp8 helps balance splicing fidelity and catalytic efficiency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(18). 4739–4744. 18 indexed citations
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Abelson, John. (2017). A close-up look at the spliceosome, at last. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(17). 4288–4293. 9 indexed citations
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Abelson, John, Mario R. Blanco, Mark A. Ditzler, et al.. (2010). Conformational dynamics of single pre-mRNA molecules during in vitro splicing. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 17(4). 504–512. 79 indexed citations
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Muir, Tom W. & John Abelson. (2009). Non-natural amino acids. Academic Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Perriman, Rhonda, Imre Barta, Gia K. Voeltz, John Abelson, & Manuel Ares. (2003). ATP requirement for Prp5p function is determined by Cus2p and the structure of U2 small nuclear RNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(24). 13857–13862. 70 indexed citations
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Celander, Daniel W. & John Abelson. (2000). Molecular biology methods. Academic Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Thorner, Jeremy, Scott D. Emr, & John Abelson. (2000). Cell biology and physiology. Academic Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Thorner, Jeremy, Scott D. Emr, & John Abelson. (2000). Gene expression and protein purification. Academic Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Trotta, Christopher R. & John Abelson. (1999). 21 tRNA Splicing: An RNA World Add-on or an Ancient Reaction?. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 37. 561–584. 13 indexed citations
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Arn, Eric A. & John Abelson. (1998). RNA Ligases: Function, Mechanism, and Sequence Conservation. PubMed Central. 35. 695–726. 12 indexed citations
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Trotta, Christopher R., Miao Feng, Eric A. Arn, et al.. (1997). The Yeast tRNA Splicing Endonuclease: A Tetrameric Enzyme with Two Active Site Subunits Homologous to the Archaeal tRNA Endonucleases. Cell. 89(6). 849–858. 191 indexed citations
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Ho, Calvin & John Abelson. (1988). Testing for intron function in the essential Saccharomyces cerevisiae tRNASerUCG gene. Journal of Molecular Biology. 202(3). 667–672. 7 indexed citations
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Vijayraghavan, Usha, Robert Parker, Joseph A. Tamm, et al.. (1986). Mutations in conserved intron sequences affect multiple steps in the yeast splicing pathway, particularly assembly of the spliceosome.. The EMBO Journal. 5(7). 1683–1695. 189 indexed citations
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Guthrie, Christine & John Abelson. (1982). Organization and Expression of tRNA Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 487–528. 53 indexed citations
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Abelson, John. (1980). The Organization of tRNA Genes. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 211–219. 1 indexed citations
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Reznikoff, William S. & John Abelson. (1980). The lac Promoter. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 7. 221–243. 67 indexed citations
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Ogden, Richard C., Gayle Knapp, Craig L. Peebles, et al.. (1980). Enzymatic Removal of Intervening Sequences in the Synthesis of Yeast tRNAs. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 173–190. 3 indexed citations
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Söll, Dieter, John Abelson, & Paul Schimmel. (1979). Preface/Front Matter. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 1 indexed citations
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Beckmann, J., Peter F. Johnson, & John Abelson. (1977). Cloning of Yeast Transfer RNA Genes in Escherichia coli. Science. 196(4286). 205–208. 79 indexed citations

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